favourites

Lately I've been stuck in the rut with creative colours and looks and this palette have been my ride or die palette this past month.

Along with the palette, I have been loving my good old MAC brushes. although there are more far cheaper,same quality brands out there, I still end up using these a lot. I must say they have been used and abused and still pretty good!

what are your essentials?

Current Beauty Faves!

Milani Matte lipstick in Innocense- a clour  that doesnt wash me out and great for everyday nude colour. Its not drying to the lips at all and it smells good!

Sephora Lustre Matte Lipstick in Fig lustre- I love this! This is forever in my makeup bag. "My lips but better colour" Nuddish, Mauve colour. I wear this almost every day for the past 3 weeks 😁.

Carli bybel palette- despite the awesome deal, $12.50 for 10 eyeshadows and 4 highlighters, perfect for Fall! Love the golds and burgundys. 

Juicy coutour viva lajuicy- my signature scent along with miss dior. My scent for the past month... Everyday. Excessive! 

Benefit highbrow- I dont know what took me so long to get this! Highlighted brow brones make such a difference in my makeup routine and turnout.Although a bit harder to blend and have to have a brush to do so, the pinkish nude is the perfect colour.

Nars eyeshadow primer- best primer for such oily eyelids! Been so oily lately and this tops Urban decay primer potion.

Becca highlighter in opal.- gotta give my jaclynhill champagne pop a rest and this stays up there on my best highlighter list. Used this baby pretty much everyday. 

MUFE 3c lipliner- this goes with anything, & everything. Such a pretty lip color even on its own.

Origins frothy wash- lately Ive been good with skincare. Or at least trying to make it simple and find products with less chemicals on it. This leaves my skin so soft yet so clean and refreshing! Definitely buying a full size version.

Gold watch from American Eagle and my Aldo/forever 21 rings. I love the good old non chunky looking, simple gold watch and adding little stuff like dainty rings.

Thats it folks! Happy October! 

HAC: Highlight and Contour

Check out my video here---->  HAC: HIGHLIGHT and CONTOUR VIDEO

CONTOUR:
We aim for The "Ideal Face shape" which is oval.
Since I have a round face and small forehead, I focused more on the hollows of my cheeks to slenderize, not too much on the forehead.

For long lasting results/ some hard contour, do a cream contour first then buff it out and set it with a matte bronzer. For everyday, I only use powder for a lighter look.

HIGHLIGHT:
 For that lifted and brightened face look, highlight the inner part of your face & conceal by doing a triangle shape under the eyes. To balance, highlight cupid's bow and middle of forehead and nose.
Add a little bit of shimmer at the top of the cheekbones to give dimension and shimmer to the face.


Products used:
- Covergirl stick concealer (darkest shade)
- Too Faced Soleil Matte Chocolate Bronzer in Medium to deep
- NARS radiant creamy concealer in custard
- MAC mineralize skin finish- soft and gentle highlight

Brushes:
- Tarte Slenderizer Bamboo contour brush (cream)
- NARS Ita brush (powder)
- Crown small stippling brush (highlight)

In-Flight Essentials

These are my Airplane/ In flight essentials!
I usually board bare-faced, because if i have makeup on, I turn into a grease ball & I break out after. The air on the plane tends to be very drying so i make sure i moisturize well 30-1 hr before boarding.

On long flights, (3 hours or more) I make sure I bring tooth paste and a tooth brush. nuff said!
and here's the rest of the stuff:

- Either I use Garnier Moisture 10 minute mask (Walmart) or Instant deputing eye mask (Sephora) to relax me a lil bit.
- Shea Infused Lounge socks (B&BW). My feet gets cold easily + I can walk to the washroom with these
- Nivea Lip Butter in Raspberry rose.(Walmart) This gives my lips the right amount of moisture and i really really like the scent! :)
- Ear plugs (drugstore)- coz ya'll will never know. need my peaceful naps
- Eye mask (Sephora point perk) - Im very sensitive to light, so if my seat mate pops up the window, i wake up… :)
- Clarins Moisturizer (sample). Love the scent! This comes up very light and doesn't feel oily.
- Bioderma travel size 100 ml (Shopper's drug mart) - This is a toner/makeup remover/ skin boosting cleansing water goodness. Holy grail must have!. I have a full size bottle that i carry in my gym bag as well. Squirt a little in those cotton pads before landing or before putting makeup on and you're good to go!

Now, depending on where I am going after, usually I get picked up and we go straight to a restaurant or something, I make sure that not only am I fully hydrated but decent enough that I don't look sick. I bring a lil bit of makeup because you never know… I might bump in to a celebrity or something haha!


- NARS blush and bronzer duo (Orgasm & Laguna) (Sephora)- Gotta have that glow and some colour!
- NARS radiant concealer in custard (Sephora)- bye bye puffy and dark bags
- Bite beauty lip pencil (travel size) (Sephora)- the "my lips but better" colour.- so i don't look dead!
- Maybelline Rocket mascara (Walmart)- to open up my eyes & look more awake
- Makeup forever full cover concealer (Sephora) - for spotting. I have my foundation in my checked in luggage so i only put concealer on spotted areas.
- MAC brush (travel size) (MAC Archie collection) for the powders obviously.


* Remember to take great care of your skin and drink lots of water! Travelling can be a big change for your body…last thing you want to happen is getting sick or  dealing with breakouts and scars after. Hope this helps! =)

Safe and happy travels!







xo,
Denise

Sunset kiss

Dont you just love sunsets? As much as i would want to incorporate all the possible colors, i wanted it to be a wearable look and worked with only 2 colors from Urban decay's electric palette.

Face:

Rimmel's wake me up foundation

Mac's pro longwear concealer

Smashbox bronze lights in suntan matte

Tarte 's amazonian clay (from holiday palette)

Dior AMber lights

Anastasia dip brow pomade

Eyes:

Loreal voluminous mascara

Mac's fluid line

Urban decay's slow burn and freak

Elf eyelashes

Nars larger than life nude eyeliner

Duo lash glue

Lips: mac's peachstock, strange potion and vegas volt to add dimension

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