Items I am LOCING right now!

You gotta check 'em out!

Pur Minerals Mineral Mudd Masque

Aveeno Ageless Vitality Eye Cream

Revlon Age Defying Concealor

Revlon Mineral Eyeshadow in the Mineralized Garnet trio

Borba Oxygen Facial Mask

and if you get nothing else buy...

Pop's Face Magnet primer! The best! It is tightening and depuffing because it contains caffeine and licorice root extract. I swear my makeup never looked better.

Potions and Lotions,

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All of these products can be gound at Duane Read

Clip-Ins for Your Hair! You and your weave.

Some people can rock wigs like whoa, but I've always had a head that looks odd in wigs. I think I have a overly large head or something, which makes sense cuz I have a huge brain, which makes sense cuz I am a ge-ni-us. Anyway, a fabulous, easy, terrific looking, NATURAL looking alternative is clip-ins! I have some on in this photo, one on each side of my cranium. Imagine what you could do with four, six, twenty! Ok, not twenty. Basically, they're fake hair attached at the tip by a hair comb clip. The clip is very small, maybe a half inch across. They are so easy to insert and look flawless. They come curly or straight. Make sure to maintain your fake hair with wig spray (oil) and gentle washing. The brand I use is Hair U Wear. www.hairuwear.com

Yeah You Are,

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Coastal Scents! Amazing makeup palettes for $19.99!

Seriously, check this site out. Your jaw will drop. I have the neutral eye palette and love it. The quality is very good and the selection is fantastic. Check out the brushes! So cheap, great quality! You can youtube almost all of their products to see reviews.

www.coastalscents.com

Tit for Tat,

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My favorite lashes!

These lashes are about half the length of standard falsies. They are by Andrea and called Accents. They are dense and flutter outward in a slope. $3.99 at drugstores. I use them about 6 times before they get gunky from mascara. If you do not apply mascara you will have even more uses.

These lashes are my favorite because the shape gives you the ultimate cat eye effect and the half length makes them easier to apply and much more natural looking. Also I do not have to worry about the inner rim of my eye getting irritated.

Flutter By Butterfly,

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My attempt at the look Lady Gaga rocked in Alejandro

Yes I love that song. No I do not think I am Lady Gaga. DER.

Anywho, it's a deceptively simple, wait maybe I didn't relay that right. i.e. It looks easy but there's a lot of highlighting going on with the eyelids and cheekbones that requires some skill. There's a lot going on with the eyes that did not show up well on my camera. Bone white frosty shadows with taupe frost in the crease and as a soft liner on top and bottom of the eye. Shimmery pinky mauve blush and whitish highlighter on top of the cheekbones. I mixed the red lipstick with some black eye pencil to make it darker. No mascara. Voila. It's not an amazing homage by any means, but it was fun. Now I'm going to jam to the song on....wait for it....Youtube!

Oh Alejandro,

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Btw.....

Don't want to spend money on an eye shadow primer? Use your concealor! It gets the job done.

Etc. Etcetera.....,

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Low budget, natural alternatives! Stuff on the cheap!

Olive Oil is rich in Vitamin E, extremely hydrating and a powerful antioxidant that contains fatty acids that help to repair cell damage. I use it as a fantastic eye makeup remover. A tablespoon can also be added to hair conditioner if your hair is very dry or coarse. It can also be used as a face/body moisturizer as well. Glycerin is also a good moisturizer. A friend of mine applied glycerin straight from the bottle she got at the health food store to her whole face for several weeks and swears it cleared up her adult acne.

A fantastic body exfoliator you can make at home. Raw sugar and oilve oil mixed to make a paste. Scrub all over and rinse. Easy. Voila. You can take some sugar packs from Starbucks, haha! Seriously, don't do that. I do not condone thievery, even if it is from faceless corporate machines! Don't do it! (mehehehe)

Aspirin tablets (not the gels) broken apart and applied to the face make an effective exfoliator because of the salicylic acid. Crush two and scrub gently. Rinse. DER.

Green tea pops! (idea stolen from Michelle Phan via Youtube) Make green tea, add a Vitamin E capsule, freeze in an ice cube tray, insert toothpicks when half frozen, apply to face like a mini spa popsicle! Refreshing on hot days. Also stolen from Michelle Phan, strain the water from organic whole grain rice and use the rice water as a toner. Witch Hazel is cheap and can be found at the drugstore and is also a terrific toner for oilier skin. Do NOT EVER apply rubbing alcohol to your skin. It is terribly harsh and drying.

Mash an avocado with plain yogurt to make a hydrating masque for dry skin. Leave on for twenty minutes. All sorts of masques can be made using ingredients from the grocery store. If this at all interests you, Youtube it. There's like, a hundred masque recipe videos on Youtube.

Keep Your Pants Smart and Fancy,

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