 Today I'm going to talk about neutral looks and how you can bring a little something extra to them with a pop of color. Whether that be on the lid it self or with your lip color. So I have three. Two of them I've linked videos to that I done for Instagram.  This look above, I actually seen @wickedbeautification on Instagram do with similar colors. I modified it somewhat to my own vision and used different products. Her's is gorgeous so you should check it out for sure, she's so talented. It had more plum/berry shades in it without the inner corner teal part. Mine is a bit more red brown, oranges and a lighter teal somewhat. Here's what I used to do mine:
 This is a more cool toned brown eye (halo again) which when you add pink over it it tends to look a little purple. I try to keep the brown tone as much as possible so I add in warmer tones to cancel out any purple it's trying to bring out. It has some orange on the lower lash line. I have a video for it here which will take you through the whole "halo" technique I use for all halo looks pretty much. Now you could actually add in much more brown to make this even more neutral. I went in hard with the pink so you may want to do less. The Star Powder pigment brings iridescence, it's not necessarily vital to the look though. You could use the pink shades and just go with a darker pink halo eye which is still beautiful. Here's what I used:
My lipstick is ABH Lovely liquid lipstick.  This look I really love because it's a warm neutral smokey eye with an ombre lip that has a bright red center. I have a video on how I done my ombre lip here. The eyes can be modified to what ever you want as well as the lips, I just wanted to include a pop of color that wasn't necessarily on the eye.
Here's what I used:
Lips are Feminist lip liner from Colour Pop and Atlantic City liquid lipstick from Ofra Cosmetics. So those are my latest, and best three examples of easy ways to add in color to your makeup. Whether it be daily, or for a special occasion they all would be suitable. My birthday is Friday so I'm thinking the first one with the teal is going to be my birthday look. If I don't find something I like better. Right now though it's my favorite. Also check out my Instagram (@lovemascara) for small tutorial videos every few days. I'm still working through the lighting and angles though so bear with me, I'm trying to better the quality of them. I'll sign off now and I hope this was helpful, remember to be kind to each other. Spread love not hate. I appreciate you and take care!
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 So Christmas is right around the corner, and you've procrastinated in buying presents, or you accidentally forgot someone, or you're nearly done you just need some extra stocking stuffers or something. I GOT CHU. This post is going to be beauty and other things combined. So not just makeup but also some really cool gifts, or accessories that I like and love getting as gifts. Starting with skincare:
 Now for more makeup related items:
  Now on to some non-beauty gifts:
So that's it. I hope that helps. I'll be doing some reviews soon and my black friday haul but I've been very sick for the past two weeks and currently been to the hospital twice so I've not been able to really get my head on straight yet.  So this week I got some Colour Pop products. I got some of the new Raye Boyce collaboration,one of the new Holiday lip colors, a new-ish gel liner, and 3 newer shadow shades.  These are the three shadows I got. Glitterati I was most skeptical about but it's become my favorite. I think it's very similar to Kat Von D Thunderstruck actually just with glitter. It's a silver shade with plenty of sprakle. It's metallic finish and those are some of my favorite finishes in the entire line, those and the pressed pigments. Leopard is this INTENSE royal purple. It's matte and full blown purple. It's gorgeous. Drift is your typical cranberry color that's perfect for the holidays. It's a pearlized finish so it's got a sheen to it more than a shimmer. I actually thought it would be a much deeper red/burgundy but it's not it's a medium toned burgundy. I love cranberry shades they are so overlooked and they shouldn't be because they're gorgeous on everyone.  This is Rayezor, the collaboration with Raye Boyce. It's SO my style. It's just a perfect greyish mauve which I love. If you like Brink, I think you would like this. It reminds me of Underground from Gerard Cosmetics only better. It's just so pretty and very "everyday" in my opinion. I only have the lippie pencil as you know I prefer them to lipsticks. She also created a very beautiful liquid lipstick called Stingraye that I wish I would've gotten. It's a dead on dupe for Jefree Star Androgyny and ABH Veronica. Such popular colors but this one is $6.  This is one of the new holiday colors. It's called Scrooge. Which I though was so cute. It's a very pretty medium berry. It's almost pink but a little too dark to be pink so it qualifies as berry but it's not deep at all. So if you don't like plums or anything dark but you want something that's not incredibly bright, you may really like this shade. Also just $6.  This is the gel liner in Swerve. I just got black because I needed a black gel liner and also I hadn't heard the best reviews on this so I felt black was a safer route. I absolutely love this gel liner. It's very creamy in the pot and goes on very smooth and easy. It dries matte and doesn't budge. I'm not sure if that's why people didn't like them because they dry kinda fast and you couldn't really work with them after that, but I find that if you mess up gel liner anyway you're kinda screwed whether it dries fast or not. I mean if you mess it up and try fixing it it's gonna smudge so at least this really doesn't smudge. I haven't had any issues with it though. It goes on smooth and gives me plenty of time to draw my wing plus it's very easy to take off. A makeup wipe takes mine off. My Makeup Geek liner requires lots of rubbing and eye makeup remover. This was also $6.  So in this looks I'm wearing:
Rayezor on the lips Swerve gel liner Leopard and Glitterati (center of the lid) on the eye. Glitterati is so beautiful, it looks silver but it has a golden duo chrome to it and it's so pretty.  No time for chit chat. Let's get out our pens and paper and come up with a game plan of what we're gonna buy and when. So here's a list of the sale ads I've seen or emails I've received:
There will be more I'm sure. These are the ones that caught my eye. For those of you who like fashion:
 It's November and Thanksgiving is right around the corner. Which means there's going to be functions, dinners and get together's for you to go to. I put together 9 looks that I would wear to any one of those. Some have glitter, some are more colorful, others are simple and natural. It's all in what you're comfortable with.
So instead of telling you how to do each one and what I used I'm just going to give you good option for Thanksgiving/fall inspired looks. All these looks are on my Instagram page with details of products used. (@lovemascara) So here's some tips: Neutral liquid lipstick. If this comes off it won't be as noticeable as a dark color or a bright color. So think Lolita from Kat Von D, Lovely or Pure Hollywood from ABH. For dark lips or if you don't like liquid lipstick, use lip liners and fill in your entire lip with them. They last longer than a lipstick and certainly last longer than gloss. I love Colour Pop Cosmetics lip pencils. They have a ton of colors and they're $5. They are also a bit drier so they really stay on for a long time. Colors I love: Brink Tipsy Cake Fetch Feminist Wet For berry lips I really like Dose of Colors Berry Me. It's dupe is Rebel from LA Girl Cosmetics. I think Dose of Colors will look better throughout the day and fade prettier. For a neutral eye and a pop on the lips I recommend Ofra Cosmetics Miami Fever. It's like a pumpkin color. Like a burnt brown orange. For eyes that pop, try using a pigment. They're easier than you think. Buff in a crease color and then lay down a pigment either with your finger or a flat stiff brush. It makes your eye makeup look so much more complicated than it is. Some pigments I recommend are: MUG Hologram MUG Vegas Lights MAC Rose Gold MAC Heritage Rouge MUG Afterglow Also try applying a foiled shadow or a duo chrome shadow to the lid with your finger. I like In The Spotlight foiled shadow, Amber Rush from Loreal, or Mai Tai duo chrome from MUG. Also don't be afraid to try glitter. Using a glitter glue and your finger to apply it with. Tap a small amount out into the lid and go slowly so that you don't pack on too much glitter. I love Violet Voss glitters like Rosalind and Copperella, and I also love Beauty Bar Baby glitter stacks that are sample stacks where you can try a bunch of glitters for a fraction of the price. I use Fantasy and Send Me and Angel glitter from them the most. Lashes are the final touch. If nothing else I will put on Lolita lipstick and a great pair of lashes and some Benefit Gimme Brow and call it a day. I LOVE House of Lashes "Siren" and also Violet Voss "Vamptress". Of course my tried and true are still the Bianca lashes from Lena Lashes but mink lashes can get on my nerves after a few hours so I tend to go for lashes that are lighter and fit better on my lash line if I'm gonna wear them all day.  Halloween is tomorrow, so I wanted to put together my most favorite looks from this year. A few of them, my beautiful friends participated in. I'm not going to go in depth with this, just wanted to say good bye to Halloween with a look back at some of the past month (or more) work. Some being very detailed and time consuming others being easier that you think. Also wanted to tell you what products I used the most.
Left Row Top to Bottom Sketch Drawing: This was mainly black gel liner and Ben Nye Aqua Cake in white. It was relatively easy if you used a reference picture. Mermaid: My lovely friend Danielle participated in this one. It's a lot of "candy colors". Some in duo chromes and others just bright colors. Used a lot of Makeup Geek duo chromes, color hair spray, glued on pearls, and the Morphe 35S palette. Pop Art Zombie: This was hard. It was time consuming and tedious. It's also the one I'm most proud of. Lots of Ben Nye cream paints, gel liner, and lip liner. Center Row Top to Bottom Female Mad Hatter: This was fun and quite easy. I used white cream paint to make myself a lot more pale but I didn't make it indredibly opaque I let a little of my skin color show through. Lots of orange shadow, and also orange liquid lipstick from Colour Pop on my lips and brows. Green Contacts and white mascara. Angel or Fairy makeup: This was very easy and It seems like nothing but if I would've had an angel costume I would've been an angel for sure this Halloween. I literally sparkled all over. Using mainly Makeup Geek Duo Chrome Pigments and highlighters. The Undead: This was freaky. I used Ben Nye Thick Blood and Vampire Blood from Walmart. White face paint and black shadows. It was pretty easy because it's a "messy" look so you don't have to be very careful. Power Ranger: This I wish I could take credit for, my friends talked me into this look. One wanted me to do a power ranger, and one wanted me to do half the normal face and the other side the power ranger helmet to show how they have hidden identities. I used mainly Colour Pop Cosmetics lippie pencils for it. It takes a steady hand to draw out the lines. Other than that with a reference pic pulled up it was moderately easy. Right Row Top to Bottom Lisa Frank Puppy: This was very easy. I used mainly Colour Pop lip pencils for the spots. Ben Nye white face paint for the base. It was very very easy and different. The Corpse Bride: This was accomplished with the help of my friend Jamie who was willing to sit through this. It took quite a while. Using Ben Nye cream paint in blue for the base. Gel Liner for brows and detailing. White face paint for the eyes. Black shadows for contouring to hollow out the cheek bones and collar bones and around the temples. Cheshire Cat: This was just done last night. It wasn't time consuming but it wasn't very easy. I used Ben Nye purple cream paint, Colour Pop pencils and Makeup Geek purple shadows around the eyes and to contour. Gel Liner for the detailing, whiskers, and mouth. White Aqua Cake from Ben Nye to make the teeth. Cat contacts. As far as what I found I used the most. I was surprised. The things that worked the best was Colour Pop lippie pencils and they come in tons of colors. I really like Snazaroo face paints too. I used a lot of Ben Nye products as well. They wanted to sheer out a lot though. The Thick Blood was amazing and cool to work with. You can't keep messing with it because it separates on the skin so I found you had to goop it on really thick and let it dry some. Also NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils are always a great option as well. Milk and Black Bean are must haves but they have every color under the sun too and very affordable. Don't disregard your eye shadows either they are very useful over a base especially. They're great on their own or to set different colors. So there you go. Happy Halloween! Have fun and BE SAFE!  The Sephora Friends and Family sale is fixing to begin. For VIB Rouge we get early access from the 6th to the 9th. It's the regular 20% off and the code will be "ROUGE20" for online purchases. This will only work if you are VIB Rouge. The store event will be the 5th 7-9pm first access for VIB Rouge. I don't know if the VIB's get access from the 6th-9th as well or if it'll be after. There usually is another code but I can't find it yet. I will update this post as soon as I do. I got my card the other day in the mail so the others should be arriving.
So I thought I would put together some things that would be a good buy, since you're getting 20% off. Some you've seen me talk about in previous posts as good gift ideas and what not but I just wanted to touch on those again and some other ones that are really spectacular. Not all of these are on my list. I actually have a very small list.
 This is my final installment in Festive Looks for Halloween. This one is looks that incorporate black. This look above is a black and green halo eye.
 This next look is a very dramatic harsh look.
The last look below, is a more glamorous look and my favorite.
  We've already discussed some of the Holiday sets from Sephora. More have released and I wanted to give you some gift ideas in different price ranges of things that might be "the perfect gift" for certain someones. These are mainly makeup related but there are tons of skin care sets as well that would be good gift ideas too.
 This next set is the over $20- $40 range.
 This set is $40 and above.
- 0.085 oz Anastasia Beverly Hills Mini Clear Brow Gel - 0.04 oz Full-size Ardency Inn MODSTER Smooth Ride Supercharged eyeliner in Gold - 0.15 oz bareMinerals Mini READY™ Touch Up Veil Broad Spectrum SPF 15 in Translucent - Full-size Beautyblender® micro.mini sponge applicator - 0.34 oz Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector™ in Opal - 0.04 oz Bite Beauty BB for Lips in Flush - 0.24 oz Elizabeth and James Nirvana Black eau de parfum rollerball - 0.4 oz Full-size Formula X Nail Color in Fahrenheit - 0.33 oz Hourglass Veil Mineral Primer - 0.16 oz Josie Maran 100% Pure Argan Oil - 0.12 oz Julep Freedom™ Polymer Top Coat - 0.10 oz Lancôme Paris Lip Lover in 355 Framboise Etoile - 1 oz Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 20 in Nude - 1 oz Living Proof Prime Style Extender - 0.5 oz Ole Henriksen® truth serum® collagen booster - 0.07 oz SEPHORA COLLECTION Colorful Mono eye shadow in #32 Pop Idol - 0.25 oz Smashbox Camera Ready BB Cream Broad Spectrum SPF 35 in Light/Medium - 0.07 oz Stila Convertible Color in Peony - 0.11 oz Tarte Amazonian clay waterproof bronzer in Park Ave Princess™ - 0.17 oz Too Faced Better Than Sex mascara
-0.10 oz Studded Kiss Lipstick in Archangel (matte burnt red) -0.04 oz Lightening Liner in Jett (metallic black with silver shimmer) -0.27 oz Immortal Lash 24-Hour Mascara in Black Monarch Eyeshadow Palette Those last three I just copied off the Sephora site cause it was a lot of product. Keep in mind, that the Friends and Family sale will be in November. That's 20% off your purchase. Links are provided for each set to take you directly to the page their on, on the Sephora website. All images are from Sephora, obviously.  This is a Lisa Frank puppy inspired Halloween look. Google it and you'll see why I have a brush in my mouth. lol This was really easy. All you do is:
 This is a scarecrow. You can choose to paint your face white or just use foundation.
 This was actually inspired from an Instagram picture I seen fro @amyrichardsmakeup. It looked so Tim Burton. I have no other makeup on in this so it's just a rough draft. I would make my face very pale though in this and maybe use some white mascara or something. To keep the Tim Burton vibe alive!   The trickiest part of this is making the shadows of the legs which make it look 3D, make sure you're using actual shadow to do it and actual liner on the lips to make them very black. Gel liner for the legs. This look is easy because its meant to be messy. It's easier than it looks.
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ErinI'm from Tennessee. I'm a makeup and skincare lover. I have always enjoyed creating looks but I love to help people with product knowledge and application even more. I've been able to start blogging and do these things I love because God has seen fit to bless me with the opportunity. Thanks for stopping by and visiting with me! 
  
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