Sephora Haul! Tarte, L'Occitane, MUFE, Sephora brand.

I placed a "Small" order on Sephora last Thursday!! And by Monday morning it was waiting on my porch!!

I payed for three items, and got 13 samples/deluxe samples/one full sized item for free!!

This is everything layed out that I got!!

I bought, Makeup Forever Mist and Fix spray in the travel size, A L'Occitane sampler with two mini hand creams and a tin of solid shea butter, and lastly I'v been PINING after the Tarte Tartlette tease pallet since it came out and I swatched my good friends pallet of it!! It's been out of stock for months. And I finally got my greedy hands on it!!

Free things I got:

4.5 ML of Josie Maran 100% Argan oil.
Lancome Energie De Vie "Smoothing and Glow boosting Liquid care" - 5ML
Sephora brand Colourful Cheek Ink Gel in 01 Peony - 10G
Sephora brand Pearl sleeping mask - Full sized
FRESH Vitamin Nectar Vibrancy Boosting Face mask - Sachet
The Estee Edit Pink Peony Over night Water pack - Sachet
AHAVA Clear, Purifying Mud Mask - Large Sachet
Versace Eros - Perfume sample
Atelier Cologne Bergamote Soleil - Perfume Sample
Victor and Rolf - Spice bomb (I have flower bomb and really like it so I'm super interested!)
Tory Burch - Jolie Fleur Verte - Perfume sample
Tory Burch - Jolie Fleur Bleue - Perfume sample
Tory Burch - Jolie Fleur Rose - Perfume Sample

Also as a toss in, here's me wearing Whisper, Heart Breaker, BFF, and Crush from the Tarte Tartlette tease pallet:

Thank you for reading!!

What's in my travel makeup bag?

I'm going off to Toronto in a few hours, and i'll be there until monday late afternoon. And while I'm there, I'll be doing some public speaking and all that jazz, so this is my "I want to look professional and alive" makeup!!

This is my travel makeup bag!! It's just a basic two story bag!! I like this bag, because it's big enough to fit my Z pallet, and it fits everything I need in it, it also has the top zippered part for my brushes to be safe and not all bent and beaten up!!

These are my face brushes I use every day, From left to right, we have a Buffing Brush for my foundation, a angled cheek brush for bronzer, a small flat foundation brush I use to pat out my under eye concealer, a fluffy blush brush, and a big powder brush!

These are my every day eye brushes!! From left to right: A angled fluffy for setting my eye primer/highlighting my brow bone, a fluffy blending brush, a smaller eye lid brush for the inner corner, a thin pencil brush for work on my hood, a bigger eye lid brush for my outer eye lid, an angled brow brush, and a spoolie!

I always keep cotton swabs in my travel makeup bag (i'm known to cough or sneeze while my mascara or liner is drying it's TRAGIC) I ALWAYS keep hand sanitizer with me every where, and my makeup bag is no exception! I have long, long hair. I keep 2 hair ties on my wrist every day, and I have at least two in every bag!!

Moving onto makeup! These are my tried and true primers. I use the elf green primer on my cheeks and on the edges of my nose to correct redness, then I pat the Makeup Forever mattifying primer onto my forehead, between the brows, nose, chin, and smile lines. I usually apply my eye primer while I do my face primer. So I'll squeeze out a small amount of Too Face Shadow Insurance and pat that onto my lids!

Here is my base products! I'm testing out the Maybelline Fit Me foundation stick, and I'm still not sure how I feel about it. I'm bringing my tried and true Makeup Forever Mat Velvet+ Foundation. It oxidizes to a more orangey shade on me, but with blending it down my neck, and the way I keep my hair, its not noticeable. But I always mention that just in case! Then we have my favourite concealers! Maybelline Fit me, which I love for my cheeks. And Hard Candy Glamoflauge, which I use a PIN HEAD amount of to cover BOTH undereyes. Then we have my Sephora brand Matte Perfection Powder foundation, which I use to set my whole face!

This is my Z pallet, I'v recently spoken about this. So I wont get too in depth. But after setting my face, I'd go in with one of the blushes in here, and the highlights. I also go in and do eye shadow after I do my blush and highlighting!!

Next we have my two current mascaras! I'm using the Revlon one on my upper lashes, and the Makeup Forever one on my lower lashes! They both give me the drama I love, and neither smudge or flake!

This isn't anything special, y'all know my brow routine already. But I have my Essence Make me brow, and my Annabelle brow to go kit. Also, just in case because I'm wearing matte lipsticks, I threw in ELF lip exfoliator!

Lastly, we have the lip products i'm bringing!! I'm bringing my mint Jack Black lip balm, MAC Rebel, A Joe Fresh Lip gloss in Wine (It's a sheer tint!! Not super vampy at all!) Maybelline Colour blur in Plum me? I think that's the name. And LUSH's Santa baby which is my all time favourite lipstick!


That's all that's in my travel makeup bag for this weekend!! What do you think?

"What's in my must have everyday Z pallet?"

I finally got my Z pallet all set up and finalized and ready to go for my trip this weekend!!

This is my Z pallet, with the top open!! It has two blushes, three highlights, and everything I need to complete quite a few eye looks!!

For me, for a eye pallet to be ALL IN ONE, not reaching for anything else, I need: A matte white/cream/light pink shadow, a matte warm brown, a darker matte brown, and I would prefer a green and a matte black for eye liner!!

Starting with what I use for my cheeks, I have from top to bottom:

Makeup Geek Soulmate a plummy matte pink.
MAC Cranberry a shimmery cranberry eye shadow.
Makeup Forever ME-512 A Gold shimmery shade.
Makeup Forever I-514 A more peachy shimmery shade.
Makeup Forever I-528 A light shimmery pearl.

Eyeshadows, I have these shades, which make my DREAM pallet!!

I have from top to bottom:

Sephora brand Swan Song, A light matte pink
Lancome Latte a light matte brown (Great transition on my skin!)
Costal Scents Barista a slightly darker/deeper matte warm brown.
Makeup forever ME-644, which is a more intense MAC Woodwinked, it's a super intense golden brown
Makeup Forever D-652 Which is a reddish darn brown with gold glitter through it

Then we have:

MAC Humid, a shimmery green.
Makeup Forever D-562 which is a metallic taupey shade. And it's INTENSE and BEAUTIFUL.
Makeup Forever I-544 a pearly mauvey purple!

LASTLY, We have

Makeup forever S-102 A deep dark mate black (It's perfect for eye liner!!)
MAC Embark a matte dark brown.




This is my Z pallet!! I'm very happy with it! And I'v been using just this every day for cheeks and eyes since I finished it!!

Plummy Smokey FOTD

Hey all!! I'm supposed to be cleaning and packing right now, But guess who's a lazy bum and is practicing makeup :D

I FINALLY finished building my dream Z pallet, so that post will be coming soon, I'll be taking pictures and swatches of that today!!

But today, I went full out, with a purpley/plummy smokey eye and falsies!!

BACE: I started with a light moisturizer, then SPF 60 sunblock. I let those two sink in, then I took ELF green primer and patted that onto my cheeks and forehead to minimize redness/splotchyness. I then squeezed out a SMALL amount of Makeup Forever Mattifying primer, and I patted that into my forehead, nose, between the brows, my upper lip, smile lines, and chin. Remember, I only squeezed out a pea sized amount, so I used a Small amount all over!! I let the primers sink in, Then I squeezed out a quarter sized amount of Garnier oily skin BB cream onto the back of my hand, then I dotted and spread that out all over my face. Then took a Real Techniques Expert face brush and REALLY buffed the BB cream into my skin. I then was feeling super extra, and took Rimmel clear skin translucent powder and buffed that into my skin, THEN I took a fluffy brush and patted Sephora Matte perfection Powder foundation all over my skin!!

CHEEKS: I went into my Z pallet, and I took makeup Geek Soulmate Blush, which is a matte pinky plum colour. And I really buffed and blended that into my skin to make it look super natural!! I then took  makeup forever ME-512 (a metallic gold shimmer!) and really buffed and blended that into my cheek bones, my nose bridge, and cupids bow. I think these shimmery MUFE shadows are my FAVOURITE for highlighting the face. They blend out like NOTHING, and look so so glowy and lit from within on me!

EYESHADOW: I took ELF sheer eye primer, and I patted that into my eye lids from lashline to brow bone, and let that set for a few. I then took Sephora Brand Swan song (Matte light baby pink) and patted that all over my lids to set the primer! I knew I wanted to do a purple smokey eye based on one shade, so for once I used a transition shade, I took Lancome Strut (Matte light brown) and I lightly blended that up my lids, then I took a bit of Coastal Scents Barista (Warm matte brown) and I buffed that through my crease, but lower than I put the Lancome eye shadow!! I then took Lancome Statuesque (It's hard to describe, but it's a reddish purple matte base, with pink and red sparkles through out the shade!!) which is the eye shadow that inspired this look, and I patted that onto my mobile lids, and blended that upward into my crease. Now's when things get kinda bananas. But I took a Mauvey/light purple MUFE shade, and I patted that onto my inner half of my lid. Then patted MAC Embark onto the outer part of my mobile lid. Which looked super lovey. Until I took a buffing brush and blended everything out. I basically ended up with this dark, purpley, smokey eye!!

LASHES: I took a revlon mascara and super lightly coated my top lashes, then I took a fluffy full pair of lashes, and the Green tube of Duo lash glue, and I just popped the falsies on!!

LIPS: I put on a thick layer of Jack Black Lip balm at the beginning, and then at the end when I was ready to do my lips, i just took Pixie Tinted Brilliance Balm in Bitten Berry, it's a super sheer light berry pink tinted balm!! I wanted all of the focus to be on my eyes so I kept the cheeks and lips subtle!

What's in my travel toiletries bag!

Good morning!!

As you all know, 

1. I am very high maintenance. 

2. I travel quite a bit.

I do a lot of over night trips with the different groups and committees i'm on, and just with visiting family!! So I ALWAYS keep a bag of over night toiletries packed into a bag, so if I have to pack last minute (Like I'm doing right now!) I can just grab the bag and toss it into my over night back pack!!

This is my bag! I wont it in a raffle last year. It's just a basic white zipper bag!!

This is the bag un-zipped and open!! It's clearly loaded, because as I said I am high maintenance and I'm very paranoid!

This is my facial skin care stuff!! I have makeup removing wipes, a gentle Cetapil cleanser, a heavier night cream/lotion, a mattifying super light day time lotion. And a tube of Jack Black Shea Lip balm!

This is my hair care stuff! I don't wash my hair every day, as my hair is curly, and very dry! So I have a sea salt spray to refresh my curls after I have slept on them. I have a mini dry shampoo to keep my hair looking fresh. a mini shampoo and conditioner set. a no frizz hair serum because my hair is FRIZZY. A travel sized hair brush, with a compartment to hold hair ties. It currently has three hair ties in there! And a moisturizing hair butter!

I have curly dry hair as I said, so I like to apply oils, or hair butters every day to keep my hair soft and shiny!!

This is shower-y stuff!! I have a deodorant, a Living proof hair primer sample packet, a argan oil sample packet, a body lotion sample packet, 4 packets of my holy grail exfoliator, and a one time use eye makeup remover towelette from Sephora! Lastly, I have a metal LUSH tin, and it has a chunk of Honey I washed the kids soap, Sexy Peal soap, a LE halloween soap chunk, a minty blue soap sample chunk, and a chunk of a solid face wash!!

This is the odds and ends. I have a nail clipper, my current nail polish (I'm going away for the weekend this week, and I am public speaking, and I feel more confident with my nails painted!) for touchups, a clear coat, tweezers, body lotion, and a sample of a perfume I like!!


That's what's in my travel toiletries bag!! I am aware that this is a lot. But It works for me, and I'v never had a problem with this!! 

Make Up For Ever FOTD

Good morning everyone!! I got three hours of sleep lastnight, and I have a SUPER busy day today, with FOUR appointments.

So I did my face to make me feel confident and happy today!! (I also had to Dentist approve it. Because I'm going back to the dentist for him to check on my teeth after the four root canals I had last week!)

This is my bare face this morning! I did a sheet mask lastnight, and I'v been VERY consistent with my skin care, so my bare skin is looking pretty darn good!!

This is the look, I used A LOT of Makeup forever products. I'm quickly turning into a HUGE MUFE fan!!

Base: I started with moisturized, and sunblocked skin. Then I took Hard Candy Green tinted primer, and I patted that all over my face. I then took a SMALL amount of Makeup Forever Step 1 Mattifying primer, and I patted that into my T zone/Center of my face. I let those primers set, then i took Makeup Forever Mat Velvet+ foundation, and I squeezed it out onto the back of my hand. Then I dotted that around my face, and took my Real Techniques Expert face brush, and I buffed that into my skin. Then Because I only got 3 hours of sleep, I took Covergirl clean concealer in Light, which is a SUPER SUPER pink concealer, and I dotted that under my eyes, and blended it out with my Real Techniques Contour brush, and then dotted Maybelline Fit me concealer in #20 Sand Sable which is a super yellow toned concealer that matches my skin!! I then took a fluffy brush and patted Sephora Brand Matte Perfection Powder foundation in the shade #18 Golden Linen all over my face to set. Lastly, I took MAC Mineralized skin finish in Light And I patted that under my eyes.

Cheeks: I used Smashbox Halo blush in Warm glow. Which is a nudey, mauvey matte blush on me! For highlight, I took Makeup Forever's eye shadow in ME-512 (A yellowy shimmery gold!) and buffed that along my cheek bones, my cupids bow, and my nose bridge!

Eyes: I started with ELF's Sheer eye primer. Then I set that with Sephora's Swan Song (Matte light light pink) Then I took Makeup Forever's S-556 (Matte light grey) and used that as a transition-esk shade. I then took Makeup Forever's D-652 (It's a shimmery reddish brown, with gold glitter in it!) And I really buffed that into my crease. I then took the same shade, and I patted it onto the outer half of my lids! I then took my ALL TIME FAVOURITE eye shadow, Makeup Forever D-562. It's so hard to describe this shade, It's like a super super shimmery, brightening, light taupey/silver? It's AMAZING. I want to buy a single full sized version of this! ANYWAY. I took D-562 and I patted that onto my inner 3/4 of my mobile lid, to brighten and add contrast to the dark warm brown on the outer corners! I then took a fluffy brush and just blended everything out so there was no lines. I took some of D-652 (The reddish shimmery/glittery brown) and buffed that along my lower lash line! I LASTLY took my Makeup Forever Excessive Lash mascara and did two coats of that on my upper and lower lashes!!

Brows: The usual! I took my Annabelle Brow to go, and stroked that through my brows, then I took Essence Make me brow and used that as a setting gel. And lastly took a spoolie and combed everything into place while the gel is setting.

Lips: I'm going to thedentist, so I cant REALLY wear lipstick, as it'll get everywhere. But I remembered I have this lip stain from NYC, their "Smooch proof liquid lip stain" This stuff is solid!! I really love it. It lasts and lasts!! And it's like, the same colour as my lips when they are moisturized and happy. So it just adds a bit of oomph!!



That's it for this look!! I hope you enjoyed this!!

Feeling Green FOTD

I am someone who is FIRMLY in the "Pro green eye shadow for brown eyes" club.

I think, colour wise, I own mostly green eye shadows because I think they look STUNNING with my medium brown eyes!!

So for today, I decided to go ALL out!!

Face: I started with moisturized and Sun protected skin. Then smoothed a green tinted primer over only my cheeks. Then I took my MUFE Mattifying Primer and patted that into my forehead, nose, sides of my nose, inner cheeks, and chin. I let those set. Then I took a small pea sized amount of MUFE Mat Velvet foundation in #40 on the back of my hand. And then I did one dot on each cheek, one dot on the forehead, and half dots on the nose/chin. I personally prefer to blend this foundation with my hands. So I went ahead and blended that out, then squeezed out a tiny bit more of the foundation, and I applied a second, light, layer to the apples of my cheeks! I then took Hard Candy Glamoflauge in Medium/Light, which is lighter than my skin, and I buffed the smallest amount of that under my eyes. Then I took a fluffy powder brush and PATTED Sephora Brand Matte Perfection Powder foundation all over my skin focusing it, under my eyes and on my nose. 

Cheeks: I used Clinique Cola pop on my cheeks, (With a light hand, and very well blended out. As this is a pigmented bright red blush!) Then I took Sephora Baked Luminizor in 01, and I buffed that along my cheek bones. 

Eyes: I started my eyes with a layer of Too Faced Shadow insurance, and let that sit for a bit. Then I took a fluffy angled brush, and loaded that up with Sephora Brand Swan Song (A matte light baby pink) and I patted that from lashline to brow bone. I prefer to set my eye primer, because with my oily hooded eyes it makes it last longer! Then I took a fluffy blending brush, and started applying Coastal Scent Barista (Matte warm medium brown) to my crease. Making sure to blend and buff out any harsh lines. Once my crease is a nice warm brown, I then took Coastal Scents Balsam (Light springy shimmery green!) onto the inner 3/4 of my lid. Then I took a different eye lid brush and patted Coastal Scents Forrest Eve (Medium shimmery dark-ish green!) onto the outer 1/4 of my lid. I then took a clean blending brush, and buffed out the harsh lines between the two greens, and between the mobile lid and crease. I took a pencil brush, and applied a small amount of Coastal Scents Chocolatier (matte dark reddish brown!) and I blended that through my outer V to darken things up a bit. I'm a person who prefers to put their mascara on BEFORE they do their winged liner. So I went on to put on a few coats of mascara, then took my Physicians formula 2 in 1 eye booster and did a quick dramatic wing on both eyes. I then as a last minute thing, took a sephora brand waterproof liquid eye liner in Green (It's a medium green with blueish sparkles in it!) And I did a line underneath the black wings! 

Brows: I took my Annabelle brow to go, and a angled thin brush, and I stroked the darkest shade into the top of my brows, and the bottom line. then took a spoolie to blend it all out. And lastly I took Essence Make me Brow in Brownie Brows, and I ran that tinted gel through my brows for hold, and more colour!

Lips: I applied a small amount of Jack Black Lip balm to my lips and patted that in. Then I took Almay Smart Shade Butter kiss (what a name) in Nude-Medium. It's a medium brown, that's super smooth and creamy and softening to the lips! 

And that's my green look for the day! I hope y'all enjoy it!!