Feeling Crampy?

"Omg is that a Zit! Damn I'm craving me some French fries actually no I want Nutella, omg look at the burger!!"  - said by ever single girl experiencing hell once a month! 

Menstruation is seriously the most annoying, most painful (okay maybe not mostttttt painful but still so painful!) torture us girls have to endure every single month! And yes I'm writing this post while I'm on the red! 

Well I have a few things to share with you on how to ease up the pain and torture of this fabulous gift. 

Motrin 

This is my best friend, targets menstrual pain and nothing else works for me. Advil and Tylenol can't do anything while I'm on my P! Pop 2 pills of Motrin and in probably 30-45 I'll start feeling less needles being stabbed in my uterus:) 

Cinnamon Leaf Essential Oil 

Newly discovered trick, but smelling this oil you begin to feel more relaxed and less tense. I actually feel less pain while smelling the scent. Thing is you have to keep smelling it if you want to feel relaxed. Because when I stopped smelling it I started feeling the pain come back. What I do is lay down and just smell the oil and it starts calming you down and the pain lessens as you keep inhaling. 

Green Tea

This tea is just a fighter, helps with everything and just makes you feel so much more relaxed. Especially resting the heat of the cup on your stomach just makes the world of pain spin less! 

Pillows 

This is just a gift, pillows are my best friend when I'm dying of cramps. Plomp onto your bed and squeeze pillows under your belly and just scroll through Instagram is the lifeeee lol! 

Everyday Loose Curls

Hello Girlies,

Loose curls are the most effortless yet put together hair looks ever. You can look like a bohemian beach babe and with that same hairstyle class it up to a CEO gal. 

I love love love loveeeee my Nume Curling Wand, I got it at Winners it came in a 3 pack, 1/4 in, 1/2in and 1.5in wands. And they're interchangeable so it just comes with one base and then the 3 different wands. I got it for 70$ I believe which is an amazzzzzing deal for 3 different sized wands!! Especially by Nume:) 

How I achieve everyday curls is by having semi straightened hair, I naturally have curly/wavey hair so I just try to tame it down with my straightener and make it more easier to work with to curl. 

Now if I want to achieve the very loose waves then I use the 1.5 in wand but I usually like a little more bounce so I will take thicker sections in the bottom of my hair and curl with the 1in wand. 

Towards the middle and top of my hair I take smaller pieces. I alternate in the direction I curl, so I'll curl toward my face and outwards. 

When I'm done which is like 25 min with this curler ( it's awesome because my hair is thick) I will flip it down and just shake my hair, it adds volume and I run my fingers through to loosen it up voilá my everyday curls :) 

                                          

My Top 5 Makeup Brushes

                               

Hello Beauties,

If you're like me I loveeeee makeup brushes, if I had all the money in the world boy would I splurge on some nice brushes. But I'm a student on a budget so I get what I can. For makeup brushes you need to have the mindset that they are an investment into your beauty regime. You want quality, results and ease therefore, it means taking some time to properly research and save up for the right tool. My motto for any purchase is Quality over Quantity and that goes for many things, but when it comes to beauty tools it should be well thought out. 

In the beginning of getting into makeup in my mind I was like, " Why the hell would I spend 40-50$ on a single brush when I can buy a purse with that". But you got to think of it as an investment into your look, you want flawless results you need to invest in quality tools; plus they last forever with the proper care.

So here are my top 5 brushes:

1. Sephora Pro Flawless Airbrush 56- 40$

                            

Buffs your foundation beautifully and doesn't leave any lines- I love this brush

2. Sephora Pro Flawless Concealer 57-30$

                              

Amazing at blending in concealer under the eye- can't live without this brush

3.Sigma Large Angles Contour F40- 22$

                          

I think this is my favourite brush of them all, its the best at applying blush/bronzer so effortlessly 

4.MAC Flat Shader 239- 25$

                             

Great to apply an even amount of colour all over the lid

5. MAC Blending Brush 217- 24$

                       

Best blending brush I have ever tried, so easy and perfect size for any eye.

Night Time SkinCare Routine

Hello :)

Today I will be sharing what I do to my skin every night, personal much? LOL
I am not one who has a very disciplined routine to come with my skincare because I'm so lazy when it comes to that step. But I have developed a routine which is easy for me to stick by and actually do nightly. What I only do at night to my skin is moisturize because when I come out of the shower my skin feels so dry and stiff I need to deeply moisturize it. So I use 2 products every night, the first is 100% Pure Argan Oil Light by Josie Maran and I apply 2 drops of the oil and pat it down on my skin. Next I use Sephora Intensive Instant Moisturizer and apply it over my face and have that soak in. It gives me a soft canvas to sleep on and wake up with moisturized skin.  I will apply vaseline onto my lips as well because I always have chapped lips. And that's basically it for my skincare routine if I have any breakouts I will apply Clearisil Vanishing Cream onto the spots and sleep overnight. Other than that my skincare routine is very simple and for me I need it to be as little steps as possible or else I will have no motivation to do it.
                

Product Review: Naked Basics Palette

Hey Guys,

Urban Decay has probably one of the best pigmented shadow palettes and they came out with a palette exclusively for matte shadows. This is version 1 I am reviewing and they recently came out with a second one, it has more taupe-y shades versus the first palette.

I went through a phase where I only used shimmery shadows but using this palette redefined my taste in makeup. This palette will help you achieve classy, sophisticated put together looks in just minutes. I love this palette so much, its my go to whenever I want simple fast eye makeup. My favourite shade is Naked 2 I just apply it all over my lid with a winged liner and it makes me look like I've put effort into my makeup when I really didn't :P
Here are the swatches of this palette, they're very creamy and blend beautifully. Definitely worth the buy :)

Venus, Foxy, W.O.S, Naked 2, Faint, Crave

Favourite Instagram Accounts

Hey Loves,

I don't know about you, but I'm loving instagram.... k I tried singing that like Taylor Swifts song 22 #totalfail. Anyways in all seriousness I am loving instagram, I mean I always enjoyed the app but more recently been more addicted to it because I found new accounts and I love their pictures. Here are a few of my favourite accounts I'm following:

Huda Beauty

                                    

                                          

                                       

DollHouseDubai

                                      

                               

                                 

MakeupByMaya

                                           

                                    

                                     

Leyla Milani

                                             

                                               

                                                

Check these beautiful ladies out!!

Most Used Beauty Products of Summer 2014

Summer is nearly over and its so sad because Canadian summers are seriously so short:( My summer this year was spent with friends and family and lots and lots of shisha ;) I'm lebanese I can't help it LOL. As for my makeup this summer, it was kept neutral surprisingly, I'm usually on the bright track when the sun is out. So my most used beauty products this summer were...

MAC Malt
Its a neutral mauve-y eyeshadow and I would just dust it all over my lid using a MAC 217 brush

L'oreal Liquid Liner
Its the original liner, its a brush tip lasts long and doesn't smudge out as much as the newer versions.

Benefit Dallas Blush
Obsessed over this blush, I use it more of a bronzer and lightly contour. But I hit pan on it so quick, literally...i can't even... #whitegirltalk



L'Oreal Butterfly Effect Mascara
This is a new product of L'Oreal and I liked it, it does give the "butterfly" effect but you have to focus on the application of it and apply it properly or else you won't get that well of a butterfly effect. Overall, satisfied with the product.

These were my most used beauty products this summer, what were yours?

-Yara

Hello Fall

                             

Hello September,

I actually consider this month more of a new year because it is a new school year, its a fresh start to readjust your habits and goals. I have been MIA from blogging because I was not focused on what I want and what I want to accomplish. I had no clear idea of what I want to achieve with this blog. So I spent the summer trying to figure myself out and what I love to do and honestly I miss this, I love writing about beauty topics - its my obsession. So I'm back with a plan and brand new outlook on how I want to carry my blogging experience and without further adieu I think for my first post back I will talk about the famous Kylie Jenner lips.

Kylie has grown so much over the years and if you're not a Kardashian indulger like myself then you probably don't care for this post. But the Kardashians are my guilty pleasure, I love watching their show because of the fashion, makeup and hair. The Jenners and Kardashians are walking trend setters especially miss Kylie Jenner. She is most famous for her transformation from she got no mouth to did she get a lip job? People really don't understand how makeup can change everything if applied properly. 

To achieve fuller lips its all about the liner, and Kylie over draws her lips to create the illusion of fuller lips; as if she got a lip injection. Her makeup artist Joyce has spoken out about the products Kylie uses to get the famous mauve/nude lips and they are, MAC Whirl Lipliner and MAC Velvet Teddy Lipstick.

                 

You line your whole lip with Whirl if you have thin lips like Kylie just over draw your lips by going slightly on top of your lip. What I like to do for my lip is going a little bit over my cubic bone, just to make them look a little more pouted, and what I like doing is making the corners darker. After you finished lining your lips, apply Velvet Teddy just in the centre of your lips and mix it just in the middle and now you created this ombre/ illusion of fuller lips. This is the famous Kylie lips that she rocks everyday and whats even crazier is that every MAC has been sold out of Whirl for weeks all thanks to miss Kylie LOL :) 

                                                    

Hope you guys enjoyed this post,

Yara

Benefits of Green Tea

Happy Friday!

I've been on the craze of drinking lots of green tea for the past weeks and found out how beneficial it really is! Here are the top 5 reasons you should drink GREEN TEA!!!!

1. Helps with weight loss
It is full of many bioactive compounds that help increase metabolization and burn fat; therefore helping you lose weight! Woohoo :)

2. Helps with Brain Functions
The caffeine in the tea fires up the neurons in your brain like Dopamine which will help with the brain functions, resulting in a more smarter you :)

3. Lowers risk of cancer
Thats just a given one, helps keep your body healthy, preventing it from cancers!

4. Helps with skin
It clears and radiates skin performance, the antioxidants help rejuvenate your skin making it firmer and glow more!

5. Relieve Stress
It calms you down and frees up any stress or anxiety built up.

Since i began drinking lots of green tea its helped with my skins glow and makes you feel a lot better! Only down side of drinking it so much is that you gotta go to the bathroom a lot and i mean A LOT! LOL


Hearts,
Yara

Favourite L'Oreal Mascara

                                   

Hello There!!!

Yes i know I've disappeared but you can blame school for that; too many assignments and exams BLAHHHH!!!But I'm back and i have so much to talk about and so much to look forward to this season, i can't evennnnnn (common white girl reference).

So for the past month I've been loving these 2 L'Oreal mascaras together, its like the power couple.
Im using my long time fave, Telescopic for the lengthening effect paired up with the new Voluminous Million Lashes Excess.

ok so Voluminous Million Lashes Excess is amazing on its own, it seriously makes your lashes so big and fluffy, i even compared it to a higher end mascara (Benefit They're Real), and it was soooo much better. In all honesty, the Benefit one did not impress me and it just doesn't work as good as the drugstore kinds.

Apply the Telescopic mascara on top of the Excess and you will gain both volume and length and then you will have OMG lashes!
Yes, OMG lashes because thats what dem people will be saying when they see your lashes, OMG!<3

haha much love,

Yara

Avon Mark Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner

Happy Monday everyone,

Whenever I look at Avon I see it as older women makeup. Boring and not that high quality. Until I tried out the mark line. My mom gave me the liquid liner because she didn't know how to use it and I do. 

It's one of the connector thingy it's like double sided so you can attach it to something else but I have nothing else. The brush is very thin and fine, it glides on the eye very easy. I find it so much easier than any other liquid liners I've tried. The consistency of the product is wet and more liquidy lol idk how to explain it. But it's more wet than other liners. It has more of a sheen dry effect and it doesn't smudge at all. It wears all day without it moving even if I itch my eye or something it will not smudge. It comes off nicely from makeup removers. Doesn't make it such a challenge and giving me raccoon eyes. 

I love this liner so much and I definitely will be trying out more of the Mark line! 

Hearts, 

Yara 

Why Sleeping in Your Makeup is Bad

We all have done it at some point in time but for some of us it's become a bad habit to break.

We get home from work or school and too tired to do what seems a pesky task but in all fairness it's really not that bad of a job. 

Removing makeup is an annoying step because it takes a bit of time especially to remove mascara. But it is worth it in the long run because keeping makeup on from a full day of activities is unhealthy for you. 

Our bodies are constantly exposed to the environment and pollution therefore our skin will attach to the bacteria and dirt flying everywhere. Makeup catches it pretty well and holds onto it. So basically you're going to sleep with a billion germs and curessivly smother you face on your pillow. Rubbing the germs all over the clean sheets. You're sleeping in your own bacteria and that's just disgusting. 

Sleeping with your makeup on not only will cause acne from clogged up pores but will speed up your skins maturity. You will age faster and fine lines and wrinkles will appear earlier than planned. Keeping mascara and eyeliner on is also harmful because it can produce small bumps cause by clogged up hair follicles. 

Keeping makeup wipes on your night stand will be a good thing whenever you're too tired to do a full wash. At least removing the dirt gathered up all day will be cleaned up better with some makeup wipes. 

Keep your pillow clean and that means keeping your face clean because you want to rest your head onto something that will not give you pimples. 

Yes washing makeup off can be tedious but it's better safe than sorry! 

Hearts, 

Yara 

Happy Monday

Beginning of a new week of 2014 lets start it with a big smile!

hearts,
Yara

Favourites of 2013

Happy New Year,
It has been an experimental year for me with many different products and lots of makeup changes! Im hoping for an amazing 2014 with many more tutorials and product reviews for you all, and hopefully a youtube channel? haha i hope so, wishing you all a Happy New Year! And yes I'm super late but i had to make sure these were my faves of the year!!

Here are my Faves of 2013

1. Lipstick
Hourglass Liquid Lipstick in Icon

2. Blush
MAC in EverSun

3. Mascara
Maybelline Falsies

4. Liquid Liner
mark by Avon Waterproof liner

5. Lip Liner
YSL Dessin Des Levres in 08

6. Concealer
Maybelline Instant Age Rewind

7.Bronzer
Benefit Hoola Bronzer

8. Highlight
MAC Soft and Gentle

9. Eyeshadow Palette
Lorac Unzipped Palette

10. Eyeshadow
MAC Naked Lunch

11. Hair Product
Marc Anthony Moroccan Oil hair line

John Frieda Frizz-Ease Sheer Solution