4th of July fotd, nails and small haul

 

Eyes:NYX jumbo eye pencil in milk all over the lid and under the brows, nyx eyeshadow base + Mac's paint pot in "Painterly", Stila "In the light" Palette (lid: kitten crease: bliss, inner corner: bare) Urban Decay's electric palette (chaos for the bottom liner), urban decay's eyeliner in zero, Revlon bold lacquer mascara in "Blackest black", and TarinaTarantino under eye brightener

Face: Laura Mercier's tinted moisturizer in natural, Lorac's "perfectly lit" as a highlight, It Cosmetic's bronzer and highlight: Warm radiance all over the face, Tarte cheek stain in "blushing bride"

(Mac's fix + over top)

Lips: Mac's lipstick in "Ruby woo" with Mac's "Wicked Ways" over top

4th of July nail polish: China Glaze's frostbite, Essie's forever yummy, and Essie Urban Jungle with Pixi's Opal Sheen over top

I was so excited to find this at target today! After seeing all the great reviews, I have been waiting to try Covergirl's new Ready Set Gorgeous foundation set. I will have to try it tomorrow and keep you updated on how I like it :) 

I also needed a new liquid eyeliner so i decided to try this ELF liner in black. I was actually surprised by how much I liked it. It is nice and dark and goes on pretty smooth. The tip is really thin and is perfect for a natural liner but i like how you can easily build it up to be thicker if you want.

I seem to have lost my last eyelash curler so I stocked up on this ELF curler.

I also stocked up on some more makeup remover today. I had to post this because this makeup remover is by far the best makeup remover I have tried. I doesn't burn my face, it removes the makeup perfectly, and it doesn't make me break out after using it. Every other makeup remover I have tried has made me break out the next day, never fails.... This makeup remover is from Target's up and up brand

Fotd and notd

Fotd:

eyes: bare minerals nude beach eyeshadow over the lid with bare minerals queen tiffany in the crease. Urban decay eyeliner in mildew with nars midnight porter over the top. For the eyelashes I used are ardells false eyelashes in natural and too faced better than sex mascara.

Face: covergirl true blend foundation in classic beige with Tarte exposed blush for the cheeks

Lips: mac's lipstick in candy yum yum with mac's cremesheen glass in pagoda

Nails: mac's ice cream cake nail polish

Casual Makeup of the Day for a Casual Day

Looking through all my makeup and nail polishes this morning reminded me how long it's been since I've posted on  this blog. So I figured since it's a casual day I would do a casual makeup look with my favorite nail polish (mod about you). This look was inspired by a makeup look i saw Jaclyn Hill make so i thought i would try to recreate it. If you want the link to her actual video here it is :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYMNZiaky5U The only big changes I made included using the mac lipstick angel and a lip gloss by bare essentials in katie ( perfect pink). I think this may be my new go to look. Never would have thought I would have loved the tempting eyeshadow by mac so much but it is really pretty.

NOTD

I absolutely love this nail color for spring!!!

Essie: Play date

Face and nails of the day

NOTD: Victoria Secret- Midnight Glamour

I got this nail polish at the VS outlet last spring ( a dollar or two maybe? it was really cheap at the outlets, I think 75% off) and I have been waiting for winter to sport this pretty and dark color. I really like its navy tone. You can still find it on amazon I know but not sure were else: http://www.amazon.com/Victorias-Secret-Midnight-Glamour-Lacquer/dp/B0048Y0UDQ

Here's some swatches from the daily varnish -http://thedailyvarnish.com/2010/12/07/victorias-secret-midnight-glamour/


Face of the Day: Today I used one of my favorite drugstore palettes- maybelline chai latte with benefit's dandelion blush for the cheeks and  pink plaid lipstick from mac ( with bare essentials lipgloss in katie over it)

sweater- forever 21

Here's the link for some swatches if you haven't tried out this palette yet. It is amazing for a neutral everyday eye but you can also play it up for an evening look. http://warmvanillasugar0823.blogspot.com/2011/08/august-2011-favorites.html


  If you can't find this exact palette in CVS or walgreens the new sunbaked neutrals palette for maybelline has a smaller version of  chai latte actually in it.  You also can take advantage of the green colors in this newer palette too and create even more looks.


I figured I would list some tutorials I really like that help me create looks with these palettes-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO7TiR9WpaY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OSxjFifUl8