Product of the Day- Primers

I love summer. It's my favorite of all seasons, but the heat can

mean more oil, shine, and makeup that has dripped or run off.

 

I have only been using face and eye primers for the past year or two. It was

one of those products that when introduced at a makeup counter I often thought...

I'm not spending my money on something you can't even see!!! No thanks.

Give me something fun with color.

 

 

However, I've grown up and matured into the knowledgeable woman I am now and

realize they do, indeed serve a great purpose. : )

 

Face Primers:

 

A face primer serves to protect your skin and act as the base for your foundation

or powder. It's going to be the product that your foundation is going to stick to rather

than your skin. It's going to give your foundation, blush, bronzer, etc longevity in

making it through the day.

 

Their are a variety of primers you can get with different formulas based on your

skin and what you are trying to accomplish.

 

From left to right:

the Pore fissional by Benefit: pore minimizing. $30 at Sephora

Fix & Perfect by Rimmel: smoothes skin and minimizes pores. $6 at Wal-Mart

Brightening Complexion Potion by Urban Decay: brightens. $31 at Ulta or Sephora.

 

 

Eye Primers:

 

An eye primer is designed to serve as the base for your shadows. Just as a face

primer it's going to give your shadows something to stick to and last through the

day. It's also going to make the color of shadows stay vibrant and

not fade or crease.

 

I always apply my eye primers. I'm guilty of skipping my face primer, but unless

I'm just in a huge hurry this is a step in my daily routine.

 

You can buy all kinds of eye primers. Some have color, some are colorless, some

are in a jar, some have a wand. It's all in what you want and what you are trying to

achieve. To me the easiest and fastest one is the NYX HD

b/c it comes with a little wand and it's just effortless.

 

However, I love my jar primers that have color b/c they can be worn on their own

for a natural look or serve as a pretty base of color for a look.

 

These are all my favorites:

From left to  right:

Maybelline Color Tattoo in Inked in Pink. $6 at Target.

NYX HD Shadow Base: $7 at Ulta or Drugstore.com

Lorac Behind the Scenes: $21 at Sephora.

Make up Forever Aqua Cream #13: $23.

 

Do you prime? What are YOUR favorites?!

 

 



Product of the Day- Color Tattoo

Happy Friday People! We made it or are slowly making it to the weekend. 

Today's POTD is a new Maybelline Color Tattoo I picked up at Ulta 

this week. They were featuring a BOGO on several new items so I bought this along 

with my new Loreal Glossy Stain. 

If you read my blog regularly you know that I love this product. I believe this is the 7th or 

8th one I have bought. They are a great cream base for your eyeshadow. Some of the darker

shades can be worn alone for just a sweep of color, but with the lighter shades I prefer

to use them as a primer. I apply with my fingers and then apply a powder shadow over

for fantastic color and lasting power!

The shade I was specifically looking for "Inked in Pink" was in their promotional 

basket. YAY! Love when that happens. I had read a review on this color and 

knew it was something I would get a lot of use out of. 

"Inked in Pink" is a soft pearl champagne pink. It is very light and natural and works 

well with a variety of colors. 

This week I have been applying the color tattoo as my base and then placing Loreal Amber

Rush over lid and then using a matte medium brown in my crease/corner. But, with this light

pink color you could use any shade of brown or purples or light beige colors. 

It's just a very functional pink. 

(Here's a free FOTD with my eye look) 

(Side note... on lips is the new Loreal Glossy Stain... still loving that) 

Out of all my Maybelline Color Tattoos this is currently my fave. I've said before there 

are colors that are so yummy I want to eat and this is one of those! It's just such a pretty girlie 

feminine pink. 

I have a feeling "Inked in Pink" is going to become a staple in my routine especially 

with spring and summer around the corner! It will be a great shade for those months! 

Have a great weekend and let me know what you think about this review! 

Maybelline Color Tattoo- Review + Swatches

Maybelline released a product called, Color Tattoo last year and the beauty world went 

a little crazy about this product in a little jar. 

So, what is it you ask? It's a 24 hour cream shadow base or primer that has a color. It can

be worn alone if you want a natural or easy look, but most would choose to use as a primer before

placing your eyeshadow to help it have lasting power. 

Maybelline had a heck of a buzzed about 2012 Fall line and with that came new limited edition 

colors. So, if you interested in the new shades you better get your hands on them fast because they

won't be around for long. 

Four new shades were released: Barely Beige (creamy beige with shimmery finish) 

Gold Shimmer (bronzy brownish gold) Rich Mahogany (dark coffee brown with red shimmer)

and Mossy Green (olive green with gold shimmer)

As of right now I just own one of these lovely shades, Barely Beige. It seemed

the most practical to me because this neutral can be worn under basically

 any shade and serve as a great primer. 

It comes in a little jar. Love the packaging. If you are a MAC person you will 

know these products are compared to their paint pots. 

Look how creamy and beautiful that color is. These are best applied 

by using a finger and blending onto lid. 

Swatch in natural lighting. 

Swatch with flash. 

Thoughts on Maybelline color tattoos? 

Have you seen all four colors in person... whatcha think?

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!!

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!