Weekly tip, Beauty news & Makeup favorite

Happy Friday! What are your plans for the weekend? This weekend my sisters are coming over for a visit. My boyfriend is going hunting for the weekend and I thought it would be fun to have a "grown up" girls weekend. We're going to do some masks, possibly sip on wine and watch Christmas movies.

I know my weekend plans are not the reason why you are here. So shall we move on with our weekly tip? Ok.. I just did a weird head turn while I did that (haha). Sometimes I think I should create a Youtube channel just so ya'll can see my awkward looks! Sometimes it can be hard to show my personality through text. 

I started using liner brushes a while back when I was too lazy to wash my lip brush. After a while I actually found myself preferring the angled brush over my lip brush. I find that the precision is more accurate. Maybe its just because I create complex wings with that brush all the time. And no, I don't use the same brush for both my eyes and lips... I have more than one, ha. You should really try it sometime!

Pantone Universe announced their color of the year yesterday! You know what that means, a new Pantone collection by Sephora! The shades picked were Serenity (15-3919) and Pantone Rose Quartz (13-1520). The picture up above are the limited-edition products Sephora will release starting this month (December).

This is my favorite part of this post! My favorite product this week is the Too Faced Semi- Sweet Chocolate bar. I recently ordered it so I can compare it to the new Chocolate Bon Bons palette that is releasing on the 8th. Honestly, I'm surprised by how much I love this palette. I thought the original was good but the Semi-Sweet is even better. I find that the shadows are a lot smoother and more unique. I'm in total awe. If you want to see swatches come back later when I post a comparison of the three palettes. I'll also give you the details on which one is the best.

What was your favorite makeup product this week? Was it perhaps the same as mine? Let me know in the comments below. And don't forget to tell me if you're going to try this weeks tip. Fill me in on how it works out!

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Acne Update | New Skincare Goodies | November 2015

It's been a while since I lasted posted an acne update. Since then, my skin has changed along with the season. Right now I'm starting to show more signs of dryness, which also results in more breakouts. 

To fix the dryness I bought a heavy night cream over the weekend. I'll probably see how that works out before I spend the big bucks on a new moisturizer. 

To be honest, no matter how much I spend on skincare, my skin always looks and feels the same. The only thing that really makes my skin feel different is the Glamglow Supermud mask. It doesn't make my acne go away completely but it subsides my breakouts to some degree. Though, right now I feel like it may be too drying for the colder months. I need all of the moisture I can get! 

As you can see in the photo above, my breakouts are lower and closer towards my mouth. I haven't had very many on my upper cheeks. However, I'm worried I'll break out up there soon. I do every single time during  winter. I don't know if my skin just hates cold weather or I break out because of allergies (is that a thing?), or what. I just know I do break out worse when it's cold outside.

Another weird thing I have noticed are pimples on my nose. I have never broke out on my nose but for some reason I have woke up with nose pimples a couple times this month. I Don't know what that's about! 

I did buy two other things along with my new moisturizer. I got the Burts Bees Natural Acne Solutions Gel Cleanser, the Loreal Youth Code Serum Instense and of course, the Olay Regenerist Regenerating Night Recovery Cream Moisturizer. 

If you can't tell, I'm in a major Christmas mood. I know Thanksgiving is this week, no I don't want it to be over with, but I am in the holiday spirit! How can I not be when I already started Christmas shopping? 

I pretty much made those three products my night time routine. I started two days ago and I think I have noticed a difference but it may be too early to tell. I can say I haven't been cursed with any new pimples and my skin does feel extra plump. Wouldn't it be crazy if I bought my perfect combo?! Doubt it, but hopeful. 

If you want a complete skincare routine just let me know. I'm willing to do one,  but I haven't found my holy grail products yet... So it might be pointless. Plus, products that help me will only help you if your acne or skin is the same as mine. 

Well that's it for now. I'll give everyone an update in a future post or on Instagram & Twitter. Let me know if you have any questions or feed back. I always enjoy reading comments from you all! 

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Fall Inspired Makeup Look | Drugstore & High End | Morphe 35C

A couple weeks ago I decided to give in and order my first Morphe palette. I ended up picking the 35N and what do you know, I love it. In fact, I loved it so much I ordered another one. The second one, which is the 35C, arrived a day ago (as I'm writing this), and I couldn't help but create a look with it for a tutorial. 

Now I know some of you said you'd rather have a day time tutorial before the fall tutorial but I wanted to go ahead and get the fall one up before... Well, Fall is over! Christmas is seriously right around the corner and we all know holiday tutorials are in store. 

Don't worry, though. My day time look will be up next week! 

You will need:

Morphe 35C palette or similar colors

Tarte Tarteist Clay Paint Eyeliner or Black Gel Eyeliner 

Catrice Cosmetics Liquid Metal Eye Pencil in "Blingo Starr" or a silver shimmer eye pencil 

Covergirl Supersizer mascara or mascara of your choice 

(Optional) NYX Cosmetics Tame & Frame Brow Pomade or Brow product of your choice

Brushes: Sigma e25, fluffy blending brush, angled eyeliner brush, smudge brush, flat shader, small pointed brush.

Directions

1. Prime your eyelids with a primer or concealer. Then set the product with a powder or any light eyeshadow you have on hand. 

2. Grab a fluffy blending brush and use eyeshadow A on the second row as your transition shade. Apply it in a sweeping motion into the upper crease, than blend it in using circular motions. 

3. Grab shade A on the top row with the same brush and do the exact same thing but a little lower in the crease. Blend until there are no harsh lines. 

4. Now to deepen the crease use shade B on a Sigma e25 and sweep this into the crease over the second A shade we used. Once it looks blended take a clean fluffy blending brush and blend even more!

5. Take shade C and apply it all over the lid using a flat brush. Once applied take your Sigma e25 and blend that into the crease with no additional product. 

6. Now take shade D and apply this on the outer V for extra definition. I used the Sigma e35 for this step. What I do is start off tapping on the black shadow all over the outer V. Then I make short sweeping motions towards the center of my eye. Just don't go to the center. Keep that black shade on the outer part of your eye. Now take a fluffy brush and blend out any harsh lines from the black shadow. 

7. Now take shadow E with any brush (I used a fluffy one) and pick up just a little bit of eyeshadow. Use that to lightly transition the black shade into the lid color...Just so there are no harsh lines. I used light tapping motions. This shade is pretty similar to the lid shade but just a little lighter. So mixed in with the black, it pretty much looks the same afterwards but that's what I did, so yeah. You can go in with that same lid color in step 5 or use this one. Either is fine.

8. I forgot to add it in the picture above but I used the lightest shade in the palette to highlight my brow bone. Seriously though, any white or cream shade you have will work!

9. Now for the fun part! Use your silver eye pencil and run it around the inner corner of your eye. Once you have the desired pigmentation, use your finger and lightly dab out the edges to blend it in. 

10. Use your gel eyeliner to line your eyes. I went with a simple wing that I created with an angled brush. 

11. Don't apply your mascara just yet! First, we need to do the bottom lashline if you're comfortable with that. Take shadow A from the second row and sweep it on the whole lashline. Use any brush that you like. I just used my Sigma e25.

12. Now take shade C on a smaller pointed brush and blend that closer to the lash line. Don't go too low or it will look dark and messy down there. 

13. Grab some of the black, shade D, and apply it on the outer half of the lashline only. I used a small smudge brush for this step. 

14. Now take the Sigma e25 brush and blend out the lower lashline. Do not drag the shadows down, just blend them together (lightly). 

15. Now take a clean fluffy brush and blend out any harsh lines anywhere on your eye. If there are none, add mascara and call it a day! 

The lipstick I have on in the photo above is Chilly Chili by Colourpop. A full review of it can be found here.  Also, the brows are optional. Don't feel like you have to do your brows. I sometimes don't but I always do for photos just because they look more... Put together? 

Are you going to try out this look? If you do, please tag me on Instagram (@TaylorPieB) and show me your work. I would love to see it! 

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