Top 3: Best Red's of Christmas

Hey everyone, so this is my top 3 to some of my favorite red's of the season enjoy!

1. Red Nails
Red sparkly nails are a must have for Christmas! 
Fav: essie leading lady

2.Red Shoes
Red shoes are just so fabulous is hurts! 
The one time of the year we get to feel like we waltzed out of a Macy's commercial!
Fav: Louboutin "Socially Inclined"

3.Red Lips!
Red lips add that something that says... yes, yes I did try with my makeup today!
Fav: NARS Majella Satin Lip Pencil  


Merry Blogmas

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3 Ways To Achieve Any Makeup Look

These are the 3 things you are doing WRONG with your everyday makeup look and your smoky eye. Listen up ladies this is serious. Do you constantly find yourself looking at pictures saying you can copy that look and end up looking like a Kardashian on a night out, yeah imagine that. Maybe you end up looking like a drag queen, those are always fun makeup tutorials, you know besides your everyday look. Seriously, seriously... Without further ado.....

 3. GLITTER

Now some of you may be thinking, glitter is not everyday, others might say i use shimmer there's a difference, and the other ones may be bored and click off at this very moment..... 3....2....1. Either way glitter, shimmer, sparkles, we all use it one time or another why not use it right. Apply you glitter with a loose powder to give it a more natural look! Glitter makes an eye really stand out.

2.BLEND

Blending is s important I can not stress it enough, you, need, to, blend. Some looks may be intentionally not blended however everyday looks are pretty natural meaning you need to, let's say it together *Blend*. An elf lending brush is $1 at Target or Walmart, while a normal applier is doable too. If you only want the pro stuff MAC 224 blending brush is one of my favs! 

1.HIGHLIGHT

Not too say some people don't highlight most people do, whether it be inner or outer corner eye, or just below the brow, you highlight. Most common with white. However if you do not BLEND!!!!! or use too much then you will definitely get that drag look. 

Let's review too much highlight bad, blending good, and glitter good IF used correctly. I hope you enjoyed as always and that you share, comment, like whatever. QOTD: Your makeup pet peeve? 

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3 Ways to Keep Summer Alive

With all this Back to School talk I can't help but feel a little sad. Summer actually does not even end until September 21! Let's make it last!!

3. Summer foods and drinks! Nobody ever said you had to stop drinking or eating those delicious summer beverages/foods. In the summer spirit start the day (before school or work) with a some summery fruit to start of a still summer, day!

2. Just because school starts does not mean that popsicile you have loved since you were 10 disappears! Break them out and have a treat, makes for an awesome after school snack!

1. Go to the pool!! If your local pool or your friends pool stays open longer, take advantage of it! Go to the pool relax. Alternative(since not everyone has a local pool or beach option) is a spa day. I know, how is that summer? Simply use your summer scents and most colorful bath bombs, and also of course cucumber mask.

I hope you enjoyed this, although it is sad summer is ending fall is still exciting!I hope none of you are depressed about fall, if you are these tips will help you hopefully. 

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How to De-Pot MAC Eye shadow

While yet again de-potting another MAC eye shadow I figured I would share with you how I do this!

Materials! This already feels like a science experiment (Oh Dear), This is all you need! 

A straightener or flat iron, your MAC eye shadow, and a small knife 

(don't worry you won't be performing surgery) 

1. First, heat your flat iron or straightener as high as it can go!

            

2. Next, take your handy dandy knife and pop out the eye shadow. Stick the tip of the knife into the are you see that the two pieces disconnect and viola! 

3. Next place the smaller pot you just disconnected on your pre-heated straightener. When I do this is generally take the knife and continuously pick it up, when you notice the pot is sticking to the straighter that means the plastic is melting ( don't worry it generally does not get on the straightener, if it does however one your flat iron or straightener cools simply wipe it of with a cloth!)

4. Now that the plastic is heated you can remove the eye shadow. Carefully do this, take your time if not you may cut the eye shadow!

5. BONUS The next step is not by any means required, I then take the larger pot (remember that?) I put that on the straightener, for about 5 seconds and then I am able to remove the sticker which has the eye shadow name on it! Then put this on the back of the eye shadow so when you run out you will know the name!

6. Finally, the reason why you would even de-pot in the first place, to fill in pallets. Palettes are $10 at MAC, you can get the m in duos or quads, I suggest getting them in quads, they are the same price and it makes sense to get more for less (I am going to stop before I sound like a commercial).

Now you have filled or added another color to your MAC pallet AND you have an empty pot! Soon to come creative things to do with these empty containers, and if your not that crafty you can take 6 of these to a MAC store for a free, that's right free no purchase necessary, lipstick!!

I hope you enjoyed this, I wanted to share how I do it in case you were wondering how or wanted to compare or anything in between.

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3 Things You Do WRONG With Makeup

When you have been doing your makeup forever, you might think you know a thing or two. Just when you thought you knew Cosmetic/Beauty School says otherwise. These are the 3 things that you have been doing WRONG while applying makeup.

3. Primer

This is a no brainer, if you do not already know about primer it is key to a flawless look, or any look for that matter. As Napoleon Perdis says "Not to Prime is Crime". Think of primer as the base coat, like on your nails. It protects your nail and strengthens it. Primer helps your face for the present, it holds your makeup in place, and strengthens it for the years to come. A key element to applying makeup. Whenever I ask my friends (outside of beauty) what they think, they say "Primer?? What's that??" or "Isn't that just paint??" So I thought I would add this to top three.

  

2.Eyebrows

First of a key element to eyebrows to make them shaped, it to take a mascara wand, clear mascara is best, and pull the wand on your eyebrow away from the face to give it shape. The clear mascara will hold it in place. In Beauty School, they teach you that eyebrow common sense is to just follow the shape of your brow, however your common sense is WRONG! Of course you should know that, the brow should start above the beginning of your eye, and the crease should be above the end of your iris, but how do you properly fill in a brow? Well, beauty school states that you go the opposite way of hair growth, with powder, which allows the eyebrow to lie on the powder making it more realistic. With an eyebrow pencil you should do the same except after going opposite direction, go forward to cover and imperfections.

1.Eyeliner

It is simple to say you know or thought you knew how to apply eyeliner, but do you really? According to cosmetology people will naturally apply eyeliner from the inner corner to the outer and are finished, this method is WRONG. Whether you are using gel liner, a brush, power, pencil, crayon, or roll up eyeliner this is the right way to apply it. Start in the inner corner and move your lining utensil to the middle of your eye, stop. Next go to the outer corner of your eye and move to already existing liner. This is also is relevant to lower lash liner, or water line. This method, the correct method, will prevent bumps and imperfections and is sure to impress your beauty school teacher.

A lot of this I learned in on http://www.totalbeauty.com/ it is a really cool site you can learn tons about makeup. Hope you enjoyed.

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Revlon Photoready Airbrush Foundation Review

 I tried this product as soon as I saw it, Revlon has always made some really good products, for a drugstore that is. What shocked me is that there was finally an affordable airbrush foundation it seemed unreal. It was unreal. I tried this product the very next day using their perfecting primer, which worked really well, and then I proceeded to try the foundation. Airbrush foundation is a completely different formula than the average liquid foundation, powders, or even chubby sticks. Airbrush foundation is a watery substance that makes the coverage picture perfect. Hence, the name photoready. What also struck me was that this foundation did not have a small medal ball inside, used for shaking the product, as most all airbrush foundations have. So many things did not seem right, and then I tried it. The smell was incredibly gross, the application was odd, it came out like moose and I do not see how you could manage to put this foundation in an airbrush if you tried. The consistency was awkward, so many wrong things. I applied with a foundation brush of course. I then looked at my hand where I had sprayed err got the foundation out of the bottle, it was sparkly. I was about to throw a fit, drug store makeup don't seem to understand anything. I do not want my makeup to smell, and definitely do NOT want my 'natural' makeup looks to have sparkles, completely ruins the effect. So definitely will not buy this product again, and now I am completely in dire need to pursue to find an amazing foundation. Fingers crossed. Tell me what you thought if you have tried this product, do you agree, disagree, comment below!
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