My Friday Five #11

The Friday Five is back !!! Here is what I have been loving this week !

Chantecaille Just Skin - Hands down my favorite foundation for the summer time!  It is so light weight yet gives great coverage.  I apply this with my fingers and just massage it into my skin.  The color match is great.  And, I am pretty sure I am going to need a new tube before summer is over. 

Guerlain Meteorites Compact - I have been using this on top of my Chantecaille to just set everything in place.  This is more of a finishing powder but, it works so well over my Just Skin.  It doesn't matify me just gives me a nice glow.  

Too Faced Bronzed & Poreless Perfecting Bronzer - This bronzer is life.  As you can see this is my most used bronzer.  It is the perfect shade for us pale girls.  Not too dark but, gives you the perfect sun kissed look.  

Wayne Goss Holiday Brush - I was lucky enough to take this off of Gummy Vision's hands!  She was selling one and I had to have it.  It is super soft and the best brush for bronzer!! Since it come to a point it fits in the hallows of my cheeks so well.  If this ever becomes available again I highly suggest getting one.   

Bath & Body Works Oahu Aloe - Last week I got a pretty bad burn on my back.  My lovely mother has been applying this for me every night.  It soothes my back and smells absolutely divine!

What are your Friday Five ??

Love, 

City Styles 

Too Faced Perfect Lips Liner {Perfect Nude}

I have never been one for nude lips.  I always feel I look washed out since I am pretty pasty.  But, I was recently in Sephora just perusing and this Too Faced Perfect Lip Liner ($17) stood out to me.  There was a few different shades but, I remember Tiffany D talking about the nude one.  So off to the checkout I went.  Well let's just say that this liner is a major game changer.  This has helped me become a nude lip lover.  Everyday I am so excited to use one of my nude lipsticks.  I am especially happy to report in that this has helped me wear Tom Ford Spanish Pink.  I was never able to wear it before but, with this lip liner I have been wearing it all the time.

Now what is so special about this liner.  To be honest I am not exactly sure but I do think it is the combination of the pinky nude shade and the consistency.  It's like a primer for your lips.  It is a bit waxy but not too much and it doesn't dry out my lips either.  It is truly an amazing product. 

I tried to do lip swatches but they didn't come out that good.  If anyone has any tips please let me know! 

What id your favorite nude lip liner ??

Love, 

City Styles 

July Favorites

July has come and gone... weep!  I can't believe the summer is almost over.  Enough of my complaining and onto my July Favorites.

I have been loving my new serum from Estee Lauder(1).  It helps minimize my pores and just leaves my face feeling silky smooth.  For moisturizer I have been using the Firming & Lifting Cream(2) from Algenist.  I actually got this as a 100pt perk from Sephora.  I have had this before and absolutely adored it.  It really moisturizes my face.  As for foundation I have been obsessed with my Estee Lauder Double Wear Light (3).  It gives amazing coverage but, it doesn't feel like I have much on my face.
As we all know I am not really into tanning but, since it is summer I have been using my Too Faced Bronzed & Poreless(4) to give myself and all over sun kissed look.  And for cheeks I have been loving the Becca Blush in Flowerchild(5).  It is a beautiful pinky, coral shade.  For eyes I have ben very minimal.  I have either reached for the NudeStix in Twilight(6) or the Burberry Eyeshadow in Rosewood(7).  They both are easy to work with and require no effort.  And then for mascara I have been using the Too Faced Better Than Sex(8).  And O-M-G is this stuff the bomb dot com.  It makes my lashes look so amazing!  I am actually ready to throw away all my other mascaras (of course not my Armani).  It is that amazing.
For lips I have been really enjoying my Rose Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment(9).  And for some color I have using the Tom Ford Lip Shine in Frolic(10).  It is the perfect light coral shade that is great for everyday wear.  And lastly the new Sally Hansen Gel(11) polish has been on my finger constantly.  I love the shade B Girl.

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 

Weekend Makeup Essentials !

Pretty much every weekend for the past 2 or so years I have stayed at my boyfriends.  This has given an innate ability to pack only the essentials.  I have learned the hard way not to over pack.  I bring the basics of what I need and nothing else.  

I have been loving these two mini's I received from Sephora (6).  The Caudalie serum smells great and has a wonderful texture and the Ultra Repair Cream from First Aid Beauty has keep my hideously dry skin moisturized.  The YSL Touche Eclat foundation (5) is a winter must have.  It is nice and light, but it gives great coverage.  The Beauty Blender (8) is a must have for any girl who loves foundation.  It makes putting your foundation on a whole lot easier!  I just went and picked up another Maybelline Dream Lumi concealer (4) because I love it so much!  I love the radiant shade and how it makes my under eye area so bright and awake looking.  

I shied away from bronzer for the beginning part of winter but I needed it back in my life.  I love using the Sigma E40 brush (2)  with my Too Faced Chocolate Soleil bronzer (7).  Another brush I have been loving is the Tom Ford Cheek brush (1).  If you have a bit of money burning a hole in your pocket than I suggest picking this bad boy up!  Sephora's Orange Pop blush (11) gives me a beautiful pop of color on my cheeks.  It is a nice matte shade, which makes me love it more.  Now if you are looking for a new highlighter than I would suggest getting The Balm's Mary-Lou Manizer (10).  It has the creamiest of textures and gives you a dazzling glow.  

I normally don't bring any eyeshadow with me, because it can be a little bit to bulky.  I just bring a mascara sample that I am working through and this week it happens to be Laura Mercier's Full Blown mascara (9).  And lets not forget about eyebrows.  On a whim last week I picked up Anastasia's Brow Whiz (3) and oh meh gud!! it is a god send.  I never thought I would enjoy it, but I truly do.  And lastly I have been loving a dark lip, so of course I brought along my trusty Chanel Glossimer in Crushed Cherry (12).  

What are your weekend makeup essentials ?? 

Love,
City Styles 

Bronzer-licious !

Anyone else have a sick obsession for bronzers?  I never feel like I have the shade some look to light, others too dark, or even to orange.  As we all know I am ghostly pale very close to pasty, and as it progresses to winter I get worse.  So every now and then I like to look a bit human and bronze myself up.  I sometimes go for the sunkissed look or sometimes I go for a more contoured look.  I have amassed these 7 bronzer to do the trick for me.  3 can be used to look sun kissed, 3 for contouring, and 1 can go either way. 

Love Clarins bronzers!  They always look so chic and cute.  This one is the lightest in my bunch.  I go to this on a normal day to day basis to just make myself look like I've seen the sun in the last year or so. I normally use a MAC 129 or Bobbi Brown Bronzer brush to apply this.  Now this is no longer available, but there is something very similar and would probably do the same trick.

Oh Dior!  As you can see I love a bronzer with some pink in it!  This is very similar to the Clarins one, but just a bit darker.  I use it in the same manner as the Clarins and with the same brushes.  This was more of a on the whim, I feel like I need something luxurious purchase.  I don't regret it, but does one need so many of the same, of course you do!  

One day I was watching Youtube, what day aren't you watching Youtube Gina, and Nicole Guerriero was talking about this bronzer and it looked like a perfect shade for me and it is!  I was always a bit scared the Chocolate Soleil would be a bit dark for me, but this one looked right on the money!  And it is right on the money.  Primed and Poreless is a great shade for us pale/fair skinned girls.  

Too Faced Chocolate Soleil bronzer! As I said before I always thought this would be a bit dark for me, but I was wrong.  I picked this up at Sephora in one of those really cute deluxe sample packages they keep at checkout.  I can use this, lightly, as an all over bronzer or as a contour shade.  I like to us a big fluffy brush like the Sephora #40 Pro Flawless Powder Brush.   

Clarins - Dior - Too Faced P&P - Too Faced Soleil

I picked Nars Laguna up a long time ago and hated it, and i mean HATED it.  That was also before I had proper brushes or was really into makeup.  So on a recommendation from Ellejay10.  She is a fellow pale girl and said she loved this.  So I had to give it another try.  And I must say I no longer hate.  This is great for contouring.  I normally use the Real Techniques Contour Brush with this.  

I have had this Bobbi Brown bronzer in my arsenal for a while now.  It was on of the first high end bronzers I bought and used for contouring.  This light tan color is so gorgeous to contour with, especially during the summer.  I find that it isn't too orange on my skin even though it looks a little orange in the pan.  As you can tell I love me a matte bronzer and I think this is my favorite out of all the ones I have.

Have I said I love Clarins bronzers?  To be honest I loved the packaging and design of this so much I had to get it.  This came out this summer with the Splendours Collection and I knew it would be a bit dark for a regular all over, sunkissed bronzer, but I was ok with that.  It is just so gorgeous, I could not resist.  

Too Faced Soleil - NARS - Bobbi Brown - Clarins

Are you a pasty white girl like myself?  If you let me know what some of your favorite bronzers are, and even if you aren't let me know!!

Love, 

City Styles