What's an undertone you say?

A post about undertones seems so necessary! Knowing your undertone is a vital part in matching foundation and concealer to your skin. So let's get started! (I'll try to keep this as short as possible lol)

Your skin’s surface tone is the color that you can see on the surface of your skin, often described as light, medium, tan, deep, and so on. Your skin’s undertone is the color underneath the surface. You can have the same skin color as someone, but a different undertone. 

Here's some tips on how to find your undertone but the best way is getting into a makeup store and playing around with some different shades and products. 

COOL UNDERTONES: 

If silver looks best on you most likely you have a cool undertone. Ppl with this UT(undertone) color will have bluish veins.  Your foundation should be more pink based. An example of a person would be Reese Witherspoon or Sarah Jessica Parker my ABSOLUTE favorite person in the entire world. Below is a chart of some tones that will work well with your skin. This goes as far as clothing, glosses, lip sticks, nail polish and other things of the sort. 

WARM UNDERTONES: A person with a warm UT will most likely look good in golds and will have veins more of a greenish color. Yellow/Red based makeup will look best on you along with earth tones. An example of a person with UT this color would be Beyoncé and Gabrielle Union. Below is another chart describing colors that will compliment this UT. 

Now I don't really have to write much for Neutral UT because everything basically looks good on this skin tone! A person to describe this UT would be Jennifer Lopez who looks great in everything. If you have any further questions about undertones and finding yours comment below. But of course I still believe the best way to find what suits you would be trying on different things and seeing how you like them. That's the fun part right? 

Something new.

I'm normally not a eye shadow palette buyer but I came across the Lorac After Glo palette and I figured why not give it a try. I also watched a few YouTube videos to get some ideas about looks I can do with the palette. It was a really cheap buy at Nordstrom Rack for $9.97 normally retailing for $24.00

I LOVE THESE SUPER BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL COLORS! Perfect for summer and spring. I'm excited to use these and get more into creating looks with eye shadows. If you've created some looks with this palette I'd love to see! 

New favorite website!

Before I tell you about this new favorite website of mine, I'll give you a little background on how I found it. I lost my LA Girl Pro Concealer and I wanted to purchase another(there was some hype behind this concealer and now I see why, it's amazing). The store I usually purchase it from got burned down in Ferguson :( so I went to the LA Girl website and it's was five bucks which is way cheaper than some of the higher end concealers I owned. But I wanted to search around on the website some more to compare prices. Which is how I came up on ikatehouse. com and I'm so happy I did! I got Three La Girl Pro Concealers at $2.49 each which is basically half off. Then I purchased Six pairs of Red Cherry Lashes at $2.99 a piece which was also I huge steal. 

The La Girl concealer that I feels works best for me is the color "fawn" because it has some reddish undertones to it which works is perfect with my skin. 

The concealers and lashes came in the cutest package and the wrapping paper smelled really good lol. I would highly recommend Ikatehouse.com to everyone. They have TONS of other products on site for great prices. If you guys get around to ordering something from the site I'd love to hear about it! 

Discussion time!

I wanted to do a double post today recommending products I love but since USPS has lost my package I figured I could write about something personal and share some things with you guys. Right now I'm at a kind of hectic transition in my life. I'm moving to Chicago and attending a new school. I really don't know anyone in this city so I'm just putting myself out there and hoping for the best. On top of that I have a little one to also take care of. So, sometimes I can find myself a little overwhelmed, but when I find myself feeling stressed or worried there's a couple things I do to help out. These usually help me get back grounded and focused so I figured why not share! 

Number one: I WRITE IN A NOTEBOOK! Or even read. Anyone that personally knows me knows I love to read. It relaxes me. When I feel like my brain has went into complete over load and I can't even sort through my thoughts I write them out. Sometimes I scribble, sometimes I wrote journal entries. Sometimes I just write random sentences all over the paper. It really makes me feel better. 

Number two: I get out in the sun! The sun works wonders for my mood. I never knew this until I lived in Seattle lol. Anytime the sun would come out i would try to be out as much soaking it up. So even now when it's a sunny day or I'm feeling down I get out in the sun and it literally brightens(pun intended lol) my day! 

Number three: I call my friends or family and talk to them about how I'm feeling. This is something I'm just starting to do. I usually keep my feelings to myself and don't share to much about what's going on in my life. I've reached a point though where I've realized the best people to talk to and give you advice are the ones close to you! I use to worry so much about being judged if I felt stressed or upset but everyone has been there. And nothing can get you through it better than a good ol' fashioned TALK. That's it. Most times after venting and talking about a problem I'm having I feel happier and a weight lifted off my shoulders! 

Number four: Time alone! Time alone is very much needed. To unwind, to do all the things you like to do when you're by yourself. To just have some peace and quiet. At the end of a long day there is nothing I enjoy more than getting into bed and having my solitude. Simple.

IF THERES ANY TIPS THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU PLEASE SHARE! 😊

Who doesn't love...

A GOOD OL' HAIR REVIEW?! When I'm interested in buying new extensions the first thing I do is go to youtube or a review site! Now that I've found a hair that is within my budget and exceeds my expectations I figured I could be the one giving a review now. I currently have Saga  'Brazilian Virgin Remy %100 human hair' installed. I've been wearing this hair on and off for about two years. 

I don't have the original pack it's been so long since I purchased it. But what I have pictured above is exactly the packaging it comes in. The first time I got the hair I had it installed twice then I'm not really sure what happened to it lol(I was on deployment and when I got back I had things everywhere so who knows, may have gotten thrown out). Both times I had the hair installed it never lost it's luster, or wave pattern! That is what makes me love this hair so much! Below are pictures of the hair freshly washed with no product on it. Then the other picture is the hair after I've striaghtened. On my natural hair the leave out at the top I put on a leave in conditioner by infusium and that usually drops down onto the extensions but nothing extra is needed. 

I should add that while straightening this hair I add a heat protectant. Garnier works well for me. 

I have a small bit of 18in installed, 16, and a small bit of 14. I paid $119 for the hair in total. Which I think is very reasonable for hair that you can use multiple times. The only thing I would suggest with this hair is to SEAL THE TRACKS! I didn't do it this time and I can tell the hair sheds more than it did with the first set of bundles I purchased from this company. This hair can be purchased online or in a local beauty supply! Let me know if you have any further questions about it, i would be more than happy to answer! 

SIDENOTE: I would never, ever, ever recommend a product on my blog that I would use myself or recommend to my closest friends! 

***ATTENTION***

River Island has a crazy good sale right and I definitely picked up these beauties!!! Go have a look and See what you can find! 

Crazy about coats!

I AM A OBSESSED WITH COATS/JACKETS! They can take a regular outfit and really take it to the next level and give it that extra jazz!!! I recently purchased a couple new jackets to spice up my wardrobe and my outfits. When it comes to clothes I can get kind of plain and boring sometimes(I love basic tees and jeans) so a nice jacket or coat is a good way for me add some flair.  

The first is a double breasted trench I purchased off forever21.com and it's more on the casual side. You can wear with chucks and jeans/running shoes and sweats! I feel like it's very versatile. Could possibly even be worn over an after 5 dress with a sexy pointed toe shoe! This coat isn't the warmest it's a little on the thin side so I'll be wearing a warm sweater underneath. ($49.00) (Oops! looks like I still need to steam this jacket to get all of the wrinkles out!)

This second jacket I purchased is a quilted motorcycle jacket in light pink from forever21.com Also can be dressed up or down. It is surprisingly very thick and warm! I love the jacket because it gives a basic tee and jean outfit and edgy look! ($42.90)

The third and final jacket that I am in absolute love with is a faux fur jacket I purchased at H&M. I wore this jacket over and all black outfit because it really stands out on it's own! I great piece that grabs attention. ($59.95)