Bronze Beauty FOTD!

I used five very simple products for this look and you can use the same to achieve it!

Novablush Concealer

Anastasia Contour Kit

Anastasia Dipbrow

Lorac Pro 2 Palette

Novablush Lipstick in Coral Bliss

This is my current go to look for summer and it takes me all of five minutes! I'll be posting a tutorial very soon!

My first Indie FOTD Featuring My Own Homemade Foundation And Concealer!

My FOTD featuring OCC's Lip Tar in Hoochie

I really love the brand OCC(short for Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics). They're lip tars are absolutely stellar, and if you've never used them, get yourself to the nearest Sephora, and check them out! At $18 a piece, they last well over a year, and you only need a drop(really!). They're a very highly pigmented makeup, and stay on all day long. 

They aren't sticky like you would imagine, but a warning I do have is that if you have a habit of touching your lips a lot, lip tars may not be the right choice. When out and about, not near any makeup wipes, if the product gets on your skin, you can expect it to be there for a while. 

Tell me your thoughts on Lip Tars in the comment box!

Cat Eye With A Purple Lip

As always, start out with your primer, foundation and then concealer. I prefer to use a Beauty Blender Sponge over a brush, but that's just my personal preference. If you choose to use a brush, I would recommend E.L.F.'s Studio Foundation Brush.

             Adding blush. I'm going to go ahead and go with Josie Maran's coconut gelee once again.

I'm going to begin lightly filling in my brows. A lot of people don't like dark brows with light hair, but  I really like it and like to think of it as a staple of mine. I'm using Urban Decay's eyeliner in Roach. 

Now for Primer! I really like Urban Decay's Sin Primer. It leaves a very natural dewy look, and I will actually use it on days where I'm doing a no makeup-makeup.

I'm using my Naked 3 palette. For the base, I'll be using Buzz which is a nice, shimmery rosey pink. 

 For the shading, I'll be using Blackheart. If you take your blending brush, you can use the corner of  the brush to create a nice creasing. Remember to now set your face with your UD Oil Control makeup spray. I have a very oily face naturally, so this has been a life saver for me!

Now to begin my cat eye! I start with the liner on my lid in a thin line and then blend into that. I used my UD liner in Perversion.

Make sure to add mascara! I used Too Faced's Better Than Sex. I find that it really adds a lot of volume while still separating your lashes.

Now for Lipstick! I used Revlon's Vivid Colors line.

 Time to use my Makeup Remover Pen on my brows, lips and undereyes to get any stray makeup.

As always, if you have any questions feel free to comment, and to Pin any of my images, just scroll your mouse over your image of choice!

A review of NYX Matte Lipstick

I chose to go ahead and do my first review today of a product that I'm extremely pleased with. I went to Ulta today to do a little mini haul which I will post more about later this week, but I picked up quite a few NYX products, one of which NYX's matte lipstick in Perfect Red Rouge Parfait. 

Let me go ahead and preface by saying that I am very picky when it comes to my matte lipsticks. Matte to me means feathery, flaky lips. But, I am pleased to say that that wasn't the case this time! I can say nothing wrong about this purchase! The only thing that upset me was that they didn't have more shades! 

This lipstick was very easy to put on. It feels moist on your lips-almost like a balm, but it goes on very matte(the shine in the picture is due to my computer's crappy camera, not the product). I put on the lipstick this morning before work, and came home this evening to perfect lips! No need to reapply. That, my friends, is music to my ears. The picture on the right is of me this morning at 8:45, and both of the pictures on the left are from this evening at 5:15. That is at least 8 and a half hours of wear.

For $5.99, I would say this is a product that I will be going to get the rest of the collection for.