Concealer is a girl's best friend

My boyfriend says to me almost every time I'm applying my makeup, "you're so lucky you can hide your flaws with makeup." He is so right!! A little concealer goes a long way! But not only that, you can use products to attract light, hide marks, slim your face, your nose anything really. I have very dark circles and pigmentation issues. I look monstrous without makeup. I used to flat out refuse to go out without makeup. After literally having my son and enduring that pain and then having my family come in and take pictures of me (umm can u say swollen!) and then have them be put up in facebook, I think I can survive going to the corner store in a bare face. This is really big of me but heres me with NO makeup on (yikes)

Omg I cant believe I'm posting this. And here's a look I did today for comparison:

Concealer is the most important thing in my opinion. Go for one a couple of shades lighter than your foundation for under the eyes. Make sure it isnt thick, the creamier the better. You can use a concealer brush (194) or a 224 but I like to use my finger. ** Always moisturize before!** And I usually put concealer on after I do my eyes and before my foundation to clean up the area. As for concealing spots or pimples I just use a shade closest to my foundation color and I apply it after the foundation then set it all with loose powder. You can use translucent our colored depending on the affect you want. I prefer colored because the translucent one make me look ashy in pictures.
And I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder and real beauty is within but I believe when you feel beautiful you seem happier. You feel confident. You feel like you can take on the world. I'm not talking about vanity. I'm talking about securities and overall happiness. At the end of the day to each their own, this is just my opinion. Heres what I have on:

Face: MUFE HD foundation # 153
         Nars Loose powder in Desert
         Laura Mercier concealer #4
         Mac select cover up for under eyes in NC35
         Mac Harmony for contouring
         R&R Lust blush
         Physician Formula shimmer strip for highlight

Eyes: UDPP in Eden
         NYX jumbo pencil in Black Bean as a base blended up
         UD Adore e/s on lid and lower lash line
         UD Twice Baked on crease
         Mac texture for blending brow bone
         Stila Kitten for highlight
         E.L.F liquid liner
         UD Perversion for waterline
         Mac Cork for brows

Lips:  NYX Mauve lip liner
         Nars Damage l/s
         MUFE labshine Star Collection l/g in S22

 This is definetly a look I recommend you use lashes with. When you have dark bright colors on, your lashes seem to disappear so I highly recommend lashes. I have none on (not a fan of falsies at work) but Ardell has some nice cheapy ones. My fav are wispies.

                                                                                     Thanks for stopping by :)

Attack of the Bridezillas!

On Friday I accompanied my sister to the Bridal Expo at the Marriot in Times Square. My reaction to the whole thing? Whoa! There must have been at least 100 brides in that ballroom. My sister is getting married later this year so she wanted to see what this place had up for grabs. In my opinion not enough! The cakes were kinda blah and the resort packages were kinda dull. And no freebies! Ok I got a small tube of h2o body butter so thats something. What I didnt see too much of was makeup! So I was inspired to do a bridal look today using my UD Alice palette. Key for a bridal look? less is more. Accentuate rather than hide. Too much color is going to look like a mess and remember the bride is going to need touch ups the entire time so if u pack on too much color, you'll have to be cleaning that up through out the day. I also recommend using highlighting powder or cream on the forehead and bridge of the nose to capture the light. Youre going for radiant not greasy so dont overdo it.

Face: MUFE HD foundation # 153
         Nars Loose powder in Desert
         Laura Mercier concealer #4
         Mac select cover up for under eyes in NC35
         Mac Emote for contouring
         Illamasqua Chased blush
         Physician Formula shimmer strip for highlight

Eyes: UDPP in Eden
         UD Muchness on lid
         UD Mushroom in crease
         Mac Carbon outer V
         R&R Skintight for highlight
         Mac Texture to blend
         UD Perversion 24/7 liner
         Estee Lauder Sumptious Extreme mascara (the best!)

Lips: nada

My sister really wants me to do her makeup for her wedding but I havent decided if Im going to just yet. I dont feel confident enough and I dont want to ruin it for her. Ugh imagine! Looking like a clown on the most important day of your life?! Oh the pressure. Here's a pic of my VIB (very important bride) and myself at some burger joint in times square

ps- Liza is not a fan of ale. And just cus they toss raspberry in the word doesnt mean thats what youre getting ugh!

Thats Jen a friend of ours. Oh and my sister is obsessed with photobooth pictures. She really wants one at her wedding. Im thinking of getting her one I mean cmon these are pretty cool! I might just get one for the heck of it and put in in my livingroom :p

My Muse

I love lazy Sundays. But with barely getting out of bed there is no putting on makeup. So theres no FOTD today, instead Im gonna resurrect a couple of looks I did for my sister. Let me start with saying she is the easiest person to apply makeup on! She has gorgeous skin, huge almond shaped eyes and she never tears when I apply liner, never! So heres my beautiful baby sister:

This is the oldest. I did this look for her May 2009. I pretty much used mac Idol eyes, Nars Surbaya and Kilimanjaro and Bohemian Gold all from the eyeshadow palette, and Mac Angel on the lips.

I dont remember when this was taken. I was going for a bronzy/golden look. I used the same Nars eyeshadow palette and red cherry lashes. ps- Im not good at applying lashes :/

For this look I used Nars rated r. I love lime green. I think these were red cherry also.

For this look I used UD Underland from the Alice palette. It is one of the most gorgeous shades of purple. In fact I use that palette a lot considering it has so many bold colors

Unfortunetly its sold out. Unless you dont mind paying double to those vultures on ebay, youre better off finding dupes. My favorites would have to be Underland (purple), Alice (blue), Queen (burgandy) and Vorpal (silver). Its not realy an everyday palette but it really is awesome. What makes it more awesome is that Im a huge Alice in Wonderland fan so makeup meets Alice is pretty much surreal for me :)
I swatched it for you guys:

so from left to right: underland, alice, oraculum, queen, chessur, white rabbit, wonderland, curioser, muchness, mushroom, midnight tea party, vorpal, absolem, drink me, eat, mad hatter, jabberwocky. Again, awesome palette but Im pretty sure most of the shades are permanent or at least dupeable. But if youre looking for bold Urban Decay is the way to go.

Welcome beauties!

Oh wow my first blog! I've finally done it. After being harrassed err encouraged to do this Ive finally done it. So I guess the first blog should be about me. First and foremost this a mostly-makeup blog. I am not a makeup artist or I guess one with a certificate anyway. I guess anyone who does makeup can label themself a makeup artist. eh I dont know the politics but I do know I love makeup. Ive loved it since probably the first grade. It was heritage day and I was repping my dominican side with pride. My mom made me up with black eyeliner and red lipstick and I felt fab. When I find the the pic Ill post it.

Anywho, I do want to put up a pic of a look I did today. I work in the medical field hence the scrub top. The purple ribbon is in honor of my father who passed away last year from pancreatic cancer. I dont really want to go there just yet. Too heavy for the first post but here it is:

What I used:
Face- MUFE HD Foundation
          Nars loose powder
          Mac Harmony blush (contour)
          Mac Pink Swoon blush
          Physician Formula Shimmer strip to highlight

Eyes- UDPP in Eden
          Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow in Purple Snap
          UD e/s in Flash (from the Alice palette which I adore!)
          Mac Feline kohl smudged on upper and lower lines
          Mac Carbon in the outer v
          Coastal Scents 88 palette purple shade in crease
          Mac Texture for blending
          Rock & Republic e/s in skintight for highlight
          Mac Cork for brows

Lips- NYX lipliner in Bloom
         Mac Viva Gaga ls
         Hello Kitty for Sephora lip gloss in Cherry

so its not one of the best looks Ive done especially since its before work and time is in a issue but its ok but let me know what you think :) nitey nite