Green with Envy: Saint Patrick's Day Look

I really wanted to do a funny St. Patty's day tutorial for you guys, but I have been feeling quite under the weather and you do not want to hear my voice (it's like a grizzly bear going through puberty). So instead, I put together this quick and easy look. It seriously only took me about 10 minutes to do my whole face! I achieved this look using some tinted moisturizer, powder, Milani Sunset Beach blush, elf 32 Palette-Cool, elf Metallic Olive cream liner, mascara, and Femme Couture Lipstick in Couture Pink.

I used shade #1 (emerald green) on the lid, shade #2 (very dark sparkly green) in the outer crease and out 3rd of the lower lashline for definition, #3 (antique-ish gold) to blend out the dark crease shade and in the middle 3rd of the lower lashline, and #4 (cream with gold shimmer) on the browbone and inner corner.

Pick of The Week +Bucket Project Update

Hey darlins!
If you watched my last video and the one below, I mention this product! It is the L.A. Colors Automatic Eyeliner in White. I have been on a search for a good drugstore white liner that was long lasting, and this one definitely is! I randomly came across it at a discount store a couple cities over. It was only $1.50, which I believe is pretty standard for this item (they had an entire display of L.A. Colors, I'd never seen that before!). I absolutely love it, and have been using it SO much the last few weeks.

 

Also here is a quick video update on my Bucket Project along with a bonus last minute Valentines Makeup idea!

Happy Valentines Continued!

Happy Saturday Beautys,

Make-up can really say a lot about your expectations this Valentines.
Here are a couple more Valentines looks for you!

This is my base for both looks. elf All over color stick in Apricot, NYX As If Concealer Stick, Joe Blasco Pro Touch Highlight and elf Essentials Eye Lid Primer.

First we have the Sweet Valentine for your new love, a night in or out with the girls.

I used the CS 88 Shimmers pallet, elf liquid black Liner and Prestige My Biggest Lashes, NYX Haute Jersey Bronzer and Blush, Maybelline Baby Lips and WNW Megalast in Think Pink. For the lip I originally used a sheer elf gloss but it didnt show up in the picture to well.

Second we have the Flirty Valentine for your long time love or your party Valentines!

I used the CS 88 Shimmers, the Crease color from WNW Silent Treatment, Sorme Smudgeproof eyeline and Benefit badGAL lashes. elf Studio blush in Tickeled pink and yet again Maybelline Baby Lips and WNW Megalast in Think Pink.

I hope you have a fantastic and lovely Valentines with your ever you love!

Love, The Artist

Vampy Valentines Day Tutorial!

Hello gorgeous people!
Here's a valentines day makeup tutorial for you lovely ladies! I've seen so many light, pink, day time looks for V-day. I wanted to do something a little different. I think this is a great look for night time dates, it's romantic and sexy :) I hope you enjoy!

Favorite Holiday Nail Polishes!

Hey everyone!
We are so close the holidays! In fact, this week I will be in CA again celebrating Christmas early with my family. I have been having very festive fingernails lately, and I thought I would share with you my favorite Holiday colors!

Christmas:

Broadway Burgundy Frost, WnW Red Red

WnW Sagreena the Teenage Witch, Rimmel Rags to Riches

Hanukkah:

Essie One Day Without Blues (LE),  Love and Beauty Indigo, NYC Starry Silver

New Years:

WnW Diamond in the Rough & 24 Carats, Sally Hansen Extreme Wear Celeb City, Confetti Tazmanian Devil

Click links for sources

Happy Polishing!
The Addict

Holiday Looks

Hey beauties!
I thought maybe you guys would like to see some fun holiday looks! These are just two that I cam up with.

For a holiday/Christmas party:

Using Jesse's Girl Antique Green foiled with elf Lock and Seal on the lid
Then I used a fluffier brush to blend it in the crease. With just a shimmery white as a highlight. Then I used elf liquid liner in Copper. With Maybelline One-by-one mascara and elf blushing rose on my upper cheekbone.

For New Years!

Starry gel liner in silver on the lids, then patted on Revlon diamond dust in 100 Celestial Silver. Then took my WnW matte black from the Blue Had Me at Hello and did a winged outer v and brought it down to the lower lash line. Maybelline master drama liner on the waterline and One-by-one mascara. Lastly a  light dusting on WnW pearlescent pink on my cheeks.

Enjoy!-The Addict

Beautiful Travels

It's always so hard to decide what beauty items to pack when going on a trip. Should you just bring the bare essentials? Or enough to be prepared for anything? I probably over-pack when it comes to beauty related items, but that's because I almost never pre-plan a look, I just look at what I'll be wearing and make it up as I go.
I meant to have this video up before I left for Thanksgiving, but that didn't really work out. So I hope this helps if you are planning to go out of town for the winter holidays!

A few edits: When I got to security (TSA) they informed me that everything was supposed to be in a 1 quart bag not a 1 gallon bag. OOPS! Also, I don't know what I was thinking, but my foundation, tm, night cream, and nail polish was also supposed to be in the bag. Again, my bad.

Elf Holiday Sets #2

So I felt that we were a little harsh on our beloved elf in the last post. So, I went out and got a few more things from the holiday collection.

These are the glitter liners. They come in a set of 5, Plum Passion (more pink than plum), Twinkle Teal, Gunmetal, Black Bandit, and Boldly Bronze.  I haven't used them for a full day yet so I can't really speak to the staying power, but when I lightly rubbed my hand and they did smudge a little. The colors are really pretty, but they weren't the easiest to work with. I feel like they were kind of hard, and definitely not smooth enough to go on the waterline. My number one issue with these though is the packaging, I think have the sharpener in the cap is a neat idea (I am seriously sharpener challenged), but they will not stay on! The caps slide right off. Despite the evil little caps, I am definitely looking forward to using them to add a little pizazz to my lashline around the holidays.

I can't wait to redo my manicure to wear these polishes! The colors

are Golden Goddess, Royal Purple, Blush, Cranberry, and Metal Madness according to the website (although my Blush had a sticker saying Mod Mauve on it). I have to say, Metal Madness was love at first swatch :) And Golden Goddess is a great chunky Gold glitter. 

Lastly I picked up the pack of 3 hypershine lip glosses. I have a bunch of these glosses, and I like all of them. They have a great consistency, not to sticky or think but give a great shine (hence, the name hypershine gloss)  These colors were no different. They are Pink, Berry Cherry, and Cherry Tart. And holy moly Cherry Tart is a lot more pigmented than I thought it would be. 
Side Note: I think it's really odd that on the website it says what colors are in these packages, but a couple of the product stickers have different names. 
XOXO-The Addict

Elf Holiday Sets

What's new in elf this Holiday season...Nothing really. Kinda disappointed in the winter sets. I have seen it and already own it, or not interested. 

The Artist- I did however pick up this lovely liquid liner trio for $3.00 (I mostly just wanted the silver one), or so I thought... The Black does not go on opaque and I had to go over it twice and the silver drys looking flaky and kinda gross. Didn't bother trying the gold. Big time skip!

The Addict- The luminizer is nice but has a little too much sparkle for my taste, and it came with a very small (so far useless) kabuki brush. Alone the luminizer retails on their website for $1, so you are really paying $2 for the tiny brush. Let me know if you have found a use for this.

The plumping glosses are packaged differently than than they usually are. The regular plumping glosses are dual ended with one side that is supposed to have color and a mild plump and the other side being a sheer shimmer with more plump. The problem is that they do not plump at all, and are just overpoweringly mint scented. The two darker shades smelled like I had just smeared Vicks vapo rub on my face. Very unpleasant. The lightest shade wasn't quite as scented, and did have just the teeniest bit of tingle, but still no visible plumping action.

 

 

Overall Ruling?  We love you elf but you have disappointed. Better luck in your spring collection, please come out with new colors and collections we don't already have. The elf facebook page released a few Sneak Peeks of what else to expect this season, which looks like some of the same products with different packaging. The clutch will now come in gold, and they have a few tools covered in pink rhinestones.

If you haven't purchased the elf eye shadow palettes before, they are a must have, and it appears that they released a larger 140 palette for the season. But the 32 palettes, and beauty book palettes are the same, just with glittery packaging.

Sincerely Sad - The Artist and The Addict

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month we decided to put together a collection of our favorite beauty items, all pink of course.

The Artist's Picks

eos Shave Creme-Pomagrante Raspberry, Amped Up Teasing Brush, Fantasy by Britney Spears, OPI Designer Series-Extravagance, Liplicious Lip Gloss in Watermelon Sorbet and Pink Chiffon, Mac Shadow in Da Bling and last but certainly not least elf Shadow Quad in Glam.

The Addict's Picks

NYC Nail Polish in Fuchsia Shock, and L.A. Colors polish #583 ( a gorgeous magenta glitter), Prestige My Biggest Lashes Mascara, PINK body spray in Warm & Cozy, Hard Candy blush in Living Doll and Glow All The Way highlight, and Wet N' Wild lipstick in 511B ( a super fun bubble gum pink!). 


Each year it is estimated that nearly 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and more than 40,000 will die. Approximately 1,700 men will also be diagnosed with breast cancer and 450 will die each year. So get involved and donate today to National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.


XOXO - The Artist and The Addict