How To Get Taylor Swift Curls

The Inspiration

My Recreation

Kim Kardashian Summer Makeup

The Look

My Interpretation 

Watch the video on my YouTube channel: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tXwlo2DsdQ

What I Used:

Face

CoverGirl Smoothers concealer in Light

Neutrogena Healthy Skin foundation in Warm Beige

Milani Brow Fix brow kit in Medium

Physician's Formula Cheek Palette in Peach

MAC Pretty Baby Beauty Powder

MAC Lustre Drops in Pink Rebel

Eyes

Stila Smudge Pot in Kitten

MAC Gold Mode pigment

Stila Kitten eye shadow

Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Zero

Maybelline Falsies mascara in Black

Too Faced Pinpoint mascara in Black

Lips

EOS lip balm in Summer Fruit

MAC Way To Love lipstick

Huge Lips, Skinny Hips lip gloss in Kitty Pole Dancer

HUGE Summer Giveaway!

From now until August 15th, I'm holding a giveaway on my YouTube channel! 

Up for grabs is a 4 pan pro palette from MAC that you can customize with whichever shadows you choose & a tube of LiLash!!!

Wanna win?? Click here to enter!

Celeb Trend: Fuchsia Lips!

I couldn't resist! 

FOTD: Audrina's Electric Purple Tutorial

Audrina in OK! Magazine

Yours Truly

I found the Hidden Treasure!

If you follow me on Twitter, you know I've been searching for a particular nail polish for a few weeks now. It's the hard to find, limited edition Hidden Treasure from Sally Hansen. It's part of their Spring 2010 collaboration with fashion designer Tracy Reese and it's chock full of gorgeous holographic flakes that instantly enhance the color of whichever polish you layer it over!

Well, I took a chance and popped into a nearby Walgreens today and low and behold, I found 2 of them! I'm giving one of them away on my YouTube channel this month so head on over there and enter to win!

**Here's some quick swatches I took to show you what this polish can do. I'm wearing it over Sally Hansen's Midnight In NY. Please excuse my dry cuticles...

In artificial light.

In sunlight.

See the holographic-y goodness??

YouTube Search Stories!

YouTube Search Stories are short, customized videos that you can create using your own keywords and different types of Google searches. I made one about my summer plans this year:



Want to make your own? Go to youtube.com/searchstories!

L.A.M.B./Kim Kardashian Inspired Look

My Inspiration:

MAC face chart from L.A.M.B. 2010 Fall/Winter Fashion Show

Kim Kardashian

Yours Truly

Watch My Tutorial:

Products I Used:
L'Oreal HiP Cream Shadow Paint in #909 Steely
Urban Decay Jabberwocky, Vorpal and White Rabbit (Oil Slick, S&M and Polyester Bride)
Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Zero
MAC Hollywood Nights l/s
MAC Way To Love l/s
MAC lipglass in Fierce & Fabulous
MAC tinted lip conditioner in Pink Fish

Quick & Easy Holiday Look a la Taylor Swift!

Want to spice up your everyday makeup for a festive occasion? Try this Quick & Easy Holiday Look from Valerie Valentine:

What I Used

*Nivea Kiss of Moisture lip balm

*Too Faced Shadow Insurance

*MAC Grand Entrance e/s

*Stila Smudge Pot in Black

*Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner in Zero

*L'Oreal Telescopic Explosion mascara in Blackest Black

*Rimmel 1000 Kisses lip liner in Dynamite Red

*OPI LipColor l/s in Don't Toy With Me

*MAC lipglass in Witty (from Stylistics collection)

April Haul Swatches

Physician's Formula Baked Eyeshadows in Baked Sands.



N.Y.C. Chroma Face Glow in Sunstone.



You probably can't see it on my skintone, but it's the GOSH Darling. With gloss on L, without on R.



(L to R) NYX Black Bean, Milk & Pots and Pans Jumbo Pencils. Jane Color Sticks in Stormy.



(L to R) MAC Oh Baby, NARS Sunset Strip, Urban Decay Jailbait, MAC Jelly Babe, MAC 1N

Cheap Makeup for the Chic Mommy

Lately I've been obsessed with watching makeup reviews on YouTube. I even decided to make my own channel that I'll link with my blog. I want it to include mommy-oriented product reviews and recommendations, baby and beauty essentials and tips & tricks for a stress-free life (well, less stressful anyway!) I also love to watch the makeup tutorials. I seriously watch for hours! There are links to some of those beautiful and talented ladies on my channel, under my subscriptions. Check it out!

Long story short, everyone on YouTube kept raving about this cosmetics company called Coastal Scents, their 88 color eye makeup palette in particular. I don't NEED any more eyeshadow mind you but I got sucked into the hype and just had to have one. I also needed some new brushes and I heard that they had amazing prices on them, so I went to website to see for myself. I ended up ordering the palette and 4 brushes. With tax and shipping, everything cost me $52. The products are comparable to MAC, people. You can't even get 8 eyeshadows for 50 bucks there! The packaging was cute and they included a free sample of one of their loose eyeshadow colors. The company is based out of Naples, FL which is about an hour south of me so the shipping only took a day or 2. The colors in the palette are smaller than I had expected, but they seem very pigmented and all the colors are gorgeous. The brushes shed a bit when I washed them, but they're extremely soft and seem sturdy. Overall, I am very pleased with my purchases!

Here's my haul:


Clockwise from the top:
Pink Kabuki brush $4.99
Italian Badger Deluxe Fan Brush $3.49
Pink Round Crease Eye Brush $1.49
Pink Duo Fiber Powder Stippler $7.95 <---- This is similar to the MAC 187 brush which retails for $42!
88 Piece Makeup Palette $21.95 (about 58 matte and 30 shimmer)