June Favorites

Hi guys!

Hope your June went great! Mine has been ridiculously crazy with summer school wrapping up and moving for the fourth time in six weeks. But I’m glad to be finally starting summer! For some really odd reason, I had a ton of trouble picking favorites this month. There are a few things that I just loved, and some things that I was just okay with.

Left to Right: Simple Smoothing Facial Toner, Gilmore Girls, Essie Turquoise andCaicos, Summer Boardwalk Candle, Urban Decay Naked Palette, Suave MoroccanInfusion Shampoo and Conditioner, Warm Vanilla Sugar Shower Gel, Not YourMother's Knotty to Nice Conditioning Detanlger, Malibu Heat Shower Gel

 

 

Simple Smoothing Facial Toner

This has been a huge love for me this month. It's seriously one of my most favorite facial products I have ever tried. Personally, I don't invest a lot of time or money into facial products. I prefer less is more, so you really won't see a huge skin care regiment from me. Before I tried this out, I had no clue what toner was even for (I still don't think I really know either). But I gave this a try because it was cheap (like $5 at Walmart) and from the Simple brand that has been putting out some amazing products. And I seriously adore this! I use it twice a day. In the morning I use an exfoliating cotton pad and just wipe this all over my skin, making it feel super clean and refreshed (while also reducing oil). This is before I put on any makeup by the way. Then at night I use makeup wipes to take off all my makeup, then I use another cotton pad and swipe it all over my face and get off any last remaining dirt or makeup that's still clinging to my face. This stuff is seriously amazing!

Gilmore Girls

I've been obsessed with this series of late. It's one of my all-time favorite shows anyway, but I've been watching the DVDS (so far I'm at the end of season 2) and I'm so hooked! It's hilarious and romantic and just a perfect way to relax after summer classes.

Essie Turquoise and Caicos

I love this color. It's like the perfect summer nail polish color. I'm pretty sure I talked about this in my April Favorites even. However, I do have a gripe that this nail polish never turns out perfect for me! It's like it's too thick or something. But at least the color is lovely.

Bath and Body Works Summer Boardwalk Candle

I finally picked this guy up at the Semi-Annual Sale and I absolutely love it! It's definitely a sweet smell (like caramel popcorn) and is to me a little bit more of a fall scent. But I love it anyway! I even went out and bought a second one too!

Urban Decay Naked Palette

Out of nowhere this month, I went back to this palette and have been completely obsessed! Pretty much the entire month I have worn Sin (my ALL TIME favorite eyeshadow) across my entire lid, Naked in the crease and blended upward, and then Buck to define my crease a little more. I've worn this look pretty much the entire month because I can't get over how gorgeous it is!

Suave Moroccan Infusion Shampoo and Conditioner

If you would have told me this would pretty much become my favorite shampoo and conditioner ever, I would have thought you were lying. I personally am not a huge fan of Suave hair care. Or at least, I thought I wasn't. But this shampoo and conditioner seriously impressed me from the first use (see my first impressions post!). It makes my hair super shinny and straight. Like, I barely even have to run my flat iron through it! It smells pretty good, and is without a doubt cheap! I'm so impressed, and I even got my mom hooked on it! Check this out, it's seriously one of the best drugstore hair care products I've ever used!

Bath and Body Works Warm Vanilla Sugar Shower Gel

Even though the summer months are generally more of a fruity/fresh scent time, I've been completely obsessed with this scent! It's sweet and comforting and I can't get enough. I loved it so much, that I went out and bought the perfume too! If you love sweet, baked good scents, this is one you should check out!

Not Your Mother's Knotty to Nice Detanlger

I have super tangly hair no matter what shampoo and conditioner I use, so this product has helped quite a bit with brushing my hair after showering. I don't know if this is my holy grail detangler, but it's inexpensive and seems to work really well. One thing I'm curious about, is that some of the packaging is brown and some is orange? Is this a product packaging change or is this a totally different product?

Bath and Body Works Malibu Heat Shower Gel

Before I fell in love with Warm Vanilla Sugar, I was completely obsessed with this amazing summer fragrance. It's the perfect, coconut, pineapple, citrus summer scent. I'm so in love with this! And hopefully I can pick up the body mist too!

 

Let me know what your favorites were this month! Check out May's favorites too!

10 Makeup Prodcuts I'd Repurchase

 

I’ve been enjoying the 10 makeup products I’d repurchase videos on Youtube. This instantly got me thinking about what things I’d repurchase if I lost all my makeup from a fire or all of it melted or something. It’s really telling what products impress you, by whether you would buy them again.

So here, is my list of those ten items!

1.    NARS Orgasm Blush

So, I’ve only really used two blushes my entire life. The first was some random Covergirl one back in the day. The other is NARS Orgasm. Needless to say, Orgasm is so amazing, I’ve rarely felt the urge to try another (although NARS Deepthroat, Tarte Amazonian Clay Blushes, and MAC Pink Swoon have been calling me).

2.  MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural

On this blog, I’ve raved countless times about this pressed powder. I love it. And honestly, if I lost all my makeup, I’d probably buy this and not a BB cream or a tinted moisturizer. It’s great alone and it’s great as on top of another product. It’s simply amazing.

3.   MAC Painterly Paint Pot

A lot of people love Urban Decay Primer Potion. When it comes to priming my eyelids and giving my eyeshadow a great base, I look no further than my Painterly Paint Pot from MAC. This is probably my most used makeup product besides my Mineralize Skinfinish. It makes my shadow look brighter and more intense, it makes it last longer, and makes the colors blend so much easier.

4.   Wet N’ Wild Walking on Eggshells

I love eyeshadow. And I love my Naked Palette. But when it comes to what I go toward the most, this palette is probably tied for first for what I wear most often. Why? Because it’s only $2.99, creamy, easily blendable, and so pigmented. And the champagne pinky color? Probably the prettiest shade in the entire world. I would buy this again and hoard about ten extra just in case Wet N’ Wild decides to discontinue it.

5.  MAC Satin Taupe eyeshadow

What’s tied for my most used eyeshadow with Walking on Eggshells? Satin Taupe from MAC. I love it. It’s the prettiest taupe/gray/purply color. Every single time I wear it, I get compliments on how amazing my green eyes look. It blends well, it wears extremely well. You can just feel the quality from this shadow.

6.   Revlon Brow Fantasy

For the longest time, I couldn’t figure out what the heck to do with my brows. Then I discovered this product, and it suddenly became so easy to make my brows not look like caterpillars or nonexistent. I love this so much!

7.   Physician’s Formula Shimmering Strips Eyeliner (Brown Eyes)

Like I’ve mentioned recently in a previous post, this eyeliner surprised me so much. It’s so creamy, easy to apply, and has great staying power. I love that fact that in a package you get three colors too.

8.   ELF Mineral Infused Mascara

This $3 mascara has quickly risen to being my favorite. It makes my lashes look so pretty and defined. It’s so simple to apply. And the price is amazing. It’s something that I plan on buying the second I run out. There seems to be a lot of mascara that’s impressing me lately, but I definitely can’t beat the price.

9.  Naked Palette

While this is probably a given, I think this palette is an important one in anyone’s makeup collection. It could be worn every day, and some of my favorite colors are in this (Virgin looks so pretty with Satin Taupe, Sin is stunning, I love Buck and Naked just to name a few).

10.  MAC Blanc Type Eyeshadow

So this might be a surprise, but if I lost all my makeup, this highlight shade would be so severely missed. I love this on my browbone, mostly because it’s matte, and looks a lot like my skin, It’s by far my favorite out of Virgin from the Naked Palette and MAC’s Phloof.

So what are somethings you can’t live without? Would it be mostly drugstore or highend?

 

A Look at My Favorite Look

On some days, you just don't even think about the makeup your about to wear. But when that happens, there seems to be one look that I go to no matter what.

It's no surprise that it comes from my beloved Naked palette.

 I just use Sin all over the lid, brush Naked in the crease and a little above, and then finish with Buck in the crease. Add eyeliner, mascara, and boom your done!

{ So simple, yet so pretty!}

{I think it makes my green eyes just pop!}



And in case you don't have the Naked palette, you can get almost the same exact look with my favorite drugstore palette. It's Wet N'Wild's "Walking on Eggshells." And somedays, I actually prefer the Wet N'Wild version more. It's super pigmented, beautiful, goes on perfectly, and the best part? Only $2.99 at Walgreens.

Thanks for reading!

Daily Makeup Products

Wanna look inside my makeup bag? And at the products that I use daily that don't fit in it? Well then hopefully you like today's post!

First, this is my makeup bag. It's from Vera Bradley in the print Island Blooms, and I think it's so adorable. When I bought a lot of my MAC makeup I decided that I needed a really adorable makeup bag to hold it, one that doesn't ugly up whatever surface it sits on or drawer it lives in. Plus it kind of keeps me from blowing all my money on makeup, because I plan to make everything fit in there. It makes travel much easier, storage simpler, and finding an everyday look a lot faster.

So here is sorta of an overview of my makeup. I didn't put all my individual MAC eyeshadows because that will come here in a little bit. Here you see:

-My Naked Palette

-My Smashbox BB Cream (review to come soon)

-Garnier BB Cream (review also coming soon!)

-NARS blush in Orgasm

-MAC Skinfinish Natural

-Maybelline Falsies mascara

-L'Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes mascara

-MAC Technakohl Liner

-Wet N' Wild eyeshadow

-MAC paint pot in Painterly

-Urban Decay Primer Potion

-Revlon tweezers

-Sonia Kashuk "Perfectly Neutral" eyeshadow palette

First we'll start with my face products. I don't like heavy foundations or a huge long drawn-out routine. So I recently I've started using a BB cream (I've used the Garnier for a week or two and I've only used the Smashbox one day once so far), then I set it with my MAC Mineralize Skinfinish (I was matched to medium plus and it's perfect). I love this powder and can definitely reccommend it to everyone. It's fantastic. Then I just use my NARS Orgasm blush (which I have found to look really natural and pretty on me. A lot of people complain that it's too bright or shimmery, but I honestly don't think it's that way on me).

Soon I'll post a review of these two BB creams (I don't want to jinx it just yet, but I'm a fan so far of the Smashbox one).

For my eyeshadow primer I go back and forth between MAC's paint pot (I use Painterly) and Urban Decay's Primer Potion. I guess for some odd reason when I use MAC eyeshadow I use MAC and when I use my Naked palette I use my Primer Potion. But I actually have my eye on the NARS one so hopefully soon I can try that out soon.

These are other products that I use out on my eyes. The lash curler is from MAC and I love it so far! Then there is my MAC Technakohl liner in Graphblack. Seriously, I have no desire ever to try another liner. It glides on smoothly, doesn't budge at all, and creates such a pretty look. Plus, no sharpeners are involved! I've read and heard great things about Urban Decay's 24/7 liner, but I believe it's $5 more and I'm perfectly happy with this MAC liner.

Then I'm sure you see my two different kinds of mascara. I love to try out new mascara and these two are the newsest ones! I've been loving the L'Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes. I think it's my new number one. But I was super curious about the Maybelline Falsies so I'm enjoying that a lot right now. A girl can never have too many favorite mascaras, since they always seem to discontinue them. Both are in very black and waterproof.

I love eyeshadow and I have a pretty large selection (I'm sure it's actually tiny compared to a lot of people haha).

-Naked Palette: I thought I wouldn't like it as much as I do, honestly. My favorite colors are Sin, Buck, and Naked. However, there is still tons of exploring and playing around I need to do.

-My Wet N' Wild palette (or whatever you call the trio of colors haha) in "Walking on Eggshells." I love it. After using my MAC and UD shadows I thought that I could never stand the thought of using a drugstore (super cheap) brand, but this is amazing. Worth way more than $2.99. Check it out.

-Sonia Kashuk's "Perfectly Neutral": I love love love it. Absolutely beautiful and a great value. (pictured up close below). I learned about it from Kate from The Small Things Blog. Check out her tutorial because that's the look I use :)

-MAC eyeshadows: I'm personally not a fan of their palettes, I like the individual little pots instead.

Colors that I have include : Knight Divine (it's like a dark blue/black, I honestly haven't used it yet), Vex, Copperplate, Blanc Type, Satin Toupe, Ploof, and Expresso. I absolutely love using Vex, Copperplate, and Satin Toupe. They are so pretty! And they can be mix and matched together too!

These two prodcts don't fit in my makeup bag, but they are both things that I use every day (usually).

Left: MAC's Gently Off Eye and Lip Makeup Remover. A must in my book. I love it. Even gets waterproof makeup off.

Right: MAC's Brush Cleanser

My little brush collection. From left to right:

-Good Karma eyeshadow (came with my Naked Palette and I honestly have used it once)

-Sonia Kashuk small eye shader

-Bare Escentuals angled eyeshadow brush

-MAC 217

-Sonia Kashuk crease brush

-MAC 239

-ELF large eye shader

-ELF blush brush

-ELF complexion brush

Everyday, I always use my MAC 217 and 239, and all three ELF brushes. So the very low end of my brushes and the higher end. I have yet to find a better brush than my ELF large shader to do my brow highlight.

So that's my collection. Hopefully I'll have some reviews coming soon, some new products to talk about, and if anyone has any questions, just ask!