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Well hello friends!

Welcome or welcome back, I’m really excited to share this new post with you all. This is my Full beginner makeup look under $60. I decided to do this because I know a lot of people that have no idea where to even begin when it comes to makeup. Therefore, why not make a starter place for those of you that have no idea what you’re doing. This post can also be for those of you that are in need of a new foundation, mascara, blush, or maybe even just a cheaper option on those days you’re just running to the store and don’t want to put your more expensive makeup on. Now for some of you, $60 may seem like a lot to spend on makeup but it’s actually not very easy to buy a full face of makeup for that. You can easily spend $100 or more on products that will give you close to that full face of makeup look but not even completely. I did the hard work for you and found products that I love and would be best for beginners to use. Follow along as I list the products I used and how to achieve this look (featured above) for under $60!

    Foundation- Wet n Wild photofocus Foundation (I used the color soft beige and Wal-Mart, CVS, and Walgreens all have this foundation if you need to find a match in color.) ($4.69)
    Lipstick- Maybelline SuperStay Matte Ink in Seductress (This Lipstick is, by far, the longest lasting lipstick I’ve ever worn. It’s amazing! I’ve told my friends about it and they’ve fallen in love too. It’s got this amazing texture that when it’s on your lips, you can barely feel it, and when you look in the mirror you’re finally reminded you still have lipstick on. That’s the best kind of lipstick in my opinion.) ($6.64)
  1. Start with making sure that your face is clean and moisturizer. Since we are not using a primer, we need to make sure that our face has a base before we put our foundation on.
  2. Now that we moisturized, it’s time to put on the foundation! Wet n Wild’s photofocus Foundation had a wand attached to it that I use to place the product onto my face.
  3. Grab your Ecotools Total Perfecting Blending makeup sponge and turn your water on in your sink. Place your sponge under the water and squeeze it so it absorbs water. Then remove the sponge from the water and squeeze the excess water from it. You want your sponge damp but don’t want extra water in it.
  4. Now we can use that makeup sponge to blend in our foundation that we placed on our face. Use a light bouncing motion to blend the foundation in. Make sure you are blending it in all over your face, ears, and down your neck. We want the product to match all surrounding areas so it doesn’t look like we have multiple skin tones.
  5. Once you have finished blending in your foundation, grab your Hard Candy Look Pro! Highlight and Contour Face Duo Stick and use the lighter side first. Apply this to your under eyes, bridge of your nose, then moving up to your forehead and feathering it out. Then take the other end (the darker part) and apply this to your jawline, the space under your cheekbone, and on the outside of your forehead. Once you’ve applied your highlight and contour to your face, grab that makeup sponge and blend in that makeup.
  6. Grab your Airspun Translucent Loose Powder and dip your makeup sponge into powder. Place the powder under your eyes, under your contour (the spot between your jawline and space below your cheekbone. Also place the powder in between your eyebrows where we placed the highlight earlier. I like to also go over my face and apply the powder to the places that feel tacky. The reason we are placing the powder is to set this makeup for long lasting wear. We are gonna keep this powder on our face for a little and come back to it.
  7. While we let our makeup set with the translucent powder, let’s grab our NYX Micro Brow Pencil and outline our brows. I like to start with the top and use a fairly light hand, especially if this is your first time. Once you’ve outlined the top and bottom brows, start on the inside of your brows and start to lightly feather your strokes so they match the hairs in the center of your brows. As you work your way towards the center of your brows we can start to darker the color a little. Continue coloring in until you have acquired your desired brow.
  8. Now we are grabbing the NYX Lid Lingerie Eye Tint and applying this to our lids. Use your desired amount and blend with your fingertip. Try to not apply this too far up your lid, just slightly higher than your crease.
  9. Remember that powder we placed all over? Well grab that e.l.f. Blush Brush because we are about to brush that all away. Go back to that excess powder and brush it off your face.
  10. Grab that NYX Ombré Blush And use the e.l.f. Blush Brush to dip it in the product. Take the brush and apply the blush to the apple of your cheeks and up towards your high cheekbones.
    I promise we are ALMOST done, Just two more steps! Now grab your Tarte Travel Size Lights, Camera, Lashes 4-in-1 Mascara and apply this to your eyelashes. I like to apply my mascara with a rolling motion going up to help curl the lashes as I’m applying the product.
    Last but not least, grab your Maybelline SuperStay Matte Ink apply this lipstick to your lips. Try to make sure that you start at your Cupid’s bow and make your way out.

**Below I’m going to feature more products that I feel will help this process go smoother or help. You don’t need these, but they will help. These products exceed the $60 limit but I figured I’d include them in case you’re interested.

***If any of these steps don’t make sense, check out my video below for an idea of how to do them.

And that’s a wrap. Let me know what your think of this video and if it has helped you or not. I’m more than willing to do more videos like this with suggestions. Let me know with comments below or on Instagram.

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Hello Friends,

Top of the mornin’ to ya and Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Today’s blog post is something a little festive for this lucky holiday. So if you’re going to the parade, bar hopping, or celebrating with family this look is super cute, easy, and festive for any occasion. So let’s get to it:

When it comes to an eye look with brighter colors, I always like to start with my eyeshadow first. I included the video below to see how I applied the eye makeup exactly. Underneath the video I will have a breakdown with pictures and how to achieve this look from beginning to end.

  1. To start off the look, I always prime my eyes with Urban Decay Primer Potion to help keep the shadow stay intact.
  2. Then I went in with the color Anaheim from the Gwen Stefani Urban Decay palette that I’ve owned for a few years now. The color is comparable to a desert taupe. I applied this color to the crease of my lid. I used a blending brush to help apply the shadow into my crease with a curved sliding motion going side to side.
  3. The second color I went in with, the main event, was the bright Kelly Green called fins (from a mermaid palette I’ve also owned for years). This color was the perfect shamrock green that I was looking for (below I’ll attached some palettes that are newer that have comparable colors for this makeup look). I went in with an Eyeshadow brush and dabbed the Kelly Green onto my inner lip to the middle of my eyelid.
  4. Next, I used a black eyeshadow with gold flecks throughout it, called Cinders, for my outer corner. I used another eyeshadow brush to dab this black eyeshadow delicately onto my lid. You must be very gentle with how much product you place onto your brush because a little bit of black always goes a long way. You also need to make sure you blend blend and blend.
  5. After you apply that black eyeshadow, it’s best to go back with the first color we applied (Desert Taupe) and just go over the crease again. This will help blend the black, green, and desert taupe all together.
  6. My last step to my eyeshadow look is the brow bone highlight. I went in with a light shimmer cream color, like Seashell shown below.
  7. Once I finished my eyeshadow color, I grabbed my Green eyeliner (the same green eyeshadow can be used under the eyes if you don’t own liner) and smudged it on my bottom lash line. After that I went in with my NYX Makeup Wonder Pencil on my lower waterline.
  8. Moving onto my top lash line, I grabbed my favorite liner which is the Maybelline Line Stiletto Eyeliner. I created a cat eyed liner for this look.
  9. Moving onto my favorite part, the fake eyelashes by Kiss. I apply these with Ardell Lash Adhesive which has made my process of putting them on so much easier!
  10. Once my eyelook has been accomplished, I follow my basic makeup routine I’ve featured before (Click the hyperlink to be taken to that page). My only difference is I finish it off with Maybelline Super Stay Matte Ink Lip Color in the color Ruler.

And that’s it! Here’s the finished look:

Below, I’ve attached makeup palettes that are available for purchase with the same colors used to achieve this look:

BEST PALETTE TO ACHIEVE THIS WHOLE LOOK!:

Tartiest Pro Remix Palette (Wall Art, Color Explosion, Best Drop, Flow)

Others:

Huda Beauty Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette (Emerald)

Morphe x Jaclyn Hill The Vault Armed & Gorgeous Eyeshadow Palette

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, the best of luck, and find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow!

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Well hello again,

If you’re anything like me, I bet you have a sh*t ton of makeup and only use about half of it. Sound about right? I thought so because up until a year ago, I did the same thing. What changed? Well, my organization changed.

About a year ago, I was irritated when applying my makeup because I couldn’t find my eyeliner in my makeup bag. I shuffled through it about 10 times and no such luck. My best friend was waiting outside for me and I still needed to put on eyeliner and mascara but couldn’t find it in Vera Bradley makeup bag. I decided that I was over keeping my makeup in either my makeup bag or a plastic bin and decided to invest in a makeup organizer. What is a makeup organizer? (Click the hyperlinked ‘makeup organizer’ to see an example of the product.) Now, this is just one example of an organizer. If you search google or amazon, you will find a larger variety. The one I attached above is one of the organizers I own. I decided that I could place all my makeup that I used on a daily basis in the organizer, that way I had them all sitting out in front of me and could find what I needed fast and efficiently. After purchasing the first organizer, I realized that it helped quicken my makeup routine by 15 minutes. That’s right, 15 freaking minutes! You think I’m joking but it seriously saved me so much time. I also noticed that I started using full bottles of products versus forgetting about them, finding them 2 years later that leaves me to have to throw them away when I barely even used them. So not only did the organizers save me time, but they also saved me money. Crazy right? So after owning that first one for about 6 months, I was given an additional organizer for my birthday. Oh boy, you wouldn’t believe how excited I was to get home and to start reorganizing my makeup. My older organizer was beginning to get cluttered from lots of newer makeup I had purchased and I started using the old plastic bin again. But no more, once I brought this new present home, I cleared off my sink and placed this new organizer on the opposite corner to my sink. See picture below:

Full View of Makeup Organizers

1st Organizer: Top Portion (Left—I’ll relink it to the picture)

Liquid Lipsticks Holder (Right— it’s actually a pencil holder)

1st Organizer: Bottom Portion (Also linked to the picture)

2nd Organizer: This one was given to me as a gift and I can’t find it anywhere online. So I linked a similar one to the photo. It doesn’t have the drawers but it has a lot of portions to it.

Brush Organizer (linked to photo), this was also a gift and a little pricier. I did find some on amazon that were a lot cheaper and looked pretty similar. I’d check out amazon if you don’t want to spend $50 on this. I have had this for years (and you can tell haha) but it holds a lot. You can’t tell from the photo, but the right side is a zipper pocket and it holds a good bit too.

Now that I have all these organizers, I went back through my makeup and put similar products together. Honestly, it’s a game changer. If you’re someone with a growing makeup collection and not much place to put it, I definitely suggest investing in these organizers. These will save you time and money, and who can argue with that? I know I can’t! Let me know if you own a Organizer and how you feel about it? Or if this has inspired you to buy one. I’d love to hear how you all feel. Until next time..