Aria Montgomery's Makeup Breakdown

Aria's skin looks flawless but still like skin its not cakey or thick. So foundations like Makeup Forever HD, mac Face and Body Urban Decay Naked Skin will be the right guys for the job. Use your favorite under eye concealer I like Urban Decay 24/7 Concealer Or Hard Candy Glamoflauge. Her skin looks a little bit warmed up so use a sheer type bronzer a dust it on your cheek bones and along your forehead blending it into your hairline. For blush I would use a cream blush like Urban Decays Indecent NYX Natural or NYX Orange use your fingers to blend the blush in the heat from your fingers will help it melt in to your skin for the really smooth naturally flush look.

 Her eyes are a dramatic but still wearable for daytime activates like work and school. I see her wearing shades Like urban decays Suspect and Snakebite most of the time Which are a light taupe-y gold shade and a dark bronze. So prime your eyes with your favorite primer mine is Urban Decay Eden primer potion. Next use a small shader brush and tap on Suspect to your eyelid stay under your crease now take a tapered crease brush a work in Snakebite in a backwards "C" shape at the outer corner and into the crease using the same brush blend snakebite on the lower lash line. Use a clean blending brush and use windshield wiper motions to blend out the edges. Only line the upper lash to and just a thin line to make your lashes look bigger use a flesh toned eyeliner like Stilla eye kajal in topaz. Use a volumizing mascara and a good couple coats.

Her lips a a nice strawberry pink so I used Revlon Colorburst lips gloss in Strawberry.

XOXO Brooke

Makeup Heaven has a Name and it is called Naimie's

Yes it is true there is a heaven out there its called Naimie's and the only thing that could make it better is urban decay and a shirtless Chance Crawford... A girl can dream right!?! The store is located in North Hollywood I had know idea what I was walking into when I found Naimies on the Internet I was thinking a rundown little shop and needed a face lift badly BUT I was so wrong is a two story palace I was to say the least over whelmed lol. The first story is the wig, hot tools and bulk departments the second story is makeup counters like Nars, Mac, Makeup Forever, Smashbox, Ben Nye, Eve Pearl, Bobbi Brown and tons other. The best Part is the if your a student you get a 20% discount and if your a professional you get a 40 % discount on all the cosmetic company's yes all that are named above. YES THE MAKEUP GODS HAVE BLESSED US!!!!!!!!!!!! I did not go crazy and buy one of everything I had to refrain myself I Bought two Bdellium Tools brushes the 953 and 781, a 2 ounce Parian Spirit brush cleanser and a beauty blender sponge and 3 ounce cleanser. The brushes are a small duo fiber foundation brush and a tapered eyeshadow blending brush. Parian Spirit is the best brush cleanser on the market I bought a small bottle only cause a little goes a long way with this cleanser. I bought the Beauty Blender and it's cleanser I bought it as a set. I am for sure going back to stock up on a ton of stuff lol. I would suggest going ther even if you are not a student or a pro just cause the place is super fun!

P.S. I will be doing reviews on all of the things I bought.


XOXO Brooke

Spencer Hasting's Makeup Breakdown

 

Spencer's skin looks very natural like her skin is flawless just by itself but it does have a matt finish. Her cheek bones and jawline are naturally defined but look to have a a slight shading  to them also along her temple.  For foundation I suggest Urban Decays Naked Skin, Makeup Forever HD, Mac Face and Body or Makeup Forever Face and Body. Use an concealer like Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer or Mac Studio Finish for under eyes and blemishes. Set it with a powder like Rimmel Stay Matt, Sephora Microsmooth Face Powder or Macs Minerlize Skinfinish Natural. Use a very natural light almost sheer contour powder along the hallows of the cheeks under the jaw and on the top of your temple next to the highest part of the brow.  No bronzer this time and for blush I suggest a warm peachy pink blush like Nars Deep Throat just dust it on the backs of your cheek bone into the hairline keep it off  the apples of your cheeks this will help keep a chiseled look. 

For the eyes prime them with your favorite shadow primer mine are Urban Decay's Primer Potion in Edin, Mac's paint in Bare Canvas or Macs paint pot in soft ocher. now take Maybelline color Tattoo in barely beige on the tear duct and on to your lid stopping halfway I use the middle of pupil to tell. take a shadow like Urban Decays Bootycall and pat that on the the Barely Beige. Now pat a color like Macs Wedge, Kid or moleskin, Urban Decays Naked eyeshadow and on the outer corner your going to and a harsh line were the two colors meet blend them together by patting your brush over the line until it softens. the outer most part of her eye is a smokey taupe like Urban Decay's Mushroom lets start by pushing this shade into the lower and upper lash line make this line a little bit thick  on the lower lash line the line on the upper line. Now take Mushroom and make a backwards "C" shape now blend to make it soft looking. With the eye liner start at the inner corner with a thin line making it thicker going toward the outer and making a little flick at the end curl your lashes and use a lengthening mascara. Now for brows fill them in using a brow powder I think it looks softer and more natural looking and a brow pencil. 

Lips are really easy use a sheer light pink lipstick like Mac's Plink.    


XOXO Brooke

Hanna Marin Makeup Breakdown

Hanna's makeup needs to last all day cause going to high school and trying to figure out who is blackmailing her and killed her best friend is tough work and you can't have your face sliding of in the middle of you day. For foundation I would use Revlon's ColorStay because its medium to full coverage and it really last all day long. With this foundation I would suggest working in sections of your face cause it drys fast and sets so blend blend blend and work fast.Use an concealer like Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer or Mac Studio Finish for under eyes and blemishes. Set the foundation with your favorite powder mine is Rimmel Stay Matt. In the Photo Hanna has a nice bronze glow to her skin but its not shimmery so use a Matt bronzer along the bottoms of your cheek bones and work it in to your temples and hair line. With blush I did go shimmery I used Mac's MSF in Lightyear using a duo fiber brush right on my cheek bone. 

Her eyes are wonderfully smokey so for that I used a eyeshadow primer use your favorite then I used  Maybelline Color Tattoo in Bad to the Bronze as a base to help make the shadow last all day and make the color to make it deeper and smokey-er. Apply the Bad to the Bronze and the lid below the crease and along the lower lash line. Then take any dark bronze or medium brown shimmery eye shadow I use either Urban Decays Snakebite or Barlust pat this wear you put bad to the bronze don't take the shadow up any higher stop at the crease. Then take your favorite crease color mine is either Mac's moleskin or Urban decays naked use windshield wiper motion until the dark lid shade and your crease shade are blended seamlessly into one another. get your face powder back out use the same blending brush as before and use it and your powder as an eyeshadow to blend along your brown bone now use your fave brow bone highlight mine is Urban Decays Bootycall.  her liner on the top lash line is a thin black line going thiker on the outer corners, and a dark brown liner or bronze on the bottom watter line. Slap on three coats of your fave mascara or if your wearing this out at night false lashes. 

Her lips are a juicy Coral lip gloss I don't own anything like that so i wore a nude lip instead it looked great with this look.  

Now your ready to to find out who the real A is and take them down just like the fabulous Hanna Marin. 

XOXO Brooke

Urban Decay Naked Skin Foundation

Urban decay finally came out with a foundation worth talking about. The Naked skin weightless ultra definition liquid makeup. To make this short and sweet if you like Makeup Forever HD foundation or Macs Face and Body then I think you will most likely enjoy this foundation. For being such a thin watery foundation it covers really well. Theres no SPF in this foundation so you don't have to worry about flash back in photos. unlike the foundations I said earlier this foundation dries down to a semi Matt finish. I want to try it with one of UD face primers and setting sprays to see if it last a really long time. I love this foundation I have just a little bit of redness on my cheeks and a white vitiligo spot on my chin and this covers it easily I found I get the best result when I use my Beauty Blender and set it with a light dusting of Rimmel Stay Matt and I really like the way it looks. 2.0 is my perfect match I have never had a foundation match me so well when I look in the mirror iIcant see were the foundation ends and my skin starts.

 

XOXO Brooke

 

The First Ever Makeup Breakdown

I love watching makeup tutorials but I really don't have the time for the equipment to film videos that I think are up to theses new standards your youcam on your laptop just isn't good enough I think anymore. So I'm gonna do makeup breakdowns of celeb looks I like or just editorials Ill show the picture products I think match our are close match to get the same look. My first look will be this beautiful look from Amber Heard at the 2012 15th annual Hollywood gala. so lets get started.

 

Lets start off with face makeup. To me her foundation looks semi matt I find the easiest way to achieve this is use a dewey foundation then set it with a matt powder. I used Macs Face & Body for concealer I used Macs Studio Finish concealer and Rimmels Stay Matt powder. Her blush looks to be a soft matt yellow based pink I use either E.L.F Tickled Pink or Mac stunner blush which is LE. Her bronzer looks to be applied very very light handed so use a bronzer that matches you but a light application. Highlight looks very soft and glowy but not glittery or obvious but it is there so I would say to use a satin finish eyeshadow. 

Eyes her brows are perfection so take extra time to make sure yours are too. To start off with the shadows use a primer use what ever you have or works, then a shadow base I use Maybelline Color Tattoo in Pomegranate Punk you just need a little bit of this because it packs a punch so blend pom punk all over the lid I use my ring finger keep it under your crease. shadows your gonna need a redy purpley shimmery color like Urban Decays Roach, a matt shade a couple shades darker than your skin like Urban Decays Naked shadow and your face powder. Pat Roach using a small shadow brush all along the lid were pom punk is then take the matt skin tone shade and blend it out along the crease till it nice and smooth and flawless use a blending brush that fits your eye socket then blend your face powder just above the matt shadow to blend that color out I use the same blending brush as before. Apply your fav highlight shade hers is matt maybe a satin shade just a tad lighter than her skin color I like my eye highlights to be a little bit shimmery so I use Urban Decays Bootycall on my brow bone and inner tear duct. Then on the lower lash line petty much do like you did on the lid use Pom punk as a base then blend Roach into it. She only as her top lash line lined with black eyeliner her bottom lash line is bare or lined with a skin toned color I don't like how that looks on my so I line my top and bottom with dark black gel liner. If your going out at night wearing this look I suggest false lashes if your wearing during the day just use a couple coats of your favorite mascara. 

Lips hers are very easy use a good chapstick let that soake in wipe of any residue then use a matt soft yellow based pink lipstick like Wet N Wilds 901B Think Pink. 

Now your all done! 

XOXO Brooke

Monthly Favorites of August

Hi all here are my favs of the month. 

 

1.) I picked up at the end of July the Clinique 3 step system to try out and I really like 2 of the 3 steps I don't care for the face wash it left and oily film on my face. The toner and moisturizer I like the toner makes my skin feel tingly and cool the moisturizer I like for summer because its a good summer moisturizer not to heavy feeling nice and light. 

 

2.) My blush bronzer highlight combination. All 3 products are limited edition so sorry about that but if it helps there really dupe able. For blush I have been wearing Macs Warmth of Coral bronzer has been Nude on Board and highlight is Redhead MSF. All three of theses products are warm and glowy by themselves but together you get the nicest glow like a Greek goddess lol so nice and pretty for summer. 

 

3.) The Urban Decay concealer pencils are really creamy which is a good thing cause they blend out nice but these pencils when applied to direct skin I find distribute to much product so I found if I use a small flat concealer style brush I use less product but still get great coverage. All my personal brushes already have a purpose so I dug around my I guess you could say junk drawer and I found the perfect brush it came from the Urban Decay Midnight Emergency kit its little flat and synthetic. The brush fits in the eye area and on blemishes just perfect blends it out just right.

 

4.) I have used Lo real voluminous carbon black mascara for years now I have tried other mascaras but I never found anything I liked as much as VCB so I kinda stopped trying other mascaras but recently I found one that I like BETTER! In my mind its VCB's better looking sister because its Lo Real voluminous million lashes. I get volume and length but the same blackest black color. the only flaw is that it has a rubber wand so sometimes I poke my self lol.

 

5.) My new secret weapon its kinda a known fact that the Urban Decays pencils that to get the best sharpening results you have to use there pencils sharpener. I have a little bit of a hard time spending 10 dollars on a pencil sharpener I'm sure its great and worth it but still that's expensive for a sharpener. one day I was at Sally's beauty supply and found a cute hot pink double barreled pencil sharpener for I think 89 cents so I bought it and it works wonderful. I have also heard that is you get the pencils cold they sharpened Even better so I'm gonna test that theory out and report back. 

XOXO Brooke