Thanksgiving Look!

This is what I will be sporting on Thanksgiving day. It is super festive, fall leaves, orange/goldish browns. Hope you like!

Products used:

EYES
Rubenesque Paintpot (all over lid, liberally)
Urban Decay e/s in Baked (inner half of lid)
Revlon Copper Spice palette in copper shade, and dark brown (outer half, crease)
Rimmel eyeliner in black

CHEEKS
The Body Shop blush in 01 Warm Sunset

LIPS
Maybelline moisture extreme lipstick in Nude Blush

Happy Thanksgiving, bloggers! I miss you guys!!

FOTD: Drugstore look #1

Decided to post one of my favorite looks ever! It's all using drugstore products, but specifically my Maybelline Chai Latte Quad. It's such a versatile compact, and I wear this for school everyday. Here's some pictures:






What I used -

EYES
UDPP
Revlon illuminance creme shadows in Skinlights
Maybelline Chai Latte Quad
*Lightest shade inner half
*Light brown shade outer half
*Darkest brown crease/outer corner
*Gold/brown color lower lashline
L'Oreal Lineur Intense Carbon Black eyeliner
LashBlast waterproof mascara

FACE
Jane blushing petal blush

LIPS
Carmex
Maybelline lipstick in Nude Blush
The Body Shop lipgloss in 02 (from their summer collection)

Are you ready for the week to begin? i'm not..:( lol have a good one!

Cynthia

VS Brilliant Lip shine in Mischief :)

Holy cow, I love this lipgloss! I bought it on a whim and now i'm totally in loveee with it! Just look at the fabulous color it gives - and it's super sparkly..just like a dazzle glass! It's not sticky, pigmented, not drying, and stays on for a decent amount of time. I love this thing!! Now I know why it's called "Brilliant Lipshine" - it's super shinyyyy!!

Okay, but the fact is - it was $12 dollars. Pricey in my opinion, and the packaging could've been better (without the pen clicker thingy ma jiggy). But all in all, I would totally buy this again!


The color is very baby pink, with a hint of peach undertone to it. It seriously makes my lips glow.

Give it a try, you won't be disappointed: Victoria's Secret



Cynthia :)

My "go to" Fall/Autumn look!

I love cold weather, but of course, not as much as summer =P. Anyway - this is definitely my go to look for fall. I love browns, earth tones/shades for everyday because it's more practical and professional. Although, I do still love those pinks and purples - but browns are my calling!




EYES:
UDPP
MAC Rubenesque paint pot
Stila e/s in Kitten
MAC e/s in Woodwinked
The Body Shop e/s trio in Sundown Glow (darkest shade)
Bobbi Brown e/s in Bone 2 (highlight)

CHEEKS:
The Body Shop blush trio in Cool Dusk

LIPS:
Rimmel l/s in Airy Fairy
NARS l/g in Chihuahua

I will have the video uploaded no later than tomorrow night <3

I love the weekends :)



Cynthia

OPI Nail Polish Haul!

Fall is here as we all know it - and I decided to do a little nail polish shopping to match this perfect weather outside! I initially wanted to buy pale pink, nudy colors (that is almost like my nail color but with a pink tint to them) for school and work because it's much more appropriate than wearing blue or purple nail polish. But I ended up loving the Espana collection, and some great staple colors! You all know I already bought the Lincoln Park After Dark and Lincoln Park at Midnight shades at Ulta - but I did a little shopping on 8ty8beauty.com!

I don't like their customer service, because they don't tell you your shipping until after they've shipped your items, and they don't process your order until DAYS later! And I hate that!! I did find another website last summer I think, called Transdesign.com which sold cheap OPI and China Glaze nail polishes - but they've gone up in price. 8ty8beauty sells OPI for $4.48, and Transdesign sells OPI for $4.99!

I went the cheaper route - 8ty8beauty.

These are the shades that I purchased:


*From left to right - Lincoln Park after Dark, Lincoln Park after Midnight, Kangarooby, No Spain No Gain, Tijuana Dance?, It's Sheer Luck, Suzi & the Lifeguard*

Lincoln Park After Dark


Lincoln Park after Midnight


Kangarooby (LOVEE)


No Spain No Gain


Tijuana Dance?


It's Sheer Luck


Suzi & The Lifeguard


From Bottom to Top - Tijuana Dance?, It's Sheer Luck, Suzi & the Lifeguard (WITH FLASH):


From Bottom to Top - Tijuana Dance?, It's Sheer Luck, Suzi & the Lifeguard (WITHOUT FLASH):


Needless to say - I love all the colors :)))))

**Swatches of the last few colors will be better once I get a chance to try out the colors fully**

Love you,

Cynthia

Fashion Haul with a little bit of NARS cosmetics :)

I bought some clothes from Target (mainly long sleeved cardigans), and some layering long sleeved shirts. Target is such a great place to buy things like that <3 I won't show you pics of my cardigans bc I have nobody here to help me take a pic of them..but I can show you the shoes that I bought from Bakers and DSW :)

Bought at Bakers:




Bought at DSW:


I also did some shopping online (Sephora.com) and bought my first NARS products EVER! I'm so happy!! The random eye makeup remover wipes were because with like 2 more dollars I could get free shipping on my order - I always get sucked into those gimmicks!! LOL

Nars Orgasm blush along with Nars Chihuahua Lipgloss :)


Swatches:


*I compared the lipgloss to my Bobbi Brown Beige 21 one - because they looked so similar. I think, atleast :)*

Nars Chihuahua Liplogss:



Love you all :)

Cynthia

Different types of bases: Rubenesque VS UDPP

Hey girls so you all know how much I love my MAC Rubenesque Paint Pot as a base. But I never really had the chance to wear it for 8 straight hours until I started teaching. Let me tell you, at the end of the day - my eyeshadows look NASTY! By nasty, I mean horrible creasing! My daily routine consists of applying Rubenesque all over the lid, then I apply a light shadow over the paint pot, then a nice dark crease color for the outer corner. I apply my makeup at 6:30am, and I don't get home until 4:30pm. So that's more than 8 hours of wear - and Rubenesque just can't hang with me.

So I decided to do a little test, I applied Rubenesque on the right side (really my left..but the camera flips it the opposite direction)..then applied a Bobbi Brown Beige eyeshadow over it. On the LEFT side, I applied Urban Decay Primer Potion FIRST - then Rubenesque ontop of it. And Bobbi Brown eyeshadow follows. Here is the before pic:



Everything looks fine right? Well, when I got home today - this is what my makeup looked like:


Both show a little creasing, but UDPP still has most of my eyeshadow in place.



*I tried to capture the horrible creasing on my camera..but I just couldn't make it do it any justice. But you will just have to trust me on this one!*


The Rubenesque side - most have worn off....

I know most people probably don't use Rubenesque paint pot as a base, more as a color base to help make eyeshadows more vibrant - but I really wouldn't trust these paint pots as an 8 hour base. That's why I love my trusty UDPP!

Love you all!!

Cynthia