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!

Don't call it a comeback : LA Haul

I told you guys that I would be back and here I am. After my month and a half sabbatical (that's just what we're going to call it since it sounds better than the word "break"... and I was doing lots of makeup research i.e. playing with makeup), I'm back and ready to go again. I am going to slow down on the frequency of posting and I'm hoping to get more tutorials up rather than product reviews. As I mentioned in my previous post, buying all of that makeup was costing a lot and I ended up with a collection so big that there's literally no way that I can use it all. Saying that, this post is going to seem quite contradictory, but this was my last big makeup haul and it was a doozy. Fasten your seatbelts and enjoy the ride.

Unless you have never read my blog before, then you know that I went to Los Angeles at the end of April for a completely makeup based trip. My friend and I literally planned an entire trip around going to the Hakuhodo show room and a Burberry counter (there are something like 12 Burberry counters in the entire US and, surprise, surprise, Kansas City does not have one of them). This is simply a haul post; no swatches, no reviews, just showing you what I purchased. I do plan on getting swatches up of everything that I purchased, but for the time being, this is pure, unadulterated product goodness. Enjoy!

Burberry

Lip Glow in #25 - Lavender

Lip Cover Lipstick in #30 - Primrose Hill Pink

Lip Cover Lipstick in #30 - Primrose Hill Pink

Sheer Eyeshadows in #09 - Rosewood and #21 - Midnight Brown

Light Glow Blush in #02 - Cameo

Sample of Lip Velvet in #306 - Pink Amber

Size comparison of a full size lipstick and sample

Illamasqua

Eye Shadows in Heroine and Preen

Powder Blusher in Lover

Eye Shadow Palette in Empower (this was a mistake and was actually my friend's; I bought Compliment and they got mixed up at checkout!)

Eye Shadow Palette in Netural

Skin Base Foundation in Shade 3.5

Hakuhodo

H603

H603

J5533

J5533

J5533

J004G

J004G

J004G

J004G

J5523

J5523

J5523

J5523

B509

B509

B509

B509

B5521

B5521

B5521

B5521

And there you have it! For the record, I have been using my Hakuhodo brushes pretty much every day and I can safely say that these brushes are worth every penny. If you have any desire to up your brush game, you should definitely check out the Hakuhodo site and invest in some nice things (shipping is $9, so make sure that your order makes it worth it).

If you have questions or comments on any of these products, please feel free to let me know and I will answer them all! Feels good to be back :)

xx,

Bisousdarling