Viva Glam Miley on NC50

I wore it to brunch sheered out, then I built it up so you could see the full color! Im not wearing liner in either pic. This is my first amplified finish (I usually go for matte) so it was a little different for me. I did have to layer to get the full color on but that can be a good thing, it also does stain. I won't be wearing this one to work so I probably can't really test the staying power, but I had it on for 3 hours and it looked good the whole time. It was gone after eating a fairly greasy appetizer. I can see this going with a winged liner look or a neutral eye for a bold everyday look. I did a daytime soft smokey eye, product list below.

• Korres Pomegranate Primer
• Covergirl Ready Set Gorgeous Foundation in tawny mixed w/ Lancome Teint Miracle in 500W
• Mac prolongwear concealer in nc45 - directly below eye
• NARS Radiant creamy concealer in amande - to highlight
• Mac color correction palette in dark - under eye, upper lip
• MAC Mineralized skin finish in dark & deep dark
• Becca highlighter in opal
• ABH dipbrow in chocolate
• MAC shadows in fig 1 (all over lid) texture+ brown script (crease), arena (brow)
• Urban decay sidecar (inner lid, tear duct)
• Mac fluid line in blacktrack
• kat von d mascara (idk name sorry)
• Mac viva glam miley 1 lipstick
• nyx gloss in smokey look (first pic )

Project Pan 2015! Intro Post

Project Pan Items 12/11/14

I already posted a...post about why I'm doing this project pan, you can read it here. Here is my first project pan that officially starts today! I was going to start it on January 1, but today happens to be 6 months until my birthday so I think thats even more fitting.

I decided not to go on a no buy, but I am on a low buy. I have an upcoming post about my ideal makeup collection and basically I have some categories that I only have a few items in so its ok for me to buy more. A low buy for me means that I will restrict my shopping, aiming for l new purchase each month with the goal to save up for a birthday haul in May.

I guess I can just go into my rules:

1. Use all PP items 5x a week. I usually wear makeup to work and on one weekend day so 6x total. On the 6th day I can use whatever products I want. Most of my other makeup is packed away at this point so I can focus on my products.

2. Reapply Lip items 4x a day. I am super nervous about my lipstick and lipgloss in this challenge, but this way I can wear another color during the day and apply the lipstick after work or when I'm just lounging at home.

3. One Eyeshadow at a time. I have 6 eyeshadows in this thing so I am going to only focus on using up one at a time so I don't get too frustrated.

4. Pan means pan. I will be happy to hit pan on my items and if I finish them that would be like a bonus.

5. The amount I hit pan on is the amount I can buy over the period, including my birthday haul. So if I buy 5 things before my birthday and I only finish 5 items, then no birthday haul for me :(

6. I will be on this journey for 6 months, ending on my 24th birthday. Updating once a month.


And Here are my items:

1. urban decay naked palette sidecar

2. urban decay naked palette buck 

3. urban decay naked palette half-baked 

4. urban decay naked palette smog 

5. urban decay naked palette toasted 

6. urban decay smoked palette rockstar 

7. mac lipstick in rebel 

8. nyx butter gloss in raspberry tart

9. urban decay 24/7 pencil liner perversion 

10. mac blush fleur power

11. loreal mascara miss magna mascara

12. nars sheer glow foundation in macao 

13. mac msf natural in deep dark

1-6. I'm tackling about half of the naked palette! As you can see nick and smog already have pan showing so the goal is to nearly use those up. Half baked has a crater so I should be able to hit pan on that quite easily. Sidecar and Toasted are another story they both have small dips form me making efforts to use them all fall but theres not much progress. I'll be focusing on Toasted to hopeful get close to pan by next update! As far the the purple shade, I will be using that mostly as a lower lash line pop of color. 

7. mac lipstick in rebel This is one of the first lipstick I fell in love with. I remember getting it back in 2012 after I crossed because all of my line sisters had it. But it is getting old and I need to get some solid use out of it before it goes bad. Hopefully I can keep up with reapplying it because I have a decent chunk of product to run through here. I measured it up against a game of thrones coaster I keep on my vanity (I marked after the photo). I pray to the old gods and new I can finish this thing soon. 

8. nyx butter gloss in raspberry tart I got this gloss on a whim when I was in nyx butter everything heaven and they were 50% off at ultra this summer. I'm really more into matte lips if I'm wearing a vibrant color. I'm really only into nude or light pink/peach glosses so I really don't need this one. I have only used up one lipgloss back in college when I owned a total of two so I'm super nervous on this one as well. its 99.9912% full. 

9. urban decay 24/7 pencil liner perversion I got this one in my smoked palette which I've had since 2012 so its time for this one to go as well. I love the look of liquid liner so I plan to put this down first and then sharpen my line with the liquid. Same Coaster different line :)

10. mac blush fluer power I have had this blush 2011! It was the first blush I owned but I guess I event shown it enough love to hit pan on it. I can see that some of the pan is showing on the sides of the product so I suspect I have been wearing it down evenly. We shall see!

11. loreal mascara miss magna mascara This is the newest product of the bunch. I got it in September 2014 and it's a really good mascara. I needed something easy in the challenge right!

12. nars sheer glow foundation in macao This was my first high end foundation and I love it to pieces. It's a light yellow toned color that only matches me in the dead of winter but its beautiful when it does. I definitely recommend it if you have a color match. The coverage isn't sheer at all, and I may  mix it with a bb cream if it feel its too much coverage. Middle school kids will ask their teacher why she's wearing so much makeup -__- I may need a beauty spatlula to really empty this out.

13. mac msf natural in deep dark This is my second MSF in this color, the first one turned before I finished it so I'm excited to use this one up. Right now I'm using it as a bronzer and the entire dome of the product is worn down so I think I can do it. I think I can...I think I can. 

OK thats it! Feel free to follow with Google +, or bloglovin to keep up with my progress!

If you have a project pan going on let me know so I can follow :)

-Jess

 

Whats in my Z-Palette?!

Last Wednesday, after school and my grad night class, I went to Sephora to return my ambient lighting palette. I got 48$ back since I bought it in the VIB sale. I also had my $20 dollar off $50 coupon so you know I had to get something. I wanted to maybe get a Becca highlighter, but I really didn’t feel like driving all the way to the location near me that carries that line. I also didn't feel like spending my whole refund on one item! Those highlighters are HELLA expensive, especially if you factor in cost per wear, which I always do. If I pay $50 dollars for a foundation, I’m ok with that because I can use it every time I wear makeup, however I’m a middle school teacher so my everyday makeup routine does not usually call for highlighter. (Definitely not a 40+ dollar one). I just can't justify it. 

But that was a tangent!

I ended up using my coupon on a First Aid Beauty Skin Rescue Deep Cleanser, a Small Sephora Z Palette, and a (gotcha item from the travel section) the Kat Von D Lip Love Set.

I took all my new goodies home and re-did my Z palette! I have my Original Naked Palette in here, my UD Smoked palette that I de-potted that night, 4 MAC shades and my contour color that cracked horribly when I de-potted it. She's a beaut aint she!

what's in my z palette

I love it! It gives me so much variety and I can see everything I have at once. And now that I also have the smaller Z palette it gives me more options to mix and match for my travel makeup bag.

Hope you enjoyed!

Love, 

Jess 

Weekly Makeup Basket #1 WOC edition

I'm starting a project pan for 2015! I have a whole post on why I made the decision coming up tomorrow. But my first step is starting up doing weekly makeup baskets! The purpose of this is to challenge myself to focus on particular products and find awesome go-to looks that will come in handy when my panning challenge actually gets started.

I also noticed that every morning my tiny vanity table ends up a mess! It’s because I have too much crammed on to it. So in deciding what I will be using for a week or two I can pack my other products away and cut down on clutter.

So here are the shadows I'll be working with.

And the eye bases, the third one is MAC Indianwood

 Finally, my foundations.

NC45

Since this is my first time doing this I wanted to just focus on eyes and face  products. I didn't do a full face for a few reasons: 1. I don't own multiples of everything (ex. I own 1 face primer) 2. I still need to figure out what blushes and lippies look best with the eyeshadow  3. Since I'm new at this I didn't want to make it impossibly restricted. 

All the best, 

Jess

FOYesterday & First full day of teaching

Face

Black Radiance BB Cream in Cafe

MAC Prolongwear Concealer in NC45

MAC MSF Natural in Dark and Deep Dark 

Nars Blush in Seduction 

Urban Decay All-Nighter

Eyes (The light totally washed it out)

Milani Brow Kit in Dark 

Too Faced Shadow insurance

Be a Bombshell cream eyeshadow (the one that came in the ipsy bag)

Naked Palette Buck & Sidecar 

MAC swiss Chocolate 

ItsJudytime palette bronze shade 

MAC Blacktrack  gel liner 

L'oreal Miss Magna Mascara 

Lips

Bite Beauty Cashmere Lip Cream in Sancerre (as a long wearing base)

Revlon Matte Balm in Standout

I'm actually liking the Black Radiance BB cream. It barely gives any coverage at all, and its a little darker than my skin so I thought it would be a no-go. But once I put on the concealer (Kim K style) and powered it looked like a pretty medium coverage. I reapplied the red lips once during my planning period and they he'd up like champs. I did notice that some of the product built up where my lips meet and I had to scrape the gunk off so that wasn't pretty. I am thinking about trying to pan a red lipstick so the Matte balm was my first stab at seeing whether or not I could stand doing it. I'm really not sure yet, especially with teaching I can't have lipstick everywhere and I can't reapply or check it often like I feel the need to. 

On another note, I solo-taught all day long all by myself! Im so proud of that :). I was a little nervous knowing that my teaching coach wasn't there but I have to say I rocked it. It wasn't perfect, but I've already realized that it will never be perfect so I'm happy. 

Another accomplishment: I bought 0 things for black friday/cyber monday! I am participating in boycotting the sales in solidarity with Ferguson. All weekend I only bought some yoni eggs from Organic Blood, which is a black owned business and some kanekalon braiding hair. 

Hope you had a great start to your week as well. 

K love you bye,

Jess 

WOC Lipstick review: MAC Cremesheen dare you

Hey loves, 

Today's Review : Mac 'Dare You' Cremesheen Lipstick 

I'm starting to go through my makeup stash, swatching and reviewing my products.  

A little about me & my reviewing style: I am a college aged, African-American female. I have both golden and red tones to my skin depending on the time of year (redder in the summer, more gold in the winter). I use Smashbox HD foundation in Dark.  For reference, my closest MAC shade is NC50, it is my concealer color. I live on a college (tiny) budget and I will rate my products on affordability and if I feel the product is worth the money. 

Retail Price: $14.50

Product description: (Cremesheen) Creme-based lipstick that imparts bright full color, with a soft and supple shine. (Color) Deep brown red. 

 MY REVIEW

Color: (5/5) This “deep brown red” lippie my first (and only) MAC lipstick. I went to the Georgetown store looking for a red that wasn’t too out there, and found this. Dare You stood out to me because of its deeply pigmented, sophisticated color and the gold/orange undertone. I love warmer shades and I really love the color of this because I can rock a red-red lip with it or a subtler red-bronze/gold look. I get complemented when I wear it, so that also helps me build the courage to rock it more often.

See the subtle gold shimmer?

Texture: (5/5) Dare You is a smooth and satiny cremesheen. The texture feels light although the color is bold. It feels soft and moisturizing, but I like to use a gloss to keep moisture in. With this lippie, you lips cant be more than only slightly chapped because it will call you out! (ol)  But that has more to do with the red color than the texture. The soft shimmer camouflages minor    imperfections.

BEAUTYLIT GRADE: A!
 I love this lippie, and I recommend it as a safe bet for a red lip. The color is rich rather than being loud so it easy to rock. And the quality and feel of the product shows that its worth the price, you get what you paid for wit this one.  I’m sure I’ll love it even more when I start my teaching career; it’s my power color!