What's in my Purse? Summer Lippies

Happy Friday!!!

 

I thought it would be fun to show you all my favorite summer lippies

that I've been keeping in my purse. These are all my current faves and my go

to shades for the season.

 

I rotate out my purse lippies from time to time so I am giving love to them all...

b/c as I've said before I currently have a lip product obsession that I can't seem

to beat. I keep a variety of shades mostly in the pink/coral family.

 

 

From left to right...

 

Revlon Lip Butter in Wild Watermelon (bright pink/red)

CoverGirl lip perfection jumbo gloss balm in Watermelon Twist (medium cool pink)

CoverGirl lip perfection jumbo gloss balm in Coral Twist (sheer coral)

Clinique chubby stick intense in Heftiest Hibiscus (very bright deep coral)

Revlon Super Lustrous Gloss in Kiss me Coral (bright coral with shimmer)

Revlon Super Lustrous Gloss in Pink Pop (bright bubble gum pink)

Bobbi Brown Rich lip Color in Pink Peony (matte classic medium pink)

Burt's Bee lip balm with Pomegranate oil

Khroma joystick in Sea Coral (muted neutral coral)

 

I didn't realize how many corals I have in my purse until writing this post!

Let me know if you are interested in seeing any of these specific shades with swatches

and more detailed pictures!

 

What lippies are in your purse today?

 



Product of the Day- Lip Butter

I hope you had a great weekend. It has officially gotten chilly and feels like fall 

here in Alabama. I am ready for a touch of colder weather... just nothing too crazy! 

Today's POTD is a Revlon lip butter. These lip butters have been my go to lip 

product this year. I have a variety of shades and they are very moisturizing, pigmented, 

affordable, and just an easy product. 

Sugar Plum is a gorgeous plum shade that is great for fall/winter. This color tends to 

leave a bit of a stain behind due to it being a bit darker. It looks great with nude eyes or 

purple's. Revlon lip butter retail for around $7 at your drugstore, but you can normally get

a buy one get one 50% off. 

Have you tried any of Revlon's lip butters? If so which do you like best? 

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 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! 

May Beauty Favorites

It's been a LONG time since I have done a end of the month beauty faves, but 

I want to try to get in the habit of doing that especially in the summer months so 

since it is the end of the May here are my favorite products I have been using... 

Sonia Kashuk has some great products. Her line is sold exclusively at Target and I recently

heard someone talk about her blushes. So, I decided to pick up a couple this month

and have been SO pleased with the finish and color. 

The color above is called 03 Sunset. I don't know if you can tell from the picture, 

but it is a bright tangerine kind of orange with shimmer. I have already gotten a good bit

of sun this spring/summer and with a tan this color is GORGeous! It gives that perfect 

warmth to your face. I feel like people tell me how tan I look when I wear this blush. 

This is my new favorite blush for the season! 

Another one of her blushes I picked up and have worn a lot this month is in 

the shade 97 Flamingo. It is just your perfect matte girly bumble gum pink that

everyone should have in your collection. 

Soft, feminine, and looks good on any skin tone. 

These blushes retail for $8.99 at Target. 

If you read my blog very regularly then you know how obsessed I have been with 

Revlon Lip Butters. They are affordable, give off great color, and are super 

moisturizing. 

I decided to get a bright pop of color for summer to compliment my tan skin and I am loving 

this shade Lollipop. It is a bright hot pink/ fuchsia. But, beware it is very bright... 

you may want to tone it down with a gloss on top. If you want something with some color, but

think this is to bold I would suggest Revlon Lip Butter in Berry Smoothie. It's my next fave.

You may have noticed the commercials about Garnier new BB cream. I have heard a lot

of buzz lately about this product. I don't know about you, but in the summer I become super 

lazy and don't want a lot of make-up on my skin. I want something light, natural looking, and somewhat sheer once I build up a bit of a tan. 

So, what this product does is renews, brightens, even skin tone, and hydrates. It's basically

 a tinted moisturizer with vitamin c and mineral pigments. It has a spf of 15 and claims that after one 

use 90% had a more even complexion, 93% saw a more healthy glow, and 96% saw

smoother skin. If your problem areas are discolorations, dullness, blotchiness or dryness then 

this may be a product you want to look into. 

Now, with that said don't expect an amazing coverage. It does give you an even skin tone, but

if you have acne, acne scaring, or freckles etc that you want hidden then you will need a concealer to

go with this. But, I have been using this a little over a week and have really enjoyed. They only

have two shades you can pick from light/medium or medium/deep. I got the darker one b/c 

of the season and I have been tanning. It seems to match up with my color great. 

This is a lot cheaper than a tinted moisturizer you would buy at a dept store too. It's $12.99 for 2.5 

ounces. My only concern at this point is that it's not oil free. I tend to break out in my T zone if

I am not careful with oily products. So, that is the only thing I will be watching for, but other than

that I am really enjoying using for summertime. It also has a great clean kind of natural tea scent. 

Hope you have had a wonderful May and looking forward to a new month and lots of summer 

fun! Next month is my birthday month..... : ) 

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

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

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!

Friday Faves

So, how well have I done this week with blogging?! Aren't you so proud?!

Time for a Friday Fave!!

Revlon recently came out with the Lip Butters and guys they are truly amazing.

They are a moisturizing lip balm, but with great color and pigmentation to look

more like a lipstick than balm.

I'm sure you have seen the ads and commercials with the lovely Emma Stone.

In her print she is sporting the shade "Peach Parfait" which is my personal fave.

It is the most wearable every day shade that looks great with any colors you are wearing.

Very natural. Very pretty. Love it!

I have four different Lip Butter shades.

From left to right:

Peach Parfait (my fave)

Strawberry Shortcake (bubblegum pink)

Candy Apple (bright red)

Berry Smoothie (berry)

Left to right:

Peach Parfait

Strawberry Shortcake

Candy Apple

Berry Smoothie

This is the packaging. They are in a quilted looking plastic tube.

Here are some swatches of the colors I own.

From bottom to top:

Peach Parfait

Strawberry Shortcake

Candy Apple

Berry Smoothie

Have you heard about the RLB? If so, which shades do you own and like?