My Weekend Makeup

Hi Lovlies!
I just wanted to post something quick about what makeup i am wearing today. I was going to go out without make-up since I am currently under attack by the zit patrol, BUT I figured its such a beautiful day why not?

I used my Naked palette by Urban Decay. The overall lid color is smog, my crease color is Naked, and for my highlight I used Virgin. And for eyeliner I used Urban Decay 24/7 in Underground. For mascara I used L'Oreal Voluminous Carbon Black.

 I tired to do a contour with BareMinerals all over radiance in True but its very very light. Not sure why, maybe I was too light handed ??
And finally on my lips I used Clinique's Tenderheart. (excuse my wacky hair. I was trying to figure out what to do with it. LOL)
Thanks for stopping by dears!
XO Karina

Make Up Collection

Hi lovelies!
I hope you all had an amazing week! I've been busy with school, but that's how it is during the last few weeks. Anyhoo...I wanted to make a post of all the make-up I have. I thought to myself as I was taking the pictures, I really have a lot of makeup, I wonder if anyone would like to see me do tutorials with them...so here I am showing you guys what I have built up over the past few months and recent years. I am not posting these pictures as a way of bragging. I am posting them in order to share my collection- obviously if you are reading my blog it is because you have a passion for make-up/art. I think its fascinating to see other people's collection because what they have usually says something about them. Like if they have fun crazy colors, it usually says they aren't afraid of taking risks. I also like to see the colors in peoples collections. For me, make-up is just another medium. I used to be really into art, drawing and sketching etc, and make-up just offers me another way of creating something new and fun.
Just keep in mind that I will always believe in inner beauty more than outer beauty. I may be really into make-up but I'm not superficial. And that being said, I will leave you all with a quote- "The prettiest girls, are the happiest girls." This really applies to everyone! and not sure who said it but I really love this quote! 

XO Karina 

Birthday/Self Appreciation Haul!

Hi beauties!
I almost forgot to post the treats I received for my birthday and just some stuff I bought that I really needed. I went to Ulta and bought the oil free eye makeup remover. And I must say that its really good! Its by Boots and it stings a bit if it gets into your eyes, but it really does the job at removing mascara and eye shadow primer. (I have oily lids so I have to use eye shadow primer.)

The Body Shop was having a spin the wheel sale, so of course that sucked me in. I went in there and spun and I got 40% off my entire purchase! Although I only picked up two things they were well worth it. The sweet lemon scrub is really nice for a treat in the bath! Lately I've been on a kick about treating myself to something nice every once in a while for all the effort and stress that I go through daily. My next pick up was the seaweed daily moisturizer. It's supposed to help with oil production since it is a mattifying cream, and I've only used it twice so I will let you know how I feel about it once I've used it a bit more. So far it hasn't broken me out and seems to do the trick for my oily t-zone.

For my birthday I got a gift card from MAC. I have a bunch of MAC stuff that I love but rarely wear.I know I know, I have to start using them...so I decided to pick up a bronzer. It's called Blunt and technically it is a matte blush. I haven't used it yet because I am recovering from a break out all over my face, but once my skin clears up I will show you how it looks. I don't have a matte bronzer so I figured I could use one in my collection. I also picked up Satin Taupe eyeshadow. Everyone raves about this shadow on YouTube, so I figured why not try it out? I've used it once and it didn't seem like anything special. Then again it could just have been that i didn't use enough, or that I didn't put enough primer on for it to stick to my lids.
I hope you all are enjoying my posts as there will be more to come!
Smile, pretties, it's your best beauty look.
XO Karina