Outfit/Eye of the Day!

Today was such a memorable and amazing day! I got to meet my #1 most influential and inspiring makeup lover, Cora (Vintage or Tacky). She was glowing with her beauty and was just a fun to be around! As a lot of you know, Cora was the first one who got me interested in makeup and it has stuck with me ever since. I watch her videos religiously and loooove all of her tutorials. I thought I would share what I wore to the meet n' greet she had!

Top: Forever 21, Belt: Francessca's, Jeans (Meks), Booties: Steve Madden

Here's a rough idea of the makeup I wore. Sine I did it in the car, I wasn't able to do any liner. (We were kinda in a rush!) Lid: MAC All That Glitters, Outer Crease: MAC Sable. For mascara, I used Covergirl's Lash Blast Fusion. (Sorry for the not so great pic!)

I had such a great time today, so thank you Cora to the moon and back! You are the best!

Always,
Britta

Birchbox Excitement: September

Some of you were wondering why I never did a Birchbox post last month and the reason was, it was so terrible I didn't even have the energy to do a post on it. I decided if this month's wasn't the best I've ever gotten, I was going to cancel. I kept waiting and waiting for this month's and you could imagine the excitement I had when they sent me two! Two of the same! That means double product. Obviously, they made a mistake in shipping but it was the cherry on top of a long week.

My loot! (Clockwise from top; Liv Grn perfume, Lash Card, Jouer Lip Enhancer, friendship bracelets, Blinc mascara, Incoco nail strips.)

Incoco Nail Polish Strips

Since this month marks their one year anniversary, they gave everyone these cute friendship bracelets. I really liked the product sent in this one and I look forward to getting to know them a little bit better.

Always,
Britta

Eyelash Boo-Boo!

One makeup tip that I find very important to anyone curling lashes, don't curl after you put on your mascara! There are very few people that can do this without damaging your lashes. The first time I heard about this rule was in the Bobbi Brown Beauty Rules book and it made no sense to me. Since then, it has been explained to me in better depth. What I got out of it was if you curl your lashes when your mascara is wet, they can stick to the curler and once you let go, rip out or bend in ways you don't want them to, defeating the entire purpose of curling them. Do the curling first, starting at the root for a more opened looking eye. Once you have them held in the right place, coat them in mascara for extra hold. Obviously, beauty rules are not law. If you find you can do this without damaging your lashes, go right ahead, but I have just learned otherwise.

I hope you enjoyed this quick tip!

Always,
Britta

NYX Blush Review: Pinched

I bought this blush a while back from Ulta and have been using it here and there ever since. It's a really pretty color (peachy pink with gold undertones) and gives that really natural flush of color look. You don't need too much and when I apply it, I use a MAC 168 but whatever brush you have will work. It doesn't hold the color as well as I wished it would which means for more than one application throughout the day. The only other really annoying thing I've noticed about this blush is that when you close the case, there's no snap to keep it from coming open which can be not so good. That might just be me being picky and that doesn't bother you. Either way, it's just something I noticed. Otherwise I'm really liking this blush right now and think it could work for many skin tones. I would rate this a 3.5 out of 5.

Pigmentation- 1.5/2

Color- 1/1

Lasting- 0.5/1

Packaging- 0.5/1

NYX blushes are available at Ulta here for $5.99 and sometimes there are special deals on them!

Always,
Britta

Eye Look of the Day

Here is a look that is slowly but surely making it's way back; doubled liner. I've seen it popping up more recently and thought I would throw together an Eye of the Day for it.

For the blue, I just used a couple eye shadows slightly wet and gel liner for the black. In the waterline I have MAC's Powerpoint Pencil in Engraved. Use any mascara you would like! I was going for more of a sheer blue, but if you wanted a bolder look, you could try a blue gel liner.

Always,
Britta

Sleek Pout Paints

As you guys know, about a week or two ago I received my Sleek package which included two pout paints. I thought I would put together a little Pout Paint overview and fun. The two colors I got were Minx and Milkshake. Please ignore the dryness of my hands!

Mostly Minx (left) and a dab of Milkshake (right). Remember: A LITTLE BIT GOES A LONG WAYS!

What I got from mixing the two.

So far, I think these are super fun to play around with! I wish I had gotten a bigger variety of colors to mix with, but what are you gonna do? If you want a full detailed review, I can do that but I thought I would just do a fun post playing with the product.

Pout Paints are available from the Sleek website here for $8 each.

Always,
Britta

Promised Lip Look Inspired by Cora

As I promised, here is the lip look Cora did along with her how to rock and orange lip video. There are no words to describe how beautiful this is. The technique may sound odd, but the end product is beyond fantabulous!

video by Cora (my inspiration)- click here

My interpretation:

Step 1: Apply your orange lip stick all over your lips.

Step 2: Make a small O shape with your mouth as shown below.

Step 3: Take a small blending brush with some burnt gold colored eyeshadow and sweep it in circles.

finished look

I love this look! Thank you so much Cora for being such and inspiration and first one to get me interested in makeup! Check out her videos starting with the one linked above.

Always,
Britta