Blush Haul

I hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving and is enjoying their long weekend. I was planning on doing an OOTD post for my Thanksgiving outfit but I left my memory card at my sister's like the genius I am. So instead, I'm doing this post on this blush haul. I had acquired quite a few blushes in the past month or so. I had an accompanying video but somehow the ending of it got cut off. Technology hasn't been kind to me lately.

I've been such a blush whore and I bought a couple more after I took the pictures for this post which I'll be talking about in a haul video that I'm going to post soon. So here are the swatches and pictures of the blushes. Hope you enjoy!

The Ulta blush and the two Maybelline blushes were sent to me by Rai Glam-Morena. They were part of a makeup swap that we did. Coming up in a future post as well!

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from l to r: Milani blush in "Mai Tai"; Ulta Cheek Blush in "Girly"; Maybelline blushes in "Precious Pink" & "Berry Sorbet"

MAC blush in "Flirt n Tease"; N.Y.C blush in "Cherry Blossom" (part of their LE 'Berry Bloom' collection), L'oreal HIP cream blush in 'Elated"

Maybelline blush in "Pinch o Pink", Covergirl blush trio

Here are the swatches, each labeled with their corresponding brand and shade. I mislabeled the L'oreal HIP one, I have added the corrected name below the picture.

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correct shade name of L'oreal blush is "Elated"

Hogwarts Inspired Eye Looks

The end is almost near...Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows opens tonight! I'm a big fan of the Harry Potter series so I am super excited!

The four Hogwarts houses (Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw & Slytherin) play a big part in the seventh book so I have decided to do eye looks for each of the houes. This was so much fun to do, a way to incorporate two of my interests. I als did a two part video series featuring tutorials for Gryffindor and Slytherin. You can watch them below.

Hope you enjoy!

And here are the eye looks...Ravenclaw won't be available until tomorow because the pics for it were in my other memory card :(.

Disclaimer: Images were taken from Google and are used for commentary purposes only.

OOTD: Can't Go Wrong W/ An LBD

blazer, tank dress and tights-H&M

boots-Rouge

necklace and ring-F21

This is an outfit I wore last Saturday night. that day, I had no idea what to wear so I decided to follow my personal fashion rule of "when in doubt, wear black". I decided to wear this little black tank dress and decided to add some grey leopard print tights for some pattern and to keep the outfit from looking too monotone. A grey blazer and black suede boots completed the look. Those boots were one of the new pairs that I bought that I tweeted about. I'll be doing a post soon on a clothing haul and they'll be included.

I love wearing black. It is so easy to mix it up with other prints and it's a classic color so it will never go out of style.

For makeup I did a basic smokey eye with a nude lip. I added a pop of color by lining my lower lashline with blue and adding some glitter but it didn't show up the pictures. I'll be doing this look again so hopefully I can get better pictures.

Products Used:

FACE

Latina Bella liquid foundation in No10

Revlon PhotoReady Finishing powder for Medium/Deep tones

NYX blush in Espresso

EYES

TFSI

lid: NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Black Bean

I used the matte black (lid, shimmery black (lid) and taupe eyeshadows (highlight) from my Coastal Scents 88 palette

Physician's Formula felt-tip eyeliner pen in Black (smoked over with black eyeshadow)

CoverGirl retractable eyeliner in Onyx (lower waterline)

blue eyeshadow from CS 88 palette (lower lashline)

NYX GlitterMania loose glitter in Purple (lower lashline layered over the blue eyshadow)

CoverGirl Lash Blast Volumizing Mascara in Very Black

LIPS

mark. lip balm in Sheer Rose

NYX lip pencil in Natural

Revlon lipstick in Soft Nude

Milani lipgloss in Secret

What's your go-to item of clothing or look when you have nothing to wear?