Too Faced Chocolate Bar: Gilded Ganache Look

Hello everyone! For some reason, I really wanted to wear the color Gilded Ganache from the Too Faced Chocolate bar. It is really weird that I wanted to wear that specific color as it is a little greenish in shade and I don't usually go for green eye shadow anymore, but for some reason, I absolutely love this shade of greenish brown. So without further ado, here is my tutorial for this makeup look.

I started off on a freshly washed/moisturized face and applied my Lorac Natural Performance foundation, I used my fingers to spread this and I believe I used the shade NP1, which is the Porcelain shade.

                                                      

I then used my NYX HD concealer in the lightest shade, which I believe is 05, Fair and blended this out using the expert face brush from Real Techniques.

                                                   

This is a silly picture, but I set all of that with my Mary Kay loose powder in Ivory.

                                                 

For my brows, I used the Tarte Amazonian clay brow gel in the darkest shade.

                                               

Then I contoured my face (cheekbones, jawline, and nose) using my Too Faced Milk Chocolate bronzer and my new Sephora Flatter Yourself Contour Brush set you can see my first impressions post here -> http://delightfulbalanceoflife.blogspot.com/2015/12/sephora-flatter-yourself-contour-brush.html

                                                    

I applied my Tarte blush in Peaceful using my Real Techniques blush brush.

                                             

I used my highlight from the Too Faced Everything Nice palette in the shade Inner Light.

                                                

I then primed my eyes using the Too Faced Shadow Insurance.

                                               

                                                     

I used a flat shader brush (Real Techniques) and the shade Gilded Ganache and applied that all over the lid.

                                               

                                               

I used a crease brush from ELF to apply the color Salted Caramel to the crease and blended it out.

                                              

I lined my eyes using the NYX felt tip liner.

                                              

I curled my lashes.

                                          

                                

I used Too Faced Better than Sex mascara just on the top lashes.

                                   

For my lips, I used MAC Snob, which is a Satin finish blue-toned Barbie pink.

                                  

I set my whole look with my handy dandy MUFE Mist & Fix.

Hope you enjoyed this look! As always, thanks so much for reading!

~Naty

Sephora Flatter Yourself Contour Brush Set: First Impressions

Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well. I am finally back; I have been struggling with keeping myself in check with posting, I hope to get myself back on schedule here soon. I know I missed this week's biweekly basket but I will be starting that back up again too. I wanted to share with you a first impressions post regarding the Sephora Flatter Yourself Contour Brush Set. I got this for the holidays (my husband is Jewish so we open those presents before). This kit is obviously a Sephora Exclusive; I am not sure if it is Limited Edition or not. It is $48. The kit comes in a little glittery gold pouch and it comes with three face brushes, some stencils, and a little instruction card that is supposed to make contouring easy. 

When you open the kit, this is what you see:

On the right hand side you will see three brushes, a stippling brush, a buffing brush, and an angled brush. The stippling brush is aimed at applying bronzer to the cheek bones, the buffing brush is aimed at applying bronzer to the jawline, and the angled brush is aimed at making the application of bronzer to the nose easier. 

On the left hand side, you will see some little plastic papers; these are stencils, and they are each labeled for the area that they are to be used. For example, there is one for the cheekbones, one for the jawline, and one for the nose. They are all different sizes. The point of the stencils is to help you set the bronzer where you want it, by using the stencil as a guide. 

Behind the stensils you can see a handy card with pictures; this card is double sized and it shows you step by step how to use each of the brushes and the stencils. 

Stippling Brush

Buffing Brush

Angled Brush

I must admit, I am in no means an expert at doing makeup, let alone contouring! I did attempt to use this set today to do my makeup, and it is pretty easy to follow. I got the cheekbones done perfectly, and I really liked how it turned out. However, I am not very proficient at all at contouring my nose and jawline, as I do not really do that at all, but I must say, having the stencils to guide you is great!

As for the brushes, I really really enjoyed them. They are dense but oh so soft! I definitely think that with this kit, I will feel more comfortable contouring. For the money, I believe this is a great product, especially for those individuals that are just starting to get into makeup, or even those individuals (like myself) who have been doing their makeup for a long time, but are just getting into contouring. Additionally, I believe you can use these brushes with liquid products, you could even use the stippling brush for liquid highlight or foundation. 

I definitely look forward to using these brushes and experimenting with this set a little bit more.

If you are interested in this product, you can find it here: http://www.sephora.com/flatter-yourself-contouring-brush-set-P384889 

Hope you guys enjoyed this post and once again, thanks so much for reading! Have a great weekend!

~Naty

Biweekly Basket November 23- Dec 6th

Hello everyone! I know it has been a while since I posted anything, and I do apologize for that, things have just been pretty crazy. However, it is a time for a new round of biweekly basket! These couple of weeks I will be focusing on using the following products:

 For foundation I will be using my new Lorac Natural Performance foundation in NP 1/Porcelain. I hope to do a review of this foundation soon, so be on the look out for that if are interested.

 Kat Von D Mini Starstudded lipstick in Underage Red (terrible name, but pretty color). This also happens to be in my seasonal project pan.

 Mac Media lipstick...this also happens to be in my seasonal project pan. Check that out here: http://delightfulbalanceoflife.blogspot.com/2015/11/project-pan-seasonal-challenge-finish-6.html

 My highlight from the Too Faced Everything Nice palette (Inner Light). This is also on my seasonal project pan.

 My Mary Kay Loose Powder in Ivory (also in the project pan)

 Sorry for the blurry picture, but it is the most current one I have. This is my Too Faced Milk Chocolate Soleil bronzer.

 For body spray, I am using my Amber Blush from Bath & Body Works.

 For blush, I will be using my Tarte blush in Peaceful. I really love this blush, it is a mix between a pink and a coral and the quality is amazing, a little goes a long way!

Finally, for my eyes I will be using my Lorac Pro (original). I absolutely love this palette, the colors are versatile, you can do a nice every day look as well as going for a dark smoky eye. The shadows are great quality and a little bit goes a long way. The only downside is that they are very powdery, so you have to be careful with that.

I hope you enjoyed seeing what I will be using! I hope to be posting more often soon, I just need to get back into my routine. Also, if you have suggestions for something you would like me to blog about, please don't be afraid to ask in the comments below! Hope you all have a great week!

Thanks for reading!

        ~Naty

Biweekly Basket Nov 9-22^nd

Hello everyone! It has been a while since I posted my biweekly basket, I completely forgot to do this last weekend! Oops! Well, here it is:

 To set my foundation, I will be using my Mary Kay loose powder in Ivory.

 

 For blushes, I will be alternating my Sweet Pink and Papa Don't Peach from my Too Faced Everything Nice palette.

 For bronzer, I will continue to work on Too Faced Milk Chocolate Soleil.

For a face highlight, I will be using my Too Faced Inner light from the Everything Nice palette.

 For my eyes I will be using the It Cosmetics Naturally Pretty Celebration palette.

 For lips, I will be using MAC Media.

I will also be using Kat Von D's Underage red (terrible name!)

 For foundation I will be using my LORAC Natural Performance foundation in NP1 (porcelain). I am actually loving this foundation, it is a bit light for me but I can make it work with the bronzer.

 Sorry about the condition of this picture, I could not get the camera to focus! But this is the NYX felt tip liner.

Finally, for concealer I am using the NYX HD concealer.

Hopefully I can have some looks with these products up for you! Once again, thank you for reading!

Hope you have a wonderful rest of your weekend!

~Naty

Project Pan Seasonal Challenge: Finish 6 by Christmas UPDATE 1

Hello everyone! I hope you are doing well. I am here with my first update for the Seasonal project pan, Finish 6 by Christmas. I am sad to say that it is not all good news for this first update, I have already sort of failed on one item, but I did succeed already on another item, so yay for that! Anyways, without further ado, here is the update:

 

 For my body spray, I have made some progress, if you look at the picture, my top finger (middle finger) points to where I was when I started the challenge, and the bottom finger is where I am now.

 I don't really know how to measure this, but if you go to the previous post for this challenge, you will see that the amount of pan you can see has gotten slightly larger. (http://delightfulbalanceoflife.blogspot.com/2015/10/project-pan-seasonal-challenge-finish-6.html )

 Sadly, this is the original picture for this powder because quite honestly, I have made zero progress :-(.

 This is a new add to my challenge. I originally had my Tarte Amazonian Clay foundation as part of this challenge but I went out on Halloween weekend and got ready at my aunt's house, somewhere in the transition, I seem to have lost my foundation :-(. So, I have added my highlight from the Too Faced Everything Nice palette (Inner Light) to this challenge; as you can see, I have already hit pan on this baby.

The lippie on the left is the one that is in this challenge, it is the Make Up For Ever nude lipstick in N9, I am proud to say that I have finished this product off and will be replacing it with a different one.

This is a mini star studded lipstick from Kat Von D. It is a pretty red shade; I am adding it to the challenge to replace the other lippie that I have used up (MUFE N9). I don't really love this shade, and I definitely do not like the name, it is called Underage Red. I know for a fact you can not find this under that name (I am not sure if they re-promoted it under a different name) but I do know several people complained about the name. I am looking forward to getting it out of my collection.

Finally, this is MAC Media; the very first line at the top is where I was when I started using this product this year; the second line is where I was when I started this challenge. I have not used a whole lot of this product up, but I have made some progress.

 

That is all the progress so far! Thank you so much for reading! I hope that if you are doing a project pan, or this specific one, please share with me, I would love to check out your posts and cheer you on!

 

~Naty

September & October Empties

Hello everyone! I know it has been a while since I have posted anything but things have been pretty hectic. However, I am back with my empties for the months of September and October!

First of all, I will start by apologizing for the quality of the pictures, my phone was not cooperating with me!

First off, my dry shampoo, it is by the brand Not your Mother's, and it is the clean freak kind. I absolutely love this dry shampoo, you just spray it on and do not have to really rub it in. The only times I notice I do have to rub it in is when the product is running low. It is a white powder, so if you do not like the white kind, then this is not for you. Other than that, it smells great and works wonderfully! Already bought a second one!

These are two lippies that I finally finished off. The one on the left is the Make Up for Ever nude lipstick in N9, and the one on the right, I am sad to say is MAC's Russian Red :-(. I am sad to see Russian Red go as it was my very first lipstick I ever bought and one of my favorite shades of red. However, I am happy to see it go because I have had it for soooo long!

 

 Next up, my go to makeup wipes. These are absolutely wonderful! They don't remove your makeup 100%, but these are the best wipes I have ever found! My routine usually consists of using these to take off the bulk of my makeup and following with my Yes to Cucumbers! face wash.

Finally, for this product, I could not get a good picture of the empty tube but it is the Neutrogena Healthy skin eye perfector in fair. I cannot say that I liked this product, I felt like it really did not do much for me, my under eye circles looked the same before and after I applied this product. When I first bought this, this was an impulse buy, and I can say I will not be repurchasing this, it just did not work for me.

That is it for my empties! I hope you are enjoying your weekend! I hope to post more frequently in the near future. Until next time!

~Naty