Au Naturale

I have been snowed in my apartment since Sunday evening. I live in the south, and whenever we get a few inches of snow, the entire state shuts down. This is probably the perfect time to create a new look for my blog, but I've been trying to give my skin a break. I have continued my normal skincare routine, which I did a blog about a few months ago if you'd like to check it out.

This is what I have looked like all week:

Although it may not look like it, I have been showering this week! :)

You should always try to go one or two days a week without makeup. It gives your skin a chance to breathe, especially if you have a blemish or deal with acne. Blemishes can't completely heal if you keep caking foundation and concealer over them!

I got a Clarisonic face brush for Christmas, which is phenomenal! It is a bit pricy, but it is so worth it. It's definitely not something you should use everyday. I use mine a couple times a week after take off my makeup with makeup remover towelettes. 

Have fun giving your skin a break and going au naturale! :)

Day to Night

I started out with the look I did in October that I wore to a more professional event. I simply had gold on my lid and a light wash of brown in the crease with brown liner on top. I wanted to add more dimension and turn it into a "night out" look.

I simply applied a darker brown in the outer V for more dimension, so it doesn't look so flat. I used a black liner on top and a brown liner in the water line, which is perfect for a more brown smokey effect.

I also applied some of that same brown eyeshadow on the lower lash line to smoke it out even more.

One of my favorite light pink lip colors. Pink lips make my heart happy. :)

So all you need to carry in your purse to transition from day to night is : a darker shadow, black  and/or brown eyeliner, and your lip color of choice!


I hope you find this helpful! :)

Aundi

Basic Smokey Eye

This is one of my favorite smokey looks. I used a black cream base in the outer V and crease. On top of that, I put a warm brown shadow to give it an awesome gray/gunmetal effect. I left the inner third of the lid light to open up the eye a bit.

I rimmed my water line and tight line with my Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Zero. My fave!

Since the eyes are so heavy, I used a baby pink blush and lipstick. But if you're doing this look for going out or a special event, you can definitely do a more dramatic lip, too. :)

Tis the Season...

For green eyeshadow! I very rarely wear green eyeshadow. I don't know why; I actually love it. Green may not be a part of your normal palette, but what a more perfect time to start wearing it than now? It's so perfect for a Christmas or New Year's party. This look is a bit more dramatic than the last look I did.

I used three different shades of green to create this look. I also used black in the crease to add more definition. I used a black liquid liner on top and lined my water line and tight line with a black creamy eyeliner. If I were wearing this to a party, I'd also add a pair of falsies, but that's just me. :)

For the lips, I used a nude lip color, but lined them in brown for more definition. If you're going to wear this to a party, I would also add a highlight to the lips with either a gloss or shimmery eyeshadow, or both for a more long-lasting effect.

                                      

I hope you try this look! It's super fun! :)

Holiday Makeup

This might be a rather predictable holiday/fall makeup look, but I think it's beautiful nonetheless. It's ultra shimmery, which is great for holiday parties. I even used a shimmery base (Urban Decay primer potion in Sin) to make it extra sparkley! :)

Since there is so much shimmer going on with the eyes, I used a matte, nude blush. And for the lips, I simply used an amber colored gloss with orange/gold shimmer. :)

Happy Holiday Season! This is my favorite time of the year. :)

Bring Out Those Baby Blues

I attended a luncheon this week with a lot of faculty at school, so I wanted to do a more professional makeup look. I turned to my go-to look neutral look. I have blue eyes -and sometimes green; they seem to have a mind of their own- and to accent the blue, it's best to use browns, yellows, and golds.

This is one of my favorite looks because it's so subtle yet so gorgeous. And the great news is, you don't have to have blue eyes to pull the look off. It looks great on all eye colors and skin tones!

*Once again, blogger washes out all the color when I upload my pics for some reason... It's really frustrating!

For the face I just used a light pink blush and highlight a nude lip.

I hope you have fun trying out this look. :)

If anyone tries any of looks I post, I would love to see pictures! I might even start doing some tutorials, I just don't know if anyone actually reads this or not!! Haha. 


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How many times can I use the word "look" in one post?? Haha! :)

Arabic Makeup

I decided to do my interpretation of an every day, wearable version of Arabic makeup. I love Arabic makeup because it incorporates lots of color (which I love!) and heavy winged liner. If you aren't used to wearing a lot of makeup or a lot of color, you can tone down the look by using less color or just toning down the liner. Since Halloween is coming up, you can definitely get away with more dramatic makeup. So just give it a try! :)

I used yellow, gold, purple, pink, and brown eyeshadows and black liquid liner.

I used a neutral blush and a highlight on the cheeks. I contoured the lips with a brown lipstick, went over that with pink and added gold gloss for highlight.

Have fun creating your own colorful look! :)

Aundi

*The colors in my picture are very muted when I upload them to Blogger. If anyone has any tips to help that, I would greatly appreciate it!