How To Clean Your Makeup Brushes

Cleaning your makeup brushes is very important as they harbor lots of dirt and bacteria and you don’t want that gunk touching your face. Your brushes should be cleaned once a week, 2 weeks max!!!! Cleaning your brushes isn’t time consuming and you don’t need a lot to do so.



I know alot of brushes...don't judge. They're for my kit and personal use.

1. Apply a small amount of shampoo to the bristles and work into a light lather.


I absolutely LOVE this shampoo for cleaning my brushes. It breaks up the dirt so effortlessly and when the brushes dry they're so soft.



2. Rinse the bristles thoroughly under luke warm water. You will notice that the water leaving the brush is tinted from old makeup.

3. Continue rinsing until no color leaves the brush.

4. Mold the brush into its original shape… you don’t want it to dry and the bristles are all over the place.

5. Lie the brushes on a towel to dry overnight.



I wash my brushes at night so they will be ready to be used in the morning.

So there you have it…clean brushes!!!

Hope you guys found this helpful

 

Everyday Makeup Tutorial- Naked Palette

When going to work or running errands you don't always have time to put on an elaborate face. Sometimes you just need something nice and simple. The natural look below is very simple so if you're interested on how I achieved this look then check out my video.

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( I look crazy right here, lol)

 

What I used....

Eyes

Mac Painterly Paint Pot

Urban Decay Naked Palette e/s Half Baked

Urban Decay Naked Palette e/s Buck

Urban Decay Naked Palette e/s Virgin

Urban Decay Naked Palette e/s Toasted

Urban Decay Naked Palette e/s Creep

L'oreal Voluminous Smoldering Eyeliner Pencil-black

Maybelline Falsie Mascara- Black Drama

Face (which I didn't show in the video)

Urban Decay Complexion Primer Potion

Maybelline Dream Airfoam Foundation-Caramel

Make up Forever HD Setting Powder

Mac Blush- Modern Mandarin

Lips

Nyx lip gloss- Mauve

The Perfect Brow

The highly anticipated eyebrow tutorial is here!!! Eyebrows are the most important feature on a persons face. They draw attention to your eyes which means they need to be properly groomed. Few of us have the “perfect” eyebrow meaning that they have an even shape and arch, no sparse hairs etc. Many of us women need to incorporate filling in our eyebrows as part of our normal beauty routine. Since this is a part of my daily routine, I try to keep this process short and sweet. If you like the look here, then stay tuned.

Tools needed:

Concealer (Maybelline Fit Me)

Eyebrow pencil (Fashion Fair in Black/Brown or Mac in Spiked)

Small concealer brush (E.L.F $1 @ Target)

Eyebrow brush or spoolie (not included in pic below)

Before beginning the tutorial , this diagram may be helpful to some on where the eyebrow starts and ends and where your natural arch should be.

Lets begin.....
Begin with brushing the hairs up and over, this allows you to see the exact shape of your brow and where you may have any sparse hairs.
As you can see, my eyebrow has a decent shape and arch, however I have gaps in my brow that need to be filled in.

Using your eyebrow pencil draw the shape of the eyebrow underneath your natural brow line. This serves as as a guideline on how you want your desired eyebrow shape to be. 

Start filling in the eyebrow with your eyebrow pencil. Use short, feathery motions in the direction of the hairs. Your strokes should be very light as you don't want your brow to be too dark. Remember to NOT draw lines. The goal is for the pencil to create an illusion of hairs.

The concealer trick, I use this trick to “hide” any hairs I haven’t plucked and to give my eyebrow shape a crisper look. Using your concealer brush, apply concealer along the the bottom of your eyebrow. I don't put concealer at the top of my brow as I don't want my eye to look too perfect, you want a natural, clean look.

Blend, blend, blend. Blend the concealer down into your crease. I think it looks very unnatural when women don’t blend the concealer under the eyebrow.

 

Your eyebrow is done!!

Add your eyeshadow and mascara and you're ready to walk out the door!!

Hope you enjoyed!!!

Spring Inspired Eye Tutorial

In the spirit of Springtime, I thought it would only be appropriate to create a spring look. I wanted a look that was vibrant in color but also very natural looking and wearable. If you want to see how I accomplished the look below, read on.

Start with a white primer on your eye and on your lower lash line, I used NYX jumbo pencil in milk. A primer is needed as it will ensure your eye shadow last  will and it will intensify the eye color.

Apply a yellow eyeshadow on your inner lid, on the middle of the lid apply a neon green eyeshadow and on the outer corner of the lid apply a purple eyeshadow. I know it looks crazy now but its' going to come together.

With a blending brush you want to blend all 3 of the colors together. Blend very lightly and use short swift strokes.

 Blend the purple from the outer lid into your crease. If you need to pick up some more purple do so but apply it very lightly.

Using a hot pink/red eyeshadow you will apply that color to your upper crease and blend it into the purple. Remember to blend, blend, blend. We don't want any harsh lines, we want a soft gradation of colors.

Use an eyeshadow that is close to your skin tone and apply that to your brow bone.

Using an eye liner brush, apply the purple eyeshadow on the outer half of your bottom lash line and the green eyeshadow on the inner half of your bottom lash line.

Apply for favorite eyeliner and mascara and Waa laa!! you have a beautiful Springtime look that will be perfect for any picnic or outing with the girls.