Random Beauty

Left to right: Maybelline Smoked Silver and Molten Bronze Matte Metallic lipsticks.     Getting your fall and winter wardrobe amped up but still haven't figured out how to dress your face? Maybelline has taken some of the guess work out of the equation with their new line of muted and smoked out metallic lipsticks. Maybelline's Color Sensational Matte Metallics lipstick comes in 10 shades that are sure to compliment your winter attire. I had the pleasure of testing out two shades: Smoked Silver and Molten Bronze.    "Smoked Silver" is a cool dark purple grey moisturizing lipstick with silver reflect. It's perfect for your cool winter looks and pairs nicely with darker makeup. This shade is not very long lasting though and will need to be reapplied throughout the day, but the color payoff makes the effort worth it. Me wearing Maybelline Matte Metallics lipstick in Smoked Silver.     "Molten Bronze" is a warm reddish brown moisturizing ...

    I was asked by one of my friends to do a makeup tutorial so that they can see how I do my makeup. It's kind of a lengthy process to go through step by step in words. I have yet to figure out how to record myself hands-free, so I decided to make a visual tutorial using photos.  I'll show and tell how I go from this: Fresh-faced, just after washing. to this: This is the final outcome.          The first step after washing your face is to use a toner. Good skincare is key to beautiful makeup. That way you don't have to spend as much time hiding and concealing every inch of your skin. You're just going to enhance and paint on the beautiful canvas that you already have. When using toner, make sure that you use upward strokes to remove any lingering dirt or oils that may have been left behind. Make sure that you follow up with a serum, lotion, or both (depending on your skin type).      After applying moistur...

Front to back: Stephan, Denzel, James, and Angelo           I'm thoroughly fascinated by the concept of liquid lipstick. It goes on as a liquid, but then dries down to a powdery dry finish as if by magic! I'm also a big sucker for the beautiful tubes that many of the companies have started using to sell their magical lip wonders. So when I was browsing my Instagram  and saw the gorgeous packaging of Lena Lashes liquid lipsticks, I couldn't help but go to the website and check them out for myself.           I noticed that Lena Lashes has a email newsletter as well as text messages that you can sign up to get. I've been trying not to spend a bunch of money on makeup, and so buying these liquid lippies at full price just wasn't going to happen anytime soon. Soon after signing up for text messages, I started receiving promo codes a few times a week. Lena Lashes sends out texts regularly with discounts for all of their...