Makeup Basket: What I will be using this week

Makeup Basket November 13^th – 19^th

^{Hello all. It is time for another round of makeup basket. For this week, I will be focusing on the following products:}

^{For eyes, I will be focusing on my IT Cosmetics Naturally Pretty Celebration palette.}

^{For blush, I will be using Tarte Peaceful.} 

^{For bronzer, I will be using my Lorac Pro palette in the shadow Taupe.}

^{For lips, I will be going with the flow and just picking lipsticks based on the outfit. Looking forward to rocking some dark/dramatic lips as this palette is pretty neutral.} 

Follow my instagram for some looks, the link is on my blog.

Thanks for reading!

    ~Naty

Brand Spotlight: Look using The Sola Look

The Sola Look: Vampy Fall/Winter Look

Hello all! Happy Sunday! This weekend, I decided to play around with my Dirty Dancing palette from The Sola Look. I wanted to create a look to incorporate most of the colors in the palette. I am pretty pleased with how it turned out. If you would like to know how I achieved this look, keep on reading.

   

I started off by priming my eye lids using my UD shadow insurance. I then set that with the shade light pink from my Lorac Pro palette.

I then went in with a flat shader brush and the shade "I carried a watermelon". This is a shimmery watermelon reddish pink. I applied that to the lid. Note: When I wore this out, one of my friends said that it looked like "Venetian Red" from the ABH Modern Renaissance palette. So if you wanted to recreate this, you could use that shadow and achieve a similar effect. I do not have the ABH Modern Renaissance so I cannot compare swatches.

I then applied the shade Cha Cha which is a matte purple, over the reddish shade. This will not entirely change the color, but it will soften the intensity of that red shade.

Using a crease brush, I applied the shade Back to the Playpen, which is a powder blue.

To deepen out the look, I used Johnny Castle, which is a black shade. Note: This black is not as intense as other blacks such as Carbon from MAC. BUT it is intense enough for the look I was going for.

I moisturized my face with my farsali rose gold oil.

I applied my dark circle concealer in fair and blended with the smaller end of the beautyblender.

I then applied my Too Faced Born this Way concealer in fair.

For foundation, I used my Tarte Amazonian Clay foundation in fair beige and blended that out with a damp beautyblender.

I set my under eyes with my Laura Mercier brightening under eye powder.

I set my face with my Physicians Formula powder.

I removed the excess under eye powder with a clean angled brush.

I then smudged a tiny bit of that reddish and purplish color to my under eye lash line.

For brows, I used my NYX dark brown pencil and my essence gel in brownie brown.

As a brow bone highlight, I used the shade White from Lorac Pro.

To contour, I used the shade Taupe from my Lorac Pro palette.

For blush, I used my iSOCiETY COSMETICS blush in lady bug.

For face highlight, I used my cover fx drops in moonlight.

I set everything with the Mario Badescu rose water spray.

I used Benefit Roller Lash for mascara.

I used my sample of Marc Jacobs liner to line my water line.

To finish off the look, I used my sample size lipstick by Bite beauty in the shade Liquorice, which is a dark vampy red.

I hope you all enjoyed this look! I definitely enjoyed playing around with my Sola Look palette.

Thanks for reading!

    ~Naty

Empties

September and October 2017 Empties

Hello all... I am back with another round of empties. This one will focus on those products that have been used up in the months of September and October. 

This first product is my go to face setting spray, it is my Mario Badescu rose water spray. I love this for setting my makeup. it works well and it is very inexpensive ($7 at Ulta). It does have a recognizable rose scent so if you do not enjoy that, this will probably not work for you.

This is my waterproof voluminous feline mascara from L'oreal. I enjoyed this mascara alright but it was not my favorite. It didn't blow my mind. I bought this at Ulta and I believe it runs for $10-ish.

This is a mascara from Benefit, it is their bad gal lash. I honestly was not impressed. I don't think I would buy this one again. I believe you can get it from Ulta and Sephora. It is $19 for a full size.

These are MAC nail polishes. They are not necessarily used up but they are old as dust so I will be getting rid of these. I got these back in College so it has probably been 7 years. I honestly did not think the formula was all that great, it did not really last long on my nails.

These are essie polishes. I really enjoy their formula, the brush is pretty nice too. The colors I have tried from essie are pretty opaque. The shades I believe are ballet slippers and angora cardi. I would definitely repurchase these. I believe they run $7-9 and you can get them pretty much anywhere, Walmart, CVS, Target, Ulta, etc.

This is a nail polish from Estee Lauder, I received this as a gift so I am not sure how much it costs. The color is beautiful and the brush is great. I just had a hard time getting more product out after I used about half of it so I am calling it empty. This shade is a beautiful coral/watermelon shade. I believe the shade is called impassioned.

This is another tube of my essence lash and brow gel. It is pretty inexpensive and works well. The downsides are that you have to make sure to clean the wand before putting it back in the tube or the gel will get dirty quick. Another thing to consider is that it is a very wet formula. I get this at Ulta.

This is a conditioner from Avalon Organics. I honestly was not a fan of this product. I don't feel like it did much of anything for my hair. I got this at a local "green", "organic" grocery store. 

These are my go-to makeup removing wipes from Neutrogena. I always go back to these even if I try different brands. I haven't found any that remove as much makeup as these. You can get these pretty much anywhere. They typically run for $6 per pack or you can get the double pack for like $12.

This is a body lotion by Bath and Body Works. It is called at the beach and it really does smell like the beach, kind of coconut-y. It is really nice.

This is my go-to dry shampoo, it is from Not your Mothers and it is called Clean Freak. It goes on nicely and smells "clean" not necessarily floral. You can get this almost anywhere. The only downside is that when you are running low, there is more "powder" so you do have to blend a bit more.

 

Finally, this was my summer foundation, it is the It CC + cream in light. I really enjoy this foundation, it is pretty full coverage and looks pretty natural. I actually get lots of compliments when I wear this foundation. It does have a scent, smells like lemon cupcakes, which I enjoy, but it is something to think about if you do not like scents. It runs around $38. Another thing to consider is the shade range. For me for example, I can never find one for the winter, I am usually in between the two lightest shades. So unless you want to buy two and mix them for your perfect shade, I would rather buy a different brand for the winter.

That is all that I have used up in the past two months. I hope you all enjoyed this post. Have you tried any of these products? Let me know your thoughts!

Thanks for reading!

      ~Naty