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It’s that time again! Here are my favorites for May:

• Real Techniques Brushes - I’ve known about these brushes for awhile now, but I wasn’t completely sold on them until my dear friend, Nicole, did a review on a few of them. I picked up the Expert Face Brush, Foundation Brush, Stippling Brush, and Fine Liner Brush. These brushes are amazing! They do not lose their shape after washing them and they don’t eat up a lot of product. My favorite out of all four would have to be the Expert Face Brush, it works so well with liquid foundation.
• St. Ives Green Tea Scrub - Since my skin is so dry, I have to make sure that I exfoliate once a week to get rid of dead skin build up. I love that this scrub has very fine beads to get a nice deep clean.
• Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Kiss Me Coral - This lipstick is such a beautiful shade of coral and it has been my go to shade for a nice bright and fun shade for Spring.
• Wet N’ Wild Megalast Nail Color in Bite the Bullet - I initially wore this color just for Amy & Nick’s Wedding, but I ended up loving it so much that I kept it on my fingernails for an extra week and on my toenails for an extra two weeks. I like that it’s kind of neutral and I am a sucker for pastel colors.

Revlon just came out with a new lip product called, Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain. Naturally, I was intrigued and I had to pick one up. I played it safe by getting a soft rosy shade, 001 Honey Douce.

I have never used a lip stain before, but I know that this balm stain combines a lip stain with a moisturizing balm. I’ve been wearing it for the past few hours and I really like it. It’s extremely lightweight, like I’m sure a lip stain would be, but the moisturizing balm part of it is nice because it doesn’t dry out my lips.

I want another one…

• Dove Hair Therapy Dry Shampoo - This stuff is amazing. It smells great and it helps make my blowout last longer. I really like wearing my hair straight but my blowout only lasts for 2 days max. With this stuff, I can stretch it another day or two by spraying a little bit on my roots and blowdrying my hair for a few mins.
• China Glaze (Hunger Games) Nail Polish in Fast Track - I LOVE this color. It’s a soft beige color with gold shimmer in it and it is beautiful. I wore this color on my nails for a really long time.
• elf Blush in Twinkle Pink - This is the one blush that I’ve been using the most this month. It’s a soft pink with gold glitter in it.
• Revlon Colorburst Lipstick in Rosy Nude - I have been wearing this every single day since I got it. It’s the perfect nude for my skin tone and I like that there’s a subtle pinkness (rosy) to it.
• Hard Candy Glamoflauge Concealer in Medium - By far, the best concealer I have ever used. I have only tried 3 concealers, but I really like this one. It does a great job of hiding my acne scars.
• NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk - I use a little bit of this on my waterline to make my eyes look bigger and I’ve noticed a big difference, in a good way.
• Wet N’ Wild Color Icon Trio in Walking on Eggshells - I could go several days just using my Naked Palette, but whenever I go for this trio my boyfriend actually takes the time to tell me how nice it looks. AMAZING.
• China Glaze Nail Polish in Aquadelic - I’m actaully wearing this color right now on my toes and it’s such a cute color for spring. Loving it.

I hope you enjoyed my March Favorites!

This is what happens when you leave a Revlon Lip Butter in your makeup bag. 

I don’t even leave my purse in hot areas. I’m always in cool dry places.

Met up with a couple of my friends for brunch this morning in Carlsbad.

Went to 2 different Ulta’s today and found a few more Hunger Games nail polish colors, and I also got Aquadelic because I’ve heard a lot of great things about this color. So pretty for Spring. The Revlon Colorburst lipsticks were buy one get one 50% off, True Red and Rosy Nude. I got a Wet N’ Wild single eyeshadow in Kitten and a NYX number eye pencil in Milk. I’ve been looking for nice work clothes, so when I saw this soft pink dress at H&M, I had to get it.

Oh and I joined the ULTA club! Whooooo!!

• Neutrogena Healthy Skin Liquid Makeup in Fresh Beige
• Neutrogena Healthy Skin Pressed Powder in Light to Medium
• Neutrogena Healthy Skin Blends Natural Radiance Bronzer in Sunkissed
• Revlon Photoready Concealer in Light to Medium
• Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser for Dark Circles in Medium
• elf Eyebrow kit in Medium
• Maybelline Dream Bouncy Blush in Pink Plum
• MAC Fluidline Gel Liner in Blacktrack
• Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion
• Urban Decay Naked Palette
• L’Oreal Voluminous Carbon Black Waterproof Mascara in Very Black
• elf Shimmering Facial Whip in Spotlight
• elf Wet Gloss Lash & Brow Clear Mascara
• Revlon Colorburst Lip Butters in Pink Truffle, Peach Parfait, Lollipop, and Berry Smoothie
• elf Makeup Mist & Set Spray

Some products change depending on the occasion, but just for everyday use I bring these items.

I keep the products that I use the most on top of my Vanity. My foundation, powder, brushes, blush, eyeliner, mascara, the lip butters I use the most, etc.

Then I keep the stuff that doesn’t fit on top of my Vanity in drawers underneath my table.

Since my Naked Palettes don’t fit inside my drawers I keep them on top, next to my box of makeup remover towelettes.

In the first drawer, I have my elf blushes and gel liners, L’oreal Infallible eyshadows and my Urban Decay Ammo eyeshadow palette. In the second, I have all my Maybelline Cream Tattoos and the shadow applicators I use to apply them.

In the third drawer, I have all my lipsticks and lip butters. The fourth drawer has all my 8 pan Wet N’ Wild palettes, the baked palettes with the eyeliner pencils that came with them, a few single eyeshadows and my NYX glitter palette. The fifth drawer has all my Wet N’ Wild Trios and the last drawer has all my extra lip glosses and faux lashes.

I know that this product has been talked to death all over makeup blogs but I wanted to make one too to show which colors work for my skin tone, so that anyone with similar skin tone will know before getting these what colors will work for them.

I’m Filipino and Native American so I’m warm toned with an olive undertone.

In this photo I have Sugar Frosting, (I’m sorry about my swatch, it’s really light on my skin, as well as my lips) Strawberry Shortcake and Sweet Tart.

I’ve found that these colors are the ones that are hard for me to make work, I’m determined to be able to get them to look right though so I’ll hold onto them and keep trying.

Here I have Creme Brûlée, Peach Parfait, and Pink Truffle.

Peach Parfait has been my go to for a neutral lip for when I’m wearing bold colorful eyeshadow. And Pink Truffle is extremely close to my natural lip color so I wear it when I’m just wearing casual everyday makeup so that it evens out the color of my lips, because sometimes my top lip is darker than my bottom lip.

In this photo I have Tutti Fruiti, Candy Apple, Cherry Tart, and Red Velvet.

I think that Tutti Fruiti is the perfect coral color for me and I’m in LOVE with Candy Apple. Cherry Tart has a bit of a shimmer to it, like Peach Parfait, but it’s subtle. And Red Velvet is a deep sexy red.

Finally I have Berry Smoothie, Lollipop, and Raspberry Pie.

Berry Smoothie is great to wear for an everyday look especially when paired with a light neutral eye. Lollipop is one of my faves that I like to wear for date nights with my boyfriend (he likes the shade) and Raspberry Pie is a beautiful dark fuchsia.

Right now, I’m using the Urban Decay Primer Potion that came with my Naked Palette and it’s the only eyeshadow primer that I’ve ever used. I have no complaints. It’s an amazing product.
Before I got it, I was using my Revlon PhotoReady concealer as eyeshadow primer, which works really well too.

My favorite would have to be Revlon’s PhotoReady concealer in Light to Medium. I’ve been using this for about a month now and I’ve found that it works really well covering up my acne scars. However, when I use it to try to cover my dark under eye circles it settles in the lines and it looks off. So now I have to use 2 concealers! haha I just recently bought Maybelline’s Instant Age Rewind concealer in Medium and I’ve only used it twice but so far it works really well for my dark circles.

I call this the Makeup Collection for Newbies

I like to keep my day time look very neutral but still girly. My go to eyeshadow palette is Walking on Eggshells by Wet N’ Wild, because it’s neutral with a little bit of pink. I also use Maybelline’s Dream Bouncy Blush in Pink Plum to get a natural rosy flush on my cheeks. Then I top it off with Revlon’s Colorburst Lip Butter in Peach Parfait.

I’m in love with Revlon’s Colorburst Lip Butter in Lollipop, this shade works so well with my skin tone.

Small beauty haul from Target & Walmart

Nicole by Opi Kardashian Kolors in Follow Me On Glitter, L’oreal nail polish in Papparazzi Pleaser 510, Maybelline Color Tattoo by Eyestudio in 05 Too Cool, and Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter in Cherry Tart.