My Friday Five #2

My City Ties - I have been selling these ties on Etsy for a while now and just love them.  I just got some new colors in and they will be up soon!

L'oreal Visible Lift Blush in Soft Pink - L'oreal recently launched a new line with a foundation, concealer, and blush.  I picked up the blush and I love it.  It has a mousse like texture and blends so nicely into your skin.

L'oreal Colour Riche Quad in Absolute Taupe - L'oreal has been on point lately.  They also came out with these cute new quads and of course I had to get the taupe one!

Tom Ford Lip Shine in Frolic - Uhhh this is gorgeous !  I think I have finally found my holy grail lip color and lipstick formulation!  This is my first lip shine and I love it.  Frolic is a peachy coral shade with a slight shimmer and it complements my skin so well.

Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara & Clinique Bottom Lash Mascara - Perfect combo!  The Too Faced gives me such volume and the Clinique really separates and gives length to my bottom lashes.


What are your Friday Five ??

Love,
City Styles 

My Friday Five #1

I thought I would start a new segment on my blog called My Friday Five.  It's pretty much my top picks for the week!  

1)Elizabeth and James Nirvana Black & White - I picked these roller balls up at Sephora with my points and I love to wear the both of them together ! It smells amazing !

2) I ordered a few necklaces off of Etsy from Layered and Long.  They came as a set and just look great on.  I am totally into the layered look. 

3) I rediscovered an old favorite, Chanel Peregrina (discontinued).  It is a gorgeous nude shade and just what I have been looking for lately.

4) It is officially summer and what screams summer more then China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy!  I love how great this looks when you have a tan.

5) I have had a few minor breakouts recently and this Murad Acne Spot Fix worked like a charm.  My acne reduced in size over night and was less red.  I am hooked!



What are your Friday Five ??

Love,
City Styles 

A Few Exciting Things !

Since I have some new jewelry pieces out I thought it would be a great idea to do a giveaway with a blog or two that I love!!! So I teamed up with Lauren from The Style Record.  You can head over to her blog now and enter to win 2 amazing pieces from my site. 

I am also in a group giveaway over on Erin's blog Living in Yellow.  Have I ever told you guys how much I love Erin's blog?  I find her hysterical!  I sponsored her blog this past month and would totally do it again.  She has brought some of you awesome people here!  So go check out all the amazing prizes you can win over on Living in Yellow! 

 

 What pieces do you love from my site?? Please let me know!  I would love some feed back =) 

Love, 

City Styles

Do You Use Shadow Sticks !!

So I don't know about you, but I love shadow sticks!  I love using them as bases or just on their own.  Many brands from high end to low end make them.  Some are great, some not so much.  Today I am brining you my high end shadow sticks.  I almost love each and everyone of them!  Most I use on their own, but a few I use as bases. 

Laura Mercier Metallic Creme Eye Color in Platinum  - I love using this a base.  It technically is not a shadow stick, but it's a great creme shadow and has a nice consistency.  It is much lighter then the caviar sticks, but gives great pigmentation and longevity.  Platinum is a nice light color to use under a multitude of other colors.  It lasts at least 8 hours and hardly creases.

MAC Shadestick in Heirloom - MAC no longer makes shade sticks and I know why!  This is a beautiful color, but it is so hard to use.  The stick itself is very rough and stiff, not as creamy as it should be.  To get any color on the eye you have to play around a bit with it.  Definitely not worth it at all.

Chanel Stylo Eyeshadow in Moon River - Love this!  It has such a wonderful cooling effect on the eye.    It is on the more glittery side, but it is still amazing!  I love wearing this on its own.  I use a crease color and that's it!  It is so beautiful and lasts for a better part of the day.

Clinique Chubby Stick Shadow Stick in Ample Amber - I heard ttsandra talk about this so much I had to try it.  This is great for blue and green eyes.  It makes them pop so much.  It gives a nice sheer wash of color that you can build up or use another shadow over top.  I personally like it by itself. 

Sephora Jumbo Liner in Taupe - Now I must say this isn't my go to shadow stick.  It is a beautiful color.  If you don't know I am a taupe freak.  Any shadow with the word taupe in it needs to be mine.  The only reason I am not a big fan is because this creases a bit on me.  I tend to have oily eyelids.  I mean they aren't really oily, but compared to the rest of my face they definitely are.  I know a lot of people love these and they have tons of different colors! 

Ellis Faas Creamy Eyes in 105 - Love!! I must get more!  I originally heard of these through Rachel from makeupneversleeps.  To be honest anything she suggests goes onto my need list and I have loved everything I have bought.  As the name states these are creamy, and I must say these are a creamy joy.  105 is a nice warm taupe/brown color.  I have used this by itself and also along with other shadows.  I am not the biggest fan of the applicator, but I tend to just use a synthetic brush to blend the shadow out.  

Laura Mercier Caviar Stick in Amethyst - This is my pride & joy.  If this was the only eyeshadow I could wear for the rest of my life I would be content with that.  This shadow is just amazballs.  Why I don't own more of these I am not sure.  The consistency is wonderful.  It is more on the thicker side but can be sheered out with your finger or brush.  I like to use my fingers.  I also love to pair this with Mulberry eyeshadow from Burberry, and if I want something more dramatic I add some Chanel Taupe Grise to the crease.      

What are your favorite shadow sticks?

Also I have a lot of my new pieces up on my Etsy shop.  More will be going up soon!!

Love, 

City Styles

My Etsy Wishlist !

I love Esty.  Love is an understatement!  I am obsessed with it.  You can find so many cool gadgets and beautiful jewelry and so much more.  I currently have an Esty wishlist and wanted to share with you all.   Do you do this?  I favorite something and one by one I buy the items on my list.  About every paycheck I buy myself something off the list.  And sometimes when I've had a really crappy week or if I feel like I deserve more I buy two things!  This is also a great thing to share with loved ones or family during the holidays.  They can just get you something right off the list.  

 A "Celine" Shirt

 A Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Tee

 Chalcedony Ring

Hammered Bangles  

Rose Gold Evil Eye Necklace 

 And for the Shop Crystal Quartz Pendants

What is on your Esty wishlist?  And if you have never been on the website you must go right now.  You can spend hours just searching through all the amazing shops.  And don't forget to stop by mine!

So I am back at school today and I feel the need to rant, not about school but about peoples perceptions.  When I tell someone I go to FIT they go oh how nice, what do you design.  Or something along those lines.  Not everyone that goes to FIT is a designer.  There are many different majors.  And I am not trying to knock people who are is design, they have a ton of work and I commend them.  But, people get with it.  Not everyone is a designer.  There are lots of other branches of fashion.  It just becomes annoying to tell people all the time like no sorry I don't go to school for design, I go to school for merchandising.  Anyway, rant end.  Just had to get that off my chest. 

Love, 

City Styles 

Take a Good Look in the EYE !

If you are a makeup junkie like myself then you too probably have a crap ton of brushes.  I have way too many, but I tend to gravitate towards certain ones.  They are my tried and true.  They always make my eye makeup look the best.  And I truly believe you all need these in your life. 

 MAC 213 & MAC 239 & Royal & Langnickel BC411 - These are both GREAT eye shader brushes! I use these for all over color.  And you can even use the 213 for some crease work.  If you are just starting off the R&L is definitely a cheaper version of the MAC ones.  It works just as well and to be honest I use it more because the brush is larger and covers more eyelid area. 

 MAC 217 & Bdellium Tools 776 - I could not live life without a blending brush.  I actually have two Mac 217's.  They are the most amazing thing ever!  I think that you cant leave home without blending your crease.  The Bdellium Tools brush is almost an exact dupe for the MAC one.  I picked it up at IMATS and have been loving it ever since.  I love having an extra blending brush around to just buff out your shadows.  They always come in handy. 

Chanel #19 & Bdellium Tools 781 - I love these both for precision crease work.  I also love them for pop coloring on the outer corner of my eye.  They place color exactly where you need.  I also use the Bdellium Tools brush to darken my crease and make it more exact.

Royal & Langnickel BC430 & Sonia Kashuk 109 - These brushes are amazing!  I love using them to blend out my crease color or to pop on my highlight color.  The R&L brush is really amazing for crease work.  It is tapered so nicely and can really work into and blend out your crease color.  Have you noticed that I love blending brushes?  I have an obsession with crease work.

MAC 219 - This is great for depositing color under the eye.  I love a smoked out look and use this everyday.  It has stayed nice and stiff through out many washes.  Which is great because my Sigma ones have become way to fluffed out. 

Sorry for showing dirty brushes, but I am a bad girl and do not wash them too often. 

What are your favorite brushes?  I would love to know and check them out! 

Yesterday was my first day back to school.  Womp Womp.  I am not exactly the biggest school enthusiast.  I think college is necessary, but not for all.  I will one day have my bachelors.  When that day will be I am not sure.  Anyone want to go to school for me! Ha! 

Anywho I am working on some great new pieces for my etsy shop and wanted to share. 

They will be in the shop soon! And I can't wait to show you all of them! So stay tuned!

Love, 

City Styles

P.S.  - These are all my eye brushes!

The Necklace...

I can't tell you how many complements I get on my necklace.  And they aren't just from women either I have gotten a boat load from the men too.  Daria(the bff) gave me this necklace for my birthday!  I have to say she is the best.  An initial necklace has been on my wishlist for a while but I never bite the bullet.  

Now I have no clue what Esty seller she bought it from, but I do know it's from Etsy.  So I will leave some links to the ones I like the most.

Best Name Necklace 

Silver Jewelry Arcade

monoArtian

I must say I have little energy to write a post today.  I have been up since 6am, worked til 6:30pm and now I am ready to go die in my air-conditioning(it's 10:30pm).  We got a new system at work today(I am a bank teller) and it was one hell of a day.  It was not as bad as I thought, but still we had some hitches and glitches.  I am just glad it is over and that I have off tomorrow.

On another note I think I found my non-alcoholic beverage for the summer, flavored SanPellegrino!! It's amazballs.  You must try!   I know they have orange, blood orange, and lemon.  Today I tried the orange and was on heaven, so I must run to the store and stock up! 

Well lovies that is all for tonight.  I am going to a Marie Claire event tomorrow, so tomorrows post might be a bit more exciting!  

Love, 

City Styles