LOTD: June 14th, 2014

First day of summer break! Yaaaaay! I'm going to a Hawaiian themed birthday party tonight and I'm lame so I didn't dress up, but I did a bright makeup to go with the theme! I was sort of going for a "Hawaiian Sunset" look on my eyes. 

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Eyes: Urban Decay Electric palette, MAC Ever So Yellow pigment, and Guerlain Maxi Lash mascara in Violet

Eyes: Urban Decay Electric palette, MAC Ever So Yellow pigment, and Guerlain Maxi Lash mascara in Violet

Eyes: Urban Decay Electric palette, MAC Ever So Yellow pigment, and Guerlain Maxi Lash mascara in Violet

Face: MAC Face and Body foundation in N1,  MAC Full of Joy blush, ABH Contour Kit, and Nars Copacabana Illuminator.

Brows: ABH Dipbrow in Auburn

Eyes: I applied Savage from Urban Decay's Electric palette to my lid and then blended Slowburn, from the same palette, into the crease and then into Savage. Blending into those two colors and into my crease, I added some of MAC's Ever So Yellow pigment; as well as applying it to my inner corners. On my lower lashline, I blended Savage and Slowburn together again. Eyeliner in Geisha Ink and mascara is Guerlain's Maxi Lash in Violet. 

Lips: I forgot to take a photo of my lips! Sorry! I'm wearing MAC's limited edition Dodgy Girl lipstick without any liner. 

I got a lot of comments and looks from this look, but I am very proud of it and how it turned out. 

Xoxo, 

Russian Red. 

LOTD: June 13th, 2014

Woohoo! I hope everyone had a fabulous Friday! I finished school for the summer today which is great, got my Aritzia contract, had a poker night at my boyfriend's place AND I ACTUALLY WON A ROUND! And of course, today was a good face day—in my opinion—so looks like today was pretty great for me! I'm using some of my new products in today's look and I can already say, I love them. Reviews to come soon!

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New Babies! Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit, Nyx Cosmetics Jumbo Milk Pencil, MAC Light Boost Highlighter, and a Few MAC Limited EditionCollection Pieces!

I FINALLY GOT THE CONTOUR KIT! Today was a good shopping day--I got a lot of wonderful products! Details below!

Left: MAC Kelly Yum Yum lipstick (pink) and Dodgy Girl lipstick (purple), Centre: Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit and MAC Light Boost Prep+Prime Highlighter, Right: MAC Sea Worshipper eyeshadow, Bottom: Nyx Milk Jumbo Lip Pencil

MAC Limited Edition Kelly Osbourne Lipsticks (From the Sharon and Kelly Osbourne Collection): MAC recently released a huge collaboration limited edition collection with the mother-daughter duo, Sharon and Kelly Osbourne. There were a ton of products I had my eyes on, but I went with two of the four lipsticks from Kelly's half of the collection. I love the purple packaging with Kelly's signature on it in pink, but I love these two lipstick shades even more! Dodgy Girl, a deeper lavender like purple, was the one thing in the collection I had my eye on from the very start. MAC doesn't have any colors like this as their purple's range from bright, matte purples like Heroine to softer, pinkier ones like Up the Amp, and then darker, steamy shades like Cyber. This purple leans more towards the pastel lavender side and I couldn't have asked for a better lipstick shade! The other lipstick I purchased from the collection, Kelly Yum Yum, was an impulse buy. I'm not a huge fan of pink lipstick on myself and as I was checking out, I was below my budget and asked one of the MAC girls to grab me Kelly Yum Yum to purchase as well. I had swatched the color a few minutes before and I liked it, but it didn't jump out at me as something I had to have. Now that I do have it though, it's amazing! I have never loved a pink lipstick like this before! I could wear it every day! I have actually had to restrain myself several times from repeatedly wearing it! It's a very bright pink lippie, and paired with MAC's Dynamo lip liner, it's perfection!

Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit: Okay, basically, Anastasia has not only claimed the Brow Queen crown, but the crown for overall beautiful products. The backstory on this kit is that it was originally only released in the states, sold out right away, has been back in stock very few times since, and was just put back in stock in all American and Canadian Sephora stores. Thankfully, I managed to get my hands on it and it has blown my socks right off. This Pro Contour Kit comes with three highlighting shades and three contouring shades. At first, because I am so fair skinned, I was worried I paid 60$ for shades that won't work for me, but the shades are all practically universal as long as you apply with a light hand and experiment a bit. This kit has definitely changed the way I do my makeup.

MAC Prep+Prime Highlighter in Light Boost: I used to to use the Yves Saint Laurent Touche Éclat, but I wasn't quite satisfied with it as a highlighter or a concealer type product. The highlighter from MAC though, is a whole different story. It comes in four shades and I chose Light Boost because it is a very yellowy based highlighter. I don't wear concealer, I don't even own it, but because of it's yellowy base and opaqueness, it covers dark circles and any blemishes while also being a perfect highlighter for all the points on my face that I choose to highlight. For 30$, I think it is a little much, but I look forward to seeing how long the product lasts as it was smaller than I had anticipated.

MAC Sea Worshipper Limited Edition Eyeshadow from the Alluring Aquatics Collection: MAC's biggest and most anticipated summer collection for 2014 was the Alluring Aquatics collection. It was a big line, had stunning limited edition packaging, and wasn't the usual bronze style type of summer collection. I was enraptured with the packaging from the start, but once the actual collection had been released, I was a little disappointed. Nothing really caught my eye. Eventually, I had written the collection off, but in the end, I knew I had to buy something just for the sake of having that packaging in my collection. To be honest, after using this shadow, I regret the purchase; it's nothing special.

Nyx Cosmetics Milk Jumbo Pencil: I've never been huge on drugstore brand products, but Nyx changed that for me. Great brand, great products, great prices. I have heard a lot about this product and finally went to pick it up. It's great as an eyeshadow base, for combination with lipsticks, or just for use on it's own. 

Like I said before, today was a very good shopping day! 

Xoxo, 
Russian Red. 

LOTD: June 11th, 2014

Today went by so quickly! I was at the gym in the morning with my boyfriend and then we took a tour of the theatre we are renting for our Cabaret for a Cure show we're putting on and then we picked something up from my grandparent's house and we also played Cards Against Humanity with his sister which was super fun! I ended up really liking how this look turned out, here are the deets!

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LOTD: June 8th, 2014

Today's makeup look was inspired by @jenmiamakeup on Instagram! I have a "MUA Inspiration" album on my phone that I'm slowly working through. I'm really happy with how these eyes turned out today, I had a really fun time doing this look and it was easy, too! Unfortunately, I'm going through one of those phases where my brows hate me and I hate them... so please ignore my brows today, haha! And @roseandben liked and commented on this look's post on Instagram again! Ahhhh! I'm fan girling so hard core over her right now!

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Original Makeup Look

LOTD: June 7th, 2014

I am so impressed with how this look turned out today. It's a simple look, but my skin was so glowy and my eyeliner so fierce! New favourite look of mine for sure! Today was also a perfect day for me, by the way. Spent the day with my boyfriend and we had a BBQ at his house and them @jewshopalot liked a bunch of my photos on Instagram and @roseandben liked some of my photos, commented on one, AND STARTED FOLLOWING ME! After she followed me I was practically lying im bed crying. I love her so much and she's so amazing and ohmygosh she's following me. If you have Instagram, @jewshopalot and @roseandben are must follows!

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New Babies! NARS Lipstick in Funny Face & NARS Copacabana Illuminator!

I don't own a lot of Nars products because my go to is always MAC, but the ones I do own I do like and I decided to add two more of their products to my collection!

Left: Funny Face lipstick, Right: Copacabana Illuminator

LOTD: June 6th, 2014

I love today's look way more than I thought I would! I think smudged white eyeliner is my new favourite go to "lazy makeup"! Not only is it fun, you look awake—which is always a good thing! Haha! My skin was glowy, my eyes were awake, and I had bright lips... what more could a girl ask for? 

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LOTD: June 5th, 2014

I was very blue today; I had a blue summer dress on with blue eyes to match and I loved it. I felt super summery! Here's today's look!

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LOTD: June 4th, 2014

I had another interview with Aritzia today (I got the job!!!) and so I kept my makeup clean and simple! 

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LOTD: June 1st, 2014

I just wanted to do a simple, pretty look for today as it was hot out and I had some homework to do, but I like this look!

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LOTD: May 29th, 2014

I had the most hectic morning today and the only peaceful part of it was doing my makeup! It's a long story, but it involved missing keys, boxing, and too much cold weather/rain. Pretty gross morning, eh? And then I spent the greater part of my afternoon in a car with my bestfriend, Momo, and her dad on our way to Osoyoos for the weekend! All in all, not so sure why I wore makeup today just to rush around in the rain and then to sit in a car for 5 hours, but oh well! Here's today's look for you guys! 

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LOTD: May 25th, 2014

Never let your gel eyeliners dry out because they are awful to use after that point. Thanks to my mom for drying out her Bobbi Brown gel eyeliner and not telling me before starting a look with it as the look's focal point. Other than that, today was a great/tiring day and I found a lip pencil that makes me happy to wear nude lips! 

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New Baby! MAC's True Love's Kiss Limited Edtion Lipstck from theMaleficient Collection!

Note to self: Never order something online right before a long weekend because you will die waiting for an excess amount of days to receive your order. 

I ordered this right before May Long Weekend and it drove me up the wall waiting until the following Tuesday for it to arrive! Sadly, I thought they would just put it in my apartment mailbox, but I actually had to be present for the delivery and so I missed the original delivery and after many calls with FedEx, taping a sign to the delivery guy on the building door, annoying my best friend with my whines about waiting for it to arrive, and staying home on Wednesday from school, I finally got my lipstick!!!

True Love's Kiss Lipstick Packaging

LOTD: May 22nd, 2014

Okay, two exciting things to share! Firstly, my boyfriend is home today from school in New York! YAY! And secondly, my True Love's Kiss lipstick from MAC's limited edition Maleficient Collection arrived yesterday and I was dying to wear it today! Oh! Also, my eyes were inspired by one of @roseandben's recent cut crease look on Instagram! 

Inspiration from @roseandben

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LOTD: May 21st, 2014

I tried to keep things simple with today's look as I had an interview with Aritzia today, so here it is! I repeated my lips from the other day just because I'm loving that lip combo so much! 

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LOTD: May 19th, 2014

I felt like a flower fairy princess today! The photos don't really capture the purple glowiness to the look or show the true colors, but oh well. And I found another way to wear my Up the Amp lipstick! Yay! I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend and is (more or less) ready to face this week head on! 

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LOTD: May 16th, 2014

Happy May Long Weekend everyone!!! I hope you're all as excited as I am to have a four day break from everything! Here's today's look inspired by an artist I follow on Instagram, @frenchtouchofmakeup! She has the most beautiful face—her brows, lips, and cheek bones are flawless and I am super envious! Check her out, her looks are super hot! 

Original Look by @frenchtouchofmakeup

My Recreation of the Original Look

LOTD: May 15th, 2014

Today, I finally tried blue lips! I have been wanting to forever and I love the idea of blue lipstick and I am totally going to order Melt Cosmetic's infamous DGAF lipstick in the future! 

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The RR Review: The Beauty Blender and MAC Cosmetics Fix+ (Game Changer Products)

I honestly could not get over how flawless and beautiful my face looked today after using my new Beauty Blender from Sephora and Fix+ from MAC! These two products have totally changed my look for me. Here's why! 

MAC Fix+ and Beauty Blender

LOTD: May 11th, 2014

I had dinner tonight with my boyfriend's family and it was really nice. I miss them when I don't get to see them as often when he's off at school in New York! I didn't want such a dark look for dinner, but I wanted these eyes and then Filme Noire was just calling my name and I just couldn't say no... here's today's LOTD! 

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New Babies! MAC Fix+, Beauty Blender, and Anastasia Beverly HillsBrush #7!

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a fantastic Saturday! I had a great day Downtown and managed to pick up a few things I have been needing for a while now! I am super excited to try 'em all out! I bought Anastasia Beverly Hills Brush #7 and the BFF Duel Beauty Blender that comes with a cute case from Sephora! My mother has the other half of the case with her own Beauty Blender! I also grabbed a Fix+ from MAC!

MAC Fix+, Beauty Blender, and Anastasia Beverly Hills Brush #7

LOTD: May 10th, 2014

Today I wanted to recreate this look from @mykie_ on Instagram. I absolutely love her work and she is a total gem! Very talented! I felt like a canary/penguin today and I enjoyed every second of it. And I'm actually very impressed with myself after how my eyes turned out! Clearly I was missing the birdy falsies, but I like how I recreated it!

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Original Look from @mykie_, Close Up on Eye

LOTD: May 9th, 2014

Today was a happy day as it was my boyfriend and I's year and a half anniversary (check out his food blog: www.vancouverfoodie.blogspot.com) and so I was feeling happy and had lots of fun playing with my makeup and I really like how it turned out! 

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LOTD: May 7th, 2014

I was really happy with today's makeup! I love this look so much! I am beginning to learn that sunny days are not your best friend when attempting to take photos in natural lighting...

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LOTD: May 3rd, 2014

I did a black and white cut crease today before meeting up with a good friend of mine who just came home from a six month trip and I think it turned out really well! I'm happy to say I'm getting better at cut creases! 

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LOTD: May 2nd, 2014

I felt like I had all the time in the world this morning because I didn't have to go to school until 10am because of a field trip so I took advantage of it! Wow it's rare for me to wear makeup to school these days...

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LOTD: May 1st, 2014

I didn't want to do much today, but I was feeling pink and went out for lunch with my mother and her friend so here's what I did for makeup today!

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The RR Review: Smashbox's Pearl Halo Highlighting Wand

I typically use MAC's Vanilla pigment to highlight, but recently I have been looking for a liquid eyeliner versus a powder. There's always the Yves St. Laurent Touche Éclat, but I feel like it's too Plain Jane to give an actual highlight, it mostly just gives off a slightly brightened affect for me or I use it to clean up my brows. I decided to give Smashbox's Halo Highlighting Wand in Pearl a shot and I'd say it's a fairly nice product! 

Smashbox Halo Highlighting Wand in Pearl

LOTD: April 27th, 2014

I played around with my new MAC Olive Blend Studio Sculpt Shade and Line today and I'm in love! The lighter shade eyeshadow is so beautiful! 

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The RR Review: MAC Cosmetics's Studio Sculpt Shade and Line

I waited and waited and waited for this product to come out and finally it has arrived! MAC Cosmetics should really make this part of their permanent collection--I love it and I only bought two, but I think I'll need to go back for more before they're gone! 

This is a 3-in-1 product with two eyeshadows and a gel like eyeliner in the centre. All three can be applied wet or dry; I prefer using the eyeliner wet, but it's up to you!

MAC Studio Sculpt Shade and Line Blends in Ebony (Left) and Olive (Right)
These are amazing. Everyone needs one of these. This product comes in 8 gorgeous blends and are only available for a limited time only! This product is great for those who want a quick and easy versatile look in one or for those who are looking to try/love cut creases! It's super easy to work with and there is a blend for everyone out there!

LOTD: April 26th, 2014

Today I did a bold, black and yellow cut crease! A lot of people told me it looked Egyptian, but I was thinking more like a bumblebee!

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Poll Results: What Is Your Go To Brand for Eyeshadow?

Another month over, another poll done. This time, I was asking which brand is your go to for eyeshadows! Thank you to everyone who voted, it's nice to see what other people like!

There was a tie between Urban Decay and Drugstore Brands for first place with 10 votes each!

The RR Review: Smashbox's Hydrating Photo Finish Foundation Primer

With now wearing foundation comes with wanting a foundation primer and with that came revisiting an old favourite of mine: Smashbox's Hydrating Photo Finish Foundation Primer! I used to use the lighter version (the white one) under all my stage makeup when I was younger and still danced and I remembered thinking it was the best thing ever and so I asked my mother to pick me up a new one! This time, I have the hydrating formula, but I don't mind since my skin has taken on a lot of dryness this year! 

Smashbox Hydrating Photo Finish Foundation Primer

LOTD: April 23rd, 2014

Only one word could describe yesterday morning: hectic. I was all hyped to do this look and then I got booted out of the bathroom halfway through doing my makeup and everything went downhill from there so I'm not happy at all with how it turned out, but hey, we all have our good days as well as our bad ones, right? 

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LOTD: April 21st, 2014

I was very rushed to do my makeup today (because I don't plan my time well and apparently love making Momo wait for me) and it did not turn out how I wanted at all, but I love Hi-Def Cyan and holy moly my new Ardell lashes are long!

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The RR Review: Stila Cosmetics In the Light Palette

As a kid, my aunt often sent me one of Stila's "travelling palettes" for Christmas. I'm not sure if they still do them, but they used to base a small palette on a city. I can't remember which ones I had, but both had four eyeshadows and a blush. I used to think they were the coolest things on earth. Since then, I haven't owned any Stila eyeshadows... until now. I just got the In the Light palette and I like it! 

Stila In The Light Palette

Stila In The Light Palette including 10 eyeshadows and a Smudge Stick Waterproof Eyeliner

LOTD: April 20th, 2014

Happy Easter, everyone! I'm celebrating with my new In the Light palette from Stila and a neon lip, how are you guys celebrating today? 

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New Babies! Pigments and Chromagraphic Eyeliners from the MAC Playland Collection and MAC Dynamo Lip Liner!

Yesterday, I headed on over to MAC to pick up my goodies from the Playland Collection and their Pro Longwear Dynamo lip liner! I AM IN LOVE WITH THE PLAYLAND COLLECTION! The colors are super bright and so perfect for Spring! Also, the Dynamo lip liner is gorgeous. 

MAC Ever So Yellow Pigment

LOTD: April 18th, 2014 (Revamped!)

I took a little (little meaning an hour and a half) trip to my favourite MAC counter today at Park Royal to pick up from things from the Playland collection and Lilia decided to play with my face again! Yay! I love her so much, she's so beautiful and her makeup is always very fun and colorful! If you want to know what I originally had on my eyes, check out my original post on this look, but here's what she added to my eyes! 

MAC Designer Purple PearlGlide eyeliner, Hi-Def Cyan Chromaline, Hi-Def Cyan Pigment, Ever So Yellow Pigment, and Violet Pigment

LOTD: April 18th, 2014

Today was a pretty amazing day! I woke up to a beautiful sunny morning, got a lot done, did a big haul at MAC, and have some exciting news! I can't share just yet, but I hope I will be able to soon! Being as I woke up in a great mood, I was really motivated to do something nice and fun with my makeup this morning so here's my look of the day! 

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LOTD: April 17th, 2014

Didn't do much today so I'll just keep it short and sweet!

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