Sunset Boulevard- Makeup of the Day

Hello fashionistas!

Today I did a sunset inspired makeup and remembered to take pictures to share with you all. 

I used my new Too Faced Summer Eye palette for some of this. Overall, I definitely like the Romantic Eye palette better. I think the quality of the shadows is better, some of the Summer Eye shades aren't as pigmented/become muddy when you blend. 

Here are the products I used on my eyes.

Urban Decay Primer Potion

MAC Melon pigment all over

Too Faced Summer Eye palette's Coral Crush in my outer corner/crease

Urban Decay Naked 2 Half Baked in the center/blended into the Coral Crush 

Urban Decay Bootycall as my highlight

Too Faced Summer Eye palette's Toasted Coconut as my eyeliner

Covergirl Lashblast mascara top and bottom

Urban Decay Naked to fill in my eyebrows a  bit

Full face shot. I used my favorite blusher ever, Nars' Orgasm. I am sporting a nice all over tan because of the recent beach trips I've taken! I went Sunday morning/afternoon with the boyfriend and again with him yesterday after school. It was really fun. Anyways, that's the whole reason I'm tan again. 

To keep with the sunset theme I put on Kate Moss' Rimmel London #12 lipstick with Palladio Herbal Liplicious lipgloss in Apricot over it to tone down the the coral. 

Today I took my first AICE english paper and it went relatively well. I definitely passed it. 

Tomorrow is pre-AICE history and this doesn't count for college credit. Should do okay on it. 

I'm off to study with my best friend. After that we're going out to dinner. 

Have a fabulous day!

XXOO

Savannah

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Fashion and Makeup - 9/21/11

Hello fashionistas!

Here's what I wore for school yesterday, probably my favorite outfit of the year (thus far)!

My hair actually held ALL DAY! I used my Sebastian Shaper Plus hairspray. I love that stuff.

It's a must have for anyone who lives in humidity.

The heels were surprisingly comfortable, I actually really love these shoes! I took them off once I got to pottery, thank goodness for a 6/7 class!

Top & Earrings: Forever 21 Jeans: GV Tanktop: Aeropostale Shoes: Target Bracelet: local store

Here's some close ups of my makeup.

These were taken after a full day of school, just the eye pictures, not the other ones.

The products I used to create this look were:

UDPP 

-Urban Decay's Buck all over the lid

-Urban Decay's Naked in the crease to soften Buck

-Urban Decay's Smog on my upper lashline, then Urban Decay's Darkhorse over Smog

-Urban Decay's 24/7 Whiskey liner on bottom lashline, with Darkhorse over it

-Covergirl's waterproof Lashblast mascara on upper and lower lashes

-Urban Decay's Naked to fill in my eyebrows

I thought the browns on bottom really emphasized my blue eyes. 

Do you guys have any color tricks you use when doing your makeup? 

Another busy school day! I'm super tired and I have a good bit of homework to get done. 

I'm now president of the Cameramics (ceramics and photography) club! Pretty darn excited. 

I also got a 88% on my history test, so I'm pretty happy about that. 

This week has seemed SO long, I'm really ready for it to be over. 

Happy almost Friday! 

Lots of love!

XXOO

Savannah

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5 Minute Eye

Hello fashionistas!

I did a quick and simple eye look and I wanted to share it with you all. I've been wearing this a lot when I want makeup on, but I don't want to look overdone. Plus it takes barely 5 minutes to do!

Urban Decay Primer Potion

Stila's Kitten all over lid and in inner corner

Urban Decay's Naked in the crease

Urban Decay's Virgin as a brow highlight

E.L.F Studio Cream Liner in Brown

Covergirl Waterproof Lashblast on upper and bottom lashes

Here's a crappy webcam picture of my entire face! Sorry, my actual camera died before I had a chance to take a full face picture. 

Do you guys have a 5 minute eye look? Do you tend to go to neutrals when you're in a time pinch or pops of color? 

Today Lily is coming over to help me clean out my closet (plus my shoes, bags, and jewelry)! This is going to be an all day job. Wish us luck! 

Have a splendid Saturday!

XXOO

Savannah

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Done Up - Eye of the Day

Hello beautyistas!

I have a little eye of the day that I did today. Simple bronzey eye makeup, bronze and gold looks are some of my favorites to do!

Products used:

Urban Decay Primer Potion 

Stila Acapulco trio, the outer color all over my lid

Urban Decay Half Baked all over the Stila shade

Urban Decay Smog in the outer corner

ELF Cream Eyeliner in brown on upper lashline

Colossal on my upper lashes (one coat)

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Yogurt as a base on my lower lashline

Urban Decay Smog all over the Yogurt

Urban Decay Half Baked in the inner corner of my lower lashline, about 1/3 of my lower lashline has that over Smog

Urban Decay Whiskey in the outer corner of my bottom rim of my eye 

That's it! 

Sorry I didn't take a full face picture, it just slipped my mind. 

Today was the sister's birthday and we had a little party, it was fun. Lily got to come over and we hung out for a bit. We went through old yearbooks and laughed so hard! Yearbook photos are just NOT a good representation of how one actually looks. I got to drive for the first time in 2 weeks today, did a pretty good job, if I do say so myself.. And I am! 

I have a couple of things that I purchased yesterday (mom purchased for me...), I'm going to take photos and put them up probably Sunday or Monday. I didn't get much, only one clothing item, and it was pajamas! 

XXOO

Savannah

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Blue and Stars + Eye of the Day

Hello fashionistas!

I wanted to show you want I wore in honor of 4th of July.

We did a little BBQ action, but I skipped on fireworks because they are not my favorite thing. 

I'm probably one of the few people who aren't fond of them! 

Shirt: Liz Clairborne  Star top: Belk Shorts: Dockers (bought at Bealls) Watch: Avenues Shoes: Aerosoles Sunglasses: ? 

I finally realized that I need to set my camera on macro mode to pick up makeup well, I used macro on all of these. The only thing I do not like about macro is that it makes me look so pale! 

Anyways, here's my patriotic eye makeup!

Urban Decay Primer Potion

NYX Yogurt pencil as a base on my lower lash line

Stila's Stone eyeshadow all over and in the middle of my lower lash line

Stila's Smog in the crease

Sleek original I-Divine palette dark, shimmery blue in the crease, and all over the bottom lash line

Urban Decay's Virgin in the inner corner, bottom inner corner, and highlight

ELF Studio Cream liner on my upper lash line
Urban Decay's Creep over the ELF Studio Cream liner

Rimmel London 1-2-3 mascara on upper lashes

Covergirl waterproof LashBlast mascara on lower lashes

This showed up a little bit more silver than blue, don't worry it was definitely blue! 

How'd you guys spend your 4th of July? 

XXOO

Savannah

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May Favorites!

Hello fashionistas!

Sorry my May favorites is so late.... Better late than never!

 ♥Jergens Natural Glow in light

♥Urban Decay Naked palette

♥ELF professional "C" eyeshadow brush

♥Stila 30 brush 

♥Benefit Boi-ing and Eyebright concealer duo

♥MAC Melon pigment

♥Bath and Body Works' Eau Du Toilette in Sweet Pea 

♥Maybelline Colossal mascara

♥Carmex chapstick in Strawberry

♥Presitge bronzer (no specific name)

Left to right:

Prestige bronzer, UD Naked, UD Half Baked, MAC Melon, Benefit conceal/eyebright *unblended*

♥I bought the Jergens lotion towards the end of April and I used it almost all of May (until I started hitting the pool regularly). I had a lot of comments on my 'tan'.... Little did they know it was a fake, hehe! This was a great buy, it really did gradually build. It looked very real. 

♥I know you all are probably sick and tired of seeing the Naked palette in everyone's favorites, but I just can't help my love for this palette! I got really into using Naked and Half Baked this month. I have a look to go up using Naked and Buck, I'll probably put it up tomorrow or Tuesday. 

 ♥ELF's "C" brush is great to pat shadow on the lid. At $3 this brush is a great buy.

♥Stila's #30 brush is double ended. I can dust shadow across my lid and then use the tapered end to add depth in the crease. I use the tapered end almost everyday. 

♥I picked up the Benefit duo a month and half ago. At first I wasn't sure if I liked it, but now I love it! I find the concealer to be very creamy, but the eyebright is a little bit difficult to blend. You can buy this duo at Ulta, by the checkout.

♥MAC's Melon pigment was a GREAT buy! I would like to thank my best friend Mel for convincing me that I would use it and it was worth the money! I wore it for 2 weeks straight in the beginning of May, and I never do that! 

♥Sweet Pea eau du toilette is very light and yummy! This is actually my sister's, she doesn't know how much I've been wearing it this month...

♥Maybelline's Colossal mascara I love because of the giant brush. I'm in need of a new mascara, if you have any recommendations tell me below!

♥Carmex is such an awesome product! I put it on right before I go to bed every night, I wake up in the morning with it on lips! It's so long lasting. Everyone should have Carmex in their life.

♥Prestige bronzer is a great, shimmery bronzer. I love to use it on my cheeks to warm up my face. It gives me that summer glow! 

I hope you enjoyed my late May favorites! What were you loving last month? Did we have anything in common? 

Lots of love!

XXOO

Savannah

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Blog Birthday + Outfit of the Day + Eye of the Day

Hello fashionistas!

I wanted to show you what I (almost) wore to school on Friday.

Top: Kohls Tanktop: Aeropostale Skirt: Coldwater Creek Shoes: Aerosoles Earrings: mom's 

I was going to wear this to school on Friday, but it was not very comfortable, so I threw on jeans instead. The jeans were a good call because I did a ton of walking around that day. If I had worn the skirt I probably would have been tugging it around all day. 

Here's my eye makeup that I wore. I've been doing this for the past couple of days, quick and easy! 

EYES

• UDPP
• Urban Decay's Sin all over lid
• Sleek's original I-Divine palette purple all over sin, lightly patted
• Stila's Road to Radiance travel palette's "City Chick" in the crease
• Urban Decay's Virgin as my highlight
• Maybelline Colossal lash
• Stila's Lash Visor

 I took my final exam today. I'm officially a sophomore! Well, except for the fact that I have to take the final part of my pre- AICE biology exam on Friday, but I'm not worried about it. I went home with the best friend Lily and hung out at her house all afternoon/evening. 

Here's a breakdown of my exam grades:

English: 100% (highest out of everyone, very pleased with myself)

Pottery: 100%

Geometry: 80% (I'm happy with that, seen as I thought I was going to not do well at all on it.)

French: 80% (I'm also happy with this because the final exam was SO hard.)

I don't know what I got on my geography exam yet, but overall I'm pretty pleased with my grades.

I just wanted to tell you guys that today is my first blog birthday! I'm so happy to have gotten to 'know' so many of you, you're the kindest people. I have had so many wonderful opportunities brought into my life from blogging. Plus, I get to interact with you all on a daily basis! I remember when I got my very first follower, I had been 3 weeks into blogging, I was out at dinner, waiting for our table. I pathetically checked my Blogger account to see if I had any 'hits' on my blog, when I saw that I had a follower I was SO excited! By the next day I had ten followers! Blogging started as a hobby to do over the summer, now I don't know what I would do without it! I love blogging so much, and I love you all so much. Thank you for being such amazing followers, every new follower I get the happier I am. All of your comments bring smiles to my face and really just warm my heart. If you ever have any questions or requests, drop me a line or comment on a post. I love you guys! 

XXOO

Savannah

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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

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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

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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

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