Friday, March 29, 2013

Too Faced Natural Palette +Tutorial

hey hey hey,
This palette I've had for so long, it was one of the first makeup products i saved up for and finally purchased on my shopping trip across the border. I love makeup and i love exploring different colors and trust me i have tried many different looks back in the preteen days, but i find myself always falling back into the neutral spectrum.
This palette will serve you one of the best neutral makeup looks, its got matte colors and shimmery colors. It also comes with mini note cards on different types of looks to try out, my favourite is the day time look, but i rarely follow it. I like to come up with my own looks :)  The quality of the eyeshadows are so smooth and velvety with great color pay off.
i constructed my own makeup look with this palette and here is the tutorial, i hope you enjoy it! :) 




Sweep Classic Shade across lid 
Ontop of the previous color apply Fashion 





With a blending brush blend in Push- Up into the crease


Add a matte highlight, Day shade


I used Sexpresso to line my upper and lower lash line, of course mascara. Brushed on some Benefit Coralista onto my cheeks to wrap up the look!


Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Mac studio fix Concealer vs Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer

Hello people,
Sorry I've been absent for so long I'm currently trying out products and got sick.
But I've been using Mac and Bobbi brown concealer for a year or so. They take awhile to finish up, especially the Mac one
I have had it for so long and I still haven't hit pan of it, it's seriously packed with so much product! Which is a good and bad thing.
The good thing is that I get my money's worth, the bad thing is that I'm not the biggest fan of it. It's not so bad on covering blemishes but in the eye are I find it dry and too dark.
Bobbi brown concealer is probably by far my favourite (from all I've tested out). It's superrrrr creamy and glides on nicely. I love it so much under the eye.

In the picture I put on my left eye Bobbi brown and on my right eye Mac
As you can see the eye with Bobbi brown looks bigger and more awake, there is more light.
The eye with Mac it looks smaller but it does conceal the dark circles well.
I prefer using Bobbi brown because of it's creamy consistency it's not on the cheap side thought, it costs I think around 25$? I'm not too sure on this I bought mine when I was in the states but I would repurchase it.

Regards,
Yara

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Burgundy lips makeup tutorial

Hello beauty addicts,
I recreated the very popular deep red lips in a more everyday type of makeup look.
So here's how I did it.
1. Do your foundation routine, I hardly wear foundation but if I do it's Macs studio fix powder.
2. Conceal any blemishes and eye area. I used Bobbi brown concealer. Love this product!
3. Lightly contour the face, under cheekbones, jaw line and temples. I used a matte bronzer, benefits hallula is my favourite!
4. Apply a peachy blush, or any kind of warm color I used a Mac one it's limited edition forgot the name :/ sorryyy
5. For the eyes I used a shimmery neutral color has some pink and brownish. Really soft color all over the lid. Then I took a soft brown color for the crease and blended it through. Then I took a darker color, satin taupe from Mac. Any darkish taupe color will do. And I focused this on the outer corner crease and blended it through. Finished it off with mascara
6. Now for the lips. First I applied a lip balm then I took new revlon suede lipstick in backstage. It dries up matter and a nice dark burgundy color
This look is very easy to wear and the lipstick isn't over dramatic not hard to pull off!
Try squeezing this look in before dark shades are officially pushed away for spring:)

Loves,
Yara





Monday, March 4, 2013

How to break a habit on only 21 days

We all have those habits we hate and can never get rid of. Some bite their nails, skip washing your face, not remove makeup etc
How can we fix out bad habits?? Well it takes 21 days to break any habit. Even smoking! Of course that's a large hard habit to break that would take motivation and will but its not impossible.
Don't attack the big things first, start with the small habits that are easier to tackle. This way it'll motivate you to continue breaking habits!
For example I had a bad habit of never flossing. I hated flossing it was yucky made me bleed, too much time and I just wasn't up for that every night.
So I began the 21 day cycle of breaking this habit. I really wanted to fix this and forced myself to stick to this plan. And now my brain has formed this task as a daily routine and now I floss my teeth everyday
When you perform tasks continuously your subconscious will realize oh I'm doing this alot let's keep that in check and continue this. Then you naturally without even thinking perform the task. The brain is truly fascinating!
I challenge you to take on a bad habit of yours and transform yourself in 21 days!

Yara