Recent FOTDs: Springtime Neutrals & Date Night makeup ;)

Hello my darlings! I know it's been a while so I thought I'd share a couple of my recent FOTDs. :) I have a few reviews coming up so please stay tuned. :)

Springtime Neutrals 

FACE:

- Revlon PhotoReady Perfecting Face Primer

- L'oreal Visible Lift Foundation in Creme Cafe

- Make Up For Ever Duo Mat Pressed Powder Foundation in 209

- Maybelline Super Stay Concealer in Cream (for undereye)

- MAC Pro Longwear Concealer in NW30 (for blemishes)

- MAC Blunt blush (for contour)

- Illamasqua Blush in Tweak

- MAC True Romantic Beauty Powder Blush

EYES:

- MAC Soft Ochre Paint Pot (eyeshadow base)

- MAC Eyebrow pencil in Spiked, Maybelline Define-A-Brow pencil in Medium Brown (for brows, brushed out with angled brow brush)

- Jordana Brow powder in Brunette

- MAC eyeshadows in Vanilla & Mylar (for highlight)

- MAC eyeshadows in Texture, Soft Brown, Espresso, Rummy (crease & outer-V) & Phloof (lid)!

- Urban Decay Liquid Liner in Perversion

- MAC Fascinating Eye Kohl (lower waterline)

- Milani Liquif'eye Eye pencil in Black

- L'oreal Voluminous mascara in Carbon Black

- Red Cherry Lashes #47 (applied with DUO lash glue in dark tone)

LIPS:

- NYX Lipliner in Rose

- Maybelline Super Stay 14-hour Lipstick in Perpetual Peony (A new love! -a perfect pink lipstick for spring)

- MAC Curvaceous Lip Glass

Date Night Makeup

FACE:

- Revlon PhotoReady Perfecting Primer

- L'oreal True Match Foundation in Sun Beige mixed with MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NC42

- Physician's Formula Youthful Wear Cosmeceutical Youth-Boosting Powder in Transluscent Matte finish (A new find, awesome setting powder!)

- Maybelline Super Stay Concealer in Cream (for undereye)

- Wet N Wild Bronzer in Reserve your Cabana (to set undereye, highlight)

- MAC Pro Longwear Concealer in NW30 (for blemishes)

- MAC Blunt blush (for contour)

- NARS Amour blush

- Sonia Kashuk Beautifying blush in Sunset

EYES:

- MAC Soft Ochre Paint Pot (eyeshadow base)

- MAC Eyebrow pencil in Spiked, Maybelline Define-A-Brow pencil in Medium Brown (for brows, brushed out with angled brow brush)

- Jordana Brow powder in Brunette

- MAC eyeshadows in Phloof! & Vanilla (for highlight)

- MAC eyeshadows in Texture & Soft brown (for crease)

- various eyeshadows from Urban Decay Naked 2 palette (can't think of the names right now, sorry!)

- Maybelline Master Precise Eyeliner pen in Black

- Real Colors Waterproof Gel eyeliner in black (smudged out on lower lashline)

- MAC Fascinating eye kohl (waterline)

- Red Cherry Lashes in #47 (applied with DUO lash glue in dark tone)

LIPS:

- MAC lipliner in Creamola

- Benefit lipstick in Lady's Choice

- L'oreal Infallible LeGloss in Barely Nude

Xoxo! ;)

NBA Playoffs Makeup Series: Denver Nuggets

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Hello gorgeous ladies! ;)

Today's look is for the Denver Nuggets, whose colors are powder blue, white, gold and navy. I was happy with the results because I did have some bumps along the way. I used MAC's Felt Blue eyeshadow thinking it would be perfect as the powder blue but after applying it over the navy blue shadow it wasn't as light as I wanted it to be. So I had to pack on a matte white eyeshadow over it to get the right color. Let me know what you think, I hope you all enjoy it. ;)

NBA Playoffs Makeup Series: San Antonio Spurs

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Hello Dolls! ;)

Today's look is for the San Antonio Spurs and their colors are black, silver & white. I think this would've been great with false lashes but I need to buy more lol. I should get some in bulk on ebay so I don't need to worry for a while. I went a little heavy on the contouring because I just wanted to use a light bronzer in place of blush. Hope you all enjoy it. ;)

NBA Playoffs Makeup Series: New Orleans Hornets

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Hello my beautiful bloggeristas!

Today is the last day to enter my giveaway! Please enter if you haven't already done so. I'll be accepting entries until 11:59pm tonight! Thanks!

Today's look is for the New Orleans Hornets, who, fell short to the Lakers. Their colors are creole blue, dark purple, mardi gras gold, white and green. These colors were a little more of a challenge for me to blend because of where I chose to place the colors. I actually wanted to wipe it all off mid-way and start over but I pushed myself to make it work lol! But I think it came out okay. Let me know what you think. What are your favorite teams? ;)

Milani's Blue My Mind Eyeshadow & FOTN

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Hello my gorgeous Dolls! ;)

Just wanted to share my makeup from last night. I had dinner with my other half. ;) I recently purchased Milani's Blue My Mind Metallic Baked Eyeshadow. The color of this shadow is a bright electric blue. It can be used wet or dry, but the pigmentation when used dry is almost as good as using it wet. I've always been a fan of Milani Cosmetics and this eyeshadow hasn't disappointed me one bit. Okay, well the little applicator is useless but other than that, it's great! My FOTN photo does not do this eyeshadow any justice! It's very true to the color in the pan. ;)

Cutting The Crease With MAC's Fresh Cut Palette

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Hello my lovely ladies! ;)

I actually got all 3 of my kids to nap all at the same time! (that's rare lol) So of course, I wanted to play around with my makeup. I wanted to practice a cut crease look and experiment with a multi-dimensional/gradient lip and this is what I came up with. I'm happy with how it turned out. This was my first time using this palette so I was more than happy to break it in. I purchased this at a CCO while in Boston visiting my sister. Unfortunately we don't have CCOs here in Hawaii so you can imagine my excitement when I stepped into one lol. Hope you all enjoy it. ;)

Summer Time Makeup Looks

Hello ladies!

It's been a while since I posted some makeup looks so I did a couple yesterday. I used the same face products for each look but switched up the eye shadow and blush. Hope you all enjoy it!

Also, thank you so much to everyone who has entered my giveaway! I truly appreciate all of your feedback. ;) There are 17 days left to enter.

Floral Fantasy

Milani Baked Blushes (Updated w/swatches)

Good morning, dolls! I hope you all enjoyed your weekend! ;)

I just want to make a quick shoutout to all of you who have entered my giveaway. I especially sincerely appreciate ALL of your comments and feedback on what I can do to improve my blog to ensure that your visits here are not only enjoyable but beneficial as well. Keep your input coming and rest assured that I am taking them all into consideration. So thank you to each and every one of you!  :)

According to what I have read from your entries so far, a handful of you ladies would like to see more makeup looks, hauls and drugstore makeup! I'm so happy that most of you would like to see more drugstore makeup featured here on my blog. There was a point in my makeup life (lol) where I had limited myself to only MAC and other high-end makeup brands. However, due to the economy, I have turned to drugstore makeup and I am so glad that I did. I'm sure most of you know that drugstore makeup brands have improved so much over the past couple of years and I believe it is because they know that our economy is not at its best, and that women out there do not want to compromise on beauty because of this economic downfall. I think I speak for a lot of us when I say that we are definitely going to put food on our tables and pay our bills before we go out and purchase expensive makeup items. I still purchase MAC and other things from Sephora but you won't find me there very often. On the contrary, there may be some of you who feel the way that I used to feel and aren't willing to give drugstore makeup a try, and if that is the case, more power to you but at least give them a try now because I'm sure it will change your outlook on drugstore makeup and you might actually be surprised. :)

I wanted to share with you the Milani baked blushes that I finally got my hands on. I purchased these at my local Walgreens. I had to go to 2 different locations to get these. They were $7.49 each. The two that I originally really wanted were Red Vino and Fantastico Mauve. Nowadays, I usually get items that aren't similar to anything that I already have in my collection. From seeing swatches on blogs and on youtube, I knew those were the two that would be "must-haves" for me. How I ended up getting the other 3, I have no idea. lol! One that I wanted to see in person was 'Corallina' after seeing photos from the Muse. Hopefully they will pop back up at my Walgreens and I just might have to grab it too because I'm almost positive that I don't own anything like it.

Luminoso, Berry Amore

Rose D'Oro, Fantastico Mauve, Red Vino

Berry Amore, Luminoso, Fantastico Mauve, Rose D'Oro, Red Vino

I'm not the best swatcher so this is the best I could do. But I assure you that these swatches don't do these blushes any justice. I highly recommend that you go and see them for yourself or you can always google other blogs for better swatches. If you are looking for a cheaper alternative to MAC Mineralize Blushes, you should definitely look into these.  All I can say is that these are absolutely gorgeous and the quality is superb for a drugstore blush. Milani is definitely one of my favorite drugstore makeup brands.

Have any of you purchased any of the Milani baked blushes? Which are your favorites?

Purple & Blue Makeup

Hello dolls! I had some time to play with makeup today and I wanted to incorporate purple and blue together and this is what I came up with. Hope you like it! ;)

Rasta Makeup

Alooooooooooooooha!

First of all, I would just like to apologize for the lack of updates, yet again. However, a big thank you to YOU for taking the time out of your day to visit my blog. I appreciate each and every one of you. I hope that you all had an amazing Christmas and New Year! ;)

Back in December, I was contacted by Stephanie from maximumlash.com to do a review on their product. Unforunately I had conjuctivitis for a while so I was steering clear of makeup. However, please stay tuned for my review on this product as I will be giving (4) weekly blog updates with a final YouTube video review. Thank you Stephanie!

Here is a fun look that I was able to do today. I was inspired the rasta colors, red, yellow, and green. I'm not wearing any foundation here, just concealer where needed and I also forgot to put on some blush! I know, how could I? lol. I hope you all enjoy this! ;)

    

Kat Von D Inspired

Hello everyone! I'm back with an inspired makeup post. This is actually supposed to be a contest entry for YouTube. I haven't uploaded the video yet. It was raining and cloudy all day so I'm not sure if the lighting was good.

Cleopatra-esque

Howdy fellow bloggers & guests! It's been another hot minute since I last posted! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your loved ones. ;)

I've been wanting to film another makeup tutorial but unfortunately I always seem to get distracted by the little ones. =T

I don't normally use black eyeshadow to fill in my brows, nor do I fill them in this way, but it was best for this particular look. The lip color is more accurate in the first photo and wasn't frosty and bright like the second one. I'm a little rusty in cutting the crease. I need to work on that a little more, I think I went a little too high with the crease.

Fab & Flashy Look & I'm Back on YouTube

Aloha! =) I've been slacking lately. But I hope you all are doing well! I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of my followers and anyone who happens to stumble upon my little blog. So, "Thank You!" ;)

Out of boredom the other day, I came up with this look. I figured it was time to break in my Fab & Flashy eyeshadow. It was calling out to me saying, "Show me some love!" lol.

It's Been A Hot Minute...

Howdy ya'll!

It's been a hot minute since I updated this blog so I understand if no one comes here anymore lol.

I gave birth to my 3rd child on April 25th. Her name is Alani Joy. She is getting so big so fast! ;)

Here is a look I did today, just wanted to play around with my 120 palette. I haven't done a rainbow look in foreverrr!

Products Used:

FACE:

Maybelline Age Rewind Double Face Perfector in Medium

Nars Makeup Primer

Hard Candy Sheer Envy Tinted Moisturizer w/SPF 15

Milani (I think it was Mango Tango) blush

e.l.f. studio face powder in coco for contour

EYES:

Smashbox Photofinish Lid Primer

120 palette

MAC Spiked eyebrow pencil

Maybelline Eye Studio Gel liner in blackest black

falsies (forgot what kind)

LIPS:

NYX Rose lip pencil (outlined lips & filled in)

Lancome Juicy Tubes Jelly in Miracle

and here I am on facebook with my Baking Life game in the background. lol.

I hope you all are doing well. Til next time. xoxo. ;)

NYX Girls Nail Polish Haul + Glittery Cheetah Nails

As I mentioned in my previous post, I have been hauling lol. I wanted to share some of the NYX Girls Nail Polishes that I got from a local grocery store here in Hawaii (Don Quijote). I got these on sale (of course), the original price was $1.49 but I got them for $1.19. Not much of a difference but I saved some change nonetheless lol.

NYX Girls Nail Polishes

1. #118 in 'Second Skin'

2. #167 in 'Dreamy Glitter'

3. #115 in 'Milano'

4. #166 in 'Grand Royal'

5. #113 in 'Chocolate Taupe'

6. #105 in 'Algae'

Let me just say that I'm not much of a nail polish hoarder as I am a makeup hoarder. I don't always paint my nails and do anything fancy with them. Once in a while when I feel like playing around with them, I will. But I am not constantly changing up my tips or worrying about having naked nails. So I honestly don't like to shell out much for a nail polish. I only have a couple of OPI & Essie polishes which of course I got on sale. I just can't seem to justify paying 8 or 9 dollars for a bottle of nail paint so I usually like to snag polishes on sale if I spot some shades that are calling my name. I saw the one in Chocolate Taupe and immediately thought of it as being a dupe for Sephora by OPI's 'Metro Chic', which has been a very popular shade.

I had just dropped off my daughter to school this morning and since my son is spending some time at grandma's, I decided to play around with a couple of these polishes. For those who do not know, I absolutely love animal print! The cheetah print fabric that you see in all of my pictures is actually a top that I can't fit in at the moment due to being pregnant lol. Please excuse my dry cuticles. =T Oh and I used 3 coats of Chocolate Taupe.

Products Used:

1. Milani Nail Lacquer in 'Whitest White'

2. NYX Girls #166 in 'Grand Royal'

3. NYX Girls #113 in 'Chocolate Taupe'

4. L.A. Colors ArtDeco in 'Black'

5. Wet N' Wild Mega Last Quick Dry Ultra Gloss Top Coat (not pictured)

I would like to do a makeup tutorial but I can't decide on what look to do. Any ideas? Let me know.