Hi guys!
Unfortunately it is time to say goodbye to my favorite summer month! But on the flip side it's time to talk about the beauty products I have been loving all month long! There are so many, I wasn't sure where to begin! But I think I narrowed it down to a manageable number ;)
This first product I have used literally every single day! I'm not sure how I have gone so long without Mac's paint pot in Painterly! It is life changing! I use it as my eye primer and it matches my skin tone perfectly, but also brightens my eye area up a bit! It is a matte nude shade that allows my cream and powder eyeshadows to really pop and go on smooth and evenly! I have nothing bad to say about this one! :) It will definitely be something I repurchase as I run out and I can't wait to try some of the other paint pot colors from Mac!
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| Mac Pro Longwear Paint Pot- Painterly |
For my nails this month I have been LOVING Revlon's new Color Stay Gel Envy Nail Enamels! I love that I am now able to get the salon gel effect without having to use a UV light to harden the polish or physically go to the nail salon every two weeks! The polish last for about a week and a half before I find that I'm starting to get tiny chips or I need to redo them! Honestly the gel polish that I was having done at the nail salon sometimes didn't even last that long! My only teeny tiny complaint would be that I did have some staining from the greenish teal color (Dealer's Choice). Nothing unbearable though and I will be trying some of their other darker colors to see if it is a repeat issue! These are so affordable and easy to use! I can't wait to pick up more colors and I would highly recommend giving them a try!
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| 010 Top Coat (which can be used on any other the colors), 240-Dealer's Choice, and 030- Beginners Luck |
For those of you that know me, you already know I love my blush! So when I saw this blush color, Captivating, from Tarte I HAD TO HAVE IT!! It is so so so pretty and the color name fits it perfectly! It gives my cheeks a nice peach kissed glow and looks great when my face has some color from the sun! It is beyond perfect for the summer months! It's smooth and applies nicely to my face, but most of all I like that the color is totally buildable! I can go lightly or build the color to a brighter/darker peachy coral! It's just gorgeous either way!
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| Tarte Amazonian Clay 12 Hour Blush- Captivating |
Again, I love my blush, and a girl just needs to have options! ;) I have been really getting in to all the new pinky- purple (or better known as Radiant Orchid) shades that I keep seeing pop up in several makeup lines! I happened to be in my local Macy's department store with my mom a few weeks ago, and had zero intentions of making any purchases while she made a quick return... But... these Clinique Cheek Pop blushes were too beautiful to turn away from! I swatched a few shades on the back of my hand and was in LOVE! I chose the color Plum Pop, which I actually don't find to be very plum like at all (although still a beautiful color)! I do like the pretty bright pink that this shade gives off when I apply it to my cheeks, but I found that the blush wasn't as pigmented at home as it was when I was in the store. :-/ Kinda bummed me out. BUT, I found a solution! Now, cream blushes kind of scare me. I just can never get the hang of it or it looks streaky on me, plus I am super oily. Therefore, I usually forgo using them or buying them, but I had been wanted to try Maybelline's Dream Bouncy Blushes since I had heard awesome things about them. So I picked one up in the color Hot Tamale and decided that the cream blush is also too sheer for my taste on its on. I started experimenting and found that putting a tiny bit of Maybelline's Dream Bouncy Blush underneath my Clinique Cheek Pop blush, I was able to get the look and color intensity I had been after! I've been wearing both together for a few weeks now and love the pink shimmery glow I get from the two products combined! Perfect pink for summer!
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| (Top swatch- Maybelline Dream Bouncy Blush in Hot Tamale, bottom swatch- Clinique Cheek Pop Blush in Plum Pop |
Another makeup color I love to use in the summer is bronze! I love a nice bronzey gold shimmer eyeliner against my dark blue eyes! Ulta stores recently started carrying Mally Beauty (YAY!) and I had heard great things about the Evercolor Starlight Waterproof Eyeliners! When I saw this L:ucky Penny color I immediately threw it into my little Ulta shopping bag! :) It is gorgeous! It lasts ALL day long and these eyeliners have some of the best staying power I have ever come across! I tend to have very watery eyes usually, so staying power is extremely important for me! These even hold up to the "dip in the pool" test! I've worn these during family BBQ's by the pool and they have held up to tons of splashing without budging at all! I have three colors, (including blue and brown) but this Penny color is definitely my favorite! As you can see I have used this one quite a bit and will definitely be buying another! :)
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| Mally Beauty Evercolor Starlight Waterproof Eyeliners- Lucky Penny |
I also recently learned a new trick from the amazing and gorgeous Emily Eddington! She uses a nude liner to line her waterline on her eyes to make them really pop and look more awake! This was something that I never really did before watching her videos! I decided to give it a try (because duh, who doesn't want to look more awake and alert?) especially because my eyes are on the smaller side! I purchased the Milani Shadow Eyez Matte Eyeshadow Pencil in Almond Cream and have been using it every day since I bought it! I love it and can definitely see a difference in how my eyes look wider, brighter, and more awake! I love this stuff! Perfect for long summer nights and sleep deprivation! ;)
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Milani Shadow Eyez Matte Eyeshadow Pencil- Almond Cream |
Another
item I received as a birthday gift is Bare Minerals eyeshadow duo in The
Promise. I am obsessed with this duo! It is SO beautiful! I especially love the
buttery glow the gold shadow (Aspire) gives my lids and then I follow up with
the darker (almost mauvy purplish) brown color in my crease. I then go back and
highlight the brow area very lightly with Aspire! The finished look is
GORGEOUS! Very bright and summery and I have totally been loving it!
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| BareMinerals Ready 2.0 Eyeshadow Palette- The Promise (Left: Aspire, Right: Vow) |
An absolute necessity during the summer months is a stellar primer! With all the heat and humidity, I need something that is not super heavy, helps my makeup set, and keeps my skin from getting oily throughout the long days. I have really really been enjoying Revlon's Photo Ready Perfecting Primer! I use this after I apply the Milk of Magnesia to my face and it totally takes away the chalky residue that the MOM leaves behind! My makeup applies smoothly and evenly! It is not greasy at all like some primers can sometimes be! I've already gone through three bottles of this stuff! The bottle is a little on the smaller side and there is a squeeze pump to get the product out. My only complaint would be that the glass jar makes it difficult to get all of the product out when I start running low. It's kind of a pain, but I've been working around it with q-tips. Overall, I would consider this my liquid gold right now! I love it!
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| Revlon PhotoReady Perfecting Primer |
And last, but definitely not least is yet another gift I received for my birthday! My BFF gave me a totally fabulos Sigma Brush collection!! I have been DYING to try Sigma brushes and was so excited when I opened up the gift (I love you BFF and thank you again)! I've been experimenting with all of the brushes in the set but the two I keep grabbing for most are the E30 Pencil brush, and the E70 Medium Angle Shading! I've been using the E30 Pencil brush to smudge darker colors under my bottom lash line to blend eyeliners! I love how it gets really close to my lash line without being too thin or too bulky! The E70 Medium Angle Shading brush I have been using in my eyelid crease! Both of these brushes are great quality and super soft (the E30 Pencil brush is a bit stiffer for the purpose its meant to serve). I just love them! They're so pretty and I am so glad to have them in my makeup brush collection! I foresee them quickly becoming the "stars" of my brush collection!
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| Sigma E30 Pencil Brush & E70 Medium Angle Shading Brush |
So that wraps up July! Again, there are SO many products that I am really loving and excited about right now! It was extremely difficult to narrow it down to just 10! But the products mentioned really are the stand out stars from this past month and ones that I have been super impressed with!
Sorry if this post was a little on the lengthy side! I hope you have all enjoyed July as much as I have! I am sad to see it go, but excited to see what August will have in store (and in stores hahaha)! And as much as I love summer, July ending just means that we are one step closer to AUTUMN and PUMPKIN EVERYTHING!!! :)
Hope you all have an amazing weekend! Go out and do something fun or treat yourself to something nice (maybe one my July Favorites)! Thanks so much for reading!
♥ Nichole
So I'm basically playing with all of that on Sunday lol. Love ya! Another awesome, creative, and descriptive blog!
ReplyDeleteMy vanity is your oyster! Lol! Love you too! Thanks lovey!!
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