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!

MUFE Tres Vichy look

So unfortunately I am still being afflicted with the crazy face breakout rash thing :(  But I wanted to do a new look today anyway so I broke out my Makeup Forever Tres Vichy lashes that I got forever ago and haven't really played with!

In their campaign for the Tres Vichy collection, one of the looks I saw was a rainbow eye with these lashes, so I kind of wanted to do a super girly take on that.

On my lips I used OCC Lip Tar in Interlace with Neutrogena's Soothing Lip Sheer in Shimmering Blush on top. Side note- OCC Lip Tar is AMAZING!!!! They are one of the few lip items I can get to stay on my lips for more than 5 minutes!

For my cheeks, I used Stila blush in Art Deco which is crazy vibrant (I know you can't tell here but that's due to not the best lighting!) and toned it down slightly with Hard Candy blush in Honeymoon.

On my eyes, I used a light green shade on the inner corner, a pink on the outer corner with a pinch of dark pink on the outer edge and crease and silver at my browbone and tear duct areas. All of these shades came from my BH Cosmetics palette.

I lined my upper lashline with Clinique Cream Liner in True Black.

I actually had to go out and work on a project for school with a partner, so I toned down my look by removing the lashes (which are super uncomfortable by the way!) and making the liner more of a cat eye look!

Yay Urban Decay!!! Book of Shadows IV Edition

I have always been a big fan of Urban Decay. Their eyeshadows are extremely pigmented and come in such a wide variety of colors. Not to mention anytime I wear eyeshadow, I am wearing their Primer Potion. So needless to say, I HAD to try out one of their latest releases Book of Shadows IV and I was not let down!
Book of Shadows IV comes with:
* 16 shades of Eyeshadow
* A full size Perversion 24/7 Liquid Eyeliner
* .18 oz Supercurl Mascara
* .13 oz Primer Potion
* A small speaker with cord that you can connect to your phone
* A scan-able card for tutorial videos
* And lastly, ADORABLE packaging!

It costs $64.00 from Urban Decay, which I thought was reasonable considering that you get 16 eyeshadows and the mascara, primer and eyeliner in it.

There is even a pocket to hold your cell phone beside the mirror!

Since I tend to use a lot of neutrals day to day (I can't do anything that crazy for work!) I thought that there was a good mix of neutrals and colors, unlike some of their palettes that just have a lot of color that I probably couldn't wear as often.

This is the little speaker box on the left. I've tried it a few times and it's pretty cool. I haven't looked at the tutorials yet as I am slightly smartphone challenged and don't know what to do!

From left to right, these are Crystal, Gunmetal (which is grey, I don't know why it pulled greenish), Blue Bus and Gravity.

These are Bender, Cobra, Hijack and Lost. These 8 were more of the colors in the palette. The rest are more of brown neutrals and shades that I would use as highlights.

Here are two simple eyes I did using a few of my favorite shades:

I used Sin as a highlight with Crystal on the lid and Blue Bus in the crease. (I think Crystal is probably one of my favorite shades!)

Here I used Midnight Cowgirl as the highlight with Midnight Rodeo on the lid and Lost in the crease.

Overall I really like this palette and would have to give it 4 stars. 10 of the 16 colors are new and I like most of them, and I think you get a lot for your money. My one complaint would be that the box is too large for what is in it and I do not have a lot of space for my cosmetics as it is! Also I am NOT a fan of their mascara, so they definitely could have left that out!

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!