Minimalist Glamour

Spring is here!! and it's feeling like SUMMER, which is even better. I got my first half-arm sun burn the other day while spending an afternoon on a patio with a few cold beverages. I wasn't even mad.

Now that "summer" is finally here, haha... I'm so pushing it right? I really start enjoying subtle makeup more and more. Eventually I just get to the point of a BB cream, a light fill in on the brows, waterproof mascara and a lip chap EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. but I haven't gone into complete beach bum mode yet. Right now for me it's perfecting the skin and giving it a beautiful glow that looks especially beautiful in the sunlight. I pair that with a bold lippy and something soft on the eyes and I'm like yes, this is the most beautiful look EVER. So it's safe to say when my girlfriend arrived from Vancouver, I wanted to attack her beautiful face with just that look! Here's a majority of what we used... 

bare skin, full cream contour and the final face!

Brows...

Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade in Soft Brown + set with her clear brow gel

Face...

Primer: Maybelline Baby Skin Instant Pore Eraser

Foundation: Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless mixed with Benefit High Beam for an all over the face glow {my FAVORITE thing to do right now for the perfect glow is adding High Beam to my foundation}

Concealer: Maybelline Master Conceal 

Cream Highlight: Mac Prep + Prime in Light Boost

Under eye powder: ABH Banana 

Cream Contour: Laura Mercier Contouring Palette shade Contour #1

Matte bronzer to set the cream contour: Nars Laguna

Full face powder: Sonia Kashuk in Translucent Medium

Blush: Milani Luminoso

Highlight: Nars Albatross

Eyes...

Primer: Mac Paint Pot in Soft Ochre

Shadows: Orange Soda and Sienna by Anastasia Beverly Hills in the crease with Colourpop Cosmetics Amaze all over the lid

Mascara: Maybelline Lash Sensational

Falsies: Kiss lashes in 01 - trimmed and cut for a custom lash 

Lips...

Liner: Sonia Kashuk in True Red

Lipstick: Covergirl in Garnet Flame

"You need to associate yourself with people that inspire you,

people that challenge you to rise higher,

people that make you better.

Don't waste your valuable time with people

that are not adding to your growth.

Your destiny is too important."

'til next time

xx,

S.

Spring Neutrals

Happy {belated} Easter! I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend spent with family and friends just like I did. There's nothing more important to me than being with family and I spent every single day of it with them beside me and I'm forever grateful to be so lucky. This weekend was extra special because not only did my Mom get to come to town but so did my little sister and her equally amazing man. My sister is definitely topping the charts in my books for humour so having her here to make me laugh and smile all weekend was the best. Getting to do her makeup for Easter dinner was just icing on the cake!

I've been really into natural makeup looks as of lately. I've been keeping it really minimal on the eyes, using only two or three shades at most {yes, that's minimal in my world} and focusing on keeping the skin bright and glowing and using a pop of colour on the lips to pull the whole look together and keep it looking fresh! When I took a peak into my sister's makeup bag I was so excited to play with her new Nars duo and I was even more excited when I applied it onto her lids, SO BEAUTIFUL. So soft and gorgeous... Full details will be listed below! Lets get to the good stuff...

YASSSS! 

the prettiest peach on the block 

Brows...

Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz in Medium Brown

Face...

Primer: Dior Glow Maximizing Primer

Foundation: Bourgeois Healthy Mix Serum

Concealer: Urban Decay Skin Concealer

Bronze: Anastasia Beverly Hills "Fawn"

Blush: Milani Luminoso

Highlight: Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick in Nude Glow

Eyes...

Primer: Nars Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base

Shadows: Nars Duo Eyeshadow in St-Paul-De-Vence. I used the peachy shimmery shade on the left all over the lid and the darker more matte shade on the outer corner. Crease colour is Mac Soft Brown and I popped Urban Decay's Venus on the centre of the lid to add more dimension. I also used this shade as her inner corner highlight and brow bone. Perfect combo!

Liner: Urban Decay Whisky

Waterline: Rimmel ScandalEyes in Nude

Mascara: Revlon Bold Lacquer

Lips...

Maybelline Colour Sensational Rebel Bloom in Hibiscus Pop

 i LOVE you sister

Thanks for being the second best thing to ever pop out of Mom!

The bond. 

"Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made

or the dark images you hold about yourself.

They remember your beauty when you feel ugly;

your wholeness when you are broken; 

your innocence when you feel guilty;

and your purpose when you are confused."

xx,

S.