Cheap Brush dupes (FACE) pt 1

Hello everyone. I thought I would post this tutorial on cheap brush dupes, because lets face it, most of us don't have $25 to spend on one single brush that you know won't be around forever. I certainly don't have that kind of money at least. I've been using these brushes I'm going to show you today for a very long time. They were cheap, not one costed over $10. So if you're a make up junkie like me, then this may be a good read for you XD.

1) Foundation Brush

We all know that most women wear foundation. Using your fingers waste the products and it gets messy, so we turn to the brush. You have two choices when it comes to this. You can either A) buy the really expensive one or B) buy the cheap one that does the exact same thing.

Here is the brush I use:

I got this brush at KMart for $7.99 AND it came with a free brush. How many high end department stores offer that? None that I know of!

2) Concealer Brush

It's a common belief that no one is perfect. So what do we use to to cover up those little imperfections? We use concealer! Since most of us want a nice finished look, most of us also use a brush for this problem area.

Here is the brush I use:

I got this brush at target for $3. I've yet to have a problem with it. For those that want to know, this brush is made by E.L.F.

3) Blush

To give ourselves a hint of color, we use blush right? Sure there are cream and gel blushes but it's fair to say that most of use powder blushes, as they are still popular. What do you apply it with? A blush brush! The brush I use for this...I'm not even sure if it's a blush brush...but it works for me! My mom gave it to me, so I'm sorry, I don't know where it came from =/. But you CAN find cheap ones at the drugstore.

Here's the one I use:

Well this finishes this blog post for cheap brush dupes for the face part 1. Next, I'll do the eyes, part 2. Stick around!

Review: Maybelline Super Stay Makeup

Hello everyone, sorry I haven't updated in a while, I was kind of busy with other things x.x. I was going to do a make up tutorial, but since I washed my all my make up brushes and they're still drying, I figured I'd do a review on my current foundation. But I have to say, I'm probably going to change to a different one within the next couple of weeks.

I got this foundation a while ago, like 2 or 3 months back. I was looking for a foundation that wouldn't go anywhere when I touched my face or when I sweated a little bit. And I have to say, for a drugstore product, it really works well. Below are my PROS and CONS of this product.

PROS

• Long Wearing
• Good Selection of colors
• Blends well
• Covers up well
• Comes off good

CONS

• If I wear it for too long, it makes me break out really bad
• I got a light shade, and it was too dark!
• Gets messy

Would I recommend this?Probably not. It does make me break out.
Would I repurchase?No.
That's all! I hope you enjoyed the review. I'll put up another post soon =].

Face Routine

Hey everyone, today I'd thought I'd share my face routine =]. It wasn't really requested, it was more of an idea. Well here we go!

First off, I have to say, all these opinions are my own, all products were bought with my own money. Everything I use on this blog has been bought with my own money. If it was sent to me, I will say so =].

Also, I use very cheap products and it works for me =].

For some background info, I have fair, oily/combination skin. I do break out, but not as often as I used to.

In the morning and night, I use the L'Oreal Go 360 deep cream cleanser. It's the pink and white one. I heard that it was for dry skin....but that was AFTER I had already bought it and used half the bottle XD. But it helps my skin get clean and that's all I care about =]. It also doesn't leave me running for my moisturizer after 2 seconds like past cleansers have. I totally reccomend this to anyone really.

For a moisturizer, I use the L'Oreal Daily Active moisturizer with SPF 15. I ran out and I tried to re-buy it, but I couldn't find it, so I bought something else. This moisturizer is the best I've ever had. It's oil free and it goes on SO SMOOTH. I love it. I can't start my day without it. It does however, after a few hours, make my skin get a little bit oily, but I don't mind it.

For taking off eye make up, I use the Lancome eye make up remover...the one in the blue bottle that you have to shake to mix it up. Sorry, I don't remember what it's called.

For taking off other make up. I use the Neutrogena waterproof make up remover wipes, these wipes get off EVERYTHING. I'm on like my 5th pack of them now XD.

That's basically my face routine. I hope you liked it =]. Comment below and let me know yours =]. Bye!

I'm still here =]

Sorry about no tutorials or anything guys! I've been kind of busy and I haven't had any time to do a new look for you =/. I was saving up my money to get some mac eyeshadows and I finally got them =D. I'm not going to do a tutorial on it though, sorry x.x. The look I did has already been done by juicystar07 and there's no sense in copying it when you can go and watch the video =P.

I got All that glitters, Bronze, and Beauty Marked. I just did the "Glamorous Camera Ready" make up look that juicystar07 did. So go to her channel and search it if you wanna see what it looks like =].

Well thanks for reading! I should have a new tutorial put up soon. Bye!

*Wearable Mermaid (blue and purple) eye make up look

Hey everyone, sorry for not updating in a long time...but I'm back and with a new tutorial =]. I did have 3 other tutorials lined up, but I really really like this look, so I thought I'd share it =].

List of products:

1. Kat Von D Memento Mori Palette


2. Prestige waterproof eyeliner in Granite


3. L'Oreal felt tip liquid liner


4. Too Faced Eye Shadow Insurance


5. Flatshader brush


6. Pencil brush


7. Blending brush


8. Covergirl lashblast mascarra in Very Black

The first thing you want to do is prime your eyes with a base. This will help the shadow stick to something, keep it from creasing and increase the vibrancy of the colors.

Next, using one of your fingers, take the color "True" It looks like a dark purple and it's a cream color. Take a little bit and put it all over your lid.

Take your flat shader brush, using one side of it, take the color solitude and put it over the entire lid, over the cream shadow.

Turn your flat shader brush over and take the color peggy, it's a turquise color and put it about 1/3 to 1/2 of the outer part of your eyelid.

Blend the two colors together.

Take your pencil brush, and take the color hard lucky, it's a mossy dark green and define your outer v with it, and put it over the turoquise color.

Blend well.

Line your eyes and then put on mascarra!

Have fun!

Bronze Fire Eye Makeup tutorial

Hey everyone, sorry for the delay on tutorials! I've been really busy lately because I graduate tomorrow! I can't wait =]. Me and my friend were talking about make up and I told her about the Covergirl smokey shadow blast and so I decided to do a tutorial on it. Sorry that the pictures kind of suck...my camera wouldn't cooperate with me -.-. Anyways, here we go!

List of products:

1. Covergirl smokey shadow blast in Bronze Fire


2. Covergirl lash blast volume in very black


3. Too faced eye shadow insurance


4. L'Oreal felt tip liquid liner

First off, I have to say, I don't particulary like this product. It has greaty color payoff, in person XD, but it creases almost instantly. As you can see in the picture below, the result of this tutorial, you can see that it already creased and I took pictures right away. But it's great to wear to the beach, since it'll come off easy or if you have non-oily lids, unlike me XD.

First, prime your eyes, this will help the shadow stick to your eye and not do a disappearing act.

So take "step 1" the lightest shade, and put it all over the lid.

Next, take "step 2" and put a few strokes of it into the crease, just dark enough to where you can see a distinct line.

Next, either take a eye shadow brush or your finger and blend it in, and pulling it out more, to give it that smokey effect.

Line your eyes and apply mascarra. That's it! It's relatively easy but the shadow doesn't last long, even with a primer.

Here's my result:

Unashamed Eye Make up tutorial

Hey everyone, heres a new tutorial =]. This makeup is pretty basic, since we really only use 4 products. This is like a pinky neutral color. But in person, it doesn't look neutral, I don't know how to explain it XD. Enjoy!

List of products:

1. Too Faced Eyeshadow primer


2. Flat shader brush


3. Blending brush


4. L'Oreal HIP Pigment in Unashamed


5. L'Oreal felt tip liquid liner


6. Covergirl lash blast mascarra in very black
   

The first step is to prime your eyes. This will keep the eyeshadow from creasing and increase the vibrancy of the color.

Take your flat shader brush and get the color all over it, tap off the excess, and put it all over your lid and into the crease very lightly.

Take your blending brush and blend out the harsh lines.

Line your eyes and put on mascarra and you're done! =]

Here's my outcome: