30 Day makeup challenge day 11

 Do you like wearing Bronzer?

I never used to. In fact, until the past few months I dont even think I owned any. I like the fact that I have really fair skin, and bronzer always kind of looked ridiculous on me. Even now, I only use it to create a little bit of a glow. It is hard for me to get a bronzer that can go with my skin tone, and I dont know if this is something I do or if other people do it as well, but if I feel like I do need a bronzer, but dont want to look like a clown, I will just buy a powder foundation 2-3 shades darker then what I am and it has the same effect without looking orange on my skin. I dont know, maybe I'm weird lol. Have a good day guys =)

30 day makeup challenge day 10

Alright ladies,, the question for day 10 =)

What is your favorite makeup brush?

This one made me think a little bit. I'm not sure to answer this as a favorite brush brand type or favorite type of brush.........Hmmmmmm

I guess I'll just answer both =)

I would have to say my favorite brand is Real Techniques. I think these are extremely reasonably priced for the amzing quality that you get. I mean I can get around 4-5 brushes for around $20. I have payed more then that for a single eyeshadow brush. That gives them 5 stars with me =)

My favorite type of brush has to be an eyeshadow brush tho. and if I had to pick one, it would be something similar to the brush that comes in the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette. It is a very simple brush and to me it was the selling point of the palette. I'm not one of those people that uses 10 different brushes to achieve a look. I feel like I can acomplish any look by using around 2 brushes and by putting the right amount of product in the right spot. The way I see it is, relating this to art, is that I can have the best and most expensive brushes out there, and that's not going to make me a master artist. A certain amount of skill is required as well. Don't get me wrong, the right tools will deff get you a long way. I just dont feel like anyone should have to spend $30 on a single brush designed to do one thing, So when you come across great brushes in palettes, take advantage of that!!!

Hope this gives some insight as to my faves. Have a good night guys!!

30 Day Makeup Challenge day 9

Alright so this one is pretty straight forward, it justs asks for a picture of my makeup collection. So here you go =)

 

All of my eyeshadow palettes 

 

Face/ lip products. (this is actually a little more extensive then it looks)

 

All of my eyeshadow singles.

 

 

 

If anyone has any questions about anything inparticular please feel free to ask =)

30 Day Makeup Challenge Day 8

Alright, so the question for day 8 is:

What is your favorite dayime look?

This is a question I really don't know how to answer. I dont really do a daytime or a nightime look. If I were going out that night I may redo my eyeliner and choose a darker lipstick, but I dont have a specific look I go for depending upon the time of day. But most of the time I tend to lean towards a smokey look. I can do it in any color I choose and I can use more golden toned shades for the summer so it can be worn year round. but that's just me =) Have a good day guys!!!

Sallys Eyeshadow singles

So this is one of those brands that I dont hear of to often. Sallys beauty supply has their own line of makeup products, most of them are small in size and they are almost all $1. So you could see why these would appeal to me =) I've posted pictures below and I will go through my thoughts about them.

 

 

So these are all really gorgeous shades. the first six are baked singles, as you can see in the swatches, the first two I did wet and dry, but I didnt notice much of a difference so I just did the other four dry. These arnt the most pigmented of eyeshadows. They are very sheer when used with makeup brushes, I had to use sponge tip applicators just to get the desired pigmentation, even then it was iffy. These arnt eyeshadows I would use by themselves to achieve a look. I will probably just use them to add a little bit of sheer color to whatever look im going for that day. I do think the gold toned eyeshadow is a great inner eye highlight tho =) the other two are matte colors that kind of stood out to me. these are really pigmented but kind of chalky, I would compare these to the ELF eyeshadows. but at a $1 a piece I cant really complain, I mean that is a gorgeous shade of like a robins egg blue. I would proabably buy these for little gift favors, when im buying things for a lot of people, just bc the baked singles are so pretty to look at =) If you are intrested in a paticular color I have on here, just message or comment and I'll be happy to let you know the name of it!

 

 

 

This is the look I achieved with these shadows,,,, have a good day ladies =)



30 day makeup challenge days 5-7

Sorry I havent been on here in the last few days,,,, I almost always get most of my hours at work on the weekends, and I spent the day yesterday changing my hair up a bit,,, pics to come of that later =)
But moving on, I'm going to post the past 3 days of questions in one post today, just to play catch up!
So here we go!!

Day 5:

 What is your favorite lipstick, lip gloss, and lip liner?

Alright so I dont know if I'm supposed to do this,, but this is a two way tie on the lipsticks. Some of you might guess this one,,the first is Nude peach fuzz by NYX. I have already done a review of this and there are pictures up of it in an earlier post. My second favorite has to be Naked by Victorias Secret. I dont know what my obsession is with these neutral pinks, but I Love them!! Below are pics of Naked by victorias secret

 

 

I dont wear lip liner, so thats an easy one. As for my favorite gloss, Im really loving Coral Reef by Revlon. I can wear it over red, over pink or by itself. its just a really versatile orange shade. Ive used it in an earlier post so im not going to include pictures of me wearing it, but here is what the tube looks like.

 

 

 

 

Okay so Day 6:

Do you like to wear false lashes, strips or individuals?

 

I do not wear false lashes. I think a lot of them that I see are really gorgeous and I think that they look beautiful on people that wear them, they're just not my thing. I have really long lashes naturally, and after I curl them, adding faslies would be to much for me =)

 

Day 7:

Favorite Eye Shadow color?

 

This is an easy one for me. Pink is my favorite eye shadow color. From gold toned pink to sheer to bright, I love it. I probably use pink in some form around once a week. which is a lot for me bc i have so many different colors. Usaully if a palette includes pink,, its enough for me to buy it. Im a sucker. havent you guys seen my glasses ? =p

 

Well that wraps it up for days 5-7. I will post day 8 later today. ( I have to let my camera charge). Alright guys,, I'll talk to you later,, bye =)



$5 Makeup Challenge

      So we have all seen the $10 and $20 makeup challenges, but I'm taking it a step futher. This one is for those nights that you have been out all night and have $5 to your name and you didnt bring your makeup bag. Then after you realize you dont have your makeup, youve already spent all your money on food and drinks and onlyhave around $5 in your pocket, but your friends arnt ready to go home. haha these things hapen right? So now that I totally set the scene, I'm going to get to the point. I allowed myself $5 to see what kind of look I could pull off in a jam. So I went to the nearest dollar store, bc thats what came to mind, and this is what I found.

 

 

From left to right I got

- L.A. foundation in creamy beige

- NYC cheek glow in sutton place peach

-Elf liquid eyeliner in black

-L.A. lipstick in natural

-L.A.shimmering loose eyeshadow in radiant

 

      So at first I was really excited bc I thought I could totally pull this off, I have all the basics right? haha thats when things got ugly.

 

 

 

           This is the absolute worst foundation I have ever used. It is basically a really low end tinted moisturizer. I could compare the blendability of this to that of nail polish. And what I mean by that it is, imagine if you tried to blend nail polish, you would basically get a big empty spot in the middle of your nail and all the color along the sides kind of built up and gloppy. This is exactly what happend with this product. I used it for the sake of this review/challenge, but it was just horrible.

 

 

       So this product I have mixed feelings on. I dont know if it was terrible bc the foundation was so horrible or if its bc the brush sucked, or if it is just a bad product. So, I'm going to play around with this for a few more days and I'll do an updated review. 

 

        I was really happy to an elf product when I picked up these other items. some of their products I love, others not so much. this I'll rate at about 2.5 out of 5. it went on easy enough, just not pigmented enough for me. but at a dollar, I'm not going to complain about this one.

 

 

          So I was actually a little impressed with this one. The texture was really smooth and creamy, and I really love the color. I would probably buy this again if it didnt have such a foul odor. I may try other lipsticks by this brand tho and see if they all smell bad. maybe the one I picked up was just a fluke.

 

         As to be expected with all loose shadows, this was a little messy, and the brush it came with was almost painful to use. It is a really pretty copper color, a little to orange for my skin tone tho, But I imagine some it may work quite well for some people, given that they use a diff brush. So below I posted a picture of my final look. It took me about 10 minutes to complete, seeing as I had limited resources lol. overall I think it turned out okay. would I repurchase most of these products? probably not, but who knows, if I get desperate enough for makeup who knows =p

 

 

And yes, I am in my work shirt =) have a good nighgt guys.