What's in my every day acrylic organizer?

I made two New Years resolutions this year, and one is to overhaul my messy bedroom! And to start that process I'm buying more organizers/containers/shelving to keep all of my stuff organized!

I purchased a Acrylic organizer, that hold's anything and everything I could ever need/want for day to day and MORE. 

I couldn't get a good picture of it, as it's shiny and see through so none of my shots were looking 'swell! But here's a from above shot of the organizer and the stuff I'm keeping inside of it!

In the very back two compartments I keep these primers! These are my every day primers, or primers i'm testing out! I of course, don't use every one of these every day. I DO switch out. 

From left to right we have:

MAC Radiance Yellow - "Radiance boosting primer" I like to use this after my sunblock, it's a lotion consistency, that smooths over the skin easily! 

Maybelline Baby Skin - "Pore Erasing primer" This is "just" a clear silicone primer. I was given it for christmas, so I'm testing it out right now. 

Benefit PoreFessional - "Pro Balm" This is a silicone primer that fills in pores, and helps keep my oily skin at bay!! So far I REALLY enjoy this primer!!

Make Up Forever Step 1 - "Matiffying primer" I'd have to google it, but I don't FEEL any silicones in this primer. But it's a creamy primer, that you PAT onto the skin to maximize the oil absorbing abilities!! I would recommend this for oily skinned people. MAYBE Combo, but ONLY used on oily areas! It WILL accentuate dry skin. 

The Estee Edit Pore Vanishing stick - This is a siliconey stick primer. It's clear on my skin tone. (I say this because I have not seen it applied on lovely dark skin tones!) And I really adore it! I was given a sample of it, and I fell in love. I swipe it onto my forehead, sides of my nose, and inner cheeks, then pat/blend it out with my fingers. It doesn't absorb oil, but it really smooths and preps my skin!

Too Faced Shadow Insurance - This is a super lightly peach tinted eye primer. I squeeze out the SMALLEST bit and pat it from lashline to browbone. I have super oily, and severely hooded eyes. And this is one of two eye primers I'v tried that actually keep my eye shadows from creasing! It dries to a stiff finish. So I like to take a eye shadow/face powder lighter than my skintone and set it so it's easier to blend eye shadow ontop of!

ELF Sheer eye primer - This is the second eye primer that i'v found to work on my oily lids! The ONLY reason I don't switch to this eye primer (This is $2, and the Too Faced one is $24) is, I go through about 5 of these a year. Where I'v had the same Too Faced eye primer for over 2 years now. But it's just as good as the Too Faced one!!

Foundations I keep in the container from left to right:

Make Up Forever Mat Velvet+ #40 - This is a hair too dark for me right now, as it oxidizes a whole shade one my skin. It's also too orangey for my lighter mid winter skin right now. But I like it for mixing! I love the finish of this foundation, so I'm keeping it, to bring out in the warmer months!

MAC Studio Fix Fluid SPF15 NC20 - This and the ELF foundation are my closest matches to my neck right now. It's a thick foundation, with pretty good coverage. I like to do a dot on each cheek, a dot on my forehead, and half of a dot on my nose and chin, then buff it out. It lasts so well on me, and it's the closest i'v gotten to matching my super prominent yellow undertones!

Physicians Formula Argan Wear BB Cream Light/Medium - This is a great FORMULA for Canadian winters, it's pretty dang moisturizing for my oily skin, and keeps my skin soft all day long! It's a touch orange for me, right now. But I just buff down my neck. It doesn't last as long on my face as foundations, but with face primer, and setting powder I can get pretty darn good wear!

ELF Flawless Finish Foundation Sand - This is my second best match right now! It's a hair not yellow enough, But It's not noticeable when I wear my hair down. It lasts all day, and is creamy and smooth!

Concealers I keep: 

Kat Von D Lock it Concealer Creme Light11 - This is a great concealer for quick days! it's super pigmented and blendable on my oily skin. I can use it as a foundation on lazy days as well! I just swipe it onto my cheeks, and dot it under my eyes and BAM good to go!

Make Up Forever Concealer/Corrector pallet #1 - I love the formula of these! They're super creamy for a potted concealer. And I love the two correcters!

Powders I use every day:

MAC Set Powder - I like to use this under my foundation to help absorb oil, and to set under my eyes! It's not heavy or cakey!

MAC Blot Powder Pressed Medium Dark - Despite this not being dark at ALL, I love this powder!! This is my second compact, and It's just as mattifying and great as the first!

Random Face stuff:

Sephora Brand Baked Luminizor 01 Stardust - My holy grail highlighter! This is my second compact of this, as I scraped out the first one. It's a beautiful yellow gold, that looks perfect on my yellow toned skin!

Tarte Amazonian Clay Foundation Fair Light Honey - This is one of my favourite foundations!! |It's super thick, opaque, and yellow! I don't have the $51 plus tax to buy it right now. So I'm living out of a sample!

Urban Decay All nighter Foundation 2.0 - This is too light for me, but it oxidzes almost a full shade. I'm not a huge fan of how this looks on my skin. It's a bit cakey and patchy?

Colourpop Glitter Sheer eye shadow Paisley - This is a sheer yellow pressed glitter! I love this in my inner corners and on my lids!

Make Up Forever Artist Eye shadows - I just posted a review of these three shades, so do go check that out! But I use these three as a face pallet, and as eye shadows! 

Blushes/Cheek Products:

NARS Liberte - A satiny terracotta blush

NARS Sin - A berry blush with golden shimmer

Clinique Cola Pop - A dark satiny/sheeny reddish "flush" shade

ELF Contour Kit - a shimmery white, a matte banana, warm brown matte, matte cool brown

Little nick-knacks I keep in the lipstick compartments:

IT Cosmetics Super Hero Mascara - This is a great formula and brush! But it dries out quickly for me. 

L'oreal Voluminous Millions of lashes mascara - This gives me the BEST lashes I'v ever had!

MAC Brow Set Brown Ebony - My current favourite brow gel! It's tinted enough to add colour back to my brows, but holds well enough to set them in place! 

L'oreal Carbon Black liquid liner - My current opened liquid liner. 

Unknown glitter liner - I have less than a quarter left of this, it's a rainbow glitter in a clear gel.

Avon Always on Point Black liner - This is the BEST liner for my waterline! It lasts so long, and isn't painful or hard to apply. 

Sephora brand Liquid liner Life's a picnic - A green liquid liner with teal sparkles. I like it!

ELF Original Lip exfoliator - Self explanatory.

LUSH Santa Baby Lip tint - My HOLY GRAIL lipstick EVER!

 

Single/Cream Eyeshadows: 

Colourpop Hammard - Olive Green

Maybelline Colour Tatoo Bad to the bronze - Metallic brown

Shiseido GR707 - Shimmery olive green

Colourpop Paradox - Matte Burgundy/Red

Colourpop Nillionair - Glittery bronze with red glitters

Colourpop Stero - Blackend purple

Colourpop Crenshaw - Matte medium warm brown 

Colourpop Seeker - Matte dark brown 

This is everything I'v placed into my Acrylic organizer! I find I'm not reaching for anything else, or bringing out anything else from my makeup drawer. I'm planning to switch out my foundations/blushes/single shadows with the months/seasons! 

Neutrals with a twist MOTD

Gooooood morning, friends!!

As you all know, I'm a huge neutral on the eyes kind of gal. I love my olive greens, matte warm browns, shimmery bronzes, etc. I was doing my eyes and I was SO pleased with how it turned out, i'm going to share it with you all!

From far away this looks like my typical warm neutral look with purple/berry lips. Very wearable imo!

But from up close, you can really see the glitter and the sheen!!

Skin Care: I smoothed Marcelle Normal/Dry skin toner over my skin, then I applied some Marcelle moisture day cream, lastly for skin care, I applied SPF50 sunblock!!

Base: I smoothed on some Maybelline Babyskin primer over my skin, then I smoothed the Pore vanishing stick primer from Estee Edit over my nose and inner cheeks. I let the primers sink it and set, then I took my MUFE Conceal/Correct pallet and I patted the minty green over the apples of my cheeks, around my nose, and between my eye brows. I took the peachy orangey corrector and I patted that on under my eyes and I took a concealer brush and I buffed the peachy corrector over any dark spots on my cheeks. I then took my paddle brush and applied one layer of MAC Studio Fix Fluid SPF15 in NC20 all over my face. I took the smallest dot of NARS creamy concealer in Custard under my eyes in the darkest spot aka my inner corner. Then I set everything with a combo of MAC Translucent set powder, and MAC blot powder.

Cheek: I took NARS Liberte blush (Matte terracotta blush) and a duo fiber blush and I circled the onto the apples of my cheek and up onto my cheek bones, I also took Physicians Formula Argan wear bronzer and applied that to my cheek bones (It's a glowy "bronzer" that's more of a highlight on my skin!) to buff everything out, I took Sephora brand Baked Luminizor in 01 Stardust and ran that along my cheek bones!

Eyes:

HERE WE GO, I primed my eyes with Too Faced Shadow Insurance, then to set the primer I took Urban Decay Thirteen (Matte light almost white shade). As a transition I buffed Urban Decay Combust (Very light browny/beige) I then took a purpley brown matte from a clinique quad I have and buffed that into my crease, next I picked up Urban Decay Whiskey (matte dark brown) and I buffed that in circular motions in my outer V/outer lid. For some warmth I lightly buffed MUFE D-826 (glittery reddish purple!) into my crease. I took some L'oreal Infalible shadow in 21 Sahara treasure on my finger and patted that onto the inner half of my mobile lids. With another clean finger, I took some of my all time favourite, Colourpop Nillionaire (Shimmery bronze with red glitters) and patted that onto my outer half of my mobile lid. I took a pencil brush and circled some MAC Embark (Matte deep dark reddish brown) onto my outer corners to deepen and darken! I took my MAC 217 and really buffed everything out so it was smooth and not choppy. Then I highlighted my brow bones and inner corners with MAC Nylon, and ran MAC Mulch along my lower lashline. Lastly for eye shadow, I took Colourpop's pressed sheer glitter in Paisley and patted that all over my lids for extra shine and glitter! I applied two coats of mascara on my upper and lower lashes. Then when my mascara was dry I did a small flick/wing with Kat Von D's Tattoo liner!

Lips: I exfoliated my lips, smoothed on some revo balm at the beginning, and by the time I got to my lips my lips were soft and smooth. So I just took Colourpop LBB and filled in my lips.

Brows: I took MAC waterproof brow set in Brown Ebony, and I brushed that through my brows to tint and set them!

And that's it!! I was so extra with my eyes today, and it looks like a lot of steps, but this was really SO easy and fast!!!

Urban Decay Naked Smoky Pallet Review

I was given the Naked Smoky pallet for christmas, and I'v used it almost every day since!

This pallet is pretty dark which is up to you if that's good or bad (But I will say, something with the name Smoky SHOULD be darker and not all light shades in my opinion anyway!)

There's five mattes, and seven shimmers/glitters. As a hooded gal, I'm pretty dark happy with the amount of mattes! I have some crease shades, yay!

I will say, some are what I expect from Urban Decay, (Soft, smooth, foiled, buttery.) And some are SO dry, and sheer, and patchy, which was unexpected.

There's some closer up shots of the shades.

Here is all of them swatched in order they appear in the pallet. Some are one pass, and a few are two to three (!) passes.

High - A super soft, creamy, glittery pinky highlighting shade! I love this on the inner corners!
Ditrysweet - A warm/orangey bronze which was soft, and metallic. This one's one of my least favourites colour wise on me!
Radar - This was the second biggest disappointment. It's THE most beautiful warm, metallic brown in the pan. But it's super sheer and stiff. This is three passes.
Armor - A glittery silver in the pan, but shows up more blue when swatched on me. It's soft, and smooth. But has fall out from the glitter.

Slanted - A metallic silvery blue, which was dry to the touch. But applied evenly.
Dagger - A dark grey matte with blue and silvery shimmers. It applies un-evenly (Some parts of the swatch and on the lid are darker than others)
Black Market - This was THE biggest disappointment to the pallet. The freaking matte black! It was so patchy, and dry to the touch. It was also sheer. This is three passes. I personally don't MIND a medium/sheer matte black so I don't go too overboard with it and can build it up. But this was just so dry and patchy!!
Smolder - This was one of my favourites in the pallet!! It's a deepened/blackened slightly shimmery purple. It looks like a matte on my lids, as most of the shimmer falls off. But it's so beautiful on my medium brown eyes!

Password - Matte grey. It's slightly dry! Not a "Me" shade, so I don't really reach for it!
Whiskey - Matte Neutral to warm brown. It's soft and silky! Just how I like my mattes. It blends onto my hood and lids with a few circles of my 217.
Combust - I don't know how to describe the colour of this one, It's a super light browny shade on me. it's perfect as a light transition for deeper looks! It's a HAIR too deep to set my eye primer with. It's soft and smooth!
Thirteen - A matte off white highlighting shade! I love this all over (Lashline to browbone) to set my eye primer, and to highlight my brow bones! It's SO soft, that it's a touch powdery.

Overal: 7.5/10

Would I rebuy: No. Because for one, it's $66 here in Canada, and I do not think it's 100% WORTH $66. I also don't adore all of the shades. I only like 8 out of 12.

Pros: Creamy, Beautiful shades, Well rounded pallet, I could take this with me on a trip and this could be all I need for eye shadows!

Cons: Hit and miss formula, Not the usual smooth heavenly formula from urban decay, patchy, dry, sheer.

What's in my "Emergency" makeup kit?

I have two bags, I have a tiny little purse I take with me when I go into the city, or for long days.

And I have my work/class bag where I keep everything I need for public speaking gigs I will receive through out the year, or for class.

And I keep a little travel pouch in my big bag for those super rare times I over sleep and have to do my makeup in the car on my way to the destination!!

This is the pouch I keep everything in! It's just a white zippered sephora pouch!

This is everything I keep in the pouch!

We have:

A small angled brush for powder application.
Tarte Smooth operator face primer sample
Benefit Stay don't stray sample - Light/Med
Essence Make me brow - Brownie Brows
Clinique eye serum sample
Clinique BB cream sample - Light

Essence Match 2 cover duo concealer - Only (!) Shade
Rimmel Clear Complexion Powder - Translucent
Colourpop cream highlighter - Lunch Money
Colourpop Cream shadow - Nillionaire
Clinique High impact mascara sample
BUXOM Full On lip creme - Rose Julep
Almay Liquid lip balm - Just Plum

ELF Cream shadow stick - Turkish Coffee
Hard Candy Cream Shadow - What Sandy Says Goes
Sephora Compact Mirror

That's everything I keep in my emergency makeup pouch! I like to keep everything to a creamy finish when I have to do my makeup like this, But I HAVE to powder my nose/forehead/cheeks/chin. I have oily skin! That's my life ahaha.

Must have/Most used makeup brushes!

These are my every day face, eye, and brow brushes!!! They're from MAC, Real Techniques, Urban Decay, and some from I don't know where!

Starting off with face:

Angled natural hair blush I use for contouring

Flower Beauty Synthetic hair E01 I use for under eye concealer

Real Techniques Expert Face Brush for buffing in foundation

Natural Haired Powder brush for setting powder

MAC Duo Fiber 159 for Pigmented blushes

Unknown Natural Haired brush for highlighter 

Next we have eye brushes:

Angled synthetic brush for brow powder

Angled Spoolie for brushing through my brows

Large natural bristled eyelid brush

Medium Natural bristled eyelid brush

Urban Decay Crease brush 

Real Techniques Buffing eye lid brush

ELF Crease brush 

MAC 217 Blending brush

Angled Natural bristled eye lid brush for setting eye primer. 

Warm matte red + glittery reddish bronze eye look. #FOTD

Hey all!! I'm really pleased with my makeup today, so i'm sharing it with you!!!

Just a PSA. I put this on 10 hours ago, so if it doesn't look "perfect" / looks "lived in" that's why!

Skin care: I exfoliated, moisturized, and put on sun block, and let that all sink in.

Base: I primed with Benefit's PoreFessional, then buffed Tarte Amazonian Clay foundation (I'm the shade Fair Light Honey in the winter!) all over focusing on the apples of my cheeks. I then patted a peachy cream corrector under my eyes and on any dark spots/freckles. Then went over my under eyes and dark spots with a yellow toned concealer to finish. I patted MAC Set powder all over my face to set.

Cheeks: I took a MAC Duo Fiber blush brush and buffed Clinique Cola Pop onto the apples of my cheeks. I then ran/buffed Make Up Forever ME-512 along my cheek bones/apples for a glow. I also took an angled brush and ran a cool brown powder along my cheek bones, and my jaw line.

Eyes: I primed with Too Faced Shadow Insurance, I set it with Urban Decay Thirteen eye shadow. The rest of my eye look is ALL Colourpop eye shadows!! I took LE Colourpop Crenshaw and buffed/circled that into my crease as a warm transition. I took the same brush and suuuuper lightly patted and blended Colourpop Seeker (Matte deep dark brown) along my crease and outer part of my lid. I took a clean finger and PATTED Colourpop's Nillionaire onto my entire mobile lid, and took a MAC 217 and buffed everything out. I decided I wanted to add some warmth to the look, so I patted Colourpop Paradox onto my outer corner, and blended Inward, but focusing it on the outer corners. I applied two coats of my favourite L'oreal Voluminous Million Lashes mascara to my top and bottom lashes, and lined my water lines with AVON Always on Point black liner.

Lips: I took my HOLY GRAIL Lipstick, LUSH Santa Baby, and patted that onto my lips and with a clean finger, I blended it in. Slowly building it up to the opacity I wanted!!


And that's it!! That's today's glittery warm red look!

My NYE Makeup Look!

Hey all!! I hope everyone had a safe and great night last night!!

I went to a friends get together, and played games, and drank and brought in the new year surrounded by laughs!!

It didn't pick up in the photos, but I used SO much multi-coloured glitter gel on my lids and inner corners yesterday! I just kept applying, letting it dry, then applying more!

I started off with a sheet mask, then followed up with a light moisturizer, then I applied SPF50 Sunblock, and let that all sink in and absorb.

I followed up by applying Too Faced Shadow Insurance from lashline to brow bone, I patted Benefit's PoreFessional all over my face, then I took the Estee Edit Pore Vanishing stick and targetted my oily/porey areas (My inner cheeks, tip/sides of my nose, and between my brows) and blended that into my skin.

I patted MAC Set Powder all over my face after that to help keep me matte looking longer into the night because I knew once the drinks came out, I wouldn't be touching up haha!

I took a bit of Make Up Forever Camoflauge Concealer/Corrector pallet and used some of the minty/green concealer and I warmed that up between my fingers then I smoothed that over my cheeks, forehead, and chin!

I mixed half a pump of ELF Flawless finish foundation in Sand, and a few dops of MAC Studio Fix Fluid spf15 foundation in NC20 for foundation.

For under eye concealer, I went back to the MUFE Concealer/Corrector pallet, and took the peachy corrector under my eyes, then I tapped on the more yellow toned concealer on top of that, and used my ring finger to really pat and smooth the concealer in!

I didn't feel I needed any more concealer, so I took MAC Blot Powder in Medium Dark and Patted that all over my skin to set and lock in my base. A few spritz of Make Up Forever Mist and Fix later my skin was looking great!

I knew what lipstick I was going to be wearing, so I applied a bright Terracotta blush (NARS Liberte) to my cheeks using a duo-fiber brush, and really blended it out so it was a less of a pop and more of a natural cold flush!

I used my most used of all time highlight, Sephora Brand Microsmooth Baked Luminizor in 01 Stardust (A yellow gold!) and buffed that along my apples, and my cheek bones, nose bridge, and cupids bow.

I moved onto eyes at this point, and used a light/soft matte brown from MUFE in my crease for subtle definition (I have hooded eyes so I always need a matte brown in my crease for lighter eye looks like this to make me look more awake!) Then I took my favourite all time MUFE eye shadow, a light gold, and I patted that all over my mobile lid including the inner corner and brow bones.

I then took a old iridescent glitter liner I have and adore. (It's mostly Green, Teal, and Pinky Peach glitters in a clear base) and I put way TOO many layers all over my mobile lids and inner corners/tear ducts. I used so much, you could barely see the base eye shadow I used. It was such a hit at the party!

I then did a super light coat of mascara on my upper lashes using my HG L'oreal Voluminous Millions of lashes, applied a random pair of falsies that were longer and more full then my natural lashes, then finished off the eyes with two coats of mascara on my bottom lashes!

I took MAC Waterproof Brow Set in Brown Ebony and added colour and hold to my already full brows.

I took my NYX Lip liner in 812 Plum, lined and filled in my lips, then applied BITE's Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Liquorice on top, blotted, then applied another layer!!

For my outfit, I did a Black high waisted pencil skirt, a white/navy/rust cropped tank top, a cranberry knit cardigan, and brown leather booties!

My hair was second day hair, so I just threw it up in a high pony with a few whispy pieces hanging down around my face!

And that was my look for bringing in the new year! :)