Before and After : My mom

My mom has MS and has had it for years, she fell asleep probably 15 times during the 40 min I did her makeup. I took the before picture after I had already started highlighting her face with foundation hence the light spot on her forehead haha. I used RCMA foundation, ben nye banana powder, a darker shade of powder foundation for setting her contour, nars dolce vita blush, mac dip down gel liner and elf brow powder on her brows, I used a brownish lip liner and mixed 3 dif lipsticks to get the color it is,  I just smoked her eyes out some with black track gel liner and a brown makeup forever shadow. Lorac bronze shadow from the pro palette on her inner corners. 

Monaharay's Graduation Makeup :) Before and After

Im so proud of Monaharay. She worked really hard all through school. Yesterday she graduated and I got to do her makeup :) We used Nars foundation in macao. Makeup forever full coverage concealer in shade 14. Ben Nye Banana powder to set the her highlights and Cover Fx setting powder in deep for the rest of her  face. A MAC highlighter I cant think of the name right now but its a loose golden powder.  Urban Decay anniversary palette shades on the eyes, Makeup Forever blush in color 22. A brown lipliner and a deep pink lip stick with buxom pink lady on top. Anastasia brow wiz in carmel and brow powder in a med shade. It came out pretty :)

Lexi.

Soft makeup look I did the other day:

I filmed a "Get Ready With Me" Vid!

Im on a roll now that Im learning how to use Imovie!

Recent Faves (minus lipsticks thatll be its own post :) )

Here are my most reached for products some are only as of recently (the month of november) Some are all time.  I literally love all of these products. The fresh lip treatments are amazing, they are so moisturizing for your lips. A bit pricey but totally worth it. The only thing I dont like about it is the shade passion. Its horrible for me. I use it at night time before bed only.


Nars Sheer Matte Foundation in syracuse
Nars tinted moisturizer in annapurna
Smashbox Shades of Fame palette (very good pigment, very smooth. I usually only use urban decay shadows but this has really impressed me)
Rimmel eyebrow pencils in dark brown and hazel
Urban Decay primer potions in sin and original
Fresh lip treatments, right now sephora online has a set with a mini lip scrub good value check it out!
Makeup Forever HD concealer in 345
Benefit Erase Paste in med under eye only for brightening and I always use it with...
London Soho NY beauty blender dupe its amazing and only 7.00 at cvs/walgreens ( just get it wet then squeeze all the water out and start blending. It is sooo good for blending concealers etc
Nars blot powders in mountain and beach I use beach under my eye area only
Stila waterproof liquid liner. Best liner hands down. It doesnt budge and I have super oily skin and lids. It stays allllll day long. Its soo good and I wont use any other after finding it.
Stila all over shimmer
Nars casino bronzer
Nars blush in dolce vita


The lipsticks I have been using a ton are gonna be a separate  post. I just need to take some pictures with them on were also moving this week so Itll be a bit busy! Ill try to get it up soon!

Work Look Of the Day

I snapped a few pics before work today. I didnt have as much time as I did yesterday and I didnt wear lashes but my lashes look really long still thanks to my buxom mascara again! I didnt wear lipstick in any of these pictures just the fresh clear lip treatment (which I love) Sooo the Makeup Forever translucent powder and the flash on cameras dont work to well together. I have a white cast under my eyes on some of the photos due to the translucent powder.

Face:

Murad oil mattifier

Urban Decay pore minimizing primer

Nars Sheer Matte foundation in Syracuse

Nars blot powder in Mountain and Beach 

Makeup Forever Hd concealer 

MUFE translucent powder

Nars Blush in Dolce Vita

MUFE powder in #17 for contour

Eyes:

Urban Decay smoked palette I used mushroom, asphalt, kinky, and blackout

MUFE #17 

Urban Decay Naked palette virgin

Stila waterproof liquid liner 

Buxom Amplified mascara

rimmel eyebrow pencil in dark brown and the shade right below dark brown

Lips:

Fresh lip treatment in clear

Look for the day! Work Flow

I didnt have to be at work till 6pm tonight! I loved it! I got plenty of time with my babies and had time to do my makeup fun. I normally have to sacrifice one or the other. Since my babies mean more to me than makeup I usually just do something quick easy and natural looking. Today though I had plenty of time to have fun with it! I watched a video on youtube that inspired the eye. Ill link it here .  I took pictures before I left for work and then I also took pictures when I got home from work about 5 hours later. Im pleased with all my primers and products! Everything but my lipstick stayed in place! The pictures after work are at the bottom.  I didnt use any filters or fixes to these pictures so please excuse my pores!

Face:
Murad oil control
Urban Decay primer
Nars Sheer Matte in Syracuse
Benefit Erase Paste in Med
Nars powder in Mountain
Nars powder in Beach under eye area only
Makeup Forever translucent powder under eye only
Makeup Forever shadow in #17 for contour
Nars blush in Dolce Vita


Eyes:
Urban Decay primer potion original
UD shadow in Evidence
UD shadow in blackout
Stila waterproof liquid liner
Buxom Mascara
Lashes off ebay from japan
Smashbox matte shadow in a creme color under brow

Lips:
I used nars powder in beach on top of a nude/coral lipgloss. (not a good idea I hated it)

A few amazing (and not so amazing) discoveries since Ive began working at Sephora...

one... Kat Von D foundation is amazing for women of color.
two.....benefit they're real mascara is def a good one.
three....makeup forever HD foundation is horrible. as well as the MUFE primer....my face looked a hotmess...I have yellow based super oily skin.
four....Nars Sheer Matte has to be my all time favorite foundation. hands down.
five....I highly advise you don't put testers on your face in stores......you have no idea how many ppl come through and use them straight out of the bottle, from mascara to lipgloss to creams etc...
six.....although I do love the brands Sephora sells.... I do not like sephora brand brushes....
seven....Urban Decay remains my favorite eyeshadows...
eight....Too Faced lip injection is def more potent than Buxom plumping glosses. I literally watched a girl try one on her top lip and the other on her bottom and her top looked like she had lip injections a few min later. It was crazy.
nine........UD 24/7 liquid liner is no joke! I put some on my hand showing a client the color, and literally HOURS later and tons of hand washes and sanitizing and that line was still on my hand! Its crazy! The applicator brush sucks but its contents are no joke.

ten...if you wear cover fx its 25 percent off in the stores because its getting new packaging so nows the time to buy it up if thats your brand.

My Current Fave Beauty Products

I have a for sure love for beauty products. I am always browsing through sephora, makeup counters, and drug stores. Even if I've seen it all a million times before I never get tired of seeing it all. Lately these are the items that I have been grabbing the most.

In no particular order:

Josie Maran Argan Oil

Elf eyebrow powder

Nars Danmari Palette

Nars Casino Bronzer

Urban Decay Naked Palette

Urban Decay Smoked Palette

Urban Decay All Nighter Spray

MAC Pro Longwear Foundation NC 42

Benefit Erase Paste Med 2

Smashbox Photo Finish Primer

Loreal Lineur Intense liquid liner

London Soho beauty sponge which is amazing and only 8 as compared to the beauty blender

Makeup Forever Hd Concealer

Makeup Forever lip liner that I use as an all over over color and its amazing a little drying but stays all day. 

MAC paint pot in painterly 

Buxom Mascara which is pretty awesome

Philosophy lotions in  mangos and cream and cabana girl. 

As for the lotions I am in awe... I had never used philosophy lotions till these really and they are so moisturizing. I started using the cabana girl when I was about 8 months pregnant and my skin felt so soft and moisturized even the next morning. The smell is good and not too strong but just enough and they have pretty good ingredients. I didnt see any mineral oils in them. Which for me is a big plus.

Ive been using all of these things for a little while now and Ive actually used them more than I have just about anything else Ive bought. I usually use something a couple times and Im over it, but these have been my go to products regularly now. I def think they are all worth checking out.

Nars Danmari All About Cheeks Pallete! Swatches and Pics :)

I have so many different eye shadows that I think I'll be fully stocked for a loooong time. The only thing I dont have a lot of choices with is blush! I have been wanting to get Nars Orgasm for a while but couldnt bring myself to pay that price for just ONE blush...

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Face of the day: Smokey eye (pic heavy)

Im uploading a new makeup tutorial right now, its gonna take forever. Here are the pictures from the look (click read more for the rest of post)

Face of the day

So this is my first time doing a face of the day....and I have to admit..it feels a little vain. However here it is! Were about to head out to texas roadhouse to eat, I am in LOVE with the free butter and rolls lol. Sooo tasty! I hope everyone has had a good sunday!

Makeup used:
Foundation :A mix of mac studio fix liquid in nc45 and nars sheer matte in syracuse
Concealer: Benefit erase paste in number 2
Bronzer: Nars Casino to contour cheeks
Blush: Wet n Wild mellow wine and Mac Dainty
Lips: Mac impassioned lipstick
Eyes: Mac paint pot in painterly, Mac shadows in wedge and brown down, Revlon matte shadow in vintage lace and lined them with bobbi brown cavier ink cream liner ( i cant remember if its a called or cream or gel, its just like fluidlines but bobbi browns version) mascara loreal collagen.