Summer Makeup Look: Kat Graham Teen Choice Awards Inspired!

So many of my lovely youtube subscribers have been requesting for me to do a Summery makeup tutorial. Well, fret no more my lovelies!

The makeup look I did was inspired by the makeup look actress Kat Graham wore to the Teen Choice Awards this year!

Here's my recreation:

(initially, I wasn't going to use this picture, since I look like I was holding a sneeze...*sigh*...but in this picture, you can see the makeup on my eyes, so I kept it for y'all)

Products Used

eyes:

Mac Paint Pot in Nubile

Almay Trio For Hazel Eyes (beige highlight)

City Color Palette (shimmery tangerine shade in crease)

Urban Decay Naked Palette (Half Baked on lid & inner corner, Buck in crease)

Maybelline Studio Gel Liner in Blackest Black

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Pencil in Zero

face:

Maybelline Pinch o' Peach blush

Physicians Formula Highlight in Translucent

lips:

L'oreal Color Riche Lipstick in Fairest Nude

Essence light pink lipgloss

here's the tutorial ♥

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Makeup Look: Nicki Minaj "Right By My Side" Music Video Inspired

Look at her...just look...SHE'S ALL OVER MY MAN!!!

Nicki had both C. Breezy AND Nas the effin' Don in her new music video for her song "Right By My Side". Both of 'em! I can't win y'all :(

*sulks away in defeat*

Anyways doe....

I was feelin' her makeup so much (as always) that I recreated the look myself ^_^

I wish Chris Brown was right by my side :'(....I mean...uh...here's the makeup look!

Products Used

eyes:

Mac Paint Pot in Nubile

Wet N' Wild Palette in Golden Goddess (Creamy Highlight)

Wet N' Wild Palette in Vanity (Soft Brown dupe)

Coastal Scents 78 Palette (Warm Light Brown)

Revlon Quad in Coffee Bean (Beige Highlight)

face:

Mac Mineralize Blush in Subtle Breeze

Physicians Formula Highlight in Translucent

lips:

Jordana Nude Lip Liner

Mac Viva Glam Nicki

Essence Lipgloss in Naive

I also did a tutorial ♥

Essence Gel Liners Swatches & Review!

I hope everyone is having a Happy 4th of July!

I'm not...but I won't get into that :(

(let's just say I missed out on A LOT of B.B.Q....GRRRRRR)

Today I have swatches and a review of all the Essence gel liners for you guys! I'm going to be honest, and say I was highly disappointed with two of the three liners...details will be given a little later in this post. I purchased all the Essence liners at Ulta.

You can see the complete haul that featured these liners HERE.

There are three gel liners total in the Essence line. There's London Baby, which is a brown liner with golden shimmer. Then there's Berlin Rocks, and that's a purple liner with a bit of iridescent shimmer. Finally, there's Midnight In Paris, which is a regular black liner. I was surprised by Midnight In Paris, because with a name like that you expect more shimmer! But no....no shimmer in that one. No biggie though.

The "biggie" with these liners, to me, is that the couple of liners that appeared to have shimmer in the pot, don't actually have shimmer in the swatch!!!

WHAT THE HECK?!

I mean, there's a very very verrry slight shimmer, but it's hardly noticeable.

The two I was most excited about....aren't exciting at all :(

Total let down for me.

On a positive note, all three liners have EXCELLENT staying power!

After wiping my wrist multiple times with a makeup remover wipe where I swatched the liners, you could still see remnants of the swatches.

So...yay for that :D

I'm still mad about the lack of shimmer though...maybe the more the product is layered, the more shimmer you'll see?

I'm not sure. I saw hardly any shimmer after swatching, but there wasn't that much sun when I swatched them. Maybe that has something to do with it...or maybe I'm trying to come up with excuses for Essence >:(

ALSO....another slight downfall for me is how creamy the product is. If you look at the picture above, I put quite a dent in these liners. The problem with that is I ONLY SWATCHED THESE LINERS ONCE....

In my opinion, by the pictures, it looks like I've used those liners at least 3 times each.

But, again, maybe that's just me :P

I just hope that the creaminess doesn't give me less product to work with overtime....

My final thoughts.

These liners are $3.49 each, so I do believe that the price is amazing. Love that about them. 

The pigmentation is awesome, unless you're expecting shimmer...*tear*

The staying power of these liners is GREAT.

They are very VERY creamy liners. This is both good and bad. Makes them easier to use, yet gives me less product..in my opinion.

I hope this review and these swatches are useful to you, even though the lighting isn't the best...

Most product reviews & swatches coming soon ^_^

XoXo

Ulta Haul ...Whoop Whoop!

Guess who had a ball at Ulta the other day?

Yea yea...it was ME :D 

It wasn't intentional, but everything I purchased ended up being from the brand Essence...kind of odd, right?

From the Essence Blossoms etc... collection for Spring, I got a lipgloss called Naive, and three polishes. The polishes are I Like (mint green), Forget-Me-Not (periwinkle blue), and Bloom-A-Loom (lavender).

I also picked up all three of their new gel liners! I purchased London Baby (brown with shimmer), Berlin Rocks (purple with shimmer), and Midnight in Paris (black...no shimmer..BOO). 

I also bought a mini nail polish called Irreplaceable. I can't wait to swatch that one..sooo much shimmmaaaah!!! 

I also purchased two essence brushes. I bought their gel eyeliner brush, and the smokey eye brush, which is basically a small blending brush.

Here's the haul video, where I'm a bit more descriptive about the items:

ALSO, here's a song I've been jamming to all day! It reminds me of old school R&B a little bit from the late 90s... it's Mary J. Blige featuring Nicki Minaj. The song is called "Feel Inside". ♥ !