Sunday Best!

 Hey everyone! so I am here with a make-up look that is one of my favorites when I have some place to be like church or a nice dinner. I think it is very sophisticated and it gives your eyes a nice glow. Definitely a good look for a summer night or Sunday best! Any of the products in this tutorials have dupes

 and can be replaced with other colors as well.

Okay lets get started. I have recently changed my foundation routine to something lighter because it is starting to get hot and way to humid for me. So I recently purchase Maybelline's Dream Fresh BB Cream. I just apply that all over my face.

Then I start to conceal and right now I am using three concealers because they all work differently. I am still using Covergirl Concealer Stick in shade light because I am trying to use the product all the way up before I buy another. I ended up purchasing another concealer because I had lost my Covergirl one but then I found it. So the one I purchase is NYC Liquid Concealer in shade 787 Medium. This concealer is better for under eye circles because it does not crease and it definitely brightens the under eye. So I apply Covergirl on my blemishes, down my nose, and on my eyelids. Then I use my Maybelline's Age Rewind Under Eye Concealer and my NYC concealer to conceal and highlight my under eye circles. Then I do my eyebrows and set everything. Depending on your mood you can contour if you want but I did not because it would melt right off. Now for the fun part and you have to start of priming your eyes with any kind of primer I like to Two Faced Shadow Insurance. Then I like to put a base shadow and I use Brule by MAC. The I took four colors from the Urban Decay Vice Palette which is Echo Beach, Penny lane, Muse, and Desperation. I took Echo Beach and placed it all over my lid and this color is like a sand champagne. Then I took Muse and placed it on the outer corner of my eye and blended it into the crease. Muse is a deep brown with copper and gold shimmer. I wanted the crease to be a little bit darker so I only took just a littler of Desperation and blended it into the crease. Desperation is a dark gray and can almost appear black on the lid and that is why I took only a little. Then I took a little bit of Penny Lane and applied it to the center of my lid to act as a highlight color. Then to highlight the inner corner of my eyes I used Stila eye shadow in shade Kitten and this is one of my favorite eye shadows right now it is the frostiest color ever. After that I took a really thin eye liner brush and Maybelline's Master Duo Liquid Liner and applied a fine line from the inner to the outer corner and I winged it out just a little bit. For mascara I used Maybelline's The Rocket Mascara. My blush I used a cream Blush from Maybelline called Dream Bouncy Blush in 05 Fresh Pink. Then I wanted to go with a natural matte lip so I used Sally Hansen Lipstick in shade Perfect Pink. This is the completed look I hope you guys like it.


Have a beautiful day!


Brittanie Cruz
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Benefit's They're Real Review

Hey everyone! Here is my review on Benefit's They're Real Mascara. I got this about month ago when I got my birthday gift from Sephora. It is the travel size which usually cost about ten dollars and the normal size tube cost abut 30$. I was really excited to get this mascara because all the beauty gurus were raving about it. There was so much hype about this product that I was expecting so much from it. Because if it is truly a great product people will rave.

Anyways I have had this product for about a month or so and I do like it. I tend to use up my mascara around the 6 month mark right when they expire. So the travel size I will probably use up in 3 months time.although I do have another mascara so it might be longer then that. So the travel size is about 0.1 oz which is not a lot and I do not think its worth the 10$. Honestly I was not impressed with this mascara. I think there was to much hype around the product. This mascara is a very light in application so if you want thicker application go with Maybelline The Rocket or something other then this. This does not make my lashes look fuller which makes me sad. It does help with with volume but not by much I get better volume out of Maybelline's Lash Stiletto Mascara. I did not even get any compliments when I wore this mascara. When I applied Maybelline's The Rocket Mascara someone asked me if I was wearing false lashes and to me that is compliment and ironic because the name is "They're Real." They should of produce a product worthy of that name. I will say that I love the brush of this

product because if you take a look at this picture. You can see the normal wand and at the end it has a ball shape brush at the end that can help reach inner and outer corner lashes.
Do I think this travel size is worth 10$?
No
Do I think the regular size is worth 30$?
No
Would I buy this product?
No
Are there better brands that can do much more for lashes?
Yes. There are multiple brands that can do so much more for your lashes. They cost way less too.
Do I think you are beautiful with out mascara?
Yes of course! No one needs make-up everyone is beautiful in there own way and do not ever forget that!




I love you guys and I think you are all beautiful :)


Have a great day!


Brittanie Cruz
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Funnnn Fact

Did you know the average women consumes 6 lbs of lipstick in her lifetime.









Ew....


Hahaha Have a great day!


Brittanie Cruz
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My Everyday Make-up Routine

This picture was taken when I finished my make-up. My hair is not finished and I am in pj's. So do not judge me if I look like somewhat of a mess. Okay so this post is obviously on my everyday makeup look. But in the past couple of days I have changed from everyday make-up look for the summer. It is definitely lighter application.

First I start with my Covergirl Concealer Stick in shade Light. I apply that down my nose and my eyelids and on any blemishes. I use my Maybelline Age Rewind Under Eye Circles for my under eye bags. I use the triangle trick and if you do not know what I am talking about check out my earlier post on how to get rid of under eye circles. I take my favorite powder brush by Mary Kay and apply Bare Minerals in N20 Medium Beige. I some times contour so I use Faux by Bare Minerals. Check out my contouring and highlighting routine post if you want more details. I do my eye brows and powder down with Translucent Veil by Bare Minerals. What makes this make-up so simple and this is why I do it everyday is because I use only two eye shadows that make me look more awake.The first shadow I use is a all over base color from Mac called Brule and the next eye shadow which is the newest shadow that I have purchased is from Stila called Kitten. I apply that all over my lid and I apply mascara and I am done with my eyes. I put a light color blush any will do and I put a pink color lipstick. All Done!

I hope you guys are having a beautiful day!


Brittanie Cruz
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Maybellines Age Under Eye Circles Review

Maybelline Age Rewind

As you can see in the picture above my eyes are terrible. I have such bad bags because I am prone to anemia. It runs in my family and if you do not know what anemia is well it is basically when your body lacks iron in your blood. With out that nutrient your body is more tired. Combine that problem with having a lot of trouble sleeping that equals horrible under eye bags. The discoloration and bags are cause by lack of sleep. This is my only problem with my face I do not suffer from acne or anything just horrible under eye bags. 

Now, there are many easy fixes for this problem. If you have under eye bags like me I will definitely share with you my eye routine. To solve the iron problem if you are suffering from lack of iron find another substitution. If you really want to remove the bags instead of covering them up take some iron pills or B12 shots. But talk to your doctor first if it very severe. Okay what I recommend next is some eye nutrients like under eye roll on. They usually reduce redness and puffiness. I use the roll-on by Simple I also heard from the girls on Beautylish that All About Eyes by Clinque is a fan favorite.

To cover up the discoloration and hide the bags in the mean time I use Maybelline Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circle. This is a treatment and concealer so that means while you are covering up this is working to diminish circles and reduce puffiness. I do not know how accurate this is but I have been using this since the beginning of February and I will say that it has reduce redness and puffiness but my circles are still dark and that bags are just less puffy. The middle picture you can see that some of the darkness does from through a little but that is my fault. When you want to conceal dark circles you need to get a shade lighter from your skin tone because you are trying to highlight that area. I accidentally took the shade that matches my skin tone so that barely does anything. So when you buy this product go a shade lighter. I do recommend this product because I think it is worth the money. If there are any other under eye concealers that you think are better let me know in a comment below :)

I hope this helps you guys. Hope you having a beautiful day!

Brittanie Cruz

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Rant!!! WARNING!

I am so freaking pissed at MAC because they launched riri new lipstick and I was ready to buy it and I clicked on it and it said please wait for a response and I was just getting super anxious. It was taking forever to load the dang page. Like what the heck MAC seriously. So I tried to reload the page right... welll it did the same "please wait as we submit you order" Okay so I wait... and wait.... and wait..... AND WAIT!!!!!!. I am super mad because I am at work right now and I decided to check out MAC again to see if I can purchase it..... Well NO! it will not let me because they are sold out! I had my item in the basket... IN THE BASKET. I checked and it said "We are sorry but riri is sold out so we have removed your items from your basket" That's so ughhh. Annoying. I am so mad.
Whatever I guess if you missed out on riri's lipstick then this is an update for you. Then are coming out with another collaboration that will be release in June. If you want know about it before anybody else then you can go onto MAC's website and register for updates. If you do not know what riri collection is well it is Rihanna's and MAC's collaboration and I am so mad that I missed her lipstick. but whatever. I better not miss the next one because of MAC's stupid website errors. Ugh...


I hope you guys are having a better day then I am >:(


-Brittaine Cruz
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Skin Loving Haul!

Hey everyone! This is a skin loving haul that I thought I would share with you. I have been shopping around for new skin products and I did my research and Olay Fresh Effects got good ratings. I thought I would try it out so I bought the Make-up Remover Wipes and the Exfoliate. I will do a review on these two products but it will take a while to see what the results are. Awhile back I tried the Freeman Dead Sea Mineral Mask.... OhMaGoodness. This stuff is amazing, well anything from the dead sea is amazing. But seriously I put this on and waited for it to dry. I washed it off and my skin was glowing and my skin has never felt so soft I could not stop touching it. I totally recommend these I will leave a link down below. Because I loved the Dead Sea Mask I went ahead and purchased 3 more masks. I repurchased the Dead Sea Mineral Mask, I purchased the Clay Mask Mint and Lemon, and also a Revealing Peel-off Mask Pomegranate. Then I purchased blotting papers because they were cheap and I needed some.

I hope you have a beautiful life.

-Brittanie Cruz
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Top Ten Concealors

Laura Mercier Camouflage
Boi-ing by Benefit
True Match by L'oreal
Dermablend Smooth Concealer
Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer
Mac Concealer
Covergirl and Olay Simply Ageless Concealer
Coastal Scents Concealer



This is top 8 because this was all based off of research. I did a lot of research depending on the rating of the product and quality. I could only find 8 because I felt these are the best concealers out there. I tried to pick both Drugstore and High end products. If you feel that I missed something please feel free to comment below.
One more thing this is in no particular order.


I hope this helps and please let me know some of your favorite concealers.

Have an amazing day.


-Brittanie Cruz
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February Favorites

FEBRUARY FAVORITES!!!!!!

 Eeeekk!! so sorry this is late but I have been super busy. Better late then never, Anyways, I have a lot of favorites from last month because I wanted to try so many things for valentines day. There are some things that I used for a long time that deserved to be in a the favorites of last month because I used them like every single day. Lets get started! So first I have been using Mac eye shadow in Brule every day as a base layer on my lids up to the brow bone. I use BH cosmetics flat shader brush to apply it. I used this brush so much in the last month and I continue to use it this month as well. I really love liquid eyeliner and when I saw that Maybelline came out with the Master Duo I had to try and I loved it so I bought a second one in 520 Navy Gleam. I also bought Maybelline's Baby Lips because I thought I would give it a try again and I purchased Fruit Punch and it smells delicious but I wish it had taste to it. I also purchase Maybelline's Age Rewind Under Eye Circles because a bunch of girl on Beautylish recommended it to me. It works great I absolutely love it and there will be a review on it soon. I purchase LA Colors Nail Growth and Strength polish and I really liked it I only applied it twice and in 2 weeks my nails look great. Also a review on those will be coming out soon. In the very back there is a Covergirl Wetslicks and I do not know what flavor it is but it is so yummy. I have been wearing that every single time I want to apply lipgloss. Last but not least.... The product everyone has been raving about.... MAYBELLINE... THE ROCKET... Haha. everyone has been raving over this so I did buy and did a review on it. I do have a love hate relationship with this product but more love because it did make it to my favorites list. I just really love how it pronounces my lashes.

But my Number 1 favorite of February is.... This beautiful necklace that my boyfriend bought me for our 2nd Anniversary.

I hope everyone enjoyed this post. This does not by any means tells you to buy all the products. I am just simply expressing my opinion on the products.

Have a beautiful day :)

-Brittanie Cruz

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Review Maybelline's Rocket Mascara

       Hey everyone here is a review for all you that have not purchased the Maybellines Rocket Mascara. What are you doing? Go purchase it. Just kidding after this review you can still debate whether you want to or not. As far as drugstore mascara goes this is pretty good. I apply just one coat and people compliment me and ask if I am wearing false lashes. So for 6$ it is very good quality as you can tell in the photos above. The first photo is an unedited picture of my eyes before applying Rocket. The second is an edited photo of my eyes after applying Rocket. (disclaimer: the second photo is edited but for lighter filter editing purposes.) The only problem that I have with this mascara is that it is impossible to remove and this is the non-waterproof one. I always hated that about drugstore mascara they are so difficult to get off. When I was using Bare Minerals Mascara it was so simple to remove. I have a love hate relationship with this product. I most likely will not repurchase this product because I hate buying drugstore mascara. This was a rare occasion because everyone was raving over this. The raving was appropriate because it is a great quality product. I would recommend this to people who are on a budget.


Hope this helps!

-Brittanie Cruz
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Staring Evil In The Face

   This is actually a half&half I did not actually paint my entire face. I was searching through Google for ideas for fun make-up looks and I stumbled upon this cool half&half face. I thought it looked kind of devilish and evil. This is really fun for Halloween or just a costume party. It is really simple and all you need is white, black, and red face paint. Some paint brushes , baby powder, and matching eye shadow colors to set the paint. You can make any design you want I just use a stencil you create the red lines. One thing you should do when you are paining you face is to definitely prime your face. I use Almay correct and perfect face primer then I apply foundation.





I hope you enjoy and have fun with this look. If you have any crazy looks feel free to post a picture down below :) I would love to see all you creative scary make-up looks.

Have a beautiful day. Cyber hugs for everyone.

-Brittanie Cruz
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Foundation

    A beautiful makeup starts with a beautiful foundation application. Now there are different types of foundation and formula and I'm going to go through all of them too help you understand which one is best for your skin.

   Tinted moisturizers: This is for normal or normal dry skin. Gives this shear lightweight coverage and is alternative to foundation. Provides a totally natural look.

Tinted face balm: For extra dry skin. Provide sheer coverage intensively hydrate and gives skin a dewy finish. Balms actually plumps the skin and reduces the appearance of fine lines.

Sticks foundation: For all skin types except oily. Provides easy spot coverage and is also buildable for medium to full coverage. Best foundation for photography.

Liquid foundation: For dry to extra dry skin. hydrates and smoothes providing medium to full coverage.

Moisturizing Compact: For dry to extra dry skin. Hydrating formulas provide medium to full coverage.

Whipped foundation: For combination skin and great for skin with texture. Balances the skin by hydrating dry areas and absorbing oil in the T zone. Provides median to full coverage.

Oil free liquid foundation: For oily skin. For combination skin in the summer. Absorbs oil and still smoothes while providing light to medium coverage.

Oil free cream foundation: For normal to oily skin. Absorbs oil providing medium to full coverage. A good choice to cover acne and large pores

Oil-free powder compact: For oily skin. Provides medium to full coverage. Because of the portable packaging compact foundations are great for touch ups

Mineral powders: Suggested for very oily skin (be careful when choosing color. Oily skin can change color of powders and they may appear dry and pasty.)

   There are exceptions to the rules because many companies make different products for example something new that has been added or people have been raving over lately is BB cream which stands for beauty balm. It's a tinted moisturizer to help cure acne and also cover acne. I tried a BB cream a couple days ago when I went to Sephora and I really like it so I am going to do a review over it soon.
   I preferably like light mineral powder Foundation. I use the Bare Minerals Originals and I really like it. It is really light weight and natural sometimes a lot of liquid foundations can really clog pores and cake so I tried powders and I just like them so much better.

I hope this helps. Feel free so ask me any questions :)

I love you guys and I hope everyone is having a beautiful day . I just want to give a shout out to my best friend Isaac, today is his birthday. So HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISAAC :)


-Brittanie Cruz
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Preparing face

          Begin with these steps before applying any makeup. By this time you should know the type and condition of your skin from the previous skin analysis post. The next step is to decide which product will improve your skin condition. That includes determining what weight moisturizers are appropriate and whether an oil controlling gel, a skin soothing lotion, or a combination of skin care products is needed. Next you have to choose the right foundation formula for your skin. Options include stick foundation, lightweight tinted moisturizers, denser tinted balm, fuller coverage liquid foundation, powder, and oil free formulas. Picking the correct foundation shade is very important. If it is possible always try to match foundation to your face and not to your hand. Because we wash our hands more than our face it strips away the skin from our hands causing our face and hands to have different shades. select an under eye concealer 1 to 2 tones lighter than the foundation to highlight your under eye circles and determine if corrector are needed. Select the perfect shade of powder is in order.'to ensure that makeup stays fresh looking and last for hours you are going to need powder.Choose a lighter power to set concealer and that will double as an eye primer, and a deeper shade that works with the foundation tone. Always test the colors don't just pick randomly in hopes that it will match. You can never go wrong with translucent powder because it will blend with your foundation.

These kind of post are more for beginners to learn about make-up if you want more leave a comment below. If you want more information than just basic post then also let me know. I can be very flexible because at the end of the day I am doing this for you guys :)

I hope everyone is having a beautiful day 

-Brittanie Cruz

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Picture of the day