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February Favorites


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Hello Everyone!
I have a new video up that reviews all of my February Favorites!
I am so excited to share them with you!

The reviews include:

ELF Cosmetics- I love this brand.  Their products start out at $1. Can you believe that? I like to order online becuase they have a much better color selection than in the store and they always have sales going on! Make sure to check them out and sign up for emails!

Rimmel- This was my first time buying anything from Rimmel. I got some lipsticks which I have swatched for you. I am really impressed with these! The texture and color payoff would be similar to Amplified Cremes by MAC. Check out the swatches below!

Hope that picture is big enough! HaHa. I just wanted you all to be able to see the color!
 
Loreal Miracle Blur is another one of my favorites. All the info is in the video!
 
Dior AirFlash Foundation Review is also in the video along with another one of my NEW favorite foundaitons so make sure you check that out!
 
Then Im taking it back old school with a few little surprises and much more!
 
 
Thanks for watching the video and enjoy!
 
 
 
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Have a Beautiful Day!
-A

 
 



Let's get Crafty with a Baby Shower


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So I recently helped throw a shower for a dear friend of mine. It is her second baby but her first was a girl and she is having a boy this time. I wanted to help throw her a shower for a few reasons.
 
 
1. I love her.
2. I love the cupcake baking in her belly.
3. I love to throw a good party.
4. It's an excuse to get crafty and put some Pinterest pins to use!
5. Every baby is special and deserves a little something in their infant honor!
 
Some people don't believe in second showers but OH WELL! Like I said, every baby is special and deserves to be recognized! Now I don't think this means you have to go register and have this huge party like you do for the first but something small is always nice. So that's what we did. I little Sunday brunch for baby A!

I had so much fun making some of the things for this party! I just wanted to share a few with you!

The Tablescape
 
The Cake

It's all in the details

The invite I made from scratch
 
 
Handmade wreath for his nursery door
Ill have a blog/tutorial on this soon
We used this as a part of the decor for the shower. This wreath served two purposes!
Gotta love that!
 
 
The table with the party favors

Cake stands can be used for more than just cake :)


Handmade shea butter and olive oil soaps.
Ill have a blog/tutorial on how to make these soon!
 
Handmade Banner which will also go in his nursery

Yummo! The Food!


I got these adorable cups from Marshalls for super cheap. They were an awesome way to hold the fruit. I added height by placing then on a cake stand.
 

 
These mason jar utensils holders turned out so cute.
I just used some ribbon from the wreath and taped it
(make sure the tape isn't visible) to the silver ring
Then I used tiny clothes pins and wrote little notes on...
get ready for this...paint swatches I got from Walmart
and used my 2" hole punch to make them look like tags!
 

The Drink Station

 
Yarn Pom Poms (Ill have a tutorial on this soon too)
Those vases are toilet paper and paper towel rolls wrapped in ribbon (with tape)
I like to use tape because then you can reuse the ribbon!

And who doesn't like paper straws?
You can order these from Etsy but I found these at Marshalls.
 
 
Since there are so many crafty things at this baby shower I decided to just post the details of the decor but will have separate blog posts to show you how to make the things you see here. If I did it all in this blog it would be longer than "Gone with the Wind" So look for the tutorials soon!
 
I hope you enjoyed seeing what I have been so busy working on! That is why I didn't have a blog up in a while. I was crafting! I can't wait to share with you all the tutorials on these things!
 
In the meantime make sure to check out my other sites and videos!
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
Thank you for stopping by
Have a Beautiful Day
-A
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

{How To} Clean your Brushes


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Hey Everyone
 
I had a request to quickly go over how to clean your makeup brushes.
I love when you all request things because I have so many things I want to talk about and make videos about and I don't even know where to begin. So when you all have special requests I don't have to decide. I do what I know you all want to see :)

I went ahead and made a video for it because it is to much easier to understand visually versus me typing it all out!

If you have any questions just let me know!

Before: Dirty Brushes

After: Clean Brushes
 
A close up to show you that I dry them over the side of the tub
 
{The Video}
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Have a Beautiful Day!
-A

Coppering & Gold Eye Tutorial & Dior's AirFlash


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Hello Beauties!
I have a new video up and it is for a look that was requested via Instagram.
The look I had on was this:
 
 
She asked if  I could do a tutorial on it so of course I did...
in the form of a video :)
 
Here are some pictures of the look after I was finished with the video:
 




The colors that I used were on my Eyes:
MAC:
Cedar Rose Shadestick as base
Sun Blonde (or Gorgeous Gold would work too) -all over lid
Paradisco-Crease and Transition Color
Coppering-Crease
Soft Brown-over Coppering in deep crease
Folie & Embark in outer corner and deep crease
I also used a combo of Embark, Folie, Coppering, and Soft Brown (in that order) under the eye
Blacktrack for liner
Haute&Naughty Mascara
Ardell Whispie Lashes
 
Face:
Dior AirFlash Foundation in 200
Makeup Forever HD Powder
MAC Prolongwear Bronzer
MAC Cream Soda Blush
 
Lips:
NYX Natural Liner
NYX Natural Matte Lip Creme

 
And here is the Video!
Enjoy!
 
 
 
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Thank you all for your time and as always
Have a Beautiful Day!
-A