MAC Mini Haul

MAC and I have been flirting with starting up another relationship after

 a very LONG breakup. 

I bought my first MAC products in college and it's all I used for a while. I 

started out with their studio fix foundation powder, plum foolery blush, bronzer, cranberry eyeshadow

for warming up my crease when wearing brown shades, and their studio fix concealer for 

blemishes. 

I remember my first experience at the counter and telling the associate MAC had 

been recommended to me by a close friend and my dermatologist. She took about five 

minutes and did a few little touches here and there and my whole look was transformed. 

It was love. 

Somewhere along the way I got bored and needed some new adventure and 

threw Mr. MAC to the side and started trying new things. 

Recently I've been really into researching MAC products and perking up when

I hear other bloggers talking about MAC products they are using. 

So, I had a mini MAC haul a couple weeks ago and wanted to share some of 

the goodies I've had my eyes on for a while.

The gorgeous warm coral blush is : Sunbasque 

It is described by MAC as a "peach with pearl." This blush is a sheertone shimmer which 

means it's going to be a lighter finish with a hint of shimmer to it, but not sparkle. 

It is so beautiful for summer if you want that warm sunkissed look. 

It's also a shade I would and will wear year around b/c peach shades

compliment my olive skintone well.

The two eyeshadows I bought are: 

top: Mulch (red brown with bronze pearl) 

bottom: Woodwinked (warm antique gold with pearl)

These shades may not seem like anything out of the ordinary, but they are actually 

pretty unique colors. 

I love neutral eyes! They will always be my favorite and what I come back to. 

Pretty. Classic. Can't go wrong. 

I also picked up the Pro Longwear Concealer in the shade NW20. 

I've used this before and it's great. I told the girl at the counter I wanted something 

a little lighter to put under my eyes that would brighten, highlight and conceal. 

MAC describes this as "a lightweight fluid concealer that provides medium to full

coverage with a comfortable matte finish."

So, there's my Haul. 

Do you use any MAC goodies? If so share the deets! 

New Year's FOTD

Happy 2013 Everyone!!! 

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a great start to your new year. I'm sorry I 

have been so MIA on my blog, but with the holidays plus walking pnemonia plus the flu

made for a sickly girl and I have just been trying to rest and get back to normal. 

I was very pleased with the way my make up turned out for NYE and thought 

I would start the new year off with a FOTD post. Matt and I went out to dinner with a group

of friends and then off to a wedding reception party downtown. If you could have seen us 

a couple hours before getting fixed up you would have said there is NO WAY those 

people look or feel like going out. Still fighting the flu plus moving M in the rain all day made

for a sad pair. But, we got tough and actually had a great night. We headed out right after 12... 

no time for fun... we needed our rest! 

Anyway, here was my look for New Year's Eve:

Foundation: Clinique Even Better 

Concealer: Revlon Photoready stick 

Bronzer: Chanel Soleil Tan De 

Blush: Lorac Velvet Rope 

Highlighter: MAC Pearl Cream Color Base 

Highlighter: MAC Soft & Gentle (powder over cream) 

Eye Primer: NYX HD base

Eye Shadow: Revlon Photoready quad in Precocious

EyeLiner: Loreal Gel in Blackest Black (top)

Urban Decay Rockstar (bottom)

Mascara: Benefit They're Real 

Lips: Revlon Colorburst Gloss in Bordeaux

Other beauty deets: if you can notice I have a touch of bronze 

to my skin thanks to St. Tropez bronzing moose. I applied an hour

before leaving an just like that... COLOR! Love this stuff. 

The thing I was trying to achieve with this look was:

A really good glow and color with highlighted skin and 

and eye look that had a good shimmery purple to match my plum dress. I also wanted

a bolder lip. Here are a few of the key products that made this look.

Sparkly jewels compliments of Cache' 

And New Year's kiss compliments of Mattie... ;) 

I hope you had a great New Year's and have lots of plans, goals, and new perspectives for 

your 2013!! 

Friday Face of the Day

TGIF!!!! 

Well, we made it to Friday and I hope you have fun weekend plans ahead. 

Today's FOTD is going to be a three in one... product review, holiday look, and fotd. 

With the Holidays right around the corner I have tried a few looks that would be fun

to wear to a Christmas party, out and about, or just chilling with your family. I like this look

because it incorporates a soft gold eye with a wearable (in my opinion) red lip. I know some 

people have a hard time sporting a red lip and if you are used to wearing a more neutral lip

it is a big change, but this one to me is a little more natural. 

 Face picture with a flash 

(you can see the colors a bit more vibrant)

Face without a flash in natural lighting

Key products used in this look:

On my cheeks I applied Benetint, a rosy lip or cheek stain that

gives a very natural flush of color. 

After applying the cheek tint I applied this light pink blush by NYX in 

Rose Garden to set the liquid. 

For lips I used my new Covergirl blastlipstick lip duo in Smooch.
I have been curious to try this after hearing some good reviews and seeing all the
Sofia Vergara commercials.

This lip product is unique in that it is supposed to make your lips look
3 Dimensional as you use two colors. One shade is shimmer and the other is a matte cream.
 The darker shade is to be applied all over your lips and then
 the lighter color to the bottom center of your lip and it's supposed to give your
lips more depth.

Darker shade in Smooch.
It's kind of a brick red. It's not a bright cherry red at all.

Lighter shade in Smooch. 

Lighter peachy/pink. 

I have to say I do like the blastlipstick... it's very long lasting and has more of a matte finish

which I prefer. It does make for a more unique lip with the two shades incorporated. These 

retail at your drugstore for $8.

Other products used for this look:

Face:

Clinique Even Better Foundation

MAC Soft & Gentle Highlighter 

(blush included above)

Eyes:

Urban Decay Naked Palette in colors Halfbaked (all over lid) and 

Buck (in crease)  

Loreal Gel Liner in Black 

Almay Get Up and Grow Mascara

Lips:

Listed above. 

Have a great weekend! 

Friday Face of the Day

Today's FOTD will show you the Loreal eyeshadow duo, Electrified that was in 

my last post. 

Products Used for this look: 

Foundation: Clinique Even Better 

Bronzer: NARS Laguna 

Blush: Rimmel Autumn Catwalk 

Eyeshadow: Loreal Hip Duo in Electrified 

Liner: Urban Decay Black 

Mascara: Almay Get up and Grow

Lips: MAC Viva Glam V

Have a great weekend! 

Product of the Day- Blush

If you are looking for a great fall neutral blush then stay tuned as I have the perfect 

color! There is a reason this blush falls on MAC's bestselling blush list. 

It's so gorgeous! MAC Gingerly is a very unique color that flatters most skin tones. It's 

a brick/brown kind of color as it has hints of red and orange to it. 

As you can see it's not your typical brown or pink neutral. It's got some spice to it that will work 

well with most looks you want to do. You could pair this with a bold smoky eye or 

a bold lip and not have too much color on your cheeks, but enough to give you a healthy glow.

Gingerly is a sheertone finish which is nice because it has color, but is not going to apply 

too heavily. 

MAC Gingerly retails for $20. 

Friday Face of the Day

We made it to Friday!!! 

My FOTD has some new products with upcoming reviews so stay tuned for more. 

Origin of Face: 

Foundation: Clinique Stay Matte 

Bronzer: MAC Refined Golden 

Blush: NARS Sin

Highligher: MAC Lightscapade 

Eyeshadow: Tarte Amazonian Clay Palette (review to come)

Liner: Urban Decay Black 

Mascara: Benefit They're Real 

Lips: Revlon Lip Butter Sugar Plum (review to come) 

Have a fabulous weekend! 

Friday Face of the Day

Happy Friday! 

As promised in my last post I told you I would do a FOTD with my new Maybelline quad

in "Olive Martini." 

I really do love the look this quad gives on your eyes. Silver, green, burgundy, and lots 

of shimmer. 

Makeup used for this look:

Foundation: Clinique Stay Matte 

Bronzer: Soleil Tan de Chanel (cream bronzer... AMAZING) 

Blush: NARS Sin (review to come) 

Highlighter: MAC Skinfinish in Lightscapade 

Eyes: Maybelline Quad in Olive Martini 

Liner: Urban Decay Zero

Mascara: Benefit, They're Real 

Lips: Merle Norman Lucky in Love

Have a GREAT weekend! 

Friday Face of the Day

Happy Friday and start to your weekend. 

It's been a lonnnnng time since I've done a FOTD post and since I seem to be on a blog

roll this week I thought I would post my latest look. 

I didn't take a picture of the products used in this look... so if you want to see what they look

like just google them to get a better idea. 

My favorite part of this look is for sure the eyes. I don't think this picture does justice to the 

Wet n Wild "Silent Treatment" trio. I love the lid color in this palette so very much. It's a gorgeous

plum/purple taupe with a silver undertone that is a very unique color on it's own. I added the dark brown crease color on the outer edge of my eye and put the peach highlighter color under my brow. 

The price of the Wet N Wild Silent Treatment trio is a whopping $2.99 at your local drugstore and 

I cannot stress how incredible these shades are for the price. I can be really hesitant of cheap products 

and their payoff b/c often you get what you pay for. However, Wet n Wild really does have very

good formulated, well pigmented, and lasting eyeshadows!! This is by far my favorite trio and shades

by them b/c it really is so unique and works well with my dark eyes and hair. But, the purple 

taupe shade will work well with any skin/eye color. Go buy it.... NOW!! You will love it. 

Ok, so on to the origins of my face. 

Foundation: Clinique Stay Matte 

Concealer: Estee Lauder Double Wear

Blush: Lorac Velvet Rope (great matte baked blush for fall or year round)

Highlighter: MAC Soft & Gentle 

Eyes: Wet n Wild Silent Treatment 

Liner: Urban Decay Zero (black)

Mascara: Almay Get up & Grow 

Lips: NYX Beige gloss 

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Friday Face of the Day

Happy Friday and start to your weekend!! 

It's been quiet a while since I've done a FOTD post and was a little inspired to do a 

healthy summer glow look for this week. 

There is nothing prettier to me this time of the year to see a glowy (not shiny) face that just 

looks sun kissed and healthy. 

Enjoy...

Foundation: Clinique Stay Matte 

Highlighter: MAC Cream Color Base in Pearl and set with MAC Soft & Gentle

Bronzer: Nars Laguna

Blush: Urban Decay Bang (Bright red cream) very unique. 

Eyes: Urban Decay Naked Palette 

Lid: Sin ( a shimmery light pink) 

Crease: Buck ( a light matte brown) 

Outer Corner: Darkhorse (Dark Grey/Brown with shimmer) 

Eyeliner: Urban Decay Zero (black) 

Mascara: Mally Volume

Lips: Revlon Lip Butter 

Hope you enjoyed this look. My favorite part is for sure the highlight on the cheeks and 

shimmery eyes! It just makes such a difference in giving you that healthy summer glow. I feel

like those products take your skin from dull and boring to lively, healthy, and youthful! 

Have a WONDERFUL non boring and full of life weekend! 

FOTD & OOTD

Thank God It's Friday, right?! I am feeling extra froggy today and decided I would give

you a two in one special. Why not?! Here's to a Face of the Day & Outfit

of the Day. Enjoy! 

So, after coming back from the beach this week I was feeling more natural and light

on the make-up. I like the nude eye with dark winged liner and just a pop of color on the

lips.  

Products Used:

Foundation: Loreal Magic Scouffle 

Bronzer: NARS Laguana

Blush: MAC Ginergly

Highlighter: MAC Soft & Gentle

Eyes: Urban Decay Naked Palette (lid: naked, & halfbaked) (crease: buck) (brow: virgin)

Liner: Lorac Front of the Line Liquid Liner (black)

Lips: Revlon Lip Butter in Peach Parfait (my go to shade for every day) 

 Now, to my outfit of the day... 

Jeans: White skinnies from Gap 

Top: Esley from Ditsy Daisy Boutique of Chelsea, AL

Earrings: Oversized Gold Hoops

Watch: Michael Kors White/Rose Gold 

Shoes: Guess Peek a Boo Nude Pumps (TJ Maxx) 

Sorry this is not the best pic. I don't pretend to be a photographer. :) 

I hope you have the best weekend EVER!! 

Verse of the Day:

"Those who belong in Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with it's passion and desires."

Galatians 5:24

MAC Highlighting Review

So, Summer is right around the corner and nothing says healthy glowy skin

better than some good highlighting products for your cheekbones!

MAC has some great products that have become a staple in my make-up bag

and a step I use every day to get glowy healthy looking skin.

First things first. Apply MAC cream color base in the shade Shell. It's a soft pink

beige with shimmer. Use your fingertips or a angled sponge and apply this

to the tops of your cheekbones.

You can apply this under or over your foundation. I prefer for it to be applied over

foundation before I apply blush and bronzer.

Then after applying Shell I take MAC skinfinish in Soft & Gentle to set the cream

and for an added glow. A lot of days I will just use this powder on it's own to

the tops of cheekbones without using the cream. It's a peach bronze powder with a hint

of shimmer.

In this picture you get the idea of what your cheekbones will look like with both

products applied. Just makes for a pretty, feminine glow! : )

Have a Beautiful Day!

Friday FOTD

Happy Friday!!

Here's to another Friday Face of the Day. This was my "face" last weekend

for a night out on the town so it is a little more glammed up.

Hope you enjoy....

Products Used:

Primer: Clinique Pore Refining Solutions

Foundation: Loreal Magic Soufflé

Concealer: Estee Lauder Double Wear

Bronzer: NARS Laguna

Blush: MAC Gingerly (back of cheekbones) and MAC cream Ladyblush (apples)

Highlighters: MAC Cream Shell and then MAC Soft & Gentle over cream.

Shadow Primer: NYX HD Primer

Eye Shadows: (Lid) MAC Satin Taupe

(Outer Corner) MAC Carbon and then blended out

(browbone) Urban Decay Sin

Eyeliner: LORAC black liquid

Mascara: Mally Volume

Lips: Merle Norman "Lucky in Love" lipcolor

Gloss: Merle Norman "Mademoiselle"

What's been on your face lately.... share with me!! I want to know your favorites!

Have a glossy weekend.

Friday Face of the Day (FOTD)

Happy End of the Week!!!!

I've done another FOTD post for you guys and I'm a big fan of the products

I used on my eyes and hope you will be a little inspired! : )

So, real quick before I get started on products used... I just downloaded

Instagram on my iphone and I'm obsessed!!! I'm sometimes a little late in the ball

game to catch onto new things, but when I discover I go all out!

Anyway, this photo above was taken with Instagram and I love all the various colors

you can play around with to get the look you want. Fun!

So, for me the thing about this look that stands out the most is the

eyes. They are a somewhat smoky eye in a subtle gray/purple way.

That's my favorite thing about this look so I'm going to mention all products

used, but I only took pictures of the eye shadows.

So, first thing I did was prime the eye with Maybelline Color Tattoo in

"Tough as Taupe."

This gives your eye a light gray shade and prepares your eye for the other colors to come.

I then packed the color "Mist"all over my lid. This is the shade on far left that

is a matte lilac purple by Merle Norman.

Last thing was taking the color "Storm" charcoal gray/brown by Merle Norman

in the outer corner and crease to give more depth and color.

I lined the upper lash line with "Zero" black liner from Urban Decay and

ran "Storm" under my bottom lash line for a softer look.

Products Used:

Foundation: HourGlass Immaculate Liquid to Powder (review to come)

Bronzer: NARS Laguna

Blush: MAC Gingerly

Highlight: MAC Soft & Gentle

Eyes: Merle Norman Mist and Storm

Liner: Urban Decay Zero (Black)

Mascara: Revlon Photoready 3d

Lips: Revlon Lip Butter in Peach Parfait

Have a FABULOUS weekend!!

Friday Face of the Day

Happy Friday Chick a Dee's.

I have another Face of the Day (FOTD) post for you and I hope you enjoy this

look that I sported for a Valentine's date night.

Here is my face in regular lighting.

And again in natural lighting. I have to say I love this look and makeup

used Tuesday night. Lovin the smoky grey eye with light pink lip.

I feel like it's dramatic enough for a night out, but also something you can

sport around the office or wherever your everyday may be.

FACE: (See previous post for pictures)

Foundation: Tarte Amazonian Clay 12 hour

Concealer: Estee Lauder Double Wear

Blush: MAC Cream in LadyBlush (as seen below)

Bronzer: NARS Laguna

Highlighters: MAC Cream Color Base in Shell (cream) applied first to top of

cheekbones and then set with MAC Soft & Gentle Powder.

EYES:

NEW PRODUCT!!

Clinique lid smoothie in Sassy Fras was applied all over lid as a neutral

taupe/gray to serve as primer and color base for other shadow.

NEW PRODUCT!!

After letting my lid smoothie dry I then applied this Clinique Stay

Matte shadow in the shade Slate.

It's a gorgeous matte gray that makes for a great smoky eye without being

too dark or harsh.

After applying the lid smoothie and matte shadows from Clinique I put

my NARS bronzer in my crease to warm up the look a bit and added a light

shade under my brow for a highlight shade.

Last step was adding Urban Decay Black Liner and several coats of Revlon

Photoready 3D Volume mascara.

LIPS:

I wanted to keep the lips light and neutral, but with a pop of color since

my eyes were darker.

I applied Estee Lauder lipstick in Crystal Pink and then added Revlon gloss in

Pink Pop.

Have a very happy weekend!

Valentine's Face of the Day (FOTD)

Happy GALENTINE'S Day!!!

I hope you all are having a wonderful day filled with love from those closest in

your life.

I wanted to post my Valentine's day look as a "face of the day." I think these

are kind of fun and it gives me a chance to play with new looks and new colors

for you so I'm not putting on the same makeup every day.... cuz let's be honest you

guys know I have drawers full of it.

So, this is a day look... what I wore to work. It's a little more glammed up with the red

lips and would not be my typical every day work look, but wanted to play up the

red a bit. I may do a separate post on how I do my night look. Stay tuned.

In regular lighting.

Natural lighting.

Products used on face:

Tarte Amazonian Clay 12 hour foundation (not listed)

Estee Lauder Double Wear concealer under eyes

Nars Laguna Bronzer

MAC blush in Plum Foolery

MAC Mineralize skinfinish in Soft and Gentle (highlight)

MAC cream color base in Shell (highlight)

Products used on eyes:

Urban Decay Naked Palette

Browbone and inner corner I used shades:

Virgin (far left)

Sin (shimmer pink next to it)

Center of Lid I used: Toasted (far left)

Outercorner I used: Hustle (middle)

Lined upper lash line: Creep (far right)

New Product Alert!!

For mascara I used Revlon Photoready 3D Volume.

I like it so far... I find it's lengthens and separates more than a ton of volume.

For lips I used:

Merle Norman lipstick in Sienna

Merle Norman gloss in Sheer Kiss

It's not really a true red lip, but something that gives you a hint of pink/red

in a more wearable everyday look.

And last, but certainly not least my own little Valentine this year!

My sweet 4 pound maltipoo, Millie! She is my love.

Happy Valentine's Day!!

XOXO

Friday Face of the Day

TGIF!!!

I wanted to start doing some posts featuring MY face (just for you Val) along with

the products that I used for that look. Friday seems like a puuuurfect day to do this.

I'm always fond of neutral looks, but lately it's really been my go to. Neutral eyes, cheeks, lips

the whole nine yards. I have a few new products that I haven't had the chance

to talk about and feature so I am going to do that today.

So, here's my face.... oooooo, ahhhhh.

May not be the best lighting for actually seeing the color of products, but

I decided to do this last night and had no natural light. Sorry!

So, here are most of the products I used. Forgot my mascara and

Revlon lip butter. ooops!

Foundation: Tarte Amazonian Clay 12 hour (sample I am trying)

Bronzer: Nars Laguna

Highlighting: MAC skinfinish in Soft & Gentle (powder)

Highlighting: MAC cream color base in Shell (cream)

Blush: MAC Gingerly

Eyes: Wet n Wild Silent Treatment

Mascara: Mally Volumizing

Lips: Revlon Lip Butter in Peach Parfait

New Product Alert!!

I think I have talked about how my new favorite thing in my

make-up routine is highlighting my cheekbones. If you want an easy step

to make your skin look fresh, healthy, glowy, and luminious then highlighting is where you

need to be. : )

This is a new product I bought this week and have been eyeballing it for a long time.

This is MAC skinfinish in the shade Soft and Gentle. As you can see it's a brown/pink

powder that has shimmer to it when applied to your face that just gives a very

healthy glow to your skin. LOVE it!! I'm obsessed with using it.

Retails for $29. Seems a bit pricy, but seriously I think this will last me a lifetime!

New Product Alert!!

Another highlighting product from MAC. Again, have had my eye on this

cream color base for quite some time in the shade Shell.

This is a cream product that can be applied under or over foundation with a brush

or fingers to the top of your cheekbones for a little healthy shine.

This color is a light neutral pink with a little shimmer and retails for $17.50.

New Product Alert!!

Yes, I know... I've gotten a little carried away lately.

This is MAC blush in the color Gingerly. This is not really a shade I would have

gravitated to on my own, but was named a top product of 2011 by the lovely

Amarixe on Youtube. I cannot even begin to express how obsessed I have been with

this blush. She was spot on when she said it is the perfect every day blush that

warms up your cheeks and gives a healthy look.

It looks a little scary orange in the pan, but it is a gorgeous terracotta warm coral

shade that retails for $20.00

When I googled images of this blush... look who I found!!

Awwww snap Ya'll. Article said MAC gingerly is one of Kim K favorite

blush! Makes me love it even more now! Ha.

I recently did a post about how I love the new Revlon lip butters and if you haven't

tried them you should really get your hands on a few. They are so pigmented and

moisturizing.

I finished my look off with the shade on the far left which is my favorite for every day.

Peach Parfait is the shade and it's a lovely peachy/coral shade with a bit of

shimmer.

Hope you enjoyed this post and it was somewhat informative and you have

a GREAT weekend!