My Favorite "Do It All" Eye Shadows

From Left to Right: Mink by Cover Girl, Tapestry Taupe by Cover Girl, Nutty by Wet n Wild,  Pebble by E.L.F. and the one on the bottom is Champagne by Cover Girl

I recently started a job at a liquor store and I wanted to find some makeup in my collection that was easy to put on so that I wasn't fussing over my makeup everyday. I mean I love doing my makeup, but for something like working at a liquor store I don't need to go all out. So I dug through my collection and gathered a few eye shadows that I thought would do the trick. I have worn every single one of these shadows to work and I am so glad I picked them. They give me a polished look with ease and I don't look over done. The best part about all the shadows I chose is that they are all drug store eye shadows. I didn't do that on purpose, it just happened that way, but how great that it did so if you wanted to go get these shadows yourself you can easily find them and they wont cost you your first born. From left to right the shadows are: Mink (Cover Girl), Tapestry Taupe (Cover Girl), Nutty (Wet n Wild), and Pebble (E.L.F.) and the highlight on the bottom is Champagne (Cover Girl). What makes these shadows work is that they have enough variation in their finishes that they can give you the look that you have two different shadows on your lid and crease. If you decide to go looking through your own collection trying to find shadows that can do it all keep that in mind. I am so thrilled these shadows do what I want them to do, make me look polished without spend a lot of time doing it. I hope this has helped you lovely ladies! Be Fearless. Be Beautiful. Be You.

E.L.F. Zit Zapper Review

A $1 dollar zit solution? It exists. I bought the E.L.F. Zit Zapper a while ago but it somehow found its way into the back of my draw where I keep my skin products. That may be due to the fact that for the most part my skin has looked much better than it has in the past. I've maybe had, on average, three pimples in the last 6 months. However, all good things must come to an end. I had a flair up on my chin and on my forehead and needed something to help me fast. I was a little hesitant at first at how well this would work just because of the price. I mean $1? Who wouldn't think that's too good to be true? I also wasn't thrilled about the fact that it was a roller ball. I just couldn't help but think that the oils of my skin would contaminate the medicine. Who knows, over time it might. However, for right now I just make sure to apply it on clean skin and hopefully that will keep working. I put this on a hug pimple on my forehead. You know the kind, they deserve their own galaxy. With ONE application the size of the pimple was considerably smaller. The second application completely got rid of it. I still have a mark from where it was but that's because I have fair skin. ONE  APPLICATION. I wish I had taken pictures so you could see what I mean. Go get you some of this cheap miracle zit killer. Be Fearless. Be Beautiful. Be You.

D.I.Y. Cucumber Mask

I love doing things like masks and treatments. It gives me a moment to treat myself and it makes my skin feel better. I use a clay mask one a week to help cleanse my skin cause oily skin is prone to clogged pores and such. This cucumber mask is a great clarifying mask with some healing properties. To make this mask you will need:

* 1 Tablespoon Non-fat Dry Milk

* 1 Egg White 

* 1/2 Peeled Cucumber

* 1 Teaspoon Plain Yogurt

* 1 Teaspoon Mint

Put it all in a blender and blend it till it's smooth. You can either apply this with your hands or if you want to minimize the mess you can apply it with a foundation brush (the $1 from E.L.F. would work just fine). Put a slice of cucumber on each eye and relax for 20 minuets then wash off. I personally like to masks before I take a shower. I find they come off easier in the warm water and that way it's not a big deal if you get any in your hair. Now go treat your skin and relax! 

My DRUGSTORE Makeup Essentials

If there is one thing I have learned since I started doing makeup it's that no one wants to spend a lot of money on it. Everyone is looking for that stunning can't-live-without-it product that doesn't cost a fortune. Especially for young girls who are just starting out in makeup who want to try things out but most likely don't have a whole lot of money to spend. I have gone back into my makeup collection and picked out my drug store must-haves and  basic products everyone should have. First I'll start with the primers because without them the rest of your makeup is pointless. My go-to drugstore primers are Hard Candy Sheer Envy Primer ($8) and E.L.F. Eyelid Primer($1). I love both these primers. I think they both do everything I need a primer to do. Now I will admit that the foundation I use is expensive for a drugstore brand, it is the L'Oreal Magic Smooth Souffle Foundation ($13). I love the coverage of this foundation, it's a medium to full coverage. The powder I use is the L'Oreal True Match Powder($6). I like this powder because it adds some more coverage and as someone who loves a full coverage look that is essential. Now I have dark under eye circles so a concealer is a must-have. I love Revlon's Photo Ready Concealer ($7). This is such a creamy stick concealer. Just be sure to set this with a powder. Then last but not least my eye products. The only mascara I will use is thee Cover Girl Lash Blast Fusion($9) in the waterproof formula. For my eyebrows I use the Maybelline Expert Wear Eyebrow Pencils($4). Then for eyeshadows I am stuck between to brands but I love them and use them both equally. First are the Wet n Wild trios($3). I love them. They are so pigmented and easy to find. I would die without them. Then I have my Cover Girl Eye Enhancers Trios($4). I also like the quads and singles. I think all of the colors are beautiful and I like that you don't have to search around in your collection for shadows that will work together cause they're all right there in front of you. I hope this post was helpful to all  you newcomers out there!

E.L.F. Studio Single Eyeshadow in Pebble Review

If you couldn't tell I have a serious love for E.L.F. products! I love how cheap they are, how easy it is to buy them, and the fact that they have promo codes all the time! It's hard not to buy from them. Recently I've been trying to focus on makeup brushes and the like instead of buying more makeup, however I failed a little. I ended up buying an E.L.F. Studio Single Eyeshadow in Pebble for $3. It is a small shadow and the packaging kind of reminds me of Nars products. There's even a small mirror inside. I personally think the mirror it too small for initial application but I could see it being handing for touch ups. The color in person is true to the color they show on the website. That's always one of my biggest worries when ordering any kind of colored cosmetic item online, will the color be what I saw online? The answer with this shadow is yes. The color pay off it self isn't that strong. I don't want to call it a sheer application but it's certainly not a strong color payoff, however you can easily build this. I would use this color day or night by it's self or as a crease color.

E.L.F. Daily Brush Cleaner Review

I recently ran out of my daily brush cleaner by Sonia Kashuk. When I went to Target to by some more they were' redoing the makeup section of the store and it was no where to be found. So when I went home and ordered a ridiculous amount of nail polish from E.L.F. online I threw this in the cart to just give it a try. This daily brush cleaner was $3 for 8.5 oz which is a pretty good deal if you ask me. The packaging is kind of square as most E.L.F. products are. About the actually cleaner itself I have mixed feelings. I like how it cleans my brushes. I haven't had any issues about it leaving any color in my brushes. However, the smell of this stuff is unbearable. It smells like straight up alcohol. After I used it for the first time and noticed the smell I went on the E.L.F. site and saw that ten people had complained about the smell. Other people said the smell was great and fruity. My bottle does not smell great or fruity. I know that the smell of a product isn't as important as it's performance but this is truly awful smelling. Why would you want your brushes that go near your face to smell like alcohol? I'm going to finish this bottle up because I spent money on it and I don't like to waste things but after I am finished I will never repurchase this item again.

E.L.F. Haul!

So I finally used my $10 E.L.F. Gift Card that I received during Christmas and luckily I ordered enough products that I could use the free shipping code! So basically I bought $36 (including shipping) worth of stuff for $19. With this purchase I got five makeup brushes. The Smudge Eye Sponge, Defining Eye Brush, Concealer Brush, Eye Crease Brush, and the Kabuki Face Brush. As of right now the only brushes I've used are the Concealer Brush and the Defining Eye Brush. All of these brushes are part of the Essentials line and cost $1 a piece except for the Kabuki Face Brush that is from the Studio line and cost $6. I love the Defining Eye Brush for putting color in the crease. It helps create the shape that I try to achieve which couldn't make me happier. As for the Concealer Brush, I'm a little disappointed. I thought the brush was going to big enough to cover my under eye area. Instead I feel this would work better as a lip brush. It's that small. Although I haven't used it yet I have a strong feeling that I'm going to like the Kabuki Face Brush. It's so dense and soft! I can't wait to use it! I also bought some blush. E.L.F. has new $2 blushes that come with those useless blush brushes. I got three of them. I bought Glow, Coy, and Innocence. Both Glow and Coy have some shimmer in them. While Innocence is matte. All beautiful colors and I can't wait to use them. I also bought two of the new Glitter Eye Shadows in Angel and Cowgirl. They are just what the name suggests, glitter eyeshadows. The last two items that I bought were the High Definition Face Powder and the High Definition Undereye Setting Powder. I haven't uses either of these yet but I'm already wishing I didn't buy the HD Undereye Setting Powder because it has glitter in it. If I had known that I wouldn't have even looked at it. All in all thought I'm pretty happy with my purchases and can't wait to use and review all of them! Be sure to visit eyeslipsface.com!

E.L.F. Essential Custom Eyes Review

I went to Target with a friend a few weeks ago trying to spend the remainder of a gift card I had received for Christmas. As you have seen in this blog before I love E.L.F. products. I love the price, I love the quality, I pretty much love everything about them. I had been looking at these colors online but wasn't sure if I wanted to buy them. However, when I saw them at Target I had to have them. As you can see with the colors on the left I chose pretty neutral colors. The colors are from the the top left hand corner going clock wise they are Pink Ice, Wheat, Driftwood, and Moondust. I was a little disapointed with Moondust only because the magnetic sticker was coming off a little when I opened it but the color itself it just beautiful. I actually wore these colors last night out to karaoke. Everyone complemented me and asked what I had usesed and wanted to know where they could get them! These colors are also very easy to blend with great color pay off. Wheat is the only color that has less than ideal color pay off. You can get color just not vibrant color, but I've found that if you apply it with a sponge applicator that's not an issue. Just be sure to pat the color on instead of rubbing it on. Each of the single eye shadows were $1 and so was the case to put them in. $5 total isn't bad if you ask me. My only suggestion is to take the shadows out of the packaging before you buy them to make sure the magnet stickers aren't coming off of them. Moondust stays in it's slot but I have to be careful or it will fall out. All in all I think these are great shadows with beautiful color and I would recommend everyone go get these.

December Favorites!

Sorry this took so long everybody. I've had some family stuff that I needed to take care of but I'm here now! Let's see first on my December favorites list would have to be my Sally Hanson Xtreme Wear nail polish in mint sorbet. I absolutely love this color. I have yet to take it off my nails, and it probably won't come off for some time. Second would have to be my E.L.F. $1 foundation brush. I got it just to try it out. I've been applying my foundation with my fingers as long as I can remember but I've always wondered how much coverage I was losing because of it. Well now I know. This foundation brush is here to stay. Next would have to be my Too Faced Romantic Eye Pallet. I got it for Christmas and I absolutely love it. The colors are extremely pigmented and are just plain beautiful. My last favorite for the month would have to be would have to be my E.L.F. lipstick in Sociable. It is a gorgeous hot pink color with a little bit of glitter in it. I love to wear it with a very simple eye look out to karaoke.

E.L.F. Eye Primer Review

I recently ordered a few items off of eyeslipsface.com for the first time. Among the things that I ordered the E.L.F. Mineral Eyeshadow Primer and E.L.F. Eyelid Primer made their way into my basket at checkout. I tried them both out last night, the Mineral Primer on one lid and the regular Primer on the other. After a 10 hour evening out I came home to check how the primers had held up. The E.L.F. Mineral Eyeshadow Primer had creased on me while the E.L.F. Eyelid Primer held up just as well as my Too Faced Shadow Insurance. I should have known that I wasn't going to be happy with the E.L.F. Mineral Eyeshadow Primer when I applied it. The formula was very wet, too wet. It was so wet that it was hard to work in to the skin of my lid. Then when I put my eyeshadow on I noticed that the color didn't show up as bright as the color did on the lid with the E.L.F. Eyelid Primer did. So I have reached the conclusion that you should save your $2 and buy the $1 E.L.F. Eyelid Primer and leave the E.L.F. Mineral Eyeshadow Primer at the factory.

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E.L.F. Eyelid Primer $1

E.L.F. Mineral Eyeshadow Primer $3