I just wanted to apologize for my lack of posts lately. I was in the states, then when I returned home I got EXTREMELY sick and I'm still trying to fight that off. because of that I haven't been wearing much makeup at all, and infact haven't put anything on my face in multiple days. I am uploading a backlog of videos though, so check out my youtube!
This is going to be an extremely picture heavy post. After spending most of my Sunday swatching and photographing my ENTIRE nailpolish collection, I first have photos of the polishes. I grouped them by brand, with the leftovers all photographed together. You guys have seen all my Models Own collection, so I won't include those photos again.
NARS
NARS Galion and Night Rider
ZOYA
Zoya Jo, Julieanne, Lolly, Dovima, Pandora
to see the rest of my collection, click the jump!
so, since I was without internet during my entire trip (both a blessing and a curse) I am going to take some time and catch up on the questions.
6. Do you like/wear false lashes? If yes, strip or individual?
I actually recently got really into false lashes. I had always admired the lines of beauties, and wore them quite a few times to school dances, always expertly applied by a MUA. I included a picture below of my favorite pair, a lovely feathered pair by Makeup Forever. After being terrified for as long as I could remember, I finally got the hang of it, and wear them quite often. My favorites are Shu Uemura Smokey Layers, MAC 1 and 20.
7. Favourite eye shadow color?
If I was to choose a single color, to use for the rest of my life, MAC Grand Entrance. Its the absolutely perfect shimmering champagne color that I just adore and have used up an entire pan of :)
8. What's your favourite daytime look?
It varies every day! Right now I'm really enjoying MAC Sumptuous Olive, Bronze, and Humid with Pearlglide Intense Liner in Lord It Up, Benefit's They're Real Mascara, a little MAC Warm Soul Blush and a tad of Chanel Glossimer in 86
9. Picture of your makeup collection? (I'm skipping this for now, pictures to come)
10. Favourite makeup brush?
Right now? My Sigma F80. I have sung its praises multiple times and it makes putting on foundations a breeze. I also love the F84 and use it for my thicker BB creams.
11. Do you like wearing bronzer?
I have long subscribed to the cult of NARS Laguna, and I own quite a few others (MAC Golden, Hoola, and a couple drug stores)
I will try and keep up with these :)
xxblondeandthebeauty
So, I am back from vacation, (where I had extremely little to NO internet) and thought that I would show a Fall FOTD.
I took all my makeup with me, but found myself using only my Becca Luminous skin tint, a little mascara, and Becca Beach Tint on my lips and cheeks.
On my youtube over the next couple of weeks I am going to be doing a top 5 series. So far I have my 5 favorite blushes, cream blushes, eyeshadows, cream shadows, foundation, eye palettes, concealers, lipsticks and lip glosses. I figured it would be a fun little series to do :)
in other news: here is my FOTD. I will film a tutorial on it hopefully tomorrow.
xxblondeandthebeauty
So, unexplained illness, paired with sleeping nearly all day has led to me not being as good about posting, so I thought I would do a catch up post :) so here are questions 2-5
2. How did you learn to put on makeup?
I started by watching my mom, who has always been as interested in makeup as I am. My good friend Lindy, who is an unbelievable makeup artist and one of my role models played an insurmountable role in not only my skills in applying makeup, but also my love of makeup.
3. Favourite brand?
I feel as if my taste in makeup is slowly evolving, where a year ago it would have been MAC hands down, I find myself being much more drawn to Guerlain and Chanel, although my love for Laura Mercier started young. If I had to pick one brand, to use exclusively, I would say Guerlain, because I love all parts of the brand, with Chanel coming in right behind.
4. Do you like wearing foundation? If so, what's your color and favourite?
I love wearing foundation! I would say my favorites are Laura Mercier Moisturizing Foundation in Warm Ivory, Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua in a custom mix of BR10 and BR40, Estee Lauder Double Wear Light in Shade 1
I have very odd coloring to my skin. I am technically pink based (I wear MAC NW shades) but since I have so much redness from being so pale and having dry skin, I like to wear more neutral to warm shades to cancel that out and match my neck, which is definitely more warm.
5. Favourite lipstick, lip gloss and lip liner?
If I had to pick one of each: Guerlain Kiss Kiss Rose Ingenue 573, Chanel Glossimer in Meteore #128, NYX lip liner in Pale Pink
so there you have it! I will try to get back on schedule with these, and I'm going to try and get everything ready to auto post as I will be on the beautiful Island of Crete, Greece next week :)
xxtheblondeandthebeauty
OK- so in order to be eligible you must leave your comment on the VIDEO below.
here are the rules:
*open worldwide except where nail polish is not allowed to be imported*
1. subscribe to my youtube channel!
2, follow my blog and let me know what you follow under in the comments on the VIDEO
3. Tell me in the comments which 9 polishes you would like to receive
you have until October 9th to enter!
Polishes to choose from:
Purple Haze, Scarlet Sparkle, Silver Fox, Magenta Pearl, Gold Rush, Slate Grey, Lemon Meringue, Top Turquoise, Betty Blue, Purple Grey, Becca's Brown, Gold Digger
good luck to everyone! Here is a picture of the polishes up for grabs!
xxtheblondeandthebeauty
Ok! So here is part two of you Model's Own 50% Off Sale Swatch Extravaganza! I purchased quite a few of their lip products and here are some pictures for you :)
product photos and swatches will be after the jump!
Ok so here are swatches of the face and eye products I purchased from the Models Own 50% off sale. I decided to break this up into the eye and face products and then will post all the lip products in a second post :)
Since this will be a VERY picture heavy post, everything will be after the jump!
So, Models Own is a cosmetics and nail polish company based out of London, who have earned a place in the bloggersphere because of their cheap prices and high quality. They ran a promotion via facebook that after they reached 50,000 page likes they would run a 50% off on their entire catalogue.
1. When did you start putting on makeup?
So, I saw this on a blog and thought that it would be PERFECT for my plan to post for the entire month!
Hey guys! I've recently been venturing into green eyeshadow. I've never really worn it, probably because I really detest the color green. However, with my dark brown eyes and blonde hair, I think the green shadow is striking :) Even more than that, I used my wet and wild shadow trios and they are AMAZING. I can't believe the quality for the price.
So I know I said I wasn't going to post today, but I just had to show you guys my latest nail combo. you will have to excuse the awful photo, its almost 2 am in Paris, and I was using my "camera" on my computer.
So, instead of posting on my youtube AND my blog, I posted TWO youtube videos, so I'm going to post one of those here :)
After reading reviews and watching youtube videos on these little wonder sheets for AGES, I finally caved and searched on evilbay to see what I could find. Seeing as how I was new to not only Beauty Diary, but also sheet masks in general, I wanted to try and find one of the sets with multiple of the masks to try.
I just wanted to share a super quick FOTD I did today to go run errands :) this took about 5 minutes, and is great for those mornings when you have to run out of the door.
I decided for my first of my month 'o' posts that I would start with a basic survey to give you a little insight into my makeup clouded brain :)
I want to start doing weekly in and outs, but decided to start off I should do a Summer in and out.
So, I've made the executive decision to buckle down and really work on blogging. I highly doubt anyone is still reading, but I made the transition to youtube (here) and let me blog fall to the waist side. Anyways, I've made a goal to blog atleast once a day, for the entire month of September, so get ready!
Face- Estee Lauder Double Wear Max Coverage in Ivory Light mixed with Estee Lauder Double Wear in 1C1 Shell, MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NW20, YSL Touche Eclat #2 under eyes, Armani loose powder in Pink (i'm not sure what the number is, I've had this for almost two years, its a gorgeous luminous pink and I think it was limited edition, but has recently been re-released)
