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Q&A Segment added to my Blog :)

10 Jan

questions

I get lots of emails on my personal and makeup Facebook pages wondering about a lot of the same problems or curiousity about certain products so I thought that I would start posting some of the questions followed by my responses and hopefully it well help some people out :) The first one Im going to post is actually the most common question I get asked. A friend of mine from Georgia sent it to me earlier this evening.

Q: Okay, I have a question or two for you…after this baby makes it’s exit, and I lose the fat in my face I am interested in changing my makeup. I have used Clinique double face pressed powder as my base for years( mainly because it doesn’t make my acne prone skin go gnarly) and I am not as pleased with the coverage here lately. Your face always looks flawless and never plastered on…so with that in mind what do you recommend. I am more likely to spend more $ on my base than anything, and I just don’t think I look normal in eyeshadow. I love mascara and eye liner, and a good bronzer! Help please! : )

A: When it comes to face makeup its more about how you apply it sometimes than it is WHAT you use. I always tell people they should invest in a beauty blender sponge instead of a whole slew of makeup brushes that might not be of a certain caliber of quality resulting in poor product distribution and streaking. A blender is a wonder product..you can use the larger end to apply foundation and the pointed tip to apply concealer to blemishes and the under eye area. My favorite foundation right now is the Naked Skin by Urban Decay. But you can never go wrong with Makeup Forever HD. It’s what I keep in my pro kit and it photographs perfectly. The naked has demi matte finish and the HD is a bit more “dewy”..so it needs to be powdered a little throughout the day if you tend to get oily in your tzone or whatever.

Eyeliner is all about what you prefer….in terms of application. But all in all it is an area it’s ok to save money on. I learned this the hard way. As far as liquid goes I LOVE Physicians Formula lash booster felt tip pen. Its SUPER dark super fine tipped and easy to apply. For pencil I think the NYX slide on pencils are great they comes in tons of colors are super pigmented. For gel I say Maybelline eye studio. All these are at Ulta and under $11

Bronzers…I only like matte bronzers. And sadly I haven’t found any good ones in a drug store…Wet and Wild is CLOSE they have one called Princess that has a hint of shimmer but once blended out it’s hard to see. I just wish it were a hint less orange. My fav bronzers are NARS Casino (for super dark contour) Hoola from benefit is a holy grail that works on every one and Too Faced has a chocolate soliel that I love because it’s a nice color and smells yummy.

Mascara I can’t help because I wear fake lashes almost every day. I have TONS of mascaras but they have all gone in my kit because I just don’t like mascara vs. falsies plus it takes me like two seconds to put on fakes as opposed to trying to layer mascara and all that. I DO like L’Oreal Voluminous Carbon Black. I also tried benefit They’re Real and it was actually super amazing.. It’s a bit expensive and if you let it go bad it will burn the CRAP out of your eyes!!! Hope this helps!

Thanks for stopping by my blog :) Find me on Facebook to submit your questions (http://www.facebook.com/Whitneylovesmakeup?ref=hl) and check me out on Instagram. My user name is (you guessed it) WhitneyLovesMakeup.

Hope you guys had a wonderful holiday season and are gearing up for an amazing 2013!!!

2013

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Better than Naked!?!?!

14 Nov

Hey my pretty little plums!

I wrote this blog earlier today and as I went to publish it the whole thing just disappeared. So…here we go again :)

I wanted to do a quick post about a product that I would gladly shout about from the top of a mountain. Well, I wasnt prone to altitude sickness at least.

By now I think we have all become acquainted with the Naked and Naked 2 palettes from Urban Decay. They have sparked a full-blown cult following, set records, and upon their release were sold out in almost every Sephora and Ulta that you could find. I have done a blog before about these products, if you are interested in learning more about them check it out. I don’t really have MUCH bad to say about them..I love them and use them all time. Well, I DID use them all the time until lately and I’m here to tell you why that is.

For most people, the problem with the Naked palette (and all its wanna be copy cats that have come to be since) is that they are 85% shimmery shades and 15% matte ones. Dont get me wrong, I love a beautiful show stopping shimmery shadow (say that five times fast) as much as the next person, but it creates a bit of a challenge using them as a lid color, highlite, and crease color. As far as I’m concerned too much shimmer is NOT a good thing. I’m not alone in this, the ratio of shimmer to matte has consistently been the only bad thing anyone has really had to say about the palettes through all the research and reviews I have come across.

The good people at LORAC must have been doing their homework as well because they came out with the LORAC PRO palette during the summer of this year. This little baby comes prepared with a mini eye primer, which I really havent made much use of as of yet. BUT, it also comes with 8 drop dead gorgeous shimmery colors as well as (hold on to your pants suit) 8 (that’s right 8) matte shades!!! Lets take a looksie at MY palette..shall we? NOTE: Mine is VERY well-loved so be prepared. However, I think the frequency at which I use it is a testament to how amazing I think it is.

See what I mean?

I have ONE bad thing to say about this and that is the packaging. Although it is sturdy and super sleek  (making it ideal for travel) its made out of the same kind of matte black rubber packaging that NARS uses. Its nice at first but keeping it pristine is pretty much impossible after the first couple of days. It’s not enough of a nuisance to bother me AT ALL.

Heres a quick swatching of a few colors. These swatches are on my hand after ONE pass through the shadow and NO primer.

Basically, I am in LOVE. The shadows are buttery, PIGMENTED, and super blendable. What I love most about this palette is that you can go out-of-town with it and not need anything else. It has all the highlite, lid, crease, and outer v colors you could possibly need to create any neutral day or night time look as well a couple blues and purples to mix things up a bit. But the proof is in the pudding, I havent picked up my Naked palettes since I purchased this one. As far as I’m concerned it’s a MUST HAVE! You can find it at Ulta or Sephora for about $42.

I hope all is well with you guys! Things are good here, I recently got married and finished makeup school so things are looking bright :)

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Talk to yall soon!

*bites&kisses*

WhitLovexoxxo

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Skin 79 Super+BB cream :) :)

1 Oct

Hey guys and dolls!

Hope all is well and amazing with you and yours. Things over here have been very busy and super exciting with me hence the reason I have been lax in the blog department but that wont be the case anymore :) for a little while at least. My personal goal is to post as many as humanely possible in the next week or so. Including some demo apps and a much requested review of the Dinair airbrushing system. :) After finishing my first of MANY makeup classes I hope to take in the next year, my eyes are wide open with possibility, inspiration, and motivation. I can’t stress enough how fully blessed  I am and how I want to do everything in my power to make all my dreams and the dreams of my loved ones come true.

Now on to the topic at hand…

Ok, so about a year ago the cosmetic and skin care industry got hit with a HUGE Asian invasion in the form of BB creams. I would like to take this time to point a few things about BB (stand for Beblesh Balm) creams. Firstly, the BB creams of America (or at least the ones that were out when I first starting researching them last year) are VERY different from the BB creams from Asia where the product originally gained most of its popularity starting in the 1980s.  They were invented by a German plastic surgeon in the 1960s for post op patients who were recovering from laser surgery. Once they hit Asia they became the go to product for anyone in the tv or movie biz over in South Korea where the product is HUGE. Many south korean soap opera actresses have attributed their “beautiful, dewy, no makeup look” to BB creams. The main draw to these products is that they are intended to act as a one step miracle product for skin care. It boasts abilities to moisturize, prime, treat, whiten, heal, brighten, and cover your skin all in one fail swoop. Who doesn’t LOVE the idea of a product that will give your skin ULTRA hydration and nourishment while covering up the imperfections you currently have? There are TONS of formulations out there right now both on the Eastern and Western market available but (in the Asian market) there aren’t many choices by way of shade selection. I lived in Japan for a few years and un like us they are always doing things and using products to make themselves paler so as you can imagine the colors are VERY light for the purpose of giving them a porcelain colored complexion. I’ve seen construction workers out in the BLISTERING heat wearing long sleeve shirts, jeans, hats, and handkerchiefs over their faces to keep the suns rays off of them. I think a sun burn beats heat stroke any day but that’s just me :) . I knew that when it came time for me to try a BB cream I wanted to start with the Asian original versions then work my way over to our versions of them.

I decided to start with the SKIN 79 Hot Pink Super Plus BB Cream.

The folks at Skin79 claim that it’s a 10-in-1 skin care step, although when reading the product info on the website they only make mention of 5. But they are “Whitening+Wrinkle Improvement+Sebum Control+Moisturizing+UV protection”. The whitening agent in the BB cream was most interesting to me at first because its intention is to lighten up redness from blemishes and brown spots on your face (i.e. Freckles). Anyone who has seen me without makeup on will tell you I have lots of little freckles on the nose and despite the fact that everyone thinks that they are wicked cute I HATE THEM…so this was a bonus for me :) When I was researching this product and where to go about ordering it, I found that getting it from places like Amazon or Ebay could be a little tricky because people were selling “fake versions” of it. Which prompted Skin79 to add a certified label of authenticity to it. Like so:

I ordered it from the Skin79 USA website:

http://www.skin79northamerica.com/catalogue/detail/28-bb-cream/flypage/86-hot-pink-super-plus-beblesh-balm-40g?sef=hcfp

There it retailed for $28.oo. Shipping wasnt crazy expensive and it arrived in about a week.

Heres what it looks like out of the bottle:

I squirted out one pump on my arm then used that drop to spread out a few stripes next to each other to illustrate not only how pigmented it is but also how a little can go a really really long way! It has a light rose’ish scent to it as well.

Here it is spread out a bit on my forearm:

I have had this product for about two months now. I don’t wear it everyday, and I have only tried using it as a primer once. Usually I just throw it on when I’m in a hurry and top it of with some pressed powder. The color is rather odd when it comes out of the bottle. It looks like it has almost a grey undertone in person. The color is pretty lite….even when I don’t tan (sunless) its still a little too pale for me to wear on its own. But when I do put it on, it is SO hydrating and creamy on my skin. It feels like a huge ice-cold drink of water for my complexion. I have heard that some BB creams oxidize and “adjust” to your skin tone after time but I can’t really say I have seen any evidence of that. I put some powder on top (usually MAC MSF in Medium Plus or Medium Dark depending on how tan I am at the time) to set it and get it to match my skin color. When you put it on, its opaque enough that I can’t see any redness or freckles at all once I do. It’s almost as much coverage as foundation but not nearly as sheer as a tinted moisturizer can be.

It’s like a tinted moisturizer in that the lasting power isn’t SUPER impressive but if you make sure to keep it powdered it seems to be just fine.

Now the big question: Does it do what it claims to do?

I think that it does. But I think it would take a few more months of using it to see the full effects. Any red spots I have left over from break outs are a bit lighter and my freckles too but nothing SUPER crazy as of yet. Like I said I don’t wear it all the time so that probably has something to do with it. But I will say that my skin is crazy soft and moisturized now. I don’t have any wrinkles yet (thank gawd) so I couldn’t tell you if it does do anything about them.

I CAN say…I think I am a life long BB cream addict. I love having something I can throw on when I don’t want to put on a full face of foundation but don’t have to worry about the coverage being too sheer AND the fact that it is feeding my skin lots of awesome goodies throughout the day is even more amazing to me. I cant wait to see what my skin looks like a year from now if I continue using BB cream. I don’t think I will re purchase THIS one super soon…because I do want to try different ones when I have one that runs out for review purposes. But that’s not to say that I don’t LOVE it.

Anyways,

Hope this review helped you guys..I cant wait to do more reviews on BB creams in the future because I am so pumped about them! Its a dirty job but someones got to do it :) :)

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Hope all is well in your corner of the world and thanks for stopping by my blog :)

*bites&kisses*

WhitLove xoxxo

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wet&wild mega last lipstick swatches and review!

29 Aug

Hello my lovely little lemon pops! Hope all is well in your little corner of the world with you and your loved ones :)

Things are going pretty well with me. I’m finally feeling settled into Las Vegas (well….more than I was a couple of weeks ago) and am ready to get back in the blogging and photo shoot game. And quite frankly, I can barely contain my excitement to return to both. If you have ever moved to a BIG city before…you can probably share my pain. The simplest of tasks seem like a terrifying adventure and sometimes I just want to get my 4 pack of red bull and go home without seeing my life flash before my eyes a few times and fighting the urge to throw my GPS out the stinkin window. CAN I JUST SAY: If I had a dollar for every time my GPS provided me with more problems than it did solutions, I would have at least twenty-seven dollars right now.

But I digress…we are here to talk about the Wet and Wild Mega Last Lipsticks. If you have read my blog before, you know that late last year I re discovered the brand when I gave their eyeshadow’s and blushes a spin. If you havent heard they…are…AMAZING!!!! I don’t mean “amazing for the drug store” I mean they are amazing period dot. And, I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that the fact that they have no more than a $4 price tag attached to them only adds to the awesome factor. I have a blog about some of the cheek products, and after this one I will have one up about the infamous eye shadows that I am such a uber fan of.

I picked these lipsticks up about a month ago for *drum roll please* $1.99 a piece! Lets see the goods:

From left to right: 1.Bare it All 2.Just Peachy 3.Rose Bud 4.Dollhouse Pink 5.Dont Blink Pink 6.Smokin Hot Pink 7.Stoplight Red.

The packaging isnt the most glamarous in the world..and in fact my tube of Dollhouse Pink gave me a bit of trouble and broke the day that I got it home. But, once again we are talking about a $1.99 product so there is only so much to be expected. On the plus side, it’s not going to break the bank to scoop up another should it be beyond repair.

Swatches anyone?

Left to right: 1.Bare it all 2.Just Peachy 3.Rose bud

Bare it all is intended to be the “nude” of the group but I find it to be way too brown on my skin tone. If you had a darker skin tone it would probably be flattering.

Dollhouse Pink is a dead ringer for Saint Germain from MAC and Dont Blink Pink reminds me a lot of Girl About Town from MAC as well.

All in all…I think these products are GREAT. I’m not gonna lie, they aren’t the “creamiest” formula in the world but it would be a bit of an over reach to categorize them as drying as well. I find them to be pretty long-lasting, and didn’t have any problems with “bleeding” or feathering.

Hope this review was helpful to you guys! Dont forget to check out the WhitneyLovesMakeup Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/Whitneylovesmakeup.

Also, find me on Instagram (whitneylovesmakeup is my user name…big shocker)

Everyone have an amazing day and I’ll talk to you soon :)

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Revlon ColorStay Whipped Cream Foundation

23 Jul

As I have mentioned before I tend to go through stages with things. TV shows, movies, bands, makeup etc. etc. Currently I am going through a face makeup stage. When I heard that Revlon was coming out with a “whipped cream” product I already knew I was going to  quickly scoop it up.

FUNFACT: out of all the foundation formulas and textures that I have across…so far creme is far and away my favorite. I purchased a Graftobian HD pro palette for my makeup kit a few months ago and could not believe how great it worked. Not only was the coverage amazing but it made the skin look so beautiful in a way that I’m not sure I can really describe. If yall are interested I will do a blog on that product to go into further detail but trust me when I say that it is really quite impressive.

ANYWAYS….I havent had much luck finding a lot of creme foundations on the market that I felt were worth trying. With the exception of the Laura Mercier Silk Creme foundation. At the time I wasnt near a Sephora that carried it but…now thats changed so I will keep you posted :) .

SOO you can imagine my aforementioned excitement when Revlon released the Colorstay Whipped. Heres a few quick tid bits on the product:

* Even though the product says WHIPPED…its in no way in the form of foam or mousse. Like the Maybeline  products. The closest one I have come across to its texture is the CoverGirl True Match Whipped Foundation. Which I used to use all the time circa a few years ago. The texture is thick…but once on the skin it doesn’t feel HEAVY. So major points on that.

* I think that it excels in all the places that the original Revlon Colorstay Formula didn’t. If you have ever used the original formula you know that it dries SUPER fast….and Im not gonna lie it oxidized pretty quickly on me. I havent heard lots of other people having that problem,,maybe I got a bad batch? None of these were an issue for me with the Whipped. EXCEPT for the time I fell asleep in it, and wound up wearing it the following day (b I was in the process of moving and couldn’t be bothered to put on a  fresh new face of makeup). NOTE: The product boasts 24 hours of wear.  When I first saw this I couldn’t help but think “ummm HOW busy are you that you need your makeup to last a full 24 hours in the first place?”. The guys at Revlon showed me. It DID stay on for a very long time but….after about 20 hours of wear (maybe longer) it gave me a full-blown orange look on my skin. SO maybe just be aware of that

*When I purchased it there was only about 8 shades or so available. Since the foundation comes in a big glass jar it makes it kind of impossible to detect what color you should be purchasing. LUCKILY when I picked it up Walgreens was having a buy one get one sale and I grabbed two that I figured I would bounce between during the summer months and (worse case scenario) I could mix together.

*I did not find myself getting oily throughout the day…and the product really did pass the “colorstay” test with flying colors (pun kinda intended) even without a primer. During the hot Arizona months, keeping foundation in place and looking fresh can be a bit of a task belive me and this one…more than did the job.

*Some people have complained that they had trouble figuring out what kind of tool to use to apply the product. I found my beauty blender didn’t quite take to it. But my Sigma Flat top  Synthetic Kabuki (the F80 I think) rose to the challenge beautifully!

*At around $14 its a great GREAT price for a wonderful product that quite frankly could easily pass for a more expensive product.

* The coverage is FULL with a demi matte finish. You prob wont need much by way concealer unless you have particularly stubborn under eye circles or maybe a MONSTER red pimple. So…it gets time saver points as well.

All in all…this gets a perfect 10 out of 10 from me. And to be honest I don’t know what you are doing still sitting here reading this post…cause you should be running out the door to pick some of this up!

Hope this blog helped you guys and thanks so much for stopping by and reading :)

Dont forget to check out the WhitneyLovesMakeup Facebook page and I hope you have a great day!

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WhitLove xxoxo

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Kat Von D True Romance Eyshadow Palette in Saint

20 Jun

When Kat Von D put her makeup line out.. I was pretty hesitant to give it a whirl. To be honest, any celebrity endorsed products are something I tend to stay away from. But..from researching online it seemed that a few of her products had established a bit of a cult status. So I figured it was time that I give one of the products a whirl and do a quick entry on my experience.

So while at Sephora I start swatching and playing around in the Kat Von D display until I came across what appeared to be her answer to the neutral palette. I am in a bit of a neutral eye shadow phase right now so after playing around with it for a moment, I popped it in my basket and headed to the check out isle.

  As far as the selection of shades go, you definitely end up with more shimmer than matte colors. The only matte ones are the third one from the left (its called <3 ) and the very last one (called carravagio). The shade “<3″ is the real reason I bought the palette to begin with because I had never seen anything like it. Its a matte light pink color with tiny silver glitter in it. It’s just CRAZY gorgeous. The first shade called “Heavens” is a very shimmery white. And the second color “Enjoy the Silence” is a dead ringer for MAC’s eyeshadow in Nylon. The middle two are very shimmery warm gold/bronze colors. The third color from the right called “pray for me” is an shimmery ash brown color. And the last two are pretty much the same shade of dark ash brown but the second from the right called “bookworm” is a shimmer version of its next-door neighbor “Carravagio”.

  All in all I’m really happy with the palette. I wish it would have included at least ONE matte transition shade…like a warm medium brown. AND..although the shadows are very pigmented and easy to blend they get very dusty when you run your brush through them. Consider yourself warned your makeup table might end up covered in this stuff if you are too rough with your brushes in the shadows.

Hope this review was helpful to you guys :) Thank you for stopping by and don’t forget to like the WhitneyLovesMakeup Facebook page and click LIKE for daily looks, giveaways, beauty news, and more. I’ll leave the link below :)

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Have a great day guys!

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WhitLovexoxxo

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Sigma Performance Eye Kit Brushes

15 Jun

Hey guys! Today I got my Performance Eye Kit in the mail from Sigma and thought I would share my first impressions with you.

A little back ground: When it comes to makeup brushes I don’t think it gets much better. The offer really amazing brush rolls and kits at a reasonable price and the quality of the brushes are not compromised due to the fact that they are sold in a bundle. Which is rare. I think they are very comparable to MAC brushes personally. Although there are certain MAC brushes I do think are worth the investment..but I will get to that at later date.

This is the fourth set I have from Sigma. The first was the essential kit. Then for Christmas my boyfriend got me both of synthetic SIGMAX kits and the Premium Kit. And I honestly love each and every single brush with all my little heart pieces. They are all super soft and well crafted and only one I have come across has given me trouble with shedding, but it’s not enough to bother me. I will do a review on some other Sigma brushes at a later date. I’m throwing lots of promises at you guys in this entry huh? :)

ANYWAYS..I purchased this set because I am a huge fan of creating really crazy high concept kind of eye looks and sometimes it calls for very precise color application. PLUS the smaller tips of the brushes are going to be wonderful for when I have shoots and clients with smaller eye lids which happens more often than you might think. Lets take a close look at the brushes shall we?

From left to right: E11 eyeliner brush. E16 Tightliner brush (for your upper water liner under your lashes…lining her makes your lash line seem TONS thicker). E17 Waterline Liner meant your lower waterline.

Left to right: E47 Crease brush. E 36 Blending brush. I have tons of blending and crease brushes but these are going to be particularly useful when I need a very concentrated and exact placement of color or when I want to blend out only one side of the color which is usually the case with a cut crease look

Left to right: E46 Inner Corner Shader and E56 Lid Shader. Pretty cut and dry what they are for, but they are basically flat brushes perfect for packing color all over the lid, under the lower lash line, and under the brow bone.

Smudge E21. Good for smudging out gel liner on upper or lower lash lines or you can use as brush to draw precise thin lines on your lids with shadow.

And when you spend $50 or more the good folks at sigma send you a free travel size  E25 blending brush. Which I feel you can never really have too many of :)

The whole set was a reasonably priced $55. All in all I am super happy with my purchase and I cant wait to try them out and see all the crazy looks they will help me achieve! :)

Hope everyone is having a wonderful day and gearing up for an awesome weekend. Dont forget to subscribe to my blog and pop by the WhitneyLovesMakeup facebook page and click LIKE for daily looks, beauty news, giveaways, and more :) I’ll leave the link below :)

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WhitLove xoxxo

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My Favorite Pencils <3

13 Jun

Sorry teacher, there are just some pencils I don’t see myself ever putting down. Well, at least not for good that is :)

In this blog I am going to cover my favorite pencil products. I don’t see a point in giving a fun little introductory schpeel on the subject as it is very cut and dry. So let’s get right into it shall we :)

1. MAC eyebrow pencil in Lingering.

I don’t think its some breaking NEWS story that eye brows are very important. But if this does happen to be a surprising fact to you I will reiterate: BROWS ARE VERY VERY VERY IMPORTANT!! In fact…ladies if I inspire you to do nothing else in the time we share together connected through the world-wide web bonded in our love for all things beauty related..DO YOUR BROWS! It takes only a few minutes to groom them. But you need to fill them in. Unless you don’t..and there are people who don’t. But the other 95% of you should be filling them in. Nothing looks worse to me than a lady with dark eye makeup on and sparse un defined brows. It’s not a good look!!! Anyways…the point is..once you start filling in your brows its going to be a bit of trial by error to find the perfect method and products for you. Mine is the MAC eyebrow pencil in Lingering. It’s a tiny little pencil that makes creating hair like brush strokes effortless. The formula is long-lasting and the color is perfect. Some brown colors can be a little too red or too dark creating a un natural appearance. Lingering is a perfect light ash brown color that i pair with cork eyeshadow from MAC to achieve my perfect brows :)

2. TARTE emphasize inner rim brightening pencil.

I kind of want to go on and explain the purpose but the name of it kind of eliminates the need to do so. FUNFACT: If you put a white eyeliner on the inner water line of your eyes it makes them appear wider more and more awake. EVEN MORE FUN FACT: Depending on your skin tone white can look a little harsh. The good people at TARTE got you covered though guurrl. This little baby is the PERFECT shade for this task and really does make you look like you had a GOOD 8 hours of sleep when we all know good and dang well margaritas and bohemian rhapsody into the wee hours of the morning got the better of you.

3. Urban Decay 24/7 concealer pencil.

This kind of got me simply because it IS a pencil. I’ve never seen concealer packaged like that. And for all I know that’s for a reason but right now I gotta tell you…this stuff is GREAT!!!!!! I am going through a concelaer faze. I do that. Most often with music..I pick a band, obsess about them for months on end, get my fill, and then start hunting around for my new favorite tasty jam. Same thing with makeup…and right now I am all  about concealer. Picked this guy up on a whim..and *cheese and rice!* I’m glad I did. The product is insanely pigmented, über creamy but not so much that it looses its ability to last a long time, it doesn’t crease, and it doesn’t collect in fine lines. Not that I have any :) (kidding’ish). Just sayin..check these out if you havent already

3. Miliani Liquif’eye eye liner in BLACK. These are a dead ringer for the Urban Decay 24/7 waterproof liners. Just as creamy, pigmented, and once it sets its there until you take it off with soap and water. It non irritating when used in your water line and its only something like $6. With a price that low you can afford to buy all the colors available which include a lovely blue and gorgeous purple.

4. Too Faced Perfect Lips Lip Liner. It is just as the title indicates..a PERFECT lip liner. It goes great with pretty much any neutral lip color you may be rocking that day..OR worn alone with a gloss on top. The choice is yours :)

I hope this was helpful! Dont forget to check out the WhitneyLovesMakeup Facebook Page (I’ll put the link below) to get in on daily looks, fun facts, give aways, beauty news and MORE. Have a wonderful day!

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GAME CHANGERS: Beauty Blender

12 Jun

 

I decided to start a new blog series called “GAME CHANGERS” which will basically be a few quick entries about products that I have come across that I don’t know what I would ever do without. This is a blog for the holy grails. The desert island picks. The “how did I function a day in my life before I came across this thing” kinda of items. It could be an actual product or it could be a tool used to apply. It could be skin care..it could be hair goodies! But no matter what, one thing is certain: if someone tried to snatch one of these up from me I would be like a mama polar bear protecting her cubs leaving nothing but ice and carnage in my wake! *ahem* But I digress…

The very first Game Changer I want to discuss is the Beauty Blender. Anytime I take this little baby on a shoot everyone wants to know “umm what the world is that?”. Allow me to explain. The Beauty Blender is an egg-shaped sponge used to blend foundation, concealer, bronzer, blush…WHATEVER. But..its so much more than that at the same time. I have tons of wonderful face brushes. While they are all very lovely in their own right, since I bought this thing I rarely use them.

It starts out with the size of an ACTUAL egg but once you dampen it with water it almost triples in size. It blends any foundation into your skin flawlessly. Without the streaks that some brushes can leave if you aren’t careful. On top of that…it takes less time to blend your foundation out into a poreless perfect finish using this little baby. If your like me and you use your concealer to create a highlighted effect under your eyes, the beauty blender creates a seamless effect between both tones of makeup and (once again) does so quickly. And if you DONT use concealer for this you should start and you should begin using this little guy. It honestly makes all the difference and creates a professional looking application for even the most novice of users. AND…after you have applied your face makeup added your powder and applied your bronzer and blush you can use the sponge to blend alllll the colors together just by “bouncing” it on your skin for a drop dead gorgeous perfectly blended effect. The pointed tip allows for precise blending along the side of the nose and underneath the eyes :)

You can purchase it online at sephora.com. It’s about $20 for one which I know might be nuts to some  people…but I can’t stress how WORTH it is. There are lesser priced alternatives on the market as well. I know the Sonia Kashuk one available at Target is pretty popular for example. I don’t have any personal experience with them but that’s only because I have such an obsessive love affair with the original product. :)

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Wet&Wild Cheek Stuff mini Haul

4 Jun

 

I know that title couldn’t lack any more creativity if it  if it tried, but I was having a bit of trouble deciding what to call this.

I have a few makeup bits I picked up from the drug store the other day from Wet and Wild and thought I would share a few thoughts and swatches with you guys.

OK

Let me start by saying NO ONE loves a beautiful high-end blush or bronzer as much as I do. However, as much as I love them they are not always worth the hype or price tag and more importantly there are probably much more easily accessible versions of the same product at Wal Mart or CVS or something like that. I have a few drugstore brands and products that I think that are just wonderful and would recommend to anyone. And then there is Wet and Wild. I remember Wet and Wild from when I was a youngin (like 7 or 8 years old) as being the makeup brand of choice to all my friends big sisters. I remember seeing stacks of their products inside those purple glittery caboodles that owned the early nineties. So for some reason..as I grew up I just kinda thought that they were cheap and not very high quality and even as low-priced as they were I didn’t want to waste any amount of money what so ever on them. Boy…was…i…wrong.

I don’t know when but apparently one of the big whigs sat down everyone at wet and wild inc. and announced it was time to step the game all the way up. And step up they did. I first discovered a shockingly impressive increase in quality in their color icon eyeshadow palettes around October of last year. When I say impressive..I dont mean impressive for drugstore caliber makeup. I mean all the way impressive period dot. MAC quality if not better. I will do a separate post of my favorite of those palettes and swatches on another day. I hadn’t really stepped out of the eyeshadow realm until recently when I decided to take a whack at the bronzer, blush, and cheek highligter from them.

I guess everyone else got hip to how great W&W are now because I literally had to scavage around several locations to get the handful of products I got. Lets take a little looksie shall we?

Ok…I LOVE LOVE the blush’s and Bronzer. They are super pigmented and very very smooth! For example: ELF blushes are around the same price..and a few of them are quite nice as well but they are SO chalky. I’m talking when you run your fingers over to swatch it the product gathers inside the little grooves of your fingerprint. CSI crime scene style if ya know what I mean. These are not that way at all…I find them to be very soft. This goes for the bronzer as well. The bronzer in Princess that I picked up is intended to have shimmer in it. And when you swatch it you can pick it up in the light. However once you blend it out..its pretty much totally un noticeable. Once again..I am a matte bronzer freak and this still passed my test.

 

 (left: pearlescent pink.  right: Mellow Wine)

 BRONZER in Princess

NOW…someone at the company put the cart a tad before the horse when they called the highlighter products MEGA Glo. A little Glo..or a BIT of Glo might have been a more accurate title. Dont get me wrong…I don’t enjoy a glitter ball effect on my cheeks AND it’s not to say that these dont have any shimmer what so ever. But..its nothing to write home about. “But it is enough to write a blog about? How does that work Whit Love?” I know right. But seriously though. I wouldn’t recommend picking these up at all. Nothing special..the packaging isn’t nice..they dont smell nice..they arent shimmery..or smooth…or anything. You would be better off using a cream or champagne shimmery eye shadow instead. BUT the beauty of W&W is the price. It’s not like I’m kicking myself in the rear about it just will put it somewhere in the deep dark recesses of my makeup collection and never think of it again :)

I guess if you really wanted to you could use them as a shimmery blush…but like I said..these babies just werent for me :)

I hope you guys enjoyed this blog and thank you so much for stopping by! Dont forget to subscribe and LIKE the WhitneyLovesMakeup Facebook page for more :)

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WhitLove xoxxo

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