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Teen makeup bag

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Hello Girlies!
This weekend I’m giving a makeup class to a birthday party for teens and it inspired me to make a post for you girls! Most young teens are still very new at the whole makeup thing and don’t know what is age-appropriate in their daily makeup bag. So here we go:
note this is only a  suggestion. You don’t NEED all this

For base, using foundation might not be necessary since its very heavy and cakey. A better product choice would be a good tinted moisturizer or a BB cream would be sufficient. (see my tinted moisturizer post)
To seal the tinted moisturizer, a translucent powder will do wonders and absorb any oil residue without piling up color.
Concealer ONLY to cover blemishes when necessary and it should be the exact same color of your skin tone.
For eyes, a brown or black mascara to define eyes.
Last but not least a lipgloss that’s one tone darker than your natural lip color. If you’re not sure stick to a light pink, you can never go wrong! 😉 

To apply your base use disposable sponges and change them regularly or use clean dry fingers. Make sure you toss your used sponge and have clean hands cause you don’t want to spread bacteria on your face. That can cause blemishes and black heads.

You don’t have to have all of these products, you might have less or you might put more but this to me is more than enough. Don’t forget you’re a teen and you’re all beautiful the way you are! Makeup does NOT make someone more beautiful. Everyone has beautiful features and each in your own way. It’s all about learning to love yourself the way you are ❤ 

**Also NEVER share any cream products, mascara, eye liner or anything that goes to your eyes. It contains a lot of bacteria you can get infections by doing so. Please avoid sharing, it’s for your own good!! 🙂

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Thanks girlies xox
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Summer Makeup Favs

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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the summer is approaching very quickly, I’m so excited! Colors are coming out!

Here are some of my makeup favorites for the upcoming summer:
Lipstick by Raffael Cosmetics in Bambi #87
Beautiful bright pink/peachy, no shimmer!
(My sis is wearing Bambi in the picture below)
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Lipliner from Raffael Cosmetics in Sweet. Cute pink very nude, can wear it alone or under any pinks and nudes.

FAVORITE eye shadow! Again from Raffael Cosmetics Perfection #519 (the name says it all) it’s a PERFECT shimmery base for a nice smokey or highlight. It’s like a nude with silver and gold shimmer. Goes with anything!!

And last but not least the new HD liquid foundation from Raffael Cosmetics. A perfect flawless coverage, easily applied with fingers to warm up product, does not cake on the skin. Leaves a flawless satin finish!

Enjoy the weather xox

And BTW, the glymm box this month was sooo disappointing in so many ways I did not bother posting also I am cancelling my subscription for certain personal reasons. I’m sorry for those who enjoyed those posts!

(Note: I was not paid to write about or promote this company, it’s really my own opinion and products were all purchased with my own money)

OOTD – Casual-Nice

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Finally convinced my sister to give fashion tips yayyy!!!
This is my older sister Maria. She’s good with Fashion tips and hair. She has a crazy eye for design and you guys should see how she can turn a boring outfit to oooooh lala! Look! And she can make an old shirt look amazingly new or stylish with just the right accessories or the way it’s worn … Here’s a fun look:

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Here she’s wearing her brown Nine West booties that have a chunky heal, round in the front and it ties in the middle. These are perfect for any look.
Shiny Black pants from Dynamite. Its a black Denim that has a leather-like finish (please wash these by hand or else the shine will come off)
She’s wearing a taupe with some thin brown thread sweater-like shirt, very comfy and simple. It’s from Winners
Topped it with a cool leather jacket with a 3/4 sleeve and the colar has folds that gives it an edge. She got this from Dynamite.
Her necklace is a leather string with gold triangles that gives it kinda like spike look, wich made her outfit look slighty rocker-ish. This was from Forever 21.
The hair was the perfect combo to this look,  a messy side braid slightly undone and yes! Its her natural hair, no extensions!
Since she wore this at work, she kept her makeup very light and natural.
But if you want to go out with this kind of look, you can either do a green or black smokey eye or if you prefer the attention on your lips and good winged eyeliner and fire red lips would be perfect!
Hope you enjoyed this and comment below if you think she should show more of her looks.

Note: All these clothes were purchased in our area so you might not necessarily have these stores near you. Montreal in Canada!

Beauty boxes: Products I considered

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Hello Beauties!!!

I had said I was gonna let you know what products struck me as good ones from my beauty boxes. I have extremely dry skin but not any cream works for me. If the content of the cream is too rich my skin does not absorb it and some just simply don’t get rid of the flaky dry desert on my face hahaha!!
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Since I have a lot of products that I tried, I’m really putting the only ones that really stood out to me the most.
This one I actually purchased:
Benta Berry La Creme G-1: I had 2 different types of this brand of moisturizer and used both mostly to mix my foundation to make a daily tinted moisturizer. This Benta Berry is a water based moisturizer therefore did not decompose my foundation when mixing it on my hand. My regular foundation is a water base as well. If you mix oil base with water you’ll see the foundation decompose and doesn’t have great results. It’s a non comedogenic which means does not contain harsh chemicals that block pores and good for acne prone or sensitive skin.
Cyber Derm H2O Hydration and every morning: In general I love this brand and once again I got a few different samples of this brand. I loved all of them. I actually saw a difference in my skin. I used this for daily moisturizer, flakes and harsh dry skin was gone. All that was left was a clean and glowy skin. I even tried the night anti-age cream and really felt fresh and moisturized.  I will probably be purchasing some of these creams in the near future. I still have some left as samples because I fluctuate moisturizers for different results. So all of these can be part of my top 5.
360 Skincare Lavender mint firming serum: It didn’t DRAMATICALLY remove all wrinkles and fine lines around the eye area but the smell is soo soothing and it’s rich without being too rich. My skin fully absorbs the product even if I leave a thick layer under my eyes. I put this before I go to bed and find myself looking more rested than usual. It’s cruelty free, has a lot of natural ingredients and it really smells good.
Last but not least…
Villainess Dulces en fuego: OMGoodnes!! I LOVE the smelllllll, I can actually be obsessed  with this body cream. I dont find its the BEST moisturizing body cream in the world but the smellllllllll……… Its like a sweet cinnamon yummy smell. I can just put this on my hands all day long and never get sick of the smell. I was even putting this on my nose so I can just smell this. YES it was that good 😛 I didn’t buy the full size yet but I will very soon.
That’s it for now. There’s other products that I really enjoyed and worked but these so far are the ones that stood out the most like I said.

See you soon!!!

Side note: My sister is really good with fashion tips and accessorizing and putting outfits together (and not spending big bucks to look like a million bucks). I’m trying to convince her to start posting on my blog and putting up pictures and maybe making videos. She’s just shy but together we make a great team, “like” or comment on this post to support her to do it with me!! Yayyyyy, Thumbs up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
xoxoxoxoxox

Optimus PRIME!!

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Ok no transformers here, but if you think about it properly it does kinda seem like that. Face primers and eye primers DO transform. I’d like to share with you guys my favorite primers for eyes and face and for what skin types. This is my opinion and from my experience so far, it can be differ from person to person and may not necessarily work for you.

Eyes:
In general they pretty much all work but some have different texture and finishes therefore have a slightly different outcome. Personally I use all of them but depending on the look I want to acheive I alternate but these are my favorites.

The best so far is Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion. This is ideal for most type of eyes and looks, but I find it holds the color very well and easy to blend colors over it and layering. It goes on with a slightly oily feel but has a nice silky finish without being oily.
My second choice would be Raffael cosmetic Prime Time. This has a thick texture wich allows you to layer and put a nice amount of eyeshadows especially with black or vibrant colors. It holds it in place and  does not crease but it’s not ideal for people who have very oily lids.
My third choice is MAC’s paint pots in any shade. This too goes on very creamy and oily feel but dries as a powder, there is a variety of shades that can even be left alone with no worries of creasing. You can play with the eyeshadows to get different looks. This is good for anyone but idealy for people with very oily lids.

Face:
Here it’s tricky there are soooo many to choose from and the choices are tough…

Oily: Best bet is to go for MAC’s mattifying gel. Soaks up all excess oil leaving a matte clean look. If you don’t fully want the matte look you can always go for the next one.
Combination: Smashbox Photo finish primer. It evens out skin tone, leaves you with a perfect canvas for foundation or powder.
Dry: (smashbox would work as well) but my favorite is Cover FX Anti-aging primer. The reason why I like this one is because when your face is dry it tends to “crack” in some areas. This has a slight oily finish which slightly fills in those “cracks” and leaves a nice clean, dewy finish. Also good for people who have fine lines and wrinkles.

The importance of primers: it’s self-explanitory, it preps your face for a better finish. It creates a good base for your foundation or powder and holds it much longer than putting your foundation alone. Many people have spent so much money on products which thought they did not get the results they expected but that’s because they never put a base. That’s  why you hear people say they want a long lasting foundation cause the one they have doesn’t hold. Sometimes you don’t need all that crazy coverage foundation, all you need is a good base and a decent tinted moisturizer (please review my tinted moisturizer posted a few months ago to save money on this).

I hope this helps some of you with your daily routine and helps you save money on “disappointing” products when sometimes all you need is a good base.
Happy Valentine’s day to you all!!
xox

OOTD

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Hello Girlies!

Here’s an outfit of the day. This look is a casual-nice :

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Boots: are from X2B (borrowed from my sister shhhh! 😛 ) They are buckled at the top near the calves, high heal. The buckle slighly adds edge and makes it look more casual.
Skinny jeans: from Forever 21 a few months ago. Dark blue, stretch. Super versatile. You can wear them with flats, heals, boots, sandals… I have 3-4 pairs I wear these all the time.
Black stretch tank top: from Forever 21, well its a tank top soooo ya, very useful
Blouse: from Dynamite. Black see-through, with black and gold trim buttons and sleeves tie with same black gold trim button. This too can be versatile. You can add a belt since its loose or just wear it as is. To make it more sexy at a night out, you dont HAVE to put a tank top under.
Makeup: lipstick speed dial from MAC, eyes: carbon, print, all that glitters and jest.
I took this pic before I wore accessories but all I added was a small metal-dark grey bracelet  that a very good friend made.

Hope you have a good day
xox

 

Glymm Box – January 2013

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First Glymm box of the year!

As you all know, I chose this box as my only subscribtion (if you wanna know why, go see my previous post)…

Ok, so this is what I got in my january edition:
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-Metallic silver/bronzy makeup case
-Coolway Boost serum: sample up to 5 uses. This is a hair restoring serum activated by low heat.
-360 skincare Lavender mint firming serum: sample up to 14 uses. Makes skin vibrant, youthful and radiant. Oh and Cruelty FREE 😉
-Lashem Double trouble Mascara: sample up to 14 uses. Suppose to enhance lash growth, gives volume and good for sensitve and fragile lashes… Interesting! 😛
-La Fresh Facial cleansing wipes: got 2 samples, 2 uses.  Perfect for on-th-go!
-Burts bees moisturizing cream: extra sample…

On the little booklet, there’s a promotion for a limited time only Sheswai nail lacquer trio for 36$ value of 48$. Also Lashem dynamic duo (mascara and liquid liner) for 32$ value of 40$.

I haven’t tried any products yet but every few months I’ll be posting a favorite beauty box samples and let you know which ones made me want or actually buy full size products.
To subscribe to this beauty box, click on the link on the right side bar: Subscribe to Glymm box HERE.
xox

Beauty Boxes and which ONE i chose!!

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Hello beauties,

So when I first started blogging I was posting all my beauty boxes. Then I didn’t feel like being annoying so i stopped showing what I was receiving. I was subscribed to 3 boxes: Glymm box, Glossy Box and Top box.
There is big difference in not only prices but also in the type of products.
Glossy box: was initially 15$ canadian shipping incl and it had a variety of drugstore products. This box had mainly full size products but in my opinion this was quantity over quality. Then the price went up to 21$ canadian and they added a small magazine with details on the products. I liked this box and the concept, i also liked the fact that I was getting a nice reusable box.

Glymm box: It was 11.50$ with shipping and although the samples were a lot smaller and fewer, the quality of the products were much more higher end. I would say this box is Quality over quantity. It is now 15$ per box and they send the products in a nice reusable makeup bag.

Top box: I wasn’t subscribed long enough to entirely compare with the others but the 2 first boxes didn’t fully impress me, there was a lot of hair products, makeup and rebate cards to products that were higher end. The samples were small and was barely able to really TEST the product. I believe it was 12$ every month and it came in a recycled cylinder box which to me was not useful or reusable in any way.

Now the winner for MY needs and expectations is Glymm. Don’t get me wrong it was an extremely tough choice cause they were all different in their own way. But MY goal was to try to find new and quality products. I wanted samples of products that I wouldn’t just randomly spend at a drugstore but wouldn’t chance buying expensive creams that I didn’t know the end results and waste my money. I also liked the fact that it came with a makeup bag. Sure they weren’t FULL size products but it was enough to make me try and see a difference. I had a tough choice between Glossy and Glymm cause they each had their own pros and cons. For me in the end it was quality over quantity and that’s why I chose Glymm. (also the products are always all available online and easy to shop from the site).
So I will be posting what I get in my Glymm boxes from now on.
Don’t think this was an easy choice for me, if i could’ve I would’ve kept all my subscribtions but unfortunately I didn’t feel the need.
Looking forward to sharing the glymm products.

Note: this is MY choice, MY opinion and may not be the same for your expectations and needs.

Pretty smart lips?!

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Mind games these titles 😛
I call it pretty smart lips, why you ask? It’s all about the lips… Noooooo it’s because the lipstick is CALLED pretty smart from Raffael Cosmetics. HAAAAHAAAA Got you… or not! 😛

Lately the weather here has been cold, really really cold! So aside from the really pink cheeks due to the extreme cold, I found my face looked blahhhhh.
So I played around with some lip colors to see which would be nice to wear everyday but not too much and then this one caught my attention! It’s been a week now, I wear this look almost every day, the only difference is the eye liner. For a more dramatic look I’ve been wearing black liquid eyeliner or brown depending on what I’m doing or if its only for work I only wear mascara.
It completes a basic look without looking too much, according to some coworkers I look “polished”. Not only is it a nice lip color but it’s also very lasting and does not dry out my lips.
LOVE IT!!

Wedding Bells

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Happy New Year everyone, may 2013 bring lots of success for you guys, health before anything and happiness!!! Hope you guys enjoyed the holidays…
A few months ago, way before the holidays my boyfriend for 2 years proposed! It was like in the movies, so perfect and totally unpredictable! 😀
I wanted to know if any of you was interested to know how we are approaching our wedding planning and ideas also how we are organizing everything so far. If I get a few requests I’ll make a post just on the planning and the approach. If not I’ll stick to just makeup posts 😛 (ps. I took wedding planning classes, that’s why I wanted to share. It won’t be sharing just random opinions of how I think it should be done)
Comment below if you guys would like to hear more of the story and the planning 😛

Yayy! Talk to you soon 🙂 xox

 

 

(To my lovely cousin… Everyday I think of her and I know I’ve said this before but she was my #1 fan and although she’s not physically here with me sharing my plans like she did with me for her wedding,  I know she’s watching and helping as much as she can from heaven. All my posts are dedicated to her, she was always the first one to read them and call me to talk about it. I love you and miss you)