FOTD Weekly Roundup!

Honestly you guys, I was really hoping to wrap up my indies since I only have two more brands that I am wanting to blog about, but it has been overcast every single day this week. The forecast calls for rain tomorrow as well and then it might be sunny on Sunday, but I have plans that day (obviously, the one suitable day). I will be getting to those two final write ups, but it's just going to take a while or a sunny day to be able to do them! T

Now that that's out of the way, let's proceed to the FOTDs from this week!

September 15th

Face

• Chanel Vitalumière Aqua in B10
• Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Dark Circle Eraser in Light
• Laura Mercier Baked Matte Powder in Highlight
• Pumpkin & Poppy Oak Bark
• Illamasqua Blush in Lover

Eyes

• Lorac BTS Primer
• Lorac Pro Palette 2 - Buff, Lt. Brown, Cool Gray, Nectar, Snow, Beige
• Physician's Formula Eye Booster Pen Liner
• L'oréal Voluminous Butterfly Effect Mascara
• Anastasia Dip Brow in Taupe
• Elf Clear Brow Gel

Lips

• Model Co. Party Proof Lipstick in Dusk till Dawn

September 16th

Face

• Chanel Vitalumière Aqua in B10
• Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Dark Circle Eraser in Light
• Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder in Diffused
• Illamasqua Cream Pigment in Hollow
• Pumpkin & Poppy Oak Bark
• Illamasqua Blush in Lover

Eyes

• Lorac BTS Primer
• Lorac Pro Palette 2 - Buff and Lt. Brown
• MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
• L'oréal Voluminous Butterfly Effect Mascara
• Maybelline Brow Drama in Dark Brown
• Lit Cosmetics Glitter in Barbie Shops  and Seeing Stars (mixed together)

Lips

• Revlon Balm Stain in Devotion w/ Nivea Lip Butter over the top

September 17th (aka the day I went overboard on Dip Brow)

Face

• Chanel Vitalumière Aqua in B10
• NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer in Chantilly
• Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder in Diffused
• Illamasqua Cream Pigment in Hollow
• Pumpkin & Poppy Oak Bark
• Illamasqua Blush in Lover

Eyes

• Lorac BTS Primer
• Maybelline The Nudes Palette
• L'oréal Voluminous Butterfly Effect Mascara
• Anastasia Dip Brow in Ebony
• Maybelline Brow Drama in Dark Brown

Lips

• Soap and Glory Sexy Mother Pucker in Nudist

September 18th

Face

• Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua in B10
• NARS Radiant Creamy Conealer in Chantilly
• Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder in Diffused
• Illamasqua Cream Pigment in Hollow
• Pumpkin & Poppy Oak Bark
• Illamasqua Blush in Lover

Eyes

• Lorac Behind the Scenes Eye Primer
• Shiro Chimera, Day of Reckoning, Rebellion, and The Fourth Be With You
• Lorac Pro to Go Palette - Pearl for highlight, Café for blending
• L'Oreal Voluminous Butterfly Effect Mascara
• Physician's Formula Eye Booster Liquid Liner
• Anstasia Dip Brow in Ebony
• Maybelline Brow Drama in Dark Brown

Lips

• L'Oreal Le Matte in Matte-r of Fact

September 19th

Face

• Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua in B10
• NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer in Chantilly
• Illamasqua Hollow
• Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder in Diffused
• Pumpkin and Poppy Oak Bark Contouring Powder
• Illamasqua Blush in Lover

Eyes

• Lorac Behind the Scenes Eye Primer
• Lorac Pro to Go Palette - Shell all over the lid as a base color, Cafe in the crease, Chai on the lid, Mink & Black on the outer corner/crease, Pearl on the brow bone and inner corner
• Lit Cosmetics glitter in Rich & Famous
• L'Oreal Voluminous Butterfly Effect Mascara
• Anastasia Dip Brow in Taupe and Ebony
• Maybelline Brow Drama gel in Dark Brown

Lips

• Sephora Cream Lip Stain in 07

What I've Been Wearing on my Face Recently

Remember back in the day when I used to post a "face of the day (FOTD)" every Friday? Well, I've been doing some looks recently that I've shot and I thought, "HEY. I should put this stuff up on the blog". Rather than do it when I had actually done these looks, because let's face, that makes way too much sense, I decided to do it in one massive post. Get ready for a lot of the right side of my face.

September 4th, 2014

Face

• Chanel Perfection Lumière Velvet in B10
• Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Dark Circle Eraser in Light (I'm almost done with this, can't wait to finish something)
• NARS Loose Light Reflecting Powder
• Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder in Incandescent and Dim (for light light light contour)
• NARS Blush in Final Cut

Eyes

• Stila Stay All Day Brown Pen in Medium
• ELF Clear Brow Gel
• NARS Smudgeproof Primer
• Milani Bella Eyes shadows in Bella Copper, Bella Rouge, and Bella Chiffon
• Illamasqua Heroine
• L'Oréal Voluminous Butterfly Effect Mascara
• Noir Longwear Eyeliner

Lips

• Bite Beauty Matte Lip Crayon in Aubergine - which is darker IRL, I don't know it looks so vibrant in the photos

September 5th, 2014

Face

• Chanel Perfection Lumière Velvet in B10
• Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Dark Circle Eraser in Light 
• NARS Loose Light Reflecting Powder
• Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder in Incandescent, Radiant, and Dim (for light light light contour)
• Milani Luminoso Baked Blush

Eyes

• Stila Stay All Day Brown Pen in Medium
• ELF Clear Brow Gel
• Lorac Behind the Scenes Eye Primer
• Lorac Pro Palette 2 - Buff, Nectar, Lt. Brown, Cool Gray, Rosé, and Snow
• L'Oréal Voluminous Butterfly Effect Mascara
• Physician's Formula Eye Booster Liquid Liner Pen

Lips

• Bite Beauty Luminous Crème Lipstick in Centifolia (this was LE, sorry!)

September 11th, 2014

Face

• Chanel Perfection Lumiere Velvet in B10 - trying to use this as much as possible, because it's gonna be a smidge too dark come winter
• Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Dark Circe Eraser in Light
• NARS Pressed Light Reflecting Powder
• Illamasqua Cream Pigment in Hollow
• Illamasqua Blush in Lover

Eyes

• NARS Smudgeproof Shadow Base
• Wet N Wild Shadow in Brulée
• MAC eye shadow in Tempting
• Physicians Formula Eye Booster Liquid Liner Pen
• Lit Glitter in Rich & Famous
• Stila Stay All Day Brown Pen in Medium
• L'Oréal Voluminous Butterfly Effect Mascara

Lips

• NARS Satin Lip Pencil in Rikugen
• L'Oréal Collection Privée in Julianne's Nude

September 12th, 2014

Face

• Chanel Perfection Lumiere Velvet in B10 
• Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Dark Circe Eraser in Light
• NARS Pressed Light Reflecting Powder
• Pumpkin & Poppy Oak Bark Contouring Powder
• Laura Mercier Matte Radiance Baked Powder in Highlight 01
• Illamasqua Blush in Lover

Eyes

• NARS Smudgeproof Shadow Base
• Lorac Pro Palette 2 - Buff (I use this as a base shade to make blending easier), Nectar, Lt. Brown, Plum, Chrome, and Snow
• ELF Clear Brow Gel
• Stila Stay All Day Brown Pen in Medium
• L'Oréal Voluminous Butterfly Effect Mascara

Lips

• Lorac Alter Ego Lipstick in Goddess

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to let me know down below!

Lorac Pro to Go Palette : Product Review

Many, many months ago, I saw that Lorac was releasing their "Pro to Go" palettes; one for Sephora and one for Ulta. The one that was available at Ulta has since been discontinued and I've seen it at my local Nordstrom Rack, but the Sephora Pro To Go was much more popular and is now being sold in multiple locations. Oddly enough, Sephora is not carrying this palette any more since they aren't going to be carrying Lorac products.

Now that you have a bit of back history, let's get down to the actual product. This palette comes with six eye shadows (three shimmer and three matte), two blushes, a bronzer, and two itty bitty brushes. I love that there are no lip products included on this palette simply because I don't like lip product in palettes. 

The shadows that are in this palette do not coordinate with shadows in the Pro Palette; aside from the shade "Black", they are all different shades. In the top row, we have the three shimmer shades; Pearl, Chai, and Mink. Pearl is a slightly pink toned neutral, Chai is a very warm shimmery medium brown (maybe even a dark bronze), and Mink is a dark warm shimmery brown. Pearl and Chai definitely seem more shimmery while Mink appears to be just a bit more glittery. 

In the bottom row, we have all of the matte shades; Shell is a pinky toned neutral (closer to to a true neutral than Pearl, but still has a tinge of pink to it), Café is a warm medium brown, and Black is... black. All of these shades are completely matte without a trace of any shimmer, pearl, or glitter.

So what can you expect from these shadows? Exactly what you expect from the full sized Pro Palette; buttery pigmented goodness. They all apply better over primer than without, but that's to be expected of any shadow. I can't say that I've ever tried these shadows without primer, but I don't wear any powder shadow without primer. The wear time is amazing and the shadows are easy to build. Since this is an all neutral palette, you can create a myriad of looks but nothing with pops of bright color. But really, you could make so many look with just one row of these shades, so the different finishes really open up even more possibilities.

(Top to Bottom: Pearl, Chai, Mink, Shell, Café, Black)

And then we have the blush/bronzer side featuring (from left to right) Coral, Pink, and Bronze. I'm happy to report that the blushes are also very well pigmented and buttery, so they're extremely easy to apply and blend. We get two different finishes with the blushes; Coral has a coral base with a gold shimmer to it (very reminiscent of NARS Orgasm) and Pink is a matte, medium slightly warm toned pink. Bronze is made more for light or light-medium skin tones, so if you fall out of those two realms, it's kind of useless. Unfortunately, it is a bit orange-y on my face, so it will have to wait to be used until I get a tan (ha!).

(Top to Bottom: Bronze, Pink, and Coral)

And then we have these two guys; a shadow brush and an angled liner brush. Honestly, these are throw away items because if you're buying this palette, you probably already have an eye shadow brush that is light years better than this dinky, tiny thing; the brush head is the size of my pink nail. I have actually used the angled brush, but it was because I decided I wanted to do powder winged liner at the last minute and only had it. Not a horrible brush, but I would much prefer my actual angled liner brush. I suppose it's nice that they included these brushes, but they're fairly worthless.

So, would I recommend this to you? It depends. If you already have the Pro Palette and are perfectly happy with it, then this isn't really necessary for you to pick up. The shades of eye shadow, while different than the pro palette, are still fairly similar. I'm also willing to bet that most people have blushes in these two shades since they are pretty stereotypical flattering blushes. If you're like me, though, I have the Pro Palette, but I am constantly not at home, so this makes things a bit easier for me. It's not a tiny palette, it's 4.6 x 1.1 x 3.4", but it is compact enough to make it worth it to me. And to clarify, the shadows in this palette are quite a bit larger than the Pro Palette. If you don't have the Pro Palette and you love neutrals, then absolutely pick this up. I think that Lorac has some of the best eye shadows out there; they're pigmented, buttery, and easy to blend. 

You can find the Lorac Pro to Go palette at Nordstrom, Amazon, Ulta, or Lorac.com.

Questions or comments? Let me know!

Recent Purchases : Real Talk

Again, if you follow me on Facebook, you get to read about my recent purchases but in the past, that's pretty much where it ends unless I write a review on it or use it in a tutorial. Due to that and the fact that not all of these items will show up on of those two places, I thought it might be fun and lighthearted to show you what I've bought beauty wise in the last two weeks or so and give you a little insight as to why I purchase them. Keep reading to find out more on the products above!