Just Started Doing Make up and Want to Look Gorgeous?

First of all if you are planning to do a full make up...


--Clean your face and moisturize. 
Don't forget to use an eye cream.


Start with a primer. 


Then tinted moisturizer,foundation or powder/loose powder whatever you prefer


You have acne scars, scars, blemishes, freckles?


Use a pigmented concealer that will match your skin tone and has greens or salmon or purple color in it so it can cover whatever you want to hide.


Then...


Always contour your face with a matte bronzer.


Make a fish face and find your cheek bones and contour under that area.


Then color on top of your cheek bones lightly.


It's up to you what color you want. 


You can use mauve, pink, or coral


Finish with a finishing/setting powder to keep your make up in place during the day in case you sweat or your face gets oily


For you eyes....


Use clear or flesh color primer if you want to hide discoloration and to make your eye shadow stand out.


I never go out with out using eyeliner. 


If you have really dark and full eyelashes you may not need an eyeliner.


If you like color...


Use pigmented eye shadows in a small area.


Do not paint all your eye with one color up to your brow bone as if somebody gave you a blue eye.


Use white, golden or shimmery flesh color under your eyebrows and at the inner corner of your eyes. Your eyes will stand out.


Blend a brown or grey eye shadow in your socket to make your eye area bigger.


End with mascara. 
It's up to you what you want to achieve when choosing your mascara.


Do you want to look natural and have thick lashes or dramatic or just long lashes or curled lashes? 


You will decide...


Then brush your eye brows. 


What I hate the most is people brushing their eye brows down to make it look shaped nice.


It just makes me want to lick my thumb and brush their eye brows myself. 


Plug your eyebrows where it is needed and brush the way hair grows not down!


You may want to use a clear mascara to keep them in place.


If you have light color eyebrows or you have empty parts in your eyebrows use an eyebrow powder or a pencil.


When you are choosing a color for your eyebrows always go for a natural look!


Unless your eye brows are too light, do not choose dark colors!


It will only make you look angry and like some beast from Mars.


and....Viola! Your make up is done and you look perfect!




My personal favorites for full make up is....


Primer: Smashbox primer or L'oreal (As a cheap alternative)


Tinted Moisturizer: Hard Candy  tinted moisturizer 
-OR-
Foundation: Laura Mercier or Amway smart shade foundation (as a cheap alternative)


Concealer: Sonia Kashuk concealer agenda palette


Bronzer: ELF Golden Bronzer


Setting Powder: Tarte Smooth Operator 


Blush: Benefit Coralista Blush or ELF Candid Coral (As a cheap alternative)


Eyeliner: Bobbi Brown Gel Eyeliner or Physicians Formula (As a cheap alternative)


Eye Base: Mac Paint Pot Painterly or Garnier Skin Renew Anti-Dark Roller (As a cheap alternative)


Eye Shadow: Hard Candy or MAC or Maybeline or Lorac or R&R


Mascara: Dior Show Mascara or L'oreal Voluminous (As a cheap alternative)


Eyebrows: any clear mascara and NYC 923 Charcoal Brow/Eyeliner Pencil


If you get an eye infection (don't say ewww that would never happen to me, because it can happen even the best of us lol) don't do make up or after your infection is gone clean your eye brushes and throw away your mascara or you will bring back your eye infection!


Don't forget it is important to remove your make up and clean your face everyday in the morning and at night. So you won't get black heads, and it is important to get a facial once a month. If you can't you can do the same thing at home almost for free! :) 


XOXO
Lola

June Favorites...

Again I was thinking I don't have much to talk about, but I found a lot of things to mention and I think this month I have favorite lipsticks more than anything else.

As for lipsticks...

I love my MAC Speak Louder, and Plumful, 

and 

Guerlain color 120 It's a light sparkly red. 
It is what I was looking for ages. It's expensive but it's long lasting and has a cool packaging.

I love how moisturizing and lustering Rimmel Moist Renew 120 Coral Shimmer and 140 Dreamy.

As far as lip glosses....

This month's favorites are MAC Surf Baby Strange Potion 

and 

Revlon 006 Strawberry Fraise (I adore this color!)

as for lip balms...

I love EOS Summer fruit

As for blushes... 

I love Elf Candid Coral. 

It has tiny gold sparkles. Just perfect for summer!

As for bronzers...

My favorite is ELF Golden Bronzer. 

I use it for contouring and it doesn't make me look like an Oscar statue at all.

As for eye products...

I love my MAC painterly pot as an all over the lid base to hide discoloration

and

I love Physcians Formula black eyeliner

As for mascaras....

I love L'oreal Voluminous. 

(Just apply it slowly and carefuly and dip it in the tube just for once if you don't want clumpy eyelashes and apply it to the outer corner lashes at the end so it won't look so clumpy on your lashes.)

As for brushes...

I love my new Tokidoki Pittura and Siberia brush sets. 
They are not just fun, but also so soft and high quality.

As for nail polishes...

I love Revlon Craving Coral

and

Sally Hansen DVD 

As for hair products...

I love Aussie Hair Insurance which also help to untangle hair

and 

John Frieda Frizz-Ease Daily Nourishment Leave-in Conditioning Spray

As for Over Night Zit Solution...

I mix a drop of Ole Henriksen Truth Serum and Dermalogica Special Clearing Booster and viola! 

The next day the zit either deflates or pops and starts healing.

As for perfumes...
I love Carried Away from Bath and Body Works. 
It's light and such a nice scent for summer. 


As for antiperspirants...
I love Secret Clinical Strength  it's sweat-proof.


My all time favorites are... 

Sonia Kashuk Concealer Pallette 

and

Hard Candy Sheer Envy Tinted Moisturizer (color Medium) 

and 

Tarte Smooth Operator as a finishing powder.

As for clothes...
I love Old Navy jeans. I got a pair of size 8 skinny jeans for my mom and it fit perfectly, and I love their Tees, they are so soft and durable; colors do not fade nor shrink after washing for million times.

My Human Favorite is... 

Vintage Make Up for following and commenting on almost all my posts. Thanx Girl! :)

I guess that's all for this month.

Take Care,

Lola

XOXO

My Make Up Collection

*I have high end and drug store products in my make up collection,

and believe it or not some of my favorite products are not the expensive ones, but the cheap ones! :)

I thought I didn't have too much products, especially eye make up products, 

but it turned out that I have quite a lot of make up products.

However, I am glad I don't have as much as some people (eg:Youtube Gurus)

It shows that I have just what I need, 

I am not buying just for the sake of feeling happy.

I am not using all the products I have,

because I am either bored 

or not happy with those products.

I plan to get a BB cream,

because I know how amazing it is (my Dermalogica beautician used it on me onces)

and I want a good tinted moisturizer

and a liner that will stay on my water line,

then I can join the Project 10 Pan

('do not buy any new make up products until you finish 10 products' challange)

all my make up products before organized.

I collected these in four years since I moved to the States.

I have some more at home in Europe.

Foundations and Powders:

Revlon, Maybeline, Neutrogena, Smashbox, Almay, WetnWild, Jergens, Organics, Laura Mercier

my favorite at the moment is Laura Mercier oil free foundation

and

FYI

Organics tinted moisturizer smells weird

Bronzers:

Elf Bronzers, Physician's Formula, Body Shop, Tarte, Rimmel

Blushes:

Elf, Body Shop, Neutrogena, Tarte, Maybeline, Physician's Formula, Heidi Klum by Victoria's Secret, Hard Candy, Rimmel

Concealers:

Garnier, Benefit, Sonia Kashuk, Hard Candy, Elf, Smashbox, Neutrogena

(I love Sonia Kashuk concealer palette and Neutrogena blemish pen)

Eye Make up:

Dior, NYC, Rimmel, Sonia Kashuk, Sephora, Avon, Mac, Urban Decay, L'oreal, Physcian's Formula, LaSplash, Anastacia, Elf, Tarte, Victoria's Secret, Tarte, pix!, Hard Candy, Revlon

(I am loving L'oreal Voluminizer mascara)

 Lipsticks:

Dior, Avon, Estee Lauder, Body Shop, Maybeline, Clinique, Benefit, Lancome, Fantasy Makers by WetnWild

(My all time favorite is Benefit Rocket Pop - you can only find it on their website not at Sephora or Ulta)

Lip liners: Mac, Avon, Elf, Maybelines, Pupa

Lip exfoliator: Body Shop

(love Elf lip pencil!)

Lipstick and Lipgloss together: Maybeline, Avon

Lipglosses:

Estee Lauder, Urban Decay, Tarte, Victoria's Secret, Avon, Sally Hansen, L'oreal, Clinique, Hello Kitty

Lip balms:

Carmes, Blisstex, Wegmans, Lotta Luv, Hello Kitty, EOS, Lip Smackers, Nivea, Body Shop, Biotherm

(I love my EOS and Hello Kitty Apple balm)

 Primers and Make up Setting Products:

Elf, Maybeline, Tarte, L'oreal, Smashbox, Bare Escentuals, Urban Decay, Philosophy

(Currently I have Urban Decay make up setting spray for combination skin,

but

I love oil free all night long make up setting spray more

and

my favorite primer is Smashbox oil free primer,

second best and a cheap alternative can be

L'oreal)

Sets:

Claires, Hello Kitty, Dior

(I love Hello Kitty's packaging,

but

not so impressed with the eyeshadows,

I plan to get the Spring version of it,

and

I love the powder foundation in my Dior kit)

Finished products:

Body Shop, Clarins, Benefit,

Mac (Half and Half - expired not finished)

After my concealers organized

After lipsticks are organized

After all make up products organized

Make up products that I use daily:

Laura Mercier, Smash box, Elf, Physician's Formula, Hard Candy, Urban Decay, EOS, Hello Kitty, Sonia Kashuk, L'oreal, Benefit, Maybeline, Tarte, Garnier, Rimmel, Neutrogena, GeoGirl.

These can also be considered as my favorite make up products at the moment.

*Holy Grail Products List is coming up shortly...

(Posted on May 16, 2011)

Blessing in Disguise

Unbelievable! Another month passed. Time really flies by fast.

I ignored this page for the last few days, but I have a perfectly good explanation. 

No, the dog didn't eat my homework, but it's worse! 

My laptop died :( RIP Mangy. 

Thank God I did the back-up a while ago. 

I just lost few picture files (I think).

By the way, I don't know if this is a blessing in disguise, 

because I was eyeing for a new laptop for a while. 

Actually, I didn't get what I was planning to get, 

but this baby is beautiful! and yes it was on sale! I am such a sales girl :) 

I get everything I want from sales. 

I don't shop because there is a sale, I shop because the product(s) I want is/are on sale. 

Of course this was not the only thing I got lol.

So, I was dying to test Skindinavia finishing spray for a while, 

but I was skeptical about purchasing a product online from a company I never heard of.

Last week I saw this Urban Decay All Nighter Long-Lasting Makeup Setting Spray at Sephora. I was pretty bummed, because recently I purchased Tarte Smooth Operator. 

Although I am happy with Smooth Operator (it's a great pore shrinker), 

if I had seen this spray before I would purchased that instead.

Then when I was at Ulta I saw small size of Urban Decay All Nighter Long-Lasting Makeup Setting Spray and I noticed something on the package. 

It was saying 'by Skindinavia'. 

Of course I couldn't miss this chance. 

So, instead of paying $28 for the regular size bottle I paid $11 for the small version. 

I think it is still expensive for such a tiny bottle, but hey it is almost perfect! 

I said almost, because when I first tried it I didn't have any oilyness on my T-zone, but my make up was long gone. I am not sure why.

So, the second time I used my Tarte Smooth Operator first, then I set my makeup with Skinidivia and viola! My make up was still there looking dewy at the end of the day.

What I loved about this product is that when you spray, it makes your skin feel light and refreshed. 

I hate feeling the make up on my skin, but this product makes me feel as if I had no make up on. 

You know the feeling when you come home and remove your make up, wash your face, and put on your face cream... 

Skindinavia manages to do that which makes it a holy grain product for me! :)

(Posted on March 29, 2011)

Who Doesn't Love a Good Old Fat Juicy Sale?!

I was waiting for a week for this sale! 

So, happy! 

Today, March 23, Wednesday, Tarte Bronzer Park Ave Princess is only $15+tax instead of $29+tax. @ Ulta (Limits 4 per customer)

Pictures are coming up shortly....

(posted on March 23, 2011)