let's talk mascara

I wear makeup almost every day. I always fill in my eyebrows, and I always wear mascara. I usually use Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara that I received with their holiday palette last Christmas. I was recently invited to try Younique makeup's Moodstruck 3-D Fiber Lash Mascara and I have a love-hate relationship with it.

I love that it's all natural, and chemical & cruelty free. It's super simple to use. Coat your lashes in a thin coat of your regular mascara, put the Younique mascara over the top of that, then the fibers, then the Younique mascara again to bind it all. It definitely makes a statement... but it's not something I like to wear every day. THIS STUFF IS A PAIN TO GET OFF. I usually take all my makeup off before I shower, but when I wear this, I use a makeup wipe to take off what I can, shower, and then go back with another makeup wipe to get the rest after I get out of the shower. 

Overall, I love the look that this mascara provides. It's easy to do when I don't have the patience to do my eyeliner in the morning. But definitely invest in some oil based makeup remover to get this stuff off your eyes.

Get more info on Younique makeup here.

FTC: I was given this product free of charge in exchange for reviewing on my blog & some links are affiliate

my lipstick collection

Revlon Lip Butter in Raspberry Pie; Revlon Lip Butter in Peach Parfait; Covergirl Lip Perfection in Spellbound; Kate Moss for Rimmel in 101

Party Parrot by MAC, Maybelline Color Sensational Vivids in Fuchsia Flash; Covergirl Lip Perfection in Rapture; Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Siren

Covergirl Lip Perfection in Tempt; Mary Kay MK Signature in Crimson Pourpre

Lately, I've been rocking my oranges and corals and bright pinks but as it starts to cool down more, I'll eventually make my way back to my berries and reds.

What's your favourite lipstick?

nails, nails, nails

covergirl mint mojito ; hard candy crush on gold ; sinful colors ruby ruby & nicole by OPI kardashing through the snow

essie merino cool & covergirl mint mojito ; sinful colors punk rock purple & essie golden nuggets ; essie under where?

essie under where? & sinful colors snow me white ; gorgeous gerbera by drew barrymore & covergirl my papaya ; inp nail lacquer in brown velvet & maybelline fresh lilac cream

illamasqua cameo ; covergirl mint mojito & revlon sequin ; revlon fuchsia fever

i painted my nails last night (the purple with white polka dots!) and thought it would be fun to see what my nails have looked like so far this year. this is the first year i've really been into nail polish since i was little. i never used to be because working at adrian's, we couldn't paint our nails and i was too impatient to wait for them to dry. i don't know what's changed recently, but i love nail polish.

what are some of your go-to nail polishes lately?

fotd: galaxy eyes

for this look, i used my cinderella palette. i wanted to do something with the brighter colours in the palette and i love the way this turned out.

colours used: maiden, destined, ball gown, kill joy, royal, & rococo

i might start doing more fotd's if i really like my makeup that day!

Disney Cinderella Collection, Storylook Eyeshadow Palette

Back in September, I purchased this palette from Sephora and have only just recently fallen very much in love with it. It is unfortunately sold out at Sephora, but I'm very happy I snagged this up when I did.

As much as I love these eyeshadows, I hate the packaging. It's a pain pulling the velvet box out of the protective Cinderella cover, and while I understand the ease of being able to pull the eyeshadows from the velvet box, it makes me weary about it because I'm a klutz and tend to drop things a lot. From the name of the product, I was hoping this would open more like a book.

All of the eyeshadows in this palette, however, are wonderful. They blend really nicely, they compliment each other and I find myself using them with all the other eyeshadows in my collection. 

Maiden, All Aglow, Destined, Cinderelly, Pumpkin

Ball Gown, Kill Joy, Fairy Godmother, Glass Slipper, Royal

Gus Gus, Charming, Chateau, Palace, Drizella

Cinders, Jaq, Midnight, A Wish, Rococo

A quick look I've been wearing a lot lately using this palette:

Colours used: Maiden, Palace, Chateau, Kill Joy, Rococo, Ball Gown

I just love my Cinderella palette.

Outfit of the Week coming soon!