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New Case for my Professional Kit

So back in December my husband bought me a brand new case for my professional kit. I had been looking at this case for a long time and had long ago outgrown my old case, so needless to say I was very excited about all the space in my new case :) best part about this case is that it has a pull out handle so you can roll it like a suitcase. My old case definitely didn't have that option!

 The case consists of two pieces. The top piece detaches from the bottom if you need a smaller option for a job.

Side zipper pouch.

                                                               

                                         Bottom portion open without top piece.

                                    Top portion open without bottom piece. 

And lastly, my old case. As you can see, I definitely traded up ;)

Taylor Swift Concert Makeup: Kelsey

Had a friend of mine who was going to see Taylor Swift in concert tonight and asked if I could do makeup for her and her friend so this is what we came up with :) Hope you enjoy!

Face:
    -MAC Mineralize Charged Water
    -MAC Strobe Cream (thicker, richer version of Strobe Liquid)
    -L'Oreal True Match LUMI Foundation in W1-2 Porcelain/Light Ivory
    -Rimmel Stay Matte powder in Light
    -MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Soft & Gentle for cheek highlight
    -MAC Blush in Buried Treasure

Eyes:
    -MAC Prolongwear Paint Pot in Vintage Selection
    -MAC e/s in Naked Lunch, Wedge & Charcoal Brown
    -MAC Pro Cream Liner in Black
    -MAC No. 7 Lashes

Lips:
    -MAC Prep & Prime lip primer
    -MAC lip pencil in Cherry
    -MAC lipstick in Russian Red

Thanks for looking!! XOXO Hannah

FOTD #5

Finally a look that's on someone other than myself lol! I did this look about a week ago so i'll try as best I can to remember what I used :)

Face:
    -MAC Mineralize Charged Water
    -MAC Strobe Liquid
    -L'Oreal True Match LUMI Foundation in W1-2 Porcelain/Light Ivory
    -MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light
    -MAC Blush in the color Buried Treasure (from Style Seeker collection)

Eyes:
   -MAC e/s in Expensive Pink (lid), Cork (crease & brows) & Showstopper (smudged at the lash line and blended up into crease)
    -MAC Pro cream liner in Black
    -mascara was what she already had in her own makeup bag

Lips:
    -MAC lip pencil in Whirl
    -MAC Oh, Baby lipglass

XOXO Thanks for looking!

Glowy Skin and Bold Lips

This look is super clean and simple but I thought it worth posting. I wore this out to get dinner with friends.

Skin:
    -MAC Mineralized Charged Water 
    -L'Oreal True Match LUMI Foundation in W1-2 Porcelain/Light Ivory mixed with MAC Strobe Liquid
    -MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light
    -Rimmel London Natural Bronzer
    -MAC Bite of an Apple blush
    -MAC Special Reserve Highlight Powder in Chez Chez Lame
  
Eyes:
    -MAC e/s in Charcoal Brown in brows
    -MAC Extended Play Lash Mascara

Lips:
    -MAC Lasting Sensation lip pencil
    -MAC Mineralize Rich lipstick in Style Surge

Limited Edition Lauren Clark Signature Lip set FOTD

Recently my friend Lauren Clark was contacted by a company called Starlooks to create a one of a kind lip and cheek set of her favorite colors and of course they're AMAZING, so I wanted to create a look using her set :) she's an insanely talented makeup artist so go check her out! http://laurenclarkmakeup.blogspot.com/

Face:
    -MAC Mineralized Charged Water to prep
    -L'Oreal True Match LUMI Foundation in W1-2 Porcelain/Light Ivory mixed with MAC Strobe Liquid
    -MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light
    -Rimmel London Natural Bronzer
    -MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Soft & Gentle
    -Lauren Clark signature blush in Cheeky Luscious

Eyes:
    -Sugarpill e/s in Poison Plumb
    -A little bit of MAC Carbon e/s mixed with Sugarpill's Bulletproof e/s
    -MAC e/s in Charcoal Brown in brows

Lips:
    -Lauren Clark by Starlooks signature lip pencil, lipstick and lipgloss all in the color "Tipsy"
     (this color is SO GORG!)

FOTD #4

Face:
    -MAC Mineralized Charged Water 
    -L'Oreal True Match LUMI Foundation in W1-2 Porcelain/Light Ivory mixed with MAC Strobe Liquid
    -Rimmel London Stay Matte pressed powder in Fair
    -Rimmel London Natural Bronzer
    -MAC Blush in Hipness
    -Bare Minerals eyecolor in Queen Phyllis used as my cheek highlight

Eyes:
    -MAC Soft Ochre Paint Pot
    -MAC Prolongwear Paint Pot in Vintage Selection
    -MAC Eyeshadows in Phloof!, Vapor, Free to Be, Corduroy, Brown Down, Sketch, & Indian Ink
    -MAC Pro Cream liner in Black
    -MAC Extended Play Last Mascara

Lips:
    -MAC lip pencil in Lasting Sensation
    -MAC lipstick in Salute
    -MAC Viva Glam Nicki Lipglass

Now, I'll admit that I was a little bit leery about purchasing this foundation, but I really wanted to try something different. I had been reading about this stuff from other bloggers for a while and figured I would see if it would work for me. My first impression is great. Being that it's a "luminous" foundation, I expected the coverage to be kind of sheer like MAC's Face & Body but surprisingly the coverage was about a medium. I personally enjoy a medium to full coverage foundation, so this was right up my ally! Especially for the price! However, I will need to wear it a little bit more to see how it fairs on my SUPER oily skin, but from what I can tell I think I am going to really love this foundation!

XOXO Hannah

Orange

Just something really simple :)
Face:
MAC Face & Body Foundation (two colors mixed to get the right shade)
MAC Strobe Liquid for highlight
MAC Blush in Peach Twist

Eyes:
MAC eyeshadows in Saffron and Cork in crease and Nylon on browbone
Sugarpill eyeshadow in Flamepoint in crease and mixed with water for orange liner
MAC Pro cream eyeliner in Black
MAC Extended Play Lash Mascara

Lips:
MAC prolongwear lipliner in Staunchingly Stylish
MAC prolongwear lipglass in Persistent Peach (I friggin' love this gloss)

French Vogue Cover

This look I originally saw on Lisa Eldridge's youtube channel when she had her special guest Charlotte Tilbury in a video demo-ing the look she did for this month's French Vogue cover featuring Kate Moss. I tried to re-create it as best as I could, but Charlotte is such an amazing artist I probably can't even hold a candle to her, but here's my attempt anyway! Hope you enjoy!


Skin:
Fix+ and Strobe Cream to prep skin
MAC Face and Body in N3
MAC Quite Natural Pain Pot mixed with Careblends Oil to contour

Eyes:
MAC Quite Natural Paint Pot on lids and crease
MAC Charcoal Brown eyeshadow in brows

Lips:
MAC l/l in Cherry
MAC l/s in Lady Danger

See the original look done by the original artist here!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKsJv0E7hgQ&feature=BFa&list=UUFghPtzFcmyDiID1ASMA4Dg

Fall Trends/Fresh Skin & Bold LIps

  All I have seen for makeup for the Fall season is clean, fresh, dewy skin, dark purple/wine lips with minimal (if any) eye makeup. In this post I actually skipped mascara altogether. It's not for everyone but I gave it a go!
  Also this Fall is big on contoured/highlighted faces. MAC's new Face and Body Collection is all about this trend; coming out with creamy contour products and pressed pigments to highlight. In the looks below I didn't have any of MAC's new contour creams from the new collection so I just made my own by mixing a few things together.
  Naturally I wanted to do a few different looks using these concepts so this is what I came up with! I kept my face and eye makeup the same, but changed up my lips for a few different lip looks. The link posted below is from Beautylish to an article about this very trend! Take a read if you like and I hope you enjoy! 

Fall Trends Article:
http://www.beautylish.com/a/vcqri/photo-call-clean-beauty-inspiration-for-fall


Skin:
MAC Face & Body Foundation in N3
MAC Mixing Medium in Shine on tops of cheekbones
MAC Paint Pot in Quite Natural (dark brown) mixed with my MAC Careblends Oil for contour

Eyes:
MAC eyeshadow in Copperplate

Lips:
 Combo 1:
    -MAC Vino l/l and Red Dwarf Prolongwear l/s

 Combo 2:
    -MAC Chestnut l/l and Underworld l/s

Combo 3:
    -MAC Currant l/l and Goes and Goes Prolongwear l/s


Lip 1

Lip 2

 
Lip 3

 
 These are my must haves for the perfect dark lip. All by MAC and they're all amazing.

 XOXO