Feels like Spring...

Happy Easter to anyone who celebrates and if not, this great weather is MORE than enough reason to bust out the bright colors! OMGoodness I am LIVING for this! Lol, I love the heat but the hotter it gets the less clothes AND makeup I typically wanna wear. I had dinner at my moms. She cooked ham, prime rib roast, gravy, string beans, candied yams, macaroni and cheese, seafood salad, and rolls. She also had peach cobbler and caramel Apple pie for dessert. I was living a greedy girl's dream. I love that almost all the women in my family can throw down in the kitchen (myself included). I often find no better way to enjoy company than over good food. I wanted to look springy but still didn't feel like a full face. Im wearing MAC pink nouveau on my lips & MAC Swimming eyeshadow with some fix+ on the brush on my lower lash line with falsies mascara and Nars Taj Mahal blush very light on my cheeks. How did you spend your holiday loves?

xoxo.

Rate That Lippie: MAC Candy Yum-Yum

So as you know, I was quite excited to get the only thing I wanted from the Quite Cute collection, CYY. Now, however, that excitement has faded from a full flame to fizzle.

Swatch: MAC Candy Yum Yum (top) vs. MAC Impassioned (bottom)

And here's theeeeee rant...First, the smell of my CYY is only SLIGHTLY vanilla and smells closer to a box of crayola crayons than a lipstick. YUCK! (Can I return for this reason?) Second, the finish is TERRIBLE! I read reviews that said they like this consistency over the regular mattes and I disagree. Mattes are one of my favorite finishes, my lips were well moisturized and I wore CYY for several hours and I still didn't get quite used to its almost powdery feel. (YUCK again). On the bright side it is a very beautiful color.

 I later added Athena's Kiss lipglass on top which darkened the color a bit but made the finish more wearable. I give this lippie at 2.9/5 and that's simply because the color is great. Everything else is a fail. Also please be advised that this lippie is truly a NEON pink. With that being said, MAC (IMO) had nothing worth having to HAVE out of this collection. They really need to step their game up. I'm "Quite Disappointed" with Quite Cute, however I did get some VERY cute pins from MAC with my purchase =). Did you loves pick up anything?

xoxo.Leigh.

FOTD: Blinged Out Neutral

I wasn't doing much yesterday but I still wanted to throw on some quick make-up. I was inspired by the scarf I'm wearing (from H&M) its my favorite! I've worn so many great looks with this scarf.

Face => MAC Fix+ Rose, MSF Natural in Dark, Revlon PhotoReady Foundation in Cappuccino. La Femme blush in Sienna

Brows => Filled in with Inglot eyeshadow, defined with MAC pencil in Spiked and  concealer in NW45

Eyes => Gold glitter liner that I found at the $1 store (WIN!) winged out. Wet n wild H2o in ultra black on lower lashline, Stiletto lash mascara 

Lips => MAC Fresh Brew lipstick, NYX gloss on top

I love an everyday look that's just pretty and simple without looking like youre doing to much :) Accessories help as well. What's your favorite way to bling out a neutral look?

Gradient Shatter Nails

I got the chance to finally order OPI Black shatter (admist the unreasonable prices I've seen) which made me pretty excited. I wanted to do pink (which ill do later and pic) but my local BSS didn't have the exact shade I was looking for. I ended up getting a 2 different greens and a gold which I did the greens outward to the gold tips. I ended up loving it! It's a little more loud then my usual nails but its definitely kickass if you're looking for some bold look at my fingers type nails. What do you loves think?

xoxo.Leigh.