Winter Makeup Look

There really are no excuses for my absence at this point other than I started a new job and have been overwhelmed preparing for grad school. Damn, those are excuses, aren't they?

Anyway, let's get down to business (to defeat, the Huns). I'm writing to you from a very dangerous location, it's called Nars Lane. Aka, the place where I bought one Nars powder product and now can't stop. The blushes, the eyeshadows, the special collections. I can't help myself and I don't really know if I want to. 

So here's my take on a glowy, probably overdone, definitely themed winter makeup look.

The star of this look is my Nars Dolomites eyeshadow duo. This came out with the autumn collection so it may be hard to get your hands on it, but if you can, do. I hunted it down off of Barneys.com and am so glad I did. The lid shade that I used is the purplish pink on the left. It has a shot of silver sparkle that gives the shadow a metallic look on the lids. After applying one or two layers of this over my Laura Geller Cool Lids Eyeshadow in Rose Gold (a product I got in a kit that is nice but I wouldn't necessarily recommend), I worked the brown hue on the right into my crease. 

The costar  of this show is definitely Nars Almeria Blush. It is also limited edition although it was from the winter collection so it should be more available. The packaging is special (not pictured, a shattered glass-esque print of the front of the normal Nars packaging). In addition to that, the actual product is gorgeous. The color is a rusted brown plum color with hints of red. The perfect "wind swept" winter blush to pair with any lipstick, especially those of the darkest hues.

To complete my cheek look I pulled out my newest and go-to highlighter, the Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector in Moonstone. I could probably write an essay about this product and let me know if you want a full review, but overall it's just a gorgeous, pigmented, smooth, soft as butter, and luminescent highlighter. It creates the most gorgeous candlelit glow that I can't get enough of. I also use it as a highlight on my inner corner and brow bone.

Ahh, a plum lipstick. My old friend. This is an old tone for me but a new product. This is Bobbi Brown's Creamy Matte Lip Color in Crushed Plum. I'm pretty obsessed with this formula because as an avid matte lipstick wearer I often suffer from dry lips. This color is mostly matte and doesn't dry out my lips to the point of no return. Way to be Bobbi. 

So here's the finished look! A winter look that I wear in about ten different variations all winter long.  Glowy skin, smokey-ish eye, dark lip. 

I hope everyone is having a fantastic start to the holiday season. Wear some red lipstick, sing some Christmas songs, and drink some hot chocolate (either spiked or not). 

Happy Holidays, I'll be checking in soon! (I've been buying myself two gifts for every one I buy for someone in my life...whoops)

They See Me Haulin', They Hatin, Patrolin'...

And tryin' catch me hauling dirty?

Yeah the pun stopped working after the first line. I just couldn't help myself.

Recently I worked a bunch of extra hours so I was obviously compelled to blow it on makeup. A few were necessities but more were just for kicks. So, here we go!

As you can see, over the course of a few trips to Macy's and a few online orders  being delivered to my doorstep by my angels dressed in brown, aka UPS delivery people, my makeup collection has grown a bit. Here are the beautiful bits that I picked up;

This is MAC's Ruby Woo Lipstick. Because I definitely needed another red lipstick. I don't have enough at ALL. Either way it's matte and cool toned and gorgeous. I'm in love.

After purchasing Ruby Woo I obviously had to go back and get a liner to match and the lovely artist helped me pick out Cherry Lip Pencil. The artists at my closest MAC counter are starting to recognize me and I'm not sure how happy/sad that makes me. I haven't even used this puppy but I'll keep ya posted.

Recently I've been annoyed with how my lipsticks were wearing off since the weather is so hot. Naturally this lead to my purchase of the MAC Prep and Prime Lip Primer. I also haven't tried it since I just got it but I'll surely do a review soon.

Ahh Nars Lip Pencils. You're gorgeous. This is NARS Satin Lip Pencil in Luxembourg. It's a great bright watermelon color. It's gorgeous, I'm in love, and I'll probably end up purchasing multiple colors. It wears well, applies like a dream, but is expensive for the amount of product that you get. Oh well, ya win some ya lose some. I would be that this will be shown in a face of the day soon.

This is my favorite concealer, the Tarte Maracuja Creaseless Concealer. I'm obviously the shade Fair. It's full coverage and my Holy Grail concealer. I ran out, tried some others, and had to go back to this baby. There just isn't anything better.

I have a mild obsession with Tarte Amazonian Clay Blushes and this is the newest addition to my collection. The color is Blissful. It's a great orangey (surprise) peach color that is a great everyday kind of color. Just like all it's brothers and sisters it is extremely long wearing and highly pigmented. It's love.

When I picked up the other MAC items I also repurchased a favorite, the MAC Mineralized Skinfinish Natural in Light. My drugstore powder ran out so I decided to retake the plunge and pick this up. It's a great natural looking powder that I'll probably always repurchase.

This last little baby is something I got for using a code in my Sephora order. It's the first CC Cream I'll try and hopefully it will work out. I've been wanting to give one a try since every BB cream I've tried has been too dark and just made my skin oily. Either way, it was free so I'm good with it.



So that's what I've bought in the last couple weeks! Hopefully I won't be able to do another one of these soon since I should be saving my money...

Oh well. Let me know if you like these kinds of posts! Happy June :)