Current Fav's

Here are some of my current favorites! I have been using these either every day or just have fallen in love with the look I achieve with it!

This is the Maybelline Eye Studio quad in Copper Chic. These swatches are with no primer, so when you do use one, the colors are even more intense. The shadows in this quad are very creamy in texture, blend very well, and all have a beautiful sheen to them as you can see. I love these colors for my blue eyes.

On the left is the Maybelline Color Tattoo in Caramel Cool. I wish this was in the permanent line. Sadly, it was limited edition. It is such a beautiful color. I'm sure there is a Mac Paint Pot that is similar

On the right is the L'Oreal Infallible Eye Shadow in Amber Rush. This is in their permanent collection, so run out and get it if you haven't already! It's the most perfect Rose Gold eye shadow! You will love it! 

Both of these are great on their own, but also look amazing as bases. I use it with the Maybelline quad picture above every time!

I have been obessessed with this bronzer from The Balm since day 1! It's the Bahama Mama matte bronzer. It is a wonderful contouring powder, even for someone with such fair skin as myself. I love using the Real Techniques contour brush with a light hand. 

This is something in my collection that I have recently rediscovered! I was watching a beautiful tutorial by Sam Schuerman and dug this out to try to recreate that look. This pigment if from Heavenly Naturals, I think, and it's called Passion. I just love the way this looks! It's not as intense copper as the one Sam used, but it does the job! I don't see this exact color on their site anymore, but they have something just as beautiful in their fall 08 collection!

This is a wonderful eye liner! It's from AVON and it's the Jullian Dempsey Kohl liner. I have had this forever and it still glides on smooth. And even those it's a Kohl liner, I can use it in my water line without worrying about smudging all over my face! It won't last 12 hours, but if you don't mind touching up, you'll be fine with this. It comes in a really long pencil and I am down to just 3" left. I will repurchase this product! 

I have had a long running love affair with Milani's Baked Blush in Luminoso! These are very domed products and mine is almost flat I've used it so much. As you can see it has the perfect peachy shimmer without having glitter. It's just the perfect summer blush for me.

And the foundation I've been loving is the L'Oreal True Match. I'm in color C3 Cool Creamy Natural. It has medium coverage and looks so natural on my skin. I just love it! I wish it came with a pump, but otherwise, just love this foundation. I don't notice any oxidization and it wears all day. 

I didn't take a swatch of the Garnier Skin Renew anti-dark circle roller because it doesn't really look like much. It's wonderful for under my eyes for a bit of brightening. 

Don't forget to leave me all your current favorites in the comment section and say NV'ious! 

MILANI BROW FIX KIT

"A brow grooming and shaping kit that will help you create a perfect set of arches. Compact contains seven essential tools: Straight edged tweezers, slanted brow filler brush, brow bone sponge applicator, 3X magnifying mirror, brow bone highlighter and two tone-on-tone powders (light & dark) to fill and shape brows. Be your own brow guru, shaping your brows is as easy as 1-2-3!"

I have never been one to really mess around with my eyebrows. I pretty much just pluck away stray hairs in the middle. I've got naturally arched brows and a general good shape. I'm not bragging, just letting you guys know! Even as a little girl, I remember my neighbor's mom would always ask me if my my plucked my eyebrows--what a crazy woman! What mom is going to pluck her 7 year old's brows?!?

Anyway, I recently watched a brow grooming video on youtube and thought maybe I should just trim them a bit. As I said before, I generally like my brows, but thought that I could perhaps give them a bit of oommmph if I did! So I brushed them up and trimmed the longer hairs and it actually came out pretty nice! I don't have my camera with me now, otherwise I'd show you photos.

But getting back to the product...my brows at the inner corner have always been just a bit sparse...just a tiny bit! Probably no one else notices, but when I look at pictures of myself, that's what I notice--that and too much blush sometimes!!

So I started using a bit of brown eyeshadow to fill it in. But when I saw this little kit in CVS, I picked it up and thought it was so cute! It is available in three options, light, medium, and dark. I've got dark brown hair, so I picked the medium one. **You always want to fill in your brows with a little lighter color than your hair!***

This kit has mini tweezers that are actually pretty good, an angled brush, and a sponge applicator. These slide right into it's own little holder that flips up to reveal a little mirror. If you ask me, I think they should have made the lid a mirror because this one is just so tiny! I suppose you're just doing your brows with this, but a larger mirror would have been nice.

Now the powders! They are really smooth and not dry and flakey at all! The hi-lite shade has a nice shimmer to it to really call attention to your brow bone and makes your arch really stand out. I use the second one to fill in my inner corners--which is really all I need. The last powder should probably be used if you need to fill in your outer corners.

It even has directions on how to use the kit on the back if you are unsure what to do!

Overall, I think this is a great little kit that fits in your purse and is easy to travel with. It will take me a million years to go through this, but for $6, when I run out, I'd buy this again!

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