Rimmel Clean Finish foundation

I have loved all Rimmel products I have ever tried, except for the Sexy Curves mascara, and this is no different.  I was a little taken aback by the fact that it was a spatula inside to help get the foundation out.  I had no clue how I was supposed to use it, so I got some product onto it and just smeared it on some parts of my face.  It claims to be a 'Poreless' finish so there were holes in the spatula, or at least that's what guess they're there for- pictured below.

I got it in the lightest color they carry in this foundation which is Ivory since I'm a Paley McPaleface.  It lives up to it's poreless claims, as well as a foundation can anyway.  It goes on really nice, and is really lightweight.  It gives medium coverage which I like.  The only thing I don't like about it is the dewy finish, I'm not very much of a dewy finish kind of person.  For the longest time I had really really oily skin, and so anything dewy makes me think of that- but I'm getting better!  But, this is easily remedied by using some powder.

 See how well it matches? 

Do you have any favorite drugstore (or highstreet) foundations that you like? XOXO

To Serve Man

So, besides the nerdy nod to The Twilight Zone in the title, I would really love to know what YOU would like to read about on this blog? What types of makeup, brands, or techniques would you like to see?  I want to help you get the most out of this blog! XOXO

What do you mean I bought another lipstick?

Yes, another lip product- they're my favorite accessory! I bought the L'Oreal Project Runway lipstick in the color The Queen's Kiss.  I've been searching for a berry color that I felt comfortable wearing, and this is a  safe berry color... plus it was on sale.

The Color is a bit more frosted than I would have liked.  I'm actually looking for a dupe for the Kate Moss Rimmel lipstick in 107, but I think I may just buy it off of Asos.com.  I think this is a good 'berry' color to start with and get used to the darker color.  The color of the lipstick didn't show up well in the pictures, but it is a bit more berry tinted than it looks in the tube in the picture.

Have you tried any berry toned lipsticks that you liked?  Especially for pasty pale nerds like me, haha. XOXO

My first Body Shop experience!

For Christmas I got a gift set of The Body Shop products in Coconut.  There is a body butter, a shower cream, and a body scrub.  For being a gift set, the sizes of all of these are really generous and great for every day or travel use.   I have been dying to try items from The Body Shop but haven't really been able to find any, low and behold there is one in our mall, but now this gives me a chance to try their products in travel size before I buy the full size of anything.
I was really surprised when I tried the shower cream, it has no soap in it!  It felt really different on my skin, good, but different.  It also didn't sud up like my other shower gels, which I love foaming shower and bath soaps and gels.  I really liked it though, which surprised me.  It seemed to be more nourishing to my skin than a gel does.  I am excited to try it some more and see if it keeps feeling that way.  I then tried the body scrub. It's a lot creamier than my comforting vanilla dead sea salt and sugar scrub, post here.  The granules are rounder and not as rough and it is also a not too thick, not too thin, cream.  It felt really good rubbing it on my skin, it's definitely better to use during the winter than my other one.  The final thing I tried was the body butter.  I love body butters because they are so cream and hydrate so well, and this is no exception.  The big bonus to all of this is that they smell really nice!  It's not too overpowering and the scent doesn't fade quickly, which means you smell like coconuts for a good while.
Have you ever tried Body Shop products?  What are your favorites? XOXO

Happy Grinchmas!

As I mentioned in my last post, my family and I went to Universal Studios the other day to go and see the celebration.  In honor of this, I did 'Whoville' inspired makeup which involved multiple bright colored eyeliner since one of the first things I think of when I think of Whoville is BRIGHT COLORS.  So here's my face:

And here's a close-up of my eye: 

For my foundation, I used my Pur Minerals 4-in-1 Pressed Mineral Makeup in Light/Fair.  I then used my Holy Grail palette I got from Sephora forever ago for blush and eyes.  I used the pink blush that looks baby doll like and quite frightening in the pan but if put on with a light hand goes on quite nice.  I then highlighted right under my eye up towards my hair and my T-Zone with a very light pink almost pearl like shimmery highlighter in the same palette as the blush and eyeshadow.  I then used two eyeshadows from the palette, one is a grey toned beige with a lot of shimmer and then white shimmer eyeshadow under my brow.  

I used four different eyeliners; green, pink, blue, and gold.  All four colors are from the Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Pencil.  They are hands down my favorite eyeliners EVER.  On the inner corner of my eye I used a gold color called El Dorado.  I love to use gold eyeliner or shadow in the inner corner of my eye to help me look more awake.  Then I lined my eye from the inside to the halfway point on top in a teal blue called Electric.  I think it's a really pretty blue that can be very subtle or built up to be a bold color pop on the eye.  Then what I used going from where the blue ends to the end of my eye and a little beyond I used a pink eyeliner called Woodstock.  I know, I know, pink can be a really frightening eye color to wear in eyeliner or shadow form.  That is why I only use this color to line half my eye like I did here or do a subtle double line on top of another eyeliner.  It's a great way to play around with colors.  Finally on my bottom lash line I used a green color called Junkie.  Green a great way for people to experiment with color without going to bold, and is especially great for people with blue, blue/grey, green, and even brown eyes- personally I think it can work with any eye color.

For my lashes I used two different mascaras.  First I used Rimmel's Glam Eyes mascara and then I used Covergirl lashblast fusion over top.  I used to hate filling in my eyebrows because I thought it looked weird but now I can't wear makeup without filling them in.  I use the Napolean Prismatic Eye Quad #4 because two of the colors are a nice matte light brown and dark brown, it also has a matte white and a matte salmon pink.  I mainly use the light brown because it matches my changing hair color the best.

Happy holidays to all of my lovely readers and followers! XOXO

What do you do when you do brightly colored makeup?