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“Seas the Day” – Eyeshadow + Nude Lip

11.14.2018 by Lynn Z // Leave a Comment

I had so much fun with this look!!

I was feeling inspired to create something new. Most of my looks recently have been neutrals with lots of shimmer. I wanted to create something matte with more color.

I just bought my sister an eyeshadow palette from Sephora and in order to get free shipping I snuck in a set of five mini RMS Beauty Lipsticks for myself (hehe!).

I cannot say enough good about these lipsticks! I’ve never found chemically safe lipstick that was full coverage enough to actually look nude.

Then I whipped out the Jaclyn Hill x Morphe palette and grabbed some deep blue and purple shades (there’s actually only two deep purples and blues in it!) and then I topped it off with a matte white.

SO simple! Hint: I use washi tape to get the super sharp lines.

Products used:

Almay Truly Lasting Color Liquid Makeup in the shade 160

Almay Clear Complexion Concealer in the shade Light

Cover FX Loose Powder in the shade Light/Medium

NYX Highlight and Contour Pro Palette

Plume Brow Pomade in the shade Ashy Daybreak

Wild with Desire Mini Lipstick Set – in the shade Unmistakeable (only available in this set!!)

Jaclyn Hill x Morphe Eyeshadow Palette

Morphe 350M Natural Glow Matte Eye Shadow Palette

Kiss Shy Lashes

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Beeyoutiful: Eyeshadows Without The Chemicals!

09.09.2018 by Lynn Z // Leave a Comment

I want to introduce a brand that is not widely known for their makeup products but definitely deserves some more recognition.

My main issue with mainstream eyeshadows is how much junk is in their formulation when there doesn’t need to be.

I don’t get irritated easily, so I can handle those kind of eyeshadows, but I know a lot of people who have seriously sensitive skin and eyes.

Eyeshadows that have clean/minimal ingredients are much less likely to irritate your eyes and skin.

Beeyoutiful has a large collection of beautiful loose powder eyeshadows that contain these ingredients only: Mica, iron oxides

Verses my favorite eyeshadow palette that is definitely NOT a chemically safe product…

Jaclyn Hill’s Morphe Palette which is absolutely gorgeous, but look at the ingredient list: Talc, Mica, Kaolin, Dimethicone, Tridecyl Trimellitate, Phenyl Trimethicone, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Capryl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin. May contain: Isononyl Isononanoate, Isostearyl Isostearate, Nylon-12, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Magnesium Stearate, Silica, Titanium Dioxide (CI77891), Iron Oxide Black (CI77499), Iron Oxide Yellow (CI77492), Iron Oxide Red (CI77491), Hydrated Chromium Oxide Green (CI77289), Ultramarine Blue (CI77007), Ferric Ferrocyanide (CI77510), Chromium Oxide Greens (CI77288), Manganese Violet (CI77742), FD&C Red 40 AI Lake (CI16035), FD&C Yellow 5 AI Lake (CI19140), FD&C Blue 1 AI Lake (CI42090)

See what I mean??

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There are a ton of clean beauty brands that offer chemically safe eyeshadows, but very few offer so many colors!

Here is the first sample set I received! I swatched it using my go to eye primer, Thank Me Later.

Peachy Bronzer and Peaches N’ Cream are both multipurpose powders! They are primarily bronzers/blush. Peaches N’ Cream I use as a blush when I’m more tan and the Peachy Bronzer is super subtle for contour.

The Gold Dust in between is another eyeshadow color. And that’s without foiling it! SO much color!

Super pigmented, minimal and safe ingredients, and lots of choices! The only downside to this is that there can be some fallout with the more shimmery looks. Doing your eye looks before foundation makes for an easy solution.

Beeyoutiful offers a sample pack of shadows for $5 and free shipping!

So if you’ve been on the hunt I highly recommend trying them out! Please use the link below. It’s an affiliate link that helps support my business at no additional cost to you whatsoever! 🙂

Check out Beeyoutiful eyeshadows!

Let me know what you think!

xoxo,

Sensitive Skin Facial Mask Test!

12.11.2017 by Lynn Z // Leave a Comment

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I have super sensitive skin. I don’t struggle with a ton of acne, but most times using facial products causes ridiculous break outs. (Not exactly what you want facial products to do.)

After a disastrous incident with a charcoal face mask, I was hesitant to try this Red Clay Mask by Acure.

I was terrified, but had too much fun applying this to my face! The package doesn’t have a lot in it, but it’s had enough so far for both my sister and I to use it twice. There’s more left over.

I ended up looking a bit too much like Donald Trump for my taste (this stuff is so orange!) but it was very soothing and did not cause me to break out at all!

In Amazon reviews some people said it smelled horrible. Well, it smells like clay. There’s no unnatural fragrances so you get the basics. Crayon smelling clay. Sorry people, that’s what no added fragrances gets you. But it definitely doesn’t smell horrible, just don’t expect the rich smell of lavender on your face.

For anyone with large pores hoping for a gentle, natural mask I highly recommend Acure Red Clay Mask!

I loved it so much in fact, I listed this as one of my holiday makeup favorite recommendations in my previous post!

What are your favorite masks and skin care goodies?

xoxo,