Sephora & Beauty.com Haul Spring/Summer Face Must Haves: Nars, Make Up Fore Ever, Urban Decay

I forgot how much I love shopping at Sephora.  The one in my city is located inside of JCPenney's and has amazing customer service people that are really helpful.  Now because I love nice people, they really made it hard for me to stick to my goal and my budget but I did it!  I purchased the Make Up For Ever Step 1 Mattifying Primer and the Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray. 

For reference I have dry skin in general but my t-zone has turned into an oily mess these last few years and I needed a primer for the center of my face.  After reading about the MUFE primer on Addicted to All Things Pretty I really wanted to try it out and so far it's been really helping me maintain my dewy foundation look without the oily appearance (it's a thin line between oily and dewy.) The Urban Decay Setting Spray is just something that I received a sample of a while ago and wanted to really give a true test run.  I like it thus far and have added it to my every day makeup routine.

My Nars products were purchased from Beauty.com because they are one of the few retailers that carry all 20 shades of the Sheer Glow and their shipping is always timely and I have never received a damaged product.  I purchased Nars Sheer Glow foundations in New Guinea and Benares along with the Nars Illuminator in Laguna.  I love Nars and these products are my favorites.  I started mixing the Laguna in with my foundation but I prefer the shade Orgasm because of the different undertones in my skin.  Therefore, I have switched to mixing the Laguna in with my body moisturizer and I love using it on my collarbone and legs on warm days to give my skin a glow.  I also use the Laguna on my cheekbones when I forgo foundation and just want to have a healthy glow on the skin.  

Make Up For Ever Skin Equalizer
Shade Purchased: Mattifying Primer
Price:  $36.00 each
Purchased from Sephora

Nars Sheer Glow Foundation 
Shades Purchased:  New Guinea & Benares
Price:  $45.00 each
Purchased from Beauty.com

Nars Illuminator
Shade Purchased:  Laguna
Price:  $30 each
Purchased from Beauty.com

Urban Decay All Nighter Long-Lasting Setting Spray
Shade Purchased:  All Nighter
Price: $14 for 1oz. size or $30 for 4oz. size (I purchased the 4 oz)
Purchased from Sephora

Cheers!

Everyday Makeup - Get that Glow Breakdown

This picture is the basic look that I do most days.  I have calmed down on my eyeshadow and liner lately in order to really focus on skin which I think is the most important thing in a makeup look.  Hope you like this look and let me know if you have any questions.

Face:
     MAC Studio Finish Corrector - Pure Orange
     Nars Sheer Glow - New Guinea mixed with MAC Studio Fix Fluid - NW45 and Lustre Drops - Barbados Girl
     MAC Studio Finish Concealer - NW40
     MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural - Medium Deep
     Clinique Stay Matte Sheer Pressed Powder - 20 Stay Nutmeg
     Guerlain Terracotta Bronzer - Ebony 8
     Bobbi Brown Highlighter - Bronze Glow
     Nars Blush - Taos

Eyes:
     Too Faced Shadow Insurance
     Make Up For Ever Eyebrow Corrector - #4
     MAC Studio Finish Concealer - NW40
     MAC Eyeshadow - Texture
     Wet N Wild Gel Eyeliner - Black
     Red Cherry - DW
     Mascara

Lips:
     Nars Lipstick - Dolce Vita

Updates and Foundation!

Bridal Bliss with Lover.ly

Lover.ly recently contacted me with a great idea of pairing my makeup looks with some of their dresses and I was like HECK YEAH!  What is better than looking at wedding dresses, besides eating cake...nothing!. So I put on my Sex and the City movie and started obsessively looking at all of the wedding dresses on their site.  2 hours later, I realized that I wasn't actually getting married again and I needed to start working on look ideas.

Since I could not bring myself to narrow my search down to one dress I decided to create 3 different makeup looks.

Look 1:

Wedding Dresses

These two looks scream beachy, glowy, dewy skin to me.  Think Gisele Bündchen or Nia Long.  I would pair the Nars Sheer Glow Foundation with their Illuminator to achieve the dewy skin.  You will also need bronzer for the face and a highlight for the cheekbone, nose and cupids bow, I typically use Guerlain and MAC for those categories.  A little bit of bronze eyeshadow and mascara (or some individual falsies) on the eyes and some sheer lip color on the lips complete this look.

The Bronzed Collection by sabsrobinson on polyvore.com

Look 2:

Wedding Dresses

Everyone knows, or should know, that I  love a red lip.  I would definitely tap into my retro vibe with this look.   Think matte skin, defined brows, winged liner, and matte red lips.  I would also do Dita Von Teese hair but that's just me. 

Retro by sabsrobinson on polyvore.com

Look 3:

Wedding Dresses

These two looks definitely make me want smokey eyes and pinky nude lips.  These looks are romantic and glamorous.  I chose the Nude'Tude Palette from theBalm because with this palette you can easily create a variety of smoky eye looks.  Pair this look with dramatic lashes, peachy/pinky cheeks and some "my lips but better" lip colors. 

Brown Smoky Eyes with Pinky Nude Lips by sabsrobinson on polyvore.com

Now that you have seen my makeup looks, run over to Lover.ly and obsess!  Also, in case you guys were curious about my own wedding, I did my hair and makeup, wore a glamorous mermaid style dress and had a ratchet reception!  Cheers!

 

bareMinerals Marvelous Moxie Lipsticks - 4 Shades Swatched

Props to the bloggers with focus because ya girl is struggling over here!  I'm still trying to get it together for you guys and post more frequently in between unpacking, meal planning and laughing with my babies!  Recently, while on vacation in California, I visited San Francisco and met up with some old friends of mine and while I was there, I picked up some makeup of course.  I've been really wanting to try the new Marvelous Moxie lipstick line from bareMinerals and so I chose 4 shades to test out (well I actually had 5 but my little sister took one!)

The four shades that I decided on are as follows:

Lead The Way, Live It Up, Risk It All and Raise The Bar. 
Each shade retails for $18.00USD and are available at most Bare Escentuals retailers including the links provided below.
Bare Escentuals
Sephora
Beauty.com

Now all of these lipsticks glided on like butter and felt like silk on the lips.  You need to apply very little product to get great color on the lips and they lasted over 5 hours before I started to see any fading.  These lipsticks do transfer easily though so I had lipstick on every cup of coffee I have and of course all over my kids faces after cuddling with them.  I did like all of the shades but none stood out as a must have.  My favorite of the bunch was Risk It All simply because I love a good pink lip.

Overall, I really enjoyed this formula and I would definitely recommend these, just be careful not to over apply or you will have lipstick on everything! Also, these make great lipstains if you blot them lightly on the lips.

Lead the Way

Live It Up

Risk It All

Raise the Bar

Cheers!