Luck of the Irish!

I am so happy Spring is upon us, and what a better way to ring in Spring then with a fun green eye look for St. Patrick's Day! 

To start this look, I have already done my face makeup, and eyebrows. To prime my eyes, I used Kardashian's Beauty, Khroma dual eyeshadow sticks. I used the gold color and applied it over my entire eyelid. 

These sticks are the perfect way to prime your eyelids with a hint of color. They are a creamy formulation, and will help your eyeshadow look last all day!

After my eyes are primed, I am using my Too Faced, "Pretty Rebel," eyeshadow palette to apply the gold color, "Instigator," over my eyelid. I used my fingers to apply the color. 

To help blend the gold color out, I used an eyeshadow blending brush and mixed the colors, "Dainty," and , "Ringleader," and blending these colors into the gold .

Using my Pixi eyeliner, I lined my upper lash line and tight line, to give my lash line more definition. These eyeliners are sold at Target, and have become a new favorite of mine. They are very similar to Urban Decay's eyeliners. 

Now, for the fun colors! I used a mixture of a teal green and lime green to create this eye look. I first used my NYX eye liner pencil (the teal green color), and lined the inner portion (closest to the nose) of my upper eyelid, and lower eyelid. 

Next, I took my Covergirl eyeliner (the lime green color), and lined the outer half of my upper and lower eyelids. 

Finished eyes minus mascara. 

Add some of your favorite mascara, and VIOLA, you have a gorgeous green eye look! Also, excuse my hair... this is a result of it just air drying and no styling has been done yet! 

This is such an fun, easy, and quick, eye look to try out for the spring season! I think it is also subtle enough to wear for an everyday look. 

Thank you all for reading! Until next time! 

Always Remember to Sparkle, 

ALLY

Goodbye February, and HELLO MARCH! Here's to hopefully warmer weather, beginning of spring flowers, and more outdoor activities full of soaking up some sunshine! It's that time again, where I share the things that I have been loving for the month of February. I hope everyone enjoys, and let me know what rocked your month of February! I love hearing about new things!

Beauty Favorites: 

1. Trader Joe's Coconut Oil 

This stuff has been my savior in February! I don't know about you, but all of the warm dry heat inside has caused my skin to be SO DRY. I have been using this an all over moisturizer for my entire body. I usually apply this at night on my face, but recently I have been using this in the morning as well. Coconut Oil can be used for SO many things. I have been using it in place of lotion, facial moisturizer, hair product, and even for cooking. 

2. Khroma Beauty Eyeshadow Cream Sticks

I recently picked these sticks up at ULTA, and really like them for eyeshadow or a eyeshadow base. The colors are pigmented and SUPER creamy and haven't creased on my eyelids. I use them alone of underneath an eyeshadow. These sticks retail for $10.99, and I think that it is a good deal considering you are getting two eyeshadow colors in each stick! 

3. Sonia Kashuk Concealer Stick 

This has been an old favorite of mine for a while, but I really love using this concealer for basically anything! I usually use it as a spot treatment over red areas and pimples, but the consistently of this concealer allows it to be used under eyes or other places on the face. I always recommend this concealer to friends and family! I am also a huge fan of Sonia Kashuk's Hidden Agenda concealer palette, which has 4 different concealer shades in one palette to create a perfect color for your skin type. 

4. Mario Badescu Drying Lotion 

I have heard great things about this acne spot treatment for a while, and decided to try it! Hautelook.com was having a special on Mario Badescu products, and I ordered this. At night, you dip a Q-tip into the pink sediment at the bottom and apply it to your acne spots and sleep with it on overnight. I have definitely noticed that this helps to clear up my acne a lot faster! 

5. ULTA Gel Eyeliner Pencils 

Along with the Khroma Eyeshadow cream sticks, I have been using fun colored eyeliners from ULTA's Gel eyeliner collection. These eyeliners retail for $8.00 each and come in a variety of colors. My favorite colors from the collection are, "Storm," and "Denim."

NON-BEAUTY FAVORITES: 

SONGS: 

So, at my February rotation, we listened to Pandora shuffle stations all day, so many of these songs are songs that I discovered through Pandora! 

1. Replay -Zendaya --super catchy! 

2. Neon Lights- Demi Lovato --- Yes, another Disney star, but also very catchy! 

3. Drop in the Ocean - Ron Pope

4. Shake Senora -- Pitbull -- very good to walk to! Super fun song! 

5. Your Song -- Ellie Goulding 

6. If I Never See Your Face Again-- Maroon 5 (feat. Rihanna)

TV SHOWS: 

My television shows are the same from the month of January (check that out here!), with one new addition. I was browsing Amazon Prime shows and come across the show, Awkward. 

Awkward is about a girl in high school and like the title, all of the awkward experiences that high schoolers go through! I am only on Season 1, but I never want to stop watching because it is so hysterical! 

And another plug for some of my other favorite TV shows.. Teen Wolf and Pretty Little Liars. If you are not watching either, you are SERIOUSLY missing out. ESPECIALLY TEEN WOLF. 

I mean... all of the guys on Teen Wolf are SUPER attractive. And shirtless most of the time.... 

OTHER FAVORITES: 

1. Remington Dissolving White Strips 

These are fantastic for the tired person at night that doesn't feel like dealing with other whitening strips! I apply these to my teeth before bed and they dissolve in about 20ish minutes, and you don't have to brush your teeth after or anything! 

2. Dark Chocolate Truffle K- Cups

If you have a Keurig, buy these! You won't regret it! 

 

February is a short month, and so my list is a little shorter than usual! Thank you all for reading! And is anyone else excited for The Oscars tomorrow night? This is the first year that I have actually seen most of the movies that are nominated! I also can't wait for the fashion! I hope everyone had a fabulous February, and an even better March! Until next time! 

Always Remember to Sparkle, 

ALLY 

Fun Night Out/ Valentine's Make-Up Look

HELLO everyone! Ever since I bought the Too Faced , "Pretty Rebel" palette, I wanted to experiment with all of the fun colors, especially the pink color. I thought that a Valentine's look or just a night out look would be the perfect opportunity to use this color. This look is full of different shades of pink, and I really liked how it turned out! Enjoy! 

First things first, the face. After applying moisturizer, and the Benefit POREfessional primer, it;s time for foundation. I mixed two of my favorite face products, Dr. Jart's Beauty Balm, and Benefit's, "Hello Flawless," foundation. 

I used a damp beauty blender (any damp sponge will do!) to apply this mixture all over my face. 

My chin area and portions of my cheeks have been acting up recently, so I used my E.L.F concealer to make sure all of my red spots were covered!

This day in particular, I had a MONSTER of a zit on my cheek and so I used my Sonia Kashuk concealer to dab over it and then blend it in with the beauty blender. You can also use the warmth of your finger to blend the concealer over problem areas. 

To conceal my under eyes, I used E.L.F's concealer and highlighter duo. 

I used the pointed end of my beauty blender to blend in this product under my eyes. 

To make sure my foundation and concealer stayed put for the night, I finished off my face with Benefit's Hello Flawless powder (all a part of my favorite Benefit kit, "How to look the best at everything."

I always finish my face powder off with a touch of tone correcting powder. This powder is the tone correcting powder from E.L.F and I concentrate it around my T-zone. 

Using my favorite Naked Basic's palette, from Urban Decay, I filled in my brows with the color, Naked 2. 

My all time favorite eyebrow gel is the Anastasia eyebrow gel. Put this on your brows, and they will stay put the entire day! 

To give my face a warm glow, I used a stipple brush and applied some bronzer to my cheeks and temples. 

Since this is an all pink look, of course you need rosy cheeks! I used a NYX stick/cream blush in the color, "Water Lily" and applied this with a small stipple brush on my cheeks. 

One of my favorite products to prime my eyelids is to use E.L.F's shadow stick in the gold color. 

To give my eyelids an overall neutral basic color, I used my "Newport Nights" Wet-N-Wild eyeshadow palette and applied the yellow color all over my eyelid. 

Taking a smaller brush, I applied the bright pink color to my eyelid, focusing on the inner half towards my nose. 

Next, using the same brush, I used the color, "Totally Fetch," from my Too Faced Pretty Rebel palette. I mean does that color not scream, AMAZING?!

To add more color, I decided to put a pop of gold on my eye. Using the color, "Instigator," from my Pretty Rebel palette, I applied this shade with a flat eyeshadow brush focusing on the out half of my eye. 

To blend the two colors together, I went back to my, "Newport Nights," palette and used the brown shade and a blender brush to blend everything together. 

For a highlight color, I used this nudey pink from the Wet-N-Wild palette. 

Finished eye color! 

Now for liner! I used Loreal's Blackbuster liquid eyeliner to line my top lash line. If you want to get really fancy, you could definitely wing this eyeliner out on the top lash line! 

For my lashes, I grabbed my new favorite mascara, Loreal's Lash Out Butterfly mascara and put a few coats of this on both my top and bottom lashes. 

What's a Valentine's look without pink lips? For my lips, I used one of the lipsticks from Maybelline's Vivid collection. I love this line of lipsticks! So pigmented, yet creamy and gorgeous! I used to NEVER wear lipstick, and hated wearing any color of my lip. Now, it is one of my favorite parts of any make up look. It can really throw an entire make up look together. Don't be afraid to be daring and wear a bold lip color on your lips!

For this look, I used the color, "Vivid Rose." 

Love the pop of the pink lips! 

Finished look! 

I hope everyone enjoyed this Valentine's look, and can use some of these tips to create your own Valentine/night out look! Until next time! STAY WARM!!

Always Remember to Sparkle, 

ALLY