NARS Guy Bourdin Holiday Collection Limited Edition One Night Stand Cheek Palette

I have always lusted over NARS products especially their blushes. They are known for being so pigmented, smooth and just overall amazing. I love NARS but I'm not a huge fan of their prices, they are one of the most expensive high end brands (but not as bad as Dior). Around the holiday times NARS usually comes out with pallets that have multiple products for a great price (considering the individual price of their products). So I wanted blushes, and guess what NARS came out with an amazing blush palette with their two best sellers Orgasim (blush) and Laguna (bronzer).

Sweater Weather Tag

So this tag has gone around Youtube and the blog sphere and basically everyone and their mother is doin it. So I though well I MUST DO IT. So here is my versions of the Sweater Weather Tag

1. Favorite Candle Scent?

• I am not a candle user. I know that every beauty guru is obsessed with candles but I'm just not a fan. How ever I do have a cinnamon broom in my bed room and it is amazing. I love spicy smells and the broom fills my whole room with the soft smell of cinnamon. You get cinnamon brooms at crafts stores but I got mine from Trader Joe's

2. Coffee, Tea or Hot Chocolate? 

• Coffee all the way. I am a two cup of day kind of girl and I drink even more during the winter and fall. I love lattes, PUMPKIN SPICE from Starbucks is awesome. But basically a classic cup of joe is good for me. I love walking home and having the coffee in the my hand. It is a hand warmer and it tastes so good. 

3. Do you switch up your makeup routine for the season?

• I don't change up my makeup but I do change my skincare. I have dry to combination skin and in the winter my skin is straight up parched. I like to use more moisturizing face washes, lotions and I cleans with oils and natural toners. because my skin is dry I don't like to use long wearing foundations as much because I find that they cling to dry patches. I love the Cover Girl Nature Luxe foundation for the winter. 

4. Favorite Thanksgiving Food?

• MASH POTATOES with tons of gravy enough said. 

5. Hats of Scarves?

• I am a hat girl all the way. I have big bushy hair and it is great to shove it under at hat and just forget about it. I love beanies and I am currently on the hunt for the perfect slouchy black beans. So if you have any suggestions post them in the comments. 

6. Most Worn Sweater

• My cat sweater from forever 21. So cozy, soft and cute. It is black and white basically goes with everything. It is a little bit longer than your average sweater and I love that it covers my behind when I wear leggings. It is baggy and just so cute I would be lost without it. 

7. Must have nail polish?

• I like Essie's Liquorish but, I really haven't been wearing nail polish lately. I do a lot of ceramics and the clay ruins your manicure instantly. It just isn't worth it any more. However I that said last year I loved OPI's Skull and Gloss Bones from the Pirates of the Caribbean collection. It was a light gray and was so pretty for the winter. 

8. Foot Ball Games or Jumping into a pile of leaves? 

• Neither, I don't like this question. Sorry 

9. Skinny Jeans of Leggings? 

• Leggings, leggings, leggings. So comfy and I love the thick ones from Hue that I bought in Italy they are so amazing. 

10. Boots or Uggs? 

• Boots. I live my in calf engineer Frye boots. I have two pairs one black, and the other a burnt maroon. I love throwing on a pair of boots with high socks, leggings and a sweater. Comfy and so cute. 

11. What is your #1 favorite thing about Fall?

•  I love the clothes. I love wearing layers, hats, sweater and light jackets. I love that I can start drinking hot drinks outside and snuggle under blankets watching movies. 

12.Do you have a song that gets you in the Fall mood or just a song you're loving at the moment?

• I looked at my most played song and right now that would be Tennis Court By Lorde. Basically that is the only album that I have been listening to. I also have been loving Counting Stars by One Republic. 

13. What is the Fall weather like where you currently live?

• New York weather has been pretty crazy. Some days are really cold but recently the weather has been pretty mild. Its not really fall any more (it's December) but it usually is very cold. Windy, rainy and bitter. 

Overall I love the coldish weather, not cold. But, coldish not freezing. 

Haul

Haul from Olympia Washington!

Lip Products

Rimmel Show Off Lip Lacquer: Nude Eclipse

• Classic nude color with pink undertones. If kind of washes out your face but it looks good because it is shiny. 

Rimmel Show Off Lip Lacquer: Celestial

• Bright medium pink color. Super creamy and wonderful. 

Rimmel Show Off Lip Lacquer: Big Bang

• Bright red with orange undertones

Revlon Matte Balm: Shameless 

• Bright Matte Purple Color, very opaque, creamy. Kind of clumps up after a while when reapplied

Revlon Matte Balm: Sultry 

• Deep rose color super opaque and creamy. Doesn't clump up as bad as shameless. 

Covergirl Lip Perfection Lip Liner: Seduce

• light pale nude pink. 

Covergirl Lip Perfection Lip Liner: Beloved 

• magenta rose, pink very standard. 

Eyes

12 HR Made to Last Eyeshadow Pencil: 03 Tenacious Brown

• Deep brown creamy. Blends in, but does set very quickly. 

12 HR Made to Last Eyeshadow Pencil: Continuous Almond 

• great eyeshadow base, super amazing my favorite out of the bunch. Just awesome and so inexpensive. 

12 HR Made to Last Eyeshadow Pencil: Stay on Black 

• same deal as Tenacious Brown

I bought everything at Walgreens. You can find Jordana and Rimmel at other drugstores but Walgreens has the best selection in my opinion.

Winter Inspiration

Wet N Wild Vamp It Up

So on my hunt for the perfect dark purple lipstick I came across Wet N Wild's Vamp It Up. The color is a super dark witchy eggplant with a creme finish. First off this lipstick is AMAZING

1. it costs 2-3 dollars 
2. super duper opaque 
3. no gaps 
4. stays put, super duper long wearing 
5. feels great on your lips not super duper drying. 

This lipstick is just amazing I can't even really tell you how much I love it. Some people aren't going to like this color, it is super duper gothic so beware. I like to wear this with a full face of foundation aka flawless skin, no blush, filled in brows and just some mascara. When you wear a lipstick this bold and dark you just want the rest of your face to be a clean blank canvas or else the lipstick will start to wear you and you won't be wearing the lipstick (if you know what I mean). You don't want this crazy dark color over powering the rest of your face. You need to create balance by going for a totally neutral look. Wearing any eyeliner or blush just makes you look like your wearing clown makeup. 

I totally recommend this lipstick if you want a super dark vampy/gothic look. You don't need a lipliner but I would suggest apply with a lip brush to get a more precise application and more polished look. However with patience you can apply this nicely straight from the tube. If you don't own a lip-brush no problem, just used a small concealer brush instead, or a fine liner brush they work pretty much the same. 

If you have been interested in experienmenting with black lipstick I would suggest working your way up to it. Try Vamp It Up first, get used to it, and partice wearing it. Then once you have mastered it you can move on to black. To wear black lipstick or any really gothic lip color you need to have confidence because some people are going to stare at you and just think 

"what is that girl wearing, oh god it is so ugly IT BURNS MY EYES" 

To sum things up this is a great product and I really want to try even more colors from the Wet N Wild line 

Maybelline Shadow Duo in Browntones

I purchased a little mabelline brown eyeshadow duo thinking that it might be nice to travel with or through into a on-the-go makeup bag. The duo consists of two colors the larger pan contains a light cool tones brown and the small eyeshadow pan has a darker taupey brown. Both of the shadows contain shimmer.

The lighter brown shadow is very sheer and can be worn all over the lid to even out skin tone. It is definatly brown so if you have super pale skin this will not be equal to a vanilla color. If you have very dark skin this could be a good transition color or all over the lid. The shimmer looks really visible in the pan but on the lid is very sublte. This is a great neutral color and can work as a great light crease color for pale skin tones. Over all I like the pigmentation and it is soft and buttery to apply.

The darker brown color is way more pigmented and can really be built up to a full dark brown. When applied lightly it is a great natural crease color. This shimmer in this shadow gives it a sheen but it isn't too sparkly. Again has a great consistency and blends out easily. A great drugstore shadow.

Overall I am pretty happy with this little duo. The shadows could be more pigmented but they are still work pretty well. I would definitely recommend buying this if you are looking for some inexpensive neutral colors.

Covergirl Eye Enhancers In Sheerly Nudes

So I know, I know I haven't written anything In a while but school has been totally crazy. I purchased a Covergirl quad to see if maybe the Country Woods quad was just a bad one and didn't reflect the whole collection. I bought Sheerly Nudes which is very similar to Country Woods but is less has less amber undertones and more grey.
The quad (left to right) comes with a medium grey brown with shimmer, a medium brown pink with shimmer, a light frosty pink, and a frosty vanilla. The colors in the pan look pigmented but when swatched these are all sparkle and no color. The medium pink and the vanilla just show up as glitter. The brown color is a darker glitter. The only shadow having any pigment is the frosty light pink but that still isn't saying much. Overall you can't really do anything with this eyeshadow pallet except apply various types of slightly color shimmer to your eyes. Even with an eyeshadow primer this quad just does nothing. Overall it is a total dud and I have nothing more to really say about it. This product costs 6 to 7 dollars depending where you purchase it.