Earrings! Ilovepoparazzi.com

Yes, I am a follower and I will hang my head in shame!  No seriously, I saw these earrings on a reality television show called Basketball Wives and I had to have them.  I found out that the company that made the earrings and I ordered them.  Now I've been seeing a lot of people on youtube getting the "inspired" earrings or making the earrings themselves but I wanted to get the originals and I'm simply not into making earrings right now.  I purchased 2 pairs from the website, ilovepoparazzi, and I'm pretty happy with my purchase.  The only thing I wish they had were hoops that are a little smaller as I feel like they overwhelm my face at times.   Also, I can tell that the silver earrings will become discolored in time. 

AmBURR Alert Earrings - Silver
$45 USD

Crystal Pave Hoops - Black
$85 USD

I think that I will only bust these babies out every once in a while as I fear that I am a studs girl at heart!

Look of the Day - 9.25.2011

Another day, another look.  I know I mentioned in a previous post how obsessed I have been with the MAC eyeshadow in Sparkle Neely, Sparkle.  Well I decided to show one of the looks that I have been going to lately.  I also decided to try out a drugstore foundation that I bought forever ago and have just been letting collect dust.  The foundation looks pretty good in person but I think it photographs a little on the light side.

PRODUCTS USED:

Face:  

MAC Pro Longwear Concealer in NW40

Revlon PhotoReady Foundation in Caramel (on inner area of face)

Revlon PhotoReady Foundation in Cappuccino  (on perimeter of face)

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Medium Plus (set concealer under eyes and brighten that area)
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Dark (set foundation)

 

Eyes:  

Make Up For Ever Eyebrow Corrector in 4 & a little bit of MAC Eye Shadow in Brun

MAC Studio Finish Concealer NW40 (clean up under brows to define arch)

NARS Blush in Albatross (inner corner of eye)

MAC Eye Shadow in Sparkle Neely, Sparkle (all over lid, blended out)

Too Faced Eye Shadow in First Dance (crease)

MAC Eye Shadow in Texture (crease and blending color)

MAC Eye Shadow in Brule (under brows as highlight)

Bare Escentuals Eye Liner in Intense Black (upper lash line, smudged out into crease)

Bare Escentuals Buxom Eye Liner in Pearl (waterline)

MAC Pearlglide Eye Liner in Undercurrent (bottom lash line) 

Maybelline The Falsies Mascara

Cheeks:

MAC Blush in Ambering Rose

Lips: 

Rimmel London Lipstick in Airy Fairy

MAC Lipglass in Lovechild 

And the Winner Is?!

Congrats to Destinee L!  I sent your Nars Sin blush out today.

Product Spotlight - Buxom Lipstick Shanghai

This is more of a feature focus post than an actual product spotlight as I just focused on a lip and really left the rest of my face pretty plain.  I think this color is great for fall but I would rock it whenever the mood hits me!

Buxom Lip Stick
Purchased Shade:  Shanghai (deep raspberry)
Available at MAC  $18 USD
Loves:  The color
Hates:  Transfers like crazy!

Look of the Day 9.12.2011

Yes, I'm in the car again!  I was waiting on my husband to come out of the post office so I thought I would take some pictures so I could finally post another look of the day.

I'm converting back to a makeup user rather than just a makeup hoarder.  Sometimes I get into the habit of buying but not actually wearing so I thought that I would do a few more Look of the Day posts to encourage myself to start actually wearing makeup again.  This look is super easy and I like it a lot so I hope you guys like it too.

PRODUCTS USED:

Face:  

MAC Pro Longwear Concealer in NW40

Lancôme Teint Miracle Foundation in Suede 1 (on inner area of face)

Lancôme Teint Idole Ultra Foundation in Suede 3 (on perimeter of face)

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Medium Plus (set concealer under eyes and brighten that area)
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Dark (set foundation)

Eyes:  

Make Up For Ever Eyebrow Corrector in 4

MAC Studio Finish Concealer NW40 (clean up under brows to define arch)

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

MAC Paint Pot in Painterly

MAC Eye Shadow in All That Glitters (inner corner of eye)

MAC Eye Shadow in De-vil (all over lid, blended out)

Bare Escentuals Eye Liner in Intense Black (upper lash line, smudged out into crease)

Bare Escentuals Buxom Eye Liner in Pearl (waterline)

Maybelline The Falsies Mascara

Cheeks:
Covergirl Bronzer in Ebony Bronze (contour)

NARS Blush in Taj Mahal

Lips: 

Bare Escentuals Lip Liner in Nude

Bare Escentuals Lipstick in Bread Pudding  

Bare Escentuals Angel Food Cake Lipgloss

Well that was today's look!

Better late than never? Right

L to R:  Jealousy Wakes, Sparkle Neely, Sparkle!

It seems that when a new makeup collection launches, there is a frenzy that happens.  Everyone tries to be the first to review it, get pictures of it, tell ya about it and then it is quickly forgotten.  I used to be one of those people until I recently realized that I need to make smarter purchases and stop being a complete makeup groupie/hoarder!  I still purchase things but now I wait and think about if I am really going to use the items or not. 

I picked up two more eye shadows from the MAC Bloggers Obsession Collection and I love them!  I am still contemplating whether or not to get a back up of Sparkle Neely, Sparkle!.  It is my absolute favorite at this moment.  I hauled that one and Jealousy Wakes. 

Both colors are gorgeous but the reason that Sparkle Neely, Sparkle! gets my vote is because I created the quickest smokey subtle gorgeousness on my eyes the other day and LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! is all I can say.

Available at MAC
$15 USD each

10 Favorites from August 2011

Nars Sheer Glow Foundation, MAC Pro Longwear Concealer, Covergirl Ebony Bronze Bronzer

 

 Make Up For Ever Eyebrow Corrector 4, Bare Escentuals Intense Black Eyeliner, MAC Stars & Rockets

Nars Taos Blush

Orly Coquette Cutie, Orly Va Va Voom

EOS Lemon Drop Lip Balm

That's all folks!!!

Falling in Love with Origins

I've been on this skincare kick recently and I think I have a new obsession.  Origins is currently my love interest!  I've been using their Brighter By Nature Skin Tone Correcting Serum and the Brighter By Nature SPF 35 Skin Tone Correcting Moisturizer for about 6-7 months.  Recently I've decided to become more diligent and consistent with my skincare because I want to be sure that my face looks good whether I have makeup on or not.  On my most recent trip down the skincare yellow brick road, I picked up a few more things to add to my Origins collection.  I picked up the following:

Never A Dull Moment (skin-brightening face cleanser)  $19.50 USD

 VitaZing (SPF 15 Energy-boosting moisturizer)  $35.00 USD

Brighter by Nature (skin tone correcting serum)  $42.00 USD

Ginger Cloud (smoothing body balm)  $22.50 USD

Now with my skincare obsession, I have also starting drinking lots and lots of water and taking vitamins.  Hopefully this will make my skin more even toned and less dull!