Forever 21 Outfit for under $100!

I put this little outfit together. Everything is from Forever 21. They are all available on the website. A cute dress perfect for the daytime. You can even take out the belt and put your own. The shield earrings have a light pink painted accent on them that match this dress perfectly. No need for a necklace, the earrings are large enough. You can accessorize this with a bunch of thin bangles, wooden bangles, or as shown, a few large bangles. Since the print on the dress is very busy, choose bracelets that have little to no design on them. The satchel is very cute and makes this outfit very chic. You can choose from caramel brown or cream (if you want the cream bag, you'll have to change your accessories to silver). My choice would be the brown because I love gold. Also we have some plain caramel brown sandals that match the satchel and have a few gold accents. And then to finish the look off, some gold framed aviators with a thin white accent across the top. The grand total is $74.50. I think this look would go perfect with some beach waves in your hair! It would also be cute with a a thin rope headband.. As this look is very boho. :) See my post for easy beach waves!

TUTORIAL: How I apply my everyday makeup.

There was a couple requests for this. My skin at the moment is HORRIBLE and I'm breaking out like crazy.. that's why I really didn't want to do a step by step showing close ups of my skin. But anyway, here goes. This is the stuff I mainly use for an every day look.



#1 Estee Lauder Daywear Plus Moisturizer 

#2 MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer NW25 

#3 MAC 194se concealer brush 

#4 Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation in Tawny 

#5 MAC 187 Duo Fibre Brush 

#6 MAC 316se lip brush (i use it for my brows) 

#7 Urban Decay Twice Baked e/s 

#8 Ben Nye Neutral Set Powder mixed with a bit of MUFE powder for color 

#9 MAC 168 Angled brush 

#10 MAC 129se Blush brush 

#11 MAC Refined Golden bronzer (crushed) 

#12 Christian Dior Sunrise Party Blush 

#13 Loreal Extra Intense Liquid eye liner pencil 

#14 YSL Faux Cils Mascara 

#15 Ardell Fashion lashes 104 

#16 DUO black eyelash adhesive 

#17 MUFE aqua lip pencil in 4C 

#18 MAC Partial to Pink Cremesheen glass 

#19 MAC Hue Lipstick.

STEP 1: I moisturize my face, concentrating on dry areas of my face.

STEP 2: I take my concealer brush and concealer and apply it under my eyes, under my brows, in the corners of my nose and on any blemishes that need concealing.



STEP 3: I take my MAC Duo Fibre brush and dip the white tips of the brush in my foundation. Then, in a stippling motion, I apply it to my whole face. Then, I lightly brush my face so it is all blended. (I have a lot of product on the brush.. it was enough for my whole face)



STEP 4: I fill in my brows with my mac lip brush and my urban decay eye shadow.



STEP 5: I take my MAC angled contour brush and dip it in the Ben Nye powder and blend it under my eyes so it won't cake. You may also apply it to your cheeks or whole face, but I didn't. I wanted a little bit of a dewy look even though this is a matte foundation.



STEP 6: Apply bronzer lightly all over my face with my MAC blush brush. Mainly applying it to the bridge of my nose, cheekbones and near the hairline of my forehead.



STEP 7: I lightly apply blush to the same brush and apply it to my cheekbones. I smile when I apply it so my cheeks pop..



STEP 8: I take my black pencil liner and line the outer corners of my eyes, a half way line under my eyes and on my lid. I only do it halfway so its not too dramatic for a daytime look. Then I take a smudge brush (or smudge applicator) and smudge the lines so they aren't harsh.



STEP 9: I apply mascara to my top and bottom lashes. (love this mascara!)





STEP 10: Apply my faux lashes with a small amount of adhesive. Then use a little more eyeliner to blend the strip on your eye lid. Use the smudge brush again. (pic #2 is unblended, pic #3 is blended) 

STEP 11: I apply my lip liner and then use my fingertip to blend it into my lips. I then apply Hue lipstick and partial to pink lip gloss.



done! kisssssssesssssssss!!!!

New Highlights w/ Beyond the Zone Radical Bleach Kit!

Okay, lots of stuff to talk about today. I'm going to do two separate posts. First off, I highlighted my hair last night.. my roots were REALLY due for a touch up. I used different things than usual this time around and it was much easier and turned out better.

This is the process.. Supplies used (all purchased at Sally's Beauty Supply): Beyond the Zone bleach kit, Clairol Professional Creme Toner in #311 Towhead and 20 volume developer.



The bleach kit comes with a mixing tub, 40 volume developer, plastic gloves, plastic highlighting cap and powder bleach. So you don't need to buy anything extra. (Save the tub and mixing tool for later when your going to tone) All I did was put the highlighting cap on my head and pull out small strands out of just about every other hole. (I hate this process! lol) Then, I mixed the powder bleach from the kit, with the 40 volume developer and applied it to all of my hair right away. Depending on your hair color this could take a half hour to 90 minutes. After 30 mins, this is what it looked like..



It works really fast! There were strands of my hair that were already very blonde. But most of it as you can see is yellow, and my ends are brassy strawberry blonde. So, I let it sit in my hair for around 45 minutes, and shampooed my hair and towel dried it. Then, I took the toner and mixed it with 2 oz. of 20 volume developer and applied it to all of my hair concentrating on the areas that were the most brassy. I let this sit for around 10-15 mins. The ends of my hair were pretty orange, but the blue violet toner completely got rid of that :) Then, I shampooed and conditioned. That's all!

Haul: Forever 21 & My Sexy New Shoes!

Alexander Wang "Alexis"

I picked up these booties from Forever 21 for $34.80 last night. They are the exact dupe of Alexander Wang's "Alexis" boots. When I saw them, I told my friend I was with.. I HAVE TO HAVE THESE!! And she just couldn't stop laughing because she thought they were ridiculous.. but I knew I could rock them!! I'm really happy I did decide to buy them. They're really comfortable too! I looked on the forever21 website, and it looks like they sold out of them.

 

Here's mine..

I can't wait to wear them out! :)

NOW...

If I can only find a dupe for the YSL Cage Booties..

Gah!! I want them so bad!

Forever 21 had cute caged sandals on the website, I waited a few days and went online to purchase them and they were sold out! And I wasn't able to find them in store. SO SAD!! :(

These are the ones from forever 21.. different, but similar concept.

and I got some other stuff.. this purplish blue ruffle top from forever 21 for only $5! A navy hooded short sleeve sweater, and two other sweaters.. gray and navy (not pictured) that are short sleeved on clearance for $6 each, a green halter from Kohl's for $8 and some skinny jeans from Express.

AND, omg I loved this motorcycle faux leather jacket.. it was soo sexy! But, the faux material smelled like FISH. Do you know what eyelash adhesive smells like? Smelled identical to that. I was so sad. I've had a faux handbag that smelled like that too and the smell didn't go away so I knew I couldn't get the jacket :( What a bummer!

You can see this jacket here