Fab5~ Beauty Edition

I have been seeing this on other blogs and picking up great tips and such so I decided to do one too for you!  These are my top five beauty things!

Cotton Candy Fantasy Body Spray – My family doesn’t exchange Christmas presents between the adults.  We are all grown and it is too much pressure and stress  to buy presents for each other.  And really isn’t the meaning of Christmas.  So we skip that part.  We just buy for the kiddos.  Every once in a while if we see something or want to get each other something, of course we can.  My little sister is the best at getting fun inexpensive stuff that you will actually use!  One year she got me this stuff and I have been hooked ever since.  I am a migraine sufferer so I can’t wear perfume.  So this stuff is perfect.  Only $6 at Walgreens!!  You’ll be singing Flo Rida’s  …………..I smell like sugar…….( I smell like sugar), this candy’s got you sprung, (this candy’s got you spruuuuung)……….

Solano Hair Dryers- I am kinda biased on this one because I have actually never used any other dryer.  I started using these in hair school and never switched.  If I find something I like I don’t change.  Call me stubborn.  I think I am more  loyal. They can be pricey, a Benjamin or more  if you will.  But I have been buying mine from here and they have the best prices even better than some beauty distributors!  And you don’t have to be a licensed hairdresser to buy. The reason I love these so much is because of the nozzle.  Their nozzles are thin. Ladies, having a nozzle on the end of your hairdryer is the key!  It keeps the heat concentrated and direct. I love blowdrys with this dryer. I hate it if I don’t have it and have to use a random.  It feels weird.  Maybe one day when I am brave I will post a video tutorial about how to blowdry your hair.

M.A.C. Vanilla Pigment-  LOVE this stuff!  This is a staple in my makeup kit.  I have tried other shades of pigment and get irritated if I don’t have this one. See how loyal I am??? I never thought of myself as picky but I am starting to think I am????  Anyway this is a great highlighter.  I love dusting it just below the brows to highlight.  I see women using shadow colors for this and may look good in the mirror but then take a picture.  What do you look like??  Kinda like a Bratz doll or clown right??? This stuff is irradescent so it catches the light subtly versus relflecting a white brow!!  I also dust a little down the bridge of my nose along with some shading and I can give myself a painless nosejob!!! Or a little in the corners of the eyes or on cheeks.  LOVEE!

Ardell  Lashes-  I LOVE my falsies!!  I am desperately trying to get lash exstenstions in the budget so I don’t ever have to wear makeup again!  Anyway, I always go with black.  Always go with dark fonce glue.  And I always buy the DEMI wispies.  I think these are the most natural looking in my opinion. The key to lashes is to trim them the length of your eye.  It will be more comfortable and you won’t look like Britney Spears being interviewed by Matt Lauer with a lash hanging by a thread.  Is that weird that I noticed that and that is what I remember from that interview????  I remember thinking You are a billionaire GAZILLIONAIRE and you can’t hire someone to do your makeup???? It was a rough time in her life  and I am over it. When applying the glue less is more. Use a toothpick to put just enough on the strip.  And I use strips versus indies……

Brushes- If you get anything out of this post make it this.  Brushes can take that shadow application to the next level!!  Blending colors with brushes will make a huge difference in the way your makeup looks.  Not only are brushes important for application they can save you money as well.  Some brushes can be $30 but well worth the investment.  Brushes should be used when applying foundation.  You get an even smoother coverage and it saves your product.  Sponges soak of the product and you waste a lot.  Get a brush and your foundation will last a lot longer! Well that’s it.  Stay Beautiful!!