MAC Flourabundance Lipglass Review- Cream

So recently, I've been slacking on my blog because I've been so busy. And Im too excited to blog, because in two weeks! Im going to visit my boy..woo!! But, recently, I've found Flourabundance in my bottom drawer..the I dont use you drawer..and I had Underage in my car, so I grabbed for this instead. It is way better than underage, and I totally forgot. It is a milky baby pink, with a blue tone to it. It looks great on my skin, which is a medium in B.E or prob around a NC 30...it goes on opque, but doesn't bring out fine lines or chapped skin. Also, as you wear it, it warms up and really brightens your face. This lipglass seems to moisturize better than all the others too. I wear it alone all the time, but if I am going to a great baby pink lip, I'd definitely pair this with Angel, or possibly Cream Cup. Check it out the next time your at MAC you won't regret it!

5 stars for sure!

Hope this helps! :)
Morgan

Bare Minerals... Forgot how much I was in love with..

BARE MINERALS..Best make up on this earth.
So I'm assuming who ever is reading this has read the rest of my blogs, and saw I wear DIOR foundation. Well, I had enough of the pump, and went to MUFE Mat Velvet +..Well that was great, but I bought the lightest shade.. And started tanning the day after I bought it. (I have a dance coming up and I'm going to visit my boyfriend in two weeks-can't be pale...) Therefore, it was too drying, and WAY too light. So Im going to hold onto that for next winter..But since I've been tanning my skin is really nice. So I automatically think to summer..and remember BARE MINERALS! Bare minerals literally is the best foundation for the summer. It really allows the glow of the natural skin to show through. AND! The coverage is amazing. Im so excited to share with you all I'm color medium. Yes, I'm that tan. WOO HOO! I still use bronzer though.. I know I'm insane. But heres why you should buy BARE MINERALS!

Really allows the natural glow of the skin to show through, but has good coverage.
Feels amazing on the skin.
FAST & EASY!

Give this great foundation a try, I think I'll stick with bare minerals well through the summer..!!

Hope this helps, Morgan!

What I'm Loving Right Now!

Hey guys! Sorry I havent posted in a while, finals are kicking my ass...
Anyways! I wanted to share something I found thats really great..!!

Since my make up takes me less than 10 minutes, and even less for school...
I'm the ultimate master at getting ready start to finish super fast...

So heres what ive been doing to shorten my routine! From 10 minutes to 6 or 7!

After I wash my face I put on moisturizer and my eye lid primer, so while one dries, the other is being applied and I have no drying time! saving 1-2 minutes...

Foundation-applying over top not completely dried moisturizer, you use only a tiny bit and it blends and your skin really shows through!

For the eyes,  heres what I've been dying to tell you guys, I found TWO great new combos!!


ONE!

Primer
VEX-MAC all over eye lid
Shale-MAC in crease and lower lash line
Chammomile-MAC Limited Edition Warm & Cozy collection-high light


TWO! (fav!)


Primer
Satin Taupe-MAC all over eye lid-lower lash line!
Patina-MAC in crease
VEX- MAC above Patina with a 224 brush, lightly
Chammomile-MAC Limited Edition Warm & Cozy collection-high light


I never ever use eyeliner, I think it is too dramatic, and I like the soft smokey look...

Natural eye make up doesnt suit me in particular, but then again, if your wearing make up, its not natural so hey, whats wrong with a hot brown smokey eye at 9 am?! ;)


Hope that helps!


Morgan

MAC Vex Eye Shadow! Review

MAC Vex! This is another MAC eye shadow, that is completely over looked. It is a frost finish, and is a dirty dishwater white, silver, grey, beige toned color. There is no word to describe it.  It is however, super important in my collection. It is multi-dimensional. It has several uses for it, yet probably scares 95% of the people who look at it. This eyeshadow is to die for!

Heres how I use it!

All over lid color, on its own this shadow has a beautiful sheen, and is dimensional enough to be used on its own.

A dark shimmery brown on the lid, patina or satin taupe, with vex in the crease. It picks up different tones, so it really brightens the eye when you have a dark lid.

This is a great transition color as well, naked lunch on the inner lid, vex on the middle lid, and smoke and diamonds, or black tide on the outer lid is super pretty!

Also, try vex on the lower lash line. It is stunning.

I hope this helped, I wish it could be longer, but time is of the essence right now, and there is no way to describe the color but to say YOU NEED IT. It blends so easy and is amazing.

Morgan

Ralph Lauren Hot

So guys, I know its not make up, but I have to do a reveiw on this! This is my all time favorite perfume ever. It seriously smells hot. It is a warm, spicy vanilla, that is a mixture of maple syrup and coconut! It smells seriously amazing. It is kind of expensive, 60$ for a medium size bottle. Not as bad as my Burberry Classic, Weekend or Beat, or Juicy Couture Viva La Juicy but it is still not as cheap as Gwen Stefani's perfume or something along the lines of Victorias Secret. Now this perfume is really strong. I love it personally. It doens't give me a headache, and it is not a sweet perfume. It smells warm and comforting, like imagine being on a tropical island, and a perfume you'd wear for a night out at some trpoical dance club, or awesome restaurant..this would be that perfume. It is perfect for anyone who has a beachy feel to them, loves the smell of summer in a bottle, or just wants to smell amazing. As for a little extra ... guys think it smells amazing. fyi ;)

Morgan

Benefit Boi-ing Industrial Concealer Review

Benefit Boi-ing Concealer ...! Another review. Haha.

Okay! So another one of those products I never wore until about a year ago. I havent ever worn concealer because I have really good skin for the most part. But the lack of sleep I get, this comes in handy. This concealer comes in three shades, 01, 02, 03.. 01-02 are great for fair to medium skin, 03 is a bit darker, but there is not a great color for WOC. This Concealer is a great multi-purpose concealer. It really does a great job covering blemishes, and the under eye area. It comes in a pot, like above, and you can use your finger or a brush. I think your finger is way better with these type of products because you warm up the product making it easier to blend. This makes it easier to apply because you don't get that "spot" of concealer. It is a great product, as are alot of Benefits. However it does start rather sheer, which I like because I dont like to wear alot of make up in general so I don't feel "fake" when wearing this. It really builds up though if you have a bad blemish. Also, it doesn't need to be set with a powder because it looks that good, but its always a good idea to!

A few tips when using concealer, and this concealer in general...

Always, foundation 1st, concealer 2nd.. ALWAYS

Set with a powder to get good staying power

Use fingers to apply, it makes it easier to apply.

Don't over apply, and don't go concealer crazy. Covering your whole face with it is dumb. Skip foundation and use concealer everywhere if your going to do that.

Concealer, Mascara, Lipgloss. Three main things to pulling of a wake up and go face.

5 stars for sure. Yay benefit. I love you!

Morgan

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural Review

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural Review! The MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural, commonly called MSF, is a great powder that I personally think is worth checking out. It is NOT for everyone however. The MSF naturals come in a great range of colors that suit the fairest girls to the darkest! It is awesome. I wear the medium in the summer and light medium in the winter. Heres how I use my MSF Natural. I use my MAC 137...awesome brush...and swirl it around in the powder until I see it has coated both sides of my brush. When that happens, I use one side of the brush on one side of my face, and the other on the other side of my face. It really does a great job of setting my foundation and helping me get that great staying power I'm always trying to achieve. It also creates a way smoother base for my bronzer. Because of this powder, my bronzer looks much better. Now I personally have mostly dry skin, therefore this is great. It doesn't exactly control oil like some powders are designed to do, but this is not designed to do that. It also can look quite chalky in photos but I'm not a model, so I could care a less. I would say this powder is ideal for someone who is looking for a setting powder with some good color to it and a great base for your bronzer. It also can be worn as a foundation...with sheer to medium coverage, when used with a MAC 181, or 182- kabuki brush. Any kabuki brush will work. My perscriptives kabuki is ama-zing! Lastly, it seems to last a very long time. I use probably twice a day, and it took me over 6 months to run out of my first. I'm on to my second!! Something is really exciting about that and I don't know why?

Okay! Well!

I hope that helped.

Morgan

Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow/Liner Review

Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow in Tattle Tale
Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow in Skinny Jeans

Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow in RSVP

Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow in Birthday Suit (my favorite!)

Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadows were my first and favorite eyeshadows for a really long time. They are available @ Sephora, Sephora.com and benefit stores, and I'm sure a ton of other places... Anyways! They make a great alternative to a primer on the eye because they prevent creasing. It is like an all in one eye shadow.

All at one time ! It..prevents creasing, brightens eyes, is an eyeshadow base, can be worn alone, when applied right it covers the eyelid and discoloration some people have...

I personally don't have see through eyelids like a lot of people, but having used it on a lot of people whose make-up I've done it truly covers a lot.

This eyeshadow is a great colored base as well. Since I usually wear a nude, warm brown eye-everyday...I constantly reach for Benefit's C.C.S in Birthday Suit. It is the perfect warm toned goldy, champagne, brown nude color ever. It is so unique. And with (all shadows mentioned are MAC) naked lunch, patina, satin taupe or alone it is so pretty! It is very shimmery though, which I don't mind because I don't use any shimmer on my face, all matte face products...

As for the other colors

Skinny Jeans is an exact duplicate for Smoke and Diamonds by MAC.

It is a beautiful color but this cream shadow is hard to wear alone... It is not opaque but covers better in some areas than others making it splotchy on its own. With a grey, black, silver, or green over it, this looks bomb.

RSVP - this was my first Benefit CCS and I used it until i hit pan, which did i mention, these last you FOREVER. Just close the lid tight and you'll have no issues with it drying up at all! They seriously will last you almost a year, if used everyday ... Such a great deal! Anyways, this champagne color was perfect for my skin tone, it looks great all year round, tan or not. Since i do get dark in the summer it looked just as pretty on my dark skin as it did on my porcelain skin.
I used to wear this day in day out- alone, applied with my pointer finger, and it was truly beautiful but now days I can't just stop at one shadow when I know I am capable of much more... When I need to get out of the house asap, I'll apply this with a bit of bronzer and mascara and more days than most its how I go to school.

Tattle Tale... Tattle Tale is a tough one for me to review, some days I love it and reach for it for a few days in a row, and don't use it for a month sometimes. It is a great highlighter for a night out, it can be sheer, like the rest, it is really build able. It can be built up to an extremely opaque white yellow cream color. It is awesome when your doing a light eye, it works amazing as a colored base. Other than that it isn't my favorite, I probably won't re buy, but its not a regret.

Pros:

There is a ton of product-will last forever

TRULY prevents creasing, and works as a base and primer

Great color bases

Brightens & Opens up the eye

easy finger application

really great for get up and go

Can be used as a liner (wouldn't recommend it but hey..go for it)

Cons:

If you aren't crazy about the color, you're stuck with a ton of it

It is a glass jar...be careful

Morgan!

MAC Smoke & Diamonds Starflash Eyeshadow Review

Where do I start with this ! First and foremost, it is my tied for my favorite mac shadow..(smoke & diamonds, naked lunch, satin taupe..all my favorites. cant ever decide!!) Smoke & Diamonds is a starflash, referring to its texture-starflash=creamy, blend able, frosty, and build able. It is the ultimate eyeshadow! Firstly, it can be worn several ways. All over lid color, crease color, lower lash line, upper lash line, or as a transition color. When paired under Benefit's skinny jeans crease less cream shadow, (the exact dupe of this color in a cream shadow by a different brand) it really brings out the reflex qualities it has. It is very blend able and very buildable. The shade its self is a very warm silvery grey. Its a grey version of satin taupe, yet the textures are very different. Unfortunately it is a limited edition, and released this summer with the other starflash shadows, so good luck finding it. If you do find it, I'd buy it. These type of collections are usually released once a year, so going a whole year with out this shadow might be rough. It is a part of my daily go to look.

Heres a few ways you can wear it.

Firstly, here is how i wear my eyeshadow on a daily basis, school look, work look, day look etc.

Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow in Birthday Suit

MAC Naked Lunch all over lid

MAC Smoke & Diamonds on outer lid

MAC Shale on lower lash line

..not an eyeliner girl for anyone who was wondering where that was.

Look 2..

Smoke and Diamonds all over lid, a primer underneath of course.

Use a 239 for this to really get a good color pay off.

Look 3

Simple nude eye,

MAC Naked Lunch or Gleam all over lid

MAC Smoke & Diamonds on lower lash line..

Well. I hope this helped someone...haha

Morgan

MAC Underage Lipglass Review

MAC Underage Lipglass, a definite favorite of mine! This lip"glass" really lives up to its name. Super long lasting, it gives off a very glassy like shine that lasts for hours. Paired over MAC Hue lipstick, or Pretty Please, they seem to last even longer. The nice thing about this gloss is that there is truly no glitter. It is an opaque milky baby pink. Very similar to NARS Turkish Delight, but stays on much longer, and is a little bit stickier. Nars glosses are very smooth, where as the lipglasses can be a little on the sticky side. I don't personally mind it, or notice it, but in comparison to the Nars gloss there is a definite difference. But the color is truly perfect for nude lips. Last but not least, it can be a bit drying. I have to use a lipbalm under this or it really tends to start to dry out my lips. Therefore!... I give a 4 stars out of 5!

Pros:
Great color
Long wearing
Reasonably priced, compared to many other brands..

Cons:
Drying
Accentuates very chapped lips..

Dior Skin Nude Foundation Review

So in my very unprofessional opinion, this foundation is great. Dior Skin Nude is truly a great foundation, with several terrible things wrong with the package that makes it hardly usable. First things first, if you can get the foundation out, its AMAZING! The coverage is medium and very very creamy. Doesn't dry to quick or slow so you can blend it out with a brush for a good one to two minutes or so. It has a great scent to it, in my opinion, that makes me feel really fresh. It gives a dewy satin look to the skin as well. It goes great over fresh moisturizer for those of us with dry skin, and it doesn't dry the skin out. It lasts all day! Its so great.. :( If only it weren't 50 $ and impossible to get out of the pump.

Every other day or so, I have the issue with the pump. It clogs. And you may think its my fault, and I am too messy and I don't take care of it. WRONG. Ugh, everyone seems to have this issue. And for the price, I will be using all of it, if I can even get it out of the bottle. You have to push and push and push and sometimes it won't even push. Not even if I turn it over and put the pump on the counter and lean with my entire body weight on it. Won't budge. Eventually after around 5-10 minutes or so, -really not great for girls on the go...-it usually comes out. And works for 1-2 days, and then you restart the process.

Therefore!

Pros:

Great coverage

Great range of colors

Great scent

Blend able

Doesn't dry too quickly on the skin

Doesn't dry skin out

Cons:

PACKAGING

Price, very very expensive at 50$ with tax...

Therefore, if anyone has a good foundation for combination skin, more dry than oily, please let me know! I was thinking MUFE Mat Velvet..if that's what it is called? Anyway, recommendations please!

Morgan

MAC Bronzing Powder in Golden-Review

Mac Bronzing Powder in Golden.

For almost a year now I have been using Nars Laguna Bronzer. I too fell on that band wagon... However, it's so expensive and a little too shimmery. Definitely not over rated, but there are other great products out there that give a more realisitc and not so shimmery tan. MAC Golden, is just that, but gets no love! As a very fair person, sometimes refered to as Casper's sister...I really really like bronzer. So much so that if i could wear only one make up product, it would be this. But since I am so fair, and wear it year round, all over my face, I need it to be realisitc, and more or less -matte. Golden by MAC is great because it does just that! I love it! It creates a realistic glow about the skin. It is practically impossible to go over board with and blends effortlessly. I apply it with a fluffy bronzer brush, like a MAC 136. The "3" technique is okay, but I prefer it all over. I go lighter around my jawline and hair line... Lastly, there is no orange tint at all. Even at the end of the day on new year eve...about 1130 pm for me :) after wearing all day, it faded slightly but there was absolutely no orange in sight. 5 stars for MAC Bronzing Powder in Golden!

Pros:

Packaging... I always love MAC packaging

Color-perfect bronzer for us fair people of the world..

Can't be over done

No shimmer!! WOO!

Cons:

Does fade slightly by the end of the day

Will rub off on to clothing

MAC Pink Swoon Blush

Another review! MAC Pink Swoon sheertone blush!

First and foremost! I love all MAC products, but their blushes were tricky at first.

I originally purchased MAC Well Dressed, loving the color, and the color on my cheeks was awesome! Little did I know it was about 6 layers of blush to get that color I wanted..a baby pink! Being very fair, I have to wear a blush of some sort, or my cheeks get lost! But the well dressed was too much work. I went into MAC today and told my MUA about this little issue. She and I went through all the blushes and decided on Pink Swoon. It gives the color I wanted out of Well Dressed, but I barely touch my brush to the product! Its awesome...In love! I know people talk about MAC breaking their skin out, but I have the most sensative skin of anyone I know (I cant even use scented face wash) and I've had no problems..knock on wood. I use their MSF's, blushes, and bronzer and am in love with them all!

Pros:

Great packaging

Great Color payoff

Product will last you for-ev-er.

No scent! Finally..

Cheaper than most blushes

Cons:

... :)

Nars Blush-Orgasm & Albatross

Nars Blush in:

Orgasm & Albatross

Nars Orgasm:

This was my very first blush. I was wearing make up for five years before I got harassed into wearing blush by my mom and sister. On Christmas morning, I opened this up. I was so mad. I thought blush made me look like I was constantly sweating... Anyway, I gave it a try. I fell in love with it. Since then I've found other blushes I like as much, and a few more, but this is a great go-to blush. Deep throat is very comparable to Orgasm but it has a little bit more red. Orgasm is much more universal and looks great on all skin tones. My best friend is a completely different skin tone than I, and it looks just as good on WOC. If not better! The only thing I am not a huge fan of is that there is some glitter in this product. I prefer a matte cheek with a highlighted cheek bone. However the color is phenomenal. 4 out of 5 stars! I would not buy again however because I found a new HG blush! ... Review on MAC Pink Swoon coming soon...

Pros:

Great color pay off

Very versatile if you do other peoples make up-great on all skin tones

ALOT of product..lasts forever

Mirror in the package

Cons:

Glitter. Ugh.

Packaging. If you own nars products, you understand this one...

Not very long lasting if applied alone

Morgan

Korres Lip Butter Review in Guava!

Korres Lip Butter in Guava.

So as my first blog, I hope this goes okay...

Ill start first with a little about why I'm doing this..

A year or so ago, i hit a really rough patch in my life. Somehow, I fell and landed in M.A.C. Long story short, I turned my life around. It changed everything from my confidence, and self esteem, and five minutes to get ready turned into fifteen. Long story short, makeup became my outlet. I discovered the YouTube makeup world and have been enthralled ever since. All the men and women were sharing their knowledge, and saving me alot of money from trying out and testing all these different products. I loved it. So thats exactly what im going to do with everyone out there. If anyone even reads this?

On with my first review...

5 stars for sure. Its awesome! I love this stuff. Firstly, I love nude lips, and MAC hue lipstick with underage gloss is what i swear by; yet with the winter and the climate i live in the cold weather has really gotten ahold of my lips and i cant wear my favorite lip combo when they're chapped as all get out. It looks awful with peeling skin, really attractive. This should definitely help. Secondly, the color is great. It looks white, but comes off on the lips as an opaque baby pink! its AWESOME! the only draw back is it is in a pot so i have to jam my finger into it evertime, which is really sanitary. Yum. But it will be okay, as long as no one tries to use it. Gross!

Pros:

First and foremost, very moisturizing

Great color pay off

Awesome scent! Truly like guava..

Long lasting moisturizing qualities

Cons:

Packaging

Well, I hope that helped someone.

If only ever one person reads this and is helped, ill feel accomplished.

Morgan!