Makeup for Cancer Fighters

Hello, gorgeous fans. If you've been reading my blog, you know that I love the pixiwoo sitters, Samantha and Nicola Chapman. They do fabulous makeup tutorials and Samantha has her own brush line called Real Techniques. Nicola has been doing a series of videos where she'll do makeup on someone who is fighting cancer, talking with them about their struggles and by communicating with them and helping them with their makeup, hopefully making women who are fighting this disease feel empowered and more attractive during a really, REALLY difficult time. I thought the videos were so great and I applaud Nicola for doing them. Check them out!

Eye Glitter Application Trick!

Hello my gorgeous, glittery fans! I wanted to share with you a makeup trick of mine that I came up with a friend of mine and then the other part is a pixiwoo tip. So, if you're going to do a glitter eye, you must NOT apply any face makeup before you do it. You SHOULD apply an eye shadow primer and then a base color that is similar or complimentary to the color glitter you want to apply to your eyelid. You apply the shadow primer and base color, AND THEN, you use a clear eyelash glue, and spread that carefully over the lid where you want the glitter to stick. You can find clear eyelash glue at drug stores. They're a little harder to find, but they're there. Once the glitter is on, take your glitter and a brush you don't care about, and press it onto your lip. The glitter will stick and literally will not move for the whole night/show, etc. If you're concerned about putting glue on your lid, don't be. Eyelash glue is meant to be near your eyes and doesn't cause any damage or hurt. I've done it tons of times.

The second part of this is a clean up tip! You will have A LOT of fallout from the glitter, and there is NOTHING WORSE than glitter face. So, you can take a brush, or even a pencil, or pen, or anything small that you can use, and put tape on it and then gently press it over areas of your face that are covered in glitter. It will pick it up, AND, if you usually dust off glitter fallout with brushes, this is a way to avoid getting glitter out of them. Glitter eyes are definitely my favorite. I like to use MAC glitter pigments, Makeup Forever Diamond Powders and glitters, etc. GO FOT IT!

Samantha Chapman Brushes!

Hello, gorgeous ones! I recently posted one of the pixiwoo sister's videos for their Sophia Loren makeup tutorial. One of the sisters, Samantha Chapman, came out with a line of her own makeup brushes called Real Techniques, and because I'm such an enormous fan of their videos, I just HAD to try them out. I purchased them a few months ago, so I've really had solid amount of time to use them. In short: I love them. They are fairly priced, good quality brushes. They are made of a synthetic material called taklon, which is easy to clean and they're SO soft. The one downside of the synthetic brushes is that they take longer to dry after cleaning.

I bought both the face and eye set, which both cost about $20 each. You get 4 brushes in the face set and 5 brushes in the eye set. At first I was wild about the face set and was just mildly satisfied with the eye set, but after months of use I've found that the brushes in the eye set have so many amazing different uses and I love them. The deluxe crease brush is probably my favorite brush to use for under-eye concealer. The buffing brush in the face set is just flawless. It really pats your foundation into the skin and just looks to die for. Both sets are fabulous and I highly recommend them. Also, she sells a separate brushes, which are slightly more expensive, but in my opinion, worth it. The stippling brush is a MUST. Check it out!

Sophia Loren Tutorial from pixiwoo!

Hello, my darlings! If you don't know about them, the "pixiwoo" sisters are a youtube phenomenom that does makeup tutorials and product reviews. Their video views range in the millions, but just in case you haven't heard of them, I wanted to share their latest tutorial, which I thought was pretty fab! Enjoy!