Liebster Award

Hey!

So, I'm super excited, I was nominated for the Liebster award, an award for up and coming bloggers with fewer than 200 followers.  The awesome Katherine Nicole found my blog and nominated me :)  What a great way to find new bloggers and get new blogs out there! 


The Rules:

1. Answer the questions the tagger has set for you
2. Create 11 questions for people you've nominated
3. Choose eleven people (with fewer than 200 followers) to give this award to and link them in your post
4. Go to their page and tell them or email them
5. Remember, no tag backs.

My Nominees:
AllisonLeighAnn
Lipstick & Ponytails
Skin Stuff by Katy
Lifestyle and Beauty Honestly
Devastatingly Beautiful Life
Freshly Pressed Beauty
Beauty Blogger Connecticut
Nancy Mulhouse
Slashed Beauty
Urban Anthropology
DC Girl in Pearls

Katherine Nicole's Questions:

1. Are you an early bird or night owl?
    Def a night owl! I hate morning!

2. What are you currently reading?
     Ghost Wars- it's this awesome book about the CIA and Afghanistan in the 80's

3. What would be your dream job?
     Singer

4. Chocolate or vanilla?
     Vanilla all day er'yday day

5. What is your most prized possession?
     Ooo this is hard...umm probably pictures that I have from when I was younger

6. What's the first thing you do in the morning?
     Think of how much trouble I'd get in if I called out :)

7. What is your favorite food?
      Chicken Svoulaki yummm

8. Biggest pet peeve?
      People who don't answer text messages for hours!

9. What was the last movie you watched? What did you think about it?
      American Hustle.  It was really good and def worth the hype!

10. Pasta, wine and a good book OR pizza, beer and a movie? Why?
      Pizza, wine and movie.  Because wine is amazing but pizza trumps pasta.

11. What's something your readers might not know about you?
       Hmm...I went to high school in London



My Questions:

1.  Would you rather travel to Europe or the Caribbean?

2.  What made you decide to start blogging?

3.  Dogs or cats?

4.  What is the one beauty product you can't live without?

5.  What 3 items would you want on a deserted island with you?

6.  What's your favorite TV show?

7.  What's your biggest vice?

8.  Skiing or beach?

9.  What would you eat as your last meal?

10.  What's the one thing you'll only do when you're alone?

11.  What would your dream life be like in 5 years?


Hope all my nominees enjoy this and keep it going!  Thank you so much Katherine Nicole for this awesome nomination!  

xo

Kelly

Mac Haul

Hey guys!

So I recently did a little Mac shopping!  To be fair, this was actually 2 trips combined into 1 video, so I didn't purchase this all at the same time.  Check out my video to see my favorite, there were definitely a few things I got that I'm kind of obsessed with now!  I put the pictures below so you can see the different products I got as well.  Hope you guys enjoy!!

 Platinum Love Eye Shadow
 Sweet Heat Eye Shadow
 Silver Dawn Eye Shadow
 At Dusk Eye Shadow
 Superb Eye Shadow
 Era Eye Shadow
 Arena Eye Shadow
 Hip and Happy Lip Liner (It does not look this purple in person!)
 Pink Plaid Lipstick 

Naked Pigment
 Fix
130 Duo Fibre Brush


xo

Kelly

EASY Highlighting and Contouring

Hey guys!

So highlighting and contouring is all the rage right now and for good reason.  It can help emphasize or de-emphasize features that you love or hate.  A lot of the videos I've seen on youtube have been really intense with all sorts of crazy dark colors and lines, and numbered and all this crazy stuff.  I myself use contouring every day because I hate the roundness of my face and like to give the illusion of cheekbones.  However, my contouring is not nearly as complicated as a lot of the videos out there.  Check out my video below to see how I do this, and some tricks for changing face shapes, noses, eyes etc.  Hope you guys like it!

xo 

Kelly

The Brush That Changed My Life

Hey!

So I have relatively manageable hair.  However, if I tease my hair or don't comb it for a few days it can get cray.  There is nothing worse than getting out of the shower and having just one huge knot.  It's like WTF.  I've tried using detangling leave-in conditioners and they work relatively well, but still pulling the comb through my tangles always hurts.  I'd heard about this brush that was supposed to be great for detangling hair but hadn't really given it too much thought.

I somehow got roped into doing a free Amazon Prime trial and during the month I had it I felt the need to buy as much as possible to get my (free) money's worth for the month.  So, one day it occurred to me that maybe this brush was worth trying.  I looked it up and it was the weirdest shape, but it cost me like $3 I was like why the heck not?!  BEST $3 I EVER SPENT.  This little thing is a miracle worker.  Comb your hair with it before you shower, after you shower, when you wake up, whenever the heck you feel like it.  I can't even imagine the wonders it works on people with actually tangley hair.  It's seriously so amazing, I threw away all my other brushes just because I hate them so much now :)

But for real.  If you have an extra $3 lying around, buy this brush. (Just get it on Amazon because it costs like $15 retail).




xo

Kelly

Makeup For Brown Eyes

Hey!

So my mom has these gorgeoussss green eyes, my bro has these awesome blue eyes and of course I get my dad's brown eyes :)  I've learned some tips and tricks along the way to emphasize them, and if you use the right colors they can actually look very stunning.  Brown is nice too because there's very few colors that don't work with it.  My favorites are golds, browns and purples, but you can use pretty much any color with it.  Check out my video below to see my look and how I play up my eyes.

Eye Products Used:

Soft Ochre Paint Pot    Retrospeck   Brown Down 
Shroom   Mylar   Blackheart by Naked 3 (Not pictured)


xo 

Kelly

Sephora Haul

Hey! 

So I got a bunch of Sephora gift cards for Christmas/my birthday so I went on a bit of a Sephora shopping spree.  I am actually really happy with pretty much everything I got!  I have a video here where you can see all the products but I also listed them all out below.  So this post seems way longer than it actually is.  My most favorite purchases though have to be my Nars Illuminator and the Nars Matt Pencils I got.  Everything else was pretty great, check out the video to hear my thoughts, and please subscribe!

NARS 

Copacabana Illuminator

URBAN DECAY 
Naked Flushed Palette



                                                           



TOO FACED 
Chocolate Soleil Bronzer 




SEPHORA COLLECTION

Pro Visionary Precision Contour #132

NARS

Velvet Matte Lip Pencil

                                                             

TOO FACED

Sweethearts Perfect Flush Blush

                                                                     

TaRTE

Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush

  

TARTE
Lights, Camera, Flashes™ Statement Mascara

ANASTASIA BEVERLY HILLS
Brow Wiz/Brow Powder Duo

SEPHORA COLLECTION
Pro Airbrush Concealer Brush #57

xo

Kelly

Small Eyes? Me Too....

Hey!

So if you're anything like me you watch these tutorials of girls with these beautiful big eyes then you go to do it on yourself and it looks nothing like the video.  The good news is there's hope for us small-eyed girls out there!  There are certain tips and techniques you can use that will help allow you to use the looks you see on videos, but without making your eyes look tiny.

The first thing that's most important, is the outer corner.  In most videos they show you that you should a darker crease color to the outer v of your eye, as well as to the outer corner.  If you have small eyes though, this is only going to exacerbate the problem. The key that I show in my video, is to apply just outside of the corner.

Another trick, is to apply the crease color slightly above your crease.  This will give the illusion of a larger lid, which of course makes your eye look bigger.

Check out my video below for more tips and tricks, and PLEASE subscribe to my youtube channel and follow me on here :)

xo

Kelly