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Brushes I use everyday - Natural Daily Look

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Salut mes belles demoiselles ;) This post is about all the brushes and tools I use on daily basis, mostly to perform a natural, day-time look. Beauty Blender: I use a beauty blender to apply my BB cream. I sue it damo and usually spray Fix+ on it so  can achieve the maximum glow ! I also use the Beauty Blender to apply my concealer. It helps in getting rid of any excess product and gives a flawless finish. Sigma Tapered Highlighter: I use the Sigma Tapered Highlighter to set my concealer so it moves NOWHERE. Its small size makes it possible to reach all under eye are. Real Techniques Powder Brush: I use this brush to lightly set my BB cream especially in my T zone. Sigma Blush Brush: I love that the Sigma Blush Brush is in a angular shape. So I sue it for bronzing. It is fluffy enough to distribute the bronzer but not to exceed the under cheek bones area. Real Techniques Blush Brush: I use this brush to apply the blush on m...

How to take care of your Non-Mink Lashes - last for more than 5 wears

Hello Bellas: When I stick to one pair of lashes and that pair becomes my ultimate favorite that I want to wear each and every single day of my life. This is when I discovered how to maintain non mink lashes so they can last longer. Most of the lashes that I wear are so popular and known, so it is almost impossible for me to get the lashes I want whenever I like. They are most of the time out of stock. So I started following these steps and they improved the life of my lashes: Pull the lashes out of their tray very softly: when you get your lashes brand new in the packaging tray, pull the lashes out of the tray using tweezers very gently. Do not take them off harshly as this could deform the lashes style or at least damage their band. Do not apply Mascara over them: When applying false lashes, it is essential to apply mascara for your own lashed so they do not appear grey-ish under your falsies. It is not pleasant looking at all. Always apply your mascara before apply...

House of lashes - Iconic Lashes

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Since the first day I checked house of lashes website, I was attracted to this style, the iconic lashes.  the iconic lashes is very complementary for any eye shape. They are not the thickest lashes in the website, however their density is so convenient, and the gradual length of lashes starting with short ones in the inner corner of the lash and getting fuller and longer in the outer corner, makes the lashes create a cat eye or elongated eye effect immediately.  These lashes are so fluffy, so soft and very easy to wear. Their band line is not stiff at all. and the curve to the eye shape very easily. They are made of synthetic hair I believe. So they can be worn up to 5 times maximum. However, I never stick to these rules, I can get away with wearing them up to 8-10 times. I take really good care of them. - I will write a post about how to elongate the life span of your lashes soon. With those lashes my eyes seem bigger and awake. They complime...

The replacement for MAC Face & Body Foundation !!!

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Hello Bellas: I lived for MAC Face & Body Foundation. My friends name me after this foundation. It is very watery, sheer, glow-y, very suitable for day-time usage and very natural on the skin. It never clogs the pores or becomes cake-y on the face. It is very build-able to medium coverage, very applicable on the neck as it does not set in the lines.I LOVE IT. I love the way it works on the skin, when you start buffing it on the skin, the water in it is absorbed by the skin leaving very fine and photo-shopped finish on the face!!! UGGHHH it was my best!! BUT, It is unavailable lately!! I heard that MAC has discontinued it! as easy!! anyway, I suffered alittle, then I found the holy grail, MAKE UP FOR EVER FACE & BODY FOUNDATION! OH MY GOD!! I like it as much as I like the MAC one. So sheer, illuminating, beautiful finish, medium coverage, perfect for blending cream products above it. Simply it is perfection, especially when knowing that 75% of this foundation is...

Best Photo Editing Apps - How I modify my selfie

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To get the flawless lighting, perfect Selfies, you sometimes need to the help of some applications. And with a world full of editing applications, you may need to have many trials to get the perfect app you need. After trying many applications, I found the following ones, they work great for me. Those are most of the apps I use when modifying my pictures. Apps on my mobile Face Tune: This app is used to blur any imperfection in the skin such as blemishes, dark spots or scars.It gives you the glow that Photoshop does to celebrities :D . It is an essential app, try it. Cemera+ Picfx This app has so many helpful utilities for shooting or editing photos.Touch Exposure and focus,shooting modes, digital zoom, front flash, horizon level, clarity, scene modes, effects, lightbox, crops, sharing, borders and caption. this app is all about effects and filters. It provides you with over 100 effect. It is an essential as well.! PicFlow - ...

I wear Make up everyday... Am I damaging my skin?!

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YES... Imagine that your skin is a creature who has some pores to breathe from, and you just cover this creature and block all the air from entering... Can you imagine what will happen to the creature? That is exactly what is happening each time you cover your face with tons of foundation, powders, concealers and other products. Not to mention that each of them has its own wide range of chemicals and mineral oils. Those products that we wear penetrates its toxic chemicals into our skin, clogs the pores, encourages aging and dehydrates the skin. Even at the end of the day where you want to take off your make up, you start rubbing and adding more chemicals "make up removers" to the skin. Long story short, as much as makeup makes us feel good about our appearance, in the other hand it is damaging our skin badly. NOW WHAT SHOULD WE DO TO AVOID THAT!!! Ofcourse not!!! I am not going to ask you or eve ask my self to put away make up! I LOVE MAKE UP!! However we can ...

Colour Pop Cosmetics Lippie Sticks - Review & Swatches

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The moment I saw them I was attracted to their packaging size. I have always found difficulties putting lipsticks on my make up bag or clutch. Since I can never decide to choose one color, and I like mixing colors or changing lip color itself while I am out or through an event. It was hard for me to put 3 lipsticks in my make up bag, they never fit. So with these thin, slim packaging, Colour Pop Lippie Sticks were a goal to me. I ordered a few of them. I will go through their cute packaging and beautiful notes they send to customers, but first I want to talk about their pigmentation!! I do not know how a 5$ lipstick could be easily - and I mean it easily- compared to high end 20-40 $ lipsticks. Their pigmentation is heavenly intense that you need  minimum amount of product on the lips. They were able to perfectly match each color to its color guide at the back of the lipstick or on its tip!.They do have different finishings as well !! Satin, Hyper Glossy, Matte and others. They are...