Everyday Favorites!

My favorite products that I use almost EVERYDAY! I'll start with my Garnier make up remover towelettes. I have tried many brands and this one seems to work best for my skin I have oily/combination skin and some make up remover towelettes either don't clean my face good enough or leave a weird perfume scent on my face along with a film that just don't make my face feel clean. This product defiantly does the trick! The only CON is that it don't take off mascara as good. This can be purchased at any pharmacy store such as Rite-aid, Walgreen's, Cvs, Duane Read. Even Walmart! Actually from past experience I think Walmart has the best price!

My Next review will be what I wear on my face everyday... Now I find that foundation is just way too heavy for every day use especially for my oily skin. So I decided to go with a tinted moisturizer I've tried many brands and I cant seem to part with my Laura Mercier its the BEST one I've ever tried it gives you that perfectly even coverage with out that HEAVY feeling. Since I have oily skin I purchase the oil-free one it also comes in a normal one as well if you are dry. I also find that when you apply this product with a brush you get better results, you can definitely still use your hands but your hands are full of bacteria and you don't get as much as a flawless look when you use your hands. You can purchase this product at Sephora.com

The brush I use with this product is a flat kabuki by sigma F80 it is a synthetic fiber brush I wash my hands put some of the foundation on the back of my hand and swirl the brush around on my hand and than swirl the brush onto my face until it is blended. You can purchase this brush on sigmabeauty.com

Next product I use would be concealer, I have very dark circles under my eyes so I need some decent coverage my favorite concealers are by MAC I use the studio finish and some times I use the pro longwear it all depends on my mood they're both great products that can be purchased at maccosmetics.com or macys.com  a little tip when purchasing concealer is always go a shade lighter than your skin tone to help brighten your eyes and if you have more green under your eyes go with a NW if you are more purple go with a NC the warmth of the NW will cancel out the green and the NC will cancel out the purple.

Since I have oily skin I like to set my tinted moisturizer with a light mineral powder so I use the MAC mineralize skinfinish I love the light weight coverage it gives you can also use this alone for a natural finish this can also be purchased at maccosmetics.com

My favorite Eye liner is cream eye liner in a pot that you paint on. I feel like it definitely lasts longer and stays in place! I recently came across YSL eye liner effect faux cils its water proof and lasts almost ALL day and DOES NOT RUN!! or DRY out thats one big problem I've had with cream liners they always dry out after a few months! I've had this liner for about 6 months and its still CREAMY! you can purchase this one at sephora.com

I apply this product with a MAC brush its a 209 liner brush it is thin and perfect size and it gives you really good control! this can be purchased at maccosmetics.com

I also always wear bronzer! All year round its nice to have alittle bit of a glow it helps on those pale winter days it helps look people more alive! Not saying that you should blend it all over your face to look like snooki that is just a no no! I like to use bronzer to contour my face. My current favorite is the Urban Decay Baked I've tried the colors baked & gilded so far and loved them both this one can be purchased at macys or urbandecay.com

I  aslo always wear blush! I love MAC blushes because they deliver great pigment and last a long time my favorite blush by MAC is called 'DAME'  this can be purchased at maccosmetics.com

Well, thats all for today! Next time I'll go over some other things like mascara and some new things I have purchased.. I hope you all liked my first real review! =)

A little bit about Me. :)

Hello fellow bloggers! My name is Jessica and I am 23 years old. I am new to the whole blogging experience, I have always had a love and passion for make up. I started loving makeup at the age of 12 years old.. My mother used to sell Avon when I was a child & I remember one day going down into my basement where she had a box of old samples. At this time she had stopped selling Avon for a few years. I found a package of multicolored eyeliner pencils and I remember asking my mom if I could use them she gave me permission. I remember feeling so excited to try something new so I ran into the bathroom and lined my waterline in the black pencil. I loved the results and could not wait to try it the next day for school! Ever since that moment I was obsessed with eyeliner... As the years went on I became more intrigued with trying MORE so I went into my moms makeup bag and started playing with  eye shadows,liquid liners & foundations, blushes etc.. When I had reached the age of 13-14 I remember standing in the mirror before school EVERY morning (running late) getting frustrated with liquid liner trying to line the lids of my eyes perfectly. My 8th grade prom I remember my mother allowed me to get my make up done professionally for the first time in my life and I was soooo excited! I arrived at the salon by my house with a clean face ready and excited couldn't wait to see the results! When I looked in the mirror I was amazed. When I went home and studied everything that the makeup artist had done on my face and I couldn't wait to try it the next day. When the next day had arrived and I remember I had one of those cheap makeup kits. I remembered all the contours and highlighting I had saw on my eyes and did it myself. It came out almost exact. From than on I knew I absolutely loved to do makeup, as each day went on I began to experiment with different things colors shapes and I learned what looked good & bad. I started doing makeup on my friends and wanting to learn everything. By the time high school ended I had already knew what I wanted MAKEUP SCHOOL! So I did some research on my computer and saw we had some cosmetology schools on Staten Island and I thought eh, why not give it a try? So as soon as possible I set up an interview with The Paul Mitchell School. I thought well might as well learn from the best! As soon as I walked into the school I was excited it looked like so much fun every one was nice and welcoming I couldn't wait to start. When I sat down with the admissions leader I had no intentions of doing hair I was looking more into a makeup course. Than the admissions leader had  informed me that it was a cosmetology school and that you would learn everything from hair-makeup and I figured why not give it a try so I took that chance and found out that not only do I love doing makeup.. I enjoy doing color as well! I never really liked hair cutting but I love creative color, styling chemical treatments hair extensions etc. In this field there are so many opportunities! So now today I am a licensed cosmetologist and I currently work in a hair salon in Brooklyn doing everything!  In this blog I will be going over and reviewing some of my favorite beauty/hair products and some new purchases. I hope you all enjoy what I have to say and I hope maybe it will help some of you make the right choices when shopping for some products!

Here is a photograph when I was 15 I was going to a friends sweet 16. I did my own makeup from what I had taught my self and I think I did a pretty good job for a 15 year old.

Here's a picture of me and my friend Amanda I did both of our makeup the same this is when I started playing with different colors.

I think I was like 17 here this was before beauty school again just playing around with my 120 BH cosmetics pallet I had purchased off bhcosmetics.com that I was in LOVE with. Its a great to start with and even if you are a makeup artist and don't want to purchase all those expensive crazy colored name brand shadows these are GREAT! especially with  the right BASE your eye shadow will stay on all night no matter what brand you use.

You can find one of these pallets at bhcosmetics.com

So far my favorite Primers are the Urban Decay primer potion, and MAC paint pots
which can both be purchased here,

http://www.urbandecay.com/ or Sephora.com  they come in a varitey of colors depending on the look and intensity you are going for..

And the MAC paint pots which can be purchased at Maccosmetics.com or Macys.com

I hope my first story & reviews help you for future purchases! My next entry will include my everyday routine and my favorite products! I hope I've helped KIND feed back is definitely appreciated. =)