Drew Barrymore Covergirl Look

I've seen this ad in magazines for a while and have been itching to try something similar. I'm not really a huge fan of Drew Barrymore, but I think she looks completely gorgeous here!

For this look I used-


Face:
*Hard Candy Nobody's Perfect Concealer Palette
*Kat Von D Tattoo Concealer
*Covergirl Foundation in Ivory 205
*Mary Kay Mineral Powder in Ivory .5
*Philosophy Hope in a Jar Moisturizer- I'm actually pretty tan and had to lighten my skin color for this look. The foundation and powders made my skin look flat, so the moisturizer helped to re-luminize me!
*Benefit Dandelion Blush for under the cheekbone
* Hard Candy Blush in Pin-Up for the highlight

Eyes:
*Urban Decay Primer Potion
*Urban Decay Sin for the browbone highlight
*Urban Decay Crystal eyeshadow
*Clinique Cream Liner in True Black 02
*Bare Escentuals Buxom Lash

Lips:
*Sephora Lipstick in Maniac
*MAC Vivaglam Gaga 2 Lipgloss
*MAC Lustreglass in Ensign

Hope you enjoy!

Anniversary Haul!

Today is my 4th wedding anniversary with my husband! He always supports me in everything I do (even when he doesn't understand, like my makeup obsession!) and has given me an amazing anniversary this year!

I got these while I was at work today!

We found a piano for super cheap last week and he told me it could be our gift to each other (but only if I teach him how to play!)

He let me buy the Kardashian Kollection top that I've been eyeing for the past month every time I walk past Sears!

And helped me pick out a watch for my clinicals which start in a week- and I am NOT excited for!

And lastly, he let me pick up these 2 sets from Sephora that I have been DYING to try! I got the Sephora Favorites set and the Glitz and Glam.

And these are just a few items that I've just kind of collected over the past week! I am extremely excited to try these out and review them- so there will be LOTS of reviews coming soon!

Hard Candy Nobody's Perfect Concealer Palette: My One True Love!

I have had the hardest time finding a great concealer palette. The hunt has been on since I started middle school and started getting dark circles under my eyes! Unfortunately, the dozens that I have tried have all disappointed massively until I found Hard Candy's palette.

The Hard Candy Palette has six colors: a green, cream and pinkish color to offset different tones (i.e. the green for red tones such as zits) and then three nude shades to match your skin color. It also comes with a small concealer brush which is completely useless. I don't know why I haven't cut it off yet!

This is a swatch of pink, cream and green. They kind of blend in really well so they're hard to see...

These are the flesh tones- Once again they blend in really well so it's kind of hard to see them.

I really love this palette. It has helped with all of my cover-up needs and I find it comparable to Makeup Forever's concealer palette, only much cheaper at $8.00. The one downside I have found is that instead of being a more clay-like consistency like Makeup Forever, it is a bit more on the oily side. Overall, this is definitely one of my favorite, most used products.

Feeling the Fabulous 50's!

Today when I put my outfit together, I realized that it was reminiscent of the 50's (a cardigan and pencil skirt) and how perfect would it be to create a makeup look to match??? So without further ado, here is my simple 50's look!!

For some reason, the lips showed up as orange red when they were actually more of a rich plum....

And I don't know why, but every straight on photo makes it look like I have a horse face so there are rarely any pictures where I don't have my head tilted to one side!!

Anyway, on the face I just used a slightly lighter color than normal (Mary Kay mineral powder in Ivory I) to lighten me up a tad, sculpted my cheekbones with Body Shop bronzer in 05 and then used Benefit in dandelion for blush with Hard Candy Honeymoon on top for a highlight.

For my eyes I used Urban Decay Book of Shadows IV pallette which is one of my new obsessions! (Review coming in the future...) I used Sin to highlight my browbone and on the inside corner of my eye; Midnight Rodeo all over the lid and Lost in the crease. I like to keep it simple for work, but a cat eye would have finished the look perfectly!

For my lips, I used my new FAVORITE lip liner from my NewBeauty TestTube, YBF Posing Plum all over the lips as a base with Mary Kay Beach Bronze lipgloss.

Classic looks and 50's looks are some of my favorite things to do! They are so timeless and will never go out of style!