Top 5 Summer Products

These are the 5 things I truly cannot live without on a regular summer day.

1. Hourglass Mineral Veil Primer

Primer that makes whatever makeup you are wearing water resistant and humidity proof. On top of long-wearing, reduces pores and calms redness.

2. BB/CC/Tinted Moisturizer of choice

Come summertime these are my favorite complexion products. They usually have a higher spf which is nice to protect your skin. Along with sheer to medium coverage. Simply use your fingers to blend out. Light weight on the skin as well.

3.Waterproof mascara

Allergic season is among us. So waterproof mascara is simply a must have for me. Along with hot summer days it stays put even while swimming.

4. Shimmer Bronzer

Nothing is better then having a summer glow. I love shimmer finish bronzers during the summer to amp up the summer tan glow.

5. SPF setting spray (Coola SPF 30 or Supergoop SPF 50)

New product during the summer their both makeup setting sprays that not only keep everything in place but also protect your skin from UVA and UVB rays. Even without makeup you can give yourself a quick spray to protect your skin from any sun damage.

What is undertone? Cool tone? Warm tone?

Are you cool tone? Are you warm tone? Neutral tone?

It can get really confusing and hard to understand what an undertone is or why it has anything to do with makeup. But it plays a huge part with makeup, especially when it comes to picking out a perfect foundation. Now understand that the undertone is whats under the skin and that tone doesn't change. An easy way to tell what your tone is to simply turn over your forearm and look at your veins. Now if you see that your veins are blue or purple then you are cool tone. If you see that your veins are green then you are warm tone. Now in my case along with others if your veins appear blue-green then you are neutral tone. But in most cases neutral tone can sway more warm when deciding on which tone to pick. The tone as I said before plays a huge part on makeup in was to harmonize a look or to add contrast. When you are warm tone you can use warm shadows, blush colors or lip color to not only harmonizes but also being an easy way to guaranteeing a look will work best on you. (same rule if your cool tone) Now if you wanted to add contrast; a warm tone individual would use cool tone items to add a pop. As will a cool tone individual use warm tone items to add a pop to their skin. Hope this help to better understand what tone is and to help when buying foundation. XOXO

Current Favorite Foundation

Sorry I haven't been making any post lately but I'm back and will be posting weekly beauty post.

I thought since my complexion is something I get commented on a lot I would share two of my current favorite foundation both high-end and drugstore. Now I have oily-oily combination skin. I tend to like more of a matte finish to my foundations since most tend to help control the oils.

Drugstore: L'Oreal's Infallible Pro-Matte Foundation

This foundation literally is AMAZING!! I wear shade Sun Beige 106. Foundation claims to be both matte and long-wearing which are both i completely agree with. I've never loved a drugstore foundation as much as I do this one. It even competes with some of my higher brands. Usually retails anywhere from 11.99-14.99 depending on the location. Now most of these foundations are more warmer in tone. Meaning that they are most yellow based.

High-end: NARS All Day Luminous Weightless Foundation

This foundation claims to be 16 hour wear, natural finish, oil-free, full coverage and light weight. Now I agree with most of those, however I will say this foundation is more of a matte finish on most skin types. I do not recommend this to anyone who is dry because the foundation will stick to any dry patches that are on the skin. Now this is long-wearing and full coverage; which is amazing at how light it feels. Usually full coverage foundations tend to be thicker in texture or feel heavy on the skin. This foundation is neither. My undertone (don't worry I will have a post up soon on what undertone is very soon) neutral. Most of NARS foundations are warmer tone but the shade that's working for me is Vallauris which is cooler tone foundation but matches perfectly to my skin tone. This foundation retails for $48.

Urban Decay's Naked Skin Weightless Complete Coverage Concealer Review

So for the pass couple of weeks I have been trying out Urban Decay's new concealer. The concealer comes in 8 shades with two different undertones. (Fair Neutral, Light Warm, Light Neutral, Medium-Light Neutral, Medium Neutral, Medium-Dark Warm, Medium-Dark Neutral & Dark Neutral) It is a buildable & weightless coverage. Super blendable with a natural luminous demi-matte finish.  I always seem to have trouble with concealers creasing on me no matter what I try. MAC's Pro Longwear concealer always seemed to be the one to crease the least until I tried Urban Decay's concealer. With the long days I do working it stays put without any trouble of creasing or fading. I like the wand applicator which makes it easy to apply; while applying a great deal of product without having to re-dip for more. I love this product! Its more than my normal concealer but it is something I definitely think is money well spent! I happen to use Medium-Light Neutral which is a little lighter than my complexion leaving a beautiful natural highlight!! Urban Decay's Naked Skin Concealer retails for $28.

XOXO

Urban Decay's Naked Skin Concealer

January Favorites 2015

My most favorite & most reached for products for the month of January will have to be: Lorac Pro Palette, Urban Decay Naked Skin Foundation, Smashbox Pore Minimizing Primer & Sephora Collection Cream Lip Stains. (Mostly the color #13 Marvelous Mauve)

Lorac Pro Palette is an awesome palette for a go to look. Made up of 8 shimmer & 8 matte shadows making a totally of 16 shades. They blend so smoothly while being nicely pigmented. Price point for them is a good deal as well at $42!

Lorac Pro Palette

Now normally I tend to like a full on matte foundation however though Urban Decay's Naked Skin foundation is a luminous, demi-matte finish. Which with the weather I've been having here at home I'm not complaining since my skin has dried out some. I love how light weight the feeling is with still giving me the coverage I need. The foundation retails for $39. (I happen to be shade 6.0)

UD Naked Skin

Can we say the bomb.com of primers? Now this primer has seriously changed my life. I have been using Benefits Porefessional for the longest considering I have concerns with my pores. I've been using it now for about 2 months & I'm just obsess. It has a velvety texture that leaves a matte finish while filling in my pores. Smashbox's Pore Minimizing Primer retails for $39.

Pore Minimizing

Sephora has recently launched new colors in their stains. My current everyday lip color is #13. With a matte finish & an awesome staying power these cream stains are any woman's match made in heaven when needing something to stay on for those long days without time for a lip touch up. Other then when eating which will break down the product; they don't budge or smudge. However, with any lip stain they can sometimes become a little drying on the lips, so I suggest hydrating lips before hand. Sephora Collection cream lip stains retail for $13 each! (Talk about a beauty steal)

Sephora Collection Cream Lip Stains

Nabi Lip Liners Review

While my blog is still under the works I thought I would write a review on a new product I have been trying now for about a week. So I've heard about the Nabi Lip Liners through other beauty lovers && I thought it was about time i finally gave in && tried them. && I have to say I'm truly impressed && in love. I order them through Amazon.com the price was $19.95 plus shipping. I believe the totally came out to about $24 dollars. I received the items pretty quickly which I was very happy about. They come in a range of colors && needless to say I will probably never need to buy another lip liner again. The quality && pigment of the liners are awesome. Their were a few that needed sharpening before use because the tips where dry; but once sharpen they worked perfectly. 

Is this a must buy? I would say yes! 54 for about 44 cents a piece is an amazing deal! 

XOXO

Nabi Lip Liners