Friday Face of the Day

Happy Happy Friday! 

I hope you have fun weekend plans ahead. 

Here's a quick FOTD post to share some of the beauty goods I've been 

using and loving! 

Seriously, how pale am I right now?!?! aghhhhh, get that out of here... I need SUN!!! 

So ready for some beach and poolside. 

Oh, and sorry about the light switch just hanging out in the background . 

I don't claim to be a photographer! 

So, in my opinion the key things that stand out in this look are 

eyes, cheeks, and lips so I decided to just share those for this look and 

not overwhelm you with everything I used. 

Blush: NYX Rose Garden 

a gorgeous bright pink with shimmer 

Highlighter: Lorac Perfectly Lit powder in Spotlight 

lovely natural beige highligher that gives a pretty glow being glittery 

Eyes: Hard Candy baked duo in High Maintenance 

a natural shimmery eye

Lips: Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Smitten 

a brighter pink balm that stains your lip for an all day wash of color 

All of the products listed can be found in the drugstore other than the Lorac 

highlighter! I am loving drugstore looks and products lately! 

What are your current drugstore faves?! 

Wednesday Wishes

Like I said last week.... my beauty wishlist with spring here is longer than recommended. 

I could make this post never ending, but I'm going to narrow it down to one thing. 

Dewy fresh skin is always flattering this time of the year and one way to 

accomplish that is with cream blushes. I personally don't own a lot of cream blushes, 

but it's one of those items that I would like to build up my collection. 

I've heard and read great things about the Illamasqua cream blusher. 

These are sold at Sephora and retail for $26. 

The color I am most interested in is the bright pink color named "Laid." 

Do you love cream blushes and what you pay $26 for one?! 

Drugstore Blushes- Milani

If your search for a good drugstore blush has left you less than impressed

then here's that moment when you should tune in! 

Until I recently discovered the Milani Baked Blushes I had never found a 

blush at the drugstore that was worth much to me. 

I decided to purchase two good corals for spring. 

Left: Coralina

Right: Luminoso

Coralina is a gorgeous bright red coral that will look great with a good tan for that 

pop of color we all want this time of the year. 

Luminoso, oh how I love thee. This has been my go to blush for a while now. It is the perfect peach color.  I have to force myself to use other blushes b/c this baby is perfecto! It works with anything and 

everything. It's one of those blushes you don't have to think about what you are pairing it with.

Works great with a bright lip, smoky eye, natural eyes, natural lip... ok, you get the point. 

LOVE this blush! 

Another reason I love these blushes is because they are baked. I don't understand all that goes

into baked products other than they are baked directly on some kind of Italian terra cotta tile. 

Baked products always give off great color pigmentation on top of giving your skin

a good healthy glow. 

They have a highlighting effect to them... so if you are into highlighting (like me)

you may want to go easy on that with these blushes to prevent looking too much 

like a disco ball. 

Here are your swatches. 

Left is Coralina 

Right is Luminoso

These are by far my favorite blushes at the moment and unless something drastically 

changes remain in my opinion the best drugstore blushes. These come in a variety of 

shades and retail for around $7. 

What is your favorite spring blush?! 

Face of the Day

It's been a while since I did a FOTD post, so thought I would give it a shot! 

I recently blogged about some Revlon products I bought and thought I would incorporate 

them into a FOTD so you can see how they look. 

Two of these products, Revlon colorstay quad in Decadent and Revlon colorburst

gloss in Rosepearl have been some of my faves lately. Especially the gloss!! It's the most

gorgeous rose/pearl shimmery gloss that is perfect for fall. It's neutral, but yet gives a pretty 

brown/rose pop of color. Love, love, love! 

My Face. : )

Products used on eyes were Revlon Decadent Quad. 

This quad is such a gorgeous soft neutral pink/gold color. It's soft, 

feminine, and will look great with any blush or lip shade you want to throw on with it. 

These quads are great b/c there are so many different ways you can wear them. Love 

the gold (far right) and Cranberry (bottom right). 

Great pigment and long lasting. Retails for around $7 at drugstore! 

This Revlon colorburst gloss in Soft Rose has been a staple in my 

make up looks this fall. Of course this color can be used anytime of the year b/c it's 

so neutral, but man oh man it is so pretty on! It's got a shimmer and pearl finish that just 

makes your lips look so healthy, sexy, and yummy! 

I wish I had big plump lips, but I shall keep wishing. 

This gloss also retails for around $7, but Revlon often has a Bogo special. 

Other products used for this look:

Foundation: Clinique Even Better (loving)

Bronzer: NARS Laguna (fave)

Blush: Rimmel Autumn Catwalk

Mascara: Almay Get up and Grow (great) 

Liner: Urban Decay Black 

What do you think about this look?! 

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. 

Product of the Day- Blush

Today I thought I would share a new blush that I have been using and if you are in 

the market for a new VERY affordable blush this may interest you. 

Rimmel "Autumn Catwalk" is a peachy pink blush with three different shades of

pink and when mixed together gives off a gorgeous color. Because of the various shades

from light to dark you can customize the color you want based on your skintone. 

 It has slight shimmer, but not glittery

at all so gives a nice glow. 

The blush is actually marketed as a blush/highlighter because the very lightest shade 

on far left can be used to highlight your cheekbones. I don't find that it works that well, but 

if you have really light skin you may get a better result.

For a drugstore blush retailing for under $5 this is a great staple blush with good color 

and pigmentation. And how cute is the name?! I want to use it more during this time of the 

year just because it has such a fun fall name. 

Would you buy this blush? 

Nars Blush Review + Swatches

After using NARS bronzer, Laguna, and being so impressed with the formulation, 

pigmentation, and color I knew I wanted to try one of their award winning blushes. 

But, which one??!! There are so many pretty shades to pick from. 

I visited Sephora a couple weeks ago and got the associate to give me her opinion of which

color would transition nicely for Fall/Winter. I wanted something a little different than just

a pink, or coral, or neutral. 

I went with NARS, Sin, a berry with gold shimmer. 

Nars blushes retail at Sephora for $28. 

Thing to know about this blush is a little does go a long way. It is a very pigmented blush

so a light dab rather than a swirl with your brush will be best if you have light to medium 

skintone. 

Nars Sin is one of their bestselling blushes and if you follow Beauty trends you know that it was 

a shade released in their Danmari blush palette last year. Sephora no longer has the palette for 

sale, but it had four of their best selling blushes, along with a bronzer and highlighter. You 

can still find the palette online, but it is going for $179 so good luck with that! 

Finger swatch in natural lighting 

Arm swatch in natural lighting 

What do you think about this berry blush? What are you favorite Fall blushes?