FOTD: NYX Jazz Night Browns

Lame title I know, but I couldn't think of what to call it. Today was rainy and overcast, then it was sunny, then it was pouring rain again. Weird. But when I woke up to go to school it was overcast and gloomy, so I just threw on my sweatshirt and comfy boots and called it a lazy day. Well, until I started to do my makeup. The original plan was to go the au natural route with just some light powder, blush, and eyeliner....but somehow I went the exact opposite.

Lol, I don't feel like listing everything, so I'll just list the main things....

NYX Runway eyeshadow palette in Jazz Night (both brown shades)

Maybelline Lasting Drama Gel Liner

e.l.f. blush in Berry Merry

Loreal Color Riche lipstick in Fairest Nude

Hard Candy Plumping Lip Serum in Girl Next Door

Haha, after all that I might as well have listed everything!

Oh, don't forget, my Cover Girl Lashblast Fusion giveaway ends tomorrow! Click the link at the top of the page to enter!

My Current Faves

Hey girls, just thought I would share some of my current makeup faves that I use, some are newer and some i have reviewed already for you

1. Loreal Telescopic Mascara in Carbon Black - read my review here

2. Anastasia Brow Whiz in Brunette - read my review here

3. Hard Candy Plumping Serum Volumizing Lip Gloss - read my review here

4. Urban Decay Primer Potion in Eden - I will be doing a review of this soon.

5. Lotree Moisture Skin Primer Pact - this is one of the items my sister sent me from Korea. It's a compact powder that glides on silky smooth and gives my skin a nice matte finish. I like to wear this with a little concealer on the days I don't want to apply foundation.

6. MAC Spring Forecast Blush Ombre in Ripe Peach - read my review here

7. Jane No Show Oil Free Concealer in 03 Light-Medium - Surprisingly, this is one of my favorite concealers. I bought it at Wal Mart (?) for a couple bucks and it works pretty well. It matches my skin and blends in evenly without looking cakey or enhancing any dryness.

8. Maybelline Eyestudio Eyeshadows - I only have two of these (My Icon and Silver Starlet, above) but I am really loving these and am thinking about getting more! They are smooth, pigmented, and blend in easily. I love all the different shades they come in and the fact that you are pretty much getting a couple shadows in one package. I did a review that you can read here

9. Wal Mart High Definition Makeup Brushes - Omg, I am totally in love with these brushes! They are suuper soft and pretty affordable! I take a little longer now to apply my makeup because I spend so much time running them across my face! :P You can check out my review that I did here.

There you go, these are some of the products that I use the most! If anyone has any particular questions about these products, don't hesitate to ask!

P.S. Do you like my new watermark? Yes, no?

Hard Candy Product Reviews

Ever since I heard about Hard Candy being at Wal Mart I have not been able to stop looking at the products! Every time I go I always want to pick up something from their line. However, I currently only own four of their products, but will probably be purchasing more in the future.

Here are the products I own:

FOTD & OOTD: Weekend Shopping!

Like I said in my previous post, I went shopping with my sister this weekend. I'm so mad because I forgot to actually take pics while we were shopping, but here are some I took before we left

How do people reach their noses?

Me and my sis, aren't we cute? Haha :P

My outfit for the day (aw, who's that adorable kid in the corner?) :)

 

Makeup I used:

• Face:
• Monistat Anti Chafing Powder Gel as a primer
• Revlon Photo Ready Foundation in Golden Beige
• NYX Concealer in a Jar in Medium (under eyes and around nose. I promise I will review this soon!)
• Lotree Moisture Skin Primer Pact

• Cheeks:
• Hard Candy So Baked Bronzer in #130 Tropics
• MAC Blush Ombre in Ripe Peach
• Lotree Shimmer Bling Face Designing

• Eyes:
• Sally Hansen Fast Fix Eyeshadow Base
• NYX Runway Eyeshadow Palette in Jazz Night (the yellow, brown, and black shades)
• Loreal Telescopic Mascara in Carbon Black & Rimmel The Max Volume Flash Mascara in Extreme Black
• Sonia Kashuk Dramatically Defining Long Wear Gel Liner in Ebony

• Lips:
• Smith's Rosebud Salve as lip balm
• Loreal Color Riche lipstick in Fairest Nude
• Hard Candy Plumping Lip Serum Volumizing Lip Gloss in #150 Girl Next Door

 

Valentine's Look #2: Funky Fuschia!

Here is Look #2 in my Valentine's FOTD's, Funky Fuschia. Judging from the title, I tried to use more vibrant fuschia colors, however I didn't really have any that were fuschia exactly, so I used whatever was closest.

Products I used:

Face: Revlon Photo Ready Foundation in Golden Beige

MUFE HD Powder

MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NC30

Hard Candy Baked Blush in Living Doll

Lotree Shimmer Bling Designing

Eyes: Loreal Telescopic Mascara in Carbon Black

Pink, white, lavender, and black eyeshadow from my Profusion palette

Sonia Kashuk Dramatically Defining Gel Liner in Ebony

Lips: elf Lip Duo (I don't know what the shade is called, but it's a bright fuschia pinkish :P)

Don't forget tomorrow is the last day to enter my Valentine's Giveaway! I will be drawing a random name tomorrow and posting the results, so you have until 5:00pm PST to enter. Click here to enter!

Random Weekend Haulage

Haha, is haulage a word? If it isn't, than we will definitely make it one! After all, if Beyonce can make up the word bootylicious, then there's no reason we can't say haulage is a word! But anyways, I'm starting to sound stupid, so I'll get to the main topic. :P

So this weekend I went to visit my sister and of course we did what we do best - shop! To be honest, she was actually just running errands and I was tagging along, but I managed to find some good deals wherever we went!

First we stopped at Walgreens so she could pick up her son's cold medicine. One of my readers, Sophia, told me that Walgreens now sells The Face Shop products, which made me so happy because I had been wanting to try them! Unfortunately, all I could find were some sheet masks, which I still bought, but the other facial products I will probably have to buy online off their website :(   I also got some Dickinson's Witch Hazel Toner and Queen Helene's Mint Julep Masque. I have been wanting to try this mask forever, and it is way cheaper there than Sally's (I bought it for $4.50, at Sally's I think it's like $7.50? Big difference in price!)

Next we stopped at CVS because I was looking for an eyelash curler that Walgreen's didn't have. CVS didn't have it either, but I did get some stuff that was on sale though

The towlettes are for those days when I am feeling like a total bum and don't want to go through my whole skin routine :P The XXL Extensions was on sale for half off, so of course I had to grab it, I love that mascara! I am always looking for new eyeliners that last, and the Infallible was on sale so I said why not try it? And the lipstick was on sale too, I got #800 Fairest nude. I love CVS!!!

On the first night we got there, after my sister and her husband went to bed, my boyfriend and I made a late night trip to Wal-Mart (that is a tradition of ours, we are secret late night Wal-Mart shoppers :P ) While he was browsing electronics, I of course stopped in the makeup section.

I have to say, Wet n' Wild is getting better with their packaging, I wanted this eyeshadow palette as soon as I spotted it!

Another Maybelline Eyestudio eyeshadow, I am really loving these shadows, this one is Silver Starlet

And although I had a bad experience with Hard Candy mascaras and liners (check out my review here), I really wanted to try their other products, mostly because of their packaging (I'm such a sucker for packaging!) I got this blush in Living Doll, I'm sooo glad I got it, I love the color!

Here are swatches of all three products, I forgot to swatch the black part of the Wet n' Wild shadow though

And last but not least, this is non makeup related, but when my sister and I went shopping we stopped at a thrift store to check it out. I found these really cute Nine West bags, only $4 for the black one and $2 for the other one! The black one is missing a stud, but I can probably replace it.

So how was everyone else's weekend? Hope it was good! We finished off by playing a Wii and I kicked everyone's butt in bowling, but now my arm is sore,  I"m so out of shape! :P

p.s. Sorry if my posts are too long, I know I include a lot of pictures which I like to do because I am a visual person and I enjoy when other blogs have lots of pics, but if I post too many, please let me know! :)

 

 

Mini Wal-Mart haul

 

Even though I love shopping at department stores, there's nothing like getting a quick (and cheap!)  fix by going to my local drugstore, Wal-Mart, or Target, to satisfy my addiction. Since I was out of toilet paper and diapers ( for my son, not me!) I decided to haul my butt to Wal-Mart. As I was casually browsing through the makeup section for nothing in particular, one brand caught my eye-Hard Candy. I had totally forgotten that they sold it at Wal Mart! Being a Hard Candy virgin and never having had access to a place that sold it, I thought I should try these products out, especially since I had been coveting this brand since I was a teenager (I also picked up some St. Ives Apricot face scrub, my favorite, some more cotton squares, and a face buffing sponge). It was sooo hard to choose just a few items because there were quite a few that I wanted to buy, but in the end, I chose their Curl Up & Dye Lash Curling Mascara in Late Night (teal green), Ginormous Lash Volumizing Mascara in Mudslide (chocolate brown), and Walk the Line Liquid Eyeliner in Flip Side (metallic navy blue).

Curl Up & Dye Lash Curling Mascara

Ginormous Lash Volumizing Mascara

Walk the Line Liquid Liner

So what do I think of these products? Well, let's just say I'm glad I didn't pay very much for them. Man, am I disappointed! Despite the cute packaging, these products are not very good. I can't speak for everyone of course, but I found them to be very watery, especially the blue liner and the green mascara. Both the mascaras didn't even show up on my lashes and they barely did anything to enhance them; no curl, no volumizing, no color, although the brown one did lengthen them a bit. The blue liner was a gorgeous shade, but it was so watery it was hard to apply and after applying several layers, my eyes just felt sticky. I hate to waste these, so I am trying to think of a way to salvage them. Oh well, lesson learned.........although I'm tempted to test out their other products that aren't liquid :P Stay tuned.......