I know, it's inconvenient. I promise, I know. The "I'm so sleepy I can't even walk to the bathroom to brush my teeth, let alone wash off all that makeup I wore today" feeling is so overpowering that you almost want to cry a little as you crawl to the bathroom.
But there are lots of reasons why you should take that makeup off before you go to bed! If you frequently sleep with your makeup on, and you wonder why you have "problem" skin, that could be why.
So let's get glowing!
1) Your body temperature rises when you sleep; it's a natural occurrence and it happens to everyone. This is going to cause your pores to open up while you're sleeping. Know what happens then? All of the icky, goopy, day-old makeup you had on your face all day is going to seep right into those open pores and clog them, causing blackheads and whiteheads to pop up all over the place. And no one wants that, right?
2) Once your pores are enlarged, they're not going to smooth back out and shrink to their normal size as easily. Collagen is running out every day because we're aging, and not taking your makeup off is only going to aid in the process of enlarging those pores and making it harder to clean them out.
3) Your skin cells turn over in your sleep, and with makeup on, cell turnover becomes a much longer, more tedious process for your skin. The oxygen flow is cut off, which is going to 1. break you out (see number one) and 2. let all of the dead skin on your face build up.
So please, please, ladies and gents and everyone in between, if you really don't want to/can't clean your face because you're camping, living somewhere , etc., look for facial cleansing wipes to keep in your room with you. I suggest LUSH's 9 to 5, but that's not necessarily in everyone's price range. Some drugstore brands are: Neutrogena, Yes to Cucumbers, Almay, and Garnier Fructis. Most of them say "makeup remover wipes" or "facial cleansing wipes", so just take one of those, wipe it all over your face, and look at it afterwards and see the results! Congratulations, you'll have a lovely pad covered in a slew of color (from your eyeshadow), black (from your eyeliner), and last but not least, that gorgeous color of your foundation that is now no longer clogging your pores!
Happy cleansing! :)
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Monday, October 15, 2012
How Long Does Yours Last?
Your makeup, I mean!
This is going to be a post devoted to one of my favorite things: eyeshadow primer.
Eyeshadow primer is one of things that too many people don't know about, but everyone should know about. For me, it's one of those beauty products that I can't ever forget, even if I'm not wearing eyeshadow. It keeps my eyeliner from running, smudging, and running away from my eyes (and for me, this is very important because on a day-to-day basis I usually wear a pretty dramatic cat-eye).
So, let's get glowing!
There are tons and tons of benefits to wearing eye primer; some primers do more than just hold your eye makeup in place! I use the Sephora Perfecting Eye Primer, which actually prevents wrinkles and plumps already existent wrinkles around the eye while you wear it. (I don't really worry about wrinkles, I'm one of those people that believes in "if you're going to age, love your body while it does its thing"...that, and I'm only 18, but it just happened to be that I picked up a relatively inexpensive primer and it happened to be wrinkle-preventing)
I've had a good experience with this one, it's a white gel consistency; when you put it on and spread it (with your RING FINGER! It's the most gentle finger on your hand, making it less likely that you tug and pull the incredibly delicate skin around your eyes) across the lid, it's creamy, and comes out clear once it's thin enough. You hardly need any at all; hardly a pea size will do for nearly both eyelids.
Once I apply the primer and it dries, which takes a little longer than I would like it to, I take a MAC paint pot in Painterly (the one closest to my skin tone) and slather that on my eyelids over the primer.
I'd originally purchased a paint pot as my primer when the salesperson in MAC asked if my eyelids were oily and that's why I wanted a primer, and at the time I had very dry spots around my eyes, so I told her no and she handed me a paint pot. Now don't get me wrong, the paint pot is awesome, it's just that my chemistry in my skin changed a little and I found I needed a primer underneath to keep the pigment in the paint pot from creasing.
The paint pot does all the evening that my primer doesn't do (since my primer isn't pigmented, unlike Too Faced Shadow Insurance, which you can get in a variety of shades), because it has a slight pale color that covers all the veins and imperfections you would see through the eyeshadow, or anything that would prevent the eyeshadow from looking even. It also keeps eyeshadow on longer, because it has a slightly sticky consistency. It's awesome.
Every person has a different experience with primers, so I'd like to shop around more.
I've heard tons of good things about Too Faced Shadow Insurance (and their Glitter Glue is fabulous, I just recently decided to try it!) and the Urban Decay Primer Potion. I've heard mixed reviews about the NARS primer, as well as the Kat Von D primer, so to each their own. Shop around, see what works for you.
What I can tell you is that primer is an absolute necessity in a beauty guru's, aspiring makeup artist's, makeup artist's, "amateur's", etc. kit. It's a staple that will help you throughout all of your beauty endeavors, and I highly recommend trying it out if you've had trouble with your makeup melting during the day. This is going to minimize those chances by a billion.
Let me know if you have a favorite primer!
Happy hunting :)
This is going to be a post devoted to one of my favorite things: eyeshadow primer.
Eyeshadow primer is one of things that too many people don't know about, but everyone should know about. For me, it's one of those beauty products that I can't ever forget, even if I'm not wearing eyeshadow. It keeps my eyeliner from running, smudging, and running away from my eyes (and for me, this is very important because on a day-to-day basis I usually wear a pretty dramatic cat-eye).
So, let's get glowing!
There are tons and tons of benefits to wearing eye primer; some primers do more than just hold your eye makeup in place! I use the Sephora Perfecting Eye Primer, which actually prevents wrinkles and plumps already existent wrinkles around the eye while you wear it. (I don't really worry about wrinkles, I'm one of those people that believes in "if you're going to age, love your body while it does its thing"...that, and I'm only 18, but it just happened to be that I picked up a relatively inexpensive primer and it happened to be wrinkle-preventing)
I've had a good experience with this one, it's a white gel consistency; when you put it on and spread it (with your RING FINGER! It's the most gentle finger on your hand, making it less likely that you tug and pull the incredibly delicate skin around your eyes) across the lid, it's creamy, and comes out clear once it's thin enough. You hardly need any at all; hardly a pea size will do for nearly both eyelids.
Once I apply the primer and it dries, which takes a little longer than I would like it to, I take a MAC paint pot in Painterly (the one closest to my skin tone) and slather that on my eyelids over the primer.
I'd originally purchased a paint pot as my primer when the salesperson in MAC asked if my eyelids were oily and that's why I wanted a primer, and at the time I had very dry spots around my eyes, so I told her no and she handed me a paint pot. Now don't get me wrong, the paint pot is awesome, it's just that my chemistry in my skin changed a little and I found I needed a primer underneath to keep the pigment in the paint pot from creasing.
The paint pot does all the evening that my primer doesn't do (since my primer isn't pigmented, unlike Too Faced Shadow Insurance, which you can get in a variety of shades), because it has a slight pale color that covers all the veins and imperfections you would see through the eyeshadow, or anything that would prevent the eyeshadow from looking even. It also keeps eyeshadow on longer, because it has a slightly sticky consistency. It's awesome.
Every person has a different experience with primers, so I'd like to shop around more.
I've heard tons of good things about Too Faced Shadow Insurance (and their Glitter Glue is fabulous, I just recently decided to try it!) and the Urban Decay Primer Potion. I've heard mixed reviews about the NARS primer, as well as the Kat Von D primer, so to each their own. Shop around, see what works for you.
What I can tell you is that primer is an absolute necessity in a beauty guru's, aspiring makeup artist's, makeup artist's, "amateur's", etc. kit. It's a staple that will help you throughout all of your beauty endeavors, and I highly recommend trying it out if you've had trouble with your makeup melting during the day. This is going to minimize those chances by a billion.
Let me know if you have a favorite primer!
Happy hunting :)
Sunday, October 14, 2012
LUSH review!
I recently went to LUSH Cosmetics (which is absolutely an unhealthy obsession for me; if I could be there every day I absolutely would) and I picked up a few things that I'd never tried before.
I'll put a link to the video I did with my roommate here: LUSH Haul with Lesley
That's most of what I have in my dorm, but I figured I'd go ahead and post some more reviews of things I tried recently!
Let's get glowing!
1) Buffy Body Butter
This body butter is absolutely AMAZING. It's a LUSH staple that I've heard people talk about dozens of times, and I don't know why I waited until now to try it!
It contains cocoa butter, shea butter, ground almonds, aduki beans, and rice. It also has some lavender oil and lemon oil, with perfume and a few other ingredients.
I tried it for the first time in the shower about an hour ago (and I bought the body butter tin that comes with it because if you leave it in the shower where water can hit it, it will melt all over the place and then it's bye bye Buffy), and I have to say I was incredibly impressed. Basically, I washed with my regular soap, shaved, etc. and then turned the shower head away from me as to not hit the bar, and dried off my hands. It says to use it on wet skin, though, so I rubbed it all over my body, and at first it was pretty smooth and I could feel the shea and cocoa butters working their way into my skin, but once the thin top layer of it was off, I could feel all of the ground up ingredients exfoliating everything away. By the end of the shower, I was silky smooth and didn't even need a moisturizer!
If you aren't a fan of exfoliators, this may not be for you- it's a little bit abrasive once you get down to the gritty layer. You can be gentle, but I don't mind a little harsh exfoliation.
It really doesn't smell like much to me so I can't rate it based on how good it smells- I've heard people say it smells amazing but maybe it's just me.
My rating: 5/5!
2) Sympathy for the Skin lotion
A really, really hydrating but light and not-so-oily lotion for all over your body! I suffer from dry, flaky skin during the winter, and I mean, who doesn't? (If you're one of the few that don't, I envy you.) This has really made my dry, itchy legs feel much better after shaving and wearing jeans all day and dealing with the cold. It's also helped my sad chapped hands in the few times I've used it.
It contains fresh bananas, cocoa butter, almond oil, and vanilla pod infusion.
I've used this a few times over the course of the last couple of days, and I notice a difference in the texture of my skin right after I put it on. It sinks in really nicely, and smells really great (like vanilla ice cream, in my opinion) but not overpowering.
All in all, a really nice cream if you're just looking for a body lotion.
My rating: 5/5!
3) Oatfix Fresh Face Mask
My skin gets very temperamental during the cold months, getting kind of oily in my t-zone and dry all over my cheeks and chin and right between my eyebrows. (Annoying, right?)
Oatfix is fabulous for that! It's almost a little bit too moisturizing for me, but I love, love, love it. I just cleanse a little bit afterwards. It smells like banana bread with some brown sugar...I want to lick it off my face wearing it.
It contains: bananas, oatmeal, and ground almonds
My rating: 4/5, just because it's a little too hydrating for my skin. :)
And last but not least:
4) Pumpkin Soap!
This creamy, cinnamon, spearmint and pumpkin puree soap smells like a pumpkin pie in the shower, and is amazing when it comes to how it lathers. It's moisturizing and it smells amazing and there's really no downside to this soap...other than it's limited edition for Halloween. I know, I'm sad about it too. :(
I'd let you know what's in it, but I can't find it online! I think it's just an in-store thing, so I suggest you go get it ASAP!
My rating: 5/5...I love, love, love pumpkin everything so maybe I'll give this like a 10000/5.
If you'd like to see more of these let me know! Thanks for reading!
I'll put a link to the video I did with my roommate here: LUSH Haul with Lesley
That's most of what I have in my dorm, but I figured I'd go ahead and post some more reviews of things I tried recently!
Let's get glowing!
1) Buffy Body Butter
This body butter is absolutely AMAZING. It's a LUSH staple that I've heard people talk about dozens of times, and I don't know why I waited until now to try it!
It contains cocoa butter, shea butter, ground almonds, aduki beans, and rice. It also has some lavender oil and lemon oil, with perfume and a few other ingredients.
I tried it for the first time in the shower about an hour ago (and I bought the body butter tin that comes with it because if you leave it in the shower where water can hit it, it will melt all over the place and then it's bye bye Buffy), and I have to say I was incredibly impressed. Basically, I washed with my regular soap, shaved, etc. and then turned the shower head away from me as to not hit the bar, and dried off my hands. It says to use it on wet skin, though, so I rubbed it all over my body, and at first it was pretty smooth and I could feel the shea and cocoa butters working their way into my skin, but once the thin top layer of it was off, I could feel all of the ground up ingredients exfoliating everything away. By the end of the shower, I was silky smooth and didn't even need a moisturizer!
If you aren't a fan of exfoliators, this may not be for you- it's a little bit abrasive once you get down to the gritty layer. You can be gentle, but I don't mind a little harsh exfoliation.
It really doesn't smell like much to me so I can't rate it based on how good it smells- I've heard people say it smells amazing but maybe it's just me.
My rating: 5/5!
2) Sympathy for the Skin lotion
A really, really hydrating but light and not-so-oily lotion for all over your body! I suffer from dry, flaky skin during the winter, and I mean, who doesn't? (If you're one of the few that don't, I envy you.) This has really made my dry, itchy legs feel much better after shaving and wearing jeans all day and dealing with the cold. It's also helped my sad chapped hands in the few times I've used it.
It contains fresh bananas, cocoa butter, almond oil, and vanilla pod infusion.
I've used this a few times over the course of the last couple of days, and I notice a difference in the texture of my skin right after I put it on. It sinks in really nicely, and smells really great (like vanilla ice cream, in my opinion) but not overpowering.
All in all, a really nice cream if you're just looking for a body lotion.
My rating: 5/5!
3) Oatfix Fresh Face Mask
My skin gets very temperamental during the cold months, getting kind of oily in my t-zone and dry all over my cheeks and chin and right between my eyebrows. (Annoying, right?)
Oatfix is fabulous for that! It's almost a little bit too moisturizing for me, but I love, love, love it. I just cleanse a little bit afterwards. It smells like banana bread with some brown sugar...I want to lick it off my face wearing it.
It contains: bananas, oatmeal, and ground almonds
My rating: 4/5, just because it's a little too hydrating for my skin. :)
And last but not least:
4) Pumpkin Soap!
This creamy, cinnamon, spearmint and pumpkin puree soap smells like a pumpkin pie in the shower, and is amazing when it comes to how it lathers. It's moisturizing and it smells amazing and there's really no downside to this soap...other than it's limited edition for Halloween. I know, I'm sad about it too. :(
I'd let you know what's in it, but I can't find it online! I think it's just an in-store thing, so I suggest you go get it ASAP!
My rating: 5/5...I love, love, love pumpkin everything so maybe I'll give this like a 10000/5.
If you'd like to see more of these let me know! Thanks for reading!
What is it about Fall/Winter?
When it comes to beauty, I notice so many color changes all year 'round. Trends, textures and the generations are always changing, and of course the media has a huge influence on the latest beauty trends. Take Pretty Little Liars for example!
The cast has created a shock wave of inspiration (at least for makeup lovers, let's hope no one's getting any ideas from A...) all over the world.
From left: Spencer's (Troian Bellisario) defined eye for girls that want a more natural look, Aria's (Lucy Hale) doe-eyed look, Emily's (Shay Mitchell) flawless skin, and Hanna's (Ashley Benson) smokey eye.
I've seen countless recreations of these looks all over YouTube, but these trends stay all year long.
So what is it about fall and winter that get us into those oxblood nail shades? Or those deep burgundy lipsticks with more naturally defined eyes?
What is it about snowfall that makes glitter more acceptable than during the spring?
Let's get glowing!
I think that we draw inspiration from the environment around us.
As far as fall goes: the reds and browns in the trees lead us to start wearing those deep, dark reds you wouldn't wear when the trees are green and the flowers are pink and purple. And those oxblood nails (which is really a new trend, but the color has been around) match the trees as well.
We also get more of a Halloween vibe; we become more daring as the day approaches because we like to test and try new things (black lipstick, anyone?). A smokey eye is mysterious, and orange nails match the pumpkins that people are putting out all over the place.
Get inspired:
Eyes
Of course no one is limited to just these products, these are just a few that I'm a fan of that fit the idea.
And winter: as the weather gets to temperatures below 50, we tend to snuggle up in our favorite chunky sweaters, which often inspire a makeup look that has been around for ages: a natural eye and a dark (or brightly colored) lip.
We also see lots and lots of glitter for those holiday parties! Could this be because the first few snowfalls (before they get plowed and dirty, anyway) look like someone sprinkled MAC's Reflects Pearl all over the ground? (...Does anyone else wish it snowed glitter?)
Get inspired:
Eyes
Anyone else want to give input on what inspires these looks? (Other than runway!)
Thanks for reading everyone, another post will be here soon!
The cast has created a shock wave of inspiration (at least for makeup lovers, let's hope no one's getting any ideas from A...) all over the world.
From left: Spencer's (Troian Bellisario) defined eye for girls that want a more natural look, Aria's (Lucy Hale) doe-eyed look, Emily's (Shay Mitchell) flawless skin, and Hanna's (Ashley Benson) smokey eye.
I've seen countless recreations of these looks all over YouTube, but these trends stay all year long.
So what is it about fall and winter that get us into those oxblood nail shades? Or those deep burgundy lipsticks with more naturally defined eyes?
What is it about snowfall that makes glitter more acceptable than during the spring?
Let's get glowing!
I think that we draw inspiration from the environment around us.
As far as fall goes: the reds and browns in the trees lead us to start wearing those deep, dark reds you wouldn't wear when the trees are green and the flowers are pink and purple. And those oxblood nails (which is really a new trend, but the color has been around) match the trees as well.
We also get more of a Halloween vibe; we become more daring as the day approaches because we like to test and try new things (black lipstick, anyone?). A smokey eye is mysterious, and orange nails match the pumpkins that people are putting out all over the place.
Eyes
- MAC eyeshadow in Texture, Sketch, and Carbon
- MAC paint pots in Rubenesque and Indianwood
- Urban Decay eyeshadow in Baked (a personal favorite!)
- Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On pencil in Perversion
- MAC lipstick in Night Rose, Amorous, Ruby Woo, Syrup, and Flashplay
Of course no one is limited to just these products, these are just a few that I'm a fan of that fit the idea.
And winter: as the weather gets to temperatures below 50, we tend to snuggle up in our favorite chunky sweaters, which often inspire a makeup look that has been around for ages: a natural eye and a dark (or brightly colored) lip.
We also see lots and lots of glitter for those holiday parties! Could this be because the first few snowfalls (before they get plowed and dirty, anyway) look like someone sprinkled MAC's Reflects Pearl all over the ground? (...Does anyone else wish it snowed glitter?)
Eyes
- MAC's paint pot in Painterly
- MAC's glitter in Reflects Pearl, Reflects Antique Gold, Reflects Blue
- See above for MAC shades
- Urban Decay lip stain (Lip Envy) in Envious and Greedy
Anyone else want to give input on what inspires these looks? (Other than runway!)
Thanks for reading everyone, another post will be here soon!
Welcome! :)
Hey everyone! My name is Taylor; I'm currently a student studying biology to get to medical school for dermatology. I'm a sophomore, and a beauty addict.
Some things you should know about me:
We're going to have lots of hauls, reviews, tutorials, and videos that I'll be posting from my personal beauty YouTube channel, which is: Taylor's YouTube
Let's get glowing!
Some things you should know about me:
- Glitter is my favorite.
- I like science jokes.
- I have an unhealthy obsession with lip balm.
- I also have an unhealthy obsession with LUSH (which will be reviewed pretty often).
We're going to have lots of hauls, reviews, tutorials, and videos that I'll be posting from my personal beauty YouTube channel, which is: Taylor's YouTube
Let's get glowing!
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