Let's use our ipsy bag items!

There is no point in having beautiful things if we're not going to use them so I set out to use as many of my ipsy items as possible. Actually I could have used all of them but today was a stay at home day and I did not want to use the lashes quite yet. I also thought a purple lip would look better so the Cailyn balm will wait. (Plus it's quite drying on me)

Here is the look I came up with!

                

Products used: 

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion 

City Color Mousse eyeshadow in White Gold as a base 

Smashbox Wondervision Mega Palette (limited edition): 

I used mint all over the lid, almond and fawn in the crease. Chocolate in the outer corner, maize in the inner corner and into the inner lower lashline and tourquoise on the rest of the lower lashline. 

Urban Decay 24/7 velvet glide -on pencil in black velvet (just a thin line)

Benefit lollitint in the cheeks 

MAC's Heroine on my lips 

It Cosmetic's Brow Power Universal Brow Pencil 

The Wondervision Mega palette is great but you can just as easily find browns in other palettes (ex. the Naked palette), the mint color is a lime green that not everyone might have in their collection, so here are some alternatives: 

L'Oréal Infallible  Eyeshadow in Golden Emerald, Golden Sage or Endless Sea 

Nyx Primal Colors Pressed Pigments in Hot Green

Nyx Baked Eyeshadow in Rebel  

Bonus picture:  

How cool is my t-shirt! Just saying...

Parting thoughts: 

- Let me know what y'all have been doing with your ipsy goodies! 

- There will always be stress in out lives, so let's not forget to take care of ourselves and enjoy our friends and loves ones. 

La Vie en Rose: March favorites

Here are my March favorites and quick reviews! 

First up: Josie Maran Argan oil, Seriously if you have not tried this, you should! It has been the most amazing moisturizer for me. I have a lot of acne scars and discoloration in my cheeks and this made a visual difference within a week. Don’t expect miracles though, it didn’t make scaring disappear but even my holy grail dark spot moisturizer does not compare.

The world famous and widely loved Urban Decay's Naked 3:

 I’ve bee using this palette a lot this month, especially for more subtle looks. To think that I was not even going to buy it! I figured that pink tones would not show up well on my skin but it actually show up nicely and they are perfect for days when I dono’t want a dramatic eye.

It Cosmetics' Brow Power Universal Brow Pencil

I love this universal brow pencil! I use it for more natural looking brows and I’ve gotten some compliments on my brows while wearing it

For the lips: I have been preferring 100% Pure’s fruit pigmented lipstick in rose pedal and Stila’s color balm lipstick in sonya

    

I bought rose pedal online and sonya came in one of the holiday sets from Sephora (Give me more more lip). I would love to repurchase this one once I’m out, except for the packaging.

See it sticks out! Making it ripe for accidents.

For the cheeks, I’ve been having tons of fun with the Maybelline master glaze blush stick in Pink Fever. It is pretty on it’s own but it’s also great with a powder blush on top.

Links to but all mentioned products:

Josie Maran Argan oil   .5 oz from Sephora

Urban Decay’s Naked 3  ulta.com

It Cosmetics Brow Power Universal Brow Pencil  Ulta has a mini for $12

100% Pure’s fruit pigmented lipstick in Rose Pedal from 100percentpure.com

Stila’s color balm lipstick in Sonya full size from Sephora.com 

Maybelline master glaze blush stick in Pink Fever Available from ulta.com and a drugstore near you

What were your favorites this month?