Hair Creations!

Hi beauties!
I sincerely hope you are all doing well! Its been cold the past few days and I haven't been reaching for any makeup so I don't have any goodies to show you. BUT last week I helped out a friend who was a hosting an event and I worked on the models' hair!
Now don't get me wrong for I am no hair expert but I have to say I was really excited about the results!
For the most part it was a vintage pin up inspired look and I tried to envision Dita Von Tees when I was curling away. Here are a few pictures of how things came out! Shoutout to Biancas fashion corner for taking the pictures! http://biancas-fashioncorner.tumblr.com/

Let me know what you think and if you would like to see a demo/tutorial on how to get one of the looks! xo Karina :)

Stand Up For Love! RT

Hello Beauties!!

So every now and then I will be posting up what I like to call real talk (RT). It's basically me just talking to you guys about a topic that I find worth talking about and it could be about anything! I will try to put in the title RT so you know its a post about a topic other than make-up (for those of you whom are not interested in my babbling! lol )
So I wanted to talk about love...but not just any love...about self-love. (Because honestly I can not help you out with your love life LOL save that for the professionals!) What I can help with is encouraging women/men/anyone to feel love for themselves. We live in a society where things are so fast paced and there are tons of messages being sent in our direction "buy this, drive this, eat this, go here, wear that!" and sometimes it can be a little chaotic. We should take the time to be aware of ourselves and what we want even if that means taking out five minutes of your day to address any feelings of low confidence and/or low self-esteem. Because to be honest who doesn't have those days?...you know, when you're sitting at home thinking to yourself "i wish I were ______" or when you're walking around minding your business when suddenly you see someone with ____ and you just picture yourself having that too! I mean I can totally relate, like there are days where I am wondering where some of these women find the time to get their hair done and makeup done before an 8 AM class, and then I think to myself well, maybe thats their own way of showing themselves some love, by looking good!Because when you look good you feel good too! So basically what I am saying is we all have days or moments when we feel down about anything, weight, height, hair, make-up, pimples, not having the right car, not having the right phone ETC. I recently heard the phrase "count your blessings not your problems" and this is exactly what i am trying to get at. You are special and beautiful, and don't you forget it!  So love yourself! Compliment yourself! Look in the mirror and focus on the positive things! Write down your best traits and post them around your room to remind you each and everyday that you are special!
Don't forget that the most important person that matters is YOU! Be strong, Be happy, and show yourself some love everyday!
-xo Karina

Getting Naked! (Palette)

Hello Beauties!

Hope you guys are doing great! I just got back from spring break and i feel refreshed! As you know I was stressed out to the max, now I'm all relaxed and ready for the last few weeks of school! Well I haven't posted anything in a while and its mostly because I've been trying to catch up on school work. that..AND the fact that I am still camera shy. I started this blog to share with you guys my love for makeup and to encourage women to be beautiful inside and out. So in this post I will be talking about the ever famous..or infamous, whatever same difference!...Naked Palette. I bought this badboy back in the day when it was all anyone would talk about. And to be honest I've barely gotten good use out of it. I should be using it everyday but reality is that with a 5AM wake up call, I don't reach for make-up. I usually go all out when I'm going out to the bar or hanging out with friends or for those once in a blue moon date nights. anyhoo, back to the make-up. Here are a few pictures of my makeup. To be HONEST, I don't remember what colors I used as I took these pictures a long time ago! but I probably used sidecar on the lid and buck in the crease. I used the TooFaced shadow insurance also!

 I used my Urban Decay 24/7 liner in zero, and I put two coats of Voluminous Carbon Black mascara on my lashes.For the face I used BareMinerals foundation in the original formula and their blush. (I don't remember the names but will get back to you if you really want to know!) As for my lips, I used Tenderheart by Clinique.