FOTD - Natural Nancy

I've been trying to achieve that glowing, but not frosty, natural, but not made-up look for a while now. I think today I finally nailed it. There are so many tutorials for this kind of "natural" look, but they would tend to look artificial on me. What I realized last year and I need to keep in mind is that not all colors look the same on everyone! It took me a long time to figure out this combination, but finally! Here is my natural, glowing look.

Face

Sonia Kashuk tinted moisturizer in Tan

Laura Mercier Golden Mosaic bronzer

MAC Rice Paper highlight

Benefit Girl Meets Pearl

MAC Stereo Rose, Coppertone

Eyes

MAC Indianwood paint pot

Inglot 368 (matte neutral peach)

MAC Soft Brown, Swiss Chocolate, Mulch, Bronze, Embark, Rice Paper

Urban Decay eyeliner in Demolition
Mary Kay lash primer

Mary Kay Lash Love Lengthening mascara

Lips

Sonia Kashuk lipstick in Sheer Bronzey Nude

What are your go-to products for a natural look?

-Claudia

FOTD & Graduation 2012

Exciting news! Yesterday, I graduated from college! Although I've had my Associates degree for a few months, I decided to go back for the ceremony for my mom. I wasn't sure about it, because most of my classmates participated in last year's Spring ceremony, but I am so glad I did. Seeing my mom watching in the stands made me tear up. Although she was not supportive of my desire to go into Psychology, I know in the end she will be proud once I walk across the stage for my Bachelors and eventually Masters degrees.

Here are some pictures. :)

Face:

Korres Face Primer
Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua in B50, Beige
Mary kay Concealer in Beige
MAC mineralized blush in Earth to Earth
NARS blush in Orgasm

Eyes: 

Urban Decay primer in Greed
Urban Decay Buck
MAC Expensive Pink
MAC Mulch
MAC Ricepaper
Urban Decay Demolition
All-Belle eyelashes - Yellow Haunt, Natural soft
MAC fluidline in Blacktrack
MAC Zoom Fast Black Lash mascara

Lips:

NYX lipliner in Natural
Sonia Kashuk Sheer Bronzey Nude

-Claudia

FOTD - Friend's Birthday

Happy birthday to one of my gal-pal's--Monica! We went out to Buca di beppo's up north to celebrate. I've been really digging this bright-colored-eyeliner-on-bottom-lash-line thing, so look out for that again!

Here's my look of the day:

Face

Laura Mercier foundation primer, hydrating

Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua in beige

MAC Studio Sculpt concealer in NW30

Sonia Kashuk Hidden Agenda concealer palette

Laura Mercier Golden Mosaic bronzer

MAC Sweet as Cocoa

Eyes

Urban Decay primer potion in Greed
MAC Expensive Pink
MAC Swiss Chocolate
MAC Mulch
MAC Ricepaper
MAC Woodwinked
Urban Decay Demolition
Urban Decay Ransom
MAC Brun (eyebrows)
Lancome Hypnose Drama mascara

Lips

Sonia Kashuk Sheer Bronzey Nude

Here's the look under different lighting:

-Claudia

FOTD - Hunger Games Premiere

I usually don't dress up or do anything too special for movie premieres, but I decided to go all out for the Hunger Games movie last month. I tried to get a good shot of the makeup before I left, but the pictures didn't turn out so great. Anywho, hope you enjoy.

Face

Laura Mercier Foundation primer - hydrating

Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua in Beige

MAC Coppertone blush

Eyes

Urban Decay Naked Palette:

-Half Baked

-Smog

-Creep

Wet n Wild eyeliner in Purple/Violet

Urban Decay 15th Anniversary Palette:

-Omen

Wet n Wild I (heart) Matte:

-"Crease"/Blue

Urban Decay eyeliner in Demolition

Avon eyeliner -glimmersticks diamonds in Sugar Plum

MAC Brun (eyebrows)

Lips

Sonia Kashuk lipstick in Sheer Bronzey Nude

If you're interested in recreating the look, I used the Haifa Wehbe tutorial from Pixiwoo.

-Claudia

FOTD - Shopping with Sister

My pictures aren't consistent at all, haha. My skin is a bit lighter than usual due to Winter and lighting. My hair isn't black, though I did dye it--but the same color as before. I think I just need to figure out a good lighting setup to take better pictures. It doesn't help that I switch from camera to phone to computer haha. Oh well.

Here's a quick look I did today for going to the mall with my sister.

Face

Rimmel London Fix & Perfect Primer
Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua in Beige
MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer in NW30
MAC Cream Blush in Pleasureful
MAC Sunbasque
MAC Fix+
 
Eyes
MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
MAC Brun (eyebrows)

Lips

Sonia Kashuk Sheer Bronzey Nude

-Claudia

FOTD - Work Day

Going all out with some redish lipgloss today for work!

Face

Rimmel London Fix & Perfect Pro Primer
Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua in B50, Beige
MAC Gentle
NARS Orgasm
Sonia Kashuk Hidden Agenda Concealer Palette*
MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer in NW30*

*wrong colors for me, so I like to mix them together!

Eyes

MAC Brun (eyebrows)

Lips

MAC Caqui

FOTD - Date Night

Here's another date night FOTD! I decided to go all out for this one and try out a more dramatic look, which I learned at the MAC counter at Macy's haha.

Ah! Background check! Points for everyone who guesses what's on top of my dresser (Hint: lots of bottles yet to be sorted!)

This is me without my glasses on, hopefully giving you a better look at what the eye makeup looked like! My skin looks a bit shiny here, because I got a little too generous with the highlighter. Whoops!


Products I used for the look:

Face

MAC Prep + Prime
Sheer Cover Concealer in Medium
Laura Mercier Tinted Foundation in Sand
Sonia Kashuk Hidden Agenda Concealer Palette
MAC Sweet Cocoa
Laura Mercier Shimmer Bloc in Golden
Benefit Highbeam
MAC Fix +

Eyes

MAC Painterly Paint Pot
MAC Expensive Pink
MAC Swiss Chocolate
Wet n Wild Petal Pusher Palette; Dark 'Crease' Color
Urban Decay Eyeliner in Zero
MAC Zoomlash Mascara
Elf Eyebrow Kit in Medium

Lips

NYX Natural Lipliner
MAC Dressmaker, Dressmaker

FOTD - Window Shopper

This was a quick Face of the Day. My husband and I went to check out computers since my laptop seems to be spiraling down now. It's had a heating problem for a while and now the fan stopped working, which I guess you could say made the problem worse.

Anywho, here's my FOTD for last night:

Face

Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer in Sand
Sonia Kashuk Hidden Agenda Concealer
Bare Escentuals Mineral Veil in Illuminating
MAC Sweet as Cocoa

Eyes

Nothing

Lips

NYX Lip Pencil in Natural
MAC Caqui Lipglass

Not sure why I look so glowwy. I need a better camera haha, but it looks nice!