Hi everyone! For a long time now I've been wanting to do a makeup post on my blog and I thought hey why not now? For many years now I've really developed a love for makeup and beauty and I'm a veteran of watching beauty gurus on YouTube. I think it's so much fun and I love experimenting with new products and looks. Most of these products were recommended by YouTube and beauty gurus, they really teach me all I need to know. Others are from my Ipsy bag, or products I just happened to set my eyes on in stores. So, here are my makeup favorites, (in no order of course), all of my favorites are a collection of drugstore and higher end products!
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| My favorite palettes consist of the infamous Naked 2 palette from Urban Decay, the Two Faced Natural Eyes palette, and the Urban Decay Ammo palette. I love the Natural Eyes and Naked 2 palettes for their beautiful neutrals consisting of coppers, golds, taupes, champagnes, matte browns, and glittery metallic browns. The Ammo palette is change of pace, consisting of some neutrals, but also of some plums, blues, and a green. All the palettes have stunning shades that have amazing pigmentation and colors that blend effortlessly on the eye. |
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| For some of my more neutral lip colors, I have chose some glosses and lipsticks. My first favorites are the Lacome Color Fever lipstick in Fashion Crave and the Color Design lipstick in Sugared Maple. These lipsticks are such high quality and are such beautiful colors, the cranberry and mauve colors are also perfect for Fall. I also love the Laura Geller color drenched lip gloss in Cafe Au Lait (nude) and my Bare Minerals Marvelous Moxie lip gloss in Perky Peony (light baby pink). These lip glosses are so pigmented and have a great creamy texture, I am not usually a straight up lip gloss person, but I really love these ones. I am really into the matte lip creme trend, I have been loving the NYX soft matte lip creme in the color Milan. The color is so natural yet just the perfect amount of color, it also is just genuinely really flattering on the lips. This color is also great if you don't wanna go all out on the brown/ dark purple matte lip trend. In the moisturizing category,I LOVE my Hanalei sugar lip scrub, which was in my Ipsy bag! It smells like lemonade and is overall sooo moisturizing and reviving, I would compare it to the the Lush lip scrubs. |
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| Next for my favorites in face products and mascara, I am a die hard user of the Maybelline Fit Me foundation (Matte & Pore less) in Porcelain. It goes on so smoothly, isn't overally drying , and is super affordable. It also isn't heavy on the skin, while still having pretty good coverage. My Stay Matte pressed powder from Rimmel in Natural has also been one of my favorites for years now. It's not cakey, smooth, really affordable, and I am constantly repurchasing it. My Elf shimmering facial whip in Lilac Petal also falls under the super affordable category, even though it sounds so weird (lol). It's the perfect highlight when blended and is surprising high quality for the unbelievably cheap price. Another cheek product that I love is the Lacome oil-free powder blush in Cosmopolitan pink, it's such a bright flattering, neon pink. The pigmentation is incredible and the blush is very blend-able for such a vivid pink, it also looks stunning on fair skin tones. For mascara, which is one of favorite makeup products, I love the Sephora mascara favorites kit I received for Christmas, it came with so many great samples to try and one full size mascara. My favorites consist of the Benefit Roller Lash, Nars Audacious, and the Too Faced Better than Sex. These mascaras look great layered and both provide amazing volume and length. |
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For skincare, etc. I have been loving many products, some which are samples I received in my Ipsy bag! For a facial cleanser, I have been obsessed with the Befine exfoliating cleanser w/ brown sugar, sweet almond, and oats. I got the sample in my Ipsy bag and I was impressed with how natural and high quality it was! I haven't broke out very much since I have used it and I find it really makes my face very hydrated. Also in my Ipsy bag, I received the Clark's Botanicals deep moisture mask and moisturizer. I have frequent dry patches, specifically in the Winter months and this gets rid of them in one day. For makeup removal, I love the Lacome Bi-Facil eye makeup remover. It is fairly pricey, but gets rid of all my eye makeup, while being extremely gentle. For overall hydration, I love my Josie Maran whipped Argan oil in Vanilla Pear, the scent is simply intoxicating (in a good way) and it's the best lotion I have ever tried. The consistency is amazing and even though it is fairly pricey, it's definitely worth it.
For some more bright and statement lip products (which are my favorite,) I love my NYX butter lipsticks in Big Cherry (cool toned red) and Sugared Maple (dark plum/wine). Every time I wear these I get compliments and they're probably some of my favorite drugstore lip products. They look so beautiful and are so vibrant, while being fairly moisturizing.In that buttery, moisturizing category, I am a die hard lover of my Revlon lip butters, I have them in Lollipop (bright fuchsia) and Tutti Frutti (light orange/peach). Again, they are so vivid and fun while being wearable and not too drying. One of my overall favorite bright lip colors is fairly more expensive, but just an overall awesome lip product. This is the Too Faced melted lipstick in melted candy. The formula and color is so beautiful and vibrant on these and in all just looks perfect on.
In the eyeliners and single eye shadow category, I love my Bare Minerals lasting liner in absolute black, it really stays on the waterline and looks great as a natural everyday pencil liner look. Same goes for my Lancome Le Crayon Khol pencil in Black Ebony, it looks great on the waterline and over top of eye shadow for a natural look. For more affordable single shadows, I swear by my L'Oreal infallible shadows in Iced Latte ( champagne color )and Amber Rush (rose gold color). The pigmentation is incredible and is so stunning on the eye, I would compare these to the quality of Urban Decay shadows. I also love my Ck One eye shadow in Ambition it's so smooth and simply a beautiful rose gold on the eye. I also love my Mally beauty eye shadow stick in Dusk (dark sparkly brown) and my BareMinerals Highshine Eyeshadow in Moonshine (dark sparkly, smokey brown). These are more expensive, but have stunning pigmentation and beautiful formulas and colors. To keep these eye shadows vibrant and from creasing, I swear by my Urban Decay Primer Potion, the hype is so worth it for this product and does a simply amazing job at keeping my eye shadow from looking nasty (lol).
Again, thanks so much for your reads and encouragement on this blogging venture of mine! I hope you enjoyed this post and I will continue to try my best at blogging in the future! xoxo, Amelia My social media links: Instagram: @amelia_elaine Twitter: @amelia_workman @sassy_prepster Pinterest:@ameliaworkman Tumblr: perfectinpolkadots.tumblr.com VSCO:ameliaworkman.vsco.co Wanelo: @ameliaaelaine  |
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