review: jaclyn hill x morphe palette

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Happy Monday, loves! Today we are taking a look at one of the most anticipated releases of this summer. I’m sure many of you beauty lovers know that Jaclyn Hill has been working with Morphe Brushes for two years to create this palette to perfection & I will let you know if it lives up to those expectations!

The palette features 35 brand new shades with a special formulation that had to pass Jaclyn’s exceptional standards. The shades have the most basic neutrals, fiery warm tones, and even features some fun greens and purples. The palette has varying finishes in mattes, shimmers, satins, and metallics.

prices range:

$38.00 at morphebrushes.com

I have always liked morphe palettes in the past. I own a few and they are pretty decent quality especially for the price but Jaclyn blew this out of the park. The quality is incredible especially for the price. I…

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review: dose of colors eyedeal duo

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Happy Monday, loves! This week we are taking a look at a product that I haven’t seen tons of blogger talk about, dose of colors eyedeal duo. The duo contains a cream shadow and a glitter in a dual layered container. The product comes in 13 different shades from more neutrals to stand out greens.

prices range:

$25.00 at doseofcolors.com

$25.00 at ulta.com

I purchased the shade disco because I have been looking for a good silver glitter for quite a while. I like the product in concept but not as much in execution. I think its a great idea to have a cream shadow or primer to help lock in the glitter but this one didn’t work for me. I found the cream to be too oily and slippery to actually secure the glitter and it feels as though it moves around on your lid. I much prefer the…

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review: artist couture diamond glow powder

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Hello loves! Today we are taking a look at one of instagram’s hottest products. A lot of you have probably seen videos of tons of beauty gurus raving over these highlighters. The clips of bloggers swatching the loose highlight have gone completely viral on every social media site. So I decided to order one and put it to the test!

prices range:

$26.99 at artistcouture.com

I ordered the shade coco bling which is one of the lighter shades in the range. The collection does offer a wide range of shades for all highlight needs which I greatly appreciate. The product is a loose powder which can be kind of messy if you aren’t entirely careful. This highlight is meant to be super finely milled and pack a serious highlight punch. I’ll admit from all of the hype I had seriously high hopes for this product that weren’t entirely met.

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review: huda beauty liquid lipstick

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Happy Monday loves! I wanted to start out this weeks post by thanking all of you who stuck with me through my absence. School and work definitely got the best of me and I just needed to take a little break from blogging for the sake of my own mental health. This time I am back for good and I have a huge stock of beauty products to tell you all about.

Today we are looking at the one of the most anticipated products from one of instagram’s   biggest beauty stars. Most of you have probably seen an instagram video from Huda Kattan whether you knew it was her or not. She is probably one of the most beautiful women to grace this earth and is one of my person favorite beauty icons. I especially love that she features tons of artists on her instagram. Theres a rumor that…

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review: maybelline the colossal big shot mascara

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Hello loves! Many of you may have seen or heard about the new big shot mascara from the huge advertising campaign with lots of beauty gurus at the head. Every one has been talking about Manny MUA being the first man to ever represent maybelline and I’m ready to tell you if he stuck his name to something worth while!

prices range:

$6.94 at walmart.com

$6.99 at target.com

$8.49 at cvs.com

$8.49 at maybelline.com

$8.49 at ulta.com (buy one get one 50% off)

$8.49 at walgreens.com

Now this may not be a long post because its pretty simple. This mascara is incredible! The formula is the perfect consistency. It isn’t too wet and isn’t dry enough that it flakes off. The brush is the perfect size to get into the root of the lashes without creating a big mess. As my dedicated readers know, I tend to like the brush…

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Best of Beauty 2016

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Happy New Year, loves! I hope you all enjoyed the holidays and maybe even had some gifts to feed your beauty addiction. I asked you all if you wanted a new review or a wrap up of the best in each beauty category for the whole year and I had unanimous support for the best of beauty! So here we go these are my favorite products over the last year..

primer: nivea mens post shave balm

This balm is super affordable and helps to fill in pores and extend the wear of your foundation. It performs very similar to the Make Up For Ever Step 1 Smoothing Primer with a much more reasonable price tag. You can find my full in depth review here.

foundation: l’oreal infallible pro glow foundation – 202

If you are a frequent reader you know I have a very hard time finding…

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halloween tutorial: storm

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For this look, I was inspired by my favorite quote “She’s not a girl, she’s a storm with skin.” This may be my favorite look. Im super proud of how this one turned out!

products used:

nivea mens shave balm

lorac performance foundation – SMS 1

make up for ever flash palette

anastasia beverly hills shadow – star cobalt

morphe eyeshadow palette – 35N

mac eyeshadow – nylon

ofra liquid lipstick – times square

chantecaille eyeliner – violet damask

mac gigiblack mascara – black

ardell lashes – 251

duo brush on lash glue

step 1: prime –  I applied nivea mens shave balm to smooth my skin and prolong my foundation wear

step 2: foundation – I used the lorac foundation to create an even base

step 3: stormy sky – I used a foundation spatula to remove portions of the blue, black, and white. I mixed the blue and black…

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halloween tutorial: bride of frankenstein

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I decided to do a fun spin on the traditional bride of frankenstein look and make it super glam. This is the perfect look for anyone wanting to do something for halloween that is still sultry!

products used:

nivea mens post shave balm

josie maran vibrancy foundation – dynamic

coty airspun loose powder – translucent

make up for ever flash palette

morphe eyeshadow palette – 35N

smashbox photo finish eye primer

urban decay eyeshadow – faint

melt dark matter shadow stack

makeup geek eyeshadow – mirage

anastasia beverly hills waterproof creme color – jet

mac gigiblack mascara – black

cinema secrets blood gel

nyx retractable lip liner – dark red

mac lipstick – diva

colourpop ultra matte lip – LAX

ardell lashes – 203

duo brush on lash glue

step 1: prime –  I applied nivea mens shave balm to smooth my skin and prolong my foundation wear.

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halloween tutorial: mermaid

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Hello loves! With the absolute craze for mermaid looks in the beauty community right now, I knew I had to create my own version. I want to center it around blue and green glitter and this is the look I ended up with.

products used:

make up for ever step one primer – smoothing

becca backlight priming filter

tarte rainforest of the sea foundation – fair light neutral

cover fx custom cover drops – moonlight

urban decay naked skin concealer – fair

laura mercier secret brightening powder – 01

makeup geek shadow – neptune

too faced shadow insurance glitter glue

michaels glitter

anastasia beverly hills dipbrow pomade – taupe

jeffree star beauty killer palette – expensive

mac gigiblack mascara

loreal silkissime liner – blue cobalt

ardell lashes – 251

duo brush on lash glue

colourpop ultra matte lip – midi

step 1: primer – I primed my skin with muf smoothing…

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halloween tutorial: cursed child

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Hello loves! Todays look was inspired by another image I saw on pinterest. I wanted to look like another being had taken me over and marked me as cursed.

products used:

no. 7 beautifully matte base

make up for ever flash palette

coty airspun loose powder – translucent

morphe eyeshadow palette – 35N

anastasia beverly hills waterproof creme color – jet

mac gigiblack mascara

nyx liquid suede – stone fox

ardell lashes – 202

duo brush on lash glue

step 1: prime – I wanted my skin to be super matte, so I used the n0 7 matte primer.

step 2: foundation – I wanted my face to be super pale and unnatural. I mixed the white and a little of brown, green, and black from the MUF palette to create the color. I applied it with a beauty sponge.

step 3: powder – I set my whole face with…

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