Maybelline Color tattoo

I've been hearing sooooo much hype about these maybelline Color Tattoo creme shadows lately that I had to give in and try one! I had been eyeing up this beautiful redish, burgundy color for quite some time so I gave in and finally purchased it. I'm normally not so big on cream shadows because I just don't know up to use them! Every time I see them in a tutorial they are always used as a base then layered over with powder. Plus any I had used in the past have always wore off and creased within a short amount if time so I just plain ol wasn't a fan......until now!
These are not your typical creme eyeshadows! They go on like a creme but finish like a powder (if that makes any sense) and are super blend able. I applied it with my finger and then blended it with a brush. Then for a little more precision I used the flat brush from my urban decay naked 2 palette and added a little more into the crease to build up some color. Personally I could have left it like that and would have been happy but I decided to have a little more fun. I used the gold shade from my Too Faced Natural eye kit and just dabbed it on the inner corner and inner lid and then on the very outer crease I used the deep purple shade from my Coastal Scents Go Beijing palette. I have to say the staying power on the parts where there is no powder layered over the color tattoo is amazing ! I didn't even use a primer. I'm pretty impressed!
These are great for someone who doesn't like to spend too much time on their makeup in the morning too because they can be work alone. They're easy to apply and are well pigmented so you don't have to do much to get color from them. They can be sheered out or built up for a more dramatic intense look! They are kind of pricey though but I noticed Walmart had them for Less than most other places. I believe it was $6.99 and I've see them upwards of $8 and change elsewhere. You can always wait for your ulta coupon and buy them or go to bed bath and beyond with a 20% off and get two!
All in all I give these color tattoos 2 thumbs up and I think I'm going to purchase some more and play around with different looks! See below for the look I did with them today!

The color I used is called Pomegranate Punk you can find it here:
http://m.drugstore.com/maybelline-eyestudio-color-tattoo-24hr-eyeshadow-pomegranate-punk/qxp394242

For the Coastal Scents Palette you can look here: (they always have great sales! Sign up for their email blasts and you will know when!) http://www.coastalscents.com/makeup/palettes/eye-palettes/beijing.html


For the Too Faced Natural palette check this out!
http://m.sephora.com/natural-eye-neutral-eye-shadow-collection-P241303

Favornudes! A quite extensive, obsessive collection of Nude Lipsticks and glosses!

Nude, naked, bare ummm I'm running out of adjectives .....where's my thesaurus ? Geeez haven't seen one of those in years! Do they even make book versions of them anymore? Probably not. Anyway nude is the beauty worlds buzzword of the year. Ever since urban decay dropped their ever so popular Naked palette every Tom, Dick and Harry have been duping it! But alas naked eyes aren't the only coveted nude out there....ahhhh the ever so sort after nude lip! Aside from red it's not only its polar opposite but one of the hardest colors to find. The Pourage of lip color and I am Goldilocks! On my quest to find the perfect one I've come across many that were too pale, to peachy, too pink, too dark, too nude and not nude enough and what I ended up with is a collection of nearly nude lip sticks, glosses and balms that do the job...but I'm still on my quest to find that perfect one!
As if we needed another reason to hate Kim Kardashian, besides her amazing smokey eyes, perfect contouring and flawless complexion her nude lips are always on point ! I do t think anyone else gets it as perfect as her! I tried some of her colors out and they were a bit too pink for me. Her go to nudes are supposedly Mac Angel topped with Nars Turkish delight. They may work for you but they were a bit too pink for me.
Basically nudes show up differently on everyone since we all have our own unique skin tone and our lips carry different levels of pigment. I figured though I can help since I have a very large collection of nude colors because I am addicted to nudes!

To make it a little easier I broke them down into 4 different categories. The word "nude" is a pretty general term to describe pale or natural looking lips. Each nude has its own unique undertone and that's how I broke it down:

PINK NUDES: pretty self explanatory. These nudes tend to have pink colored undertones and go great with cooler colored eyeshadows like pinks, purples, blues, silvery Greys and charcoals.

PEACHY NUDES: these nudes tend to have orangey, tan or Peach colored undertones and go greeat with warmer eye looks like Bronze, gold and warm browns.

NATURAL NUDES: these nudes are not pale and are closer to the actual shade of natural lips...only a little better

BEIGE NUDES: these are the nudes that border on the line of almost being the same color as your skin with beige or brown undertones and are very neutral.

A FEW TIPS FOR DONNING NUDE LIPS:

To make sure you have the perfect canvas for those nude lips there's a few things to do to get the best application. Since nudes that are a shade or so lighter than your actual lip color can get caught up in cracks and dry flakes its always a good idea to exfoliate those lips. You can achieve this by mixing some sugar with a bit of Vaseline, using a toothbrush or a store bought lip exfoliator. I like E.L.F's lip exfoliator. It works better than any I've tried so far and it's only $3!

Also using a lib balm as a base will ensure an even application. I like EOS balm or Baby Lips by Maybelline.

Also another trick to get a nice colorless base is to get a very, very, very light layer of foundation on your lips. Just what's left over from your brush. Your lipstick will show up in a truer to form color because its not contending with your natural lip pigmentation.



From left to right Maybelline Color Whisper in Lust for Blush, Revlon Lip Butter in Sugar Frosting, NYX lipstick in Summer Love**, Revlon Super Lustrious Lipstick in Sky Line Pink, Maybelline Color Sensational in Born with it, Mac Creme Sheen in Hue, and even thought the swatch doesn't look so pink I promise it is but Bare Minerals Pretty Amazing lipstick/lipgloss hybrid in Free Will **

**= favorites

Peachy Nudes



From Left to Right
Milani new lipsticks in Nude Dream, Too Faced in Nude Beach**( I realize after the fact this one is sort of pink looking and could probably fall in the pink or natural tone category too ), Sephora Rouge Shine no name just a number in 2298D **, Revlon Colorburst in Soft Nude (unfortunately Revlon has discontinued this line and this color but it can still be found some places so I included it), Maybelline Color whisper in Bare to be Bold, Revlon Matte in Nude Attitude (not crazy about this formula but it could be used as a base for a good lipgloss)

Natural Nudes



From Left to Right
Maybelline Color sensational in Warm Me Up, NYX Black Label Lipstick in Heiress, Ulta brand lipsticks no name in #225, NYX lipstick in Perfect, NYX lipstick in Thalia **, Rimmel Kate Moss edition no name #08

Beige Nudes


From Left to Right

Elf Jumbo Lip Gloss Stick in In the Nude, NYX lipstick in Frosted Flakes, Revlon Super Lustrous Pearl in Sparkling Cider, NYX lipstick in Circe**, Revlon Lip butter in Creme Brûlée**

Great Nude Glosses to go on top!


From left to right
This is a nude gloss from H&M( and I forgot to swatch it) the color is Innocent**, essence Stay with Me longlasting lipgloss in Deep Rose, Milani Glitzy Glamour Gloss in Center Stage, NYX Xtreme Lip Cream in Natural, Tarte Vitamin Infused Gloss in abra-cad-apricot ( I have to mention the AMAZING scent of this one) **, Flower Beauty by Drew Barrymore shine on Lipgloss in Baby's Breath, Essence XXXL Shine lipgloss in Nude Candy, Revlon super Lustrous Lip Gloss in Peach Petal

Oops a few a left out when I did the original swatches!


Left to right Nars Lip Laquer in Chelsea Girls **, Wet N Wild lipstick in Fergie Daily **, NYX Mega Shine Lip Gloss in Sweet Heart **

A few more in which I don't have at the moment but still love!
Mac Creme sheen in Creme D'nude, NYX mega shine Lip Gloss in Sugar Pie, Natural and Beige,
Lorac Couture Shine liquid lipstick in Vintage, Lorac Breakthrough Performance Lipstick in Nude Scene, Too Faced La Creme Color drenched Lip Cream in Naked Dolly & Naughty Nude, E.L.F studio lipstick in Natural Nymph

I think this may quite possibly be the most extensive Nude lip post EVER! What's your favornude?

My collection....my addiction...my obsession

Since I'm home with the baby I decided to do some organizing and cleaning (yes I am that bored) and since I'm still healing from my c-section and can't do the heavy duty stuff (my wardrobe) I figured I'd start with the small stuff and go through all of my makeup and get that organized! Here are some random pics of my ever growing collection....