Look Sun Kissed Year Round!

No creative title for this one...Well, I thought about saying, "It's blaming outside" but then I was like ehh, lets just get into this post!

I have been switching up some of my products with my normal make up routine.  I usually use Benefit Hoola bronzer, which I love, to contour my face, but I recently went back to using Bahama Mama by the Balm.

I have used this product before and I don't know why I switched.  Probably just to get something different in my life.  This is an amazing product for contouring! The color is a rich brown color with out much read so it gives you a deep contour.  This is suuuupppeeerrrr pigmented so a little goes a long way.  I noticed over the past few weeks since I started using it again, my face looks like I just came back from a tropical island with an amazing tan (hence the Bahama Mama Name!).  The structure of my face after I contour with this color is georg too!

This brand tends to be on Hautelook a lot, and that is where I first purchased products.  I heard a lot of talk about them via Youtube and I finally tired Bahama Mama and Mary Lou-Manizer, a beautiful high lighter.

Mary-Lou Manizer is a shimmery champagne color.  If I am not using this on my cheekbones, then I put this right under my brow bone.  It's the perfect hint of color that catches the light and keeps your face glowing.

I really love these two products.  I have branched out to purchase more items, but I have their liquid liner, Swing, on my list and a bunch of their eye shadows.  They have really great pallets.

I love their packaging too! It's so cute.

Check out their sale this friday on Hautelook!  Trust me, I will remind you on Thursday!!!!!

The Truth About a Beauty Blender

Everyone raves about Beauty Blenders.  These soft, cone shaped tools are ideal for applying foundation and concealer.  It took me a long time to buy a beauty blender because there are so many look a like beauty blenders for a fraction of the prices.  I have tried several of these type of products and I never was happy with how the application went.  So I never spent the money on a "real" Beauty Blender.

I finally broke down and bought a real beauty blender (BB)last month and I LOVE IT! It retails at $19.95 for one small little beauty blender.  When you use the BB, wet the sponge and it grows to be twice the normal size.  When you apply your foundation with a wet BB, it will give you a better coverage with less product.

Since you use this product wet, it's easy to keep clean and not have to worry about using a dirty brush that you haven't cleaned in a week.  At first I thought it would be gross because there would be bacteria build up from the wet sponge and make up, I thought I would break out a lot.  But in fact, my skin hasn't broken out one since I started using this.

I dab my foundation on my face and then I blend it out with a BB in stippling motions.  You can use the pointed end to get in hard to reach places, which comes in handy when you are applying concealer around your eyes.  My face looks flawless when I am done applying my foundation.

I like using this even better then my domed kabuki brush!  The BB really gives you a flawless finish and it makes your blushes and other products you put on over your foundation, just look sooooo smoothe!

If you have been wondering about BB's or if you are on the edge about buying one, definitely get one.  You will be very happy you did.  They also come in a few different colors now.  White, purple and black!