Halloween Looks: Jessica Rabbit

Halloween is almost near! Easily my favorite thing about the fall besides Fall Fashion. It's the one time a year where you can go all out with your creativity and nobody will judge you.

If you don't have a clue about what to be for Halloween, maybe this can be a good idea. Jessica Rabbit is a sexy and glamorous costume that will turn heads. I did a makeup look for the costume. It isn't difficult at all, the most difficult part is covering up the eyebrows so you can draw on new ones. You can cover up your eyebrows with Elmer's glue and there are a good number of tutorials on how to do so.

Products Used

NYX cream concealer "Tan"

Black Radiance Stick Foundation "Truly Topaz"

NYX Jumbo Pencil "Milk" (as base and ti trace outline of eyeshadow)

Coastal Scents 88 palette (Dark purple for the outer eye and lower lashline, light pink for inner corner. I brought the eye shadow up to my real eyebrow to copy Jessica Rabbit's exaggerated makeup)

Loreal Infallible Eyeshadow "Iced Latte" for inner corner and "brow bone"

Stargaze #48

MAC "Raizin" blush

NYX  dark brown eye shadow in "Love in Rio Palette" for contouring

Wet n Wild Eye Pencil "Dark Brown" to draw eye brows

NYX "Chaos" lipstick 

I had to do several things to change up my face a little bit. I did a lot of contouring for my nose and I covered my lips with concealer. I have full lips but Jessica Rabbit has a smaller mouth than mine so I didn't draw on the lipstick on my mouth fully in order to achieve a smaller and full pout.

For the hair, I bought a wig and spray painted it with the colored hair spray that they sell for Halloween. i used the shade "Burgundy". I am planning to use the wig again for other looks so I needed a temporary hair color.

Review: Dove Damage Solutions Intensive Repair Hair Products

I was given the chance to review The Damage Solutions line by Dove. I'm a big fan of the classic Dove bar soap, I just love the clean and classic scent. However, I have never really tried the hair products so I was excited when I received the products for review.

Like most women, I care a great deal about my hair. I don't feel 100% if I'm not having a good hair day and I;m not the only one that feels that way. Dove Hair Care did a case study surveying 1,000 women between the ages 18-49 and found:

- 59% of Latinas say that they are more likely to go out of their way to make sure that certain people see them on a good hair day

- 81% of women fell more confident on a good hair day versus a bad one

My package came beautifully wrapped and it included the Dove Damage Solutions Intensive Repair Shampoo, Conditioner, Styling Cream and Mousse. I tried all the products minus the mousse, since I haven't had a use for it yet.

I took the products with me to the hair salon. I got my hair washed with the shampoo and conditioner and my hair stylist applied the styling cream before my roller set. The scent of the products is quite lovely and it remained long after my hair was dry. I loved the smell, it is the clean and classic smell that Dove is known for.

My hair was left very soft and silky. I definitely loved that moment when I left the salon, swishing my hair around.Too bad it didn't list! It wasn't entirely Dove's fault because the weather was pretty humid and gross over the weekend. But I was still disappointed that my hair got a little frizzy when I had it wrapped in a scarf. 

My hair after using Dove Intensive Repair Shampoo, Conditioner and Styling Cream

I did like that my hair didn't feel greasy or weighed down. I am going to give the products another chance, and see how they work in regular weather. This weather was hard on everybody's hair. But I can say, I was satisfied overall. My hair did look pretty good before the humidity.

Disclaimer: This post contains products that were sent to me for review consideration.

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..

Maybelline Fall 2013 Swatches & Review

from left to right: Violet Intrigue, Lavender Voltage and Midnight Plum

swatches: Violet Intrigue, Lavender Voltage, Midnight Plum

Violet Intrigue

Lavender Voltage

Midnight Plum

Thoughts: I was excited when I saw this display because of all the purple. Purple is my favorite color, in case you haven't noticed. I liked the pigmentation and colors of the three shades I got. My favorite out of all three is "Lavender Voltage". I like that the purple is blue-based, when most purples are pink or red based. The color is quite flattering and it would look really good on us gals with deeper skin tones.

Color Sensational Lip Gloss "Royal Purple"

I am IN LOVE with this lip gloss. It is such a pretty, deep purple. I like that the purple is blue-based, which is not that common in drugstore lip products. Most purples I own that I bought from drugstores are pink-based. When layered over Lavender Voltage, it deepens the color and it's quite gorgeous. I officially have a new statement lip color for Fall.

 Lavender Voltage + Royal Purple

FOTD: Love & Hip-Hop Atlanta Inspired

This look was inspired by a mix of two looks that Rasheeda wore on both reunions for Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta. I filmed a tutorial to go with this look but Windows Movie Maker refuses to open on my laptop, I have no reason why. I was very frustrated because I spent four hours downloading updates for it to work. If you guys have any suggestions to make it work please share them or if you know of any other video editing software so I can have this tutorial up.

I combined the yellow eye look Rasheeda wore to the first reunion with a purple lip. She had a purple lip for the second reunion with a chartreuse-colored eye. So I combined them both and made the purple lip a little more vibrant. Hope you enjoy!

Product Details:

FACE

Black Opal Stick Foundation "Truly Topaz" and "Hazelnut" (for contour)

LA Girl Pro Concealer "Cool Tan"

NARS bronzer "Laguna"

MAC blush "Pinch Me"

Maybelline Dream Sun Bronzing Illuminator

MAC Mineralize Skin Finish "Rio"

EYES

UDPP "Eden"

NYX Jumbo Pencil "Milk"

MAC "Saddle" (crease)

Wet n Wild "Centerstage" Fergie Palette (orange for crease, dark brown for outer corner and lower lashline)

Sugarpill eye shadow "Buttercupcake"

Wet n Wild Fergie Gel Liner "Black"

Loreal Voluminous Lashes Mascara

NYC Eye Pencil "White" (waterline)

Jordana FabuBrow Brow Pencil "Dark Brown"

LA Girl Pro Concealer "Cool Tan"

LIPS

MAC "Heroine"

Revlon Color Burst Lip Gloss "Lilac Pastelle"

Sangria Inspired Lips

One of my favorite summertime activities is dining al fresco. And I love to drink sangria while eating. It is such a delicious drink. I had the most amazing guava sangria not too long ago and I was mesmerized by the color of it. It had a pink tinge to the deep red color and I was dying to find a lipstick that color. I thought it would be such a great lip color for the summertime, something different from all the brights that we are used to seeing. And the pink in it keeps it from looking to dark, I think.

Here is my lip recipe for the perfect sangria lip color:

1. As always, start with clean, moisturized lips. You don't want cracks and dryness.

2. Line your lips with a fuchsia colored lip liner. I used NYX slim lip pencil in "Fuschia". 

3. Fill in your lips with the Fuchsia lip liner.

4. Apply a rich red lip color over the lip liner. I used the appropriately named "Sangria" by Milani. I added the pink to get the guava-sangria color I was going after.