$20 Makeup Challenge (TAG)!!

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All Jordana products are $1.25 each, regardless of the item (at Savemart Stores only)


jordanacosmetics.com




Wet n Wild products can be found at all drugstores.


Crown Brush tools can be purchased online at crownbrush.us or at IMATS






RULES:


1. Prices are before sales tax (Tax doesn't count)
2. ALL items used will be counted (brushes, sponges, etc)
3. Total must amount to $20 or less
4. Be creative and have fun!


I tag Makeup by Imera and Ashley Romanian Butterfly!


Products Used:


Face:
-Jordana Creamy Liquid Foundation in Toast
-Jordana Forever Flawless Pressed Powder in Creamy Sand


Cheeks:
-Wet n Wild Megalast Lipstick in 906D (as cream blush base)
-Jordana Blush in Terra Cotta


Eyes:
-Jordana Eyeshadow in Heart of Gold and Brunette
-Wet n Wild Cream Eyeliner in Black
-Loreal Voluminous Carbon Black Mascara


Brows:
-Jordana shadow again in Brunette


Lips:
-Wet n Wild Lipstick in 906D


Tools:
Crown Brush (Sale tab)
-Pro Brow Spoolie
-1/4 Angle Liner
-Mini Blush

FOTD: Wet n Wild 10 Pan Palette in "Blue Had me at Hello"

I hardly ever wear bright colors, but I figured I would today :)

This is an amazing palette from Wet n Wild (review coming soon!)
This is probably too intense for a day look, which is why I wore this to school (during the evening). I hope you like it!




I really love this look, I hope you do too!!



Products used

Skincare
-Clean and Clear persa-gel 10 on any blemishes
-Burt's Bees Radiance eye cream
-Shaklee Enfuselle moisturizer

Face
-Maybelline Fit Me! foundation
-Hardcandy Glamoflauge concealer
-Neautrogena Mineral Sheers Powder Foundation

Brows
ELF studio brow kit

Eyes
-Maybelline Eye Tattoo shadows as a base (Audacious Asphalt, Tough as Taupe, and Too Cool)
-Wet n Wild eyeshadow palette in Blue Had me at Hello
-Maybelline eye studio cream liner in Black

Lashes
-Maybelline Lash Stiletto Voluptious

Thats about it, Hope you enjoyed!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!

Hello ladies! I hope everyone had a wonderful, fun, and safe new year celebration!


Today is my anniversary with my hubbs, Victor. We had dinner together at a tepan yaki joint, it was his first time and it was pretty exciting!



My other half, Victor, and I at our anniversary dinner.



Here he is deciding what to order





Having some mushroom soup before the main course!



Here is my FOTD for my NYE out and I touched it up again for new years day.



My Zipangu inspired look!



Product used listed below.

Skin Care:

-Clean and Clear Persa-gel 10 on any blemishes.

-Burt's Bees Radiance eye cream

-Loreal Youth Code serum

-Shaklee Enfuselle moisturizer

Face:

-Rimmel Fix and Perfect primer

-Revlon Colorstay foundation

-Benefit Erase Paste

-Neutrogena Mineral Sheers Powder Foundation

-Maybelline Dream Bouncy Blush as a base

-Milani Baked Blush 

Brows:

-Sally Beauty eyebrow pencil

-Colorista palette

Eyes:

-Maybelline Eye Tattoo cream shadow as base

-Urban Decay Naked2 palette in Half Baked, Bootycall, and Chopper

-Mac Antiqued in my outer V

Lashes:

-Bare Escentuals bareMinerals Flawless Definition mascara

Lips:

-Revlon Just Bitten lipstain in Gothic

I got my earrings from a little shanty swapmeet/flea market in Riverside~ $1!

I had a few mishaps during my evening's preperation!

As I was shaving, I slipped and somehow manages to slice my nail off my finger! OUCH. So Mani Mondays will be postponed. Sorry :/

And, I also made such a horrible mistake! Some of you may remember my run in last May with the ELF lash curler, the rubber fell out and sliced off my lashes! They grew back in about 3 months.

Well last night I could not, for the life of me, find my lash curler and had to turn to my ELF one... big mistake. Guess what, it sliced my lashes off AGAIN!   So here goes another 3 months of lash serum and falsies to fill in my baldie lashline!

Should I post photos? hmm.. lol

How was everyone's festivities?! I hope everyone has a blessed new year!

Love and Lipstick,
Monique

FOTD December 9th, 2011

Friday was a very calm day for me. I didn't have classes so Victor and I had the day off. We pretty much spent the day "bonding" with my parents :)


We watched a few movies (my parents have tons of DVDs and love watching movies together) and then I made enchiladas with my mom. We tried a new recipe that day!


Because I didn't have much to do I decided to take it easy with my makeup. If there's a day where I have very little to do or nowhere to go (usually Mondays and Wednesdays) I try to skip makeup altogether or only wear very little. It's important to take a break from so much makeup and let your skin breathe.


Friday I kept it minimal.




Minimal makeup
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 Products used


Skin care:
-Clean and Clear persa-gel 10 on any blemishes
-Burt's Bees Radiance eye cream
-Burt's Bees Radiance serum
-Loreal Youth Code serum
-Shaklee Enfuselle moisturizer

Face:
-Cover Girl Clean powder in Soft Honey
-Blush~Allure Beauty Editor Palette in All Fun No Sun


Brows:
-Sephora Colorista Palette

My very nude/taupe eye look.
L with flash - R without flash
Click to enlarge

Eyes:
-Coastal Scents 88 Warm Palette

Lashes
Bare Escentuals
bareMinerals Flawless Definition mascara

Lashes:
-Bare Escentuals bareMinerals Flawless Definition mascara

Everyone tells me I have the thinnest lips!-- I do :(
I really liked the way this nude shade
looked over the natural undertones of my lips

Lips:
-[Discontiued] Maybelline Volume Seduction XL plumping gloss in Seductively Nude



White Rose studs,
Cream and Gold chunky chain bracelet,
& Gold rose necklace
All from Forever 21

 Someone asked if I could include accesories. So here you go! :) 

Hair:
-Organix Renewing Morrocan Argan Oil on damp hair
-Air dry ~ no styling

That wraps it up for this FOTD, thanks again everyone!

First FOTD December 8th, 2011

Hey everyone! As promised, here is the first FOTD post. Enjoy!




Bright eyed!
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 This was a school day for me so I wanted to keep it simple (Im sure you tell by my *throw on a sweater!* attitude!).
Some people believe that a smokey look is too dark for daytime wear. I agree, sometimes this is way too harsh. However, I hardly ever wear a gray/black smokey eye and I felt the shades used were not too intense.

I have included a mini* tutorial of sorts on how to get this eyeshadow look.



My daytime smokey look.
I hate the way my lashes grew back
 after my run-in with the ELF lash curler!

 The lipstain I used was supposed to be a soft nude-y pink, but my lips already have a darker undertone so this looks a little darker on me than I would have liked.

I hope you enjoy the look!


Products used

Skincare:
-Clean and Clear persa-gel 10 on any blemishes
-Burt's Bees Radiance eye cream
-Burt's Bees Radiance serum
-Loreal Youth Code serum
-Shaklee Enfuselle moisturizer

Face:
-ELF mineral primer
-Boscia BB Cream SPF 27 PA++
-ELF HD face powder
-Revlon bronzer in Sunkissed Bronze
-Blush~Allure Beauty Editor Palette: Where There's Smoke

Brows:
-Sephora Colorista Palette



Allure Beauty Editor Palette
Where There's Smoke

 Eyes:
-Benefit Stay Don't Stray Primer
-Benefit Cream Shadow in RSVP as base
-Allure Beauty Editor Pallete: Where There's Smoke

• Using a fluffy brush, sweep shade 6 over entire lid as a wash
• Take shade 5 and using a large fluffy shader brush, pack this on the inner 3rd of the lid
• Taking a medium shadow brush, pack shade 2 over the rest of the lid, concentrating on the outer corner
• Using a flat stiff shader brush, pack shade 4 into the outer V and pull the shade up into the crease
• BLEND with a large fluffy dome shadow brush
• Take shade 6 again with a clean fluffy brush and sweep over brow bone as a highlight
• Using a small detail shadow brush, smudge shade 4 into the lower lashline and blend with a Qtip
• Take an angled liner brush and moisten it with a wet cosmetic sponge. Tap brush into shade 1 and line the upper lashline. Do not run the brush over your lashline like you would a cream liner. Instead use the brush to gently pat the liner over your lashline.
• ALL DONE!

Lashes:
-Curl
-Maybeline Pulse Perfection mascara (1 coat as base)
-Loreal Volumous Carbon Black mascara (1 coat)

Lips:
-EOS in Lemon Drop
-Revlon Just Bitten in Mystical


Stay Lovely!
Monique :)

FOTD.. Something New!

Hey there Lovees! I had an email today regarding FOTD (Face of the Day) posts. One of my subbies, Stephanie (hope you don't mind me mentioning you!) said that I write tons of reviews but never show my face! She thought that I was already friendly and personable (you guys know I love tweeting and emailing you back!) but that it would be nice to see my face a little more; at least every once in a while. I thought it was just the funniest thing! But very sweet :)

I would love to try to these posts out, I cant make any promises, but I will try to do a post of that days makeup. If I don't have time to post one, well I hope you understand!


I hope this also answers a few other questions I recieved about OOTD and HOTD posts (outfit and hair of the day posts). I will try my best to alternate between hair, face, and outfit posts; although I can almost gaurantee that most of these will be FOTD.

Mostly because:
1) I'm not much of a fashionista
2) My hair is impeccably straight and stubborn

I hope to have answered everyone's emails! I was getting these same questions from a lot of you so I figured that answering in this post would be easier than answering every individual email. Thanks again everyone for your daily love and support!

Stay Lovely!
Monique