Stila Time!!!!

Recently I had the pleasure of working with the Stila team for the FIDM fashion show. It's always a blast working with a bunch of fellow makeup artists.  The look was super 80's glam and so much fun to do. Check it out on Stila's blog http://stilablog.blogspot.com/2011/03/get-look-from-fidm-fashion-show.html.

Stila graciously paid me for my time with some AWESOME new products. Here are a few of my favorites!!

First I must start with the Stila Lip and Cheek Stains. I am OBSESSED with them. On the cheek they become a part of the skin, giving off the perfect hint of color without looking like blush or sitting "on top." The colors are gorgeous and they have really cute names. My two favorites and must haves for almost any skin color are:

Yumberry Crush the perfect pink  & Mango Crush the must have coral

For that beautiful dewy skinned glow, I love the All Over Shimmer Powder in Kitten, as well as the Illuminating & Bronzing Tinted Moisturizers. 

 

For some drama at night you can achieve that perfect winged eyeliner with the Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner. It is AHHHH-MAAZZZING, the perfect felt tip applicator and a black so dark you don't have to apply it twice! I also love the Kajal Eye Liner it is super creamy with bold and luscious color that works and looks so nicely smudged into a smokey eye.

     











And finally the Long Wear Lip Color. Just simply awesome!!

To get any of these products and tons more visit http://www.stilacosmetics.com/.  Thank you Stila for the awesome new products, I love them!!! 

Lots of light and love,

desirae

holy magazine!

As I was cleaning and organizing my apartment the other day I came across a heaping mess of magazines to be read! Wow, had I really gotten this far behind on my monthly magazines?

So I decided to give myself a challenge, a BIG one and go through each one of these magazines and choose my top 5 inspiration pieces. Wish me luck!!!

I will post my picks soon! Stay tuned!!

Lots of light and love,
Desirae

a blog and a mess

Hi!! Welcome to my blog!! I'm so excited to get started on this crazy adventure of blogging. Here I am going to share with you all things makeup, and anything else that puts a smile on my face. Which is a lot!

For my first blog I thought I'd share with you what I found in my makeup kit when I opened it today.  Let's just say it wasn't pretty......

One of my lip tars by Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics exploded!! Ahhhhhh what a mess. Drives me crazy when this happens, or worse the loose eyeshadow powders do they ever NOT make a mess...... Well as you will come to know I have slight OCD when it comes to my makeup kit and being clean/organized. So I came up with a solution to this whole explosion problem...

Not only is it very fun to look at and see all the colors! But it takes up less room in my kit and I can remove the individual pot for on set touch ups! Oh and before you ask but how do you know what color it is.......

I told you OCD. I made an excel spreadsheet with all the color names and emailed it to my phone.  Problem solved, pretty kit once again!!!

By the way I LOVE the OCC lip tars. They are ridiculously pigmented, a little goes a long way, and you can even use them on the eye for super intense color.  Plus OCC is dedicated to making their products vegan & cruelty-free. SCORE!! http://www.occmakeup.com/lips.html

The lip tar palette you can get at Michael's. It's called Darice Jewelry Designer Bead Storage System. $9.99 can't beat that!!!

Have a beautiful day!

lots of light and love,

Desirae