Be my Valentine: Makeup for singles or taken

                                 A sultry look for Valentine's Day that works for all women.

Start your routine with a relaxing bath and a good skin care regime. 

Make sure your skin is clean and moisturized. 

Base:

1. Glossier Priming Moisturizer

2. Laura Mercier Oil Free Primer if you feel you need it. 

3. Guerlain Lingerie de Peau Foundation

4. Chanel Poudre Universelle Libre loose powder around the forehead, nose, and chin. 

Brows:

I like Sonia Kashuk brow pencil in Taupe or Haze because they're hard pencils. 

Cheeks:

Clinique Cheek Pop in Heather Pop on the apples and blended. 

Eyes:

Tom Ford Orchid Haze Eyeshadow Quad

This has all the shades you need to layer a smokey eye besides an ivory matte. 

Start with shade #3 mauve in the crease and blend it out. Add shade #2 taupe to the lid. 

Now take shade #4's violet matte to the outer crease and blend, blend, blend. Repeat these steps on the lower lash line and add a matte ivory shade on the brow bone. I use shade # 1's pearl to accent the inner eye and directly in the center of the lid for some shine. Just pat it on a little. Finish with eyeliner of your choice and mascara. I use Marc Jacobs Highliner in Blacquer and Guerlain Max Lash So Volume mascara. 

Lips:

Chanel Rouge Coco lipstick in Adrienne finishes the look. 

Drugstore alternatives:

1. Simple Replenishing Rich Moisturizer

2. L'Oreal Infallible Pro Matte foundation

3. L'Oreal True Match powder 

4. Sonia Kashuk Brow Definer Pencil

5. L'Oreal True Match blush in Rosy Outlook or Precious Peach 

5. L'Oreal Colour Riche La Palette in Nudes 2 (the purple toned one)

6. Prestige Total Intensity eyeliner in Deepest Black

7. L'Oreal Butterfly Lash mascara

8. L'Oreal Fairest Nude or Rimmel Kate Nude in 45

Time in a bottle: March 2015 favorites

    Fashion:

Stone Cold Fox  Charlie blouse in black.  

 Perfumes: 

Atelier Sud Magnolia & Mandarine Glaciale (both from the Azur collection)

                                   Coqui Coqui Tabaco cologne is easily the most addictive scent I've tried in years. It's unisex and has notes of sweet tobacco leaves with subtle fresh citrus. One spritz transports you to paradise. You can find it here. 

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                                                                        Hair care:

Matrix Biolage Cleansing Conditioner for medium hair

Skin care: 

Roses make me think of spring, so I bought them in bottles and potions. 

Aura Cacia Spearmint and Lavender essential oils (diluted with any plain facial oil)
Andalou 1000 Roses Absolute Serum, mask, oil, and night cream. 
Fresh brand Rose Face Mask w/ soothing rose petals
Jurlique Rosewater Balancing Toner
Simple Micellar Water
Acure Organics Brightening Facial Scrub

                                    

                                  Body:

 Dove Mandarin & Tiare Flower body wash
Earth Therapeutics Dead Sea salt Mineral Bath
Unscented jojoba oil

                                               

                                  Primers:

                                                 

                                          Cover FX Calming Primer, Urban Decay original Primer Potion

                           Tools:
Pink and purple Earth Therapeutics sponges, MAC 239 + 217, Cinema Secrets brush cleaner (brought my brushes back to life and smells like vanilla), Sonia Kashuk eyeshadow brushes in 8 and 28, and the Shiseido eyelash curler. Now that I own this curler, I could never live without it!

                                                                  

                         Foundation: 
                       

                                                             
                                              Estee Lauder Double Wear Maximum Cover (as concealer)

                                                                                    

                                                                                 
                                                                                   
                                                                     

                                  Concealer:

                                       Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage- SC2 

                                                           

                      Blusher:

                                               Illamasqua Naked Rose + Katie, Thebalm Instain blush in Lace (babydoll cheeks)

                                         

                                             

                                         

           

                    Highlighter:

                            MAC Extra Dimension Skin Finish in Superb, Madina Milano Chic & Shine Stick

                                                  

                Eyeshadows:

                                  Viseart 01 matte palette, ELF Essential Smudge Pot in Crusin' Chic, NARS Dual Intensity in Dione

        Brows: 

    Illamasqua Brow Cake in Motto

           Eyeliners:

                  Marc Jacobs Highliner in  Blacquer

                                 

     Mascara:

           L'Oreal Voluminous Carbon Black

                                       

Lipstick: 

                           

 Laura Mercier Paint Wash liquid Lip Colour in Nude Rose
 Maybelline (matte) Lust for Blush
Milani (matte) Blissful
 Bobbi Brown Art Sticks in Sunset Orange,  Hot Orange, and Hot Berry. 
 Sonia Kashuk Velvety Matte crayons in Poppy Nude, Rasberry Nude, Mulberry Nude and Spicy Nude. 

Currently testing: LaSplash Latte Confession and Rose Garden Liquid Lipsticks
Aromi Desert Taupe Liquid Lipstick

                                            

       Lip balm: 

Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream Lip Protectant at night, YSL Tint in Oil- #5 Cherry My Cherie

            Nail Colour/products: 

 Pink Gel Coat Strengthener and Brightener, Essie Mod Squad, Smith & Cult Fauntleroy, Essie Meet Me At The Altar

Time in a bottle: July 2014 favorites

Makeup inspirations:

Hair care:

Pantene 2 in 1 or Co-wash 3 in 1 (I'm experimenting with these)

Face Wash: 

Roc Daily Resurfacing Pads (remove makeup and cleanse)

Biologique Recherche Lait VIP O2, and P50 lotion (toner)

Perfume: 

Serge Lutens Datura Noir, Frederic Malle Carnal Flower

                                                                

Skincare:

Weleda Wild Rose night cream

Formula 10.0.6 Ultra Cleansing mud mask in Orange+ Bergamot

Formula 10.0.6 Seriously Shine Free Mattifying oil free moisturizer (I use this as a primer for foundation and it works)

Foundation: 

 MAC MSF Natural over the shine free moisturizer. 

Tools: 

Real Techniques blush brush

Sephora Airbrush 55

Real Techniques buffing brush

Sonia Kashuk # 8 and # 28 brushes

MAC 217 and 239 (I think, it's rubbed off)

Concealer:

Maybelline Fit Me

Blusher: MAC Tenderling, for barely there blush.

           

          Highlighter/Bronzer:

        Becca Pressed Skin Perfector in Opal

              Bobbi Brown Bronzing Powder in Natural

               Bobbi Brown Shimmerbrick in Pink Quartz

Eyeshadow Base: Urban Decay original

Eyeshadows:

Bobbi Brown Stone, Slate, Heather, Camel, Velvet Plum, and Smoke (6 pan custom palette--love it)

NEW Josie Maran Coconut Watercolor shadow in Rose Gold

NEW NARS Dual Intensity shadows in Dione, Phoebe, and Callisto. 

These metallics are gorgeous dry or wet, but applying them wet with a flat synthetic brush amps it up. All of these shadows are named after moons, stars, and galaxies.  

NARS Dione

Quick science lesson: NARS Dione is named after Saturn's little moon and is pronounced Die-OH-nee. 

Brows: Any clear brow gel. I wasn't fussy with brows this month. 

It's too hot to add another thing into my routine. 

Eyeliners:

Any black kohl eyeliner for smudging. Really sooty lash lines. 

Mascara:

Max Factor 2000 Calorie in the blackest black

Lipstick: 

MAC Velvet Teddy, Half n Half, Spirit, and Faux

MAC Whirl lip liner

Prestige Cameo lip liner

NYX Sienna Retractable lip liner (for night)

Fresh Lip Treatment in Ruby and Cherry

First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Lip Therapy

Nail Colour/products: 

OPI Big Apple Red