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Friday, November 30, 2012

FOTD: Grassy Resort

Hello Beauties,


How is everyone doing? I hope all is well and in good favor.... I am on a roll with my blog posts huh!!!
So I decided to add more challenges to my ongoing challenges, I currently have a lip challenge going on, but I will be starting an eye makeup challenge with some L.A. Colors trio I have.












FACE
Black Opal stick f/d: Beautiful Bronze (conceal acne scars)
Revlon Colorstay f/d: Mahogany mixed with Ruby Kisses All Over Glow Bronzing cream: Golden Goddess
Revlon Colorstay mineral powder: Sunkiss
Revlon PhotoReady concealer: Deep (under-eye concealer)
NYC Translucent powder (under eye setting powder)
Ruby Kisses mineral powder: Ebony (contour)
Revlon Colorstay mineral powder: Brighten (highlighter)
Jordana blush: Redwood


EYES
ELF primer
L.A. Colors Jumbo pencil: Beach Resort (inner and outer part of lid)
Wet n Wild eyeliner: Cool Green (bottom lashline base)
L.A. Colors Trio: Grassy Knoll;
  • middle color (outer & inner lid)
  • left color (middle of lid)
  • right color (bottom lashline)
Nicka K e/s: #3037 ; black color (outer bottom lashline)
L.A. Colors 6 color e/s: Cafe Au Lait; left bottom color (crease) & middle top color (highlight)
Wet n Wild Fantasy glitter liner: Secrecy (bottom lashline)
Physician Formula Shimmer Strips eyeliner for Green eyes: green color (inner lid liner), black color (outer lid liner)
Maybelline Volume Exact mascara


LIPS
Random l/l: Hot Pink
Kleancolor l/s: #739 Cherry




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LIPS #2:
Wet n Wild l/s: #552A Just Garnet









On another note I did two color lining on my lid, half of my liner is green and the other half is black. I really love the effect and will definitely be trying it again with other color liners. Also I love the effect of using the Ruby Kisses bronzing cream with my foundation, I will use it with my other foundations in the winter climate for that sun-kissed look.


Be fabulous & be smart!!


Tuesday, November 27, 2012

FOTD: Wet n Wild: Flora

Hey Beauties,

I hope all is well, Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day and happy shopping on Black Friday and getting the awesome Cyber Monday deals ...I know it's Fall and pretty much pastel and bright colors are not deemed for this season, but I had to pull put some colors in this moody weather.

Here I used my Wet n Wild cosmetics Flora trio from the limited edition set I had bought some months ago. I really like the colors in this set, it's not the typical brights I would put together in a makeup look, it allowed me to think outside of the box in how I would do my color placement for this look. So here is my take using Flora trio.... hope you like!






see the effects of the Wet n Wild MegaSparkle in the tearduct area ❤





Products Used
FACE
Milani cream to powder f/d: Pecan
Black Opal f/d stick: Beautiful Bronze (conceal acne scars)
L.A. Girl Pro concealer: Fawn (under eye concealer)
NYC Translucent powder (set under eye concealer)
Milani Even Touch powder f/d: Creamy Cocoa
Milani e/s: Brown Stone (contour)
Wet n Wild silk finish blush: Baked Earth
Wet n Wild Megasparkle powder dust: Lotus Flower (highlight)


EYES
Jordana eye primer
L.A. Colors Jumbo pencil: Sea Shell (base)
Wet n Wild Trio: Flora; lime green (inner lid), orange (outer lid), seagreen (outer crease)
Wet n Wild bronzer: Bikini Contest (crease)
Wet n Wild e/s: Brulee (highlight)
Wet n Wild eyeliner pencil: black (bottom lashline)
Physician Formula Shimmer Strips for Green Eyes cream eyeliner: black color
Wet n Wild MegaSparkle: (tearduct)
ELF Dramatic lashes
Clinique mascara

LIPS
Wet n Wild l/s: #909D Cora-line
Victoria Secret Dazzlegloss: Dazzling Citrus






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LIPS #2:
Wet n Wild l/s: #516C Sunset Peach







Be Fabulous & be smart!!!


Monday, November 19, 2012

FOTD: Roaring, Playful Duos

Hey Beauties,


Hope all is well, I have another look for you.....









Products Used
FACE
Revlon colorstay f/d: Cappucino
Mixed Dermablend cover creme: Chocolate Brown & Golden Brown (conceal acne scars)
Revlon PhotoReady concealer: Deep (under-eye concealer)
Ben Nye Luxury powder: Banana Visage (under eye setting powder)
MAC MSFN: Deep Dark
Covergirl Queen Bronzer: Ebony Bronze (contour)


EYES
Maybelline 24hr Tattoo eyeshadow: Pomegranate Punk (lid base)
NYX eyeliner: Sapphire (bottom lashline base)
L'Oreal HIP e/s duo:
  • Wicked duo; bronze gold color (inner lid)
  • Playful duo; deep maroon color (outer lid)
  • Roaring duo; brown color (crease), blue color  (bottom lashline)
  • Lively duo; tan color (highlight)
  • Adventurous duo; beige color (highlight)
N.Y.C. liquid eyeliner: Black (lid liner)
KleanColor glitter eyeliner: Midnight Blue (lid liner)
Rimmel eyeliner: black (waterline)
Maybelline Volume Exact mascara


LIPS
Nicka K l/l: Red
Wet n Wild l/s: Cherry Picking #965



Be Fabulous & be smart!!!





Sunday, November 18, 2012

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Saturday, November 17, 2012

Versatile Blog Award

Hey Beauties,


I was awarded this blog award by the beautiful Queenie Keisha. If you aren't following her blog you are serously missing out. She does some fierce makeup looks and definitely shares her reviews on affordable products. I would love to say Thank you dear for the award and I appreciate you.




#1 Link the person who awarded you the award: She is none other than Queenie Keisha (Appreciate it sweetie)


#2 List 7 things about myself

  • I am obsessed and truly in-love with my lil girl, like seriously she has changed my life for the best.
  • I am a computer geek/nerd at heart
  • I could eat mac & cheese (made my way) with ketchup and sausages every day
  • I am obsessed with tigers and I have always wanted a cub as a pet.
  • I cry at the slightest sad part of a movie
  • I hate exercising, my diet when I am on a diet is: Tortilla chips and avocado dip...lol
  • I love the feeling when getting inked/tattoed


I could go on but hey let me spare you guys some of the details about me cause now my life is pretty much baby-girl, work and baby-girl (my one & only princess/daughter)




#3 Award 15 bloggers - Ok I could add you fabulous bloggers but I see all the people who I follow and read your blogs everyday as versatile bloggers. In case you all didn't know my reader feed is always 300 post plus each day because I follow lots of bloggers: fashion and beauty and yes I do read every post even though i may not comment on each post, but your girl does read and keep up-to-date.

Thank you ladies and gents for sharing your ideas, opinions and love for what you do every day in you blog entries. You all are VERSATILE BLOGGERS





Friday, November 16, 2012

FOTD: Dark Shadows

Hey Beauties,

If you can recall I posted and did a video on an influenster Voxbox for Beauty Bloggers that I received.  Now one particular beauty item that I wanted to try was the N.Y.C. Individual Eyes palette namely Dark Shadows. It is a limited edition item and of course knowing this is a beauty blog, I had to give my take in using this palette.

However, I have to review this item for you beauties. The N.Y.C. Dark Shadows palette is limited edition palette so if you see it at your local drugstore and would love to purchase it, definitely do.
The palette has four colors that are great for any glitz and glam makeup look, especially for a date night, smokey eye, club look; not a palette for your everyday wear kinda look. The palette also contains a primer so this saves you money on purchasing a eye primer and some eyeshadows separately. With that it come with an extra which is an illuminator that can be used as an eye highlight color along with being used as a face highlighter (which in the latter case looks absolutely awesome). Nonetheless, this palette has it cons; couple of the shadows are chalky and it definitely gives fallout but on the rating scale this gets a 7 out 10.



So beauties here is my look using the NYC Individual Eyes; Dark Shadows palette










Products Used
FACE
Milani cream to powder f/d: Pecan
L'Oreal True Match concaler: C6-7-8 (under eye concealer)
NYC Translucent powder (set under eye concealer)
20 concealer palette: dark color (contour cream)
Milani Even Touch powder: Creamy Cocoa
Kleancolor Sugar Paint: Cocoa Icing; dark color (contour)
Milani Face mosaic cheek color:
Milani Sunset Duo: Sunset City; light color  & Dark Shadows palette illuminator cream (highlight)


EYES
Wet n Wild eyeliner pencil: black (outline c shape on the outer lid & waterline)
L.A. Colors Jumbo pencil: Sweet Wishes (bottom lashline base)
NYC eyeshadow palette: Dark Shadows 

  • eye primer
  • darkest crease/contour color (outer lid & outer bottom lashline)
  • silver color (all over lid color)
  • shimmer white (highlight)
  • shimmer grey color (inner bottom lashline)
Milani powder: Creamy Cocoa (crease blending color)

NYC liquid eyeliner: Black (lid liner)
Ruby Kisses iBling glitter eyeliner: Glitz n Glam (lid liner)
Kiss pro eyelashes #05
Clinique mascara


LIPS
L.A. Colors l/l: Deepest Plum
Revlon l//s: Black Cherry



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LIP #2
L.A. Colors l/l: Smooth Plum (outline)
Nicka K l/l: Red (fill lips)
NYX l/s: Electra










Note: Eyeshadow palette & lashes was sent to me complimentary of influenster for review and testing and I am in no way affiliated with the companies mentioned or getting compensated to do a review.




Be fabulous & be smart!!


Wednesday, November 14, 2012

FOTD: Sculpted

Hey Beauties,

I hope all is well. I know I have not acknowledge this situation on my blog but my heart and prayers go out to everyone affected my Hurricane Sandy.









Products Used
FACE
Revlon Colorstay f/d: Cappuccino
Mixed Derma-blend cover creme: Chocolate Brown & Golden Brown (conceal acne scars)
Revlon PhotoReady concealer: Deep (under eye concealer)
Ben Nye Luxury powder: Banana Visage (set under-eye concealer)
MAC MSFN: Deep Dark
Covergirl Queen bronzer: Ebony Bronze (contour)


EYES
Maybelline 24hr Tattoo: Pomegranate Punk
L'Oreal HIP e/s duo: Sculpted; lighter pink purple (inner lid), dark maroon with purple flecks (outer lid)
MAC e/s: Texture (crease)
BF-Beauty e/s: #472  (crease)
Wet n Wild bronzer: Tahitian Tan (highlight)
N.Y.C. liquid liner: Black
Rimmel eyeliner: Black (waterline)
Santee glitter eyeliner: Purple (over lid liner)
Maybelline Volume Exact mascara


LIPS
Linette l/l: Burgundy
Wet n Wild l/s: Cherry Bomb #918D



Be fabulous & be smart!!!



 

Monday, November 12, 2012

FOTD: Ready for the Festivities

Hey Beauties,

Just dropping in with a makeup look, hope everyone is well. I am so ready for the Christmas season festivities, are you?





Products Used
FACE
Maybelline BB cream: Deep Sheer Tint
Mixed Dermablend cover creme: Chocolate Brown & Golden Brown (conceal acne scar)
Revlon PhotoReady concealer: Deep (under eye concealer)
MAC MSFN: Deep Dark
Covergirl Queen Bronzer: Ebony Bronzer (contour)
Ben Nye Luxury powder: Banana Visage


EYES
UDPP
Maybelline 24 Hr Tattoo: Bad To the Bronze (lid base)
Jordana eyeliner: SeaGreen (bottom lashline base)
Wet N Wild coloricon palette:

  • Night Elf ; pearl beige (inner lid), duo-chrome green brown (outer lid), shimmer black (dabbed over green brown color)
  • Snow Spirit ; deep shimmer green (bottom lashline)

MAC e/s: Texture (crease)
Wet n Wild bronzer: Tahitian Tan (highlight)
Rimmel eyeliner: Black
Maybelline Volume Exact mascara


LIPS
Wet n Wild l/s: Cinnamon Spice #917B



Be Fabulous and be smart!!!


Friday, November 9, 2012

FOTD: Inspired by MissDrini

Hello Beauties,

I hope all is well... I am officially an Instagram junkie... I swear whoever came up with the idea is genius, genius I tell you....lol
I love IG and if you are ever apart of the IG world be sure to send ya girl a friend request: @Kimmydadiva

I follow a couple Makeup Artist and one of them that inspires me with your makeup looks is MissDrini... she is just awesome. I was inspired by one of her makeup looks and decided I had to recreate it. Make sure to check her out on IG!









Products Used
FACE
Black Opal stick f/d: Beautiful Bronze (conceal acne scars)
Maybelline superstay f/d: Cocoa
Ruby Kisses mineral powder: Cognac
Revlon PhotoReady concealer: Deep (under-eye concealer)
N.Y.C. Translucent powder (set under-eye concealer)
Milani e/s: Brown Stone (contour)
Ben Nye Lumiere e/s: Amethyst (blush)
Ben Nye Lumiere e/s: Ice Gold (highlight)


EYES
Jordana eye primer
L.A. Colors Jumbo pencil: Sea Shell (base)
120 Palette: 2nd edition [see the coding system on the right for details]

  • J9 & J11 (crease)
  • G7 (inner lid)
  • H5 & H6 (middle lid)
  • A6 (outer lid)
  • J10 (crease)
Ben Nye Lumiere e/s: 
  • Cosmic Violet (inner lid
  • Azalea (middle lid
  • Ice Gold (highlight
  • Jade (outer bottom lashline)

LIPS
MAC l/s: Up The Amp





LIPS #2
Maybelline l/s: Fuchsia Fever #140





Be Fabulous & be smart!!