Tips for Long Lasting Eyeliner

Tip #1

Waterproof vs. Water Resistant

Always pay attention and read the labels! Waterproof means the product can be submerged in water for long periods of time. Water resistant means the product can shed water however they don't tend to last very long. Whether you are at the beach/pool this summer or just live in a hot area your best bet for long lasting eyeliner is to go for something waterproof rather than water resistant. 

Tip #2

Gel Liner

Gel liner compared to liquid and pencil linersl tends to have a longer wear time. And it can be used for the upper and lower lash line as well as your waterline (inside the bottom and upper lash line). Use a paintbrush with a long thin tip for easy application on your upper lash line. For your bottom lash line and your waterlines take one of your soft pencil liners and dip it into the gel liner and apply. This method gives you not only precision but more control. 

Tip #3

Set With Eyeshadow

No matter what type of liner you use anything with a liquid, gel or crayon consistency set it with a matching eyeshadow. Simply after you apply your eyeliner take a thin slanted eyebrow brush and dip it in a matching color eyeshadow and apply over the line. This can be done anywhere where you apply your eyeliner. 

Tip #4

Use a Primer

Primers are wonderful when it comes to keeping your makeup in place and eye primers are no exception. Apply primer before any eye product. Just make sure you buy a primer that works with your skin type. There are primers designed for dry and oily lids. 

Favorite Eye Primers:

Urban Decay Primer Potion 

Lorac Behind The Scenes



My Favorite Waterproof Eyeliners:

TARTE Clay Waterproof Liner

STILA Stay All Day 

MAKEUP FOREVER Aqua Eyes

MAYBELLINE Unstoppable 

RIMMEL Exaggerate Waterproof Eye Definer Eyeliner

NEW! Stila Eyes Are The Window Shadow Palette in Spirit

PACKAGING:

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Comes in a purple box that has a very similar feel as the Tarte Rainforest After Dark Palette.

Inside the box other than the palette, there is also a pamphlet that contains 3 looks using the palette perfect for all eye colors.   

Pamphlet

Spirit Palette

The palette itself is a beautiful sleek rose gold packaging. 

FORMULATION:

The Eyes Are The Window collection contains  4 palettes my favorite one out of all 4 is the Spirit palette. It combines the best of neutrals with a touch of color. All the palettes work with every eye color. The Spirit palette is especially beautiful with brown eyes.

Eyeshadows (12 total)

The formulation of these shadows are pretty awesome. I don't always have the best luck with Stila eyeshadows. The texture is smooth and velvety that is pretty easy to work with. There is some fallout especially with the Kitten eyeshadow (swatch below, Stila's #1 best eyeshadow). I do recommend wearing a primer underneath due to the glitter and to prevent fallout and keep your shadows on longer throughout the day. Most of these colors are part of Stila's permanent collection such as Kitten and Chinois.

First row (left going down)
Kitten- Shimmery Champagne
Oasis- Shimmery satin beige
Wheat- Satin sand
Chinois- Matte creamy white

Middle row (going down)
Puppy- Matte light brown
Jezebel- Satin coral copper
Golightly- Satin light coffee brown
State- Satin gray slate

Last row (right, going down)
Pigalle- Satin/matte cranberry
Barefoot- Satin reddish brown
Espresso- Matte gray with brownish undertones
Pewter- Shimmery dark gray 


Where to Purchase:

Ulta (Both online and In-stores)

Sephora (Both online and In-stores)

Stila online 

Retail $49

Gift Ideas #1: For Those Makeup Lovers

Over the next couple of weeks I will be releasing a series of blog posts dedicated to gift giving. From the makeup lover to the video gamer. Hope you guys enjoy and get some ideas for your gifts to your loved ones this holiday season.

The first post I of course wanted to cover are for those makeup lovers because this year this is probably the easiest type of person to buy gifts for. This holiday season they have released some pretty awesome makeup sets that are for every makeup lover's dream. What is great about giving kits to people is that not only you are giving your loved one options you can also take the kit apart and many different gifts out of one. 

1.) SEPHORA Favorites Lash Stash: Each year Sephora releases their infamous lash stash, a collection of the top best selling mascara of the year. This year is no exception. Sephora definitely outdone themselves again. The kit sells for $45 which is a very decent price. If you were to purchase each mascara in this kit separately it will cost you about $145 total, each mascara retails by itself for about $20-$40. This year's kit includes:

- 0.10 oz Benefit They're Real Mascara 

- 0.141 oz Blinc Mascara 

- 0.2 oz BUXOM Lash Mascara 

- 0.14 oz Clinique High Impact Mascara 

- 0.135 oz Lancôme Hypnôse Drama 

- 0.13 oz Make Up For Ever Smoky Extravagant 

- 1 x Sephora Collection False Eye Lashes in Celebrity 

- 0.5 oz Sephora Collection Outrageous Mascara 

- 0.31 oz Tarte Lights, Camera, Flashes™ Statement Mascara 

- 0.17 oz Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara 

- 0.06 oz Yves Saint Laurent Mascara Volume Effect Faux Cils Baby Doll

All the samples are pretty decent size and this entire set will last you for a very long time. I have personally tried all of these mascaras (not all at once of course) and they are pretty much some of the best of best out on the market today. You may not enjoy each and every one of them but you will certainly find one to your liking I can promise you that. 

2.) SEPHORA His and Her's Perfume samplers: Doesn't matter if you are female or male we all like to smell nice. But perfumes and colognes can be pretty expensive today and no one wants to commit to a full sized bottle unless they get a chance to try a sample for a little while. Well this holiday season you are in luck. Sephora released a couple different sets of perfume and cologne samplers. 

This kit includes: 

- 0.06 oz Hugo Boss Bottled Night by Hugo Boss (Scent certificate redeems for 1.6 oz Eau de Toilette Spray) 
- 0.05 oz Bvlgari Man Extreme by Bvlgari (Scent certificate redeems for 2.0 oz Eau de Toilette Spray) 
- 0.05 oz Zegna Uomo by Ermenegildo (Scent certificate redeems for 1.7 oz Eau de Toilette Spray) 
- 0.05 oz Acqua Di Giò by Giorgio Armani (Scent certificate redeems for 1.7 oz Eau de Toilette Spray) 
- 0.03 oz Gentlemen Only by Givenchy (Scent certificate redeems for 1.7 oz Eau de Toilette Spray) 
- 0.06 oz Guilty Pour Homme by Gucci (Scent certificate redeems for 1.6 oz Eau de Toilette Spray) 
- 0.03 oz L’eau D’issey Pour Homme by Issey Miyake (Scent certificate redeems for 2.5 oz Eau de Toilette Spray) 
- 0.03 oz “Le Male” by Jean Paul Gaultier (Scent certificate redeems for 2.5 oz Eau de Toilette Spray) 
- 0.05 oz Vintage by John Varvatos (Scent certificate redeems for 2.5 oz Eau de Toilette Spray) 
- 0.06 oz Eau De Lacoste, L.12.12 Blanc by Lacoste (Scent certificate redeems for 3.3 oz Eau de Toilette Spray) 
- 0.05 oz 1 Million by Paco Rabanne (Scent certificate redeems for 1.7 oz Eau de Toilette Spray) 
- 0.05 oz Luna Rossa by Prada (Scent certificate redeems for 1.7 oz Eau de Toilette Spray) 
- 0.05 oz Polo Red by Ralph Lauren (Scent certificate redeems for 2.5 oz Eau de Toilette Spray) 
- 0.05 oz L’homme by Yves Saint Laurent (Scent certificate redeems for 2.0 oz Eau de Toilette Spray) 
- Travel Bag (9 1/2" W x 4 1/4" D x 4 3/4" H) 

This kit includes:

- 0.40 oz Rollerball in Kate Walsh's Boyfriend (Scent certificate redeems for 1.6 oz Eau de Parfum Spray) 
- 0.34 oz Rollerball in Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gioia (Scent certificate redeems for 1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray) 
- 0.34 oz Rollerball in Juicy Couture Viva La Juicy (Scent certificate redeems for 1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray) 
- 0.34 oz Rollerball in Lancôme Trésor (Scent certificate redeems for 1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray) 
- 0.33 oz Rollerball in Tocca Colette (Scent certificate redeems for 1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray) 
- 9" W x 1/2" D x 7 3/4" H Beauty Pouch (Scent certificate redeems for 1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray) 
- Bonus Item: 1 oz TokyoMilk Dark Tainted Love No. 62 Handcrème 

This His set retails for $65 and the Hers set retails for $85. What is great also about these two kits is that when you purchase one after you are done trying each one you can come into Sephora to redeem your choice our of the kit for a full size version of that sample for free. This is a deal that comes around once a year so you definitely do not want to miss out on it. 

3.) STILA Essential Artist Set: A collection of Stila's must-haves: There is a great variety of eyeshadow in this set that can create dozens of looks. What I love about this set is that most eyeshadow sets for the holidays can get very bulky in packaging and sometimes even a little overwhelming with all those colors. This kit gives you just enough colors and Stila eyeshadows are extremely pigmented and very easy to work with. The entire kit retails for $59. 

The set includes:

- 0.14 oz x 4 Pop Art eye shadow in: Parity(shimmery sand), Irony (golden khaki green), Primary (golden hunter green), Edgy (midnight green)
- 0.14 oz x 4 Renaissance eye shadow in: Poetry (shimmery light gold), Perspective (golden bronze), Fresco (copper shimmer), Drama (rich matte brown)
- 0.14 x 4 Abstract eye shadow in: Illusion (delicate white pink), Vivid (soft lavender), Visual (deep aubergine), Linear (matte purple smoke)
- 0.14 oz x 4 Surreal eye shadow in: Dream (soft nude), Symbolic (metallic beige shimmer), Fantasy (deep taupe), Reality (matte black smoke)
- 0.07 Deluxe Convertible Color Lip & Cheek Cream in Peony (neutral nude with pink undertones)
- 0.03 oz Deluxe Stay All Day® Liquid Lipstick in Patina (dusty rose)
- 0.01 oz Smudge Stick Waterproof Eye Liner in Stingray (jet black)
- #9 brush
- How-to card 

4.) NARS Guy Bourdin Holiday Collection Limited Edition One Night Stand Cheek Palette: Inspired by legendary photographer Guy Bourdin this is pretty much all the blush one would ever need in their life. Nars blushes are one of the best in the makeup world. Highly pigmented, beautiful rich color. This is definitely something that every makeup lover cannot pass up. This palette retails for $65

This palette contains: - 0.14 oz x 6 Blush in Laguna (diffused brown powder with golden shimmer), Deep Throat (flirty, sheer peach), Orgasm (peachy pink with golden shimmer), Mistinguette (bright pink), Goulue (medium pink), Devotee (highlighter) 

All the items mentioned above can be purchased @ www.sephora.com or www.amazon.com