"Brows On By"

For some reason I look at brows as an important accessory to any makeup application. You can have great shadow a beat down highlight and contour but if those brows aren't done right it's like a wasted outfit. So I have been meaning to do this post for a while now and a lot of you have asked so here is my brow routine. Now the products that I use are a little on the high end which I will still give you what I use but to get a similar look for a fraction of the cost you can use these products I list below.(I will list the alternative products and the pictures at the end) So first for the products I use is Anistaisia Beverly Hills dipbrow pomade in Ebony and the angled brow liner (sold separately for $18 each and sold at Sephora) I line the bottom and the top and fill in my brows with the pomade on both sides. Then here's probably the only tricky part. To achieve that freshly "arched" look I use a combination of concealers and mix them for a semi-natural look I take my Morphe Brushes concealer pallette ($20 overstock.com or morphebrushes.com $18) and my Nars concealer($22 at sephora) and mix them to give me a shade that's about 4 shades lighter than my actual skin tone. Just like I lined my brows I will go carefully underneath and line the concealer once I do that I blend blend blend blend blend! Very important to blend as much as you can the better the blend the more "natural" the brows will look once you apply your foundation. Now, back up just a minute, I do use a different liner to line my brows with the concealer and you can use any brow liner brush (mines came from sephora as well $16) once you blend using your beauty blender (beautyblender $15 sephora) take your foundation and apply it all over your face and forehead and now you should have even toned and arched brows... See the pics below in the order I mentioned above. Drop a comment if you have any suggestions or questions for me. Later loveys!!!

P.S for the alternative brow pencil you can use milani cosmetics easybrow pencil in dark brown and it's sold online at milanicosmetics.com or at walgreens and to achieve a blended color for your arch you can take an existing concealer in your shade and mix it with the Rimmel concealer listed below and you can achieve a similar look!) 

Success or Sleep you choose

I heard something the other day from a speaker that made me stop and think... seriously think... "if you're drowning what's the only thing on your mind?" "That's easy to breathe" I thought... and as I said that he said "you have to want to be successful just as much as you want to breathe.  You can't just wanna kind of breathe you want to breathe period by any means." So he went on to further explain " that's what you need to apply to whatever it is you want to accomplish in life. Honestly, I was stuck for about 30 mins thinking about that very statement. "Here I am I "claim" makeup and it's art is my life, so why haven't you blogged in almost two weeks." I had to check myself. Sometimes you have to give yourself a reality check and not allow life to take precedent over what makes you happy, in what drives you in what...moves...YOU. So at 11 pm last night I got up picked up my brushes and took my time and put in that work (loaded lux voice) lol *battle rapper reference* here are a few of my looks... before I sign off for the day let me leave this with you. I am nowhere in my career, my future, my life etc. Nor do I claim to be. so at the end of the day with that being said  I have to do something that will get me closer to that goal. I can't spend my time worrying about things or people who don't have the same goals and aspirations as me. Because, that very moment I give them (haters) a stage they are gonna act on it and they are not even in the script. You remember that too...Love yas! Drop me a comment.

Enough about me... check out my work!!

I have been giving you boys and girls makeup on me for all these past posts and I thought it was time to show you guys what my work is on other people... and two of my dear friends were crazy enough to let me use them as guinea pigs lol (I'm good though) first things first I am always so excited to dive right into starting a facebeat that I ALWAYS forget to take a before and after in the same sitting but I did get pics of these lovely girls of what they look like before make up. As I develop my routine I will organize my pictures to show more but take a look and tell me what you think!

Cut crease

It's just something about a cut crease eye shadow that captivates me. It's dramatic if done right it makes your eye pop and it looks very complex but in all actuality It's quite simple. It takes extreme precision and and steady hand but if done right very very pretty. Take a look at a few cut creases that I have done from the first time I tried to me getting used to doing it. 

My passion.

As I look through my camera and I look at all the past looks this week I have created I have realized that this is what I love. This is that "calling" everyone so desperately looks to find. I have mine I found it. And my journey has just begun... Take a look at these pics and I will have pictures of all my products I use and how I use them... pretty soon I am going to start uploading videos so I can explain as I go. Leave me a comment kiddies!!

Horrible blog-mother

I feel terrible I haven't blogged all week! Very busy hectic and of course running late I think It is safe to say I am a professional over sleeper.  Not something I am particularly proud of but acceptance is the first step right? Well I plan on dedicating the majority of my day catching all you boys and girls up to speed starting with "try something new tuesday" starting off I wanted to use my anastasia dipbrow in ebony and lined then with the potted NW 45 concealer by MAC. I started the cut crease with Rimmel black potted gel liner and buffed it out with Lorac pro black shadow I also did my V area in my eye (where your lid and your waterline meet aka where crows feet start) with the Lorac pro color in black. I used also the urban decay naked 2 pallette foxy under my brow line then after I buffed out the cut crease in black I softened the color with sable from Lorac pro pallette as well since I knew I was going to use a semi bright color for the lid I didn't want my cut crease to be so bold with a bold color. I took a flat brush and packed on the color "fringe" on my lid then took my blending brush and buffed the black in my V line into the fringe... I did my foundation as normal and slightly highlighted and contoured. Finished my face off with MAC studio fix powder in NW 45... I am soo horrible totally forgot my lip color but will update you on the color later today and finished off my cheeks in black radiance toasted almond blush. If you have a comment or question drop below. See ya kids! Stick around I have some pics of my work on someone other than myself lol. 

Wack Wednesday

This was my desk today I had it all planned that I was gonna have some interesting makeup tidbits to post today do a little interacting with you boys and girls but my boss lady had other plans lol so no makeup posts today but if stay tuned tomorrow I have some really interesting news!!!!! Catch you guys later I'm DOG TIRED! P.S in the meantime if you haven't already catch up on my previous posts for ideas, questions, or simply leave a comment! 😗

Spilling a little tea hunny *southern voice*

" I ain't one to gossip.. so you ain't hear it from me" Ms. Benita voice* let's take minute and put our makeup brushes down to have a very enlightening conversation..... We all have goals in life and some of us work harder than others at obtaining them. Some of us don't work hard at all but we point fingers at the ones doing it... Here's a jewel and you won't even have to pay me for it. Call it on the house. We ALL have the same 24 hours in a day to achieve whatever it is our hearts desire. The same amount of energy you put into your negative thinking or as I will call it "hating" you could take that time and put it into something that actually will give you a result because the hated on will STILL have what they have and you will have your envy, jealousy, and most importantly that unwanted visitor.. misery to keep you cold at night. Oh before I drop the mic not all blessings are created equal. What is deemed for 1 is not one size fits all it's custom and crafted for the deserving. When you realize that then you are half way there to being mentally ready to receive what God crafted for you. But you ain't hear it from me. 😉 What are your thoughts? Comments? Has this ever happened to you? Let me know.

Transformation Tuesday

Wow! Look at the difference of two years from just starting makeup til now I've come a long way. And I have some ways to go.....

Try something new Tuesday

Today I woke up on time however I just can't seem to get out the house on time but today I was a little more detailed on my makeup for "try something new Tuesday" everything that I did for minimal Monday still applies today except I swapped the red lip for a nude. (I will go into the lippie details in a minute) I experimented with urban decay ' s electric pallette and used Lorac pro pallette for my transition color. I will recreate this look and give you exact details in what colors I used in a future post. Of course my lippie is NYX cosmetics nude matte color and it's such a bold nude love love love it! I used nyx cosmetics powder pink baked blush. Any questions or ideas leave a comment below! See ya!

The "other stuff"

Sooooo yeah If you have taken notice my blog says makeup and the other stuff that just means everything not pertaining to... well MAKEUP! So I decided to do a no meat lifestyle for 30 days. I'm a recovering fat girl and need to get on my weight loss mojo. Eventually I want to go pescatarian (or however it's spelled) so hopefully this blog can hold me accountable lol. Not that this is healthy but hey dag nabbit it's a start. P.S it's the week of pay week my pockets are on timeout this is what I can get for a few bucks 😂

Coordinator by day happy Monday *side eye*

I work as a Marketing Coordinator for an online/catalog company in ATL.... sounds important huh? Well..I'm not I help with special projects a.k.a (the waterboy) lol its a blessing though because hunny my salary before wasn't capable of funding this hea makeup hobby *insert your mee-mas southern voice here* 

Minimal Monday makeup

So I guess the long detailed informative speech I was doing didn't save *side eye* well first things first primer is important keeps your makeup on your face you know by the end of the day you always notice your makeup just isn't the same? Primer has a lot to do with that... So find one that works for you right now I am using MAC prep and prime. Eyebrows: I use milani cosmetics easybrow pencil in dark brown. I clean it up with MAC NW 45 potted concealer I like it because it's thick and blends well when I line them. Foundation: I use MAC pro long wear NW 45 (😍😍😍😍 LOVE IT) gives me just the right amount of coverage) and does last all work day for me. Eyeliner: Rimmel gel liner in black is very cost effective and works REALLY well... for minimal Mondays you don't really have to do highlighting under your eyes but I did to set the highlight I used Rimmel perfect match in medium then Ben nye as a finishing powder. LIPS: I can write a whole blog about NYX cosmetics but that's another time I lined my lips with red liner and their matte monte carlo lip cremé (ugh just perfection) finished it up with Black Radiance toasted almond blush.... sounds like a lot but it's not. Good morning to all and see ya later! 😗

I really hate Mondays

Alarm goes off at 4:00 am (the time I intended to wake up) 5:27 is when I actually get out of bed. Some would say that I'm making pretty good timing well not when you have to take the train to work. I am already late but I can't leave without at least putting on some kind of makeup.... However I did say I was late right?
Welp sometimes you won't be able to put on your Avent-garde (fancy word for detailed)  so you put on your "minimal Monday" makeup what I like to call bold lip winged eyeliner can never go wrong. Stay tuned will post pictures...... 😗

My makeup looks this past week

For the specifics on each look check out my next post 😗

The makeover: introduction

Hey!?! Yeah you! Thanks for checking out my blog! I'm just a girl who loves makeup... I think I love it entirely too much and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one but thanks for checking me out!