Today's Make Up: "Charmed" With A "Heart Of Gold"

Hello Saturday my lovelies!! Hope all is well. :D I hope you're all enjoying your weekend by far. I, myself am having one fattening and nonproductive day by far, which simply put, am having a fantastic Saturday! LOL.

I spent the majority of my noon/afternoon having dim sum with the fam. The food is so delicious I am beyond stuffed... :S Yet with the reminder of the food makes me wanna keep stuffing myself. Haha. The dilemma. I can't run today either because I am needless to say super behind on my work today. Nothing planned has even been touched yet and I guess the tree isn't gonna go up on it's own. After I post this, is definitely tree time!... After I make myself a nice cup of hot cocoa to warm my soul.

On the face today is light face makeup, bronzey-nude eyes and natural pink lips. Sometimes, naturally simple is more. :)

FACE
ELF Studio Tinted Moisturizer in Nude
ELF Studio Matifying Translucent Powder in Translucent
NYC Smooth Skin Bronzer in Sunny
Hard Candy Baked Bronzer in Tiki
ELF Studio Blush in Tickled Pink

EYES
ELF Eyelid Primer 
Rimmel Glam'Eyes HD Quad Eyeshadow in Heart Of Gold
Wet N Wild Mega Liner Liquid Eyeliner in Dark Brown
Sugar Stick Cream Shadow in Honey
Covergirl Lash Blast Fusion Mascara

LIPS
the Balm Stainiac in Beauty Queen
BH Cosmetics Creme Luxe Lipstick in Charmed

Lots of ELFs on the face today from tinted moisturizer to setting powder and even blush. I promise I didn't plan it ahead, it was a, pick and choose as we go. LOL. I didn't really need that much coverage on the face today so I opted for a tinted moisturizer instead. This ELF moisturizer held up just fine for the few hours that I did need it to stay on. The humidity is still lingering and the dim sum we were at was so crowded and stuff I thought my face was gonna melt off. Thank goodness it didn't. Tickled Pink is a very natural pink, perfect for fair skin as myself.

Went all bronze and gold on the eyes today. Going through my makeup drawers this morning, this quad caught my eyes; the gold and bronze seemed too beautiful to pass up. I'm not sure why I only have one of these quad but I need more! The formula is amazing! No fall outs and pigmented, my only slight problem with it is that it may be a little too dry. Besides that...

Creamy pink pouters today. I was actually complimented about my lips several times today. Shade is called Charmed by BH Cosmetics. This lipstick glided on with ease, so creamy and pigmented. It did not last me through the meal but I did not expect it to. This lipstick did not claim to be long wearing or or long lasting, it is a Creme Luxe and creamy twas.

Alllllrighty, I am off to erect my holiday tree. This will not take all day... LOL. I truly do enjoy this time of year though, it makes my heart all warm and tingly even though it is freaken cold out.

Have a great weekend y'all and enjoy the rest of your Saturday. Thanks you for visiting and thanks for reading. Please come back soon. :)

Today's Make Up: Casual Friday

It's Friday, Friday. Gonna get down on Friday?... Happy Friday all!

FACE:
IPKN NY Moist & Firm BB in Light
Revlon Nearly Naked Powder in Fair
Physicians Formula Mineral Correcting Bronzer
ELF Studio Radiance Enhancer in Spotlight
Covergirl Cheekers in Plumberry Glow

EYES:
Tini Beauty Eyetini Cordial Cream Shadow + Base in Ambrosia
ELF Studio Eyeliner & Shadow Stick in Purple/Plum (not pictured)
L'Oreal 24H Infallible Lacquer Liner in Blackest Black
Covergirl Lash Blast Fushion Mascara (not pictured)

LIPS:
Dermstore Lip Quench
Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Pink In The Afternoon

Today's make up is kept quite simple, the eyes being the center of attention. I kept my face as natural as I could by doubling the BB cream as a concealer and foundation. I used a matte, soft berry blush so it doesn't over power my radiant glow. Pink In The Afternoon is that your lip but better type color and for that reason that I chose it; it gives off the right amount of pink yet looks very natural still. As for the eyes, I used only that Eyetini cream shadow from Tini Beauty. With one swipe on my lids, I used my fingers to blend it towards my crease, I then swiped more product on my crease to further intensify the look to give my eyes more definition. I didn't use a liquid liner today because it's a bit too harsh while a gel liner is softer which I felt matched better with my minimal made up eyes. And voila, simple as that.

It doesn't affect me here in Arizona, but I do want to remind you guys that Daylight Saving Time starts this Sunday, March 9th.

I hope you will enjoy our weekend and have a great Friday night. Thank you for reading. :)

Meet My Clean, Happy Brushes

brushes I use most often

Hello everybody, happy Hump Day! We're one day closer to the glorious weekend.

***Before I start today's post, I want to thank those who messaged me, which gave me an idea for today's post. Only you can tell me what you want to see. Please continue to message me, you guys are always an inspiration. I sincerely thank you.

Today, I want to share with you the brushes that I use most often, on a daily basis, both face and eyes. All of the brushes I mention are all drug store brand, very affordable but so very durable. 

Top: Face Brushes
Bottom: Eye Brushes

Face Brushes:
Real Techniques Expert Face Brush
Real Techniques Stippling Brush
Essence Powder Brush
ELF Essential Eyeshadow Brush
ELF Studio Small Stipple Brush
ELF Studio Complexion Brush
ELF Studio Blush Brush
ELF Studio Angled Blush Brush
ELF Studio Fan Brush

Eye Brushes:
Sigma E25 Blending Brush
Essence Smokey Eyes Brush
Essence Eyeshadow Brush
ELF Studio Contour Brush
EcoTools Spoolie Brush

You probably noticed that most of my brushes are from the ELF (Eyes, Face, Lips) Studio line. I bought all of mine at Target or from their site for $3 each. ELF is one of those brands that people usually overlook in my opinion. Their Studio products, packaged in black are usually sold for $3 or sometimes $5. The Essential products, packaged in white, are $1 each. Both lines include brushes, eyeshadows, lip sticks, foundation, you name it. For such prices, one would think that the quality would match the prices. Not in ELF's case. With that said, my ELF brushes are super durable with qualities worth matching to those like Japonesque. I have used these same exact brushes for the past years; they survived my bi-weekly cleaning sessions with all of their bristles still intact. The brush is sooooooo, soooooo soft, words cannot merely describe how incredible they feel. I feel that ELF has an adequate selection of brushes to choose from, from both Studio and Essential. Although I do 100%  recommend any brushes from their Studio line, I have to warn you that the brushes from the Essential is slightly under par compared to Studio brushes. Essential brushes tends to shed a lot. The longer bristle brushes like powder or blush brushes are the worst. They shed when you clean them, use them, touch them. I do however enjoy their shorter bristles brush like the eyeshadow; shorter bristles don't shed as much. Maybe just the first few times of cleaning.

First off, you're probably wondering why I have the ELF Essential eyeshadow brush with my other face brushes. Well, I use it to contour my nose, which works surprisingly well. As for the small stipple brush, I like to use it around my nose region. No matter what method I use to apply my foundation, I will always stipple my nose area, I feel that it looks more flawless that way. I will also use the small stipple brush to apply liquid or cream blush like ELF HD Blush. I use the complexion brush to apply powder, the blush brush to apply my highlight and the angled blush brush to apply my blush and bronzer (I have two angled brushes, one for blush the other for bronzer but only one is pictured). The fan brush is just to dust off any eyeshadow fall outs at the end.

The stippling brush was the first Real Technique brush I ever bought. On days that I want a flawless, air brush face, I will use the stipple brush, otherwise I will just continue using my expert face brush. Those two brushes are my must have recommendation. They will make your make up experience more enjoyable and easier. I love that Real Techniques brushes are made from a synthetic type bristle, nothing like the traditional bristle we see on your brushes. I have tried a few stipple brushes from different brands, none can compare to Real Techniques. Their stipple brush's bristles are a little shorter, courser and less bendable when touched. The point of a stipple brush is to stipple, if the brush easily bends, you're just swiping it back and forth like a regular foundation brush, no stippling there.

Last brush from the face category, the Essence Power brush that I use to apply my bronzer. I mentioned above that I use an angle blush brush to apply my bronzer, yes, to sculpt my face because the brush is more dense, While this powder brush is less dense and more bendy. I use this to lightly dust my forehead and hairline; it's less harsh in my opinion.

Eyes...one lonely ELF Studio brush in this category. I use the contour brush to pack the outer corner of my eyes while I use the smokey eye brush on my crease and the eyeshadow brush to pack my lids. I use my Sigma E25 Blending brush to blend everything together. This one that I show here is a special gift when I ordered the eye brush kit a couple of years ago. I think that's why it's shorter than the regular one. With my four trusty eye brushes, I can do a natural look to a full out smokey eye; it really just depends how you use them, with a light or heavy hand. Lastly, I would like to mention that my EcoTools Spoolie brush was bought with a kit that has four other brushes. I don't think they're sold separately, I might be wrong. However, if you're interested in buying a spoolie brush, I recommend Sonia Kashuk Spoolie Brush No 127, it works just as great.

All of the brush pictured were freshly cleaned and dried. They smell good and look good, that's why they're happy. On how I clean my brushes, you can check out that post here.

Enjoy your night. Thanks for reading guys. :)

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Yoon Eun Hye - Actress, Singer, Entertainer, Model ; 29 Years Old