Favorite Lip Colors For Fall

Fall is among us. Pumpkin pie, booties and rich lip colors are just a few of my favorite things about this season. A deep lip color instantly adds glamour to your face and you barely need to have other makeup on. Here are just a few of my favorite lip colors for Fall, at all price ranges (one is even 99 cents!)

from top: Wet n Wild Megalast lip color "Cherry Bomb", MAC "Diva", NYC lipstick  "Mahogany", MAC "Flat Out Fabulous" (limited edition), OCC Lip Tar "Strumpet", Wet n Wild Megalast lip color "Ravin Raisin", Revlon "Berry Haute"

For more Fall lip colors, read my post on the Maybelline Fall 2013 Collection..

Glow Baby Glow: My Favorite Highlighters

clockwise from top: Maybelline Dream Sun Bronzing Face Illuminator, Loreal True Match Liquid Bronzer, Benefit Watts Up! highlighter, Urban Decay Eyeshadow "Vanilla", MAC Extra Dimension Skin Finish "Double Definition"

It's the summa-summatime! Which calls for tan and glowing skin a la Jennifer Lopez. Jennifer Lopez is truly my inspiration when I do "glowing skin" because she is the queen of it. I have compiled a list of my favorite highlighters to use when I want to be a glowing, bronzed goddess. They are all at different price points and come in different finishes as well.

1. Maybelline Dream Sun Baronzing Face Illuminator $6.99: This was part of the Maybelline Summer collection and it is limited edition unfortunately. You still might be able to find it at some drugstores, however. I love using this on my cheeks and for mixing it in with my foundation for an all-over glow.

2. Loreal True Match Liquid Bronzer "Medium Bronze" $7-8.00- I love, love, love mixing this with my foundation! It gives you the most beautiful and subtle golden sheen. This can be used for everyday because it's not too over the top, even with a tinted moisturizer. 

3. Benefit Watts Up! Highlighter: I received this sample size as a Beauty Insider birthday gift from Sephora. I'm planning to buy a full-size as soon as I finish this one. I like this as a base highlighter, it is not too glittery and doesn't give a too-shiny appearance to the face.

4. Urban Decay eyeshadow "Vanilla" $18.00- Yes this is an eyeshadow, but it doubles as an amazing powder highlight. I like to use this over a cream highlighter to set it but it works very well on it's own as well. It has great pigmentation and it is similar to NARS "Albatross" highlighter. Plus it's $20 cheaper!

5. MAC Extra Dimension Skinfinish "Double Definition" (limited edition)- This has really unique texture, liquidy smooth if it even makes sense. But it is gorgeous on tan skin, and does not look powdery at all. Use each shade individually or swirl them together for more depth.

6. Hard Candy Glow all the Way "Tropical Tan": This is a liquid bronzer and also works as a self tanner. I never use this by itself because this stuff is super potent as you can see in the swatch photo. I like to mix it with my foundation and a little goes a long way.

swatches

September Favorites

It has been so long since I've done a favorites post. This post has everything I adored for the month of September, you will see A LOT of these products in future posts.

FACE

Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream in Medium/Deep

Burt's Bees Acne Solutions Daily Moisturizing Lotion

NYX HD Concealer "Tan"

ELF Studio powder brush

Sonia Kashuk powder brush

Latina Bella blush "Peaches and Cream"

Forever 21 blush "Pink"

EYES

ELF Beauty Eye Book "Natural"

NYX Big Fat Eye Marker

Maybelline Colossal Mascara "Glam Black"

Maybelline Color Tattoo Eyeshadows "Pomegranate Punk" & "Tough as Taupe"

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil "French Fries"

Sonia Kashuk brushes (part of a 5 piece limited edition set)

LIPS

H&M Soft Vanilla Flavored Lipgloss

NYX Matte Lip Cream "Abu Dhabi"

Maybelline lipstick "Coral Crush"

Wet n Wild MegaShield Lip Color "It's A Girl"

Wet n Wild MegaLast lipstick "Don't Blink Pink"

OTHER

Loreal Elnett Hairspray

Remington Pink Ceramic Clipless Curling Iron

Clarisonic Pore Cleansing Brush

October/November Favorites

I'm so late and December/2011 is almost ending so I have to post the favorites up from those months as well. I had very little things for these months since I was working so much, I hardly had time to play with the goodies I have bought. But I will have more exciting stuff for December, I promise!

LA Girls Eye Marker Pen

L'oreal Infallible Eyeliner

Revlon Lash Adhesive

Wet n Wild Dual Eyeliner

Wet n Wild "Pride" Palette

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil "French Fries"

Stila "Trendsetting in Tokyo" Travel Palette

MAC "Bold n Brazen" Eyeshadow

The inside of the Stila palette. I loved the blush/lip color because I wasn't impressed by the eyeshadows. Such a pretty pink and it showed up well on my cheeks.

Essie "School of Hard Rocks" and "Devil's Advocate" nail polishes

Sally Hansen Super Shine Top Coat

 Sonia Kashuk Radiant Tinted Moisturizer

Black Radiance Artisan Color Baked Blushes in "Toasted Almond" and "Warm Berry"

Revlon Super Lustrous Lip Gloss "Pink Pop"

NYX round lipstick "Lousiana"

NYX round lipstick "Pumpkin Pie"

Wet n wild Color Icon l/s "Cherry Bomb"

NYX round lipgloss "Real Nude"

I can't believe I'm almost at 200 followers! I will be doing a giveaway in the new year once I reach 200 so be sure to follow :).

My September Favorites

This is my first favorites post. These are my product raves for the month of September. I have decided to film a corresponding video to this post. Hope you enjoy!

My September Favorites...

MAC blush in "Flirt & Tease"; Latina Bella liquid foundation in No10; Maybelline blush brush

 Physician's Formula gel eyeliner trio for Brown Eyes; Elite individual eyelashes; Physician's Formula felt-tip eye marker

 Wet n Wild Color Icon lipstick in "Ravin Raisin"; Revlon Stay Matte lipstick in "Nude Attitude"; Revlon Colour Riche lipstick in "Berry Haute", mark. moisturizing lip balms in "Sheer Peach" & "Sheer Rose", Flirt! lipgloss in "Plum Delicious"

 Cutex Manicure Correction Pen; Brucci  nail polishes in "Rusty Nail" and "Jamie Lee's Jam"; 10 Professional nail Lacquer in "Moonlight"; Essie nail polish in "Chinchilly"

Organix Smoothing Shea Butter Liquid Glass Serum

And this is me rambling on and raving about these products..



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Video: Summer Favorites

With encouragement from my best friend, I decided to finally do a video. It's kind of blah but hey, I tried. Here I am talking about my favorite things for this summer, hope you enjoy! I will be putting up pics of the makeup up later today so you can guys can see it better. Be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel BeautyWithBrainss. Thanks for watching! I hope you liked the products featured because some of them will be included in my giveaway, which is coming real soon. So stay tuned!



Product Details
Almay Self-Tanner Prep
Garnier Fructis Brillantine Shine Spray
St Ives Apricot Scrub
L'oreal Go 360 Clean face wash
Revlon Mineral Powder in Suntan Matte
Mark Just Pinched Cheek Stain in Berry
MAC eyeshadows in Gleam and Juxt
NYX eyeshadow in Champagne
Wet n Wild creme liner in Black
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
NYX lipstick in Summerlove
Burt's Bees Lip Balm
Brucci nail polishes in Stephanie's Go Lime, Sheri's Pistachio Creme and Jaded
Forever21 nail polish in Lavender