The Bold and the Bronzed- Makeup of the Day

Hello fashionistas!

Believe it or not, when I started this blog I planned on it being a makeup blog, it quickly became a fashion blog.

I happened to take a bunch of pictures after I did my makeup Saturday night, so I thought why not do a face of the (other) day! Sorry the picture quality isn't great, I don't have a great camera. I actually just used my Iphone for these. I liked this look so much that I did it again today! 

Hope you like!

Face

• ELF Contouring and Blush duo
• Rimmel Matte Bronzer in Sunny
• NYC creme blush in Plaza Pink
• Essence blush in Almost Famous
• Prestige bronzer
• Benefits Boi-ing and Eyebright concealer
• Physician's Formula translucent powder

Eyes

• Urban Decay Primer Potion 
• Stila's Kitten all over lid and inner corner
• UD Half Baked in my outer corner in the middle of my lower lashline
• UD Smog in my crease and outer corner of my lower lashline
• I used NYX's yogurt creme pencil as a base on my lower lashline
• Maybelline's Colossal mascara
• Stila's Lash Visor mascara
• NYC liquid liner
• UD Naked to fill in my eyebrows

Just a silly picture. Hehehe(:

Today I took my big biology exam... It was pretty hard! I have 2/3 of my life back (I still have one more part to do). Sadly next week I have a biology test, so this weekend I'll be studying (weekend.... only 4 days away). Friday I have a geometry test that I have to do well on... I have a lot of studying to do for that! 

Enough of my ramblings!

I hope you guys have a great week, I'll post soon!

XXOO

Savannah

♥

March Favorites!

Hello my beauty-istas!

I have a little March Favorites post here for you.

I've been loving my Naked palette so much. My favorite shades are Sin, Naked, and Buck. I've been using Sin and Buck to create a soft, shimmery look for school lately. I've just been using Naked to fill in the sparse areas in my eyebrows.

NYC Creme Blush in 'Plaza Pink'-this creates the warmest pink glow on my cheeks. I love it.

I hadn't picked up UDPP until January, now I don't know how I lived without! It works so well, if you don't already have it then you really need to go buy it.

ELF (regular line) bronzer in 'luminance'-this is the ultimate, cheap glow product! For $1 you can't go wrong.

Carmex Strawberry chapstick- this has been a savior since I have had a lot of allergies going on, which causes me to have to breathe through my mouth.

Stila Lash Visor waterproof mascara- this is great to just wear when you don't feel like wearing anything else. This mascara is my new favorite, it gives me flirty, fluttery lashes. Love!

ELF Cream Liner in black- I know this has been in my favorites like 10 times. I still love the dark, intense look it gives my eyes.

Physicians Formula Mineral Finishing Veil, this product leaves my skin flawless and smooth.

L-R

ELF Luminance, NYC Plaza Pink, Urban Decay Sin, Buck, and Naked

Sorry I didn't swatch the finishing powder, it literally is transparent. The Carmex chapstick is clear. Sorry, I just completely forgot to show the liner. If anyone wants to see it, let me know in the comments!

Garnier Fructis Leave in Conditioner Cream- this is the best leave in conditioner ever! It leaves my hair so soft and nourished. I have repurchased this over 5 times! Love!

Banana Boat Aloe After the Sun Lotion- this is my favorite summer/spring lotion. It leaves my skin feeling healthy and hydrated. If you have a sunburn this helps relieve the pain. I have suspicion that it helps prolong my tan.. I'm not sure if it's meant to do that though! Plus the smell is delicious!

Crest Whitening Scope toothpaste- I can tell a little bit of a difference in the whiteness of my teeth. Not only can I tell a little bit of a difference but, I really love the minty feeling I get right after I use this. Very fresh! I've repurchased this twice now.

Those are my favorites for March! Hope you enjoyed! If you want to see a swatch of the ELF liner just let me know.

What have you been loving? Are you loving anything that I'm loving?

Lots of love!

XXOO

Savannah

♥

Favoris de Janvier !

Hello my fashionistas!

I have my January favorites for you all.

I decided to do the title in French because I'm in French class and my best friend Melissa reads my blog (hey girlfrannnn!) and we have French together. I feel like my teacher would be proud!

I have a little confession, I hate doing favorite posts!

It's not that I don't like reading them because I love doing that but, all the work of swatching, deciding what I loved during the month, and how to keep it from being a rambling post drives me nuts! I feel like I don't always give one product enough talk during the post or I talk too much about another! Have no fear though, I'll keep doing them!

Here's what I've been loving for my eyes during Janvier!

Urban Decay Naked Palette (specifically Hustle, Sin, and Virgin, and Naked for my brows) ♥

MAC pan shadows in Satin Taupe and Twinks ♥

NYC Liquid Liner in Black ♥

Maybelline Colossal Lash in Glam Brown ♥

Rimmel Lond 1-2-3 Mascara ♥

• I love the Naked palette, honestly I can't rave enough about it. Hustle is the most amazing crease color for a neutral smoky eye! Love! Sin makes a great inner corner color. Virgin is good for a frostier highlight. I've been using Naked to fill in the sparse areas in my brows.
• Satin Taupe is my holy grail color! It's just fantastic! I've been using it mostly all over the lid but, if you want to go for a lighter smoky daytime eye I think it would be a great crease color. Twinks is really great too, it adds definition to my outer corner when I use Satin Taupe all over with Sin in the inner corner, Hustle in the crease, and Virgin as a highlight.
• I used to abhor liquid liner but, this liner is so great! I'm no pro at applying liquid liner, I stink at lining the inner corner area. It always comes out to wide of a line, any tips? Anyways, NYC liquid liner is super cheap (under $3.00 at Target), super black, and I love the brush. Cheap and good, what's not to love?!
• My Falsies finally got used up (must repurchase!!!) so I've been using my Colossal and I've been really enjoying it. I've found that it's a drier mascara but, it does a good job at lengthening (although I think it's meant for volume right?) any-who, I love!
• I won the Rimmel 1-2-3 mascara on Ellie Love's Friday Freebie a month or two ago and I didn't use it very much because I found it to be too wet. I started using it again after I used up my Rimmel Lash Maxx and Falsies and I found that I love it! When used with Colossal underneath with a coat or two of this over it, it gives a very full lash affect! Beware though, it's a very wet mascara.

Left to Right:

Satin Taupe, Twinks, Hustle, Sin, Virgin, & the NYC Liquid Liner in black.

Left to Right:

NYC Liquid Liner, Colossal, Rimmel 1-2-3.

Rimmel 1-2-3 is one of those mascaras with different 'settings' , this is 'setting' number 2. I guess 1 and 2 give a little bit of a different effect but, not so much that I use one more than the other!

Face Favorites!

Stila Road to Radiance (only the cream blush in Hibiscus) ♥

ELF Contouring and Blush duo (only the bronzer) ♥

ELF Pink Passion Blush ♥

• The cream blush in here is highly pigmented and it blends super easily. I love layering Pink Passion over it.
• I know, the contouring and blush duo was in last month but, I love! It's such a great contouring color. I never contoured before and now I don't know how I survived without!
• This blush was also in my favorites last month but, I've been using it a ton!

Left to right:

Hibiscus, Pink Passion, Pink Passion over Hibiscus, and the contouring bronzer.

In real life Pink Passion alone and over Hibiscus is a lot more vibrant. Hibiscus alone is looking more purple-y but, really it's a deep pink.

Finally my perfume/nails/lip favorites!

DKNY Be Delicious ♥♥♥

OPI Windy City Pretty ♥

Rimmel London Airy Fairy lipstick ♥

• I've wanted this perfume for like 2 years and when Lily bought it for me I was so happy! Thanks girl! Whenever I wear it (ahem, everyday!) I get loads of compliments and questions about what I have on!
• I took this polish a couple of months ago from my mom and never put it back in her bathroom... I started wearing it a lot during the end of the month. Opaque in two coats and a very simple pink.
• I heard loads of people raving about this lipstick and I had to pick it up! It's a nice pink with what looks like to me kind of a golden sheen? I don't know! My lips are super pigmented on their own but, I occasionally like wearing lipstick and this is a nice neutral pink that requires no fuss!

Left to Right:

OPI Windy City Pretty & Airy Fairy.

Excuse the fact that my hand/arm looks all fat, the tape and the awkward angle I had to bend my hand to get a good picture makes my hand look bloated!

Let me know what your favorites of Janvier were!

Loads of love!

XXOO

Savannah

♥♥♥

Jewel Bib Necklace Outfit of the Day & Eye Makeup of the Day

Hey fashionistas!

I have an outfit of the day for you all!

I wore this on Tuesday to school.

Blazer: Kohls

Shirt: Forever 21

Tank top: Kohls

Jeans: Gloria Vanderbilt

Shoes: Payless

I had my mom use hot rollers on my hair and it made is super voluminous, sadly it fell due to the humidity here by fourth/fifth period. I did it again today and it fell by third period.

I know those of you who are experiencing blizzards right now are probably laughing/super jealous of the humidity but, I wish it was cooler here! Okay, not blizzard cool but, I wish it was like chilly. The high today was 76 F.

Here's my eye makeup that I've been wearing almost the entire month, sorry for the crap phone picture. Seriously, sorry!

Um yeah, I took this while I still had the rollers in my hair!

I used Satin Taupe all over my lid with Twinks in the outer corner, with Hustle (from the UD Naked palette) in my crease, and Sin (from the UD Naked palette) in my inner corner, and Virgin (again from the UD Naked palette) as a highlight.

NYC liquid liner.

Maybelline Colossal Lash mascara and 1-2-3 Volume mascara by Rimmel.

Oh and in my brows I've been using Naked from the Naked palette to fill in the sparse areas.

If you don't have Twinks then this look doesn't have to have it, I just feel like it adds a bit more depth to my outer corner area.

Hope you enjoyed!

Lots of love!

XXOO

Savannah

♥♥♥

My Favorite Beauty Products 2010

Hey fashionistas!

I've been seeing a lot of bloggers posting their favorite beauty products of 2010, so I thought I would do mine. I'm not sure if they have to be new products from 2010 or products just new to you. My favorites are a bit of both.

By the way these are in no particular order.

Orly "Close Your Eyes" polish.

I took this months ago from my mom's bathroom and let me say that it hasn't made a return trip! It's a beautiful magenta color, opaque in 2 coats.

ELF "Smoky Brown" polish, or as I call it "Smoky Bear".

I think that this is the best fall/winter polish. It's very neutral and I love it. Normally I like pinks, reds, or deeper colors but this is amazing! Plus it's only $1. Seriously, what's not to love?

Co. Bigelow Lip Glosses

So maybe this isn't just a 2010 favorite. More like an all time favorite. Not just in this shade either, all of the scents and flavors are so amazing! They are super glossy and they aren't sticky at all. Bonus they are minty and on the package it says to have "breath freshening benefits".

ELF Contouring and Blush Duo

A new favorite of mine, but none the less a favorite! I don't really use the blush side (it's very sparkly) but I use the bronzer to contour everyday. It's not too dark for the winter at all. Plus it's $3 compared to the infamous Nars duo which I believe is $36; I'm not positive about that though.

NYC Color Wheel Mosaic Powder in "Pink Cheek Glow"

I bought this in I think April and I used it a lot and around October I stopped using it because I had put it in a makeup bag that I had in a random purse. I found it and I re-discovered my love for it. It really does give a nice glow, it isn't the longest lasting blush though but if you apply a creme blush under it then it has a longer lasting time.

EOS Lipbalm in Summer Fruits

Seriously? Do I even need to explain my love for this? I think not! If you don't already have one then I suggest you go buy one!

Wet n' Wild "Vanity" palette

This is a new product to me (like I bought it a few weeks ago) and it has already become a staple in my makeup! My favorite ones are the first on the left for a highlight, the 2nd on the left for a midtone color, and the bottom two for crease colors. This was so cheap and the quality is incredible, Wet n' Wild has seriously stepped up their game.

Stila "Kitten" eyeshadow

I use this basically everyday as a base color my bronzey looks (and other looks) also it's a great inner corner color. If you don't have this then you should, it flatters many (if not all) skintones.

Maybelline's "Falsies" mascara

This was a new product from 2010 and I have to say, it was love at first coat. I like to layer it over Rimmel's Lash Maxx mascara for a truly dramatic look.

Rimmel's Lash Maxx mascara.

As I said above I like to layer a coat of this with a coat of Falsies over it. This is the best lengthening mascara I've ever used.

Stila Smudge Pot in "Black"

I love cream eyeliners so much because of this! They glide on so nicely! If you aren't up to paying the $20 then I suggest the ELF Studio line cream liner in black. I promise it's just as good. I switch off between those two. I really do need to do a comparison post! One of these days....

*All of the images used were found through google images*

That's all for now glamistas!

I tag all of you to do a round-up of your favorite beauty products from 2010!

XXOO

Savannah




Merry Christmas Eve !

October Favorites

Dearest fashionistas,

Instead of being RIDICULOUSLY late on my favorites like normal I decided to just get it done!

So here it is.

Top to bottom:

• J'adore by Dior parfum
• NYC Color Wheel Mosaic blush in 'Pink Cheek Glow'
• Orly nail polish in 'Close Your Eyes'
• Stila Smudge Pot in 'black'
• Stila Kitten shadow
• Rimmel's Lash Maxx mascara
• Maybelline's Falsies mascara
• LA Colors palette in 'Traditional' (this is in my giveaway)

The color that I'm loving from this palette is the second one in the second row. It's a nice light brown

color. I've been using it in either my midtone or my crease, depending on how dark I want to go.

Here are swatches of the brown and Kitten.

I'm loving using Rimmel's Lash Maxx with Maybelline's Falsies over it. My new favorite combo!

Here are the brushes.

I'm off to go carve pumpkins!

Happy Halloween fashionistas!

XXOO

Savannah

♥

August Favorites

Hello lovelies as I have been promising here is my August favorites.




Maybelline e/s pearl in 'Bronze Blowout'
Maybelline Falsies mascara
Beauty Rush e/s in 'Plum Passion'
NYC Creme color stick in 'Plaza Pink' I believe this was in my last favorites but lately I've been wearing the CG blush pictured above over it.
Covergirl blush in 'True Plum' (number 154)
Covergirl bronzer (sorry I don't know the color/number!)
Maybelline e/s in Seashell


Bronze Blowout, lightest color, mixed, and then the darkest color. They are quite shimmery but I don't mind. In fact I embrace shimmer! And glitter for that matter.


Beauty Rush Plum Passion, I've been using this in my crease and seashell all over my lid with a light lavender for my midtone. Simple and chic, what's not to love?


This is the CG blush over the NYC creme blush. It is actually a lot more vibrant then it is here.


This is the CG bronzer, I use this to contour. It isn't blended here so that's why it looks so dark.


This is Maybelline's Seashell color, it is a very, very pale pinky/silver color. I had it for awhile and I hadn't really used it that much until now.

These are the other favorites


Aussies 3 Minute Miracle Conditioner, can't say enough good things about this stuff! It makes my hair so ridiculously soft.

Berry Kiss- the notes are Wild Raspberry, Praline, and Roses. This replaced my all time favorite Pure Seduction spray. It just smells so good! All flowery without being to overpowering (I think that would be because of the praline).

NYC Bryant Park nail polish which you guys saw recently in a NOTD. Love this, cross between a gold and brown.

I've been loving the Aquafina chapsticks, they don't have any color but they really moisturize your lips. Sorry for the bad picture, I'll add another.


(from Google Images)

This is what I bought from Walgreens a couple of weeks ago. My favorite is the original, it tastes like mints. The other two are Wild Berry and Raspberry. The other thing is a Hydrating Lip Oil. Which I also really like, very minty. All of this was 4 dollars.

That's all for now.

XXOO


Savannah

♥

NOTD

Hello lovelies(:
Here is what I had on my days a few days ago.



This is Bryant Park from New York Colors. A nice beigey/gold color (that I adore!). I think it is perfect for autumn. You can get this for 1.72 at Target and I'm sure Wal Mart has it.


XXOO


Savannah

♥

July Favorites 2010

Two posts in one day! Aren't you lucky(:

These are the products I have reached for A LOT this month (umm can anyone else believe how fast this month went by???). Only 22 days (tomorrow) until school starts. ):

So here we go.



I love the lightest color in the Stila trio and it is called Kitten. Perfect for all over, highlight, inner corner, everything!

Falsies is a really wonderful mascara, I just can't get enough of this product!

I like the LashMaxx for my lower lashline because (you can look at swatches of kitten and the mascara brushes in my Collective Haul post).

The Stila smudgepot in black is so easy to use and it doesn't fade, it stays put!

The Rimmel bronzer in Sunny bronze is so nice, I love it because it is matte (and it was under 5 bucks!).

NYC creme blush in 'Plaza Pink' makes my face look warm and glowing, love it.

These are the products that weren't in my makeup bag (well actually it's a Caboodle, one of the plastic ones).



The Vaseline body lotion in Cocoa Butter feels really nice on my skin and it absorbs very quickly. Also, it smells pretty yummy(:

Secret Garden body spray in Sweet Daydream smells all light and florally but not too florally.

Revlon nail polish in 'Minted'. I love this color, the only thing is you have to do 3 thin coats to make it opaque. I did a nails of the day posts a couple of days if you want to see a swatch of it.



XXOO

Savannah

♥

EOTD/FOTD/OOTD

Hello lovelies, today I thought I would do a couple of posts, so first up is my eye of the day, face of the day, and outfit of the day. I woke up at like 7 this morning and my mom, her friend, and I took Colby (the puppy) to a bridge that a lot of people walk/run/bike. So I am really tired, 'walking' Colby is like walking and doing weights because you have to drag him along. Colby has two speeds: fast (hey let's run and chase that person!) and no, no I'm not walking I will sit/lay here and look at you with my pathetic little eyes! We went early and by the end I was DRENCHED in sweat (yuck!), so when I got home I took a shower and got all beautified(:

Here is what I wore.

I'm not going anywhere today, my bestie is coming over at like 5ish but other then that not much going on today. And it is thundering like mad right now!


This is what I wore for earrings, I only took one out to show you guys.
And since I wasn't going anywhere I didn't have shoes on. Basically this outfit was just comfy and casual.

Dress: Ross (as seen in a haul in I believe... June?)
Earrings: Forever 21 they came in like a set of three studs.

Face of the day (and this picture makes me look weird, so sorry).

Yeah I kind of hate this picture. And yes I do wear glasses, I just took them off for this picture.

Eye of the day

Eyes open(:

Eye closed.

These are the products I used for my eyes.

I used the pink one (Valley girl) in my outer corner and the light purple (Souther Belle) in the middle of my eye (midtone area) and in my inner corner I used Stila's eyeshadow Kitten (sorry I forgot to include it in the picture). I used Falsies on my upper lashes and on my lower lashes I used the LashMaxx.

These are the products I used for my face.

I used the bronzer on the sides of my face and the sides of my forehead, the blush on the apples of my cheeks and a pinch of it in the middle of my forehead. The other two are pretty self explanatory!

Thanks for following/commenting!


XXOO

Savannah

♥