The Lorac Pro Palette

 

I really love Lorac eyeshadows I have two singles from a set I bought a couple years ago and there great one of them is the same color as Mac's Satin Taupe but way more pigmented, silky, smooth, its a great shadow, so when I first saw the Lorac Pro Palette I was instantly drawn to it I waited a long time to pick it up I really wanted to researched it just to make sure it was all that I hoped it would be, and it is! Its absolutely wonderful. Their is 16 shadows 8 mattes and 8 shimmer shades from white all the way to black some great jewel toned shades you could make the simplest matte barely there look to a full blown black smokey eye. I love to use Taupe, Sable and Espresso to make a great matte brown smokey eye I also like Taupe in the crease and Pewter on my lid for a great polished quick look. The packaging is beautiful but I'm afraid that if I took this on a trip with me that it really wouldn't protect the shadows from breaking. The palette also came with the Lorac Behind the Scenes eyeshadow primer which I was excited to try cause I have only tried Mac Paint and Urban Decay Primer Potion both those primer work great for me but I wanted to try a different primer the Lorac primer sucked my lids aren't oily so I don't really crease anyway but only after and hour of wearing the primer under my shadows I creased so bad, even worse than without primer. Which sucks but I still have my other primers which play well with theses shadows so that's cool. Even though the primer didn't work for me I just want you all to know that your mileage my very on these type of cosmetic products just like how you may love a certain type of chap stick and your friend my hate it so please keep that in mind. 


XOXO, Brooke.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Favorite Lip Gloss Revlon Color Burst

 

 

I love these lip glosses so much they're super smooth not sticky pigmented and there is a ton of product in the tube for a great price. The nude pink shade is called Bellini I like this shade to add shine to my lips or give me a nice pouty lip. I recently bought the bright orangey pinky shade called Killer Watt I though this shade was gonna be really bright and full on but really its a great everyday lip color it limited edition for there summer collection and I think everyone should owns this lip gloss I want to pick up a second one.

XOXO Brooke,

Ke$ha Die Young Music Video Smokey Eye Tutorial

First of I just have to say I love Ke$ha I love what she stands for I love that shes a party girl and doesn't try to hide It even love that gold tooth of hers. I really love how her makeup artist have been doing her makeup lately fuller coverage foundation nice warm sheer bronze glow and peachy bronze blush defined brows and usually some sort of smokey eye and nude warm pinky lip. My kind of makeup.

 

So first of this is a party or going out look so your gonna wanna do whatever means necessary to pro long the wear of your makeup and the fist step to do that hydrated skin even if its oily let that really sink into your skin I let mine settle for like 30 mins, second is to have primed skin so use your favorite or whatever you have on hand I'm gonna use Philosophy The Present makeup primer the directions say to let this primer sit for about 5 mins so once its settled apply a more fuller coverage foundation like Revlon color stay liquid or whipped or Kat Von D Lock It Foundation I think I'm gonna use Kat Von D and apply it with my Beauty Blender but if you want an even fuller coverage use a flat top kabuki style brush. For concealer I'm gonna use the same one for under eyes and blemishes which is my HG Hard Candy Glamoflauge in the shade light. I'm gonna set my whole face with Sephora MicroSmooth face powder in the shade 15 Nude. I'm also using darker shades of the MicroSmooth powder to bronze and contour I'm gonna contour using the shade 56 Mahogany and using 35 Bronze to warm up my face and get a little bit of color, for blush I'm using Kat Von D's Everlasting Blush in Wish just use a little bit to get a really nice flush, and for my favorite the highlighter I am using Illamasqua Gleam in Aurora any type cream highlighter will do the trick. Now for the eyes!! I fill in my brows first to help shape my eyes, use an eyeshadow primer and I set my primer with shadow to help with skipping. Ill be using 4 shadows 2 from the pallet above and 2 Urban Decay the 2 from the pallet is the purple from the third row to the right and the medium warm brown from the fifth row from the right and the third pot from the bottom I will be using Naked and Walk of Shame shadows from UD. The first shadow is Naked and your gonna wanna really buff this in to your eye socket take it kinda high up using a big fluffy blending brush. The second step is to blend the medium warm brown and blend this in your deep crease right in the skin fold use a small square goat hair type blending brush blend this up just a little little bit and blend it down onto the lid and lower lash line as well. Now take the vibrant deep purple and apply it to the lid using a small flat synthetic shadow brush and pat the color onto the lid keep it out the the crease and buff it very close to the lower lash line reapply the deep crease color just a touch to merge all the colors together pat more purple if it looses some vibrancy just finish up with a light matte skin tone colored brow bone color like Walk of Shame. For the eyeliner just apply a matte black gel liner in a small thin line on the lash line, water line and tight line to create a very dark rim around the eye. Apply lots of mascara or false lashes if you want. Ke$ha's lip color is similar to Nars Borelo or Macs Pure Zen. So that's it its a fast look to apply just lots of small steps to create this look. I love this look very much on my fair skin with blue eyes. 

Benifit They're Real VS. Revlon 3D Volume Mascara

I love long full almost spider lag eyelashes and Benefit's They're Real gave me that plus it was long lasting. The only down fall is the price I don't mind paying for expensive foundation and skin care but 23 dollars for mascara is so outrageous I can't I just can't justify paying that so my search started for a drug store version of They're Real it needs to be cheap, cruelty free and just as good as They're Real. So I did alot of research reading other blogs, reviews on youtube and Makeupally. After alot of reading I decided to pick up Revlon 3D volume and it is 80% perfect it has a rubber bristle brush like They're real 3D Volume feels a little bit more flimsy and just a little bit smaller the wand and the spikes and doesn't last as long but it gives me the same effect as They're Real and 3D volume is supper black which is important to me. 3D Volume is 8 dollars as were They're is 23 that's a 15 dollar difference. So all in all Revlon 3d volume is an A+ in my book and will repurchase time and time again.

(I deleted the pic of the wands I have to take another and ill up load it soon.)



XOXO, Brooke

Cara Delevingne Brown Smokey Eye Makeup Breakdown

 

 

 

This is a fairly simple makeup with a really lovely result I love this look and have been wearing it nonstop. all you need is four matte brown shades that flow in a gradient effect like O'mbre actually exactly like O'mbre so on the eye it will be darkest to lightest starting on the lash line and working up. I am using my favorite eye shadows Urban decay there super pigmented and blend really easy I'm using Naked, Faint, Secret Service and Walk of Shame. Start off with priming your lids and filling in your brows if you like sweep and flesh colored shadow over the whole lid to set the primer and avoid skipping. take a large fluffy blending brush and naked and buff that on your crease but not really in the fold where the lid and crease meet just up a little higher blend really well. Now using Faint and a pointed crease brush or a blending brush like the Bdellium Tools 776 put that in the crease the actual fold blending it down onto the lid a little bit and up into Naked to fuse them together. With a small flat shader brush take Secret Service and pat that on the lid staying out of the crease taking just a little little bit of Faint run that through the crease one more time to blend Secret Service. For a brow bone highlight sweep Walk of Shame there and the tear duct to give a more open look to the eye. For eye liner I like making my outer corner a little thick and making it thinner going towards the tear duct or you could do a small not to dramatic or bold cat eye line the water line as well and line the flap of skin on the top lid underneath the lashes only the thick part that will help give your eye an upturned effect. Apply lots and lots of mascara or false lashes if you want. Use your favorite bronzer and a soft warm light peach blush like Kat Von D Wish Blush highlight your cheek bones if you want. For lips I suggest a glossy lip balm or a "my lips but better" color.   

 

 

P.S. I tried to take swatch pics on my arm but they just didn't show up right on my arm with the lighting in my room so that's why there on a tissue.

 

 

XOXO Brooke

Beautifully Disney

The Disney Corporation has come out with a great little cosmetics line available I know for sure at Orlando and Anaheim parks not sure about the others. The line is called Beautifully Disney and it has nail polish, lip gloss, eyeshadow quads, compacts and makeup bags. Right now its the Wickedly Beautiful line with is Cinderella and her evil stepmother, Sleeping Beauty and Maleficent, Ariel and Ursula, Snow White and the Evil Queen. The next collection is Unlock the Spell Spring / Summer 2013 this collection is Princess and the Frog and the last is Fiery Spirit Fall / Winter 2013 and it is Pocahontas. I only picked up one thing and it is The little mermaid lip gloss in Mysterious Mermaid Is on the thinner side which I prefer and it smells really good like cherry. So all in all I'm enjoying my purchase I emailed Disney to see if Beautifully Disney is Cruelty free (I sure hope so). 

 

Update 4/23/2013 I recived an email back from Disney they are cruelty free!!

 

 

XOXO Brooke.

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black Heart Cosmetics

A new store opened in my local mall called Black Heart it is a sister store to Hot Topic and Torrid, Black Heart is mostly lingerie but they do have close there too. It is definitely has a rock and roll punk feel which I love but what I noticed is that it had a really nice selection of beauty products while looking at the label I saw that it said cruelty free on the back I was so excited I only bought one product to see if they products were even good so I bought a mermaid teal colored glitter eyeliner and its so nice and such a pretty color to boot. I'm definitely gonna try more products I'm gonna buy there eye primer and a shadow quad next. 


XOXO, Brooke