Five Item Make Up Challenge

Greeting Beauties!

I hope that everyone enjoyed the fight last night, if you received a chance to watch it. In honor of boxing, athletics and all things challenging, I have decided to challenge myself to create a make up look with only five items.

The real purpose of this challenge is to give myself an option to turn to when I am running late but still want to look made up :)

Here are my before shots.

And here are the items five (5) items.

(1) Women's Estee Lauder 'Double Wear' Stay-in-Place Liquid Makeup - 6w1 Sandalwood

(2) Jordana Powder Blush Touch of Pink

(3) NYX Cosmetics Collection Noir Kohl Kajal Black Liner

(4) Kiss I-ENVY Au Naturale Lashes

(5) Wet n Wild Megaslicks Lip Balm Stain - Coral of the Story 

I did do my brows before I used these products. Brows are a given for me :) See my eyebrow routine here. 

Here are the After Pics

Before and After

Which five make up items would you use if you were presented with this challenge?

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March Beauty Favorites

Greetings!

Before we get into the double digits of April, I would like to share my March beauty favorites with you all.

They are the:

(1) Too Faced Natural Eyes Palette

(2) Estee Lauder blush in Poppy Passion

(3) Real Techniques Buffing Brush 

(4) Nuetrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash, Pink Grapefruit Foaming Scrub 

(5) CVS Oil Free Make Up Remover

(6) CVS Premium Cotton Rounds

(7) derma e Anti-Wrinkle Vitamin A & E Treatment Oil

Let us begin reviewing the beauty products first. 

The Natural Eyes Palette is awesome for creating everyday looks along with night time looks. 

Recently when I went to the Jazmine Sullivan concert I went straight from work because it was held on a week night. Therefore, I used the daytime shades during work hours and then easily updated the look with the other shades in the palette (and added some falsies) before I left for the concert for more of a night time look. 

My next March favorite is the Estee Lauder Blush in the shade Poppy. 

Thus is such a beautiful shade. When this blush is paired with the Estee Lauder double wear foundation it glides on and blends well with a really nice finish. 

Next, let me tell you about this Real Techniques Buffing Brush. 

I have found that it is awesome for applying foundation. I haven't used my (off brand) beauty blender in a long time because of this brush.  I have a couple of dark spots from some recent acne breakouts that I have been dealing with and this brush is on point with applying my foundation evenly while also yielding great coverage. The bristles are soft as well for the price. 

Moving along with the skin care. After I started breaking out during the month of February I noticed that I was no exfoliating my skin enough. Therefore, I went out to pick the Nuetrogena's Oil Free Acne Wash Foaming Scrub. 

I believe this has really done the trick, because I have not recently received any breakouts within the past couple weeks. I am extremely happy with this foaming scrub because it leaves my face feeling really clean no matter how much make-up I put on that day. 

Next product is the CVS Oil Free Makeup Remover. 

This is such an awesome formula that takes every inch of eye make up off in one swipe. On the bottle it states that it removes water proof mascara and that it is comparable to the Nuetrogena oil free eye make up remover. Moving on to the CVS Cotton Rounds, because there two go hand and in my current beauty regimen. 

These cotton rounds are dual sided, where one side is soft and the other side is strong. I love using the strong side along with my eye make up remover because I don't have to rub my eye as much as I do if I were using a soft cotton square (which is what I was using before).

My last favorite is the derma e Anti-Wrinkle Treatment with Vitamin A and E.  

I have been using this at night after my moisturizer and I believe it has been helping clear up my dark spots while also making my skin appear a little brighter.  I don't have many wrinkles, so hopefully this product is helping to prevent that as well.  

So that is it. Let me know if you have tried any of these beauty and/or skin care products?  Also, let me know if you love them, like them, or even hate them. 

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Estee Lauder Blush: No Makeup - Makeup

Good Afternoon Beauties!

Since I didn't have much time today for makeup play, I decided to do a no makeup - makeup look featuring +Estee Lauder Pure Color Blush in Poppy Passion. This blush had me at hello when the sales associated tried it on on top of the +Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation at +Macy's. I fell in love. Isn't the packaging just gorgeous? 

Since I didn't have much time this morning I just applied this blush on top of my foundation and received a great look. I also added some +e.l.f. Cosmetics pink lip gloss.  

I probably should have added more under eye concealer but did not have time :( 

Let me know what you use when you are trying to create a more natural looks in the comments section below. 

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Oscars Inspired Look

Happy Sunday Beauties!

Since the Oscars come on today, I thought that I would do an Oscars inspired look staring the MAC Gold Glitter that I did a recent review on here. Using the products pictured above here is how I accomplished this look.

(1) MAC Eyeshadow in Saddle along with Anastasia Beverly Hills Tamanna Palette eyeshadow in China Rose within crease.

(2) After applying tape add MAC Eyeshadow in Embark on the lid and to the lower crease area.

(3) Sprayed eyeshadow brush with NYX Dewy Setting Spray and picked up MAC Gold Glitter and applied onto the lid on top of the Dark Chocolate eyeshadow. 

(4) Added Wet and Wild Black Glitter Liner along with their black glitter eyeliner pencil to the lower lid. 

(5) Removed tape and applied mascara to the lashes and added false lashes. 

(6) Applied Estee Lauder Double Wear foundation in Sandalwood to face. Then added and blended MAC Pro Longwear Concealer in NC45 to under eye area, bridge of nose, and chin for highlight. 

(7) Applied Black Radiance Pressed Powder in Rich Mahogany for contour onto the hallows of cheeks and along the top of the forehead. 

(8) Added Jordana Blush in Blushing Rose to cheeks and Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips Custom Bronzer, Blush and Eyeshadow in Riviera Strip/Sand Bronzer onto the top of the cheek bone area. 

(9) Applied red lip liner along with MAC Lipstick in See Sheer. 

Here is the end product:

Let me know what you think and if you have any questions. Be sure to comment below :) 

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