September Favourites

Hey Guys,
September is already done? Say What?
Well im excited for october because here in Canada we have thanksgiving coming up and i absolutely love this holiday, i mean who wouldn't its a day to over eat! I love to eat :P
Ive got some faves of the month, check them out :D

1. These colorful pens from Steadtler make note taking so much more fun and studying just a little prettier
2. EOS lip balms are so amazing, moisturizing and cute!
3. Bare Minerals pressed powder, im going to do a further review on this product but its my most favourite product this month, super amazing
4. Maybelline Falsies is just pure awesome
5. MAC blush in  EverSun, perfect fall shade

What are your favourites?

hearts,
Yara

Motivation Monday

Yayyy its Monday... said no one ever!

i stumbled upon this adorable picture-quote and found this soooooo extremely true to all the ladies!

do you guys agree? Let me know in the comments :D

have an awesome day  :D

hearts,
Yara

Purederm Q-10 Makeup Remover Wipes

Hello guys, 

I hope everyone is enjoying the official first week of fall:) The weather is decreasing slowly and sadly! 

But today I wanted to share with you a new product I found. It's from winners, okay yes I but a lot from winners -I work there- but there are really good products and they're all brand names. 

It's very affordable, $3.99 for 30 wipes and they're very large wipes. I'm super picky with makeup wipes because I do have sensitive skin and my eyes will sting and ache from makeup wipes. So whenever I find a makeup remover that doesn't hurt my eyes then I rave about it. 

This product is very gentle on the skin and doesn't sting your eyes. It removes everything! Obviously you'd want a makeup remover to do that lol. It has enzymes infused in the formula to revitalize skin so these wipes not only remove makeup but feed it as well. Double bonus! 

So I reccommend this product to all you ladies :) 

Cheers, 

Yara 

The Liebster Blog Award

Hey Lovelies,

So i was nominated for a Liebster Blog Award, its basically a tag for all bloggers who have less than 200 followers and its a way to give recognition to show how awesome their blogs are.

Here are the rules:
1) link back to the person who nominated you
2) Nominate 6-11 bloggers with less than 200 followers
3) Answer the 11 questions from the blogger that nominated you
4) Create 11 new questions for the bloggers you nominated and link back to them either through comment or email

Let the fun-ness begin! :)

Here are the questions i was asked...

1. What's your very favorite face primer that works amazingly with your skin type?
 Porefessional by Benefit, its so silky smooth


2. If you could only have 5 makeup products for a look, what would you use?
a) Erase Paste Concealer by Benefit
b) Lorac UnZipped Palette 
c) Falsies Mascara by Maybelline
d) Liquid Liner by Maybelline
e) Well Dressed Blush by MAC

3. What kind of fashion item(s) is/are your favorites?
-statement ring
-leggings 
-blazer
-skinny jeans
-jean jacket

4. Which store is your favorite, Sephora or Ulta?
sephora

5. What is your one holy grail skin care item?
Dove Moisturizing Soap 

6. Do you wear makeup everyday, or just when you have to go out of the house?
Just when i have to go out of the house

7. Have you ever been out of the country? If so, where did you go?
Yes ive been to the states a bunch of time and Lebanon

8. What interests do you have outside of beauty and makeup?
Reading

9. How do you often spend your free time?
looking at instagram pictures or twitter
 10. What is your favorite season and why?
I love summer and fall i cant choose between them, i love summer because of the warm weather and ice cream. I love fall because of the fall colors and makeup looks :)

11. What is your greatest achievement so far? 
Attending University 

You learned a little something about me now im gonna ask 11 new questions for the people ive nominated

1. What is your favourite makeup brand?
2. What product do you really want but cant afford?
3. Do you have a pet?
4. if you were stranded on an island what 3 beauty products would you keep?
5. What fashion item you most looking forward to rock this fall?
6. What are you more addicted to instagram or twitter?
7. Who's your celebrity girl crush?
8. What color describes your personality ?
9. What is your favourite food?
10. Top 5 places you want to travel to ?
11. What would you rather do shop for makeup or shop for clothing?

I tag these lovely ladies!
1. Elizabeth: Beauty and Beyond
2. Bits 'n' Beautys
3.Casual Beauty
4.Charming Silence
5.Beautifully Shallow
6.Dream. Live. Repeat
7. Jessica Rocha
8. Mascara Warrior
9.Missmacbeauty
10.sweets of life
11.JazEmia

Have Fun!
Yara

Fall makeup tutorial

Heyyyyy

Who's happy for the cooler weather??? I am! It's sweater season yayyy! 

The temperature is decreasing and the color intensity is increasing! And with this look I'm creating a sexy sultry smokey eye with two great colors; grey and purple. 

If you have brown eyes then this tutorial will look so amazing because purple compliments the brown eyes;) 

So lets begin...

I'm using this palette from topshop has two champagne-y colors and an eggplant purple and grey. Super fall! 

The makeup i used

Of course before all the eye makeup you prep your face up with your normal foundation routine. I just applied concealer and used a purple-y cream shadow base. 

I began with concentrating on the crease and started applying the purple shade. Starting from the outer corner of the eye and making a v-shape extending it from the corner of the eye into the crease. Keep blending it out creating a soft smokey effect. 

Next I took the grey shade and applied a little onto the purple darkening it up. Keep applying both shades to reach your desired shade. 

Next I applied the champagne color onto my lid and the lightest color onto my eyebrow bone to highlight. 

Finish off with a light liner on the upper lash line and bottom. And apply mascara 

For the face I kept it simple, chose my favourite dark-ish shade of blush by MAC 

And I also softly contoured my face with benefit hoola bronzer 

For lips I kept it simple as well, lined my lips with a natural lip color and used a neutral lipstick color.

That's pretty much the makeup look something super pretty to wear at night or even during the day! You have the control on how far you want to take your makeup! 

Yara ❤

School handbag tips

Hey guys, 

So it's back to school clearly and if you guys don't know I go to York university. And some of the things I find hard to find is a good bag to take to school. 

Of course the iconic back bag is useful but it becomes a problem for me. I always need to take out my wallet to buy lunch or for the bus and having a back bag made the process so much harder. So I reverted back to just a handbag because it was the easiest. It's hard to find a good handbag to take to school because you want it to be able to hold alot of things but at the same time be comfortable. Here are my tips on finding an ideal bag for you. 

Find a long bag, there will be much more storage space verses a horizontal sized bag because you're textbook and notebooks are vertically longer than the width so it makes sense to find a purse that compliments that. 

Make sure the straps are decent thickness so that the weight won't be too straining on your shoulders 

Overall invest in a high quality bag. Trust me I've had my fair share in bags and buying cheap bags are not worth it. Don't waste your money on bags that have no quality. There's a reason higher brand names are more expensive it's not just for the name, but it's because of the quality in designing it is much more higher. 

I always get OMG Yara you spent that much on a bag? And for school? Ummm yeah I'm gonna spend that lump sum of money on one bag because its gonna save me money in the long run. Buying an expensive bag will be worth it because its going to stop you from buying the cheap bag that will break and rip in a month or so. 

Invest in a bag that you know the quality is great and durable. Don't get just because of name but base it on durability. 

I've been eyeing Michael Kors tote bag forever and never bought it until this year. People are like you crazy spending that money on a bag for school? It's not only for school I can use it to go out as well. 

Find a bag that will have multiple uses, the more uses you can come up with the more reason to buy it. If you can think of many reasons why the bag is good to invest in that the price of it will look much more cheaper because you will be gaining a lot from it. 

This Michael Kors bag I know is great for school because its big and strong and made with high quality products. 

I know that LongChamp bags are very durable too and worth the money to use for school or travel and even general fashion! 

I hope this post was useful in any way! 

-Yara ❤

Favourite Fall Lip Products

          

Hey Guys,

Fall is pretty much around the corner and that means changing your makeup colours. I love fall for the following reasons, for the fashion and makeup oh and awesome new tv series! - cant wait for vampire diaries :D!!
Fall is all about the darker shades and you can count on the biggest color trend for the fall time is the same as last year - Ox Blood! Its so gorgeous with makeup and as many different fashion items.
So my picks for fall lip colors are these amazing babies that you should definitely try out, always try coming out of your comfort zone once in awhile you never know what looks amazing on you unless you try it out!

1) The Famous All Around Prefect "Red" Shade
Every girl needs to find the perfect red shade, red is an all year round color and will never go out of style. Its a beauty product staple to have and my favourite lipsticks in red are MAC: Russian Red and Chanel: Rouge Coco Gabrielle 19

                                          

2) Maroon Shade
This is a big trend happening again for fall this year and it is a deeeeeeeep shade of red, maroon is so sultry on the lips, pulls your makeup all together! But of course ox blood and maroon shades are kind of scary to try out thats why start of slow, go for a lighter shade to ox blood something more closer to your comfort zone.  My favourite is by Revlon ColorStay Ultimate Suede: Backstage

                                                 

3) Bright Darkish Pink
Okay my description kinda collapses on itself but its hard to explain this shade, its by MAC: Girl About Town, its a bright pink but its more on the darker side of pink. Its Amplified thats why i say its bright but sometimes you want that pop of color during fall and this is an awesome pop of colour, its more of a fall color.

                                           

4) Berry Stain
Lip Stains are so awesome during the fall and winter time, and Revlon has an awesome line full of lip stains. You definitely need to invest in berry colors because they are so in during the fall time. My favourite is Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain: Crush

                                         

Here are the swatches to all the products

                                   

starting from the top

Revlon Colorstay: Backstage

Revlon Just bitten : Crush

MAC: Girl About Town

Chanel: Gabrielle

MAC: Russian Red 

Hope you enjoyed it,

-Yara 

Nume Straightener Review

Hey Guys,

Ive been meaning to write this post for a long time but it always slipped my mind but here it is!
This straightener is amazing, like so amazing guys you don't understand! And the story behind it is crazy coincidence, i was at Winners and i found this straighter and it was for $40 which was great and i go to check it out and it was $20!!!! Compared to its original price of like $200!!! Crazy catch and i go home to test it out and it worked so perfectly, i was overjoyed!

Nume is a great line for curlers and straighteners, and the one i have is pink silhouette one, its 100% ceramic plates its 1 1/4 sized plates, goes up to 410 degrees.
It heats up super fast and contains that heat thorugh-out the whole hair styling time. it glides on smoothly and with just one stroke its already pretty straightened.

I have curly hair and it takes me awhile to straighten my whole head but with this straightener it takes me 25min and thats amazing compared to normally taking me 45 mim or more!
Its a great product for curly haired girls because it'll cut the styling time in half! And we all need that extra time somewhere... perhaps makeup?

Here's how it makes my hair look...

I strongly recommend this product to everyone and it is curly and thick hair certified! Im planning to check out their curlers because i heard great reviews on them as well!

-Yara

More Simple Back To School Makeup

OMG!!
School is tomorrow for so many of you kids haha mine isnt until next week, YAY ME!
So i came up with another simple makeup look great for school, i hope youll enjoy it!

1) Conceal the under eye area and other blemishes, im using Erase Paste by Benefit
2) Apply an eyeshadow base, like Stay Dont Spray by Benefit
3) Using a crease brush work a soft brown into the crease im using one by Pixi
4) Apply a brownish/beige sparkley eyeshadow to the lid, i used All That Glitters by MAC
5) Line upper lash line with a black liner
6) Apply 2 coats of mascara, im using Falsies by Maybelline
7) Smudge in a taupe liner in bottom lash line, im using Taupe by Rimmel
8)Using a powder brush apply Bronzer on temples and cheekbones, slightly contouring your face. Im using Hoola by Benefit
9) Apply blush, im using Coralista by Benefit
10) Highlight the face, im using Soft and Gentle by MAC

So this is very easy to put together and gives a great clean look for school or work! I hope you like it!
-Yara