glowy flawless face tutorial and ootd

hi girls! its been awhile :( and i know i constantly say this, but now that high school and graduation is over, im officially on summer..that means new and more frequent blog posts!

today i did a tutorial for how i achieve glowy airbrushed skin :)

DISCLAIMER: excuse the messy brows (my appts today!), the bad under eye circles (my concealers in my moms purse), and the foundation on the towel :)

i start off with a bare face which has been moisturized with jojoba oil...i let that sink in for about 5 minutes (expect a post on jojoba oil soon:)

i then take my sonia kashuk highlighting brush and dip it into my favorite foundation atm (maybelline 24 hour foundation in nude)

i stipple (dot) it onto my face and then blend it in circles til my whole face is covered

i let it sit for a few minutes...i find that this helps it look more natural. it also lets it dry a bit before i apply my powder..

i use an essence of beauty powder brush and my maybelline dream matte powder in light 4-5 and buff that into my skin

then, i take my sugar kabuki brush and my nyc bronzer in sunny and pick some up.

i lightly brush this onto my cheeks, my forehead, my chin, and on the sides of nose.

i then take my lovely e.l.f. duo in bronzed/beach (i believe!) and take the peachy pink side (amazing orgasm dupe, i lovee this) and apply it to my apples. i take whatever excess is on the brush and sweep it up lightly towards my temples. i used an old lancome blush brush for this.

next, i use my favorite favorite highlighter of all my time- MAC hush! this product will definitely be getting it's own post, im obsessed :)

i take my middle finger and rub it on my apples up towards my temples.

and youre done! i spray my face with a plasma 21 spray (fix+ dupe) to help my face from looking cakey as well as locking in the look.

FINISHED LOOK:

and my ootd video :) i sound incredibly bitchy and yappy, im sorry! im in a bad moood and trying not to show it, didnt really work/:

top-forever 21

shorts-hollister

shoes-forever 21

enjoy ! x

IM BACCCKKK! new foundation maybelline dream mousse!

ayeee girrls, ive missed you allll but im back :)

anyways i wanted to do a quick post today before im off to do some errands, has anyone tried the maybelline dream mousse liquid foundation? lemme know because im testing it out right now... revlon colorstay is much too pink for me and wears off splotch-ily at the end of the day :(

so you dont forget what i look likee, i snapped a quick picture:

whats your favorite drugstore foundation?

<3

for all my UKers :) x

Hi lovelies,

I'd love to try out some UK beauty products which we unfortunately cant get here so please let me know if any of you are interested in a swap :)

you can either comment here or email me at ecberger@cox.net or if you'd like my MUA name, let me know and you can message me on there too :)

thanks loves! xx

SWATCHES: MAC cool reserve nail polish and NYC dark brown waterproof eye pencil

MAC Cool Reserve:

I loved the color of this nail polish when I first got it. I thought it was edgy and unique; kind of like Sephora's Metro Chic, but more purple. Since I was on a kick of that smokey purple-gray color (I've been using MAC Shale eyeshadow for the past few days nonstop), I decided to pick up this polish when MAC launched it.

Now the color just seems sort of blah (might be my skin tone: NC30. i think it'd look more flattering on paler skin tones..), and the formula is awful! I don't know if you can tell in the photos, but the nail polish will apply streak-free and near perfect looking and then once it dries, i look in the sun or outdoors and there are random spots that are sheerer where it looks i barely polished when i did.

Because of that, i would not recommend this.

Swatches:

(The first pic is way more true to life, the last one pulls too lilac)

NYC Waterproof Pencil in Dark Brown:

I loooveeee this pencil<3>

Swatches:

smoked and sheered out:

What are your favorites of the moment? x

revlon colorstay !

hi girls,

just a little update!

ive been using revlon colorstay for about a month. i loved it at first- my face looked flawless and best of all, it stayed on ALL day! unfortunately, i absolutely despise it now! haha

its broken me out so bad. i know a lot of people love it so im not saying not to try it, but just wanted to share my experience so you can all be warned ! ha

whats your experience been with revlon colorstay?

and recs for a good MOISTURIZER? my skins super dry lately! thanks girlss

have a good veterans day, lovies xx

erica

NYC bronzer review

After hearing tons of raves about NYC bronzer, I decided to try it out. for $3, i figured i should try it, esp since my sephora bronzer was getting a little too orange now that im becoming paler with fall upon us.

I do like this a lot so far, but am not completely wowed by it like everybody else seems to be. its a good bronzer, but not amazing. i need to find a good technique for this too! with a kabuki, its too heavy, but im liking it with my powder brush. im gonna try it with my skunk tomorrow and see how that workss :)

this one is in 720a matte sunny- i didnt see any other colors so i grabbed this one.

what are your favorite bronzers?

favorites of the week- MAC lightflush and NYX milk :)

Hey girls! thank you for your tons of emails of support about beofre.

it blew over, but i have to admit, i WAS considering deleting my entire blog

but im back now :)

anyways, here are my favorites of this week:

first off, MAC light flush<3

(these pics are with and without flash)

after being in the bottom of my makeup train case, i rediscovered this and decided to pull it out.

its gorgeous on its own or layered over blush; gorgeous baby pink highlight :)

NYX Milk

I picked this up from ulta this week

(the left is the pencil before it was smudged out, on the right it is smudged out)

I use a thin layer of this and apply it on my lid OVER a base. it helps my colors POP and become so much more vibrant! i love this and will pick up other colors within the next few weeks :)

what are your favorite colored bases? paintpots, nyx jumbo pencils, etc? im looking for some new ones :)