Current Obsessions - Dark Lips - Part One

If you are anything like me, you know the importance of a good base. I find if I want my dark lips to last all day, I need to use some kind of lip liner. I have three dark liners, so that makes my choices pretty easy. Do I want black, dark red-berry or dark brown-red. Easy! I really enjoy the NYX liners, but I do prefer the normal pencil liners to the retractable ones. I think they work better and break less often for me.

 From top to bottom: NYX Lip Liner Pencil in 851 Black Berry, NYX Lip Liner Pencil in 830 Currant, 
NYX Retractable Lip Liner in mlp16 Plum

  From left to right: NYX Retractable Lip Liner in mlp16 Plum, NYX Lip Liner Pencil in 830 Currant,

 NYX Lip Liner Pencil in 851 Black Berry

NYX Retractable Lip Liner in mlp16 Plum

NYX Lip Liner Pencil in 830 Currant

NYX Lip Liner Pencil in 851 Black Berry

Stay tuned for part two in which I show you some nice dark lipsticks.




Everyday is an adventure.

One Minute Reviews - Chloe Chloé Eau de Parfum

I am a fan of quick reviews. If you do not want to waste your time reading the rest of this short review you can stop right here: I hated this.

Notes : Pink peony, freesia, lychee, magnolia flower, lily of the valley, rose, cedarwood, amber and honey

• At first it smelled like gross overpowering chemicals, similar to bleach or a chlorine type smell. Up close, its chemicals and a little powdery.
• 20 minutes later is less strong, still doesn't really smell like much other than sweet, powdery, gross and maybe a little green.
• One hour later, I was still not impressed. I honestly could not smell ANY of the notes they say make up this scent.  This seems to be a total dud for me, at least with my skin chemistry.
• Three hours later and I feel I can safety say that is is not a scent for me. Most of the scent had dissipated and all that was left if an unpleasant soapy smell on my skin.

I give this a -30 out of 10.

I will definitely never sniff this again!

Everyday is an adventure.

Technopagan FOTD - 12/30/14

I decided to test out my most exciting Christmas present to wear, OCC Technopagan! It is just as beautiful in person as everyone's swatches had led me to believe. I love it! I could wear it everyday and be the happiest girl in the world. You know the color is good when the lovely girl who was checking me out at Trader Joe's was gushing over it and before I left told me to keep rocking that lip!

For my face I have been doing my current usual routine. I am really loving the look of the Revlon foundation I have been using. It seems, to me at least, to match my skin tone. It doesn't broadcast any dry spots on my face. Best of all? It doesn't settle into any of my fine lines. It looks better on me than MUFE HD foundation and is a better everyday foundation that Illamasqua Skin Base because of the price point. I will be repurchasing when I go though the two bottles I have now. My only complaint? It doesn't have a pump. :(

How can you not just be filled with joy when you see such a wonderful lip color!?

Face
Korres Pomegranate Mattifying Primer
Revlon Colorstay Foundation - Normal/Dry Skin 110 Ivory + 150 Buff
ELF High Definition Powder
Illamasqua Powder Blusher Hussy
Benefit Watt's Up!
theBalm Mary-Lou Manizer

Eyes
Milani Eyeshadow Primer
Kat Von D Ludwig Palette in Downtown, Tequila
Wet n Wild Color Icon in Brulee
ELF Eyebrow Kit in Dark
Maybelline The Falsies Volum' Express Flared

Lips
NYX Lipliner Pencil in 830 Currant
OCC Lip Tar/Metallic in Technopagan

What do you think? Do you have Technopagan? Will you be purchasing it?

Do you just love it or is it not your cup of tea? 

Everyday is an adventure.

December 2014 Most Used + Loves

What have I been using and loving this month? Let's find out!

Eylure x Katy Perry Lashes - Sweetie Pie
I really liked the natural look of these. I used them for Christmas Eve dinner. I initially planned to use the Ardell demi wispies everyone raves about, but they were just too dramatic for the occasion (and the fact that I have never wore lashes before). What I liked best about these lashes is that I can do a thick liner and just pop these on and instantly look like I have natural lashes again. Is it just me, or do you find there's nothing you can do to make your lashes visible with a super thick liner. No amount of mascara seems to help me!

Makeup Geek Pigment - New Year's Eve
Just pat this baby on over whatever kind of glitter glue you like, and POW! instant party look. Simple and sparkly!

Illamasqua Powder Blusher - Hussy
I got this for Christmas last year after I had been dreaming of owning it for what feels like forever. I can tell you, it did not disappoint. I love it! Its nice and pigmented, and I think it looks good on me.

NYX Soft Matte Lip Creams in Amsterdam and Cannes
I have recently fallen in love with the formulas of the NYX Soft Matte Lip Creams. They are easy to apply, and layer, and eventually become mostly matte without totally drying out your lips. Lovely!

China Glaze Hey Sailor with Essie Matte About You Topcoat
My favorite, matte red everything!

Manic Panic - Hot Hot Pink, Purple Haze, Electric Lizard
My current hair color combination. Let me tell you I am seriously feelin' it. I think I could be rocking this look for quite a while. <3






Everyday is an adventure.

One Minute Reviews - BPAL Autumn Cider

Can I just say this is in my top 10 favorite scents? I love fall scents most of all, and I love having a bunch of decants from the lovely people on the BPAL forums to test them all out. Today I bring you: One Minute Review of Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab's Autumn Cider!

Notes : Fermented apple juice, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, clove, lemon zest, butterscotch liquor, and orange slices.


At first it smells like a craft store around autumn, you know that really specific "cinnamon" smell that permeates the air? And it certainly smells like that when you sniff your wrist where you applied it. BUT! when it is just wafting around you in a cloud of delicious autumnal amazingness, you can catch a whiff of a beautiful fruitiness that isn't there when you are up close and personal with the scent.

I give this a 10 out of 10.

I will definitely be seriously considering purchasing a full size of this come Halloween time.

Everyday is an adventure.

Quick FOTD - 12/16/14

I am finally no long sick. I came down with the flu and have just be feeling utterly horrible for almost three weeks. To celebrate feeling better I decided to toss on some bright pink lippy and enjoy it! All I did was apply some mascara and lip color, and I already feel a million times better. :)

What I used:

Maybelline The Mega Plush Volum' Express

Maybelline The Falsies Volum' Express Flared

NYX Lipliner Pencil - 859 Edge Pink

NYX Xtreme Lip Cream - XLC01 Dolly Girl

Have you been staying healthy this winter? What do you think of the NYX lip creams?

I am a big fan of the Soft Matte Lip Creams.

Everyday is an adventure.

What's in your bag: Lip edition

I don't know about you, but I have this nasty little habit of carrying around everything I never needed in my bag. I must have cleaned out my bag in the past few weeks because searching through, I only found a few lip products. Here's what I found:

EOS lip balm in Sweet Mint (pretty much totally used up)

Burt's Bees beeswax lip balm in a tin (also pretty much done)

Luxe Lip Smacker lipgloss in Vanilla Bean Sorbet (for nostalgia reasons)

Revlon lipstick in 663 Va Va Violet

Wet N Wild Lipstick in 919B Vamp It Up

E.L.F. Matte Lip Color in Rich Red

Do you carry a bunch of stuff you don't need in your purse or

are you good about only carrying what you actually need?

What's your favorite lip balm right now?

Everyday is an adventure.