Perfect Red Lip

Makeup Monday ~ Seven Steps To A Perfect Red Lip

A bold red lip is always beautiful and for some, a little scary to wear. For most women it is the fear of it looking awful. Here are seven tips to help you feel more comfortable with those bold colors and achieve the perfect red lip.           

1. Start by moisturizing the lips with lip balm or moisturizer.

2. Using a gentle brush, exfoliate the lips to remove any loose dry skin.

3. Apply concealer or foundation to the lips to help the lipstick color look more bold as well as help you achieve a better line.

4. Line the lips. As long as the outside is what you want the inner lip doesn't need to be perfect.

5. Fill in the lips with the desired color. It is best to use a color that matches the liner.

6. Use concealer or foundation to fix any mistakes or perfect the line of the lips.

7. Add gloss if you want a shiny lip and to help the lips look bigger.

Baby Doll Lip

Makeup Monday ~ Baby Doll Lip Tutorial

I have been having so much fun playing around with different quick makeup ideas for Halloween. My cute sister inlaw has been kind enough to let me use her as a model multiple times. Here is a quick tutorial on how to change the shape of your lips for any kind of event. Have fun!

1. Start with clean moist lip.

2. Apply concealer and foundation to make your lips the same color as your skin.

3. Draw the desired shape with a lip pencil. I wend above and below the natural lip line to help give it a more dramatic pouty look.

4. Fill in the liner with lipstick or gloss to add depth and shine. I love this look in all different colors especially black for Halloween.

Sexy Vampire Lips

Makeup Monday ~ Sexy Vampire Lips

Halloween is almost here, do you know what you want to be? This is by far my favorite holiday and I look forward to thinking up fun ideas all year. Here is a quick tutorial on how to get an awesome, easy, sexy vampire lip.

 1. Start with a clean moisturized face. Add foundation applying some to the lips as well.

 2. Line the lips with black liner to the desired shape bringing it  a little bit into the center.

 3. Apply red liner to the center of the lips.

 4. Blend the black into the red making sure to leave the very center red.

 5. Clean around the edges and add a red gloss to blend and add shine.

 6. Add a little bit of fake blood to the outsides of the mouth and anywhere else you desire.

 7. You can top it off with some fake teeth or wear as is for a sexy halloween look.

Natural Eye Tutorial

Make Up Monday ~ Natural eye tutorial

I have had a lot of makeup question while working in the industry and one of the most common is how to apply natural looking eye makeup. Here is an easy tutorial on how to apply everyday natural looking eye makeup. 

1. Start with clean dry eye

2. Apply concealer all over upper lid and under the eye to even out skin tone and prep the eye

4. Fill in brow

5. Line upper and lower lid about 2/3 of the way across.

6. Smudge liner to soften and blend it.

7. Apply a white liner under brow filling in to the crease and inside of eyelid. Apply white shadow over liner.

8. Apply natural gold shade starting at the outside of eye in crease and over liner to blend colors together.

Do not apply gold over the white making sure to blend.

9. Apply mascara

Makeup Monday ~ Fall Trend

MAKEUP MONDAY ~
I just wanted to let everyone know about my new favorite fall makeup. AVEDA has just come out with their new limited - edition Passion Flower Makeup Collection. I am so excited for these awesome lip and eye colors to start out the fall season.

Look for upcoming makeup applications with these new trendy colors.

Also my friends at Azalea Day Spa & Salon will be hosting an event featuring this new line so make sure to check it out if you are in the area. 

What's in your mascara?

Mas-TAR-a 

Buy a natural mascara and know that you won't be harming your health for the sake of beauty. Here are a few ingredients that are found in most mascaras on the market today.

Mercury (phenylmercuric acetate and thimerosal)
Coal tar colorants (D&C Black No. 2)This comes from Road Tar
Titanium dioxide, parabens (methylparaben, ethylparaben, propylparaben, or butylparaben)
Formaldehyde (pentaerythrityl hydrogenated rosinate, quaternium-15, and imidazolidinyl urea).


America's #1 top-selling mascara in the pink-and-green tube lists petroleum distillates as its number one ingredient. Petroleum is an unsustainable fossil fuel, the manufacture of which is damaging to the earth and the environment.

Read ingredient lists carefully to avoid health-threatening chemicals, and opt for plant-based ingredients instead.

I recommend Aveda's Mosscara as a natural alternative to your average mascara.