Outfit Inspiration: Sandy Winter

February Favorites

Hello beauties! Today I have my February favorites. These are all the products that I couldn't live without and used multiple times in the month of February. Urban Decay, OPI, Hard Candy, and yes, even the PLL books have made my top. You may be wondering why I have Pretty Little Liars listed in this post but there is a good reason; I listen to the audio books of this series while I do my make-up! I really enjoy doing it!


Anyways, what were some of your top items this month?

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Face of the Day!

Today is the first time I will be doing a face of the day post. I am excited to be able to add another type of post to my blog! I am going to give you a step by step process as to how I achieved my look. Enjoy!

Face/Cheeks:

• Neutrogena Daily Moisturizer - I always start my day with a moisturizer! It's really important to moisturize your skin. 

• X-Out Shine Control - I received this item in my February Glam Bag and I absolutely love it! I have oily skin so anything that can help control the appearance of oil on my face is a plus.

• ULTA Matte Skin Primer - Again, I use this to control oil. I like to switch between this and the color correcting primer. 

• Tarte Amazonian Clay Foundation in Medium - This is one of my current favorite foundations. it is natural looking and covers my blemishes nicely!

• Sheer Cover Concealer in Light/Medium - I got this in my January Glam bag, It's a nice concealer but not my favorite. 

• NARS Blush in Deep Throat - This is my favorite blush ever! The color is perfect for my skin. I dust it on my cheeks and the tip of my nose.

• Hard Candy Blush in Pin Up - I use this as a high light on my cheeks and the bridge/tip of my nose. It's a darker toned highlight but it's nice when I don't want my face to appear super shiny.

Eyes:

• Urban Decay Primer Potion in Eden -  This is my favorite shade this comes in. It's a yellow nude color and has a nice finish. 

• Urban Decay Naked Palette - I used Virgin in as a highlight and near the tear duct, Sidecar all over the lid,  Hustle as the crease color, and Smog on the lower lash line.

• e.l.f. Essential Liquid Eyeliner in Black -  Lined the upper lash line, very simple.  

• Urban Decay 24/7 Eyeliner in Zero - I tight-lined and lined part of my water line with this eyeliner.  
• Sephora Collection Advanced Lash Booster in Black - Got this in the Sephora Favorites Lashstash, It's a very nice mascara to be completely honest! It goes on nicely.

Lips:

• e.l.f.  Mineral Lipstick in Runway Pink - Love love LOVE this lipstick! I quickly sweeped this across my lips and VOILA! a gorgeous pigmented pink color that is very natural looking.

  I was really happy with the way this look all came together. The eyeshadow's just blended and went together so nicely, I couldn't help but love the natural look of it all!

e.l.f. Studio Matte Lip Color

 Make sure you click the link below to continue on to the review!

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e.l.f. Mineral Eyeshadow Swatches

Hola! I am sure a lot of you know how inexpensive the e.l.f. brand is but are not sure the quality and if it's actually worth the few dollars. Today I am showing you another part of the the e.l.f. haul that I gathered over the past few months! I heard great things about elf's mineral eyeshadows so I decided to test them out for myself.

e.l.f. Mineral Eyeshadow ($3.00) - e.l.f. has come out with an entire line of mineral products featuring lipsticks, blushes, foundation, and eyeshadow. There are over 20 different shades in the eyeshadow line varying from a matte white to a sparkly black. There are so many different shades of different colors and  have really done a good job with variation. The quality of these eyeshadows are actually pretty good! With a coupon code you could pay almost nothing for .03oz of product.

 The eyeshadows come in a cute little box with a "similar" shaded stripe to what you will actually be getting.

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e.l.f. Hypershine Gloss & Luscious Liquid Lipstick Swatches

Today I have a few swatches from e.l.f. products that I have grabbed over the past few weeks. I have a HUGE lot of swatches and reviews lined up for you guys! These reviews aren't going to be as detailed as some previous posts because there isn't TOO much to say about these products. For only costing $1, you're either going to like them or hate them. So here we go!

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ELF Eyeshadow Quads

 Hi there everyone! I am back to blogging. Today I have some pictures and swatches of a few ELF Eyeshadows that I picked up at the store the other day. I hope these will help those of you who are having a hard time deciding whether or not they are even worth the $1 price tag.



E.L.F. Brightening Eye Color in Day 2 Night ($1.00) - The versatile colors really do make it capable of being a day to night look. The quality is going to of course be on the poor side due to the price tag. I found that some of the shades were very powdery while others I had a hard time even getting a swatch.

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MAC Enough Said and Dolly Mix Blushes

MAC Enough Said Beauty Powder Blush - A bronze colored blush with a slight shimmery effect. I found this blush at the CCO a couple weeks before Christmas and I have to say that I absolutely love it! It is a wonderful product to use for contouring as well as a giving you a nice healthy glow! I find myself reaching for this product much more than my bronzers (I used to be bronzer obsessed, so that says a lot). A reason why I like to use this as a bronzer is that most of the ones I have are no where near matte and have a TON of shimmer while Enough Said has very very little shimmer. I grabbed it for about $12 and I am pretty sure that it is no longer in stock at the MAC store. If you happen to have a CCO near you, I would definitely go check it out.

MAC Dollymix Sheertone Shimmer Blush ($19.50) -A shimmery hot pink sheertone blush. I am serious when I say that do not judge a book by its cover. This blush looks frighteningly pink in it's pan, but it's the opposite of scary on your cheeks. When applied gently, you can achieve a beautiful rosy cheek. I tend to go for lighter blushes and don't really like wearing BOLD cheek colors, but I think that this is a great exception. I find that it's a nice color to wear when you are going out in the winter since it gives you that cute "brrr, it's cold out, my cheeks are rosy" kind of look!  But don't get me wrong, if you don't live in a place that is anywhere as cold as where I live, than you can still rock this color. Just remember, use it sparingly and apply lightly.

Where to Buy: MAC Stores, MAC Counter

Hey guys! Sorry for the delay. I have been super busy with the holidays and haven't been able to get around to writing any reviews. Within the next few days I will get up a few reviews on some blushes and also a holiday look tutorial. Hope you guys will be around to view it!

Visual Eyes Design

Hello girlies! I have been wanting to make a post about a lovely website that is run by an awesome make-up artist, Daisy! I was honored with being able to do a guest product review on her site. I was really excited when she sent me some products to use and then review.

I encourage you all to check out her site and check out her amazing work!

Daisy's Websites Logo - Click it to head over to her page!

On her page, you will be able to find the review I did for her guest product reviews. I am featured for the month of December :)

Cherry Culture Haul

 Yay!! My package came this week! I ordered these products a little while before Thanksgiving when everything was 20% off. I had heard a lot of great things about NYX blushes so I picked up a few along with some, get ready for it... MILANI BAKED BLUSHES! I have been going to so many CVS' and Walgreens to find these babies and they don't have then anywhere near me. I was so excited to order them from Cherry Culture.

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Shopping Trip

Hey world! So today I went to the Natick mall and walked around for a while with Graham. I decided that I wanted to use my $15 giftcard that Sephora sent to my e-mail and the closest one is in that mall. I made my way to Sephora and looked around hoping to find the Tarte Lipsurgence Limited Edition kit, but unfortunately they were sold out :(. The lady told me that they will no longer have those in stock, what a bummer! If you don't know what it is, it's a kit that has 5 full sized Tarte Lipsurgences for only $29 compared to $24 for ONE. It is literally a steal! If I had found the kit I would have also grabbed some NARS or Too Faced stuff, but since there isn't anything I am dying for I decided to save my money and get some products from the CCO next weekend.
After I went to Sephora I knew that I wanted buy some hand soaps from Bath & Body Works. I headed over and grabbed 4 of them, which were on sale for 4/$15! I am going to make a blog post tomorrow with the soaps I purchased. I also ran over to the Christmas Tree Shop across the street hoping to find something I could store all my make-up in (Again, a fail) but I ended up finding some e.l.f. products and they had Berry Merry blush, which is a dupe for NARS Sin blush! I was so excited! 

So tomorrow I am expecting my package from Cherry Culture that I placed about 2 weeks ago during their Thanksgiving Sale. It has a bunch of blushes and lip products that I am excited to use and share with you guys. If you're interested in seeing what I bought, stay tuned! I will be updating my blog very soon with my purchases.

Only a few weeks until I start vlogging. I am super nervous so I am not sure if I will 100% do it but I really want to so it's more than likely I will. Thanks for reading guys, I really appreciate it!! Please follow if you don't already, it means a whole lot to me!