Showing posts with label Makeup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Makeup. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
How To: Save Money On High End Makeup
If you are like me, then you can't get enough of looking at all of the products that you want so badly whenever you go into a makeup store or to a makeup counter. However, if you again are like me, you cringe whenever you look at the price tag.
Never fear! There are lots of ways to get high end makeup (and clothes) for cheap.
1. All Cosmetics Wholesale
Link: www.allcosmeticswholesale.com
All cosmetics wholesale is a website where you can get high end and drugstore makeup at crazily low prices. Everything is 100% authentic, so you can be sure that you are getting what you asked for. They even have discontinued products from brands like Mac. Those products are not less money, they are often times more, but if you are completely in love with a discontinued product, you might still be able to get it. Products tend to stay the same on this website so you can get the same products multiple times if you run out.
2. Hautelook
Link: www.hautelook.com
Haute look is another website that you can get reduced priced products on. On
Hautelook, they have flash sales which can last one hour to maybe a week. These sales can be up to 75percent off!
On Hautelook, they do not only have makeup. Mostly it is clothes, but they do have makeup at least twice a week. Along with cloths they also have furniture and vacations. Most of the makeup brands that they have are not commonly known, but about once a month they will have a brand like Stila, Urban Decay, or Crown Brushes. I once got an Urban Decay Book of Shadows VI for $30, 55% off!
3. Sephora Beauty Insider
At Sephora, you can get a card which will let you get one point for every dollar that you spend. When you collect 100 points, you get a free sample. If you save up to 500 points, you get a set of samples. This is a great way to try out new products, because it can really hurt your bank account if you buy a high end product and you do not like it. Also, the points will never expire. You can even get beauty insider exclusive products. You also get emails from Sephora about new products. In addition to all that, you will get a free birthday gift on your birthday!
4. Ulta rewards
At Ulta, you can sign up for their rewards program. For different amounts of money that you spend, you get into a different level of rewards. Every quarter, you will get a voucher for one of the free products on a list. Also, you get a catalog in the mail about every month with new products in it and a coupon for a certain amount of money off your purchase. Although the free products from the rewards in the lower end are high end, the catalogue has information about lots of deals.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Easy Smoky Eyes
A smoldering smoky eye can be flirty and sexy, perfect for girls night out. I decided to try an easy technique for the sexy look.
What you'll need:
-Eyeliner in pencil
-Eyeliner in liquid (Glitter is optional. I didn't use the liquid liner but I recommend it.
-Light grey-blue eyeshadow
-white eyeshadow
-black eyeshadow
-grey eyeshadow
-mascara
-clear gloss
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-eyelash curler
-mascara primer
-white eyeshadow
-fluffy eyeshadow brush
-sponge tipped eyeshadow brush
-nude lipstick
Apply your pencil liner as usual, and then using a sponge tipped brush dipped in grey eyeshadow, apply it directly over the pencil liner. (This will darken your eyeliner and assist in the next step.) Get your fluffy brush (without any eyeshadow on it) smudge the eyeliner upwards. This will create a sexy smoky look. Your eyeliner should have completely smudged away. Get a black eyeshadow on your sponge tipped brush and apply it like a liner over your eye and under. Using a black eyeshadow instead of liner makes the look more sultry and smoky. Then put the gray blue eyeshadow over the black underneath your eye. The two colors look gorgeous together. Then apply white eyeshadow in the corners with your eyeshadow brush and smudge it in. (Optional: Apply liquid eyeliner) Next curl your lashes, apply primer and mascara as usual. Finish with a nude lipstick and clear gloss.
You may find while applying your smoky eye, some of the techniques I used here do not work for you. That's fine, everyone's eye shapes and what works for those gorgeous eyes are different. Good luck.
XOXO
What you'll need:
-Eyeliner in pencil
-Eyeliner in liquid (Glitter is optional. I didn't use the liquid liner but I recommend it.
-Light grey-blue eyeshadow
-white eyeshadow
-black eyeshadow
-grey eyeshadow
-mascara
-clear gloss
(Read more)
-eyelash curler
-mascara primer
-white eyeshadow
-fluffy eyeshadow brush
-sponge tipped eyeshadow brush
-nude lipstick
Apply your pencil liner as usual, and then using a sponge tipped brush dipped in grey eyeshadow, apply it directly over the pencil liner. (This will darken your eyeliner and assist in the next step.) Get your fluffy brush (without any eyeshadow on it) smudge the eyeliner upwards. This will create a sexy smoky look. Your eyeliner should have completely smudged away. Get a black eyeshadow on your sponge tipped brush and apply it like a liner over your eye and under. Using a black eyeshadow instead of liner makes the look more sultry and smoky. Then put the gray blue eyeshadow over the black underneath your eye. The two colors look gorgeous together. Then apply white eyeshadow in the corners with your eyeshadow brush and smudge it in. (Optional: Apply liquid eyeliner) Next curl your lashes, apply primer and mascara as usual. Finish with a nude lipstick and clear gloss.
You may find while applying your smoky eye, some of the techniques I used here do not work for you. That's fine, everyone's eye shapes and what works for those gorgeous eyes are different. Good luck.
XOXO
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