The "Jen" Look from Too Faced Loves Sephora palette and Curly Hair using T3 Singlepass Straightener

Hello dolls!!

Here is yet another look from the Too Faced Loves Sephora palette. I did the "Jen" look this time. I thought that the look looked much better on paper than it did on me. I don't particularly like this look, but it is very simple to do. The eyeshadows used in this look are 525 Market and TF<3's The Cast. 525 Market is a dark brownish purplish colour and TF <3's The Cast is a weird silver/gold. I'm not sure if I like the last colour. It hasn't had time to grow on me yet. I thought 525 Market was a nice colour so I decided to use Stila's Black Cherry Lipglaze, which is a plum colour, as a complimenting lipgloss. You could also use a nude lipstick with this look as well. I followed the look exactly like it was on the card. For the most part lol.

I curled my hair again. Photos down below. I left the makeup pics showing my hair so you could see it. I'll post the link at the bottom so you can see my Hair Tutorial using my awesome T3 Singlepass straightener.

I'm also working on a Review on this palette, so it should be coming real soon!


The "Jen" Look from Too Faced Loves Sephora palette

Eyes:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Too Faced Loves Sephora palette

• TF<3's The Cast: apply to entire crease and bring it down to the tear duct
• 525 Market: apply to the lid

Too Faced Lashgasm Mascara

Face:

Too Faced Primed and Poreless
MAC Select Cover-Up Concealer in NW20
MUFE HD Foundation in 110
MUFE HD Powder
Too Faced Loves Sephora blush in Who's Your Poppy?
Too Faced Loves Sephora bronzer in Chocolate Soleil

Lips:

Stila Lipglaze in Black Cherry
OR
Too Faced La Creme in Naked Dolly

Products Used:

Too Faced Loves Sephora palette

Too Faced Loves Sephora palette - 62$CAD

Too Faced Loves Sephora

Too Faced Lashgasm Mascara

Too Faced Loves Sephora

Stila Lipglaze in Sugar Plum, Black Cherry
Black Cherry used in tutorial, mini showsn, fullsize is 29$CAD

Too Faced La Creme in Naked Dolly - 25$CAD

From left to right:
Too Faced Loves Sephora eyeshadows: TF <3's The Cast, 525 Market
Too Faced Loves Sephora blush: Who's Your Poppy?
Too Faced Loves Sephora bronzer: Chocolate Soleil
Stila Lipglaze in Black Cherry

So that is the "Jen" look from the Too Faced Loves Sephora palette!! While I'm not a huge fan of this particular look, I really enjoyed all the looks that I've tried thus far. I can't wait to try another look tomorrow. I'll probably use this palette until I do all 15 looks along with my own. I know I should move on and post about something new but I'm really liking it.

I'm working on a Review on this palette right now, it should be out by the weekend so keep checking back.

If you wanted to check out the other looks from this palette, this is my look, this is Artemis and this is Alison.

And now, the hair pictures.

If you want to do your hair like this, check out my post Curly Hair Using T3 Singlepass Hair Straightener.

This is only my second time doing my own hair like this and I'm really starting to get the technique down. The trick is flipping your hair around the straightener with your hand that isn't holding the straightener. And always hold on to that piece of hair coming out of the straightener.

So what do you guys and girls think about the "Jen" makeup look? What do you think of the Too Faced Loves Sephora palette? Yay or nay? What did you think of my curly hair? Let me know what you think!

And I want to let you guys know what I've been working on lately.

Reviews: I'm currently working on a review on the Too Faced Loves Sephora palette and I'm going to do a review comparing the old Too Faced Pink Leopard vs the new Pink Leopard, if you want to see something reviewed, just let me know.

Cruelty-free / Vegan Makeup: I'm doing research so I can give you guys accurate info on which brands are cruelty-free and/or vegan. It's been asked so I wanted to do my own list with my own in-depth research.

Empties & Extras #1: I've started doing this post but I've only got 7 empties and I wanted to have around 10. But this is definitely in the works.

Nails: I'll probably be doing my nails in a week or two, they're really bad and damaged so I want to give them some time to get better before I slaughter them with more nail polish.

Now these are just a couple things I've been working on, I'm still doing the last touches on my Makeup Basics page as well as doing a new look everyday for you guys.

Thanks for reading,

Steph xo.

[Disclaimer: All products are bought and paid for by me. All opinions are my own.]

My Skincare and Shower Routine

Hello everyone!!

Today's post is a bit different, in that it doesn't really contain any makeup. I'm going to go over my current skincare routine and my shower routine and show you the products that I use and the frequency at which I use them. I wasn't in the mood to photograph all this stuff plus half of it is wet cuz I just took a shower. So these images are from the brand's site. And yes, I do have all the products I'm mentioning in my bathroom. Yes I use them everyday.

Since I was on the Body's Shop's website to grab some photos for this, I decided to do their little skincare quiz. And you know what's funny? They gave me almost ALL the Tea Tree products!! And the Camomile Eye Makeup Remover!!! Haha that's hilarious. These are the products that I use everyday!


The Morning Routine

I don't really have much of a morning routine, since I'm always in a rush, so I just wash off last night's creams and do my makeup, get dressed, and go. Grab a coffee and snack on the way to school/work. That's a typical morning for me. I'm trying to slowly develop a morning routine.

I don't use a moisturizer before putting on makeup. I only use a primer. I know, I should be moisturizing all the goddamn time but I just don't. I need to find a moisturizer that doesn't have a smell, because tea tree and seaweed smell!! (you'll understand once you've read the rest of this post). So leave a comment and tell me what you use as your pre-makeup moisturizer.

For makeup primers, I usually use Too Faced's Shadow Insurance for my eyes and Too Faced's Primed and Poreless for my face.


The Shower Routine (I shower at night)

Pre-shower:

Makeup Remover:
Clean and Clear Continuous Control Acne Wash

Eye Makeup Remover:
Body Shop Camomile Gentle Eye Makeup Remover

The Shower:

Shampoo:
L'Oreal Nutri-Shimmer Shampoo

Conditioner:
L'Oreal Nutri-Shimmer Conditioner

Body Wash:
Body Shop Coconut Shower Cream

Philosophy Vanilla Birthday Cake Shampoo, Shower Gel and Bubble Bath

Philosophy Coconut Frosting Shampoo, Shower Gel and Bubble Bath

Body Scrub:
Body Shop Coconut Body Scrub

Body Butter:
Body Shop Coconut Body Butter

Face Blackhead Scrub:
Body Shop Tea Tree Blackhead Exfoliating Wash

Face Cleanser:
Body Shop Tea Tree Skin Clearing Foaming Cleanser

Out of Shower:

Toner:
Body Shop Tea Tree Skin Clearing Toner

Face Mask (once a week):
Body Shop Tea Tree Face Mask

Serum:
Body Shop Vitamin E Moisture Serum

Moisturizer:
Body Shop Tea Tree Skin Clearing Lotion 

but I will be switching (once I have finished the bottle) to:

Body Shop Seaweed Mattifying Moisture Lotion SPF 15

Night Cream:
Body Shop Tea Tree Blemish Fade Night Lotion

On nights I don't shower:

Makeup Remover/Cleanser:
Clean and Clear Continuous Control Acne Wash

Eye Makeup Remover:
Body Shop Camomile Gentle Eye Makeup Remover

Toner:
Body Shop Tea Tree Skin Clearing Toner

Serum:
Body Shop Vitamin E Moisture Serum

Moisturizer: (might be switching, as noted above)
Body Shop Tea Tree Skin Clearing Lotion

Night Cream:
Body Shop Tea Tree Blemish Fade Night Lotion

Hand Cream:
Body Shop Coconut Body Butter

Body Shop Coconut Milk Body Lotion

So as you can see, I do most of my skincare routine at night. The lady at The Body Shop told me to try out the Seaweed Moisturizer instead of the Tea Tree Moisturizer because my cheeks are always dry and patchy, while I have an oily T. I have combo skin, obviously. Ever since I started using this regimen, my pimples and oil have gone away. They may not be 100% gone on any given day, but they are much much better than before I started this regimen. These specific products may not work for you personally, as we all have different skin, I'm just telling you what has worked for me to give you an idea of the different types of skincare products that are out there. Until a couple of weeks ago, I didn't even know what a toner was. Seriously.

And oh, does anyone know a good finger/nail cream?? My nails are weak and dying.

For shampoo/conditioner, I want to try L'Oreal's one for damaged hair. The white/red bottle. Can't remember the exact name right now ughh. But you know the one. I keep putting off my haircut and my ends are so damaged it's crazy. I've used the Nutri-Shimmer Detangling Spray but I don't find it works great on my fine hair.

I love Philosophy but because of the stupid language laws here, there was a squabble over the language on the labels and Philosophy wasn't sold here for a long long time. I think it was at least over a year. It sucked. But now we just just got Philosophy back last month and I'm hoping that my Sephora eventually gets their full line.

So what do you think of my skincare products? Leave a comment telling me what you think of the products I use and if I'm missing some subcategory in this skincare madness, let me know. If there's any great products out there, let me know!!

Hope you enjoyed this post, look out for more, and it's back to the makeup tomorrow!!

Steph xo.

And in case you missed my Top5 in virtually everything, here are the links for

EYES

FACE

LIPS

Enjoy!

Top5 Makeup Products in the Lips Category

Hello everyone!!

Sorry I haven't been posting much lately, I've been taking it easy now that school has finally ended and I've been stressing out about getting my final marks. Well I got them and they're not bad at all, but I still haven't reached my goal. Now all I need is a summer job.

This is the last post of my 3 part series on my Top5 Makeup Products. The first post talked about the eyes, the second post about the face, and now the third and last post is about the lips.

I can't think of many subcategories of the lips, so this post won't even be half as long as the first two. I don't use lip liners, or primers, and I don't use stand alone plumpers. I'm very simple when it comes to the lips, I usually just use a gloss or lipstick. I should be using a liner, because I feel that my lips aren't clearly defined. But I've never used one before so I'm a bit weary of beginning that process and finding a color that works for many of my lipsticks. So let's get started, shall we?

Lip Primers

Don't have. Not sure if they even work. If my lips are very chapped, I put on some chapstick quite a while before I'm going to put lipstick on so my lips have time to hydrate and dechap. I've never used a lip scrub or anything related. Maybe I should look into this.

Lip Liners

I don't use lip liners, as mentioned above. Obviously when you're young you don't need it but now that I'm getting older I do. I mean, I'm not 16 anymore, am I? Plus I don't find the lines of my lips are defined.

Lipstick

#1 Chanel Rouge Coco Shine in 74 Parfait

#2 Too Faced La Creme in Marshmallow Bunny

#3 Too Faced La Creme in Naked Dolly

#4 NARS Velvet Gloss Lip Pencil in New Order

#5 MAC Lipstick in Pretty Please

#6 NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Roman Holiday

#7 MAC Pro Longwear Lip Colour in Lasting Lust

Yes...finally a category where I can start showing you the products!! I put more than 5 since I don't have much to show you in this post. Chanel Rouge Coco Shine takes the cake for lipstick because it is such a moisturizing and hydrating lipstick. It feels so good on your lips. It goes on smooth, even on chapped lips and it will not get stuck in the chapped areas. That's how hydrating it is. I also love the Too Faced La Creme lipsticks. I find all their colours are really dark (too dark for me) except for these two. Marshmallow Bunny is such a nice pink colour and Naked Dolly is a nude colour with a bit of pink in there. The NARS Lip Pencils are also another product that I love. The Velvet Gloss one goes on really nice and the colour New Order is a red/pink colour that I was afraid of at first, but it's grown on me. Roman Holiday, the Velvet Matte pencil, is a matte pink colour. I find if you put too much in gets stuck on your lips. I like the texture of the glossy one more but I understand that the matte pencil will obviously have a different texture. My favorite MAC lipstick since I was a teenager is Pretty Please. It is a very light pink colour. I still like it but I've moved on to new lipsticks. The last one is the MAC Pro Longwear Lip Colour, which should be more of an honorable mention than on this list, mainly because of the very flimsy hardware. Every one of these lipsticks that me and my mom have ever owned has broken. We end up twisting it too tight to close and it ends up breaking off so you're leaking either lipstick or gloss everywhere. The colour is beautiful, it is that perfect intense red that every girl should own and it comes with a clear gloss. With both applied, you will look killer hot.


Lipgloss

#1 Too Faced Glamour Gloss in Barely Legal

#2 NARS Sweet Dreams

#3 NARS Turkish Delight

#4 NARS Larger Than Life Lipgloss in International Velvet

#5 Chanel Levres Scintillantes Glossimer in 131 Mica

#6 MAC Lipglass in Oyster Girl

For a long time my all-time favorite, holy grail lipgloss was NARS Sweet Dreams. But then I discovered Too Faced Glamour Gloss in Barely Legal, and it stole that spot in my heart that I had for NARS Sweet Dreams. I love Turkish Delight, this is probably on everyone's list, and I like it because it is a nice colour, not because of its popularity. I also really like their Larger Than Life Lipgloss in International Velvet. The Larger Than Life lipgloss line feels more like a gloss and looks more like a gloss than their regular lipgloss line. So if you're looking for that glossy look, go with Larger Than Life. I also really like my Chanel lipgloss in 131 Mica. As a teenager, I loved the MAC Lipglass in Oyster Girl. I don't wear it much anymore, but it still has a place in my makeup collection.

Lip Palettes/Sets

I don't really have any lip palettes. I do have a few Stila sets that I like and I will mention them briefly because all of their season mini lipgloss sets are all limited edition colours.
The first one I bought is from Summer 2012 I believe. It had polkadots on the packaging. It had a light pink, medium pink and Kitten. I really like the light pink one. Kitten is part of their permanent collection, obviously, and while I do like this shade, it isn't my favorite. Another set I bought was in Fall 2012 and had all brown shades, again including Kitten. I bought it because I wanted to try out different colours, but those shades weren't really my thing. The last set I bought was their Winter 2013 (this past xmas) set. While the other two sets I mentioned only contained 3 mini lipglosses, this one contained 8 minis. All of the colours were limited edition except two, Black Cherry and Sugar Plum. These colours are a purple/plum colour. The colours in this set range from plum to red to peach to pink. There's something for everyone. I liked this set because it had a bigger variation in colour than their other seasonal ones. Too Faced has a Natural Lips palette out that contains 4 lipglosses. I personally haven't tried it, but that is one lip palette that I know of.

Summer 2012

Fall 2012

Lip Brushes

I only really use two lip brushes. One is a purse brush, meaning you can cover it so it doesn't get dirty and it's short. I got it at Sephora years ago in a brush set. The other lip brush that I use is the Sephora Pro Lip Brush #81.

Sephora Pro Lip Brush #81

So that is the end of the Top5 posts!! I hope you enjoyed reading about all my current favorite products. Whenever this list changes substantially, probably at least a year, I will do an updated version. I invite everyone to share as a comment what their favorite products are. I would have included the new Too Faced Loves Sephora palette for the Top5 Eyes post but it's too late. I got the palette after I posted it. So please let me know what you thought about the products I love. Let me know what your favorite lipsticks and lipglosses are and if you use lip liners and primers, I'd especially like to hear about that and know what you think about them.



Coming Up!
I'm working on a Skincare Post right now (as in, for tonight) because I've been revamping my own.

Empties & Extras: I've got about 6-7 empties so just waiting for a couple more, trying to have 10 so be patient! I want it done for June 1st.

Makeup Basics Page: just adding the finishing touches and it should be up and ready soon

More Reviews: I've been lacking in the review department so I'll get on that. If you want me to review something, just let me know.

Most Wanted: summer 2013 products, etc

Thanks for reading,

Steph xo.