Orange is the new black this year: 2014

Orange is the new black this year. You see many celebrities and models in magazines wearing bright, bold, orange lipstick colours. I'm actually loving this trend and think orange lipstick brightens up your face and makes a statement. Its a bit daring to wear but there are many options of different shades of orange available out there to suit your complexion.

Sephora Sample Review

I had these samples from Sephora  lying around and I thought it was great idea to the review these products.

Becca Ever-Matte Poreless Priming Perfector - To start off I'm going to say I absolutely LOVE this primer. I have oily to combination skin and this is such a great primer that mattifies your skin before you put on your foundation. This primer comes in a apple sauce kind of consistency its  kind of sticky but as you work it onto your face it almost sucks out all the oil and shine off your skin in an instant. This primer made my foundation glide on so smoothly and evenly.  My foundation stayed matte all day long!

This primer is great for those who have really oily skin especially in the summer. It will make your foundation stay matte even in hot and humid weathers.  I definitely want to purchase this product!

NARS Pure Radiant tinted moisturizer - This is a really good tinted moisturizer with an SPF. It feels really light and airy on the face. The texture of this tinted moisturizer is really smooth and nice.  It has really good coverage for a tinted moisturizer which is also a  plus and leaves your skin feeling hydrated all day long. This tinted moisturizer comes in 13 shades providing different undertones to match your complexion.

Hourglass Immaculate Liquid Powder Foundation Mattifying and Oil Free - This is another product I instantly fell INLOVE WITH! This foundation is made for people who have oily  skin and is great for the summer! This foundation gives a medium coverage,  it glides on smoothly and gives your face a nice powdery finish. I love the consistency of this foundation and  it also feels really nice when applied on the skin.

This foundation looks beautiful all day long! I really want to go purchase this!

Jack Black Glycolic Facial Cleanser - This cleanser is amazing. I washed my face with this and it left my face looking clean, it minimized my pores, my skin felt hydrated,  and  it evened out my skin tone as well.   Overall this is a great product!

Urban Decay Naked Palette 3 - Swatches & Makeup Look

I finally got my hands on the Urban Decay's rose gold inspired Naked Palette 3! I'm  excited to share swatches and a makeup look I created with this beautiful palette on today's blog post. This palette offers 12 beautiful rose gold inspired mattes and metallics. This palette also came with 4 samples of Urban Decay's eyeshadow primer (Original, Eden, Sin, Anti-aging which I haven't tried ) and a doubled ended eyeshadow brush. You can create many different beautiful eyeshadow looks with this palette. The shades are nicely pigmented, smooth and blendable.

Here are the swatches starting from the top:

1. Strange - matte
2. Dust - metallic (Out of all of the colours this one its comes out dusty, metallic and shimmery)
3. Burnout - matte
4. Limit - matte
5. Buzz - metallic
6. Trick - metallic
7. Nooner - matte
8. Liar - metallic
9. Factory - metallic
10. Mugshot - metallic
11. Darkside - looks metallic but comes off matte
12. Blackheart -  comes off matte with gold sparkles 

Here is a look I created using trick in the inner corners of my eyes, liar on my lid, mugshot on my outer crease blending it onto the outer corner of my eye, I then used strange underneath my eyebrow and blended everything out. I also added dark side on my lower lash line to define my eye.  To finish the look off  I added some eyeliner on my upper lash line, some mascara and white liner on my bottom water line. 

And don't forget to prime your lids so that your eyeshadow will be kept in place and look nice all day long!

I hope you enjoyed my post thanks for visiting! 

Top Men Hairstyles 2014

These are now the top trends that are the most popular this year. You are now seeing men with more longer, tousled, swept to the side, parted to the side hair in fashion magazines and amongst the most popular hollywood celebrities. I'm also noticing how the long beard trend is becoming really popular too.  Going through some pictures of men's hairstyles I'm seeing how David Beckham got a really good hair game going on wearing most of the popular trending men's hairstyles of the year and Justin Timberlake owning the side part hairstyles. 

My Top 5 Picks for Men Hairstyles of the Year

1. Slicked Back
2. Undercut
3. Tapered Side Part
4. Tousled
5. Side Part

Slicked Back

Undercut

 Tapered Side Part

Tousled 

 Side Part

Home Decor: My Bedroom

So I have been renovating my room and redesigning it for a while. I had my walls painted lavender for quiet a while I was just getting tired of the wall colour and wanted to give my room a new look. So I repainted my room a more of a darker lavender colour close to grey. I'm liking my wall colour allot.

The theme that I had in my head was a black and white theme so I went to target and picked up some pillows, cushions and sheets. I found the nicest set of sheets and cushions at target to go with what I wanted my room to look like.


 I found this beautiful candle to put on my side table (It smells like heaven! The name of the scent is midnight orchid).  It gives off a really nice sweet smell I'm also loving how it goes with my lamp. I also bought some nice flowers to put on my side table (flowers just make me happy).

I love to be organized and I wanted nice things to organize my makeup and beauty products in and I found these nice cute boxes at the dollar store that I'm using to store my makeup in. They are looking really good on top of my dressing table. 

I also found these 2 things at the dollar store and I'm thinking of getting a few more. I used the lipstick organizer holder thing (i really don't know what its actually called so bare with me lol) to put on top  of my dressing table to hold the lipsticks I use everyday. The little organizer basket I found is so convenient to store things like bobby pins (so I won't lose them), pencil sharpeners, wedged makeup sponges, and my eyelash curler.

So these are the few things I bought for my room. I'm still working on it and might post how my whole room looks after I'm all done with it.

Here is some more bedroom inspiration that I'm liking: 

These are some things I found on the etsy website for room inspiration:

This is one of my favourite Audrey Hepburn quote: "For beautiful eyes look for the good in others; for beautiful lips speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone."

Reads: Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. 

Favourite Summer Nails

These are my favourite summer nail products that I'm loving

• Essie Nail Polish: Muchi Muchi - I love this summer nail colour. Its just simple nude pinky colour. This nail colour will probably look good on all skin tones. I thought this nail polish would require at least 3 - 4 coats for it to show up but it only took me two coats for the colour to look like how it appears in the bottle.
• Sally Hansen Mega Shine top coat - This is a really good top coat. You will have to let your nail polish dry for a few minutes before putting this on. This top coat dries in minutes. It finishes off with a nice shine. It claims that it makes your nail polish last up to 10 days and it does make my nail polish last longer. I'm liking this top coat but still in search for better ones! 

Nivea Mattifying Day Care Moisturizer

For those who have oily to combination skin I believe I found a really good moisturizer for you to try out! A moisturizer is essential for both dry or oily skin. If you got oily skin and believe that moisturizing your face will make it more oily you are wrong! When you cleanse your face and don't use a moisturizer to moisturize it your skin will start producing its own oils. In order to prevent your skin from producing more oil  we have to apply a bit of moisturizer to keep our skin hydrated for the day. 

This is the moisturizer that I use currently use. This moisturizer is suited for those who have oily to combination skin. This moisturizer is made out of a oil- free formula and is  suppose to moisturize while it mattifies the look of your skin and reduces it's shine. This product claims that it won't clog your pores and will leave your skin looking healthy, beautiful, shine free and matte. 

To start off I'm going to say I'm really loving this moisturizer. Some moisturizers I used in the past did leave my skin oily and greasy looking. This moisturizer works with my skin to help keep it matte and shine free. I wear this moisturizer underneath my makeup and I feel like it helps keep my face and makeup looking fresh all day long. 

This moisturizer is made with ocean algae and hydra IQ. Ocean algae contains compounds, sea minerals, antioxidants that offers many benefits for our skin.  Ocean algae helps prevent wrinkles, dark circles, under eye puffiness, dull skin, it soothes irritation, and is enriched with antioxidants and helps with acne and breakouts. I have been using this moisturizer for a while and my skin just looks more  healthier, hydrated and glowy (if that's even a word). 

Overall, I'm really loving this stuff! Great product! 

Beauty 101: Growing Long Healthy Hair

Uses of olive oil to make your hair grow faster:

Last post for today!  Thought I would blog about what my hair has gone through for the past year ... 

So my hair has been previously processed with with bleaching and lightening a couple of times which is very damaging to your hair(I have pretty strong hair since it had been bleached allot of times in the past year and its surprising to me that it never fell out!). I went  to the salon and got an ombre done to my  hair the first time and I liked it for a while then I went back to black hair then dyed it ombre again by myself and now I'm back to black! I know I must be hair bipolar or something! Well now I'm deciding to stick to my natural hair colour and I'm not thinking of dying it again for at least a long while...

So I went and chopped half my hair off to get rid of all the damaged ends. I now have to let my hair grow out healthy. I usually get trims every 4 - 6 months. If I go to the hair salon before 4 months it would be most likely be to just get face framing layers.  I don't like going to get trims that often so in order to keep my hair healthy and nourished I usually deep condition it with olive oil.  Olive oil provides many benefits for your hair and even your skin!

I have started using olive oil for the past year since I got my hair lightened with bleach and wanted to keep it healthy. Olive oil has proven to me that it is really effective at keeping hair healthy. I didn't really see that many spilt ends or discovered any breakage after all the bleaching my hair had gone through. Olive oil helped my hair become really soft and silky. Olive oil is also effective at making your hair grow faster (not even kidding).

The benefits I found are listed on this site 

Hot towel hair treatment  every 2 - 4 weeks using Olive Oil (This is what I usually do):

1. First I warm up the olive oil
2. Wait at least 3 - 5 min for it to cool down  just a little (don't want to burn yourself!)
3. I then distribute it evenly onto my hair
4. I then I grab a towel and run it under really warm water 
5. Now I wrap my hair with the towel and let it sit for at least 20 - 30 mins
6. Lastly, I wash out all the oil from my hair with my shampoo and condition it with a conditioner
7. After  you do this you will discover how soft your hair feels and how silky it looks!