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Best of Beauty 2011

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Now that 2012 is just WEEKS away, I thought it would be appropriate to do a blog post on my favorite beauty products from this past year. Tastes change season to season, but most of these products are things I found myself using frequently throughout the year.

Most Used High End Makeup Brand: MAC & NARS
Most Used Drugstore Makeup Brand: Wet n’ Wild, Revlon & Cover Girl

Best High End Eye Shadow: NARS
Best Drugstore Eye Shadow: Wet n’ Wild (great pigmentation)

Best/Most Used High End Lip Gloss: MAC Underage Lipglass & MAC Fashion Fanatic Plushglass
Best/ Most Used Drugstore Lip Gloss: L’Oreal Colour Riche in Baby Blossom, NYX Lipgloss

Best High End Lipstick: MAC Runaway Red & MAC Fleshpot
Best Drugstore Lipstick: Revlon Fire & Ice Lipstick

Best High End Mascara & Eye Liner: Makeup Forever Smoky Lash Mascara & MAC Feline Kohl Power
Best Drugstore Mascara: Cover Girl Lash Blast (Waterproof)

Best High End Makeup Base/ Primer: MAC Paint Pots, Urban Decay Primer Potion
Best Drugstore Base/ Primer: NYX Jumbo Eye Shadow Pencils, ELF Cream Eye Liner

Most Used High End Eye Shadows: MAC Espresso, MAC Carbon, MAC Carbonized, MAC Wedge, MAC Coquette, NARS Coconut Grove, NARS Mekong

Most Used Drugstore Eye Shadows: Cover Girl Champagne, Cover Girl French Vanilla, Wet n’ Wild Envy, Wet n’ Wild Sugar, Cover Girl Brown Smolder

Most Used High End Palette: Too Faced Natural Eye Palette, Too Faced New Smokey Palette

Most Used Drugstore Palette: Wet n’ Wild Lust & Wet n’ Wild Vanity

Best Face Products: Coty Airspun, NARS Laguna Bronzer, Benefit Hoola Bronzer & Chanel Bronze Universal, NYX Blush in Natural

Best High End Face Highlighter: NARS Copacabana, MAC MSF in Soft & Gentle
Best Drugstore Face Highlighter: Hard Candy Doll Face, Cover Girl Champagne Eye Shadow, Physicians Formula Happy Booster Powder

Most Used Makeup Brushes- MAC 217, MAC 219, MAC 109, Lowe-Cornell Maxine Mop Brush, Target Brand Medium Shader Brush

Best High End Concealer: MAC Studio Sculpt
Best Drugstore Concealer: Hard Candy

New makeup brands I’ve tried this past year: Chanel, Laura Mericer, Wet n’ Wild, LUSH

Best Fragrances:
Fall/ Winter–Boyfriend by Kate Walsh
Spring/ Summer–Chloe, Daisy by Marc Jacobs, Pearberry Body Mist by BBW

High End Makeup Brands I became a HUGE fan of: MAC, NARS, Chanel
Drugstore Makeup Brands I became a HUGE fan of: Revlon, Wet & Wild, NYX

 

 

Makeup Brands that disappointed:
Certain Chanel products–for the money,pigmentation should be up to par.
Urban Decay: more along the lines of how they promoted Naked 2-it was shady and rubbed me the wrong way.
Sigma: advertising whores. I’d rather pay double for MAC brushes in the future.

I can’t wait to see what new & exciting beauty items catch my eye in 2012!!

An Autumn Inspired Makeup Tutorial

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Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter.

–Carol Bishop Hipps

An Autumn inspired makeup tutorial that’s very wearable day or night. Thanks for watching.


 

First Fall Outfit of the Season

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“When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails.” ~ H. Jackson Brown

Okay! So it’s not technically Autumn…yesterday it was a bit unseasonably cool outside so I busted out one of my new sweaters. I’m ALL about loose fitting sweaters, short shorts & heels. It’s my favorite type of outfit to wear. I kept the outfit very neutral and went for a matching makeup & shoe *lol*  The the true color of the shoes didn’t really show up too well, except in the above pic. I used my new Loew-Cornell Maxine Mop 3/8 inch brush–it’s a great dupe for the MAC 239 brush. I’m in love with it!

 

Makeup:

EYES-
Wet n’ Wild Shadow Stick in Envy
Sleek Bad Girl Palette-Intoxicated
NARS Night Porter
Physicians Formula Green Eyes Palette
MAC Wedge
Stila Kajal Liner in Emerald
Rimmel Volume & Length Mascara

FACE-
Benefit Hoola Bronzer
Benefit Dandelion Blush
MAC MSF in Medium Plus
Cover Girl Champagne Eye Shadow (to highlight)

LIPS-
MAC Florabundance Lipglass

A Spicy Colored Look of the Day

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Today was another typical Fall day. Here are some photos of my outfit and make up of the day!

I love this shirt! I bought it at Charlotte Russe about 3 years ago. It will never go out of style-it has a bit of a vintage feel to it. The colors of this shirt actually (as random as this sounds) remind me of a spice wafer!

I’m not to keen on turtle neck, I like cowl neck shirts better…it gives you room to breathe! *lol* Over all, this shirt is perfect for the Fall season. The only thing I’d change about this outfit are the boots. I realized after the fact that my reddish borwn slouchy boots would have looks perfect. Perhaps too matchy matchy? We shall have to see.

The makeup I wore today:

EYES:

NYX Iced Mocha e/s

MAC Patina e/s

MAC Espresso e/s

MAC Brun e/s

MAC Reflects Antique Gold Glitter

Cover Girl Champagne (on brow bone)

FACE:

A little Too Faced Bronzer

Just a “dab” of Too Faced Highlighting powder

LIPS:

NARS Turkish Delight (love.)

For Accessories, I went rather casual with the watch, necklace & bracelet. The faux diamond cluster earrings gave the look ” a little something” & jazzed it up a bit!

Autumn Leaves & Outfit of the Day

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This photo was taken on 10/03/10-It was officially the 1st day it actually felt like Fall! I was so happy that I got to bust out the Emu’s!

Outfits, Lotions & Perfumes…Oh My!

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Ok, I had to add this piccy from today. I’m absolutely lovin’ this outfit. Preppy meets Rocker Chic *lol*

Mentioned in today’s video:

Bath & Body Works Brown Sugar & Fig Lotion & Body Splash
Bath & Body Works Rice Flower & Shea Lotion & Body Splash
Bath & Body Works Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin Body Splash
Aqualina Pink Sugar
Aqualina Chocolovers

INFO on how to purchase my other bottle of Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin Body Splash:
http://nancyvalentino.com/2010/09/2nd…

***Any products mentioned in this post were purchased personally by myself, and I am in no way affiliated or sponsored by the makers of these products***

My Fall & Winter Fashion Must Haves

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The Fall season is JUST around the corner, so you know what that means?? Shopping for new Fall fashion goodies!!  I found myself purchasing most of my clothing overseas. I’m completely obsessed with the fashions in Asia. It’s always chic & original.

I’m happy to say that I am just about done all my Fall clothes shopping. If you watch my YouTube videos, then you know that I talked about putting myself on a ban. That means NO shopping for clothing or makeup-essentials only. While it’s strict, I think it’s necessary; besides, I stocked up on some major fashionable goodies and I’m excited to share them with you!

I would not  consider myself “trendy”. I NEVER buy clothing that’s going to be in for one season and out the next-it’s a complete waste of money.Everything I purchased for the Fall/ Winter were items that I had been wanting for a while and I’d like to think I will get a few seasons out of all these awesome clothes.

Drum roll please…. *lol*

I’ve kept the colors in my wardrobe to grays, pewter, black-anything super dark.

Plaid: Suddenly, I find myself completely obsessed with plaid-especially anything with the color black in it.

Draped Sleeves: I’ve gravitated toward shirts that drape. I especially like plain colored shirts with the draping sleeves. It gives you the opportunity to accesorieze accordingly and gives you endless options. Totally wearable day or night and oh so comfortable.

Princess Sleeves: Slightly puffy & ruffled, they can make your outfit look so classic & feminine.

Applique Style Tops: Super feminine & lady like! Yet another option to make a plain shirt looks fashionable & feminine. In my opinion, this style can look somewhat vintage

Slouchy boots: I’m usually the girl who wears Uggs from Fall to Spring but Uggs aren’t a dressy look and certainly can make an outfit look drab. Slouchy boots enable me to still wear flat boots but they can make your outfit look chic.

Black Boyfriend Blazer paired with skinny jean & booties or heels: Where do I even begin? I’ve adored this look for so long. It’s a look that you often see the beautiful Kim Kardashian wearing. Very stylish & wearable day or night!

Dolman Styles Shirts: This is a stlye that I’ve seen for a quite awhile now.  It’s a simple yet stylish piece.