Brow POWER LIFT Pencil! itCosmetics review!

Hello ladies! Today i wanted to share with you a product i have had for a while and i used to use it like crazy and i just recently picked it up again and guess what? I’ve been using it like crazy. Its the “it Cosmetics Brow Power Lift Jumbo Pencil.” It’s double sided, one is a pearlescent highlight, and the other side is a bright matte highlight. Even though it says BROW power lift, it can also be used on other parts of your face and lips too! (I think the pearl side would look beautiful on your cupids bow) I am a fan of both! Since the pearly side seems more for when i’m going out or just feel like i need some extra shine. While the matte side is a great everyday useable brightening color.

Both sides of this pencil are very creamy and blendable in texture, so you don’t have to worry about having a harsh obvious line, as long as you blend it out!

You can use them separately like i use them or you can use them both together overlapping the pearl over the matte color. Here are some swatches on my arm:

As you can see here, the pearl is more of a translucent color that could be used on pretty much any skin tone, while the matte color is pretty nude/pink/peach. It would depend on your skin tone whether or not you could use this side’s color, on me for instance, it hardly shows up at all and really only leaves me with a brightening effect. I did my eyebrows and applied each side of the pencil on each of my eye brows to show you all!

(Pearlescent side)

(Matte side)

You can barely see any product applied underneath my brow on the matte side picture but you can see the slight brightening effect. The pearly side really livens up your eyes and is very flattering beneath the brow. I think you should definitely try this for yourself if you’re looking for a product to brighten up your eyes!

purchase it HERE for $24.00 USD!

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Quick Review and Small Giveaway: FLOWER Lip Butters!

Hi ladies! ❤ I just wanted to quickly share my thoughts on a product i have been loving lately by FLOWER Cosmetics. What a surprise. This time, it’s their Lip Butter Line! Honestly, you are gonna love these.

Here i have a few of their unbelievably creamy, moisturizing and luxurious Lip Butters! From left to right: Sweet Peach, Cherry Chiffon and Princess & The Peony.

Here are some lovely swatches of the first two colors:

(Sweet Peach & Cherry Chiffon)

A bright, fresh peachy-orange color and a vibrant, tart cherry red!

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“Princess & The Peony” is a beautiful rosey/baby pink color!

You can tell from those swatches that these are extremely buttery, just like a lip butter should be. 😉 They apply like a dream, are beautifully pigmented and last on your lips! If you were a fan of NYX butter lipsticks, surely you will be a fan of these guys! I picked up a new “princess & the peony” to have in a little giveaway for those of you in the United States! (I will be doing an international giveaway someday, please keep an eye out for it! It will be a good one.<3) Thank you all for being so kind and being such amazing followers, i just wanted to share one of my little personal favorites with one of you! If you’d like to enter: please follow me if you are not already, comment on this post and tell me one thing you would like to see me post about in the future, and write ENTERME! Winner will be chosen at random, and will be notified within the next week.

Thanks for reading and good luck!

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Dress Up & Dress Down This Look! Beautiful Natural Eyes!

So there has been thunder & lightening and it has been raining cats and dogs outside all day today. I’ve decided to relax and stay indoors, make a few white russians, and do a beautiful dress it up & dress it down double look for you all!

My little girl seems to be all about the idea! 😀

Here is what i came up with…

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Here are all of the products i used for each look, i will let you know what the differences are:

• Milani Baked Powder Blush in “Luminoso” (everyday look)
• MAC Sheer Tone Blush in “Pinch Me” (dramatic look)
• FLOWER Luxury Lip Color in “Cactus Flower” (dramatic look)
• Estée Lauder Bronzer in “Bronze Goddess” (both)
• MAC Mineralize Moisture SPF 15 Foundation (both)
• MAC Mineralize Concealer (both)
• bareMinerals Loose Eyeshadow in “Chenille” (both)
• Infallible Pro-Matte Foundation (both)
• SMASHBOX “Photo Finish” Face Primer (both)
• Hard Candy MOD Quad Baked Eyeshadow Palette in “Pink Interlude” Shade 2. (both)
• Lancôme Color Design Eyeshadow in “Vintage” For Brows (both)
• L’Oreal LA Palette NUDE 1 “Shade 7” (both)
• Almay Liquid Eyeliner “Black” (both)
• Lancôme High Definition Mascara “Black” (both)
• Ardelle Fake Eyelashes Not shown above (both)

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So you can see from that list, as simple as it sounds and as different as I appear in these two looks, i only swapped my blush and lip stick! It shares the exact same eye shadow and face routine, but when you switch out your cheek and lip color, you can drastically change your overall appearance!

Thanks for reading!

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Beautiful Sunset Inspired Eyeshadow Look!

Looking out my glass doors and all i can see are countless mesas and shades of lilac, periwinkle, pink and peach. Gorgeous right? How could i not be inspired. I also found some little river toads in our yard tonight since it’s monsoon season here in Arizona. My boyfriend helped me stop one to snap a pic! ❤

Anyways, I absolutely loved the colors i saw this evening, so i decide to go with periwinkle blue & lilac purple eyes for my saturday night out look!

Here are all of the products i used:

• MAC Lip Stick in “Angel”
• MAC Mineralize Concealer
• MAC Mineralize Moisture SPF 15 Foundation

• MALLY Base Eyeshadow/Primer
• Sally Girl Eyeshadow in “Lilac” (exclusive sally beauty supply single eyeshadows)
• Sally Girl Eyeshadow in “Electric Blue” (exclusive sally beauty supply single eyeshadow)
• Lancôme Color Design Eyeshadow in “Vintage”  (for my brows)
• Mally Lip Liner in “Sexy Sorbet”

• Lancôme Paris High Definition Mascara in “Black”
• Infallible Pro-Matte Foundation in “Porcelain”
• Almay Liquid Eyeliner in “Black”
• Estée Lauder Bronzer in “Bronze Goddess”
• bareMinerals Blush in “Optimist”
• Ardelle Fake Eyelashes (Not shown above)

Thanks for reading! Keep an eye on my blog! If you love being a pampered princess you probably wont want to miss my upcoming posts in the next few weeks, i am having some wonderful new & affordable products coming in to share with you all from new brands that you are going to DIE for! Beauty, body & bath, complete and total relaxation time… 😉 I’m very excited! We all need to unwind sometimes.

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It’s Primer Time! Review & Compare FLOWER, SMASHBOX and E.l.f!

So i wanted to talk about different face primers today! I have three here we are going to compare and review. I also have swatches to show you differences in consistency & texture, and swatches of color over the primers. If you’re interested, keep reading!

Primer 101

 When it comes to using a primer, a lot goes a long way no matter what brand you use. You’re trying to achieve light coverage as a base for your makeup to hold onto to, and you want to start from the center of your face and work outwards.

How does primer work?

• Evens/smoothes out your skins imperfections
• Enlongates the wear of your makeup

Are there different kinds of primers?

Yes! Hydrating/moisturizing primers for dry skin, matte primers for more oil prone skin, anti aging primers for creased/aged skin, discoloration correcting primers for skin imperfections/birth marks, neutral primers for combination skin etc.

When to apply a primer

In between applying your moisturizer & your makeup/foundation.

Can i use face primer for my eyeshadow?

There are different types of primers for different areas of your face. For the most part eyelid primers cannot be used as face primer, because of its thicker texture. However, most face primers can be used as eye primers. So YES! As long as the ingredients are safe to use near your eyes.

Now, here are some swatches for you to check out:

Here you can see the texture, color etc. of these primers. Here is my opinion on each since i am able to actually feel the consistency of them, smell them etc..

FLOWER Perfecting Primer: Extremely slick, applies nicely, moisturizing, smells fresh and clean like a face wash.

SMASHBOX Photo Finish: Velvety soft texture, smooth, matte. virtually no smell detected.

E.l.f Pore-less Primer: Texture is a lot like a face lotion. Application appears more like a thicker creme, or sunscreen. Smell is a bit unusual, like astringent/sunscreen. May be bothersome to some people.

Here are some examples of the same eyeshadow over the three separate primers after they have dried. (I used eyeshadow since foundation would be much harder for you all to see)

As you can see above, FLOWER’s primer really made that color bold and it stuck smoothly and evenly to the primer swatch beneath it. SMASHBOX’s primer has created a more natural lighter look to this color, but none the less smooth and nice in appearance. Finally, E.l.f’s primer seemed like it clumped the color in some areas, and was lighter in other spots. Don’t know if i’ll be using this one again, being the cheapest of the three i sort of expected it. So, in regards to applying foundation over these primers, FLOWER’s will really give you a full face & even dewy look, SMASHBOX’s will give you a overall more natural looking matte face. I would not recommend purchasing E.l.f’s.

Thanks for reading!

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Soft Neapolitan Eyes! Bare Minerals, Maybelline & L’Oreal!

So today i was inspired by the almost too pretty to eat, neapolitan ice cream! I wanted to create a look using the colors but i didn’t want it to be AS vibrant as the actual treat, so here’s what i came up with…

The Eyes 

(Inked in Pink, Starlight & Chenille)

• Maybelline 24HR Color Tattoo Metal in “Inked In Pink” (On half of lid towards the outer V)
• i.d. bareMinerals loose eyeshadow in “Starlight” (In crease and outer V)
• i.d. bareMinerals loose eyeshadow in “Chenille” (Inner corner of eye and front half of lid)
• LA Pallete NUDE 1 Dark brown shimmer shade. (Outer V & cut crease) (Not shown as swatch)
• Almay Liquid Liner in “Black” (Not shown above)
• Lancôme High Definition Mascara in “Black” (Not shown above)
• Ardelle Fake Eyelashes (Not shown above)

The Face

• MAC Lip Stick in “Créme Cup”
• MAC Mineralize Concealer
• FLOWER Liquid Foundation
• Infallible 16HR Pro-Matte Foundation
• I.d. bareMinerals face color in “Gossamer” (Highlight cheekbones)
• Lancôme Color Design Eyeshadow in “Vintage” (for filling in brows)
• FLOWER Powder to Creme Blush in TT1 “A-Coral-ble” (not shown above)
• Rimmel London Lasting Finish Lip Contouring Pencil in “Natural” (not shown above)

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Now that you’ve seen all the products, here is the outcome!

Thanks for reading!

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Poison Purple & Ocean Blue Lips!

So i’ve been looking through a lot of beautiful, kind of crazy lip color combos and looks and i’ve been very inspired by luvbridget’s blog lately. She’s always posting pictures of gorgeous lips, so thank you for motivating me to do some looks of my own honey! ❤ Check out her blog, click on here name above 🙂

I primed my lips before applying the colors in these looks.

This is my poison purple look, MAC “Gunner” & MAC “Violetta” have been used here with a clear lipgloss and bright indigo/purple loose pigment.

Bright ocean lips! This was created with the NYX Macaroon Lip Stick in “Pistachio“. And i used a loose electric blue sparkle pigment to line my lips and fade the color out! Then i just dabbed a little bit of white/translucent powder in the center of my lips since i wanted this one to be more of a matte look.

I really loved doing something crazy like this, if any of you are inspired to do a fun lip-look send me a link to your post i would love to see what YOU created! Thanks for reading!

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Quick compare! FLOWER cream eyeshadow VS. Maybelline 24HR Color Tattoo Cream Eyeshadow!

Hi everyone! I just wanted to do a quick compare & review on a FLOWER cosmetics color play cream eyeshadow vs. A Maybelline 24HR Color Tattoo cream eyeshadow. These both have their pros and cons, since cream shadows in general can be a tricky thing to use. Sometimes the color is just not as pigmented as you’d expect from a creamy shadow, the overall texture may make it harder for you to apply, it doesn’t last quite as long as normal eyeshadow.. Well, hopefully this review will shed some light on the cream eyeshadow situation.

The colors i will be using as examples today are Maybelline’s “Bad To The Bronze” and FLOWER’s “Flirty Floret.”

“Bad To The Bronze” is the pot shown towards the bottom, and “Flirty Floret” is the one towards the top. I would definitely call Maybelline’s more of a champagne/light taupe color, while FLOWER’s is a true bronze brown. As you can see from the picture above, FLOWER’s shadow has more of a whipped light texture, while Maybelline’s is somewhat pressed into the jar making it a bit harder to get a good amount of product.

Here are some swatches:

FLOWER PROS:

• Highly pigmented gorgeous shimmery color.
• Whipped texture makes it nice to apply.
• A little goes a LONG way.
• If there is creasing going on, you can easily smooth it out and fix it.

Maybelline PROS:

• Longevity
• Smudge/Smear Proof

It seems like what one is lacking, the other one has covered. So if you are looking for a pigmented easy to apply cream shadow, i would suggest you go with FLOWER’s. If you’re looking for a cream shadow that stays put but isn’t as pigmented & and you don’t mind that any creasing is harder to correct, go with Maybelline’s.

Thanks for reading!

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Maybelline Blushed Nudes Night Out Makeup Look!

I got a request the other day from someone saying they wished i would have done some looks with that Maybelline Blushed Nudes palette review i posted recently, so i thought that was a great idea and i should definitley at least post one look with this palette. Here’s what i came up with!

Sort of a pink, rosey smokey eye. I always start my eyeshadow routine with my MALLY base shadow. It is so creamy, doesn’t crease at all and makes the shadow stick to your lids perfectly for HOURS! One of my personal favorites.

The base shadow is the pan to the left. It works very well as a primer but any eyelid primer will work just fine.

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Let me show you how a base shadow works for those who aren’t familiar:

(The brown shadow shown here is NOT used in this look, it is achieved using only the colors from the blushed nudes palette. This is just used  as an example)

Above are the two shadows in the MALLY palette swatched separately. As you can see, the brown eye shadow is somewhat transparent, it doesn’t look nearly as dark as the color in the actual pan. The base shadow is neutral in color, bright & creamy. Now, let me show you the brown shadow OVER the creamy base shadow.

Retail price for JUST the creamy base shadow: $18.00 USD

Purchase it here!

Now that the brown shadow has been applied over the base, it has much better color pay off and it is noticeably darker than the last swatch.

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Back to the look: Here are the colors i used from the Maybelline Blushed Nudes Palette

In this order i began to apply:

1. I pretty much just cut my crease with this color and then blended it out so it wasn’t such a harsh line.
2. I packed this onto my lid, and blended it in with the color i used in my crease.
3. Traced my outer V with this black color and blended it out, also used on my bottom lash line.
4. Applied this to my inner corner, and below  near my inner corner on my lower lash line. Blend blend blend!

You can really achieve some beautiful romantic eyes with this palette. I’ve been loving it so far and here you can see the gorgeous colors in action! You could also go the opposite route and do something with the lighter colors in the palette for more of a daytime look. If you’d like me to do a daytime look for you just leave a comment!

Thanks for reading!

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Beauty Blogger Awards!

Hello lovely ladies! This will probably be the only time i ever post something that isn’t in relation to a product review, comparison, favorite etc.. But i just feel really honored and so glad to hear that i was nominated for the Beauty Blogger Awards by relynmanuel. I just wanted thank her so so so much for nominating me, i feel very special!<3 Please continue reading if you’re interested in learning about the Beauty Blogger Awards and to see my Q&A!

RULES:

1. Tag the person who nominated you.
2. Answer the questions you were given.
3. Nominate 10 people who’s blog is about beauty or fashion.
4. Make 10 questions for your nominees to answer.
5. Inform the people you chose that they have been nominated!

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Relynmanuel’s questions:

1. What is your comfort food? My comfort food has got to be carnitas tacos with all the toppings piled on, queso fresco, pico de gallo, guacamole, lime, cheese.. And now i’m really hungry haha.
2. What effortlesly makes you smile? My clown-like kittens, they’re always making funny noises or doing stupidly cute things to make me smile!
3. Who is your favorite style inspirstion? Dita Von Teese is just a walking display of class and elegance, which is always displayed through her fashion sense as well as how she carries herself.
4. What is your favorite part of your makeup routine? Honeslty, this will sound really funny, but i like concealing my under eyes and watching the dark circles go away! I get this happy feeling i can’t explain.
5. What outfit makes you feel like a thousand dollars? Why? I feel the best in yoga pants and plain tank top with my hair down, Simple is better<3
6. If you were forced to chose between lipstick & lipgloss, which would it be? Absolutley lipstick!
7. What was the first thing on your mind today? Going to work haha. 
8. What song makes you feel all the feels? Glass Animals- Gooey 
9. What is your favorite quote? Why? “Imperfection is beauty.” -Marilyn Monroe. NOT just because it’s marilyn monroe, but the quote really has truth to it.
10. What is your favorite band? Rightnow some of my favorite are Glass animals, Snakehips, Om and Grimes.

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Here are my questions for my nominees:

1. Tell me something we don’t know about you!
2. Favorite current high end product?
3. What is the craziest thing you’ve ever done?
4. Where do you work?
5. Do you have any little furry friends? What are their names and what kind of pet?
6. Your absolute DREAM car?
7. Would you give up putting on makeup for a full month if you were offered a $100 gift card to your favorite cosmetics brand for doing so? (You could use it after the month is over)
8. What is your background? Ethnicity, family etc…
9. One food you HATE?
10. What is on the top of your bucket list?

Now here are my nominees ❤

• Beautyimpulse101
• Iona
• LipCulture
• facecameraaction
• Bbeautyblog2015
• jerrrrwood
• The Girl Loves Makeup
• Supa Life Of A Shopaholic
• Emmacharlottebeauty
• Onlinebeautyfinds

I truly enjoy reading and looking through all of your blogs, they’re so interesting & informative! I love when you guys comment and i get to talk to you too ❤ Keep up the fantastic work beautiful girls!

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