A Braided Side Bun...

Eek! My first hair tutorial and I am so excited. I typically wear braided styles on a daily basis; they are so easy to do and they look like you spent hours doing them. There are so many types of braids you can do these days:

• Waterfall braid
• Top knot braid
• Fishtail braid
• Four piece braid
• Rope braid
• French braid
• Cornrow braid
• Milkmaid braid
• Inverted braid
• Full Crown braid

The list is endless...!

This look I did it a simple side french braid that leads to a braided low bun. The best thing about these hairstyles is you can really make them your own. Do a top bun instead! Add a flower or headband! Leave it a pony tail instead of a braided bun! You can really get creative and still look stylish <3

Covergirl Bombshell Mascara...

Good morning all of my beauties <3 Thank you for stopping by :) I wanted to share with you today a review on a new mascara that is out on the market..The Covergirl Bombshell Mascara. Here is what Covergirl says about it first:

• 10x more noticeable lashes vs. bare lashes
• Extreme volume basecoat + Intensifying top coat
• Take lashes way beyond big
• A proprietary micro-thin formula that allows for multiple thick layers without the normal clumping of mascaras with waxes and clays

The wand is dual sided, one to give you a basecoat, and the other to intensify the darkness and thickness. Now I usually don't pick up Covergirl Mascara's, simply because they don't tend to do anything fantastic with my lashes. However this brush was unique, so I wanted to try it out and their new formulas.

After trying it out, I would give this a 3 1/2 start rating. The first negative is the packaging. The color is beautiful (a bright fushia), however the tube is huge and bulky, and would make it very difficult to travel around with something to clunky. I like both of the brushes, but I don't think it gives me any sort of "intense" volume like it claims. Sorry Covergirl :( I do, however enjoy the brushes on both ends, one's more of a rubbery wand which really helps seperate the lashes, and the other is a more natural bristle brush to give more volume.

To see the entire review, watch the video below:

A recent haul...

Happy day fellow bloggers! So I have figured out that one of my weaknesses include Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals....who would of thought?!

All of the good sales, deals, gift sets, etc. go up for grabs around this time of year, and I can't seem to keep my hands off them :) I wanted to share a little bit of the items I bought and give my opinion about what I have reviewed so far.

Limecrime lipsticks: This was my most exciting purchase, mainly because I have never tried any product from Limecrime, and from what I know you cannot purchase their products at a store, only online. They are also a bit pricey, so when Black Friday was offering 30% OFF, I jumped at the chance to pick up some! They go on very creamy and are extremely pigmented. They are also pretty long lasting from my first couple of tries with them <3

Tarte Amazonian Clay Blushes: Now because I am getting married in April, I have been trying to find makeup items that will last me most of the day. When it comes to blushes, I have heard nothing but great things about these Tarte blushes. What do you know? They DO stay on 12 hours! I have tried them to and from work, and I get home with still-rosy cheeks :)

Anastasia Brow Wiz: I picked this up because first, I love eyebrow pencils, and second because everyone and their mama raves about this product. Paying $21 for a brow pencil is a bit expensive considering I use it everyday. I do have to say it does give very good shape to the eyebrows, and it enables you to control how much color you put down. The negatives about it is it's a wind up pencil, and for some reason mine came broken into pieces. hence, when I wind it up too much, my broken piece falls out, sorta like a wind up mechanical pencil you would get from school. Bummer :(

To see all the products and reviews of my haul, click the video below <3

Holiday Eyes...

Merry Christmas everyone :) I hope everyone is having a great holiday and you are feeling all the love in the world. I recently picked up a Maybelline Color Tattoo and I hadn't seen this color used in any tutorial. The shade is Pomegranate Punk, and I would describe it as a cranberry, rusty color...so beautiful! I combined it with Bad to the Bronze Color Tattoo and added a bit of purple to the crease. If you aren't familiar with the Color Tattoo's, Maybelline describes them as their:

• Ink technology creates 24HR wear shadow for our most intense, long-lasting color saturation 
• Cream formula glides on without creasing and keeps color vibrant
• Ophthalmologist-tested. Safe for sensitive eyes and contact lens wearers

I own several shades, and they are always a good base to put on the eyelid for color. make sure to set it with a powder shadow to prevent creasing and you are good to go :)

Small eyes vs. Big eyes...

So today's tutorial is really based off of a YouTube video I watched from Pixiwoo. If you don't know who they are, they are two fabulous makeup artists in the UK who do a phenomenal job at makeup looks. Here is there channel (Pixiwoo)

Samantha from Pixiwoo did a tutorial on how to make eyes appear larger using makeup, and how to make them appear smaller using makeup. She did one eye with each technique and compared the two. It was pretty funny at the end of the video, because her techniques worked so well that her face looked lopsided!

I thought the idea was very intriguing, as I typically only do techniques to make my eyes appear larger. Doing a comparison side by side, I could definitlely tell the one eye I used the darker makeup on looked smaller than the other. It's such a strange illusion, but it works! What do you guys think?