Spring Make-up

Every season brings the opportunity to transform your make-up into a new 

look. There are easy, subtle, and inexpensive ways to give yourself a fresh look 

without breaking the bank. 

Here are my favorite 5 ways to get my spring on: 

1. Blush: 

Pick a brighter pink or coral blush

My picks: Maybelline bouncy in Hot Tamale and Milani baked blush in Corallina

2. Highlighter: 

Switch to a cream product that will give your face a more dewy finish

My pick: Jemma Kidd All Over Radiance Cream in Rose Gold 

3. Eyeshadow:

Pick neutral colors that give the appearance you aren't wearing much. 

My pick: Clinique lid smoothie in Gingerly

4. Eyeliner:

Ditch your brown or black and pick a color that will give your eyes a pop of brightness. 

Try a navy or even more on trend this season green. 

My picks: Merle Norman Galaxy (navy) and Urban Decay Junkie (bright emerald green)

5. Lips:

Go with a bright pink or coral. Adding a good pop of color to your lips when your eyes

are nude always works and looks so classy! 

My pick: Cover Girl Jumbo Gloss balm in #235 Coral Twist

These are my favorite ways to transition into spring. 

What are yours?!?!

Maybelline Blush Review

I bought the new Dream Bouncy blushes by Maybelline recently and I have to admit

these are not my fave!

I thought the idea of these blushes seemed really cool. They have a bouncy memory

foam kind of texture, but the quality of these products are not impressive to me at all.

They go on VERY sheer and don't give much color at all. Yes, they can be build-able,

but who really wants to continue to build more and more blush when there are better

products that you can get the look you want in one swipe.

I bought two shades.

Left ( Hot Tamale)

Right (Coffee Cake)

Here you can see how these blushes respond to me placing my finger into the product.

Kind of makes for a fun texture. Maybelline claims that these blushes have a powder

texture yet melts on the face like a cream. They also claim for this blush to be a

natural sheer wash of color. I would agree with their claims... it is a very natural

finish and if you are not into bright blushes or want a lot of color on your face then

you may like these.

I am an advocate of cream blush in the summer. I like a good dewy effect on the cheeks to

give you that healthy summer look. However, I think there are better cream cheek

products out there. If you are willing to splurge a little I like Urban Decay glide on cheek

tint or MAC Cremeblend blushes.

Hope you have a "Cheeky" Day!

Weekend Rewind. What's in my Bag?

Happy Monday and start of lent week for those of you who will be

practicing this year.

This will be my last "What's in my Bag" post for about 6 weeks because I have

decided to give up SHOPPING for Lent this year. AGHHH!! It is going to be

SO very challenging and I'm not sure I can do it, but I think it's what I need to do. I'm going

to do a post this week on more details of why I decided to give this up for Lent and my

guidelines for what it will consist of. So, look for that if your interested.

So, a few things I picked up this weekend are as follows:

I had a gift card to Macy's left over from Christmas and decided to finish it off with

a few Clinique items. My pores around the apples of my cheeks have really grossed

me out lately. Maybe I just haven't payed attention before, but I feel like they

have gotten bigger. Anywhoo, talked to the lady at Clinique counter and she

recommended this to me and said it can also serve as a foundation primer.

The good thing about the serum is it not only conceals the size of your pores when

applied , but it actually has ingredients in it that treats the problem as well. So, in

6-8 weeks the sizes of your pores should be reduced. yay!

I have been using the Philosophy skincare line after getting for Christmas and am

loving the Purity facewash along with Hope in a Jar moisturizer. When talking to

the Clinqiue lady about my pores she asked me how often I was exfoliating?! And

I really haven't been. So, she said you need to bump up that to 3-4 times a week.

To keep things consistent with the brand I am already using I decided to jump in

Sephora and grab the Philosophy Exfoliating Wash. OH. MY. WORD. do I

love this wash!! It is one of the most gentle exfoliating scrubs I have ever used

on my face. It feels amazing and has a very light clean smell.

This retails for $25 in the 8 oz container I picked up, but if you aren't interested in

paying that much Aveeno has a Skin Brightening Daily Scrub that I think

is very comparable and can be bought at your drugstore.

Lastly, is the Maybelline Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner in this Eggplant color

called Aubergine. I don't think I have ever used a gel liner and decided to try

this brand after being so impressed with their new Color Tattoo shadows. I thought

this eggplant color would be fun since purple looks so good on brown eyes.

This liner also comes with a brush applicator.

If I like I may grab this is some other shades. (of course after Lent) :(

Have a wonderful day and Happy President's Day!

Weekend Rewind. What's in my Bag?

Well, Well, Well.... who decided to do some make-up shopping this

weekend and actually post about it??!!

This Girl!!

I actually haven't been buying many new things, but there have been a few drug-store

products on my radar for the past month and wanted to share with you guys.

Maybelline recently came out with a product called "Color Tattoo" that is

getting a lot of buzz. They are a cream shadow that can be used as a base or

be worn on their own. They claim to last 24 hours.

MAC has a product similar to this called "Paint pots." They are highly buzzed about

products that beauty gurus love. They are in a pot just like these above and are used as

an eye-shadow primer. They retail for $17.50 while the Maybelline Color Tattoo

are $5.84!

The colors I got are from left to right: Too Cool, Tough as Taupe, and Pomegranate

Punk. I cannot wait to use the Tough as Taupe shade... this was the color I was so interested

in b/c is is a matte gray/taupe. You don't see that very often.

Even though I wasn't planning to coordinate the colors I think all 3 shades would be

great together. You could wear the Tough as Taupe on your lid, Pomegranate in your

crease, and Too Cool under your brow as a highlight.

Next item on my list was the also new buzzed about Maybelline Bouncy blushes.

Shades I purchased left to right are Hot Tamale and Coffee Cake.

These seem to be pretty sheer in coverage... so, while that Hot Tamale color looks really

bright and scary it's actually not that bright. I think it will be a great color for

spring/summer when you have some tan going on.

The coolest thing about these blushes is the texture!! When the claim to "Bouncy"

they really are. When you press down on the product it almost becomes like

memory foam and creates an indention.

It has a very lightweight texture that feels like a powder, but apparently melts on

your skin more like a cream to give you that radiant glow.

So, the Physicians Formula Happy Booster Blush wasn't really on

my list, but I have heard good things about this....SO.... yeah, it got thrown in the

basket.

This color is called "Warm" and I think it's so pretty because you get all shades of

coral.

These blushes don't really promise to give you a ton of color, but more of a healthy glow.

There are also pearls infused into the product to highlight and add radiance to the skin.

So, on days when you just want to feel/look more natural this is a good go to.

I think it's funny that they market it as a "mood boosting blush." Really? Can a blush

boost your mood??!! Who knows? I will let you know if I am floating around on Cloud 9

when wearing this. But, for some reason I'm not really counting on it.

So, Wet n Wild is not a product I would reach for on my own. I always felt like

their stuff was not worth buying b/c it's so cheap. Snobby, right? I always

feel like price=quality. Sometimes it is, but not always. A girl I watch on youtube, that is

a news anchor in morning, but beauty guru by afternoon really promotes and favorites

some of Wet n Wild's eyeshadow palettes. She recently did a favorite eye products of

2011 and this palette in "Silent Treatment" made her list.

The shades really are gorgeous. I love the bottom taupe shade!! This was under $3

so you can't go wrong trying it!

Ok, so YAY for me doing a Weekend Rewind post, right?! Hope some of these products

peek your interest. They certainly have mine.

Have a great day!