Fall inspired makeup

Hi Beauties, Summer is officially over as it was one of the coldest days ever since I have been back here. It seems like fall decided to show up unannounced this week so I decided to cheat on summer and do some fall inspired makeup. Shhh! Don't tell Summer because I want her to come back early next year lol Here's the look... Enjoy. Can't wait to see the leaves changing colours... perfect inspiration for fall makeup.

EYE LOOK MIMICKING THE LEAVES CHANGING COLOUR IN THE FALL

MAC MINI PIGMENTS THAT REMIND ME OF THE LEAVES CHANGING COLOUR IN FALL

MY NEW FALL LIPSTICK MAC "O"

NARS EXHIBIT A BLUSH OVER BRONZER IS PERFECT FOR FALL

EYES: MAC MINI PIGMENTS IN MELON, RUSHMETAL AND MUSEUM BRONZE THEN MAC COPPERING EYESHADOW OVER RUSHMETAL WITH MAC SURF BABY GRAPHITE CRUSHED METAL PIGMENT IN THE OUTER CORNER TO ADD A SMOKEY EFFECT.

PERFECT FALL TREAT- CARAMEL APPLE

LOVE MY RED BLAZER WITH GOLD BUTTONS FOR FALL. DIDN'T GET A FULL PIC OF IT.

So here's to a new season....

Empha-eyes

Here's a look I did the other day just to emphasize my eyes.

For this look:

FACE: ELF Tinted Moisturizer SPF 20 in Mocha

MAC Studio Fix Foundation plus powder

CHEEKS: Hard candy bronzer in Tropics with Plumeria from Stila Fabulous in Fiji palette then MAC Raizin blush on top.

EYES: Shimmery vanilla, beige and dark brown eyeshadow from my school palette for a day time smokey eye. Maybelline Eyestudio Gel liner in Black and Colossal Volume Mascara in Blackest Black.

LIPS: LA Colours nude lip pencil with MAC Viva Glam VI  and L'oreal Colorjuice lipgloss in Passion fruit squeeze.

MAC MATCHMASTER SPF 15 FOUNDATION LAUNCH

I am as excited as a fat kid in a candy store to try out MAC's newest foundation "Matchmaster SPF 15". It launches here in Canada and in the US on the 22nd September. Why am I so excited you may ask? Well let me quote MAC themselves "New Foundation Technology using transclucent pigments to enable a fully personalized finish influenced by the subtleties of you own skin's undertone. Moisturizing demi-matte finish. Medium buildable coverage. Line-reducing soft-focus powders."  There are about 14 shades to choose from 1 being the lightest and 10 being the darkest.


 I am always looking for the perfect foundation for black women. Let's face it the market/ industry doesn't really cater to the many different skin tones we have and we would either end up looking orange, grey, green, pale, oily, cakey, darker or lighter. So I will continue my never-ending search till I can fix this problem myself but I applaud those cosmetics company who are trying to remedy this sad situation. I am looking forward to the claim that it can match my own skin tone based on the subtleties and I like the fact that it's medium coverage which you can build on. My hope is that it is not too dewy since it is demi- matte and that it doesn't give my skin a grey cast because I have tried Jose Marin's personalized foundation which did that. So if you want to try out this new foundation, go to your MAC store next week and ask to try it out and if you still aren't sure because I find the lighting in MAC stores to be very deceiving, ask for a sample and take it home to try out in your own lighting. It would retail for about US$32.50 and CAD$ 39.00. It is a bit pricey so let's hope its worth it.

If you are interested in checking out online here's the link -->MAC Matchmaster Foundation.

Here's to faking perfect skin lol. :)

Fashion Week Trend- Blue Lips

Hey beauties, I was doing my usual "research" online and going thru the fashion week in NY pics and I came across a beauty trend that I am excited to try- BLUE LIPSTICK. It's still hard for the brain to conceive that blue lipstick is normal and wearable because my brain has been programmed to think it should be weird because its not red or pink or nude but I wanna deprogramme my brain and give it a try.

MODEL IS WEARING OCC LIPTAR RX

PIC COURTESY OF FASHIONBOMBDAILY

AMBER ROSE ROCKING BLUE LIPS

I SAW HER IN A MUSIC VIDEO ROCKING BLUE LIPS.
If I don't get the OCC RX Liptar, I am thinking I will probably use a pigment or eyeshadow with clear gloss to pull this off, even a cream eye pencil in a nice blue shade. How about you would you rock blue lips?

Eyebrow Tutorial

Hi Beauties,

Here is the long awaited Brow tutorial. I am no expert on brows but this is what works for me and my unruly brows. I prefer to use eyeshadow - MAC Embark eyeshadow or the brow colour from my school kit because pencils tend to look to draw on and not natural enough. So I hope this helps all of you who wondered how I got my brows to look so good . lol (most of the time) Remember also that brows add structure to your face especially if you have a round face like mine so please STOP WITH THE THIN EYEBROWS! lol If you get them tweezed or waxed or threaded make sure you still with your natural shape.
 Check out my first ever youtube video tutorial I did on how I do my eyebrows every day , well most days. Well it's actually more like a step by step slideshow than an actual video. Suscribe and like my video also- Just look for my channel- Necessarybeauty. Here's the link to the video.------>

YOUTUBE EYEBROW TUTORIAL .<---------CLICK ME IF U WANT GREAT EYEBROWS :). 


 Hope it helps.

Here's a before and after pic of my brows.

Pink Party Dress

Hi Beauties, 
 So I got all dressed up to go to a party last Saturday and ended up only staying for bout an 1 hr. I am getting old or tired of the night life here already lol. Here's my look... excuse my brows, I was growing them out for class.

DRESS: ASOS SHOES: WINNERS BLAZER: THRIFTED CLUTCH: CLUTCH CULTURE , I THINK THIS REVLON MINERAL FOUNDATION MAKES ME LOOK A BIT PALE.

FOR THIS LOOK I USED:

FACE: HARD CANDY SHEER ENVY SKIN PERFECTING PRIMER

MUFE HD FOUNDATION  IN 175

REVLON COLOURSTAY MINERAL FOUNDATION IN MEDIUM DARK

CHEEKS: RIMMEL BRONZER AND HARDCANDY BRONZER IN TROPICS

EYES: NYX  HD EYEBASE  

NYX JUMBO PENCIL IN MILK

COASTALSCENTS 42 DOUBLESTACK MATTE PALETTE LIGHT BLUE AND DARK BLUE EYESHADOW ON THE INNER HALF OF THE LID.

ELF PASSIONATE PURPLE PIGMENT IN THE  CREASE AND OUTER V

ANNABELLE LIQUID LINER IN BLACKOUT ON TOP LASH LINE AND MAYBELLINE EYESTUDIO MASTER DRAMA CREAM EYELINER.

MAC SAMPLE ZOOM MASCARA.

LIPS: MAC IMPASSIONED LIPSTICK WITH A NUDE MAC LIPGLOSS OVER IT. (CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME)

HOPE YOU LIKE IT! GO OUT AND PARTY HARD BEFORE U END UP LIKE ME.

Green with envy

Hi beauties, one of my favourite maxi dresses out of the dozen I may own is this pink chiffon one. It is really sheer which means I have to wear tights under it but I love the colour and how light and airy it is. I was gonna do something with blue on my eyes but I recently got MAC Bitter eyeshadow which is lime green and I decided to use it for this look to contrast with the pink. I love bright eyeshadows but I tend to be cautious with them after all my blog is dedicated to making makeup wearable for every day so I kept it bright but still low key and wearable. Check out the pics below...

For this look I used
FACE:
HARD CANDY SHEER ENVY SKIN PERFECTING PRIMER
 MUFE HD FOUNDATION IN 175
MAC STUDIO FIX FOUNDATION PLUS POWDER AND CONCEALER IN NW43
CHEEKS:
BLACK OPAL MOSAIC BRONZER
MAC MARGIN BLUSH AS A HIGHLIGHTER
EYES:
NYX HD EYE BASE
NYX JUMBO PENCIL IN MILK ALL OVER THE EYE
MAC BITTER EYE SHADOW IN THE INNER CORNER  WITH COASTALSCENTS 42 DOUBLE STACK MATTE PALETTE TEAL GREEN EYESHADOW
MAC MINTED EYE KHOL ON BOTTOM LASH LINE
MAC ZOOM MASCARA SAMPLE SIZE
LIPS:
MAC VIVA GLAM VI LIPSTICK WITH STILA 24 KT GOLD LIPGLOSS

BACK TO SCHOOL TOMORROW. HOPE U ENJOYED YOUR WEEKEND!