December Sephora Haul!

Oh, Sephora, the magical universe with aisles of gorgeous makeup from which my makeup collection continually grows and and where my back account comes to die. Over the past month or so, I've made a few trips to the lovely Sephora and had to share some of the amazing products I've picked up. Some of these things have been on my makeup wishlist for a while so I am so excited to start playing around with them! Hope you enjoy!

1. Benefit Rockateur Blush

I've seen this new Benefit blush buzzing around YouTube and various blogs the past few months, and I just had to get my hands on it. I am such a sucker for anything rose gold, so I can't wait to wear this. How gorgeous is that packaging?

2. Marc Jacobs Lolita Palette

Is it normal to drool over a palette? Because this palette is so pretty I can barely stand it. I have been dying to purchase this Lolita palette for the past couple months and at last, it is mine! *party dance* The palette comes with 7 neutral eye shadows: 3 matte and 4 shimmers. I will definitely do a full review of this with swatches in the next couple weeks. I also really want to do a fun holiday party face of the night post using this!

3. Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder "Diffused Light"

These Hourglass Ambient Lighting powders have been so hyped about lately and I've been dying to try one. I swatched them all at Sephora and I kind of want them all, but I settled on this one is "Diffused Light" to start off with. These can be used as setting powders or highlighters. There are supposed to recreate the flattering lighting of the name they are given. I have been played around with this and am kind of falling in love. I do see what all the hype is about!

4. YSL Rouge Volupté Lipstick #29 "Rose Opera"

I already own a couple of these YSL lipsticks and they are so lovely that I just want to keep collecting them. They are the creamiest lipsticks I have ever used and they are very pigmented. I love this shade and I think it will be really gorgeous in the spring!

5. Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick "Native"

If you read my blog, then you know how much I love my Urban Decay lipstick in "Rush". I wanted to pick up another shade so I chose this really pretty nude in the shade "Native". It is super creamy and stays nicely on the lips. The color reminds me a lot of MAC Creme Cup.

6. Josie Maran Pure Argan Oil "Light" and Tarte Pure Maracuja Oil

I have been wanting to try both these oils forever now, so I picked up the sample sizes so that I could compare them and then buy the full size on the one I love the most. I have used both and they are both really nice! I may do a full post comparing the two and let you know which one I like best!

That wraps it up for my little Sephora haul. I am super excited about all the lovely things I've recently picked up and can't wait to mess around with them some more. I'm sure you'll be seeing lots of these products in future posts. You can follow my blog to stay up to date with those! I hope you have an amazing day!

xoxo,
Paige

November Favorites!

I am pretty sure the month of November flew by at super sonic speed and I literally cannot comprehend how it can already be December. I know I was a little lackluster with posting this month *sigh* but hopefully this amazingly awesome November Favorites post will sorta kinda make up for it. There are so many things I have been LOVING this past month and I can't wait to share them with you!

1. Marc Jacobs Genius Gel Foundation

I have done several FOTD posts these past couple months, and if you have read those, this favorite will come as no surprise. I hauled this a couple months ago and literally have not worn anything else since. Being the foundation addict that I am, this is kind of a big deal seeing as I have so many foundations. This may just be the perfect foundation for me. It is medium coverage but it's super buildable. The finish is the most natural finish I have ever seen from a foundation. It literally looks like skin but it hides all your imperfections. I could talk about this foundation forever and this post would be ridiculously long. So I will post a full review of this very soon!

2. NARS Radient Creamy Concealer

I have been loving this concealer for those days when I want to really highlight my under eye area and other high points on my face. I got this concealer in the lightest shade (Chantilly) and it is perfect for when I want to go all out a la Kim Kardashian intense highlighted makeup look. I will place this under the eyes in a triangle shape and then on the center of the chin, cupid's bow, down the center of the nose, and on the center of the forehead. This instantly adds lots of dimension to the face. This concealer gives great coverage and blends in to the skin really nicely. For me, it does not crease under the eyes. However, I have read and watched other reviews from others who have said that it creased badly on them. But it has been working really well for me and it's my favorite concealer of the moment.

3. Urban Decay All-Nighter Setting Spray

My favorite way to set my makeup is definitely with a setting spray. I have dry skin so powders tend to cling to the dryer areas of my face and look cakey, which isn't a cute look. This Urban Decay setting spray keeps my foundation locked into place all day without having to use a powder!

4. Revlon Cream Blush in Berry Flirtatious

 These Revlon Cream blushes are so, so nice. They blend like a dream and stay on the cheeks forever. I have been loving this particular shade for the Fall. It adds the perfect berry flush to the cheeks! My only complaint with this product is that the packaging is ridiculously bulky for the amount of product you get.

5. YSL Babydoll Mascara

Easily one of the best mascaras I have ever used. It does everything you could ever want a mascara to do. It lengthens, separates, and volumizes the lashes. Two coats of this and my lashes are on fake lash level. And can we talk about the packaging? So lux and lovely. It is pricey but such a fun and amazing product!

6. Single Shadows: Wet n' Wild Nutty and MAC Cranberry

Wet n' Wild and MAC are two of my favorite brands for eye shadows so it is only fitting that these two gorgeous shadows make it into my favorites this month. This Wet n' Wild shadow in "Nutty" is so versatile and oh-so-fall-appropriate. I have been loving it for a one eye shadow look for everyday. I apply it on the lid up into the crease for a quick eyeshadow look. MAC Cranberry is a super fun shadow to play around with for Fall. You can see this shadow in action in a recent FOTD post which you can read here. Both shadows are super pigmented and blend really nicely. Great fall shades!

7. Lipsticks! MAC Twig, MAC Rebel, and Urban Decay Rush

From left to right...Twig, Rebel, Rush. MAC Twig is a brownish redy pink nude shade that is gorgeous for everyday. MAC Rebel is the perfect bold fall lip (see it in a FOTD here). Urban Decay Rush is literally at the top of my all time favorite lipsticks. It is the perfect nude for me!

Random

1. MUSIC!

• Lorde: Buzzcut Season https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pstVCGyaUBM (best song of the year quite possibly)
• Justin Bieber: Roller Coaster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pstVCGyaUBM (his new music is sooo good)
• Miley Cyrus: Rooting For My Baby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ2AKk5wJSA (best song on her new album by far)
• Drake's whole album: Nothing Was The Same 

2. Dexter

 I literally watched all 8 seasons in one month. That says it all.

That is it for my monthly favorites. This month I will be on my blogging game so be ready for lots of fun posts! Thanks so so so much for reading!

xoxo,
Paige

Thanksgiving Makeup!

I don't think words could accurately describe just how excited I am for Thanksgiving! At our house, we got allllll out. Massive amounts of delicious food, a home filled with family, and football on tv all day long. What's not to love? I was playing around with my makeup today and came up with a really fun look for Thanksgiving day. I will totally be rocking this makeup tomorrow! I played up the eyes with some really fun oranges and browns that compliment the holiday perfectly. Hopefully this will give you some inspiration for a makeup look you can create for Thanksgiving!

1. Foundation + Concealer

My Marc Jacobs Genius Gel foundation and Hourglass Veil Mineral primer should come as no surprise to you if you keep up with my blog. They're definitely two of my most favorite products of the moment. To conceal dark spots and breakouts, I used the Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Dark Spot Eraser. For a flawless under eye coverage and for brightening, I used the NARS Radient Creamy Concealer. I also placed this concealer on the center of my chin, down the center of the nose, and on the center of the forehead to brighten those areas as well.

2. Set foundation + Brows

To set all the liquid products, I misted my face with the Urban Decay All-Nighter setting spray. To set and brighten my under eye concealer even more, I used my new Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder in "Diffussed Light". I see why everyone has been raving about these powders! I'm loving this one for setting my concealer! Next, I filled in my brows with the Anastasia Perfect Brow Pencil in "Soft Brown".

3. Shadow

I recently picked up this Wet n' Wild Fergie "Desert Festival" palette and thought it looked PERFECT for a Thanksgiving look. I started the look by packing that light tan shimmery shade all over the lid. Now, with a big fluffy crease brush I applied the brighter orange matte shade all through the crease up to the brow bone. I wasn't super careful and precise with this I just really buffed it out all through the crease. With a smaller crease brush (i used MAC 217), I applied MAC soft brown right in the crease. I placed this more precisely into the crease to deepen the look and was careful because I did not want to muddy the bright orange too much. I placed the lighter orange shadow on the outer 1/3 of the lid. I darkened up the outer corner with the dark matte brown shade. This palette did not have a good highlight shade so I just took "Venus" from the Naked Basics palette to highlight the inner corner and brow bone, but you can use any highlight shade you have!

4. Liner + Mascara

To finish off the eyes, I winged out my liner with the Maybelline Gel Liner in "Blackest Black". I applied two coats of the Covergirl LashBlast Volume, also in black. I am absolutely loving this mascara at the moment!

Close-up shots! The camera did not pick up how vibrant that orange is, so just keep that in mind!

5. Blush + Bronzer

To finish of the face, I contoured using NARS Laguna. For the cheeks, I went with this super pretty peach blush by Milani called "Luminoso".

6. Lips!

Since my eyes were more on the dramatic side, I wanted to keep the lips simple. I chose this Revlon Lip Butter in "Juicy Papaya". This added a coral flush to my lips and completed the look perfectly!

And done! I hope you love this look just as much as do. I think it is pretty perfect for Thanksgiving. Have an amazing Thanksgiving, if you celebrate it of course, and I will be back in a few days for a new post!

xoxo,
Paige

Fall FOTD featuring MAC Cranberry!

AHHH. I haven't posted in about a month *cries tears of sadness*. I am sorry for my absence! I got swamped with school work a few weeks ago and then, my macbook called it quits, so I had to get a new macbook. So, I'm just now finding the time to sit down and put together this post. That being said, I've been DYING to get this post up! A few weeks ago, I popped by my MAC counter and picked up a shadow that had been on my beauty wishlist for a while. That shadow was MAC Cranberry, which is a frost, and it's a gorgeous vibrant in-your-face cranberry shade. I've been messing around with it and wanted to share this look with all of you. Hope you enjoy!

1. Primer + Foundation   

If you been reading my blog for a while, you have seen this primer so many times before. I applied a pea-size amount of this Hourglass Veil Mineral Primer all over my face. I am convinced that it is the BEST primer out there. It the perfect smoothing, pore-perfecting base for foundation. I then applied one pump of the Marc Jacobs Genius Gel foundation all over my face, blending it in with a beauty blender.

2. Concealer + Setting Spray + Powder

Next, I covered up my dark circles with the Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Dark Circle Eraser. This is a great drugstore concealer for under eye coverage! I covered up any dark spots and breakouts with the Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Dark Spot Corrector. To set all those liquid products, I spritzed the Urban Decay All-Nighter Setting Spray all over my face. I set my under eye concealer and highlighted that area with the Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Powder. 

 

3. Blush + Bronzer + Brows

 

I contoured my face with my favorite NARS Laguna Bronzer. I dusted the Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Exposed on the apples of my cheeks for a nice natural flush.

I have pretty naturally thick brows but I still like to fill them in lightly with this Anastasia Beverly Hills Perfect Brow Pencil in Soft Brown.

Excuse my chapped lips! My blush isn't really picked up well in this photo, but I still wanted to throw it to show how the bronzer contoured and thinned out my face!

4. Eye Shadow!

Okay, I decided to really play around with the eyes and go quite dramatic with the look. I started by applying MAC Cranberry all over the lid. To get the most color pigmentation, I applied that with my finger. Through the crease, I applied both "Naked 2" from the Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette and MAC Soft Brown through the crease with a fluffy crease brush. Next, I took "Crave" from the Naked Basics and really defined the outer corner of my eyes. I blended everything out really nice with a clean tapered blending brush. To finish the eye shadow off, I took "Foxy" on the brow bone, "Venus" on the inner corner, and "Faint" along the lower lash line. 

5. Liner + Mascara

I took my favorite gel liner, the Maybelline Eyestudio Gel Liner in Blackest Black, and created a winged liner look. Then, I finished the entire eye look by applying two coats of CoverGirl Lash Blast Volume mascara.

6. Lips

For lips, I combined MAC Twig with my Christian Dior Creme de Rose lip balm for a sheerer application. I thought this complimented the eyes perfectly!

Done! I think this makeup look is really fun and perfect for Fall! Again, I apologize for the lack of posts but I will be posting regularly from now on! Thanks for reading, and I hope you have an amazing day!

xoxo,

Paige