Check It Out!

Y'all, I'm going to make this one short & sweet, I've got a busy week ahead of me and I'm pretty behind!  So here we go!

I feel like I'm always promoting myself, so I thought today I would take a minute and suggest some other blogs or YouTube channels to check out!  I'm always reading other blogs and watching videos on YouTube, so why not give those people some credit! :)

First, I'll talk about the ones nearest and dearest to me!  Growing up in a small town, you know everyone, and you either love 'em or hate 'em.  I was lucky enough, when I was like 4, to find a girl that I can still to this day call my best friend!  And even better, she started a blog AND does freelance makeup (although I believe she has put it on hold), so I can go to her for tips on my makeup! She doesn't post a lot, but she is a busy little bee and when she does it's worth reading!
Check out Lauren's blog here!

Next I want to talk about another best friend!  This girl and I didn't really become close until our senior year of high school (10 years is getting closer and closer, UGH), but I couldn't be prouder to have her in my life.  She's a little reminder that I need to work on and strengthen my relationship with God.  It's amazing to me how strong she is, she's been through it y'all and one thing you'll never see is her faith waiver!  She recently started up a blog, and I find myself going to it and reading it when I need to find some inner strength.
Check out Haley's blog here!

I'm incredibly lucky to have such talented friends! :)

The next few I'm not going to be able to give so much background, but they are also amazing and you should check them out too!

Jaclyn Hill basically taught me the right way to apply makeup. Ha ha!  Well maybe not exactly, but she did reintroduce me to the joys of putting on my makeup!  And how to make it look better.  I love her videos, she is always making me laugh and she's so relatable.  So what if she carries a $1,000 handbag, if I could afford it, I'd have one too! She also has a blog (found here) that she talks about fashion rather than makeup!

I don't want this to be mostly makeup artists but here's another one! Ha! I found Nicole Guerriero after she did a blindfolded makeup challenge with Jaclyn Hill, and I found myself drawn to her, and now I watch her videos pretty regularly.

One more YouTube channel....for those of you who want a good laugh, don't mind ridiculously colorful language, inappropriateness, and think weird stuff is funny, Jenna Marbles.

My 2 favorite blogs are:

Cupcakes and Cashmere, it's a mix between fashion, DIY, food, beauty, etc.
Stylish Petite, a fashion blog for all us little short women can enjoy! :)

Alright, I said I wasn't going to make this a long one, but here we are....Ha ha!  I'll leave you now, go check out these blogs/YouTube channels.  These women work hard for our enjoyment!

See you soon!

XOXO.

Fall Favorites Day 2

I'm back folks!

I'm going to cover my fall favorites in the beauty department today. :) 

My current favorite product actually came by way of my first Birchbox.  I'm constantly moisturizing my lips, and when I saw that there was ChapStick in my box, I was so excited!  And I must say that I am really enjoying the double ended stick, with the different formulas for daytime and nighttime.  I do prefer the nighttime formula, and I have included it into my daily and nightly routine! :)

Amazeballs.

Speaking of my nightly routine, I make sure to clean my face every night, and the product I've recently been using is Clean & Clear Deep Action Cream Cleanser.  I LOVE how clean my face feels after I've used it, and my face has really cleared up.  I know that it's difficult to really suggest a cleanser because everyone has different skin, but for me, it really seems to be working.  I also like to use Pond's Wet Cleansing Towellettes Evening Soothe.  They have an amazing scent!  The first day I used them, when I laid down my husband immediately commented on "how good my face smelled". Ha!  They really are incredible, especially if I wore makeup during that day.  I got both of these products at Target, but I'm pretty sure you can find these products at any drugstore!

While I know that these weren't really "fall" items, keeping your face clean is pretty important! ;)

Now that I've talked about how I clean the makeup off my face, let's talk about fall makeup! I cannot stress enough that, as much as I love high end beauty products, I just can't afford them.  So the products I will be talking about will typically be drugstore.  I do occasionally talk myself into the higher end products....I really have no will power.

I'm only going to discuss a couple different makeup products for this particular post.  Lipsticks are my absolute favorite beauty product, so hopefully I don't spend too much time with them, but I make NO promises y'all! 

There are SO many options for eye shadows out there!  I am such a big fan of Morphe Brushes eye shadows, however, the fall colors I wanted to order are out of stock. :(  Now, the amazing thing about their shadows is that they are each $2.  Pretty awesome!  As I mentioned, I do typically buy my beauty products at the the drugstore, and Revlon is one of my favorite brands!  Their PhotoReady Primer, Shadow & Sparkle palettes are some of the best!  My favorites in these are Impressionist and Avant Garde.  I also like the ColorStay 16 Hour Eye Shadow in the shade Decadent.  

Avant Garde

Impressionist

Decadent

Now for blushes!  I love NYX blushes.  For the fall, I like using a cool pink shade, however I like any pink shade when it comes to blush!  When referring to NYX blushes, I like the shades Peach, Dusty Rose, Pinky, and Angel.

Angel

Dusty Rose

Pinky

Peach

Onto my final, and most favorite part of makeup, LIPSTICK! :)  First, I'll talk about my favorite Revlon product.  The Revlon Lip Butter's are so moisturizing and go on so smooth.  The one that I tend to be gravitating to is the shade Sugar Plum.  It has a plum tint to it and I love the deeper hues during the fall.  NYX Matte Lipsticks are another of my favorites! The shades Alabama, Perfect Red, and Siren are, in my opinion, the best! I like using matte lipsticks because I can add a gloss to give a glisten, or leave the matte alone and it is still a beautiful result! 

Sugar Plum

Alabama

Perfect Red 

Siren

Lastly, I'm going to discuss a product that I recently ordered online.  I'd never heard of Gerard Cosmetics until I started watching Jaclyn Hill videos.  If you haven't heard of her, here's a link to her YouTube channel. She created a lipstick similar to what we've seen on Kylie Jenner recently, and also 2 glosses.  I am a HUGE fan of these products, but my favorite is definitely the lipstick, 1995.  I was a little worried about ordering lip products online, and from a company that I didn't know much about, but it was worth it!  The glosses, Rose Hill & Butter Cream, are also great, I do not usually wear glosses but I find myself grabbing them when I want to add a little something more to my lips.

LOVE

Check My Friend's Blog!
I've talked about my favorite makeup products, but I'm going to do a plug for my best friend's makeup blog because there are many things that I just won't cover here!  While I may be able to tell you my favorite products, she can help you out with how to wear it! :) Her name is Lauren Stratton.  Check her page out here!  I can tell you from experience, she is pretty dang good at what she does!!

I'm going to end my fall favorites with nail polishes!  OPI polishes may cost a little extra, but I love them!  The colors I'm loving for this fall are You Don't Know Jacques (which I discussed in a previous post), Black Cherry Chutney, and Unfor-Greta-bly Blue.  Black Cherry Chutney was originally from a Spring 2008 line and I actually found it in the clearance section of Ulta along with the Unfor-Greta-bly Blue which is from the Germany collection - Fall 2012.  While I may have only spent $3 a piece on them, they work great for this season! I have got to say, I think I'm getting my money's worth with those!  

I'm also loving my OPI Matte Top Coat.  It's nice to be able to use a top coat to make a matte finish to my nails, because sometimes I don't necessarily want the shine!

Also, I cannot always afford to get my nails done.  I tend to do my own nails now, however I do have trouble keeping polish on.  So I started looking into a way to get a "gel manicure" without the costs and found Gelous Advanced Nail Gel Coat (which I found at Sally's Beauty Supply).  I just do a couple layers before the polish then finish with a top coat, and it stays on until I want to make a change!

You Don't Know Jacques 

Black Cherry Chutney 

Unfor-Greta-bly Blue

Gel Coat

I believe I've FINALLY finished my fall favorites.  If you made it through all of that, I'm so sorry I just kept going and going. 

If anyone has any any topics they'd like me to discuss, I'd love y'all's input! Just leave a comment below and I'll do my best to make sure I cover whatever topics y'all are interested in! 

See you soon!

XOXO.