Emily-inspired LOTD with NYX Smokey Palette

Hey guys! This past week I was enjoying some late-night Youtube video watching. I was going through the older videos done by Emily Eddington at Beauty Broadcast, who happens to be my favorite Youtube beauty guru.

I was inspired by this look, which she calls Everyday Sexy Eye.

Instead of using the Coastal Scents 88 Warm palette, I used my NYX Smokey Eye palette (swatches in this post). It's been getting more love lately, as I did feature it in my July favorites. I'm trying to find more ways to use it (and get over the fact that the shadows aren't as great as I would like...).

These pictures were taken in direct sunlight with my iPhone 4.

I really do like the way it turned out with my glasses, but of course it looks great with or without glasses.

Products Used:

Revlon Colorstay in 200 Nude

NYX Concealer in a Jar in Fair

Palladio Rice Powder in Natural

NYX Eyebrow Cake Powder in Brown/Dark Brown

Laura Mercier Eye Basics in Linen

NYX Smokey Eyes Palette - 3rd shade bottom row on the lid, 5th shade top row in the crease, 5th shade bottom row as highlight, first two shades bottom row along the bottom lashline and to set the liquid liner

ELF Liquid Liner in Black

Covergirl Lashblast mascara

Ulta Bronzer (warm up the face)

ELF Radiance Blusher in Bronzed (contour)

Clinique Beyond Blusher in Peaches

Ulta eyeshadow in Pink (as face highlight)

Lancôme Colour Design lipstick in B-List

Ulta lipgloss in Goddess

I hope you guys enjoyed this little look! I think it turned out to be really pretty. 

If you haven't checked out Beauty Broadcast, I definitely recommend it! Emily is my absolute favorite!

ALSO, do you guys have any suggestions for birthday makeup? My birthday is on Friday (the 10th) and I have no clue what to do for my makeup. I'm going out to dinner with my parents and my best friend as a little low-key thing because I am busy packing up for college (leaving very soon!). There will be more festivities once I get to school. 

Thank you for reading, following, commenting, and supporting! Let me know what you think!

Dior-inspired look (avec lunettes!)

Hey guys!

I wish I was rich enough to truly call myself a Dior girl. I have several Dior products and I adore them all. Everything Dior just reeks of glamour and luxury, more so than any other brand, in my opinion. When I wear Dior, I feel just like my super glamourous Parisian grandmother, who is just so classy and beautiful.

Here's a picture of us at Tiffany this past June:

Isn't she gorgeous?? Je l'aime <3

Here was the inspiration for the look:

I wish I was rich enough to afford all the Dior Addict lipsticks!

Products used: (Project Pan items in italics)

• Revlon Colorstay in Nude
• Palladio Rice Powder in Natural
• NYX Concealer in a Jar in Fair
• Ulta Professional Concealer in Fair
• Ulta Bronzer
• ELF Natural Radiance Blusher in Bronzed
• Clinique Beyond Blusher in Peaches
• Shiseido Accentuating Color Stick in Champagne Flush
• Rimmel eyebrow pencil in Black
• ELF Essentials eyelid primer
• Dior Eye Show eyeshadow in Undressed Beige
• Lorac Ooh La Lace palette (the light champagne color all over the lid)
• Lorac Front of the Line Pro (this wasn't dark enough)
• ELF Essentials liquid liner (had to layer this over to make it darker)
• NYX Round Lipstick in Louisiana 
• Some Mentha Lipshine lipgloss

How do you guys like this look? I like it for the first time trying this out. The liner isn't exactly the same as the picture, but it's decent. I also really liked the way this looked with the glasses. This would be a nice, quick cute look for going to classes once school starts in August!

Impromptu post : my go-to look plus some ramblings

Hey guys!

I wasn't really expecting to make this post, but I wanted to share this look with you as it is one of my favorite go-to looks and I got complimented on it today :)

So before I get into pictures, I just wanted to get a little personal and say that my family is going through a lot of stress right now. Blogging has been my escape from this. But I would like to say to keep my family in your thoughts, and if you're spiritual at all, prayers, because I think we'll definitely need it. That means that I'll probably be scheduling posts for the weekend since I won't have time to post. I might add more details to this issue later, depending on how personal I want to get with you.

On a lighter note, I wanted to share this song with you guys. It's my favorite jam right now. I wouldn't share it on a beauty blog if it wasn't absolutely imperative that you listen to it. :) Comment and let me know how you like it!!

Now, on to the look...

I understand that the quality of these photos is not good. I took them with my webcam at 8:30 pm after realizing how good it looked. I think you can get the jist even from pictures taken with PhotoBooth.

This is just basically a classy neutral eye with a bit of black liner and a statement lip. Some contouring and color on the cheeks, but nothing special.

I was in a major rush to get ready to be with family for things, so this is the look I went for! It's classy, gorgeous, and looks great with or without glasses! I would do this look for school when I was in a rush. I like having those go-to eyeshadow trios or quads that will look great with any lipstick color and look great with barely any work.

Products used: (Project Pan products in italics)

• Revlon Colorstay foundation in Nude
• Palladio Rice Powder in Natural
• Clinique City Cover Compact Concealer SPF 15 in City Fair
• Ulta Bronzer
• ELF Natural Radiance Blush in Bronzed
• Clinique Beyond Blusher in Peaches
• NYX Eyebrow Cake Powder in Brown/Dark Brown
• ELF Essentials eyeshadow primer in Sheer
• Stila eyeshadow trio in Champagne Glow
• ELF Liquid Eyeliner
• Clinique Quickliner for Eyes in Dark Chocolate
• Covergirl Lashblast mascara
• NYX Round Lipstick in Femme (my favorite!!!)

Let me know how you like this look! What's your go-to look when you're in a rush or have no inspiration?

Makeup for glasses look using Project 10 Pan items

Hey guys!

This past week, I made a life changing decision. After my yearly check up at the eye doctor (I've been going since I was 10), I went to the contact department and the ladies there were anything but nice. They were rude, not helpful, and I just wanted to get out of there. I didn't order new contacts. I then went to the glasses place to look at getting new glasses. Of course this time of year they always have great sales. I have two new pairs of glasses waiting for me to pick up at this moment :)

While choosing my glasses, I realized that after going two days without contacts, my eyes had never felt better, AND I want to wear glasses a lot more now. I'm starting a new life in college, so why not make these kinds of changes? I like to think I look good in glasses too!

Moreover, I am going to be including a lot more posts on makeup that looks good with glasses. More details later. I just wanted to show a look I made to wear with glasses that included some things in my Project 10 Pan post.

I will be including more informative posts about how to do makeup for glasses in the near future.

Frankly I'm kind of bummed out about how these pictures turned out. I had to use flash for most of them because it's been storming a lot lately with barely any natural light to take good pictures with. And due to that flash, the gorgeous color on my lid is washed out. In person, it's a gorgeous shimmery bright shade. 

So, products used:

Face

• Clinique Acne Solutions Liquid Makeup in Alabaster (review here)
• NYX Concealer in a Jar in Fair
• Palladio Rice Powder in Natural
• Ulta Bronzer
• ELF Natural Radiance Blusher in Bronzed
• Clinique Beyond Blusher Oil-Free Everywhere Color in Peaches

Eyes

• ELF eyeshadow primer in Sheer
• ELF Mineral eyeshadow in Natural
• L'Oréal Soft Effects eyeshadow in Sable
• ELF Studio single eyeshadow in Pebble
• Morbid (Hot Topic brand) eyeliner (forgot to mention this one in my Project 10 Pan post..oops)
• Lorac Multiplex 3D Lashes mascara
• NYX Studio Liquid Liner in Extreme Plum Purple (review here)

Lips

• ELF Essentials Lipstick in Gypsy

Let me know what you guys think of this look! If you want to see more looks for glasses, please let me know below in the comments section! 

I hope you all are doing well. If you have any requests, questions, etc. feel free to contact me! :)

Thank you all for reading, commenting, and supporting! xoxo