Sorry for the shocking photo but naturally I had to start this with a no make-up picture. So I always start off with my face and eyelid primers. For the face I used Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer. Love that it has SPF 20, as you can tell I'm very pale and I don't tan, I burn so I'll take all the protection I can get. On my lids I use Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion (the anti-aging one) which I am OBSESSED with. I will do a post in the near future to show you the difference this eyelid primer makes. If my lips are really chapped I will exfoliate them with my E.L.F. lip exfoliater but that's not a daily thing. My next step is foundation and mascara. For foundation today I used Loreal True Match Lumi in color n1-2 and applied with my beauty blender (another thing I love!) and used Benefit Roller Lash on my upper lashes. Most wonderful mascara ever! Just saying.
Ok, so there is my foundation and mascara. Getting a little better right? Next step is eye brows! I get very sloppy applying my foundation which is why I do that before my brows, otherwise I may end up erasing everything I did with foundation. I got my brows waxed for the first time about two weeks ago (yay me!) and had her map out and fill in my brows with Benefit Brow Zings kit. I considered buying it but found that E.L.F. has a dupe so I ran to Target and bought that instead and that was a great $3 purchase you guys. Brilliant.
Just look at those sexy brows. Lovely. Next step is my favorite part, doing my eyeshadow! So I bought the Naked Basics pallet a while back and I pretty much use that pallet in every look I do. Everything. Seriously. In today's look I used the colors Naked 2 and Faint in my crease and on my lid I used Colourpop eyeshadows in colors Ibiza and Chipper. If you haven't heard of Colourpop you need to go there right now. For real, like now, they are amazing! All the shadows and lip products are only $5, they ship free over $30 and they are cruelty free! The pigmentation of these....omg don't even get me going, there will have to be a post about theses for sure. My go to liner right now has been Physicians Formula Eye Booster in ultra black. So easy to use.
Look at those colors! Just so pretty. Anyway, final step is finishing off my face with some contouring, highlighting, blush, concealer and lip color. Ok so thats allot for my last step I know but I was kinda running out of time before work and most of it is finishing off my face real quick. Right now for my concealer I'm using IT cosmetics Bye Bye Under Eye and their Hello Light Brightener as the highlighter and Ulta's Bronzer and blush in Splendor. For my lips I used Ulta's Lip Crayon in Bon Voyage. I really like shopping at Ulta, does it show?
Do you see how amazing those Colourpop shadows are? Ok sorry off topic (do I even have a topic? Popcorn brain at its finest) Make-up really can make such a difference in your look but the best difference it makes is making me happy. I love doing my make-up in the morning, I honestly go to bed thinking about what colors to wear the next day and how I should do my shadow. I can't be the only one right?....Ok maybe I have a problem but it's all good.
That about sums it up for my first blog post, if you are here reading this thank you so much for viewing and don't forget to subscribe! If you want to check out Colourpop head on over to www.colourpop.com, promise you will not regret it! Please comment and tell me what you think, until next time my minions!
