Tutorial Tuesday - Springtime Mix!

It's finally starting to feel like spring everyone!  So this week I have an quick and easy springtime tutorial for you!  I do have to say, that yesterday I really felt un-motivated to move from my couch to my computer.  But I love you all too much, so I did!  Here's the tutorial!! ENJOY

Enjoy!

Products Used: 

EYES

• NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil, Milk
• Sephora, Cinderelly
• Sephora, Gus Gus
• Sephora, A Wish
• Urban Decay, Psychedelic Sister
• POP Beauty Mascara, Black
• MAC eye kohl pencil, Smolder
• E.L.F. liquid eyeliner, Black

BROWS

• Bare Minerals, Brunette

FACE

• E.L.F. bronzer, Warm Tan
• Benefit Bronzer, Hoola
• MAC, Pink Swoon
• Benefit highlighter, High Beam

LIPS

• MAC, Nicki Viva Glam
• My Glam glam gloss

Tutorial Tuesday - Pastel Passion

Happy Tuesday y'all.  Okay so although the calendar says it is spring and one week from April...Mother Nature disagrees.....Yuuuup it was snowing here in MD yesterday! So crazy!

Anyway, this week's tutorial is a Pastel Passion themed tutorial, which would be fitting if the stinkin' weather would cooperate.  But it's not.  Oh Well!  I forgot to mention in the video that I decided to contour my face and draw my eyebrows prior to filming for the sake of time.  Okay, so on with it! Here is this weeks tutorial!

Products Used: 

EYES

• Benefit r.s.v.p. Creaseless Eyeshadow
• Mark Cosmetics eye shadow, Piccadilly
• Too Faced, Gum Drop
• Maybelline Pastel, Turqoise Glass
• POP Beauty Mascara, Black
• MAC eye kohl pencil, Smolder
• E.L.F. liquid eyeliner, Black

BROWS

• Bare Minerals, Brunette

FACE

• E.L.F. bronzer, Warm Tan
• Benefit Bronzer, Hoola
• MAC, Pink Swoon
• Benefit highlighter, High Beam

LIPS

• Sephora nano liner, Cool Coral
• ULTA lipstick, 139
• My Glam glam gloss

One day spring will get here...until then xoxo!

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Tutorial Tuesday - Metallic-A

Another Tutorial Tuesday!! YAY!! And this look is SUPER EASY!  It reminds me of warmer months but is still pretty good to pull off even if it is still freezing outside!

Products Used: 

EYES

• NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil, Pure Gold
• NYX Ultra Pearl Mania, Yellow Gold Pearl
• MICA Beauty Gel Liner, Black
• MAC Eyeliner, Smolder
• POP Beauty Mascara, Black
• Ardell Lashes, Demi Whispie

BROWS

• Bare Minerals, Brunette

FACE

• E.L.F. bronzer, Warm Tan
• Benefit Bronzer, Hoola
• NARS Cream Stick, South Beach
• Benefit highlighter, High Beam

LIPS

• Bare Minerals Marvelous Moxie, Dare Devil

So, what do you think?  Would you rock this Metallic-A Look?

Tutorial Tuesday - Red Carpet Ready

For this week's tutorial I am using the contents of my February Glam Bag!  The bag was all about the Red Carpet Ready!  What better than to do a tutorial with it's awesome contents?!?!

Disclaimer: I finally got a new camera! YAY! But I suck at using it....it took me forever to import, convert, and edit this darn thing.  So I apologize for the crappy editing.  I will try to get use to using it! =)

Additional Items used in this tutorial:

EYES

• MAC Eyeliner, Smolder
• Ardell Lashes, Demi Whispie

BROWS

• Bare Minerals, Brunette

FACE

• E.L.F. bronzer, Warm Tan
• Benefit Bronzer, Hoola
• E.L.F. blush, Tickled Pink
• Benefit highlighter, High Beam

Thanks for watching!

Tutorial Tuesday - Pretty in Pink

Hi Revolutioniers! We made it to another Tuesday which means I have another tutorial for you.  This week I focused on Valentine's Day since it is only two weeks away.  I do have to say that I have received A LOT of compliments on this look! I hope you all enjoy!

Here are the products used for the look:

EYES

• Urban Decay Primer Potion, Original
• Too Faced, Gum Drop
• Sephora, Matte Smokey Gray
• Sephora, Sparkly Black
• Sephora, Lavender Pink
• Sephora, White
• MAC Eyeliner, Smolder
• Sephora Gel Liner, Black
• Benefit, Bad Gal Lash
• Ardell Lashes, Demi Whispie

BROWS

• Bare Minerals, Brunette

FACE

• E.L.F. bronzer, Warm Tan
• Benefit Bronzer, Hoola
• MAC Cosmetics blush, Pink Swoon
• Benefit highlighter, High Beam

LIPS

• Revlon Colorstay Liner, Blush
• Bare Minerals Lip Buxom, Leslie

So, what do you think?  Would you wear this look out?

Just a reminder! I am hosting a giveaway.  Check out this post to see the rules and what you can win!

Tutorial Tuesday - Winter Wonderland

In honor of the snow MD got this past weekend I did a Winter Wonderland tutorial for you all!

EYES

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk

Sephora’s Cinderella Palette in Ball Gown

Bare Minerals eye shadow in Ice Queen

Mark Cosmetics eye shadow in Piccadilly

Mark Cosmetics eye shadow in Latte

MAC Cosmetics Kohl eye liner pencil in Smolder

Marbella permanent eye liner pen in Black

Tarte Cosmetics Lights, Camera, Lashes

BROWS

Bare Minerals in Brunette

FACE

E.L.F. bronzer in Warm Tan

Benefit Bronzer in Hoola

MAC Cosmetics blush in Pink Swoon

Benefit highlighter in High Beam

LIPS

NYC lipstick in Flirty

Thanks for watching! Let me know what you think or if you have any requests!

Tutorial Tuesday - Gray Skies

Another Tutorial Tuesday is here and last week in the DMV it was nothing but gray skies for DAYS I mean DAYS.  The sun didn't arrive until Friday afternoon!  So in honor of the gray skies here is this weeks tutorial!

Enjoy!

Products Used in this Weeks Tutorial

Eyes:

• NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk
• Sephora's Cinderella Pallet, Kill Joy, Jaq, A Wish, Ball Gown
• MAC Kohl Liner in Smolder
• Marbella Permanent Eye Liner in Black
• Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes in Black

Brows:

• Bare Minerals in Brunette

Face:

• E.L.F. bronzer in Warm Tan
• Benefit bronzer in Hoola
• Laura Geller blush in Apricot Berry
• Benefit High Beam

Lips:

• Laura Geller dual lip stick in Carribbean Kiss

Tutorial Tuesday - For Your Brown Eyes!

Today's tutorial is featuring my baby sister, who is gorgeous (in my opinion), but suffers from major redness on her cheeks, and doesn't really like to do her makeup as much as I do. Here is her before:

For Her Skin

1. I prepped her skin with my Ulta Matte Primer
2. With my Cover Girl Green Corrector Stick I covered her cheeks and other redness prone areas.  The green correcter stick counteracts with the redness so that it hides it underneath the foundation.
3. Using a {wet} makeup sponge, I patted  (not smeared) her face with Maybelline FitMe Foundation in 240 
4. Using a loose translucent powder, and a big powder brush, I lightly covered her face to set the liquid foundation

For Her Eyes

1. I prepped her eyes with Urban Decay's Primer Potion
2. Using my flat eyeshadow brush I dabbed UD's Bordello in the corners of each eye and bring it 1/3 of the way towards the outer corner of her eye on her lash line
3. Using my eyeshadow brush I pressed UD's Kush in the middle of her eyes and on the middle bottom of her lash line (so that it mirrors the top)
4. Using my round {pencil} crease brush I swirled UD's Rockstar in the outer corner of her eyes and working my way in to the crease of her lid. 
5. Using my fluffy crease brush I continued to blend Rockstar to fade the color all the way to the brow bone
6. Using my angled blender brush I brushed UD's Bordello to blend all the colors to prevent any harsh lines
7. Using my MAC Eye Kohl liner in Smolder I lined her upper & lower lash lines
8. Using my Marbella Permanent Eyeliner pen in Black I lined her upper lid with wings on each end
9. I topped her off with two applications of blinc mascara in Black

Finishing the Face

Cheeks

• I used Mary Kay creme blush in Sheer Bliss and Mark powder blush in Charmed

Lips

• I lined her lips with Mac lip pencil in Spice
• I topped her lips off with Mac lipstick and lipglass in Viva Glam V

Contour/Highlight

• Contoured with E.L.F. bronzer in Warm Tan
• Highlighted with Benefit High Beam

Thank you to my awesome sister for letting me play makeover!!

Beauty Box Swap!

I have a special post of you all today {excuse the non-Motivational Monday Post}!  I participated in the Beauty Box Swap this past month hosted by the lovely Tiffany @ Blabbering Thoughts, Megan @ Absolute Mommy, & Andrea @ Shabby Kitteh,  So what is the Beauty Box Swap you ask?  Well, it is sort of like Birchbox or My Glam Bag but instead we are the ones putting together the goodies and sending them out.  Genius idea!  I decided to join in the fun!

I was lucky enough to receive goodies from the beautiful Heather @ Keeping up with the Giffords!  My first thought when I received the package is "What the heck, I don't remember having any family with the last name Giffords from {Anon. city in MA}?" Here's a little back story:  Remember earlier posts about my vacation when I said I went to Massachusetts?  Well, I was right outside of her city.  Actually, I have lots of family in her city and Fall River.  There is a ton of us loud, vibrant, and beautiful Portuguese people over there! haha!  Small world right?!

Then I remembered about the swap and realized that is what it was! I couldn't wait to rip this baby open!

And my goodness, this is even better than a Birchbox! Probably because it is full of things I love!

Heather gave me all types of goodies that a girl deserves!  2 AWESOME nail polishes, 2 BEAUTIFUL lip glosses, an E.L.F. all over color stick, a leopard print nail file & tweezers, and lastly my favorite type of gum!  How did you know?! You must be psychic!

I am most excited to try the E.L.F. All Over Color Stick and the Yes to Carrots C Me Shine lip gloss.  I have never tried either one of these and thing it might just be awesome!!

Thank you to Heather for the awesome Swap Gift.  Don't forget to check her out because now that I know where she lives I consider her family.  And we all support family right! =)