A Beauty Blog
With the Sephora Friends and Family 20% off sale going on NOW through 10/21, and the anticipated VIB Sale coming in the first or second week of November, this is the time I test ALL the foundations to find the one(s) I want to get with my discount. Today’s edition features the Jaclyn Hill-endorsed DIOR Diorskin Forever Foundation. To see how my Diorskin Forever Foundation Wear Test went, keep on reading.
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Last weekend was Gen Beauty NYC 2017 and I attended for the first time. For those who don’t know, Gen Beauty is hosted and founded by ipsy. It’s a huge beauty expo where brands, content creators, and beauty lovers come together to enjoy all things glamorous! Some brands give out free products, some sell products at a discount and some simply are sharing their newest releases. The best part of Gen Beauty is the swag bag, though. For the cost of your ticket, everyone gets a jam-packed goodie bag filled with tons of full size and deluxe sample sized products from the brands at the event. If you want to see me use some of the products I got in my Gen Beauty Swag Bag 2017 plus hear more tips about Gen Beauty, then keep reading…
I have heard so much about this Fenty foundation; I needed to try it myself. Basically everyone and their mother is making it seem like this foundation and collection is the second coming of Christ (no offense; I love Jesus). But while I was wandering the aisles in Sephora, I stumbled upon the Too Faced Peach Perfect foundation and it really surprised me how nice it swatched and dried down on my hand. So I took home samples of both the Fenty foundation and the Too Faced Peach Perfect. After wearing them both for a couple of days, I thought it would be really helpful to do a split face wear test on Fenty vs Too Faced Peach Perfect foundation comparison on YouTube.
Hello readers! I’m SO happy it’s Friday – this week has felt like an eternity. I started it by going to the orthodontist for my braces appointment and let’s just say we’re still in development here. From there, last night I co-hosted Carrie Ann’s A Night with the Bloggers fall fashion + beauty event (recap coming soon) I have been talking about on Instagram and Snapchat for the last few weeks. I got home late last night and have been on the sinus headache struggle bus all day today. But it was a lot of fun and I’m so happy I got to see many familiar faces, meet new faces, and share my favorite fall looks!
But let’s get to YouTube because that’s why you’re reading this. You want to zone out from doing work, so I’m here to provide two fabulous makeup tutorials (one in homage of SELENA and another very trendy) and share a best/worst drugstore powders video.
Happy Sunday! I hope you all had a nice weekend and are ready for what I’m sure will be the most entertaining television EVER tomorrow night (first presidential debate, ICYMI). Temperatures are finally lowering here in Houston, so with that, I’m also trying to ‘chill’ out and signed up for a three-month yoga package. It’s been SO helpful in just calming my mind.
I also have three awesome videos, as usual! First up is an in-depth look at the launching-this-week Victoria Beckham for Estee Lauder collection, then we have a comparison of the new Anastasia Beverly Hills stick foundation vs the new Hourglass one, and lastly is a pretty and basic makeup look on this stunning beauty I found while drowning YouTube one night…
This week FLEW by for me (so I hope it did for you, too). With autumn already in full swing – um, we’re already halfway through September //WHAT// – and NYFW happening, I feel like there are back-to-back new launches all over the place and I can barely keep up with my personal wish list. However, one of the biggest new launches happens TODAY, actually: a supersonic hair dryer that has NASA-level technology hits stores and the price tag has most people (even beauty junkies like myself) dropping their jaws. One of my best-of videos talks about it, as well as, a fun video where a witty beauty blogger shares her experience wearing ’24-hour-wear’ makeup for literally 24 hours straight and a helpful video with quite a few packing tips we all could use!
This week has been categorized as living out of a suitcase for me! From flying back to Houston from being home in New Jersey for Labor Day weekend to jet-setting to Vegas for some fun with a day trip to the Grand Canyon, I haven’t had much time for getting my YouTube fix. Don’t fret though, I managed to find three fun videos to curb your desire to sloth on your sofa/bed with some wine, ice cream and/or [insert other calorie-rich indulgence].
My favorites of the week include a round up of some of the top picks from Ulta’s 21 Days of Beauty deals (going on NOW and if you’re following my Snapchat, you’ll know I’ve been at Ulta a little too much this week), a wearable dewy/glowy makeup look featuring some of the new Estee Edit products and an honest demo/review of a new $75 “magnetic” face mask…
(took a road trip to the Grand Canyon this weekend from Vegas!)
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This was a makeup filled week and weekend for me, so it’s no surprise that tonight’s post on YouTube’s best beauty videos of the week is also focused on cosmetics and makeup looks. I hope you all got to thoroughly enjoy your Labor Day weekend (for my US and CAN readers). I certainly did by taking a few mostly unplugged days and headed home to the northeast (NJ/Philadelphia/NY) to spend time with family and friends.
But I digress. From a top five BB/CC cream recommendations list and a pretty Rosie Huntington-Whitley makeup look to learning how to take “Instagram makeup” to the ‘real world,’ you’ll find no shortage of new products to try.
It rained ALL week here in Houston, which means in between drying my dogs off from going potty, I spent a lot of time catching up on cleaning the random things in the house – like top of the refrigerator, baseboard, etc. Really riveting here, folks. Of course, this included letting YouTube run its course and finding some of the best of the week for my blog readers!
I’m sharing a comparison video between the new Tarte Shape Tape (full coverage) Concealer vs. TooFaced Born This Way Concealer; an Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation wear-test; and MOST helpful, an Eyeliner Hacks video that is a certain must-watch.
I had a bit of a catch-up-on-life this week, which was much-needed. If you follow me on Snapchat, you’d know I got to attend Neiman Marcus’ Fall Trend Report and got a glimpse of the hottest looks in makeup and fashion for the season (more to come on that soon). For those who follow my braces posts, a HUGE update coming next week. Yay, so much exciting stuff!
In the meantime, my favorite YouTube beauty videos cover a post on five favorite retinol products, a round-up of a bunch of new makeup products for August and makeup touch-up product must-haves for back-to-school.
