UPDATE!

so I haven't been blogging for a couple of weeks now because I've been super busy and sometimes you get wrapped up in the crap life throws your way, but I' m back! and will be posting things soon

A Little Look At My Makeup Collection

At some point soon I will do a makeup collection video, but this is just a little preview of it, a quick look into my collection. So lets dive it :)

1. This is my desk, which i now use primarily for makeup. I have my Conair light up mirror, a standard desk lamp, some of my home made palettes, my Ipod speakersd

2. This is the other side of the desk, I'm able to fit my computer on it and have some arts and crafts projects behind that.

3. This is my white board which is hanging above my desk. I wrote down all my home made palettes, and what is inside of them, so I don't have to go through each palette to find what I want to use.

4. Next to my desk I have a large entertainment center with different sized cubbies. One of the largest cubbies in the middle is the perfect size for everything I have thus far. 

5. I have 4 3-drawer sterilite units and on top I keep cotton balls, nail polish remover, an extra mirror and lots of makeup remover wipes.

6. The first drawer is filled with miscellaneous items. A nail file, purse mirror, tide to go pen, eyelash curlers. 

7. Below that is my foundations, tinted moisturizers and setting powders.

8. The next drawer is for my concealers and highlighters

9. The next drawer is for my blushers and bronzers

10. The next drawer is for lipsticks and lip liners

11. The last drawer in the first row if drawers is for lip glosses and lip balms

12. The second drawer is the second row of drawers is for smaller eye shadows palettes like my natural eye kit, NYX palettes, Milani, ect..

13. The next drawer is for my single shadows and mineral shadows

14. The next drawer is for my creme and gel eyeliners and also creme bases

15. This drawer is for my pencil and liquid eye liners and my eyebrow products

16. The last drawer is for my mascara, some are opened, most aren't and some are done but I'm saving them until I do a review. I also keep my favorite eyelash curler there.

17. Next to the drawers i have standard metal book ends and I use those to hold my larger palettes like Coastal Scents and my home made palettes (which are currently somewhere else.)

18. These are my home made palettes which should be between my book ends, but are on my desk. 

Well that's it for a little look at my collection, hope you enjoyed it.

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Shopping My Eye Shadow Stash EOTD #1: Wet N' Wild 6 Pan Palette in Pride

I was feeling the need to use COLOR on my lids, so what is better then the Pride palette by Wet N' Wild? It has lovely blues and sea-foam green colors, it reminds of a mermaid. I used the right side of the palette, the shimmer aide, putting the top shade in my inner corner and as a highlight; the middle shade all over my lid; and the bottom shade on the outer third of my eye and into my crease. Just a simple look, but I LOVE the colors. 

Hope you enjoy the look as well :)

 

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Shopping My Eye Shadow Stash Tutorial #1: Lancome Color Design Quad in Enchanted Evening

So I decided to kick off my "Shopping my Stash" series of tutorials with my Gold Palette, featuring some great shadows,but in this case I used the Lancome Color Design Quad in Enchanted Evening (the four top shadows shown below)

Is this a picture tutorial?

Yes

1.

 Using a flat eye shadow brush, or in my case a sponge tip applicator, take the pale pink color from the quad. Put that color in the corner of your eye and around your tear duct, feathering the color onto your lid. 

2.

Flip your flat shadow brush, or sponge tip applicator, over and take the pale gold color. Use patting motions to pack color all over the lid, stopping at the crease. 

3.

Take a crease brush and dip it into milk chocolate brown color and put the color in your outer v and work it into your crease, sweeping from outward to inward so as you get closer to the inner part of your eye the color is light.

4.

This part can be skipped if you're wearing this look during the day, or just don't want a darker look. Personally I wanted a darker look, so take another crease brush, or the same one as before, and dip it into a darker brown color, I used Darkhorse from the UD Naked Palette. Use the darker color to deepen your outer v and crease, only going 1/3 of the way into your crease. 

5.

Take a fluffy brush and dip into the lightest beige/ skin colored color. Use that as your highlight, so place it underneath your brows, I also brought it down to the corner of my eye/side of my nose because I have a shadow there.

6.

Using the same fluffy brush, BLEND!

7.

Using a flat eyeliner brush take the milk chocolate brown shade from the quad and put it on your lower lash line, going only 3/4 of the way in. 

8.

Curl your lashes.

9.

Put on mascara. I'm using Maybelline Pulse Perfection Waterproof Mascara.

Next just put on the rest of your face and take pictures! :)

Hope you enjoyed the look.

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