Casual " go to" Fotd

Happy Sunday everyone!

So today we are just running around doing errands so I figured I would do a quick casual FOTD.

Eyes: NYX eye shadow base + Mac's paint pot in "Painterly", Mac's eyeshadow in "Yogurt" all over the lid with Mac's "Digit" in the crease,  Maybelline's dark circle eraser under the eyes with IT cosmetic's bye bye under eye corrector cream over top,Stila's liner in "alloy", Loreal's voluminous mascara in " Black Noir"+ Covergirl's lash blast volume mascara in "Very black" for the bottom lashes.

Face: Benefit's pore professional balm, Olay's total effects tone correcting touch of foundation with Shiseido's refining moisturizer (This was a sample size. I am in love with how it feels on the face, makes your face soooo soft and lasts all day long. I want to get the full size), Covergirl's Ready Set Gorgeous powder foundation in light/medium over top, Too faced bronzer in "Chocolate Soleil", Maybelline's dream bouncy blush in "rose petal" with Benefit's blush in "Georgia" over the top. I tried Mac's "Yogurt" as a highlight for the cheeks today. I have to say, I love the way it turned out.:)

Lips: NYX lip liner in "Natural"+ Mac's prep and prime for the lips+ Bare Mineral lipstick in "Bavarian Creme"+ Buxom lip gloss in "Katie"

Nails: Essie's " Coat Azure"

Head band: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ThreeBirdNest (I love her store, so many cute things!)

This lip combination was my everyday lip look a few years back. I still go to it as a perfect natural lip. I still love it just as much as I did before. I have bought the lip gloss twice now (that's how much I like it). "Bavarian creme" is a "my lips but better" lipstick and the lip gloss in "Katie" is the perfect light pink ( I know, it's like it was meant to be lol) Here are some swatches so you can see:

Elf Haul and First Impression

Having loved some Elf products in the past, I decided to check out some of their newer products. I have always loved their eye shadows but I decided to give some of their new lip products and blushes a try.

The first item I got was an Elf blush palette in " light". I have to say that when I first swatches it on my hand I thought it wasn't going to be good. It took me about 4 swatches for each color to get it to really show up in the picture. On the cheeks however I discovered they are very pigmented and give a nice glow. I think this little palette is worth it and would be a nice addition to your makeup collection (especially if you are traveling and don't want to bring a whole bunch of blushes). You can actually switch the squares out but I don't think I would really need to do that since they seem like nice colors. The palette comes with light pink, rosy pink, coral and brown (bronzer type) shades. The brown color looks lighter in the palette but when swatched you can see it is much darker than it seems. I think for girls who are a bit more fair like me this would be a nice contour color.

The second set of products I got were lipglosses.  I had heard some good reviews about these so I wanted to give them a try. I was starting to doubt how nice these would be because of the cheap price but elf proved me wrong once again. Their smell threw me off a bit when I first opened them but I have to say the colors are amazing. I have a hard time with most lip glosses because of how pigmented my lips are but these actually work very nicely on my lips. 

From left to right: Scott, Joe, Brian, Marc, Michael, and Brett

I will have to do some looks with these glosses so you guys can see exactly what they look like on the lips. If you can get past the smell I would recommend these for sure.

Of course I had to get another Elf makeup remover pen (since I can't live without it lol).

I also saw this lip exfoliator one their website and decided to give it a try since my lips always dry up. I've used it once and so far I can't say that I love it. But I'm willing to give it another try...

My last set of products are of course lipsticks. I had heard a lot about ELF's new moisturizing lipsticks and was hoping they were worth all the hype.

From left to right: rosy go round, coral cutie, flirty and fabulous, and rich red matte lip color

After swatching these colors on the lips, I have to say that I do love them. They go on smooth and they are very pigmented, however I worry they are too soft and sometimes I feel like I'm going to break the lipstick in half (so be careful when applying). I do feel likes these lipsticks are worth it for the price. I'm excited to do some looks with them.

 I think they real winner of all of these lip products is the matte lip pencil. I only got one of these to try it out but I will definitely be getting more. This matte lip pencil is amazing. Let me just show you how it looks on the lips....

So overall I was happy with this haul. And I will have to keep you all updated on the lip exfoliator. If anyone would like the link to ELF's online website here you go: ELF

( the coupon code I used was: EC4fs8  )

Mac's sushi kiss

Just wanted to give you guys a first swatch of Mac's sushi kiss lipstick. I was nervous about how this one would look but I love it :). The rest of today's fotd to come soon!

Spring pink lipsticks/lipglosses

 Most are drugstore with the exception of one mac lipgloss

left to right: revlon baby pink, NYX  lipgloss in beige, NYX soft matte lip creme in Milan, Body Shop lipstick in 59,  mac lipgloss in English Accents, NYX lip creme in  candyland,  Revlon lipstick in Paparazzi Pink, Wet nWild 901B lipstick, NYC lip creme in Tokyo, Revlon lipstick in carnation, Revlon lip butter in cupcake,  Rimmel lipstick in Pink Chic, revlon lipstick in Prim-Rose

Lip tattoos - growing on me more and more

After watching Kandee's violent lips- lip tattoo video, now I am kind of inspired to try it :). I'm not as interested in the ones with the designs but I am really interested in the solid red that she tried on in her current video.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4cBipeLMiw. I have passed these by in ulta in past visits mostly because I always assumed they did not have solid colors (for some reason... maybe just because I had never seen the solid colors lol). Now that I see how shiny and pretty it looks I'm kind of interested in trying it. If anyone has tried it yet let me know what you think. http://www.violentlips.com/collections/all

Here's some pictures from violent lips:
I  like the solid red with the glitter