What's in my bag: January 2015

I've been in love with my new purse lately, 

so I figured I'd show you a little 

sneak peak as to what I typically carry in this beautiful bad boy.

First off, this is my new baby...

It's the Merona Satchel in green with a cross body strap 

and tortoise & gold hardware.

Love. Love. Love freaking love.

This color has been discontinued,

 but Target now offers it in a ton of colors.

I'm tempted to buy the hot pink mini version.

Without further blabbing..

Keys with a ridiculous amount of keychains 

& vineyard vines lanyard

Phone charger

Kate Spade Agenda, monogrammed of course

"Sorry I'm Not Sorry" ID holder

Kate Spade card holder 

Fake RayBans from Cotton on

Halloween hand sanitizer from B&BW

Fake Rayban flashbans from Burlington

Simply Southern mason jar coozie

Kate Spade Patent Leather wallet

No7 mineral setting spray

Grossly old Victoria's secret lipgloss

Mad about you body spray from B&BW

Scrunchies & a claw clip

EOS lipbalm stick

NYX HD concealer

Pacifica Tuscan Blood Orange lotion

and towards the bottom of my bag

 is normally an obscene amount

 of pens I've stolen after I close my tab, 

mechanical pencils,

spare change, 

and receipts from things I shouldn't have spent money on.

What's in your junk holder?

Xo, 

k.

Everyday Summer Eyes

My Easy Everyday Summer Eyes

I'm the first one to say it, I hate getting ready in the summer. I want to be done quick, and not look cakey...especially on my eyes. This look is simple and quick, and looks really gorgeous on any skin tone!

( The picture stinks, I know, it was taken on my Iphone!)

Shadow Steps:

1. Use a little bit of primer or concealer to help prepare your lid for the shadow, as well as evening out your skin tone, and helping the shadows stay on all day.

( Physicians Formula RX  concealer in light)

2. Apply a matte light beige all over from lash up through the brow bone to leave a clean palette.

(Urban Decay - Foxy)

3. Swipe a shimmery taupe all over the lid. 

( Urban Decay -Suspect)

4. Use a shimmery bronze in the crease, and blend the beige and bronze lightly.

(Urban Decay - Half Baked)

5. To tie it all together, use a white/cream shadow to highlight under the brow, and in the inner corner. 

( Urban Decay - Booty Call)

My eyeliner is flicked out a bit at the end, but doesn't reach my inner corner. This helps keep the eyes looking awake, and prevents smudging. I set my liner with Urban Decays Blackout shadow, and mixed a bit of the Falsies and The Rocket mascaras by Maybelline to finish off the look.

And that's it! All the colors I mentioned come in the Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette. This palette is literally my baby, I use it every single day, and bring it everywhere. It's the perfect combination of matte and shimmer based  neutral shadows.

What makeup do you wear in the summer? 

Any at all?

Let me know!

Until then, 

-K.

MOTD : April 20th, 2013

Makeup of the Day

April 20th, 2013

The products above are my everyday, go-to, products. 
Products shown :
-Rimmel Stay Matte pressed powder in translucent
-NYC Smooth Skin Sunny Bronzer
-Maybelline Great Lash Lots of Lashes Mascara in blackest black
-ELF Studio Blush in Fuchsia Fusion
-ELF Liquid Eyeliner in Black
-Maybelline Define a Line Brow Pencil in medium
-L'Oreal True Match Crayon Concealer in fair

Colors used today from the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette:
(yellow tag): Foxy - matte light beige used all over the lid up to the brow bone
(pink tag): Chopper- Copper/bronze shimmer used on 2/3 of lid
(green tag): Suspect - medium beige shimmer used in socket
(blue tag) YDK - Dark rose gold shimmer used all over lid


What are your everyday go to products? Do you change them up occasionally, or stick to your old faithfuls?I have been so in love with my Urban Decay Naked 2 palette since I received it as a gift for Christmas this year. It works so well, and all of the shadows are so pigmented. It is 500% worth the $50. 

Do you want to see any tutorials using the products shown above?
Let me know!
Until then, 
-K.

Hues of pink.

Hey,

I have a confession. I'm pro nude. Nude nails, nude textiles, nude walls, just not nude old people...yeah, I went there.

I'm also pro-nude lip. Not the disgusting dead girl walking nude lip though.
The creamy baby pink-ish nude that works perfectly on an everyday basis.
On days where I actually decide to make myself look presentable to the human race, I wear MAC's Hue lipstick.

It has literally been in my makeup bag since 9th grade, and I've probably gone though about six tubes. It's been my best friend, my prom lipstick, and my everyday essential.  I think that we're, meaning me and HUE, are fr-enemies though. I love hue, and hue loves me, but my wallet hates hue. Every time I have to shell out $15 dollars for it, my wallet slaps my hand and yells at me as if I were a toddler. Okay, maybe I'm being over dramatic, but you get the point.

I found a drugstore dupe for HUE, which was possibly the most exciting moment of my life. (As you can see, I'm not that hard to please.)  The dupe comes in the form of one of the new Maybelline Baby Lips lip balms. I know, HUE is opaque, so how can a lip balm be a dupe. Trust me, it is. The shade is Pink Wink and it's number 80. I'm pretty sure it's a limited edition shade, but I've seen it in drugstores as well as on amazon and ebay.

Let me show you how much of a NOT difference there is between these two colors.
And please excuse my extremely tiny lips. I know, botox.

Which is which?

Do you actually notice a difference?

Yes, these are 2 different pictures.

                            Here's the deal...
 


The one on the right is MAC's Hue, and the one on the left is Maybelline's Pink Wink #80. The swatches shown to the right are almost identical! Honestly, Hue is a tiny itty bitty bit more of a peachy nude, while Pink Wink is more of a, well..pink nude. The difference is barely noticeable at all.

The big difference? $10. I'm the first one to recommend HUE, but when you're on a budget and every dollar counts, I'll always look for a cheaper alternative. And Maybelline really hit the nail on the head with this lip balm.

Have you found any dupe's for your favorite products?
Let me know!
Until then,
-K.