Mani Monday | L'oreal Royalty Reinvented [107]

Hey everyone,
Today's post is the first in its series of Mani Mondays! For this Mani Monday, I have L'oreal Royalty Reinvented [107]. I picked this up when CVS had 40% off L'oreal products.

Available: at your local drugstore
Price: $4.99

Overall: Royalty Reinvented is a pastel purple with a beautiful cream finish. This polish is from the Trendsetter Collection.

Pros: Opaque in two coats and is a great spring/summer color. It remained vibrant for a good five days.

Cons: Wear time is regular but I did notice some wear on my tips within 24 hours.

Hope you enjoyed my first Mani Monday post.

base coat, nail polish, and top coat

- Shayna

Haul | L'oreal Products

Hey everyone, today I have a post on the recent L'oreal products that I purchased. My local CVS was having a 40% off L'oreal products which is a great deal. I really encourage people to purchase drugstore items when they're on sale. I hardly, if ever, pay full price for drugstore makeup. Here are the items that I picked up.

- L'oreal Voluminous Carbon Black Waterproof Mascara
- L'oreal Voluminous Original Waterproof Mascara
- L'oreal Fairest Nude Lipstick
- L'oreal 24 Hour Infallible in 556 Smoldering Plum
- L'oreal Royalty Reinvented 107




I actually texted a couple of my girlfriends and recommended some items that I thought would look great on them. I'm such an enabler:)

- Shayna

Makeup | Mandy's Wedding

Hey everyone,
This post is going to be on the wedding that I did for my good friend, Mandy. Like I mentioned previously, I didn't like the work that was done on her during a makeup trial. I just feel it wasn't suited for her. So I meet up with her one day and did her makeup while catching up with life. It was fun! no pressure or anything. I wasn't going in trying to land a job. I just wanted to do a look that would compliment her features and the wedding theme: a country day time wedding. Plus she's beautiful, so not much work for me! She loved the look and booked me for her wedding. The makeup on the bridesmaids will be in a separate post.

Products used
- Eyes
Benefit Brow Zing, Dark
Nars Smudgeproof Eyeshadow Base
Mac Blanc Type Eyeshadow (highlight)
Mary Kay Hazelnut Eyeshadow (crease)
Mac Naked Lunch Eyeshadow (lid)
Mac Bateau Eyeshadow (outer crease)
Mac Carbon Eyeshadow (smudge into lashline)
Milani Eye Tech Extreme Liquid Eyeliner, 01 Blackest Black
Mac Pro Longwear Eye Liner, Definedly Black

- Face
Mary Kay Beige 302 Foundation
Mac Mineralize Natural Foundation, Medium Dark
Mac Refined Deeper Bronze
Tarte Blissful Blush
Mac Shimmer Highlight

- Lips
Nyx Lipliner, Natural
Mac Pillow Talk
Mac Wildly Lush Plushglass

Set with Skindinavia No More Shine Setting Spray




The bride looked absolutely beautiful and I'm glad that her makeup held up through the rain. Good thing I researched the products I used and tested them myself. Look out for the next post on the look I did on the bridesmaids.

- Shayna

Review | Real Techniques Core Collection Brush Set

Hey everyone! Today I'm posting my first review and it's on the Real Techniques Core Collection Brush Set. I did makeup on a good friend who had a family photo shoot. She and I loved the outcome of the makeup and it really motivated her to learn how to apply makeup. She has some random makeup products but one thing she did lacked were makeup brushes. She asked what were the black and white soft brushes I was using on her and I said it was brushes from Real Techniques. I really recommend them to beginners especially because when starting your arsenal of makeup it can be very costly. So here's a review on these brushes!

Price: $17.99
Available: Ulta (Buy one get one 50% off ends 7/5/2014) don't forget to shop through ebates!

This set consist of four brushes: detailer brush, pointed foundation brush, buffing brush, and contour brush. All of the brushes are labeled at the end of handle. These brushes don't need to be used for what they are labeled for. Here are my favorite uses for these brushes:

Detailer brush: to apply lipstick and gloss
Pointed foundation brush: to apply undereye concealer and highlight
Buffing brush: to apply liquid and powder foundation and blush
Contour brush: to apply highlight and contour

The set of brushes also comes with a 2 in 1 case and stand.


Pros: I've had these brushes since they were first released in 2011 and they're all in great condition. I have no problems with them shedding or bleeding. My favorite brush would have to be the buffing brush. I use it especially for applying powder foundation. The best part is they are 100% cruelty free!

Cons: Of all of the brushes, the brush that I don't use the most is the pointed foundation brush. Although the case is cool I haven't found myself using them at all.

Overall: A great set of brushes for a deal, it ends up being $4.50 a brush! I've find myself reaching for them over my Mac brushes at times. It's also great to support the Pixiwoo sisters, one of the best makeup gurus on YouTube.



- Shayna

Review | Real Techniques Starter Kit

Hey everyone! Today I have a review on the Real Techniques Starter Kit. The reason why I started a review on these items is because a good friend wanted some affordable brush recommendation and I recommend these products.

Price: $17.99
Available: Ulta (Buy one get one 50% off ends 7/5/2014) don't forget to shop through ebates!

This set consists of five brushes: base shadow brush, accent brush, pixel-point eyeliner brush, brow brush and a deluxe crease brush. All of the brushes are labeled at the end of the handle. These brushes don't need to be used for what they are labeled for. Here are my favorite uses for these brushes:

Base shadow brush: applying and blending eyeshadows
Accent brush: applying eyeshadow to the inner corner of the eye and to the lower lash line
Pixel-point eyeliner brush: to apply eyeliner
Deluxe crease brush: to blend eyeshadows and to apply concealer to undereye area
Brow brush: Apply eyeshadow to lashlines

The set of brushes also comes with a 2 in 1 case and stand.

Brushes in their 2 in 1 case and stand

Pros: I've had these brushes since they were first released in 2011 and they're all in great condition. I have no problems with them shedding or bleeding. My favorite brushes are the deluxe crease brush, accent brush and the base shadow brush. Best part...100% cruelty free!

Cons: Of all of the brushes the brushes that I don't reach for often are the brow brush and the pixel point eyeliner. Although the case is cool I haven't found myself using them at all.

Overall: A great set of brushes for a deal, it ends up being $3.60 a brush! It's also great to support the Pixiwoo sisters, one of the best makeup tutorials gurus on YouTube.

- Shayna

Staying here...Welcome me back

Hey everyone,
Today was suppose to be the launch of my new beauty blogger but looking back at this page and the amount of postings I have (~ 340 posts), followers (120+), and popular postings. It makes sense to just work with the better foundation...which is here. I really wanted a new start but all that newness also comes with zero support.  So I'm going to spend a whole lot of time transferring the postings that I have lined up at the other site to this one. I also want to look back through my postings and delete the ones that I feel aren't up to par?

Why am I back at this again? Well recently I've been doing makeup gigs. I've done some in the past but I wasn't promoting myself so gigs were far and few in between. Just doing makeup on my family members and friends for fun was the thing for me. My friend, Mandy, was getting married and I didn't like the work from the trial makeup that the makeup artist. So I asked if I could play with her face:) it was really just for fun. She hired me on the spot, and other opportunities have come up and that's why I'm back to blogging. I think it's a good way to showcase my work and also provide some opinions that I have on some beauty products. Plus it's a great way for my friends to go back and see what products I used on them.

- Shayna

Review | Covergirl Outlast Stay Fabulous 3 in 1 Foundation

Hi everyone, today's post is going to be a review on Covergirl's Outlast Stay Fabulous 3 in 1 Foundation in Golden Tan. This foundation has been raved by almost all of of the youtube gurus confirming the longevity of this product. This totally got my interest because I'm always on the hunt for long lasting foundation especially if it's drugstore. Found my color match by looking up gurus that have similar skintones to me and decided to go with Golden Tan. Upon discovering my color I searched my local drugstores for it. It was difficult because living in Hawaii we receive new products fairly late and I discovered that less than half of the drugstores carried the Outlast foundation and the drugstores that do were completely out of Golden Tan. I was consistently checking every week for three weeks and I gave up and decided to purchase it online. I purchased it through Drugstore ($8) and just received it a couple of days.

The foundation is encased in a glass tube with a plastic pump and cover. One pump of foundation was enough to cover my whole face. It applied well, creamy consistency. Golden Tan is a little light for me but do-able. It has a satin finish, very natural looking. Although it states a primer, foundation and concealer is in the product, the product didn't cover my dark under eye circles well.  I applied it at 9am and lasted for 5-6 hours before I could see my oil breaking through the foundation. By 5pm the oil on my face won the battle. No powdering was done to test the longevity of the foundation.

Although the foundation didn't last the 12 hours that it promised I'm still happy with my purchase. I know that not many foundations can battle it out with my skin type so having this foundation last more than 5 hours is good. It doesn't perform better than my Estee Lauder Double Wear and Double Wear Light but its redeeming quality is the price tag. I will be purchasing this foundation in the future and recommend it.

Covergirl 3 in 1 in Golden Tan, 1 pump applied with stippling brush

 

 

After 8 hours of wear, oils won the battle