Gradient Smokey Eye

On rare occasions I'll get tutorial requests based on looks I wear out, this was one of those rare cases. I originally did this gradient smokey eye when I headed out to Fashion Valley for a fashion show celebrating the Latino Film Festival back in April. Since I went with quite a casual outfit, I decided to do a darker eye to pull the whole look together. This smokey eye is a bit different to the other ones I've done a tutorial on because it's a monochromatic gradient. I played around with a few of the brown shades in my favorite eyeshadow palette of all time, the Kat Von D Shade + Light Eye Contour Palette. If you're not super comfortable with smokey eyes, then I suggest you give this easy technique a go.

February 2017 Favorites

I know what you're probably wondering... "Girl, shouldn't you be uploading your March favorites?" Don't worry, you'll get my March favorites next week but I still wanted to upload my February favorites because of the products that I talked about. Last month was truly the month of new beauty and skincare discoveries, but these are the five products that stood out to me. I was particularly impressed by an amazing mineral sunscreen which can be found in an aisle that I normally would never get near to- the baby aisle. Let's get this out there, I'm not a baby person at all but those little derps have some of the best skincare products which work just as well for adults with sensitive skin.

Very Chatty Makeup Tutorial

I've never been someone to shy away from being honest, although I do tend to be quite a private person. I know I haven't gone into much detail about how I've felt and how I've been doing after my break-up, so I have decided to talk about it a bit more in this video. I also wanted to discuss what I've been doing lately in order to work on bettering myself both physically and mentally. I still have a long way to go before I start feeling more like myself, but I'm quite happy with the progress so far.

So Choix | Luxury Beauty Sample Box

In the world of beauty subscription boxes, most of the times you'll get surprised with 5 samples tailored to your needs. And sometimes you'll even get 5 completely random samples that may work for you, or they might be completely wrong for your skin type and tone- that's when So Choix comes in. The So Choix box allows you to pick 5 luxury beauty samples. We're talking about luxury brands like Tom Ford, Chanel, Dior, Hourglass, Givenchy, and YSL just to name a few. And you can try out anything from nail polish to setting powders! You pick everything from the brand, product, and shade that you want to try out. So Choix basically has your back if you want to try out luxury makeup before you decide to splurge on a specific product.