Tutorial: Smokey Eye With Anastasia Beverly Hills Catwalk Palette

I cannot get enough of this palette by Anastasia Beverly Hills.  All the colors are up my alley, it literally is my go-to palette at the moment.  I've created everyday looks to dark smokey makeups such as this tutorial that I am sharing with all of you today.

I was looking through all of my tutorials and it seems like I haven't done a dark smokey one in awhile plus I haven't done a YouTube tutorial FOREVER! I do apologize for the lack of videos, but remember you can always follow me on Instagram.  I guess the reason why I hate making videos is because I always get stuck on what to show you guys! BLAH! Plus I hate editing, it's more of a love/hate relationship.

Anyways, lets get back to to the look.

This is how the palette looks, the colors are pretty right?

Here is a close-up of my face with all the products that I used to create the look.

If you don't have a frosted white eye shadow in your makeup collection you need one! White instantly opens up the eyes.  Take a look at my Spring/Summer Trend look here where I use white eye shadow on my lid.

If you would like a list of the products I used here ya go!
Anastasia Beverly Hills Catwalk Palette
MAC White Frost Eye Shadow (inner highlighter)
MAC Studio Sculpt Lash
Em Cosmetics Waterliner
House of Lashes Pixie Luxe
NYX Butter Lipstick Snow Cap
NYX Butter Gloss Fortune Cookie
MAC Cosmetics Style Blush
MAC Cosmetics Mineralize Skinfinish Soft n Gentle

Did you see the cute VILLABEAUTIFFUL customized compact by Case Envy? I am so in love and I handle it with care when I use it.  Ev, really took care of me and wanted to make sure I was happy with my compact.  She went above and beyond to make sure it was exactly what I wanted.  So pleased to have done business with her.  She's amazing. To order yours please contact caseenvy@yahoo.com

 

I love anything Rose Gold so when I was sent these beautiful beautiful brushes from LuxieLush, I was in heaven!!! These are the brushes that I used to create this look in my video.  You get 12 brushes for eyes and lips with the brush cylinder case - a full set to complete a full makeup look.  The brushes are super soft and made very well. I always feel guilty using these brushes because they are just too pretty to use!

MOTD: smokey eye Anastasia Beverly Hills Catwalk Palette

I created this look with the Anastasia Beverly Hills Catwalk Palette which is a gorgeous palette! I really like now there are a variety of different colors and just not filled with all neutrals. 

Here are the details of the eye look 

Anastasia Beverly Hills Catwalk Palette - RTW, Beauty Marked and LBD

MAC white frost eye shadow as a highlight 

Violet Voss glitter in Golden Fairy and Goldie 

House of lashes  Noir Fairy lashes with Heartbreaker  stacked 

Can you believe this picture was taken with an iPhone 5? I try to use my husbands's iPhone when he is home because I love the results. I still have the 4 and the clarity of the photo is not as nice as the 5. 

Do you like the Catwalk palette? If so what are you favorite shadow combinations?     

Spring 2014 Makeup Trends & $150 Nordstrom Gift Card Giveaway

Can you believe Spring is already here? Time to put away the heavy sweaters, wool coats, and snow boots (I hope for those of you on the E.Coast) and bring out the airy, pastel hue dresses, and blouses.  Now that you have your fashion pieces all squared away what about your accessories? A great way to accessories your spring fashion wardrobe is to change up your makeup! This season's makeup trends are all very wearable and will complement all skin tones.  I attended Nordstrom's Spring Trend Show over the weekend so I was inspired  break down some of my favorite looks that I compiled into 1 look. And yes, there is a giveaway at the end of the post!!

 GLOWING SKIN

Glowing skin was revealed on the spring 2014 runway at 3.1 Phillip Lim and
Christian Siriano S/S 2014 Collection . The look is the sheer coverage foundation - no makeup look but with a touch of luminosity. Your skin just glows just like in front of candlelight. It is fresh and organic looking.

To recreate a glowy look at home is so easy! 1 product is all you really need - MAC Cream Color Base in Pearl.  The product is a multipurpose cream that can be used on it's own, with foundation, as an eye shadow base or simple as an highlighter as I did here.  Pearl can be applied  with your finger (the warmth of your finger helps blend out the product) to the higher plains of the face.  Just a few light touches is all you need. 

BRIGHT WHITE

Brighten up your eye makeup with soft washes of iridescent whites on the lid paired with pastel eye shadows just like models from Alice + Olivia and Isabel Marant at NYFW.  To keep white from looking stark pair with what you are familiar and comfortable with - neutrals.  If you are still uncertain about white use it as a highlighter towards the inner tearduct  and under the brow bone.  The models above wear the white nicely!

I love using eye shadow to brighten up the eye, even just placed on the lid it really does make a difference.  My favorite white eye shadow is MAC White Frost.  The color is a bright white with icy shimmer ( no sparkles in this one, just a frost finish). If you are having difficulty with the white shadow to stay as vivid like mine in the picture make sure you use an eye shadow base before.  Everyone always wants to know how to make their eyes appear brighter, wider, more awake.  Lining your waterline with a white eyliner such as MAC Fascinating Eye Kohl will do exactly that.  It does get some use to but once you get the hang of it you will notice a big difference.  A little tip - try to keep the liner right in the waterline. Then take your everyday eyeliner right where your lashes begin to grow to make your lashes look fuller.


CAT EYE LINER

 It seems like everywhere you go you will see someone with a winged out, cat eye liner. It really adds some shape and dimension to your eye looks just like these looks from Tracy Reese and Rodarte from their 2014 Spring collections.  Always a classic look that is timeless but with lots of detail. 

 If you are scared using a liquid liner no worries! MAC Smolder Eye Kohl is a cult favorite.  It is an extreme black eye pencil that is perfect for blending out to create a smokey look or to wing out with an eyeliner brush.  This isn't waterproof so try to keep it out of the waterline or else you will have little raccoon eyes.

ORANGE POP LIPS

While researching for this post this was probably the most popular look found all over the runways especally at John Galliano and Dennis Basso for  Spring 2014 NYFW.  The orange is so striking and makes a bold statement against a perfect flawless face.  Women don't tend to gravitate to an orange lipstick but it complements different skin tones very well.  If you can't do a bright neon organge, look for a pinkish/orange or a reddish/orange that is more on your comfort level.

 Ever since my honeymoon to the Philippines I have been into brighter lips.  But for some reason I didn't even have true bright orange lipstick in my collection! I had to get MAC Morange Lipstick when I was at the Nordstrom Trend Show  to add to my lipstick collection  If you are not comfortable with a brighter lip, just blot some of the remaining pigment on a tissue.  You can even just apply the color to the center of the lips and press your lips together to move the color around.  I love this color on me and it really complemented the eyes very well!



I hope you guys enjoyed my rundown on some of my favorite spring 2014 makeup trends and how you can achieve it with MAC Makeup!  Now it's time to go shopping to revamp your makeup/beauty Spring Essentials! I love shopping for beauty products at Nordstrom because it's one stop shop for all your department store cosmetics, like MAC.  You can find Nordstrom coupon codes  and any sale information on coupons.com. Also if  you get the chance to go to a Spring Trend Show do it!!

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Tutorial: Urban Decay Naked 3 Smokey Eye

Want some more Naked 3 looks? You got it! This look is all about a smokey eye using 2  of my favorite colors from the palette- Mugshot and Blackheart.   I also added a touch of glitter for a fun look for the holidays or any special occasion where you want to shine!


Take a peak at the video and all the products are listed below!



Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette
Strange, Nooner, Mugshot, Darkside, Blackheart
Urban Decay 27/7 Eyeliner Zero
Urban Decay Primer Potion
Ardell Double Up Lashes 204
MAC Day Gleam Pressed Pigment
Violet Voss Cosmetics Glitter Goldie

City Color Cosmetics Be Matte Toasted Coconut Bronzer

Urban Decay Naked Lipstick

Tutorial: Urban Decay Cosmetics Naked 3 Everyday Makeup

Just wanted to post this real quick for all of you.  I knew the new UD Naked 3 Eye Shadow Palette would be popular but I didn't know it would this BIG! I really like this palette because it's still has your neutral tones but with a little more color like the pink hues.  For those of you wanting to get some inspiration for an everyday look (I know some of you might not think this is an everyday look, but you have the choice to make it less dramatic) with the palette watch my tutorial below! I will be posting a smokey look soon so make sure you subscribe to my YouTube Channel

Urban Decay Naked 2 Eye Shadows:

Strange - Highlight

Burnout - Lid

Limit - Overall crease and above crease

Factory - outer half of eye and crease

Darkside - very corner of eye to darken

Rimmel Scandale Eyes Nude Waterproof Kohl Liner

Urban Decay 24/7 Whisky Eye Liner

Urban Decay Big Fatty Mascara - Top

MAC Extended Play Lash - Bottom

Flutter Lashes Abbie

City Color Multi-Color Blush Baby Pink

MAC Mineralze Blush Cheek & Cheerful

Urban Decay 24/7 Lip Liner Naked

Revlon Colorburst Matte Balm Ellusive

MAC Cremestick Lip Liner Plum Soft for definition

Tutorial: Get Ready With Me Soft Smokey Purple Cat Eye

 

I recently changed my hair color and I am so happy I did!  I grew out my hair for my wedding and 2 days after I cut it back to my short hair.  I love short hair, but I do wish at times I had long hair to curl it like those celebrities. :D  Do you bored with your hair and always want change? I do! I get bored easily.  Instead of changing the cut I just change the color, thanks to my good friend/stylist Thuy from 44th Street Salon.  She has been my stylist now for over a year and has been a very good friend.  She even did my hair for my wedding, I wouldn't want anyone else to do it but her. I'm thinking about doing some hair tutorials for short hair.  Just some ways that I do my hair for the short Bob sporting ladies. :D It's hard to know what to do with your hair! 

Thuy gave me some magenta highlights right in the front and I wanted to do something that will really compliment the hair.  At first I wanted to do all purple but then that's way too much purple going around.  I decided on MAC Sable Eyeshadow has a lid color and then added some additional colors to define and darken.  

This is my favorite look! It just blends so nicely together!

I think the lashes really give the eye makeup more detail.  

I thought they would be too long when I first saw them but 

look how great they turned out!

Eyemimo NTR27 false eyelashes

I always get asked to get a clean edge when doing a cat eye/arabic eye. 

Use scotch tape! Yes Genius!

Take a peek at the video to learn how to achieve this look

Can't forget about the products!

Primer

Smashbox Photo Finish Luminizing Primer
Too Faced Eye Shadow Insurance Eye Primer

Eyes
MAC Cosmetics Eye Shadow Sable - lid
MAC Cosmetics Eye Shadow Saddle - all over crease
MAC Cosmetics Eye Shadow Sketch -half of lid
MAC Cosmetics Eye Shadow Beauty Marked - end of eye
MAC Cosmetics Eye Shadow Ricepaper mixed with Crystal Avalanche - highlight
MAC Cosmetics Pressed Pigment Black Plum - lid
Eyemimo NTR27 false eyelashes


Face (I am a NC40/NC42 MAC Foundation)
NYX Cosmetics Stay Matte But Not Flat Foundation 07 Warm Beige LA Girl Pro Conceal Cool Tan - under eyes
LA Girl Pro Conceal Medium Beige - highlight
LA Girl Pro Conceal Beautiful Bronze - Contour
MAC Cosmetics Melba Blush

Lips
MAC Cosmetics Pro Longwear Concealer Etcetera all over liner
MAC Cosmetics Cremestick Liner Cremola - Definition
MAC Cosmetics SISS Lipstick (the best nude lipstick for NC40/NC42 skintone)

Do you change your eye makeup when you change your hair style or hair color?

Tutorial/Get Ready With me - Shimmer Rose Makeup with MAC Rose Pigment

Last weekend I was cleaning out my makeup collection and I came across MAC Rose Pigment.  I totally forgot about this color and I remember it use to be one of my favorite pigments.  It is a beautiful pinkish golden infused pigment.  I really wanted to use this color for a tutorial since I need to add some "colorful" looks for my Youtube channel.

I have been getting so many requests for more videos.  I give a lot of credit to the beauties who can produce and edit a couple of videos a week and at the same time be able to manage everyday life.  It's like a 2nd job to blog, film, and post.  I recently made a schedule for myself - every Thursday 1 YouTube tutorial and at least a couple times a week for posts.  So far I've been able to do this without any problems.   It's such a great feeling getting so much support from you guys, I appreciate it so much! It really makes me want to do more and more, and I am working so hard to give you guys what you want! :) So instead of video where I talk the whole time I might as well do a "getting ready with me" makeup video.  At least you can see how I achieve a full look.  The speed is pretty fast but you can pretty much see all the steps that I am doing. I am interested how you guys like this ...

The list of all the products that I used for this look:
Eyes:
MAC  Soft Brown Eye Shadow
MAC  Sketch Eye Shadow
MAC Shadowy Lady Eye Shadow
MAC All That Glitters Eye Shadow
MAC  Phloof Eye Shadow
MAC Rose Pigment
MAC Twinks Eyeshadow
Motives Allure Paint Pot Mineral Eye Shadow
Rimmel Scandal Eye Waterproof Kohl Kajal Eye Liner
Motives Liquid Eye Liner
House of Lashes Doll Face Lashes

Face:
Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer
NYX Cosmetics 06 Natural Beige
MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC40
MAC NC25 Studio Finish Concealer
MAC NC45 Studio Finish Concealer
Motives Runway Blush
Sleek Face Contour Kit Medium

Lips:
Urban Decay Naked Glide On Lip Liner
NYX Cosmetics Nude Truffle Lip Liner
Motives Pink Sand Rich Formula Lipstick
Motives Rose Mineral Lip Shine

Brushes with brownish beige handles - Hair and Makeup Addiction

Tutorial: My Eyebrow Routine - easy, waterproof and long lasting

I decided to make a tutorial on a question that I get asked a lot - "how do you do your eyebrows? or "what products do you use for your eyebrows?" To tell you the truth I hate doing my eye brows.. yes I hate doing them.  If you have been following me from the very beginning you can tell my eye brows went through a transformation.  When I first started MOTD's on Instagram I  didn't really pay much attention to my brows, maybe just a light fill in but that was about it. There's just something about me and my brows.  I do not have a problem doing brows on other people, but on myself is a whole different story.  Since I was a teenager I have always been self conscious about my eyebrows.  I was the culprit of over tweezing my brows or being complete opposite of not doing anything with my brows.  Then BOOM the eyebrow Gods came to me and I was determined to have nice defined brows that I see all over Instagram.  After going through a few products I found the ones that worked the best for me.

Now it's time to watch the video, I make it easy I promise

Products used: 

Makeup Forever Aqua Brow Corrector 30

Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz Brunette 

MAC Studio Fix Concealer NC30

MAC Mineralize Concealer NW30

Would love to know what other tips/tricks you would like to learn!

MOTD: Motives Cosmetics Fall Look with My Beauty Weapon Eyeshadow Palette

Makeup of day features Motives Cosmetics products to create this fall inspired smokey eye. Here are the products that I used to create this look.

For the eyes the  Shadows  are Smoke (lid) Smokey (inside the crease), Chocolate (above crease) all from the Motives My Beauty Weapon Palette.  This palette is wonderful! You can really create a variety of looks from natural to super glam.  Another thing I like about this palette is the matte shades, super pigmented! Make sure you use a really good base for Smoke to adhere to.  Even using a gel eyeliner, or cream black shadow will really help.  Liquid Liner in Noir.  Brows are from  Anastasia Beverly Hills Tinted Brow Gel Espresso and Brow Genius Kit in Brunette.

I wanted to show you the Pixie Lashes from House of Lashes up close.  These are my favorite to wear for a dramatic look as the lashes really compliment the darkness of the colors.  Length and fullness you have it all in 1 package.

                               Blush: Motives Runway Blush

Lips: MAC Cosmetics Oak Lip Liner with Motives Toasty Delight Lip Gloss

MOTD: MAC Cosmetics Up The Amp Lipstick

Over the weekend I was cleaning out my lipstick collection and  I found  Up The Amp MAC Lipstick.  I always forget about this color and how beautiful it looks with plum liner. I remember when I use to work for MAC customers won't be so scared to wear this color! Looks fabulous on medium to dark skin tones ( I am a NC40 in MAC foundations). The plum liner complimented the lipstick very well by creating a deeper tone around the lip which created definition.

 For the eyes I Paired it with a smokey brown eye for fall and Faux Lash lashes in Sasha.  Can't forget about my brows.  My ultimate go-to brow products Anastasia Beverly Hills Brows Tinted Brow Gel Espresso and Brow Genius Kit in Brunette. 

I think I need to do more lip makeup of the days ... I have tons of lipsticks. Lol 

MOTD: Prom Makeup Mint Green Dress

 I love Stephanie's prom dress color, it is a light mint green.  I didn't want to do a heavy makeup style for this dress but instead I opted for something more light and spring like.  I wish the camera captured the pretty golden shimmery shadow around the eye and the glitter.  It looks so pretty in person.  MAC Creme Cup Lipstick is my favorite all around light pink lipstick as it looks great on everyone.

MAC Vanilla Pigment - Lid
MAC Reflects Glitter Reflects Gold
MAC Mylar Eye Shadow - Highlight
MAC Guacamole - Crease
MAC Swimming - defined crease
MAC Fascinating Eye Pencil - Waterline
MAC Creme Cup Lipstick
Lashes In a Box  #2 lashes www.lashesinabox.com

MOTD: Prom 2013 Makeup Inspiration

My prom was over 10 years ago (wow, really has it been that long?) I remember trying to think how I wanted my hair and makeup done but during that time there was only Seventeen and Teen magazine to look for inspiration.  Now all these teenagers have amazing sources for hair and makeup inspiration via the internet.  During the next couple of months (April-June) I will be posting a look to complement a dress that one of my followers have tagged on Instagram.  Thought this would be a good way for me to start doing daily MOTD'S again :)

Here are some of my past MOTD'S that would be great for this year's Prom Season

Eye Kandy Cosmetics Star Dust Mineral Sprinkles

MAC Cosmetics Swiss Chocolate Eye Shadow

MAC Carbon Eye Shadow

NYX Love In Paris Madelines and Macaroons
NYX Glossy Brown Eye Liner
NYX Illuminator Narcissistic
NYX Butter Gloss Cherry Pie
NYX Stay Matte But Not Flat Liquid Foundation

Urban Decay Vice Palette - Noise, Vice, Chaos

ELF 144 Eye Shadow Palette 

MAC Ricepaper Eye Shadow

MAC Amber Lights Eye Shadow

MAC Carbon Eye Shadow

NYX Bloody Mary Matte Lipstick

Shadows are from the iDivine Sleek Makeup Palette Snapshot.

NYX White Eye Shadow Base (my favorite!)
NYX Nude Eye Shadow - highlight
NYX Purple Eye Shadow -  crease
NYX Charcoal  Loose Pearl Eye Shadow -   lid 

houseoflashes  doll face lashes www.thehouseoflashes.com

NYX Milk Jumbo Eye Pencil (primer liner in water line)
NYX Vanilla Sky Eye Shadow - Highlight
NYX Love in Florence / Gelato For Two Eye Shadow Palette
NYX Kohl Kajal Brown Eye Liner
NYX Xtreme Nude Peach Lip Creme (my favorite lip color of all time! The lasting power is amazing!!)

MOTD: MAC Chrome Yellow Eye Shadow w/ MAC Candy Yum Yum

Today's look is a color all of you have been asking me to use! The colors that I used for this look are a bright yellow (MAC Chrome Yellow) and a pop of blue drop shadow (MAC Freshwater with Eye Kandy Glitter Sour Apple)  Highlight (MAC Mylar Eye Shadow)  Crease (MAC Soft Brown Eye Shadow) Bright pink lips (MAC Candy Yum Yum) to pair with this colorful look.  New featured lashes from Lashes In A Box #4. www.lashesinabox.com Hope you guys like

Tutorial: 2013 Pantone Color of the Year EMERALD

PANTONE 17-5641 Emerald, a lively, radiant, lush green, is the Color of the Year for 2013. (according to their website). You will see this color everywhere from fashion to home textiles.

What is Pantone you ask? "Pantone is a standardized color matching system, utilizing the Pantone numbering system for identifying colors. By standardizing the colors, different manufacturers in different locations can all reference a Pantone numbered color, making sure colors match without direct contact with one another." (http://www.colorguides.net/pantone.html). Every year the company comes out with selected colors to feature for the season and one for the year. To learn more about Pantone please click  http://www.pantone.com/pages/index.aspx?pg=21055

 I really love how rich this color is, it's a great color to work in your makeup routine.  If you are not brave enough to try the Emerald all over your eye try applying it as an eyeliner for a pop of color.  The possibilities are endless.

I will be focusing on all the Spring 2013 Fashion Color Report Colors below for future videos and MOTD'S. I love all the colors and can't wait to create some amazing looks for all of you.

Here are the products that I used to create this look:

Infallible golden emerald, endless pearl, iced latte
Elf 144 eye shadow palette matte green
Maybelline Fit Foundation 310 (I am usually a MAC Nc40/NC42
Revlon photo ready bb cream medium
Model 21 eyelashes 19t 31
Wet n wild goddess bronzer
Elf blush tickled pink