Today's Make Up: A "Narcissus" In The "Rose Garden"

Happy Friday my lovely readers and visitors, hope you're all having a fantastical day!! :D Now that Friday is almost or is forever, let's make way for the glorious weekend. Yeah? Okay, sounds good.

Another gloomy day here in the AZ, hoping hard for another rainfall but being the the rational Arizonan that I am, highly doubt that. But of course, feel free to prove me wrong you darn AZ weather! Give me raaaaaain!! Nonetheless, I shouldn't be complaining, the weather is so idealistic today. It's just one of those days where you open your eyes, look out the window and just know that it's gonna be a wonderful day. :) And a wonderful day it has been. Had lunch with the brother and did some more Christmas shopping; lots of memories in the making this time of year. I will surely miss times like this when we both are married and have out own families. LOL.

Any who, no lazy makeup today, I went all out. ;) And by all out, I mean the whole face and eyes. Pink is the color of choice today, because why? Haha, I mentioned a couple days ago, if not last week that when I am in a happy mood, pink immediately comes to mind. Pink lips with pink cheeks and kinda, sorta pink eyes to match! Let's get to it!

FACE
Pixi Flawless & Poreless
Pixi Correction Concentrate in Brightening Peach
Hard Candy Glamoflauge Heavy Duty Concealer in Light
L'Oreal Magic Lumi Light Infusing Primer
Holika Holika Aqua Petit Jelly BB
Maybelline Dream Wonder Powder in Classic Ivory
Pixi Beauty Bronzer in Subtly Suntouched
Wet N Wild Color Icon Bronzer in Reserve Your Cabana
NYX Blush in Rose Garden

EYES
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
the Balm Nude'Tude Nude Eyeshadow Palette
Wet N Wild Mega Liner Liquid Eyeliner in Dark Drown
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil in Perversion
Holika Holika Jewel-Light Under Eye Maker in Pink
Maybelline Black Drama The Falsies Volume Express Mascara

LIPS
NYX Extra Creamy Round Lipstick in Narcissus

To contrast with the many days of sporting the no makeup bare face, today's face is a go to favorite. It's that bare face look with the luminous glow I have been raving about. In order to obtain the flawless canvas to create that "bare face" look, several products are needed. In order to achieve the poreless canvas, I used a pore filler on those areas. And for those pesky under eye dark circles, uneven skin tone and redness, nothing heavy duty concealers cannot fix. After the face has been flawlessly prepped, I used a mixture of BB Cream and a pump of Magic Lumi and applied that evenly onto my face with a damp sponge. After that, I just set with powder, contoured with bronzer and applied blush as always. Today's blush of choice is a dusty rosey shade called Rose Garden.

On the eyes, I went for a pinkish nude, complete with a winged brown liner. I then used Perversion to tight line my upper lash line. To balance the pink from my eyelids, I popped more pink on my lower lash line with Holika Holika Jewel-Light Under Eye Maker.

To finish off the pink on pink look, I went for bubble gum pink lips. I absolutely love these NYX Round Lipstick and can go on for daaaaaays about how amazing they are. Creamy, long lasting, moisturizing, pigmented, you get what you see, it's just all things amazing packed into this lipstick. Like I said, Narcissus is a bubble gum pink, vibrant in color and in my opinion, will look good with any skin tone.

Thank you for visiting and thanks for reading. Y'all enjoy your weekend now and be safe! Stay warm while you're at it. Please come back soon!! :)

Today's Make Up: Bridal Party Dinner

Happy Friday all! Wishing all of you a safe and fun weekend! :P

I have been on the go since 9 this morning and I just barely got home. I have about 15 minutes until I have to meet the bride and other bridesmaids for dinner. Grrrr... so much to do in so little time.... STRESS!!

Without further adieu, on the face today.

FACE
Maybelline Baby Skin Instant Pore Eraser
Sonia Kashuk Concealer Palette in Hidden Agenda
IPKN NY Moist & Firm BB in Fair & Light
Revlon Nearly Naked Pressed Powder in Fair
NYC Smooth Skin Bronzer in Sunny
Hard Candy Baked Bronzer in Tiki
NYX Blush in Cinnamon

EYES
Urban Decay Primer Potion
the Balm Nude'Tude Nude Eyeshadow Palette
Wet N Wild Mega Liner Liquid Eyeliner in Dark Brown
BH Cosmetics Waterproof Eye Crayon in Huntress
Benefit They're Real! Mascara

LIPS
Covergirl Lip Perfection Jumbo Gloss Balm in 235

Hopefully dinner will not take long because I desperately need to go to bed early tonight in order to function tomorrow. Up by 3 AM to get started. Gosh...Imma be so dead. Caffeine will be my best friend tomorrow, I already know it.

So I am off now. Better not let them wait on me. Buh byes all!

Have a great weekend guys. Enjoy and be safe!

Thank you for visiting and thanks for reading. Please do come back soon! :) 

the Balm Haul - Hautelook Order

Hello weekend everyone! How are you guys? I am enjoying one relaxing Saturday. Not really doing much, just cleaning and derping around. I don't know about you guys, but I do enjoy cleaning the house; just blast the music and I can go all day. I stopped for a bit for lunch but before I dive back to cleaning, I should take a moment to do a blog.

Its been a while since I did one of these post, but here it is, another Haul post. I am super excited because this is actually my first the Balm purchases ever! Although I already own one or two the Balm products, they're either from my iPsy bag or was a gift. I was lucky enough to have caught the Balm featured on Hautelook and I just had to place an order. I didn't pick up everything that I wanted, had to stop myself and only got what I really, really wanted.

EYESHADOW
Nude'tude
Overshadow Shimmering All-Mineral Eyeshadow in No Money, No Honey

LIPS
Stainiac in Beauty Queen

HIGHLIGHTER
Cindy-Lou Manizer

BLUSH
Cabana Boy
Down Boy
Frat Boy
Hot Mama

I know I am super, duper late but I finally got my hands on these blushes. I have heard soooo many rants and raves and reviews about these things and I was just dying to get them..FINALLY though. These shades look super gorgeous and I definitely cannot wait to use them. These arrived sometime last week and as you may know, I have stayed away from makeup this past week in order to better my skin. As soon as I start wearing makeup again, these will be my go-tos. They look so beautiful, I can't get my eyes off of them. Since I have yet to try these, I cannot tell you how they are as of yet, I do plan on doing an update post after I have used them enough. If you're interested, please look forward to an update post in the near future.

I am a lip junkie, I love lip products and lip stains are one of the many obsessions I have. I could not pass up this stain and glad that I didn't. I did give this Stainiac a try on Wednesday so I can give you some input about this stain. This particular shade is called Beauty Queen, it's a reddish-berry-y-pink shade. Unlike Benefit Benetint, Beauty Queen is a gel stain and the applicator is a sponge-tip, not a brush. There is no smell to it, at least, none that I can smell and there isn't a weird taste when applied either. That alone is 10 points for me. As for the formula, I do wish that is was more hydrating and less dry and sticky. Within a minute after applying, so basically when it dries, it becomes a bit sticky. It's not super glue sticky, just melted sugar sticky if you know what I mean. Nothing too hard to fix, I applied Baby Lips or Butter Gloss over it and everything is peachy. Staying power wise, I give it an 8 or 8.5. It did not last me all night, through eating and drinking but it did stain my lips pretty well and the stain did withstand me eating an drinking. I really like this and hope that the Balm will come out with more shades like baby pink, lilac and/or coral.

Besides the Balm blushes, the other product I keep hearing good things about from everyone are their highlighters. While everyone raves about Mary-Lou, I personally prefer Cindy-Lou. Mary-Lou it seemed, is more of a gold base while I prefer a pinkish tone instead, which is what Cindy-Lou is. Like the blush, I have yet to use this but I'm itching to. I bet it'll look so gorgeous, shimmering and radiating. I wonder if this can take over as being my ultimate favorite highlighter, which is currently Hard Candy Baked Bronzer in Tiki.

Down to the eyeshadows, one palette and one single. Ever since I heard about this palette loooong ago, I have set my eyes on it. But I hesitate to purchase a palette that I don't really need for $36. Luckily, these were prices at $18 and it was the first item to be in my cart. For half the price? Hecks yeah! I did play around with some shades from the palette, ugh, so beautiful. The quality is comparable to Too Faced or Urban Decay. Loooove and glad I waited. The last item and other shadow I picked up is called Overshadow Shimmering All-Mineral Eyeshadow in No Money, No Honey. Hahaha, love the Balm's clever names. It is said that this shadow is used over other eyeshadows for a shimmery glow. I might use this as instructed and as the sole eyeshadow to see how it shows up. No Money, No Honey is a shimmering gold, which is one of my favorite shades for the eyes. After I placed my order, I hopped on over to the Balm's site and I saw a shade called Work Is Overrated, a shimmering pink champagne, which I adore witj all of my heart. Unfortunately, Hautelook did not feature this shade, but if I end up loving No Money, No Honey so much, I might just buy Work Is Overrated.

Annnd that's all folks. I will most like do an update post regarding these products, whenever I get to them. Please look forward to it. Hope ya'll enjoyed this haul post. Back to cleaning I go.

Thank you for visiting and thanks for reading. Come back soon! :)

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SONG OF THE DAY/MOMENT
"The Story Of Our Lives" - god Ft. Megan Lee

This MV got me into tears... You do not need to understand Korean to understand the story. Sigh... Family is the best. <3

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JAPANESE DRAMA
Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo Season 2

 

I am BEYOND ecstatic to hear news of a second season. I LOVED this new Japanese adaptation so much, I was sad to see it finish. But...but now there's a season two? Tears.