Collective Shopping Spree

I’ve picked up a few things here and there lately that I wanted to share with you guys. I haven’t really had the chance to use them enough for a review, but I’ll get on it!

Eyes/Brows:

Maybelline Color Tattoo in Painted Purple, Tenacious Teal and Tough as Taupe

Maybelline Master Precise eyeliner

Maybelline Master Shape brow definer in soft brown

Face/Cheeks:

MAC Studio Careblend Pressed Powder in medium deep

NYX Bronzer & Blusher Combo in Sunrise in Bali

NYC Sun 'n’ Bronze Powder in Coney Island Glow

Sephora Harmony Trio Bronzer in Apricot

Maybelline Dream Bouncy Blush in Peach Satin

e.l.f Makeup Mist & Set

Lips:

Wet n Wild Lipstick in Don’t Blink Pink and Dollhouse Pink

essence Stay with me lipgloss in Me & My Icecream and Candy Bar

L-R: Don’t Blink Pink, Dollhouse Pink, Me & My Icecream, Candy Bar

Nail:

Sinful Colors polish in Zeus

Fragrance:

Victoria’s Secret Pink with a splash body mist in sweet & flirty and fresh & clean

Hair:

Organix Moroccan Argan Oil Conditioner

I’ll be posting pictures and completing reviews soon!

Love and hugs,

Jae

FOTN::Purple Haze

The girls and I went to HH (happy hour) Friday night and this is the look that I wore. I was pleased with the look although it was hot as heck and caused me to be exude oil! I hope you enjoy this look.

Eyes:

e.l.f Eyelid Primer

Wet n Wild Idol Eyes Creme Shadow Pencil in Techno

Avon true color shadow stick in purple lapis
Jesse's Girl shadow in peek-a-book
MAC shadow in texture
Inglot shadow #441
Avon true color eyeshadow quad used amethyst and black ice
Maybelline Line Stilettos liquid liner

MAC eye kohl in smolder

essence multi action smokey eyes mascara

Face:

e.l.f tinted moisturizer in sand

MAC mineralized skinfinish natural in medium deep
MAC select moisturecover concealer in NW35
e.l.f under eye concealer in medium
benefit powderflage powder concealer
benefit erase paste in medium
MAC Fix+

Lips:
MAC lipliner in cork
Wet n Wild lipstick 903C

Avon glazewear duo reflect lip gloss in peach twist

Cheeks:
MAC highlight powder in honey light
Iman sheer finish bronzing powder in afterglow


Brows:
Maybelline define-a-brow in medium brown
Maybelline line stylist in espresso
e.l.f brow clear mascara
Sephora buildable cover concealer in tan

Love and hugs,
Jae

Faces by Jae

I did my older (yes, she's older than me!) sisters makeup the other day and wanted to share with you guys.



Products Used:
Eyes:
Jesse's Girl Eye Shadow Primer
MAC Paint in Sublime Nature
Wet n Wild Creme Shadow Pencil in Techno
MAC Pigment in Fuchsia
MAC Shadow in Texture
MAC Shadow in Dazzlelight
L'Oreal HIP Shadow in Reckless
L'Oreal Lineur Intense Liquid Liner
MAC Kohl Liner in Smolder
Physicians Formula Black Cream Liner
Avon ANEW Mascara

Face and Cheeks:
Monistat Chafing Relief Powder (Primer)
MAC Mineralize Satinfinish Foundation in NC42
e.l.f Shimmering Facial Whip in Lilac Petal
Sephora Blush in Meringue Jalouse

Lips:
e.l.f Super Glossy Lip Shine in Goddess

Before



we couldn't get the serious face!



we were going for the magazine face...

 

Love and hugs,

Jae

FOTN:: Flirty 30!

On June 6th at 3:03 I officially left my 20's behind! Yes...I'm officially in the 30 and over club. A couple friends and I went to happy hour/dinner at BarCode in DC to celebrate the occasion. I'm sorry that I don't remember all of the products I used, but I thought I would post the pictures and the eye products I remember.

Eyes:

Jesse's Girls Eyeshadow Primer

NYX Jumbo Pencil - French Fries

MAC Pigment - Copperized

ULTA Eyeshadow - Cognac

MAC Eyeshadow - Vanilla



The end of the night!

Love and Hugs,
Jae

 



Failed FOTN…

They say sharing means caring so here goes. My pictures of this look sucked, but I still want to post the highlight of it for me…my lips. I’m so sorry the pictures of my eyes didn’t come out well.

Products Used:

Wet ‘n Wild 907CP

NYX Purple Rain Lipliner

MAC Viva Glam VI Special Edition Lipglass

Better luck next time…

Jae

Recent Shopping Excursions

I'm back with some recent items I picked up on random shopping trips. I also picked up a new camera that I'm really excited about and will be posting about shortly. Let's get right into the post. I plan to do a couple of reviews once I have a chance to use some of the products.

Face:
I've been looking for a powder for a while and decided to stick with a brand that like well...Clinique. I picked up the Perfectly Real Compact Makeup in shade 138. I'm really looking forward to using the product since I really like the Perfectly Real Liquid Foundation in shade 37N.

Cheeks:

I've heard so many good things about the Wet n' Wild blush in Pearlescent Pink and had to pick it up. I also picked up a favorite AmazingCosmetics Blush in Watermelon Fizz. I originally bought this a couple of years ago and drop it breaking it into a million little pieces and making a big mess in my bathroom! This blush gives a great glow.

Lips:

I picked up a couple of items at my local CCO and beauty supply store...can you tell someone loves pink and purple lips! From top-bottom: MAC Viva Glam Gaga Lipglass, Sinful Colors Yearning Lipgloss, MAC Viva Glam VI Lipglass.



Eyes:

I picked up several things in this category that I'm excited about, definitely be on the lookout for reviews. 

1.  Revlon Precision Lash Adhesive
2. Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips - Glam Green Eyes
3. Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips - Glam Brown Eye
4. Jessie's Girl Eyeshadow Primer
5. MAC Making It Easy Minerialize Eyeshadow Trio
6. Stila Trendsetting in Tokyo Palette

This concludes some of my recent purchases, be on the lookout for reviews, tutorials and FOTD/FOTN posts including these items. Be sure to leave a comment if you have used any of these items.

Love and Hugs,

Jae

FOTN: Smokin' Orange

i recently went a birthday party at a club and couldn't decide what to do with my makeup. i knew i wanted a bold lip and ulimately decided on a smokey eye with lashes! i liked it so much that i made it my banner...hope you enjoy!

**i didn't keep track of everything-some products may be missing...sorry**

Face:

MAC - Mineralized Satinfinish Foundation - NC42

MAC - Mineralized Skinfinish Natural - Medium Deep

MAC - Mineralized Skinfinish - Warmed

Eyes:

UDPP

ELF - 36 Palette

Wet n Wild - Black Creme Liner

Salon Sassy Lashes - Demi Wispies

essence - Clear Mascara

Lips:

Prestige - Tomango Liner

MAC - Utterly Frivolous Lipstick

Blue Smokes...

I went to dinner last night at Bonefish Grill *oh how I LOVE that place* and decided to put on a little (not sure if it was just a little, but oh well) makeup. I wanted to go a little smokey with the eyes, but not too over the top and I'm loving peachy nude lips right now. Let me know what you think. I really don't think the pictures do the look justice, but I'll post anyway.

What I Used:

Face:
MAC Select Moisturecover Concealer NW35
MAC MSF Natural Medium Deep

Cheeks:
E.L.F Golden Bronzer
The Body Shop Blush in Hot Brights

Eyes:
UDPP
NYX Eyeshadow Base in white
MAC Mothbrown - lid
MAC Deep Secret - outer lid and crease
MAC Cool Incantation - tear duct
MAC Carbon - out v area
MAC Cork - browbone and crease
essence kajal pencil white - waterline
Mark no place to run eyeliner - tightline
Wet 'n Wild creme liner black - top lashline
Maybelline Line Stylist in expresso - brows
Sephora Buildable Cover Concealer in tan - to clean up brows and as highlight
Salon Perfect Demi Wispies

Lips:
MAC Cork Liner
NYX Pumpkin Pie Lipstick
MAC Love Nectar Gloss

Happy Reading,
Jae

Review - MAC Stacked 2! Pigments

I went to my local CCO Tuesday for a little retail therapy although I told myself I was just "looking" I walked out of the store with a little white baggy! They didn't have many new items, but I did find the Stacked 2! pigments which I believe came out with the Spring Color Forecast collection in early 2010. I love pigments (although they can be messy) and had thought about purchasing when the collection was out, but I wait too long and they were gone...boo. I tried them on my hand and loved all of the colors in Stacked 2! and the vibrant purple in Stacked1! *I'm not big on pinks so 1 didn't appeal to me*. I noticed the tester was really chunky and glittery, but i figured it was just the tester and the new package I bought would be fine. Like in a kid in a candy store I immediately went home and started to play with my new pigments and quickly realized something was terribly different than the others I own. They were indeed really chunky, cakey and chalked full of glitter...not the fine glitter, but really big chunks of glitter. Thinking I could work with it, I proceeded to try the colors on my eye area and quickly noticed the amount of fallout *some is expected with loose shadows* all over my face. I had more product on my face than my eye area and the same happened after applying them wet. After taking forever to get decent coverage I realized the colors were really pretty *the golden olive was my favorite* and thought the problem was with me and my patience *which i need to work on*. Soon after I realized my right eye was having a huge issue and I could barely see out of it with the tears streaming down my face *dramatic right???*. At first I still thought it had to be something else, but when I couldn't open my eye I knew it was time to take the shadows off. As soon as I did everything was FINE. Even with that evidence I was still convinced I could make them work, somehow. Then my frugal side kicked in and convinced me to take them back in exchange for one of the Holiday sets from 2009. Needless to say, my experience with the set was aweful. Do any of you have Stacked 2!? If so, let me know your thoughts.

Love and Hugs,
Jae

My First Live Tutorial

So…I finally recorded a live tutorial! I was in a rut and decided a needed to get up, get out and do something…actually that’s a song, but its true in the since that I needed to get up! I couldn’t decide what to do so I settled on makeup, something that always makes me happy. I also used this as a perfect time to play with my webcam to see if it was good enough for videos. I hope you enjoy this rough first live makeup look *whispers* I don’t like calling them tutorials.

 

What I Used:

Face:

Maybelline Fit Me Liquid Foundation 315 and 355

Covergirl Queen Collection Brown Bronzer

MAC Skinfinish Natural Medium Dark

Elf Bronzing Quad

Sephora Blush

Eyes:

120 palette – black

Ulta – Truffle

Ulta – Cognac

MAC – mauvement pigment

NYX Pearl Mania – Nude

WnW Crème Liner – black

Prestige Kohl Liner – brown

Kiss Lashes

Lips:

Milani Lipliner – Natural

NYX Lipstick – Pumpkin Pie

MAC Lipgloss – Love Nectar

Enjoy,

Jae

Christmas Makeup Look

Like a lot of others I decided to play in makeup Christmas day and I must say I loved it! I only did my eyes and a very neutral lip since I wasn’t going anywhere (everyone came to our house). I filmed a tutorial for this look, but deleted it by accident..boo! The pictures aren’t the best (I’ve learned a lot about my camera and how to take better pictures this week!), but its what I have right now. Thanks for reading.

What I Used:

Face – nothing!

Cheeks – nothing!

Eyes:

UDPP

NYX Jumbo Pencil – Milk

Wet ‘n Wild Night Elf Palette

MAC Vanilla e/s

Wet ‘n Wild Vanity Palette – camel colored shadow

Wet ‘n Wild crème liner

Rimmel Great Last Mascara

Ardel Accent Lashes

Lips:

EOS Lip balm

NYX Lipliner – Ever

ULTA lipgloss – Cosmo

Picture Time!!!!

Love and Hugs,

LadybugB

December Fav’s…

I’ve really been experimenting with makeup and girly things this month thus the reason for posting a monthly favorites post. I don’t post this regularly, but this month I and part of last month, I feel in love with or back in love with several products. I hope you enjoy this post and let me know some of your favorite items…I’m always up for trying new things.

loves…

Outspoken by Fergie – This perfume is lovely and sold exclusively by Avon. It’s a sophisticated fragrance and well worth $34 (I believe that’s the gift set price). To order visit my mothers online store, listed on the main page of my blog.  

Sephora Lash Plump Mascara – I received this in my beauty insider birthday present and finally decided to try it out. I absolutely LUUBBB this mascara! It makes my lashes look thick and beautiful, even though the brush is on the larger size. I will definitely be picking up a full size soon.   

Avon Lash Renew Serum and Transformer – I have short stubborn Asian lashes that are a pain. I knew I didn’t want to try Latisse due to the side effects and the price tag so my mother gave me the Avon version to try. I will be doing a product review on this product soon, but I will say I’ve seen a BIG difference in my lashes!

Mark by Avon mascara – I love the formula of Mark’s mascara’s. If you’re like me and sometimes make a mess this is perfect, the formulas thick and definitely adds volume! 

MAC 217 – Oh…where you have been all my life. I love this brush, it blends like no other. You can get a crisp sweep of color or you can blend away all lines. I actually plan to pick up two more of these today! *I got another one for Christmas…thanks mom!*

elf bronzing duo – I picked this up at Target months ago and lost it somewhere in my collection…I know, I might have a problem on my hands! I don’t use it as a bronzer cause its waaayy to shimmery, but as a highlighter or blush. It gives a very natural glow to the cheeks and can be paired with other products easily.

body shop blush – Another product that was lost, but now found! I recently paired the blush with the elf bronzing quad (highlight) and found my perfect pink blush. It gave me that healthy glow that really looked like it was from within. I liked it so much that I work it everyday for a week straight!

EOS Lip Balm – I heard so much hype over this lip balm so I had to pick it up when I visited Walgreens. I must say I really like it, especially the lemon one. Its moisturizing but not greasy and has an SPF of 15-something you don’t find in a lot of drugstore products. I keep 1 in my purse and 1 at home and it never fails. This is definitely one of my winter favorites.

not so much…

L’Oreal Lineur Intense – is a crock of crap for me. It’s not black enough and wears off quickly. I do like the felt tip brush, but dislike the formula. I wanted this to work for so long that I was in denial for months.

You can definitely see that I had a lot of likes that not this month which I hope helps you with your purchasing choices! 

Enjoy!

LadybugB

Red Hot…

I was cleaning up the pictures on my computer recently and came across a a picture of my first time wearing red lipstick…how fun! This was a while ago, but I still love the picture so much that I thought I’d share with you. I also plan to do a post on big, beautiful, lips and the range of lipsticks we can wear. When I was younger I had a HUGE complex about my lips and now LOVE them so much and want to share that love with other women that may have a complex. Now on the the picture!

What I used: Well what I can remember using!
Face:
MAC Studio Fix Power or Clinique Perfectly Real Foundation

Eyes:
MAC Bare Nature Paint
Crème Liner
Mascara – MAC Zoom Lash or Clinique High Impact

Cheeks:
Amazing Cosmetics Watermelon Fizz

Lips:
Clinique Red Hot Lipstick

Ambering Purple

I decided to photograph my makeup look for a night out with my best friends and post it. I love the way my makeup came out and the combination of colors I used *which was totally random*, but I did not like the way my pictures came out. Oh well…I still decided to post it though. Enjoy! 

What I used:
Eyes:
UDPP – Urban Decay Primer Potion
ULTA - Eyeshadow Base
MAC – Amber Lights    
MAC – Haux 
MAC – Deep Secret
MAC pigment – Push the Edge
MAC – Carbon
MAC – Vanilla
Wet ‘n Wild – Creme Liner
Avon – Eye Pencil in Night Glisten
Mark – Mascara

Cheeks:
ELF – Bronzing Quad
Iman – Afterglow Bronzer
L’Oreal – Studio Secrets Anti-Dull Primer
Face:
Monistat – Chafing Gel (used as a primer)
MAC – Select Moisturecover Concealer
Este Lauder – Nutritions Foundation
MAC – Fix +

Lips:
EOS – Lipbalm
MAC – Cork Lipliner
Wet ‘n Wild – Barely There Lipstick
MAC – N1 Lipgloss 

Love and Hugs,

LadybugB