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Probably light coverage, tinted moisturizer or BB and CC creams. Just something that will hide the distractions on your face quickly so you can get out the door. I used to use a powder foundation, with a swipe of mascara and some blush so I looked alive.
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Ever wanted to try a bold color or a color that just doesn't work with your skin tone or eye color. This purple eyeshadow tutorial is great for beginners or if you want to try a new bold color.
Read moreWhen I first thought about contouring, I felt intimidated. I was scared that I would do it wrong, that I would look silly. I looked up YouTube tutorials and I felt even more intimidated! There were so many products and layers and it took so much time! There was no way I had the time or the money to invest in something that I thought I would do wrong and it would make me look silly!
I finally found someone who explained it to me and made it seem simple and then I found a foundation that made contour part of a one layer foundation! Yep, one layer foundation that includes the contour. It was so beautiful and glowing and I gained confidence and felt like I could do it. Best of all I did it and felt beautiful and loved my makeup!
I wanted to make sure that everyone confident with contour!
No layering products on top of each other
No hiding the beauty of your skin
No complicated processed
No taking 45 minutes
No feeling intimidated
So check out my tutorial an tell me what you think!
If you want your own compact with contour customized to you click the link below!
When you think about highlight and contour, do you automatically think full coverage?
I used to and then I found IIID foundation. I have always preferred a light or medium coverage to full coverage foundation. I always felt the more I cover up the less I look like me, I have freckles, so without freckles I am just not Megan. I used to watch YouTube highlight and contour tutorial, I always thought that it just wasn’t something I could do because I didn’t want full coverage. I also thought I want natural looking makeup and it didn’t seem like I could look natural and also highlight and contour.
I was so very wrong. Using creams, it is possible to get beautiful light coverage and highlight and contour. Contour makes your foundation look more natural. Covering up your whole face with one solid color is what looks unnatural.
Does this sound like you? Do you love a natural, light coverage look? Does a CC cream just not quite do it for you? I am with you!
Check out my video to see how I get beautiful light coverage, one layer highlight and contour that takes less than 10 minutes. It is all about cream, you can get the moisturizing of a CC cream with the natural shadows of contour by using the right brush.
Let me help you find the perfect colors for you! Tell me all about your skin and makeup goals and I will personalize your makeup to you CLICK HERE.
Get the most out of your dry shampoo and get another day between washing without the buildup! This one extra step will blow you away.
Read moreThere are just those companies and products that you love and want to share with your Mom and your neighbor and your Second Cousin once removed that you have only met once and you are friends on Facebook. It is rare to find something that does exactly what it is supposed to do and it does it perfectly and when you find it you are just over the moon! Here is my list of my favorite things.
Read moreHave you ever hired a photographer and had photo regret, you spent time on your hair and makeup and it didn't look as great as you felt in the photos. Follow my makeup 7 tips and see my family photo makeup tutorial.
Read moreDid you ever want an eyeshadow palette that is customized just for your eye color. That has only colors that you will want to use and none that your brush never touches? I’ve got you covered, you can pick your own colors or just send me a few pictures and I will build something that is made for you.
Read moreDo you love your skincare products or are they just bla? Do you know how to get the best possible products with pH balance, anti-aging, moisturizing, acne fighting? How I changed how I look at skincare in my 30s and love my skin
Read moreIt is the last day of 2019 and as I reflect on the last year, one thing is clear. I hate being pregnant. Yep I said it. I feel like that isn’t something that you are supposed to say. People constantly ask how you are feeling when you are pregnant, but when you actually tell them how you feel, they look at you like you are crazy. When I was pregnant with my first, I was sick until halfway through my third trimester, in case trimesters mean nothing to you that is 7 months of throwing up and being nauseous. This time around I am currently at the 7 month mark, about the place I was in my last pregnancy where the nausea subsided, and I am still throwing up, unless I am on anti-nausea medication.
Read moreLately my hair has been up more than down. Instead of just tossing it up in a messy bun or a ponytail, I’ve been trying to make it look like I made an effort without actually making to much of an effort.
I just made it into my third trimester with baby number two and I am tired and sleeping in sounds way better than washing, drying and styling my hair. To be honest, I felt this way when I wasn’t pregnant, but lately stretching my hair into day 5 with out washing sounds even better. I even rocked 5 day hair for our family photos, seriously, this is a whole new level of lazy hair even for me. Can you tell??
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So, I know that you have an old ratty bra in that drawer that should have been tossed about 3 years ago or maybe you are even wearing it and the underwire is poking you. I am totally with you! However, when I stopped nursing my daughter (okay, okay she stopped nursing when she realized that other people would hand her a bottle whenever she asked) my boobs had no resemblance to what they had once looked like and I am talking about way before pregnancy. They were a deflated balloon compared to what they were during pregnancy and nursing. So, I literally HAD to buy a new bra. Not a single bra in my possession came close to fitting.
Read moreI have always hated to buy eyeshadow in palates either the little four eyeshadow palate from the drugstore or the big gorgeous palates from Alta or Sephora. I end up with one favorite and the rest are still full when I run out of my favorite. It seems like a waste of product and a waste of money to replace eyeshadows that you still have a bunch of. So I started spending more and buying individual shadows from MAC or Urban Decay because I didn’t like the waste.
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When you live in the desert, dryness isn’t just part of the landscape it is part of everyday life. When I moved back to the high desert after spending 3 years living on the coast, I had to slather myself with lotion and face cream, conditioner, only to end up dryer that my moisture free self on the coast. My lips were my biggest source of struggle, they were constantly dry and without constant chapstick they would crack and peel. I gave up on lipstick and bough enough chapstick to put in every purse, coat pocked, desk drawer, car cubby and pants pocket that I had. I got a few tented chapsticks, so I got the look of a lipstick without the dryness.
Read moreIf you are anything like me you usually skip Black Friday (okay, okay I maybe ordered a few things while on my couch in my PJs and okay those things might have been for me) only to start frantically searching for the perfect gifts for everyone else mid-December. I’ve always been a procrastinator and it really makes Christmas a stressful time for me. I may need a holiday shopping intervention! The last few years Santa has gotten me some really great gifts and if you are still wondering what to get your Mom or your Sister-in-law or your best friend, stop fretting I got you covered! Whether you want to spend $20 or $120 this gift guide has something she will love!
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Okay ladies let’s talk about getting older. I’m 35 and in the last couple years there have been some changes in my face. Some aging changes in my face, some fine lines and wrinkles. It seems like I just woke up one morning and there they were, looking back at me from the mirror. I started to notice that my makeup was sinking into those lines and accentuating my age. I wasn’t comfortable, I felt like this was the first thing people would see when they looked at me. It was not, but that was how I felt. I had been using the same makeup from the beauty counter for years, I kinda hate to admit how many years I stuck with this company even with the makeup looking not that great. When you get used to something, it becomes your comfort zone and it’s hard to make a change. Am I right?
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My husband and I moved back to my hometown about 10 years ago. Moving back to a very dry climate for the first time in almost 10 years caused me to have one of the worst eczema flare-ups I had ever had. Small towns come with good old-fashioned small town doctors and I returned to my parent’s family doctor. I have struggled with eczema for years, at my family doctor, he came into the exam room and he was chuckling as he told me that he looked at my history and the first time I had come to see him about my eczema I was 3 months old. My neck chest, face, bends of my arms and legs were all covered in an itchy peeling bright red rash.
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I am pretty sure that I had the wrong color foundation for years and I didn’t know it. I always thought that my skin need more moisturizer, I need a better face cleanser, I was aging, I have giant pores and getting old and my makeup is settling into my fine lines. I must have the worst skin because I see other woman with flawless makeup. My makeup was hurting my self esteem and the reality is that there is nothing different about my skin than other women, the only difference is that their makeup was the correct shade and mine was not. Luckily I have learned to look for the symptoms of the wrong color and quickly fix them. You have enough things to worry about, like what exactly your two year old found to eat in between the couch cushions (true story), you don't want to worry about your makeup.
Read moreSeriously, if you are washing your hair every day or even every other day, STOP! There is no need and believe me your hair will style like a dream and need way less product.
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It’s summer!! I love summer, hiking, camping, swimming, barbecuing and warm summer nights outside are the best! What do you love about summer?
The other part about summer I like is getting a beautiful sun kissed tan. Okay, not really I am pasty white and tend to burn, peel and return to white and freckly. So, I basically bathe in sunscreen. Luckily, there are products that give me the look of being sun kissed even when I am hiding from the sun. Spray tans and self-tanning lotions have come a long way and these days it is hard to tell if a tan is from the sun or from a bottle. Also, there is no need to risk skin cancer to be a bronzed beauty! Just don’t do it!
Here is the thing though, I have always been terrified to put tanning lotion on my face! What if I get to much? What if I get streaks! What if I am in the middle of applying it and my daughter poops on the floor (maybe that was TMI, but we are potty training, so the struggle is real!). So I just don’t use it on my face. I also don’t want to be changing the shade of my makeup (I may be a bit cheap or maybe a tad bit lazy).
Here is the solution Bella Cream Bronzer, this is a little tin of magic!
Maybe you have never used bronzer and are wondering what is so great about it?
You get the healthy looking glow of a tan without the damage of the sun, win win!
Your face will match your body. If you have a tan body and a bright white face it looks unnatural, get some bronzer girl!
We all know that being tan is slimming (if you have ever tried on swimsuits in the winter you know this to be true, yikes!)
Ok, so you’re thinking, I have a bronzer, what is so special about this bronzer?
Well, my friend this sheer cream bronzer is magic it goes on lightly and is easily buildable
It is a cream, got to much, wipe it off and start over
If you are using a powder bronzer, it is matte, because powders are matte. When I think of the gorgeous golden suntanned glow of summer, I think of dewy bronzed skin! You can only get that with a cream.
Applying bronzer is really not that hard to do and it will only add a few moments to your makeup routine. If you think about where the sun naturally hits your face that is where you apply bronzer (forehead, tops of your cheekbones, nose, chin, collarbone). You do not use bronzer as a contour, contour is the area of your face where there are natural shadows and bronzer is the areas of your face where the sun hits. Apply with a big fluffy brush, lightly brush it over your bronzer in a circular motion trying to avoid getting to much in the middle of your brush. If you think you got a bit to much or it is a bit to concentrated in one spot, gently brush it over your wrist to get off the extra product. Start small you can always add more!
In this video I do my full face, highlight, contour, blush, bronzer and illuminator. Check it out to see the placement of each product.
