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