SExY Browns & Curls

Wow! Its been awhile since I have blogged.  Sorry! I do miss blogging, but real life is overtaking blog life at the moment. Hopefully in the next few weeks I'll back onto blogging.  School and work has been draining my energy so its been hard to keep up with all products and pictures, etc. 

Quick Post:
This look was awhile back, not sure if I posted it, but here it is.  To my love of Neutrals and Browns!

SExY Browns & Curls

with glasses*

curls!

Products used:

Face:

MUFE HD, MAC Powder, Instant Chic blush

Eyes:

MAC Romp e/s, NYX black e/s, Smashbox eye primer, Smashbox liner, MAC Studio Fix mascara

Lips:

MAC Bare slimshine

Who doesn't love bouncy girls and smokey eyes?  I went for a neutral brown, pink cheeks, bare lips look to match my bouncy curls.  I was heading for dinner with the husband, so I wanted something nice and cute but not overly done.  Very easy to achieve and lasted me well into the night!

Unrelated Question:

What do you want me to BLOG about NEXT?

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Summer Nude - FOTD

Neutrals, nudes, bare faced, seems like the trend this season.  Many colors are being very minimal in color selection and are going for the natural bare faced look.  This is definitely a trend that I like and I think fits for most people.

Summer Nude

~FOTD~

Close ups of the eyes and cheeks:

Products used:

F: MUFE HD foundation, Sonia Kashuk concealer, MAC Instant Chic Blush, Bobbi Brown Shimmerbrick Platinum Pink

E: Smashbox lid primer, MAC Sable & Shroom eyeshadow, Smashbox Eyelights palette. MAC brown liner, studio fix mascara, Essence brow powder

L: MAC 2n lipstick, Nars striptease lipgloss

For me, I think that subtlety is best when trying to do a natural look.  You don't want to do an over exaggerated look, nor a bland one.  I'm not sure if I was able to achieve the look, but I hope I did.  All I needed was just a slight sweep of color on the eye, nude lips, and light pink shimmer on the cheeks. Its always cool to add in color but natural/nude looks are versatile and  easy to do.  No stress!

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*Strawberries* Inspired

So a few weeks ago, I blogged about going to a strawberry festival in town, but had no strawberry  pictures to show for it. Well the festival is over, but not the strawberries.  I was able to get some local grown fresh strawberries from the market and have them for lunch this past weekend.  As I was eating them, I thought to myself, "Am I drawing inspiration for this berry?" Why yes I am!" hehe.

Here's my so called:

*Strawberries* FOTD

Do you see the Inspiration?

Products Used:

Face: MAC NW25 concealer, EM powder, MAC cremeblend blush, Tenderling blush

Eyes: Smashbox primer, Coastal Scents warm palette, MAC Golden Lemon pigment, Lemon Chiffon s/s, Studio Fix mascara, Essence b/p

Lips: MAC Bare slimshine, Ladybug and Strawbaby lipstick

My inspiration for the FOTD, was from the *RED* of the strawberries, and the *Golds/Neutral* from the berry seeds.  I hope you all see what I see and notice the colors I used.  I was going to do a red eyeshadow look, but opted that out for red lips, since I haven't done a red lips fotd. 

"I love Spring. I love to drive by the fields and smell the sweet aroma of strawberries! YUMMY"

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Color 4 Quad

Part of MAC's huge Spring Forecast Collection, Color 4 Quad is one of the items that I picked up from my haul I posted last week.  I've use this quad a few times now and I totally love the colors.  Neutrals and Golds are my favorites and this quad has both neutrals and some shimmer. 

Product Review:

Color 4 Quad

(with flash)

(swatches with flash)

(no flash)

Pros:
~Very pigmented (all four colors has awesome payoff)
~Color coordinated quad
~Neutral/Gold colors with slight shimmer

Cons:
~Pricey but when compared to buying then individually, its still a better deal
~New Packaging (bulkier, harder to open, easily fingerprinted)

Rating:  4/5

Overall, I like the quad. The payoff is pretty good to me and far better than recent ones that MAC have come out with.  I can never have enough golds and neutrals, so this palette is a good addition to my collection.  The only problem that I have would be the packaging.  This year MAC changed the new quads from the older ones to these new quads. They are thicker and bulkier; for me its sometimes hard to open, and fingerprints are easily left on the clear plastic cover.  Aside from the packaging, I don't regret buying it, I've been using it and so far like it! For $36, it does seem like its expensive, but for 4 colors, its a good buy.

Tips:

~(Intense) Layer one by one, the more the build the more intense the colors become

~(Soft) Keep it simple! Light strokes of each color will give you a warm but subtle color!

The Spring Forecast Collection is still available online and at many MAC store locations. 

 

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(This product was purchased by me. I have no affiliation with said company)

Look What I GOT!!! Early Christmas Gift!!

Last week, I got a package in the mail from my sis in law and on the box said:

"Coastal Scents"

I opened it up and it was the "88 Warm Palette". I have been eyeing this baby for quite some time now (more like a year) but never got the push to really get it online, even when there was a coupon code. I have so much makeup lying around, I always told myself, I don't need it, it will just be another palette collecting dust and not be used. Also I have plenty of neutrals that I use and own already, "I don't need anymore!". You can say was excited to get the palette, cause it was my first "Coastal Scents" item, and my first palette of those types of palettes. I have been able to swatch some colors and use them on my eyes. So far so good, from what I have see. Not so much fall out, or chalky colors. I can say that majority of the colors can be used in any color combination and look beautiful.

Hopefully in the next few weeks, I can get a few photos as to where I used them on my eyes.

CS 88 Warm Palette

Swatches:

You can purchase this palette from Coastal Scents! Thanks so much SIS! I love it!!