Regulars

Some of my most used products over the past weeks:

MAC Paint Pots: L-R Constructivist / Indianwood

My go-to eye shadows from MAC: Woodwinked and Arena

I recently repurchased NARS Sheer Glow foundation, I forgot how great this is.

Favorite primer and concealer.

:)

Betty

I Guess I'm Not a Red Lipstick Kind of Girl

I can finally say I am not intimated by a bold lip color. As you can see, my go-to choices are raspberry, fuchsia and burgundy plum-ish shades.

L-R: YSL Rouge Volupté #12 / #11 / NARS Penny Arcade / Laura Mercier Crushed Berry / OCC Lip Tar "Strumpet" / MAC Rebel

:)

Betty

Rebel Spotlight

I've always been intrigued and intimidated to get MAC's Rebel, it's such a bold color that I never really thought I could pull it off,  but now that I own it I'm loving this lipstick.

Rebel looks crazy scary and intimidating in the tube but it wears to a raspberry plum-ish, I don't know how to describe it really, but it's beautiful.

Rebel has become an absolute favorite and a definite repurchase.

Betty

Random Instagram Post

I'm back with another Instagram post

Enjoying some tea

My attempt at a half moon manicure

Hot chocolate in one of my favorite mugs and a print of MAC's Rebel

My favorite iPhone case

 

:)

Betty

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Red Red Cheeks

Very bright and intimidating, who would have thought I'd wear red blush? Not me for sure.
Lately I've been trying to get out of my comfort zone when it comes to makeup, first with lipsticks and now I'm moving on to blush.
First I picked up Red Cheeks which is a cream blush:

On the left is a heavy swatch where you can tell how pigmented it is, on the right is a very light swatch, and by light swatch I mean barely any product.

Next one is Red which is a powder blush:

         

On the left you can see how pigmented this blush is as well; on the right it's a very light swatch.
 I like Red Cheeks a little bit more just because it has a bit of a dewy finish when applied.

Thanks for reading!

Betty

Highlighter Spotlight

Highlighting products have become essential in my makeup collection. I've mostly preferred those that give me a subtle glow, no shimmer involved..
On this post I will focus on Bare Minerals Ready Luminizer " The Love Affair".

I first found out about this product from Tiffany, and was intrigued by the fact that she mentioned the words Rose Gold.
I remember seeing it at one of my many visits to Sephora, I swatched it and was immediately thinking of buying it.

It looked beautiful swatched on my hand in the store, but didn't want this to be an impulse buy, so I walked around with the swatch and kept looking at it the rest of the day in different lighting, I wanted to be 10000% sure that I needed this.

I'm so glad I made this purchase, I've been using it a lot, so much it makes me wonder if I should have gotten a back-up since it's limited edition.

Betty

Berry-ish

 Besides pink,  I've been playing around with raspberry shades on my lips and nails.

 Left to Right: Revlon Smitten/Revlon Raspberry Pie/Essie Raspberry

I've worn Smitten on its own and if I want to add a bit more intensity I add Raspberry Pie on top.

Essie's Big Spender is one of my favorite nail-polishes, it's a perfect balance of  purple-raspberry-and a little bit of pink.

Left to Right: Essie Raspberry/Essie Big Spender

Both nail polishes are lovely, I've been using Raspberry with a coat of Big Spender on top.

Have a great day!

Betty

Favorite Lip Combos

Ever since stepping out of my lip color comfort zone (just lip-balm by the way), I have embraced the bright lip, specially pinks. Take a look at some of my favorite lip combos used recently; from the Revlon Colorburst line: True Red and Fuchsia

Bottom: Revlon Colorburst True Red/Top: Revlon Colorburst Fuchsia

 Bottom to Top: True Red/Fuchsia/ True Red+Fuchsia

From the Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain line: Sweetheart and Romantic

Bottom to Top: Romantic/Sweetheart / Romantic+Sweetheart

Another color I've been getting attracted to is raspberry, not only for lips but nails too, which I will share on my next post.

Thanks for visiting!

Betty

Pink Me Up!

I've been reaching a lot lately for pink blushes and lipsticks.
I have to admit I was a little intimidated to wear a bright lipstick, so I started just with a little hint of color and Revlon's Sweet Tart Lip Butter got me hooked ever since. 
Other lip products I have been reaching for:

Left to Right: Revlon Sweetheart Just Bitten Kissable Lip Balm/Revlon Colorburst Fuchsia/Carnation/Sweet Tart Lip Butter

Left to Right: Revlon Fuchsia/Carnation/Sweet Tart

The one that I've been using way more now is Fuchsia, I absolutely adore this shade.

Revlon Sweetheart Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain

Bottom Left Corner to Top Right Corner: 

Sweetheart/Fuchsia/Carnation/Sweet Tart

Moving on to blushes,  MAC's Fleur Power and Revlon Flushed Photoready cream blush.

 MAC Fleur Power/Revlon Flushed

Bottom Left to Top: Revlon Flushed/MAC Fleur Power

The Real Techniques blush brush is my go-to brush for blushes, not only it works perfectly but the color of the handle is an awesome metallic pink

And to finish off, another pink product I always carry in my makeup bag is this cute mirror I got at Sephora a while ago.

Maybe I should do a post on what I carry in my makeup bag...which is pink by the way ;)

Thanks for reading!

Betty