Holiday Makeup Must Haves

This Holiday there will be tons of new releases in the makeup world. However, there are a few key items that need to stay in your makeup bag or at the very front of your makeup collection. Here are my pics for the Holiday 2012 season.

#1: Matte Lipsticks

I really love NYX Matte Lipsticks! They come in a number of amazing colors and are really affordable. Word of caution though: lips need to be exfoliated and moisturized before application to prevent crusty looking lips :)

#2: Mascara

These three are my top pics for long, full lashes this holiday season. Rimmel London Sexy Curves, Rimmel London Eye Magnifier and Benefit They're real mascaras all do an amazing job of separating and volumizing lashes.

#3: Long Lasting Black Eyeliner

My top picks would have to be Urban Decays' 24/7 glide on pencil for the smooth like butter formulation and long lasting stay power as well as NYXs' retractable water proof liner. The more cost effective choice would be the NYX liner, however, I do love the 24/7 pencil. I couldn't choose so I picked both.

#4: Warm Blushes 

I selected two of my favorite warm tone blushes. MAC mineralized skin finish in Ring of Saturn and Sleek makeup Rose Gold  blushes give you a hint of warm pink to the cheeks but also a lovely glow of shimmering gold.

#5: Lashes

No holiday look is complete without some amazing lashes! I chose the Ardell Double up lashes because they give the look of having on two lashes. This gives a full more vibrant look to the eyes without having to actually stack lashes yourself.

Minnie Mouse Glam Inspired Makeup

Disney has been a big part of my life and I always loved Minnie Mouse. She is a DIVA in her own right and I feel I did her justice with this look.

Products used

NYX Perfect Red Matte lipstick

MAC Rocker Lipstick

BH Cosmetics 88 Tropical Matte palette

NYX Hot Red Lip liner

NYX Jumbo Eye Shadow Pencil in Baby Blue

Wet N Wild Blush in Mellow Wine

Ben Nye Banana Powder

MAC mineralized Skin Finish in Dark

Palladio Black liquid liner

Rimmel London eye magnifier mascara

Wig from Ebay: http://bit.ly/RsufJ8
Contact lens: PinkyParadise.com

Spider Queen Halloween Makeup Tutorial

I had so much fun creating this look! I was inspired by all the little spiders I pass by on a daily basis on my way to the library. I hope you give this a try for halloween!

Watch the tutorial!

Products used:
Too Faced Shadow insurance eye shadow primer
Urban Decay 15th Anniversary palette "black out" eyeshadow
Urban Decay 24/7 glide on eyeliner
Sugarpill Cosmetics Burning Heart palette
Maybelline gel eyeliner
Random black lip liner
MAC Heroine matte lipstick
MAC Rockstar lipstick
MAC mineralized blush "feeling flush"
Ardell double up eyelashes
Spiders from Target.

Dark Sugared Fairy Halloween Makeup

Halloween is almost here and for those of us that don't like masks but rather play in makeup, this is a great way to use just a few items to get a gorgeous look!

See the video below on how to achieve this look:

Products used:
Lace fabric from HobbyLobby
Cleopatra lashes from Sallys Beauty
NYX jumbo eyeshadow pencil in Black Bean
Urban Decay 24/7 glide on eye pencil in Perversion
NYX Matte lipstick in Perfect Red
NYX lip liner in Espresso
Random black lip liner
MAC Carbon eyeshadow

Groovy Fall Makeup Tutorial

Enjoy the first of many fall makeup tutorials for this season!

Products used:

MAC Call me Bubbles Quad

Urban Decay NAKED palette

Makeup Forever #92 eyeshadow

Sephora Lashes

Urban Decay 24/7 eye pencil in "Perversion"

NYX soft matte lip cream in "London" 

Magnolia Makeup pigment in "gilded"

Gold Medal Beauty Products!

We just got through the Olympics this past week and I really enjoyed the events I got to watch via the mess of a broadcast that was NBC. However, there are a few beauty products I feel would deserve gold medals of their very own.

The Urban Decay NAKED palette is one of the most versatile palettes I own. For any day or night look I reach for this palette the most.

SugarPill Cosmetics loose eyeshadows go on so smooth and soft. The colors are very pigmented and stand out on any makeup look.
 Rimmel London Eye magnifier is the perfect "fake lash look" mascara.
Wear this and you won't be reaching for false lashes for a while.

 

MAC MatchMaster foundation is a great matte finish foundation. 

If this could get 10 gold medals it deserves it. 

It glides on smooth and has a perfect matte finish

NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow pencils are great for beginners. Although they can crease if applied to thickly, they make amazing bases for eyeshadows.

The GO Palette in Beijing from Coastal Scents is great for on the go makeup application and eyeshadow touch ups. 

It fits perfectly in your purse for over night travel as well.

The NYX retractable eyeliners are great for persons that hate having to sharpen eyeliner pencils. They are very pigmented and glide on smoothly.

Love & Hip Hop: Karlie Redd Inspired Makeup Tutorial

I'll be the first to admit that I enjoy the "Love & Hip Hop" reality show on VH1. I do have my favs and others that just urk me to death (Stevie!). However, Karlie Redd has intrigued me during the show and I have been loving her makeup. I was inspired to do a makeup look that I think she consistently is rocking during most of the episodes.

She keeps it neutral with just a touch of a smokey eye. She also has a very contoured nose and jaw line. Her hair is also for the most part always long and bone straight.

Watch the Tutorial

Products used:

Sedona Lace 28 neutral palette

MAC "Carbon" eyeshadow 

MAC " radiant rose" prep + prime highlighter 

MAC "Ring of Saturn" mineralized blush

Lime Crime "Top Hattie" 

Faux "Gaga" lashes

Wet n Wild "902" lipstick

NYX lip pencil in "Expresso"

Jordana Black eye liner 

Maybelline eye studio gel eye liner in "Blackest black"

Sigma E25 blending brush

Sigma F80 Flat top Kabuki

Misswigs.com Lace Front Wig "Miss A"