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How To: Contour Your Face

January 22, 2016

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how to contour your face

Happy Friday y’all!

Contouring is one of my favorite things to do (other than my foundation) in my makeup routine. I think it’s so neat how your faces dimensions can stand out with a touch of bronzer, and your skin can look healthy and luminous with a hint of highlight. Thanks to Maybelline, I can show y’all exactly how to contour your face to define all of those amazing features!

foundation and contour palette from maybelline

These are the two of the three main products you can grab from Maybelline to get the look I create. It’s affordable, it’s easy, and I mean what’s better than that!?

maybelline dream velvet foundation

I like to start with my Dream Velvet Foundation, and this little Dream Velvet Blender.The blender blends the foundation in flawlessly. It’s a must have tool to get a smooth foundation finish! I like to typically do two layers for full coverage. This foundation is a serious favorite… it has a hydrating matte formula that dries to a velvet smooth finish. I like how easily it goes on my skin, as it serves as the perfect base before any contouring takes place. This foundation is ideal for normal to combo skin. For best results, dampen the blender, and apply the gel whipped foundation. (It also keeps your skin hydrated for 12 hours, score!!)

contour palette by maybelline contour your nose to look slim contour your cheek bones

Now on to the fun part!

The Maybelline Master Contour palette makes it super easy on you, providing you with the three necessities. I first begin with the bronzer. I take the small brush it comes with to contour the sides of my nose. This gives your nose a slimming look. I then take a contour brush and begin sculpting out my cheekbones. This is my favorite because I can see such a difference in the way my face looks. I also bring it up to my forehead, where my temples are. cheek bones on sleek with blush

Step two of the contour palette, blend in your blush! The color in this palette is a pretty pink color that is perfect for everyday. After you put on your bronzer, apply your blush to enhance your rosy cheeks!

highlight with maybelline contour palette highlight your face for a glow

Step 3: Add a glow to your skin. I use my fingers because I just think it’s easier… and I put it on the top of my cheekbones and on the bridge of my nose. Your skin is glowing and contoured in all the right places after this step!

This palette is my go to and perfect for on the go.

use maybelline eye shadow detailed mascara shot

If you really want to make this most out of this palette, I like to use it on my eyes too. I take the bronzer to blend in my crease, and the highlight color on the base of my lid. It’s seriously so easy and you can do so much with this little palette.

contoured face overview how to contour your face

And that’s the look!! I hope this helps those in need of learning to contour, or just a fun read about a new product for those who love contouring… You can find these products in Walmart in the cosmetics section. Here’s a photo to help:

maybelline in store photo

What is your favorite Maybelline product!?

Thank you pretties for reading! Have a fabulous weekend!

Winter Makeup Trends 2015

December 16, 2015

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Photography By: Michael Sergei

What I’m Wearing: Friday Morning Post

Hello Hello! I’m excited about today’s post because I just love talking beauty and makeup.

If you’ve followed me for awhile, you know I used to do youtube videos before I started a blog. I haven’t uploaded on my channel in 5 months, and recently I’ve thought about starting it up again, let me know your thoughts!

But, when I started my youtube channel when I was 15 years old, I began my makeup collection. After 3 years of collecting, I had A LOT of makeup. When I moved to college, I threw more than half of it out just because I knew it was unnecessary to have 105 lipsticks/ lip glosses, 32 foundations, 20 eye palettes, etc. I still kept a lot for sure haha, you get a little glimpse of my makeup collection now in this post.

Winter time is my favorite for makeup because I’m not sweating it off, and I can really exaggerate my look with dark lipsticks, liner, and blush. My favorite look of all time is what I brought to you today. I do a typical foundation, concealer, and powder, routine. Bronze just a little bit, add a mauve blush, some highlight, then go on to the eyes. This winter, purples are a huge thing. Which I adore, because purple really brings out the green in my eyes. I like to blend a deep purple into my crease, then soften it up with a peach color on my lid. Recently, I’ve loved adding green eyeshadow to my lower lash line to spice things up lol. Then go in with some black eye liner, and your favorite mascara and you’re done! I wear this makeup look all the time when I’m going out. It’s simple, easy and not too harsh. I love a deep red or purple lipstick around this time of year, but I’ve been drawn to THIS L’oreal lipstick in Toasted Almond recently because it’s like a dark reddish brown and looks SO good on. I’m linking all of the makeup products used below, and be sure to check out my photographers website because how awesome are these photos? His work always amazes me!!

xoxo

Sweat Proof Summer Makeup

July 11, 2015

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I have never been more glad that it’s the weekend! I’ve had the longest week consisting of work, work, and work. But really though.. I am exhausted! I’m taking this weekend to really relax and chill.

We all know, when summer comes around, we are either not wearing makeup, or the makeup we do wear is melting off the second we walk outside. (at least it’s like that in Texas) I have to wear makeup daily because I work in an office and I’m also always on the go. The past few summers I’ve tried so many products to see what works and what doesn’t and these are the products I swear by!

1. What you put under your makeup is always the first step and the most important. Porefessional primer is great because it smoothes my pores and creates a nice base so my face products glide on flawlessly.

2. Estee Lauder Double Wear foundation is incredible. It’s a full coverage foundation so if you’re not into that don’t go for it! The texture of this foundation dries to more of a powder but it’s matte and locks in so you can count on it not budging throughout the day.

3. Since I go in with a fairly heavy foundation I love a super lightweight concealer. This one is cheap from the drugstore and looks flawless because it does not crease. It highlights too!

4. Eyebrows.are.a.must. If you don’t fill in your eyebrows a little bit…. try it and it will be life changing! I never thought this was necessary nor did I see the point until I tried it a year ago. I’ve tried tons of brow products and nothing is worse than your brows sliding off through the day. #embarrassing. This brow gel is waterproof so it stays on all.day. I promise!

5. Blush is tricky. It’s hard to find a color that has the power to stay on all day. Cream blush is your friend in the summer because it sticks to your skin way better than powder blushes. This one specifically is bold and pigmented. Dab and blend for a rosy color that will last.

6. After all of your liquid face products are on, make sure you set everything! THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. If you don’t set your makeup, it won’t look the same 2 hours later. Set with a translucent powder, this is best for the summer.

7. I love bronzer in the summer. I steer away from it in the winter but always return once the sun comes back out. Bronzer tends to stay on very well, so I wanted to give y’all a hint on one I use. This bronzer is SO CHEAP. Get it from the drugstore and you’ll never want to purchase a bronzer over $5 ever again.

8. WATERPROOF MASCARA. This one specifically doesn’t budge at all. But typically any mascara that says waterproof works the same way.

9. I love a pink or a nude lip color in the summer. The Nyx Soft Matte Lip Creams are smoothing but dry matte so the formula really sticks to your skin. These are also very affordable.

Hope this helps y’all who were maybe wondering how to keep your makeup on your face on a hot summer day 🙂