Mini Beauty Haul

I recently bought a few drugstore items that i haven't had time to share with you guys. I bought 5 items from ELF's studio collection, lipsticks, a lip gloss, and a nail polish. The best part is that ALL items were under $6.


LIPS
I bought Elf lipstick in the colors Classy and Seductive and a Loreal lipstick in the color Fairest Nude. I love these colors because they aren't too dramatic. The last lip product I bought was one that i had been searching FOREVER for- it is Hard Candy's Glossaholic lip gloss in the color Fairy. I finally found it at Walmart (they were ALWAYS out of stock in this color) and its such a pretty sheer gloss. 

Classy, Seductive, Fairest Nude, Fairy

Blush/Bronzer
I bought a super bright pink blush from ELF as well as a blush and bronzer duo. The Duo is said to be a dupe for Nars "Orgasm/Laguna" Duo which retails for $40. I only paid $3 for my elf duo..what a steal!

Elf blush in the color "Pink Passion"- SUPER pigmented!

 "Blushed and Bronzed"- the blush is very natural looking but i need to go extremely light when applying bronzer because it is very pigmented and a bit dark for me

EYELINER

This cream eyeliner has pretty much replaced my ELF liquid liner. As you can see in the picture I swatched it on my hand. The right swatch is to show that is lasts long and is waterproof (after trying to rub it off all it did was smudge a bit)

Elf Studio Cream EyeLiner- color:Black

CONCEALER

This is the one item purchased that I was really disappointed with. I wanted to cover up the veins under my eyes and heard that a salmon colored concealer would do the trick. Rather than spending a ton of money on one item i thought I would save and get four concealers in one palette. The only problem was that the colors didn't conceal much (for me at least).

Color: "Neutralize and Conceal"

Brush

Once again I was on a budget so i wasn't able to buy an expensive stippling brush and decided to try out this on by Elf. It isn't the best quality for Liquid products because it isn't very dense but it works really well on powder products. I use it for powder foundation and when i want to lightly apply blush or bronzer.

Nails

Last is a random nail polish i picked up while at Walmart. Don't know what I'm going to do with this one yet but I'll figure something out.

NYC In A New York Color Minute: "Sidewalkers"

Demi Lovato-Skyscraper Music Video Makeup

Not too long ago Demi Lovato made her comeback with the song "Skyscraper." I immediately loved it, and praise Demi for singing such an inspirational song. When the video came out I loved the simplicity of it as well as her makeup so I decided to recreate the look myself. This is what I came up with:

1. EYES: 

The first step was getting some gold and coppery tones on the eyes. I first applied ELF's creme eyeshadow in the color "Butter Pecan" - the Lighter color I wore on the inner half of my lid, and the darker on the outer half. I then did the same with the powdered eyeshadow of "Butter Pecan". Last i added a highlight on my brow bone and NYX's Loose Pearl Eye Shadow in the color "Nude" on the inner corner of my eyes to make them pop.

As you can see ELF's creme eye shadow (shown on the left for the first 2 pictures) are much more pigmented than the powder eye shadow. The NYX shadow is VERY pigmented.

I used a brown eyeliner on my top lid so the look would be more natural looking, as well as Loreal's  Voluminous Carbon Black Mascara - (My favorite right now!)

This mascara isn't waterproof (what I usually buy) but i think it is what has been giving me more natural looking lashes.

Finished eyes

2. Cheeks:

Used Elf's All over Color Stick in the color "Golden Peach" and swiped on my cheeks then topped it with Forever 21's Love and Beauty Blush in the coral color

3. Lips:

For the lips all I used was the same products as above... Really! I didn't have any coral-red lipstick so i just used my All Over Cover Stick and dabbed some coral powder over that.

4. Hair:

Quickly, Messily, and Loosely curl your hair to get that "unkempt/disheveled" look.

voila!

4th of July- Nails + Event

Yesterday was a great Independence Day for my family and I. The day started off with the family playing baseball down the street from my house. Of course my team won, and after that we all got ready for a BBQ at my uncles house. Before I left I decided to quickly do my nails somewhat like the American flag.

1. The first step was to paint all my nails a flat red, except my ring fingers which i painted a metallic blue.

2. Next I added white stripes across the red nails; these came out a bit crooked since i was just using a nail polish with a fine tip.

3. Last I used bundle monsters BM21 image plate with the stars on my ring fingers. Just add a top coat & clean up any mistakes and you're done!

 

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Family BBQ. That's me behind the two little girls and next to the woman in the red shirt.

me and my bf watching the fireworks

Mint Nails

Mint nail polish has been really in this spring/summer so I decided to buy myself a bottle and try it out for myself.
The nail polish i bought was Sally Hansen's Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear in the color "Mint Sorbet" from Rite-aid for about $3.

I didn't really like the color on my nails by itself so i decided to add white polka dots the next day. Kept the look simple, yet cute.

The nail polish was nice and thick so I only needed one coat and it lasted me a while without chipping. That's always a plus.