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Sunday, March 28, 2010

Colored Eyeliner (And a trick to make any color you want)

Hey everyone!
I've been wanting to talk a little bit about colored liners and different ways to wear them.
Some of my favorite colors to wear are purple, turquoise, and navy. It can be pencil, gel or liquid. Liquid is going to look a lot more bold than liner and gel.
Urban Decay makes great liquid liners in many different color's. Click here for some.

This is just a simple way to wear it- top and bottom, with a wing. I do not have any eyeshadow on with this. If you do wear shadow, I recommend keeping it neutral, like a highlight all over the lid, with this bright liner. This eyeliner is Jordana EasyLiner in Purple Fusion.


This is a Light blue, turquoise color. It is Milani's Color Brilliance in Aqua. I talk about this liner a lot. I love it because it is a bight color, and it a little shimmery. Here I wore a very light brown highlight eyeshadow on the inner corners and lower lashline with just a light brown liner on the bottom.


This is another way to wear it- on the bottom. It's the same turquoise, but on the lower lashline, with black liquid winged liner and no shadow. I did not put any mascara on the bottom to make the color stand out more.


Here is a navy liquid liner by Hard Candy. Its called Walk the Line in flip side. Wore it with a shimmery white and hot pink shadow and a navy pencil liner on the bottom.  


This one is a little bit harder to see because it was taken with my phone. But you can make any color liner you want using a white eyeliner and going over it with an eyeshadow. Here I used Nyx's Double Sided Liner in White on my water line and lower lashline. I went over it using an angled brush and a lime green eyeshadow from the Coastal Scents palette. I wore it with a shimmery white shadow all over the lid and black winged liner. Here's another picture of it..
What's your favorite colored eyeliner?
Comment if you all liked this and if you tried any of these tricks. Good luck!
XoXo,
Gena

Friday, March 26, 2010

Outfit of the Day

Here's a quick Outfit of the Day. I am loving spring clothes right now. I should be doing a post soon on spring trends.

Black and White feather dress/tunic from Forever 21. I could not find it on their website. $19.80
Black leggings $4.90 Click here for them
Shoes from Charlotte Russe $10 Click here for them
Charm bracelet Charlotte Russe
Necklace American Eagle

Let me know if you all have any questions about the outfit.
XOXO,
Gena

Monday, March 22, 2010

Soft Pink & Brown Springtime Look

Hey!
This is just a light pink and brown eye, rosy cheeks, and pink lips that's great for spring.

Products:
-Urban Decay Primer Potion
-Coastal Scents 88 Color Palette (light pink in the inner corner, hot pink in the middle, medium brown on the outer corner, and dark brown in the crease)
-Covergirl Perfect Point Plus Eyeliner in Expresso
-Loreal Extra Volume Collagen Mascara in Black
-Coastal Scents 10 color blush palette (hot pink color)
-Revlon Colorstay Mineral Finishing Powder in Brighten (above cheekbones)
-Covergirl Outlast Lipstain in  400 Everbloom Kiss
-Covergirl Wetslicks Crystals Lipgloss in Crush


XOXO,
Gena

Sunday, March 14, 2010

At Home Easy Manicure Tutorial (Make your manicure last longer too!)

Hey everyone! I'm so sorry I have not been posting lately. I've been really busy with school and work.
I thought I'd show you all how I do my own manicure. It's super easy and affective and your polish will last longer!
These are all the tools and products I used-->

From left to right, cuticle trimmers, buffer block, Burt's Bees Cuticle Creme, cotton round, nail clippers, nail file 220/230 grit, wood stick, cuticle pusher, and a nail cleaner.



So this is how awful my nails look before I did anything to them. I took off my polish with nail polish remover and a cotton pad. I like the pad better than a cotton ball because they are bigger so you only need one for both hands. They are also great because they're thin so you can fold it or crease it to get down on the sides. I took the wood stick and wrapped cotton around the tip to get the polish off the sides and underneath.


The next thing I did was cut my nails. I like to keep some white on them, but not too much. 
Then I file them with a file that is for natural nails. You don't want to use one that is too hard because it will break and slip your nails. Try to file in one direction, and don't saw back and forth. The best shape to file them is with your natural white line shape. 

Then I use a metal cuticle pusher to push down my cuticles. This is very important. It's never cute to have your cuticles growing half way up your nails. Many people don't bother to do this but it is important because if your cuticles are covering part of your nails, your polish will not stick and will peel up from the bottom. 


If they were really bad, and you push them back and you have a lot of extra sticking up, trim it off with cuticle trimmers. I trimmed the extra skin that was hanging off around my nails. DO NOT cut off your cuticles. This is a common mistake. They are there to protect your nails. It will just bleed and get all red and swollen. Plus it just does not look natural.




After you push back your cuticles, use the 2nd step on the buffer block. Yours will probably be different because on mine the first side is the nail file. If it does not have a nail file on it, the roughest side is what you'll use first. Concentrate on the very bottom of your nails where your cuticle was because it will buff off all of the skin and stuff that was stuck to your nails. Don't over buff, just enough to get the ridges and skin off.
Follow with the next steps, which is very important because this is what makes your polish last longer. Also, it makes them shiny!

Then washed them, used the cuticle creme, and cleaned them out underneath.

The result! Shinier, cleaner, smoother, and natural looking.

My polish lasted twice as long with using the buffer!

*You can get these tools pretty much anywhere, they are just basic. Mine came in a set.

Comment if you have tried this, if the buffer works for you, and what your manicure routine is!

XOXO,
Gena

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

The Ins and Outs of February

Ins:
-Mac's Studio Finish Concealer
-Dark green nail polish (Orly Enchanted Forest)
-4-way buffer blocks (They make your manicure last longer!!) I'll do a post on that soon!
-Charlotte Russe Refuge Perfume
-Floral everything!
-Spring coming :]
-ELF's great sales: $1.98 shipping (code: SHIPFOR198), 50% off minerals (code: MIN50) and 50% off studio  (code: STUDIOSAVE)
-The new Sigma brushes!! I want all of them!
-My online graphic design class. Its so fun!
-My awesome followers!

Outs:
-Working so much :\
-AP classes stressing me out
-Split ends! My hair needs a major trim..but they still seem to never go away!
-NYX lipstick in bare. I did a swatch on it a few weeks ago and it was hard to see. It looks to blue-ish on my lips and I look dead..
-L'Oreal's Voluminous Curl Mascara. It was really clumpy and did not lengthen.
-Dear John the movie. The book was awesome but the movie was so bad! What were your thoughts?
-My puppy STILL not being house trained. You guys have any suggestions? I'm desperate!
Don't let her cuteness fool you, haha.

What are your Feb. Ins and Outs?

XoXo,
Gena                                                                                                  

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