Everyday Glow Makeup Tutorial.

Glow the day away 

I am not the one for heavy makeup look. Not yet at least. I always prefer limited product look that looks natural yet beautiful. This is one of my most favorite looks of all time.  

Products you will need for this look:

-Elf Acne fighting Foundation in dark

-Hard candy sheer envy face primer

-Revlon colorstay concealer

-Elf perfect finish HD powder

-Pur 4-in-1 Pressed Mineral makeup SPF 15 in Tan 

-essence silky touch blush

 -essence lipstick in 16 Cosnova frankfurt

-ELf shadow lock eyelid primer

-essence liquid ink eyeliner

-Diorshow maximizer lash primer

-Maybelline the Colossal volume express mascara

-Hard candy glow all the way face luminizer 

Now before we get started, just a reminder to moisturize your face before anything. I know it's common sense but if you anything like me, i hated moisturizers because i have oily skin and i thought they only made my skin worse. I soon realized how wrong i was. you just need to find the right moisturizer for yours skin. But always use one!

I can not stressed how important it is to moisturize your face before you apply any kind of makeup products on it. Just like an artist need a plain and smooth canvas to start their work, it is necessary to prep you skin for the layers of makeup you are about to apply. Moisturizing the face, keeps the skin from drying out and prevents the foundation from looking patchy and dry. Lets get started, shall we?

Step one # 1

After you have moisturized, prime your face. Never and i mean NEVER apply foundation without a primer, especially if you have oily skin. Unless you want the foundation to slip away over the span of day, or unless you want that oil buildup that makes your skin look shiny. 

I primed my face  with hard candy sheer envy face primer. After it soaked in completely, I used my Elf acne fighting foundation in dark and covered my face. I used a beauty blender to blend everything out. 

Step #2

Conceal away all the dark spot and pigmentation with Revlon color stay concealer. To conceal your eyes draw an upside down triangle under your eyes as shown below.

 Blend it all with a beauty blender or your fingers. 

 Step #3

I used Pur 4-in-1 pressed mineral makeup for contouring. It is initially used a a foundation but since it is a little darker for my tone, I decided to use it as a contour powder. I like the way it looks with my skin and the best part is i can use it either way, as a foundation and a contour powder. I sometimes even used it to set my makeup if my foundation is lighter than my skin tone. This for me works many ways so i am all for it! 

It doesn't over contour my face but adds just a hint of warmth to my cheek bones. 

Step #4 

Bake your face with the Elf perfect finish HD powder. Dab this beauty generously on your under eyes and right underneath your contour. This not only keeps your make up in place but also brighten the area to give a better highlight and coverage. It adds that extra glow and i am all for it!  

Leave it on for 10-20 mins and than lightly brush it off with a stipple brush. Once you do that set your face with the same powder to lock in your foundation and concealor. 

Step #5

Once your are done with contouring and baking your face, apply the blush on the apple of your cheeks. I love the Essence Silky Touch blush as it provide just the right amount of pink flush to my cheeks for an everyday look. I like to keep it light and this works perfectly for my preference. 

Step #6 

While you bake your face, you can go ahead and start with your eyes. Apply a eyelid primer if you are using eye shadows. I didn't use any eye shadow but i applied the Elf eyelid primer to keep my eyelids from getting shiny and oily over the day. 

Apply your eyeliner however you prefer. In this look i did a simple cat eye look.
Than i used the Diorshow Maximizer Lash Primer before i applied my Maybelline Colossal Volume Express just to add that extra lift.
(I did a review on the Diorshow if you wish to take a look to get a better idea of this product)

And voila! 

Step # 7

Apply the lipstick. I used Essence 16 lip color. This was gifted to me by my best friend and i absolutely love this color for an everyday look. If gives such a fresh feel to the entire look. This isn't matte so it leaves the lips looking glowey and shiny and feeling moisturized. 

Step # 8 

Last but definitely not the least. Highlight and complete the look using hard candy glow all the way body and face luminizer. This is a very light application. It doesn't have too bright a highlight but for an everyday look this works for me. I prefer the glow it adds to my face. 

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Diorshow Maximizer 3D Triple Volume Plumping Lash primer review

Okayy So this one was a tough one. 

I have heard some real hype about this primer. So i had to try it out! However I am on the edge with this one. 

So as you can guess by the title of the post this is "a lash primer with an air-pumped texture that coats each lash with a dense, lightweight layer to intensify the effects of the mascara."

Basically it primes your lashes for a better and more intense mascara look. It is suppose to keep lashes from clumping, increase their length and maintain a better curl. 

For my first impression though, I have mixed feelings about this product. On a plus side, it did increase the length of my lashes a little. However i am not so sure about the curl and the supposed intense mascara look. So here is what i did. I curled my lashes before applying the primer.

When i opened the pack and pulled the brush out it did grabbed onto a lot of product. When i applied the product, there was too much of it on the brush that it ended up clumping my lashes. It didn't went on evenly at all. 

After that i applied my mascara on top and that only made them clump more. So i used my fingers to separate my lashes before they dried. There was definitely an increase in the length of my lashes. However i didn't feel much difference between using the primer and not using one. I kind of get the same look just by using my mascara alone. Actually my mascara doesn't clump up my lashes as this product did.

As for the curl, you can judge by the pictures how much of a curl you can see. 

It is priced at $ 29.50 from a spear outlet or online.  

I used Maybelline the colossal volume express water proof mascara. 

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And always remember sky is the limit! 

Kat Von D 'Lolita II' lipstick review!

Absolutely in Love with this Color! 

So recently I got the chance to review the lip color 'Lolita II' by Kat Von D latest lip collection. It is one of the 30 shades available at Sephora, and boy am i in love with this color! 

I have been searching for the perfect nude for me for quite some time now. 

I have always been skeptical when choosing a nude shade for my skin. 

I have a tan-ish skin tone and most colors i tried didn't suit me for some reason. 

However, when i tried this color i felt like i was reborn! (okay that's a bit too much maybe :P ) 

But i am not kidding. I just can't help but fall in love with the pigment. 

Lolita II is a beautiful terra cotta nude, perfect shade for fall and winter. It is a brighter version of 'Lolita I, a chestnut shade'. It has a smooth matte finish and is very pigmented. 

The lipstick glides over the lip like a lipgloss but dries into a perfect matte. 

However, it comes with its flaws. It dried out a little too much to a point where it cracked right at the center of my lips. 

I didn't retouch it because even after it dried out a little, the matte lipstick maintained it's pigment.

Now a lot of people might not like the feel of their lips sticking together out of dryness. 

For some reason i didn't mind it. It didn't dry me out TOO much. Just enough to be matte.

So i guess i can live with that, i don't know about you guys. 

So if you decide to purchase, keep that in mind.   

It cost $20 from Sephora, so it does fall on the expensive end of the wheel. 

Just something to consider. (P.S the image on my blog is a deluxe size. the actual lipstick a lot bigger than this.)

Other than that, As i said before i am in love with the pigment!! like IN LOVE. I would definitely buy it again.

For me this is a must have for fall and winter.

I mean just look at the color! 

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Healthy Triple Chocolate Vegan Brownie!!

YAASSS you read it right! 

Ask me what i love most in this world?? CHOCOLATE and HEALTHY VEGAN FOOD! so yes this recipe is my dream come true! 

These brownies are heaven if you love raw vegan food. 

They will not only fulfill your chocolate craving but are also insanely healthy (considering you get proximately 12 brownies out of 1 cup of brown sugar which again is unprocessed so even more healthier that white sugar! Can you believe that?). 

And even though these are made out of completely raw ingredients, you can also substitute processed ingredients if you wish. 

And the best part is that this recipe is very simple and easy to follow and you can play around with it! 

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup whole wheat flour (or 1 cup white flour) 
• 1 cup brown sugar (or 1 cup white sugar)
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa 
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup Organic almond milk (or regular milk) 
• 1/4 cup coconut oil ( or use vegetable oil)
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla 
• 4 oz chocolate chips or bittersweet chocolate chopped 

    

Preheat oven to 350 degree fahrenheit, and coat an 11"x 8" pan with cooking spray or butter. 

Than sift together whole wheat flour, brown sugar, coca, baking powder and salt.  

Next stir in oil, applesauce and vanilla. 

Spread the mix in the coated pan evenly. Now you can either add the chocolate chips inside the mix or spread it on the top. I added half in the mix and spread the remaining half on top.

Bake for approximately 35-40 mins. After 35 mins check if the brownies are done by inserting a toothpick in it and see if it comes out clear. If not let it sit in there a few more minutes.

When done, let it cool completely and refrigerate. And when you are ready to serve, cut them into squares and dust with some powdered sugar, just for that extra something!

There we go! As easy as 1 2 3! Mix dry ingredients, mix in the wet ingredients, spread some chocolate chip love on top and bake away!

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Try it out and let me know how it goes! And remember,
Sky is the limit!