Category — Beauty

I’ve had such a fun time working together with Brianne from Eva Terez Makeup Design,  putting together these Makeup Monday posts! Today sadly we’re at on our last post. Today’s purple look is such a bold statement but can be achieved so easily! And what better time to try a bold look but this Christmas Season- A purple Christmas? We think so! Thank you Brianne for sharing all your favourite makeup products this past 5 weeks! xo

Click over to see her last four Makeup Monday’s posts:  In Your Makeup Bag,  Brushes You Can’t live without, Holiday Glitz & Glam, All about Brows.

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And we’re back to Monday! Does anyone else find that time is flying by way too fast? At least we are approaching Christmas, only 3 weeks away! Today we’re back with Brianne of Eva Terez Makeup Design- talking all about your brows! Take it away B!

“Eye brows are the most understated feature of the face… BUT they truly frame your face and eyes!”

I found this awesome one stop shop for eyebrows everything you need in one kit! This kit is good for everyone blondes brunettes etc. and you can mix any shade for your perfect brow color! It also has stencils included so you can get the perfect shape for your face. 1) Too faced brow envy brow shaping and defining kit $35

Here are some other great products if you just need to add a couple things to your makeup bag!

2) Tweezerman Tweezers $22 | Seriously the best tweezers you’ll ever use!

3) Makeup Forever Brow Seal Transparent Gel $18 | Shapes and controls your brows while giving you a long lasting polished look!

4) MAC Brown down eyeshadow $18 | An awesome nutural brown, great for a quick fix, plus you can also use it for eye contour or a smokey eye!

5) Benefit High Brow Glow Aluminizing brow lifting pencil $20 | Place this pencil under the arches of your brows and it will instantly give them a lifted effect!

6) MAC eye brow pencil $15 | Comes in multiple colors and has a very small point so you can draw in fine hairs.. This is a awesome pencil because it doesn’t need a sharpener but still has a good point!

7) MAC 208 Angled brow brush $20 | Small firm brush, perfect with any brow powder to fill in thin spots and give you an awesome shape!

Check out the last three Makeup Monday’s posts:  In Your Makeup Bag, Brushes You Can’t live without & Holiday Glitz & Glam.

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One of my favourite parts of Christmas is getting all dressed up… including an extra little bit of glam when it comes to makeup! Today Brianne, from Eva Terez Makeup Design will be sharing some of her favourite holiday products to give you that extra sparkle this Christmas season!

Check out the last two Makeup Monday’s posts:  In Your Makeup Bag & Brushes You Can’t live without.

1. Deborah Lippmann Holiday Polish $42 | The perfect amount of Holiday sparkle on your nails!
2.  Mac ruby Roo lipstick $15  | Extreme matt red lips perfect for the holiday season!
3. Lip Line Perfector Makeup Forever $18| Keeps your red lips in line! Also prevents your lipstick color from bleeding.
4. Cream sparkle eye shadow bobbie brown $24 | Need I say more?
5. Prep and prime highlighter MAC $29 | Gives you a beautiful glow from underneath!
6. Limited Edition Double the bad benifit mascara $29 | For a  dramatic lash look!
7. Metallic yellow gold glitter makeup forever $14 | Doesn’t everyone want a little glitter for a holiday party!? Just use a wet brush to apply or mix into a mixing medium formula (mac cosmetics carries one) You can use this product anywhere! I like to add a touch to my lips for a little bit of a glow!
8. Highlighting/ Bronzing Blush Due NARS $24 | Perfect combo for those sharp cheek bones
9. Mac #7 Lashes $16 | Natural length but gives you fuller eyelashes! Beautiful on all eye shapes!
10. Bobbi Brown long wear Gel eyeliner $22 |  My favourite gel eye liner ever!!

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Happy Monday! I can’t believe another week has gone by! But that just means we’re that much closer to Christmas…eek! Today we’re back with my beautiful sister-in-law Brianne for our Makeup Monday Series! Today she’ll be sharing her favourite makeup brushes and some little must haves in between!

Makeup brushes can be tough! Which one is used for what? Which one should I buy? And is it really worth my money to spend that much on a brush?? Brianne will explain everything!

Check our last week’s post In Your Makeup Bag

1) Concealer Brush 6n Makeup Forever $25|Great for concealing around eyes, blemishes and smaller areas like around the nose. Also great for cream eye shadows and eye shadow primers.

2) Foundation brush Makeup Forever 25n $37 |Super soft foundation blush awesome for liquid foundations

3) Pro fan brush Sephora #65 $27 | Great clean up brush! Helps sweep away any fall out from under you eyes.. also great for applying highlighters/illuminaters and bronzers.

4) BeautyBlender $20 | The perfect washable and reusable sponge. The egg shape is designed to get in those small areas around your eyes and nose.  As the large base is great for stippling large areas.

5) NARS  Botan Brush (KABUKI BRUSH) $75 |Great for buffing out blush as well as applying powdered foundations and blending.

6) MAC brush cleanser $16.50 | Disinfects, cleans and conditions your brushes all in one solution! It helps the longevity of high quality brushes. I also love this product because it drys very fast so the next time you go for your brushes they are ready to go!

7) MAC #217 Blending Brush $23 | THE best multi purpose blending brush for eye shadows also useable for cream colors. This brush also works great as a concealer brush- if you want to wash it inbetween uses. The fine oval shape really helps put the makeup product exactaly where you want it while keeping soft edges. (#1 must have)

8) MAC #239 Eye Shader Brush $31 | Great for applying darker colors exactly where you want them… high density brush helps to build up intense eye colors.

9) MAC #266 Small Angle Brush $24 | Great for sharp lines like winged eye linner. This brush is also great for filling in eyebrows!

10) MAC #168 Large Angled Contour Brush $44 |  Perfect to get those sharp cheek bones! The angle allows you to dip the shorter side in a contour product ( like a bronzer) and keep the other side free of color so it looks soft and well blended.

11)  MAC #116 Blush Brush $44 | Perfect for those rosey cheeks! Keeps the colors soft and doesn’t apply blush to harshly.

12) MAC #134 Large powder brush $62.50 | One of my favorites because its not too small which allows it to blend well, but its also not too large which makes it controllable . The perfect size for bronzer and a finishing powder!

13) MAC brush cleanser $16.50 | Will disinfect, clean and condition your brushes all in one solution! It helps the longevity of high quality brushes. I also love this product because it drys very fast so the next time you go for your brushes they are ready to go!

Side note.. MAC brushes are all hand made and completely animal friendly. They brush out the hair from the animal so they are not harmed. :)

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I’m excited to start a new series on the blog today- Makeup Mondays! I’m even MORE excited to introduce you to my favourite makeup artist, my sister-in-law Brianne Hiemstra of Eva Terez Makeup. If I’m ever “done up” aka: have my makeup done, Brianne is sure to be behind it all. She not only knows my face well, she knows her makeup products inside and out! In the following weeks Brianne will share her favourite products and maybe even slip in a secret or two! We hope you enjoy this series!

Today she’ll be sharing her “Must Haves” in your makeup bag.

Happy Makeup Monday xo

1. Benefit Porefessional | Great primer- oil freee, lightweight, silky and translucent. $29
2. Studio Fix Fluid from Mac Cosmetics | Great for full coverage or you can mix it with some face cream to make it a lighter coverage! $27
3. MAC ‘Haute & Naughty Lash’ Mascara |  You can choose if you want a lighter or heavier application! $20
4. Nars Orgasm blush | This blush is so famous because of its amazing color and long wear! $28
5. MAC ‘Pro Longwear’ Concealer | Lasts throughout the day and covers great! $18
6. Urban Decay eye shadow primer potion |  Keeps your eyeshadow from creasing and adds long wear! $20
7. MAC ‘Mineralize’ Skinfinish Natural | Use to set and fix foundation or as a touch-up throughout the day. $29
8. Bobbi Brown Long Wear Gel Eyeliner| Best eyeliner out there! Doesn’t dry out and lasts all day long. $22
9.  MAC Brush 210 Precise Eye Liner |  For a perfect winged eye! $19
10. Makeup Forever HD powder |  Only need a small amount which makes it last forever! Because it is a micro finish powder it gives the allusion of perfect skin! $32

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Every morning.. well ALMOST every morning, I put my “game face” on and tackle the day! Yes, this is my daily beauty regime. I love seeing what my girlfriends have in their makeup bags, always looking for a new product or two that would work for me!  So, I thought I would share mine with you!

I like to keep it clean, fresh and neutral for my everyday look. Plus: Always thinking of products that will stay on all day long.

Here is what I’m currently using:

1. L’OREAL Voluminous Mascara
2. MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil- Engraved
3. MAC Studio Sculpt SPF 15 Foundation
4. MAC 217 Blending Brush
5. i.d. Bare Escentuals Concealer Brush
6. CHANEL Natural Finish Loose Powder
7. NARS lip gloss- Spring Break
8. NARS lipstick- Belle De Jour
9. LAURA MERCIER Secret Concealer
10. NARS Bronzer- Laguna
11. NARS eyeshadow- Night Star
12. MAC eyeshadow- Ricepaper
13. CHANEL Active Moisture Tinted Lotion
14. CHANEL powder blush- 65 Espiegle
15. MAC Buffing Brush 188
16. MAC Large Angled Contour Brush 168
17. MAC Large Powder Brush 150

Hope that helps!

You might also like this post, some other beauty faves!

Happy Monday! It’s a great day to put on some bright lipstick and tackle the busy week ahead! Today I thought I would share some of my favourite lipstick shades! I do love the bring colours, but some how always draw back to the more neutrals of my lipstick jungle! {As you can tell by the shaping of the below lipsticks!}

As much as I love searching for a new lipstick shade, I always find it easier to ask “What lipstick are you wearing?!”.  I get totally lost with all the bazillion shades lined up right next to one another at the cosmetic counter! SO, that being said! I wanted to share my favourites, to make your lipstick shopping a tad bit easier!

1. MAC- Shy Girl
2. MAC- Snob
3. MAC- Creme D’Nude
4. MAC- Lady Danger
5. MAC- Girl About Town
6. NARS- Belle De Jour
7. NARS- Love Devotion
8. CHANEL- Lipshine
9. REVLON- Blase Apricot
10. REVLON- Siren
11. REVLON- Persian Melon
12. MAYBELLINE- Coral Crush

Galway Engraved Gallery Tray and books from The Cross Design

Vanity Fair- William Makepeace Thackeray
YVES SAINT LAURENT STYLE
DESIGN SPONGE at HOME
The Perfectly Imperfect Home

I seriously can’t keep up with all of these fabulous nail colours! Thank goodness some of these shades keep repeating, only the names on the bottles keep changing! Anyone else catch that? I come home with a new nail colour, only to discover that I already have the exact shade from last season! Ha!

But, it’s true! I just can’t help myself! I love nail polish! And, I get giddy every time a new colour palette comes out!

So… here you have it! Your colour palette for Spring 2012!!

Happy Halloween! …Sorry about the late post today! It’s been a bit of a crazy day!

Since, it’s the end of the day, I thought I would post something short and SWEET! How fun are these candy corn nails, posed by the Beauty Department!?!?! If you don’t follow them already…(them- including the lovely Lauren Conrad) you should!

You’ll have the cutest nails on the block, while handing out all that candy tonight!!

Be safe and have fun!! Booooo!

Have you noticed the glittery nail trend yet?? Gold glitter has made nails look better then ever! If you have a little extra time while painting your nails, you have to try glazing your nails with loose glitter!  (I used Martha Stewart glitter, available at any craft store) I was inspired by Emily’s “Mermaid Nail’s” post on her blog Cupcakes and Cashmere. I took the look in a slightly different direction with a few different steps.

Here’s what I did.

1. Prepare your usual manicure
2. Paint first coat of your favourite polish (My two top choices above)
3. As you apply the second coat of polish (one nail at a time) take your q-tip and dab it into the glitter.
4. Tap the q-tip over the tips of your nails, creating a more dense look at the tips and fading into your nail bed.
5. Continue each nail (one at a time so the top coat doesn’t dry before you sprinkle the glitter)
6. After all your nails are perfectly glazed with glitter apply a quick drying top coat.
7. Vuala! The perfect glittery nail!

In a hurry?? Here are my top fave choices for gold polish!
1. OPI for Sephora- Only Gold for me $9.50
2. Deborah Lippmann- Boom Boom Pow $20
3. Dior- Czarina Gold Polish
4. Butter- West End Wonderland $14

My Choices of Base colour:
1. Essie Chinchilly $7.90
2. Essie Ballet Slippers $5.93