Everyday makeup & brushes

These are my typical products that I use every single day. Some days I don't wear any makeup at all, and some days I will wear some eye shadow and eyeliner, foundation and undereye concealer 

Here are all the products that are in my everyday makeup bad that I keep on my desk or where ever I am doing my makeup. 

As you can see I use different makeup brands from MAC, URBAN DECAY, BENEFIT, AND NARS. 

These are my everyday makeup brushes 

From left to right I use

F30 large powder 

P86 precision tapered 

E05 eyeliner 

BH cosmetics brush I use for blending or contouring 

F40 large angled contour I use for blush 

P80 precision flat 

E40 tapered blending 

F05 small contour 

E55 eye shading 

F80 flat top kabuki 

New Anastasia eye brow pomade !

This is a new Anastiasia product! It is called DIPBROW POMADE. It comes in four colors 

Auburn, dark brown, chocolate, and ebony. 

The one that I have is Dark brown because I have dark eye brows. 

I apply this product with my sigma E65 small angled brush 

It retails for 18 dollars now on her website and sephora

It claims to be smudge free, creamy, waterproof, adheres in hair and it can be used as an eye liner, which is like two products in one! 

Favorite MAC eye shadows

These are my all time fave mac eye shadows. I will always repurchase them! 

From top to bottom 

A that glitters 

Bronze 

Naked lunch 

Mulch 

Naked lunch 

Mulch 

All that glitters

Bronze 

Christmas gift ! ANASTASIA CATWALK PALETTE !!

I just got this in the mail today, perfect for Christmas Eve, but obviously I could not wait to break it open and swatch the colors!! 

Love the packaging of this palette !!!! Gold, black, and cheeta print 

This palette came with a cute look book. Great for beginners! And learning how to work with the colors in this palette

In love with the warm colors. Great for everyday and for the night , the packaging is compact and it comes with a duo ended brush !! You can find this palette at Ulta ! 

I have swatches on the bottom but I suck at swatching colors 

From left to right 

Call back

Strut 

Scout 

Beauty mark

LBD

Day rate

Couture 

RTW 

10k

Pose  

Makeup collection and storage !

This is my current set up and collection. My main storages are from the container store. 

This is the overall view of one side of my collection. I keep all my foundations and mac lipsticks on top of the acrylic sets. 

On the side I have my everyday makeup brushes. 

Here is the other side. I could not take a full picture. But on this side I keep my wipes, palettes, sigma brush cleaner, brush holder with clean brushes. 

Inside the benefit tin in the right side corner I keep back ups and makeup samples 

Okay going inside of the drawers and in more detail. 

This if the first drawer on the left I have eye products and eyebrow products in here. Like the urban decay glide on pencils, mac eye shadows all the way in the bottom I have a sleek eye shadow palette

In the second drawer I have lip products. Mostly lip balms and tints. EOS lip balms, which I like, I really love fresh sugar rose lip balms I have a small birthday one there from sephora. I would really purchase the full size. I also really like the baby lips! 

Here in this drawer I keep lip glosses and lip liners, and some sharpners in the corner 

Now this is the second three drawer acrylic from the container store on the right. 

I keep eye primers, bases and mascaras, my favorite is they're real from benefit! I don't think I'll ever go back to any other mascara! 

I have some single eye shadows on the corner 

On the second drawer on the right I keep my concealers, compact foundations, moisture tint from mac , I have a highlighter in soft and gentle on the bottom and my overall face powders 

My last drawer on the bottom right I keep  blushes, highlighters and primers, I have brands from NYX, MAC and BENEFIT 

My favorite part . All my mac lipsticks ! I own 5 of them. I have one wet and wild one in the back and a sephora one 

From left to right I have 

HEROINE 

CAPTIVE 

TOUCH 

DIVA 

REBEL 

Favorite place to eat ! MAX BRENNER

This is my favorite place to eat! It is a chocolate restaurant. They have the best desserts and the best bacon mac and cheese. I go here all the time as you can see!! 

Here is the website link for menus and locations 

www.macbrenner.com 

New SIGMA BRUSHES

I recently purchased new sigma brushes! I love sigma and their quality in their makeup. They are getting more popular and their collection is growing more and more. One downside about sigma is that it is getting more expensive. 😢

I got the precision flat angled brush P88 to apply my under eye concealer 

I also got the small tapered blending E45 to blend darker colors in the outer V of my eye 

One of my favorite brushes did break on me. I have no idea why because I do use their dry and shape to dry by brushes and I take good care of them. But the barrel on this brush was always lose. I kind of ignored it until it completely came off. 

I contacted Sigma and they sent me a new replacement, which was great! 

I use this brush for a lot of things 

Spot concealing 

Placing Cream eye shadow 

Priming my eye lids 

And applying under eye concealer 

Sephora Haul

This is my sephora haul. I gradually purchased these products in the last few months. I did not buy it all at once but I have been loving these products and thought I should share with you why I like and recommend them. 

From left to right I got 

ANASTASIA BROW WIZ PENCIL IN BRUNETTE 

URBAN DECAY NAKED SKIN FOUNDATION IN 9.0 

URBAN DECAY GLIDE ON CONCEALER IN KGB 

NARS RADIANT CREAMY CONCEALER IN CARAMEL 

SEXY MOTHER PUCKER EXTREME SOAP AND GLORY PLUMP LIPGLOSS IN HOW NUDE 

JOSIE MARAN ARGON OIL IN LIGHT 

URBAN DECAY ALL NIGHTER SETTING SPRAY 

BENEFIT POREFESSIONAL PRIMER 

I am really loving a combination of these two products 

I use the Nars concealer in caramel to brighten up my undereyes, it does not crease and I blends perfectly. 

I did splurge in this product because it was about 30 dollars, but I wanted to try something that was not MAC

The Urban Decay Naked foundation is a great foundation. It is extremely light weight and it give me a semi matte finish. It is not completely matte it gives the skins nice glow. My skin peaks out if the foundation, which is something I like because it looks nice a natural 

I love lipglosses that leave a tingly feeling on my lips, I enjoy MACS plush glass and BUXOM Lip gloss in Dolly I always use it up and repurchase it. But when I tried this lipgloss at sephora I had to get it.

It has a chocolate scent. It is a perfect nude for medium skin like mine 

And it leaves a very strong tingly feeling on my lips that I like .

If you do not like that tingly, firery feeling on your lips then this lipgloss is not for you. It does plump your lips and it is long lasting! 

This is what the product looks like. It has some nice sheen and shine to it. 

Current skin are routine

These are my current skin care routine products 

I use PAMPERS SENSETIVE BABY WIPES to wipe off my makeup. 

good for sensetive skin, 

don't have a strong smell, 

don't sting my eyes even in the hard to get spots.

cheap and affordable 

It takes off most of my makeup by not everything. 

I am in love with the MAYBELLINE CLEAN EXPRESS EYE MAKEUP REMOVER. I was convinced by Nicole Guerriero youtube's Chanel. 

It is a water based eye makeup remover but I suggest you wash your face after because you do not want to break out 

Smells great

Good closure to travel or out in your makeup bag 

Leaves a cool feeling on the skin 

After I take off most of my makeup and my eye makeup I wash my face with the NOXZEMA DAILY FACIAL SCRUB 

It smells great 

Not to harsh on the skin because it is a scrub

Minimizes my blemishes 

Leaves a cool and refreshed feeling on my face. 

Once my face is cleaned and all my makeup is off I use CARMEX to moisturize my lips and I apply JOSIE MARAN ARGON OIL IN LIGHT 

This is a great product for dry skin like mine or even oily skin 

Does not have a smell

Absorbs extremely quick on the skin 

Dries like a matte finish 

Very versatile, you can use it for your cuticles, and hair, I will definitely purchase the bigger bottle of this and maybe try the regular argon oil from her line 

Mac haul and review

Welcome to my recent MAC cosmetics haul. These are the recent products that I have added to my collection. I did not buy these products all at the same time. Some I purchased online and at my local MAC store. 

The products here are 

STUDIO TECH FOUNDATION IN NC45

PRO LONG WEAR CONCEALER IN NC45

PAINT POT IN GROUNDWORK 

FLUIDLINE IN BLACKTRACK

MATTE HEROINE LIPSTICK 

MOSITURE TINT IN DARK PLUS 

PAN REFIL IN 

WOODWINKED,

EXPRESSO,

SOFT BROWN 

This is the studio tech foundation it comes in this compact and it also come with an application sponge 

This foundation is good for dry skin it applies nice and creamy on the skin. You can build up the coverage with this foundation. I apply this foundation with my sigma F80 the flat top kabuki brush and it gives me a nice even finish. 

This is the groundwork paint pot. I like to apply this all over my eye lid to even them  out. It works great as a primer and let's your shadows stay all day long. I recommend to apply this with your fingers because it heats up the product, making it blend better.

Fluidlune in blacktrack by mac has been my favorite! This has made applying cream eye liner so easy! I apply it with my sigma E05 brush and I get the perfect cat eye !

These are swatches of the mac shadows I bought which are soft brown, expresso, and woodwinked, which I really like 

I saved the best for last . This is Heroine a matte lipstick. It is a completely purple color and it looks great on medium to fake skin tones like mine. I love that as you wear it through out the day it wears off but it leaves a wonderful tint and stain to your lips. I'm glad that they mad heroine to the permanent collection! 

A LITTLE ABOUT ME

HELLO,

My name is Melissa and I am 20 years old. I Iive New York. I am a current aspiring nurse. I am going to college for a RN BACHELORS degree. My goal is into first be a labor and delivery nurse and then later be a midwife. I currently intern with a midwife and I really enjoy being there for patients through out their pregnancy. 

When I am not working or in school. I love to go shopping and be with my family. I love to go out to eat and try different types of food from different cultures. 

I love makeup and I like to try different products from different brands. I enjoy watching makeup totourials and makeup hauls. I love to review products and recommend to people for use. 

Blogging marathon

All through out the day today I will be posting product reviews that I have purchased not so long ago but long enough to write a review on them. Everything is mostly new. Will catch up on making my blog nice today since I deleted all my other post. I realized I have grown since then. 

FRESH START

Starting a new fresh start to my blog I will be posting mostly makeup reviews and hauls. Where I Love to eat . Pictures of they type of food when I eat out. Foods and recipes that I make at home and these I think you guys would enjoy