October Favorites

Makeup:
Foundation - Make Up Forever HD Foundation
Concealer - Benefit Erase Paste
Primer - Smashbox Photo Finish Color Correcting Primer
Highlight - Smashbox Photo Op Under Eye Brightener
Bronzer - Gosh Bronzing Powder
Lipstick - Maybelline ColorSensational Vivids in On Fire Red
Blush - Smashbox Blush Rush in Heartbreak
Eyeshadow - L'oreal La Couleur Infallible in Goldmine
Eyeliner - Gosh Eyeliner Pen in Black
Mascara - Smashbox Hyperlash Mascara in Blackest Black
Makeup Setting Powder - Make Up Forever HD Powder

All these products together create this look:

Hair:

Curling Wand - NuMe 25mm Magic Wand in Pink

Flat Iron - NuMe Vintage in Hot Pink

Extensions - Bellami Hair Bambina 160g 20" Clip-In Extensions in Dark Brown (2)

Shampoo - AG Keratin Repair Refuel Shampoo

Conditioner - AG Keratin Repair Restore Conditioner

Oil - CHI Silk Infusion

Heat Protectant - TRESemme Heat Tamer Spray

Hairspray - Aussie Aussome Volume Hairspray

This is with the Bellami Hair Extensions in and using the NuMe Curling Wand

How it looks all down, with looser waves. 

Angel for a Day

Happy Halloween:

Beauty Breakdown: 1

Beauty breakdown is a new series I am starting involving a random picture from Pinterest, or a celebrity, and giving you tips and tricks that I find within that picture.

This picture was found on Pinterest:

She's beautiful isn't she? The makeup artist did an amazing job with her. Her brows are filled perfectly and don't even get me started on the amazing highlighting and contouring job! Okay... I for myself started! 

The Face:

When it comes to the contouring, it is bolder than normal! It begins with the typical E3 format! 

For those of you who do not know, the E3 is when you create an E on one side and a 3 on the other. You start on your forehead near the hairline, work your way around to under the cheekbone, and back out and following the jawline, just like you were drawing an E (or a 3 depending on what side of the face you are on). Then, they added extra contouring around the chin to really emphasize it! Next, they proceeded to contour the nose by taking a bronzer (or darker foundation) down the sides of the nose, and bringing them together at the bottom to form a "v" shape. You can see it was also used on the neck and on the collarbones. This helps create definition.

For the highlighting, the makeup artist stuck to the basics, but like the contouring, made it bold. When highlighting, you should apply a highlighter, or a lighter foundation, to all the areas where the sun hits. This includes: 

- Forehead

- The Bridge of the Nose

- The Cheekbones

- The Chin

- The Undereyes

When doing the undereyes, to make it appear more natural, create a triangle shape. Apply highlighter to the outer corner of your undereye to the inner corner. From there highlight straight down to the tip of the nose, then connect it back up to the outer corner, and fill in inbetween. 

The Eyes: 

One thing I am jealous of is her beautiful blue eyes! To make those blue eyes pop the makeup artist applied brown eyeshadow to the lid and crease, and mimicked it under the eye as well. Brown is opposite on the color wheel to blue which causes the controversy and makes the eyes appear brighter! 

Her eyes are not particularly small, but a trick that has been discovered is to apply white eyeliner to your lower waterline to make your eyes appear bigger.

- Samantha

Winterize Your Hair

The cold weather can really drag the life out of your hair. The lack of humidity that comes with winter, this causes breakages, fly-aways, and a dry scalp. With the proper hair care and products, you can defy the will of winter. 

Preventing dry and dull hair:

Twice a week apply a hair mask to strengthen and hydrate your hair. To minimize the typically heat-related damage, wait until your hair is at least seventy percent dry before you blow dry it. Blow drying your hair can cause it to be quite dull, and it takes the life out of it. After blow drying your hair, mist it from the root to the tip with a heat protectant spray. My personal favorite is TRESemme Thermal Creations Heat Tamer Protective Spray. 

Dry and Dull hair quick fixes: 

Just brush your hair. It is as simple as that. Brushing your hair redistributes the natural oils from your scalp throughout your hair, adding shine. It is a tip I learned from Jen Atkin. If you want more of a polished look, placed a dime-sized amount of hand cream or olive oil onto your ends. Do not apply to much or your hair will appear greasy. 

Preventing fly-aways:

Use a moisturising shampoo and conditioner, and apply a leave-in conditioner from midway down your hair to your tips. If you were to apply it at the roots, it would leave your hair feeling,and appearing greasy. The moisture will help neutralize the electrons that cause the static electricity that forms the fly-aways in your hair.

Fly-Aways quick fixes:

A lightweight hairspray will do the trick. The polymers located in hairspray will help keep the fly-aways in place. Nourishing your hair will keep them annoying fly-aways away!

Flat Hair? Mist strands from root to tip with a volumizing spray, then repeat only at the roots. Next, blow-dry your hair upside down. Afterwards, twist your hair into a loose topknot until your locks cool, allowing the roots to set. 

Itchy, Flaky Scalp? Treat your hair with some treatments such as a hair mask. The scalp is an area often overlooked.

The Three Upsides to Winter

Okay, as much as we hate winter for taking a toll on our hair, it has its benefits as well... Three to be exact:

1. Sleeker Strands: The lack of humidity ensures that we have no frizz
2. Vibrant Color: No soaking up of sun rays, no chlorine, or salt water, your hue, whether natural or fake, will be richer.
3. Fast Showers: No need to shampoo daily - unless you've worked up a sweat. 

I Got Bored

Snowfall

It's snowing, and for some odd reason I decided to take selfies! 

Eyebrows: Thick or Thin?

Some people look better with thick eyebrows, and some people look better with thin. Personally, I find I look better with thick. Having an oval face, I believe it fills it in nicely. Whereas, other people with smaller faces need to be careful, because having thick eyebrows can easily overcrowd the face.

My thin eyebrows: (May 2013)

My thick eyebrows: (October 2013) 

See how they make my eyes pop more, rather than making them sink into my head? It is up to you to determine whether having thick eyebrows is going to be beneficial to you or not. If not, do not waste your time growing them in. It typically takes about three months and is a real pain. 

To see the tips and tricks I learned while growing mine out, check out my blogpost by clicking here.

Model's everywhere are even growing thick eyebrows. It is in style.