MOTD; Typical School Day

Today's post is all about the typical make up I wear to school. It is a very simple make up menu because I do wake up at 5:30 in the morning to get to class on time.

My current make up routine consists of a ton of drugstore products. Since I wake up so early in the morning, I am not really awake enough to do an eye shadow look and winged liner, so I spend time on my foundation and then add some mascara.

Pictured is the L'Oreal Magic True Match Lumi Foundation. I usually switch my foundation up depending on my skin.

Foundation & concealer close up 

Before I apply any foundation, I do apply a primer. I then apply my foundation all over my face with a Beauty Blender. Using the Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser, I swipe this under my eyes, forming a triangle. I use the Rimmel Wake Me Up concealer on any spots. I blend all of this out with my Beauty Blender.

I then set my concealer and T-zone with the Rimmel Stay Matte Powder. I am using my Sonia Kashuk blush brush to do this. After using the powder, I spray the Urban Decay All Nighter Make Up setting spray all over my face (not pictured).

Lets talk about this brush!

Finally, I curl my lashes with the Tarte eyelash curler, apply my Clinique Mascara Primer and then I apply whatever mascara I am currently using. Right now I am using the Rimmel Rockin' Curves mascara.

The Tools

You will notice that I have no primer pictured because I ran out of the Make Up For Ever HD primer I was using and needed to purchase another.






What make up have you currently been wearing? Let me know in the comments below.

Stay beautiful
Sarah

PS; There will be no January Favorites as I don't have any, and I don't want to talk about products I don't really love for the sake of a post.

MOTD - Presentations

With many final presentations coming up, which is bringing an end to this semester, I decided to share the products I use and some tips on my presentation day makeup.


Tip 1: ALWAYS use products/ make up application you know work for you. I never ever try anything new on presentation days.

Tip 2: Keep it simple. You want everyone to be focused on what you have to say, not on how dramatic your liner is.

Tip 3: Choose colors that make you feel confident. Don't wear a bold lip if you aren't comfortable in it.



The products;

To keep my make up lasting all day, I always use a primer. Right now, I am using the Maybelline Pore Eraser.

Following tip 1, I used the Make Up For Ever HD foundation. I applied this with a damp beauty blender. I did use two layers of foundation to add some extra coverage.

I applied the Maybelline Instant Age Rewind concealer under my eyes to conceal my dark circles. I also used the Rimmel Wake Me Up concealer to hide anything that wasn't covered by the foundation.

I set all my make up with the Amazing Cosmetics Pressed Powder using my Real Techniques Multi-task brush. I then sprayed the Urban Decay All-Nighter setting spray, this insured my make up did not budge.






To make sure my eye shadows don't crease, I used the Smashbox Photo Finish Lid Primer. I then applied the three lightest shade in the Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette.







After eye shadow, I used a combo of the Kat Von D Tattoo Liner and the Maybelline Stiletto liner to create a small winged liner. I used the two liners because I love the easiness of the Tattoo Liner, however I find it smudges on me so using the Stiletto liner (which is waterproof) just locks everything in.

Time to curl my lashes and apply mascara. I have been loving the Clinique lash primer ( I wrote about it here). I then coat my lashes in whatever mascara I am using, right now it is the Josie Maran Black Oil Mascara.

I then apply a fairly neutral lip color. Right now, I am obsessed with Tarte LipSurgence Lip Tint in the color moody.









That is my presentation look. How do you do your make up for presentation/public speaking engagements? If there is anything you would like me to review, please tell me in the comments.

Stay beautiful
Sarah

Make up of the Day - Travel

I am traveling home for the weekend and I am sharing the make up I am wearing while I travel. Now, I don't have a long trip but I am catching an early bus and I need to rush out the door. Here is my travel make up look.

Step 1: I apply a primer all over my face. I use a nickel size amount. I am using the Amazing Cosmetics Anti- Aging face primer. I personally rub primers into my face instead of pressing them in. I also apply a lip balm to prep my lips for a lip color later. My all time favorite lip balm is the Burt's Bees Bee's Wax lip balm.

Step 2: After I let the primer set, about 60 seconds. I dot my Garner BB cream onto my face. I put a dot on my forehead, both my cheeks, my chin and down my nose. I stipple this into my skin using a moist Beauty Blender. Once I have stippled all of the product in, I blend it outward towards my hairline and down my neck, again using the beauty blender.

Step 3: If I have any redness or spots that the BB cream didn't cover, I use my Rimmel Wake Me Up Concealer. I just dot this onto any spot and stipple the product into my skin using my Beauty Blender.

Step 4: I set all of my concealer with the Covergirl Aqua Smoothers Pressed Powder. I use my Real Techniques Multi Task brush to do this. I don't brush this into my skin as it will move the concealer, so I gently press the brush into my skin.

Step 5:  Since I will be wearing this make up all day, I use the Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray.

Step 6: I curl my eyelashes with my Revlon Eye lash curler (similar) and apply a coat of the Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes mascara to my top and bottom lashes.

Step 7: I apply a neutral lip gloss like Buxom's White Russian lip cream.

I don't wear any eye liner or eye shadow when traveling in case I fall asleep and also if I decided to go out on a Friday night, I always find that eye makeup looks better applied about an hour before you go out.

This is my go to travel look. I find it is the easiest to do when in a rush. What is your travel make up routine?

Stay beautiful
Sarah