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New launches alert!

Benefit has just come out with a brand new porefessional primer. The Soft-radiance face primer to minimise the look of pores. The power of the POREfessional…PLUS brightening! This soft-radiance face primer instantly minimises the look of pores, locks on makeup and helps skin look bright, boosted and awake. It’s the same oil-free, lightweight, silky smooth texture as the original the POREfessional: Pore Primer PLUS a hint of soft pearly pink. Pores and dullness don’t stand a chance! Buy it now from: www.benefitcosmetics.com

ILUVSARAHII x ColourPop - the complete collection!

Chic-y: Distressed: A matte vanilla Vivacious: A metallic pink champagne Freckles: A matte warm mocha Noche: A matte black brown

$aucey: Heavy Glam: A vibrant duochrome orange with a pink flip Chic Happens: A matte cool mauve Lit: A vibrant metallic purple Razy: A matte blackened plum

951 Pencil: Lippie Pencil; A mid-tone warm nude

951: Ultra Satin Lip; A mid-tone warm nude

Mamacita Pencil: Lippie Pencil; A deepened blackberry

Mamacita: Ultra Matte Lip; A deepened burgundy

Curvii Pencil: Lippie Pencil; A warm beige

Curvii: Ultra Glossy Lip; A light peachy nude in a crème finish. Buy it now from: https://colourpop.com/collections/iluvsarahii-x-colourpop/products/iluvsarahii-collection

Last but not least! A new brand has launched: Kuckian Cosmetics. Created by John Kuckian, of “Kuckian Courtroom” fame. Buy now from: https://kuckian.co

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My top 5 favorite beauty influencers

Desi Perkins

@Desiperkins 

Lifestyle and beauty vlogging sensation on YouTube who is also incredibly popular on Instagram, surpassing 3.6 million followers on the latter network. She posted her first YouTube beauty tutorial, titled "Soft Warm Sultry Eye Tutorial," on August 30, 2013. Fast forward 4 years she was selected as one of the few to do Kim Kardashians make up using her new KKW line. She also has a highly successful sunglasses collab with the brand Quay Australia and another very successful collab with her best friend and colleague Katy Degroot (lustrelux) and Dose of Colors. Notable work: Halloween melting skull video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flpl8Azsti0&t=18s

Katy Degroot

@Katy / @lustrelux  

Social media superstar and YouTube phenomenon known for her beauty expertise, tutorials, tips and more. She has more than 2 million subscribers on her Instagram and more than 1.8 million on her Youtube channel. She posted her first video, “NYX Turn the Other Cheek Palette Review” on Feb 11, 2014. She also has a very successful vlogging line with her husband Jon and her two best friends Desi Perkins and Steven Perkins. They fly around the world doing meet and greets (known as “Squad Tour”) and showcasing an inside view of the beauty events influencers are invited too. As stated above she was also apart of the very successful Dose of Colors collab with Desi Perkins. Notable work: How to: Perfect ponytail! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k963Y3bvkEs

Christen Dominique

@christendominique

YouTube beauty influencer and freelance makeup artist. Her YouTube channel has amassed 3.3 million subscribers since its inception. She signed up for YouTube in February of 2009 and kicked off her career as a beauty expert on  Sep 19, 2009, with a video titled "How to create fuller lips." She is now currently working on her own makeup brand titled “Dominique Cosmetics” that will be debuting sometime early 2018. Notable work: Full coverage glam makeup tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1g92Xghz-8

Nikkie De Jager

@nikkietutorials

Professional hair and makeup artist whose YouTube channel has more than 8 million subscribers, helping her gain an international following. She is one of the biggest beauty influencers to ever come off youtube. She first joined YouTube in 2008 after being inspired by other YouTube makeup tutorial channels. She uploaded her first tutorial Jun 29, 2008, titled  Makeup Tutorial; My first official Look for YT. She has a very successful collab with brand Ofra, featuring her own line of highlighters and liquid lipsticks. Notable work:  The Power of MAKEUP! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Ov8qvZ2_w

Manny Gutierrez

@mannymua

Male beauty and makeup superstar has a dedicated fan base of over 3.9 million subscribers. He began his YouTube career on July 20th, 2014 when he posted his first video titled “Everyday foundation routine “ and skyrocketed to more than 235,000 subscribers in the first 8 months since launching his channel. He is currently in the works to create his own beauty brand and is steadily uploading new content three times a week. Notable work: Worlds first foam foundation: hit or miss?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHMb0qH-Xbw

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My top 3 favorite brands

Wet n Wild

I like this brand because it gives you good quality makeup at an affordable price point. Some of my favourite products are Photofocus foundation, Catsuit liquid lipstick and Color icon blush.

Price: 2/5

Source: www.wetnwildbeauty.com

Tarte

I like this brand because it offers many different value sets. You get to try out products in a miniature size for a fraction of the price if you were to buy each individually. Some of my favourite products are A Drink of H20 moisturizer, Tartiest lip paints and the Amazonian Clay blushes.

Price 3/5

Source: www.sephora.com

Anatasia Beverly Hills

I like this brand, though a higher price point than both of the others it has extremely high-quality products. It’s worth it to save up your money to buy one pallet from ABH than to buy 2 or 3 from another brand. Some of my favourite products are the Modern Renaissance pallet, the Nicole Guerriero glow kit and the Sundipped glow kit.

Price: 4/5

Source: www.sephora.com

The best part about all three of these brands, however, is that they are all 100% cruelty-free.

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My skin care routine 2017

Skin type: Oily skin

Cleansing and makeup removing towelettes By Equate

I use these daily to take my makeup off. They're great, you get a pack of 2 with 60 wipes in each for about $8. They contain chamomile, vitamin e and triple tea complex for an added bonus of skin care. Available at Walmart. After I remove all my makeup I like to cleanse my face. I use the Juice Beauty - stem cellular cleansing oil. This product helps with brightening your skin tone, removes any impurities and unclogs your pores. Available at Sephora.

Next, i like to apply the SK-II facial treatment essence. It’s supposed to help with the renewal of your skin, so it helps with fine lines and texture as well as giving your skin a nice glow.  Available at Sephora.

Then I like to apply an eye cream, right now I'm using the Tarte - Maracuja C-Brighter Eye Treatment. I've noticed a big difference in my under eye brightness since I started using this product, it also really hydrates your delicate eye skin. Available at Sephora.

For moisturizer, I like to use Tarte - Drink of H20 face gel. It’s super hydrating and smells great. It gives your skin that nice plump feeling without being greasy or heavy. You should always make sure to bring your face creams or gels down your neck, your neck ages quickly so you don't want to have a nice smooth face and a wrinkly old neck.  Available at Sephora.

I occasionally use masks, to give myself a little mini spa day. A couple of the masks I regularly use are: Glamglow - Gravity mud mask.  Available at Sephora.

Tatcha - Luminous deep hydrating lifting mask.  Available at Sephora.

SK-II - Facial treatment mask.  Available at Sephora.

and Tarte - Pack your bags 911 undereye rescue patches.  Available at Sephora.

I like to stick to mainly hydrating and plumping masks as they are less harsh.

That wraps it up for my skin care 2017 routine!

Sources: Sephora.com Walmart.ca

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Gold Sparkle Halo Eye Tutorial

This look is great for a night out or even a new years eve party. it’s fairly simple to create and easy to put your own spin on it with different colored glitter or shadows.

Eyes Prime your lids using benefit - air patrol eyeshadow primer. Set the primer using a cream or bone coloured matte shadow. Take a mustardy soft brown matte shadow (Rubbish - MELT stack) and a fluffy blending brush and apply it to the outer and inner corners of the eye only, build the colour up until it's a nice even dark consistency. Make sure to blend out the edges, so there are no harsh lines. Take a darker brown shade (35r - Morphe pallet) and a smaller fluffy blending brush and tap the colour into the centre of the previous shade to create depth. Next, take a cream gold coloured paint pot or stick (Gold rush - Maybelline eye studio colour tattoo 24/hr crayon) and apply that to the centre of the lid as a base. Make sure it's an even spread across the lid. Now, take a bright shimmery gold shadow (Alchemy - Color pop) and pat the shadow all over where you applied the cream gold colour, to set it. Apply a glitter glue ( Secret weapon glitter adhesive - Violet Voss) all over where you set the previous two gold shades, in a light even layer. Try not to blink or open your eyes too much to prevent the glue from sticking your eyelid together or creasing the product. Now take a gold glitter (Gold - MAC glitter) and pat it over with your finger where you applied the glue base. Wait for the glitter to dry down and settle, then take a small eyeliner brush and more of the glitter glue and place small dots on your lid for where you want to apply the chunky glitter confetti. Once you have the spots applied, take your brush and pick up the pieces of glitter confetti, one at a time place the pieces onto the glue spot and lightly tap them on with the brush or your finger. The more size variety of glitter the better. Once you are done applying the glitter, take a makeup wipe and clean up under your eye to take away any fall out from the shadows and glitter. Next, apply a black mascara (Mr Big - Lancome). Once your mascara has dried apply a pair of false lashes. I recommend (Iconic lite - House of lashes) as they are big and fluffy but thin enough to still show the glitter through them.

Before you finish the bottom of your eye move on and apply the rest of your face makeup - Foundation, concealer, setting powder, contour, bronzer,  blush, brows, highlighter and lipstick.

Once you have completed your face we will come back to finish the eye look:

The bottom is pretty much-mirroring everything we did on the top. So starting out we take the same mustardy soft brown colour and a small fluffy blending brush and apply it to the inner and outer corners of the lower lash line. Then we take the darker brown and place it on the inner edges of the mustard brown colour like we did on the lid.  Next, take a cream/beige coloured liner and line your lower waterline. Then add an inner corner eye highlight by using a white-gold cream eyeshadow (Cream crush - Kiko lasting colour eyeshadow) and gently swirl it around on the inner corners to brighten up your eyes. Now back to the glitter, take a tiny bit of the glitter glue and line it underneath your bottom lashes in the centre of your eye with that same small liner brush. Make sure it's a thin even layer as you don't want to get your lashes stuck into it. Carefully dab the first gold glitter we used onto the glue, you can use a business card or a tissue to hold underneath your eye to minimize fall out. Once again go in with the small dots of glue for where you want to place the confetti spots in the centre of your lower eyelid.

Let dry then make sure to spray your face with a setting spray (Fix + - MAC) to set your makeup for all day/night wear. Source: 

https://www.youtube.com/user/DesireePerkinsMakeup