May 2013 Favorites

Hey everyone! My beauty favorites are now up.... and on time! I've been productive lately with filming videos. It's always the editing part that takes the longest. I have a few videos on the editing block, so hopefully those will be up soon. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this latest installment. Thanks for watching!

Products mentioned:
Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua foundation - B20: Beige Tendre
Chanel Nail Vernis - Bel-Argus and Azure
NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer - Medium1 - Custard
Burberry Sheer Eyeshadow - No.21 - Midnight Brown
Hourglass No. 28 Lip Treatment Oil
YSL Rouge Volupté Shine - 4, 6, 15
Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick - Bronze

Urban Decay Naked Basics Tutorial

Hi everyone!  Here is my latest tutorial using the Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette.  I used to absolutely hate matte eyeshadows.  Perhaps because I ran into bad formulas and they never worked out for me.  Or maybe because I just like shimmer and glitter so much I'd rather buy those kind of eye shadows over matte ones.  Whatever the reason, mattes weren't my thing.

Then comes the Naked and Naked 2 palettes where Urban Decay put a few matte shadows in with their shimmery shadows.  I definitely started to learn how to incorporate the matte shadows into my looks and really learned to appreciate what they can do.  With Urban Decay's pigmented and smooth formulation, the mattes were so much easier to use than the ones I've tried in the past.

The Naked Basics Palette is a palette of all but one matte eye shadows.  This palette is meant to accompany the Naked and Naked 2 palettes because a lot of people thought there should've been more matte shadows in those palettes, but you can definitely use it alone, which is what I did in this tutorial.

Here is what I used:

Revlon Nearly Naked foundation - Shell + Fresh Beige mixed
Physicians Formula Super BB concealer - Light/Medium
Make Up For Ever Full Cover Concealer - 7
Chanel Crayon Sourcils Sculpting Eyebrow Pencil - Brun Cendre
Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette - Venus, Naked, Foxy, Faint, Crave
Giorgio Armani Eyes to Kill Waterproof Mascara
Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush - Fantastic
Maybelline Color Whisper lipstick - Lust for Blush

Hope you enjoy and thanks for watching!

xxoo
Tina

Late December Favorites

Hey everyone!  Here is my December 2012 favorites.  Again, I filmed this on time, but didn't get a chance to edit.  I am catching up with these favorites video.  I plan to film my January favorites this weekend.  Hopefully it will be up by next week... that's my goal anyway. 

Products mentioned:

Garnier Skin Renew BB Cream - light/medium
Covergirl Nature Luxe mascara
Urban Decay Naked Basics palette
Crown brush
EOS lipbalm
Revlon Hot Air Brush

Hope you enjoy the video and thank you for watching!

xxoo Tina

Very Late November Favorites

I filmed my November favorites back at the end of November like I was supposed to, but with the holidays and the end of the year being so busy, I never got a chance to edit the video.  The footage is good, except maybe the lighting could be fixed, so I didn't want to waste it.  I thought about combining November and December favorites into an end of the year favorites thing, but I knew the video would end up being like a day long.  In the end, I decided just to edit the footage I had and just throw it up there.  Most of the products are permanent so that you could still get them if you were interested.  I think this is the first time I mention some hair products that I like.  I hope you enjoy the video!

Products mentioned:

Organix Shampoo and Conditioner
Organix Renewing Moroccan Argan Oil Weightless Healing Dry Oil
Clear Scalp Therapy Shampoo
Clear Scalp Therapy Conditioner (Miss)
Revlon Photoready Eyeshadow Palettes - Impressionist and Metropolitan
Giorgio Armani Eyes to Kill Eye Shadow - #9
NARS Sheer Glow Foundation - Fiji
Giorgio Armani Maestro Concealer - #3
Tarte Amazonian Clay Blushes - Fantastic and Stellar
Guerlain Meteorites Pressed Powder - 02

PS.  I have a December favorites too.  I will upload that as soon as I have time to edit it.

Neutral Eye Series

A lot of people may think neutral looks are boring, but they are probably the looks that most people wear on a daily basis.  And though they might not be the most awe striking, a well executed neutral look can definitely still turn heads and be absolutely stunning.

I decided to do collection of neutral eye looks and put them together in a playlist on my channel.  This is the first look in the series.  It features two of my favorite neutral eye palettes - NARS Alhambra and NARS Kalahari.  These are rather pricey palettes, but the shadows are absolutely gorgeous.  No worries, I will include drugstore palettes and shadows in future tutorials.

I hope you enjoy the tutorial!

Products Used:

Giorgio Armani Maestro Foundation - #4.5
Makeup Forever Full Cover Concealer - #7
MAC Select Moisture Concealer - NC20
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
NARS Alhambra I (shade on the left)
NARS Kalahari I (shade on left)
L'Oreal Studio Secrets Quad - Neutrals
Bobbi Brown Eye Shadow - Bone
Giorgio Armani Waterproof Smooth Silk Eye Pencil - #2
Shiseido Nourishing Mascara Base
Laura Mercier Full Blown Volume Mascara - Black
Chanel Notorious Sculpting Veil for Eyes and Cheeks
Illamasqua Powder Blusher - Naked Rose
Revlon Lip Butter - Berry Smoothie

HAUL! Sephora, Ulta, etc.

Hi everyone!

My latest video is a haul/mini review video. I took advantage of some recent sales and picked up some beauty goodies. Here's what I got:

Tarte Holiday Lip Gloss Set
L'Oreal True Match Lumi Healthy Luminous Makeup - Shade 3W
Revlon Photoready Primer, Shadow + Sparkle Palettes- Metropolitan and Impressionist
NYX Trio Eyeshadow - Aloha/Mink Brown/Deep Bronze
NYX Powder Blush - Dusty Rose and Pinched
Khroma Beauty Khloe's Kardazzle Complete Face Palette
Dior Addict Extreme Lipstick - Incognito
Guerlain Rouge Automatique - Nahema
Tarte Holiday Amazonian Clay Blush Set
Guerlain Meterorites Compact Powder - Teint Beige 02
Soap & Glory Hand Food hand cream
Giorgio Armani Maestro Eraser Concealer
Giorgio Armani Eyes to Kill Eye Shadows - #1 and #27
Sigma Brushes - E55 Eye Shading, F30 Large Powder, F40 Large Angled Contour

 For some reason, I couldn't talk while I was trying to film this video. It took me about four takes to get through this, so sorry about the lighting and if I sound a bit tired. When I started, the sun was up, but it gets dark so fast now!

Hope you all enjoy the video! A late November favorites should follow soon.


xo Tina

Chanel Notorious Review and Tutorial

Chanel's Notorious Sculpting Veil for eyes and cheeks has become my holy grail contouring product. I've never tried anything that truly chisels out features on my face. Not only is the color perfect for my skin tone, the product is truly a dream to work with. Just remember to blend well! If you want to hear more of my thoughts on this product and to see how I use it to contour my face, click on the video to watch. I filmed this quite a while ago, but it's been a slow editing process. I cut 30 minutes of footage down to 3 minutes for this video! I hope you can still get the product if you want it because it is limited edition. If not, I'm sorry! But the tutorial shows you basically how I would contour with any other type of bronzer or contouring product. Hope you're having a good day! xo Tina PS. I have a tutorial for the makeup look I wore in this video in editing. Hopefully it will be up soon!