Beauty on a budget!

Everyone loves a good bargain, and I know a lot of people don't like to spend a ton on beauty products. Over the years I have found some really good beauty products that are so cheap, they can fit into anyones budget!

I'll start off with face make-up; a great affordable foundation is the Maybelline Fit Me, also the Fit Me concealer is great! The Fit Me foundation gives a really nice, natural finish. It's not overly dewy, and it doesn't leave you super matte. It just enhances your skin and blurs imperfections. The Fit Me concealer is a great drugstore, affordable concealer. It's highly pigmented and covers very well, but not cakey or drying.



































Some great affordable blushes are the Elf Studio, the Elf Baked Blush, and regular Elf blushes. the Studio blushes are $3 and the baked and regular blushes are $2. They're highly pigmented and flattering for tons of skin tones. The only bad thing about this line is they don't have a ton of shade ranges, but all the shades are still beautiful. Some other great blushes are the Wet and Wild blushes. They are VERY pigmented and a little goes a long ways, but like the Elf blushes, they only have a few shades.

One of favorite bronzer is a super cheap one, NYC Sunny bronzer! Also, they make one of my favorite translucent powders which is NYC Smooth Skin Translucent powder. I think both of these products are around $2-$3. The Sunny bronzer is a great matte bronzer that doesn't look muddy or very obvious that you're wearing bronzer. I really love the Translucent powder because it keeps you matte if you're overly oily, and maintains a really natural look since you're not adding additional color to your face.






































I have a couple favorite brands that I like to go to for really cheap, but great quality eyeshadows. The Essence Beauty eyeshadows are so buttery, easy to blend, and highly pigmented shadows. The Wet and Wild eyeshadows also have the same qualities. Essence Beauty is a tricky brand to find. When I'm looking for the brand I tend to only see it at Ulta, and occasionally HEB! I think Wet and Wild is fairly easier to find than Essence so either shadows are high quality and CHEAP!

My holy grail, absolute favorite eyeliners of all time are the Rimmel Scandaleyes Eyeliner. These eyeliners are about $4 and they last so long! They're waterproof, they blend beautifully, they don't collect in the corners of your eyes, they don't bleed, and my favorite thing of all, they aren't difficult to remove at the end of the day! I have tried so many expensive eyeliners and they don't even compare to this Rimmel one! Scandaleyes liners beat out the Make-Up Forever waterproof liners, the Urban Decay 24/7 liners, the MAC liners, the Smashbox liners, etc (in my opinion!). I've tried them all and I think these are better!



















Essence and Wet and Wild also make great lip products. The Essence Stay With Me glosses are some of my favorite glosses and they're only about $2. Along with the Essence XXL Shine glosses. The Wet and Wild Megalast lipsticks ARE THE BOMB. They're so creamy, pigmented, pretty long lasting, and CHEAP! They're about $3.

I know everyone loves feeling fancy with high end products, but when it's on your face, no one can tell if it's high end or one of these cheap products I've mentioned! So hopefully you'll try some of these affordable options and fall in love with them!


Have fun!

xoxo Audrey

UD Naked3! Review and Swatches

So once I heard that Urban Decay was coming out with a Naked 3 palette, I immediately added it to my Christmas wish list! Now, I have all the previous Naked palettes (Naked 1, 2, and basics) so I thought I was at a pretty good advantage for reviewing the third one!















Now, as many of you probably heard, this palette is all rose-toned eye shadows that can create anywhere from an easy daytime look, to a super dramatic eye look.

The Naked line is a known as an everyday neutral palette that can be used for a wide variety of looks. Naked one is a more of a deeper, brownish tones, Naked2 has more cooler, taupe shades but still fairly similar to the first Naked pallet.


















[from left to right] Strange, Dust, Burnout, Limit, Buzz, Trick, Nooner, Liar, Factory, Mugshot, Darkside, Blackheart.

I really like this palette because it is so different from the first two. Urban Decay didn't repeat any shades like they did in the first and second palette, and they really steered away from the brown-taupe shades that are a big staple in the first two.


I also really like how this palette is so versatile for all different skin types. My mom, my sisters, my cousins, and myself all use this palette and we all love it. Our skin tones really vary in shades too so I really got to see all the different variations you can create with this palette with different skin tones.
















My overall verdict, of this palette is, it's worth every penny. Its so unique and different from the other Naked palettes, and just overall different from all my other palettes that I wouldn't want to pass this up. It's $52, but you get 12 full sized eyeshadows that last a really long time!

If you're looking to splurge on some new eyeshadows I would definitely give this one a shot. It's very beautiful and unique it's hard to pass up!

Have fun!

xoxo Audrey

Beauty items you NEED to be washing!

So, I know some people wash their make-up brushes religiously, and some have never even thought to wash their brushes!
BUT! There are some other beauty items you really should be washing besides your brushes!

First off, obviously you need to wash your make-up brushes. I prefer to wash mine with the Trader Joe's Tea Tree Oil bar soap. This soap is super cheap (around $2 for 2 bars of soap!). I like washing my make-up brushes with bar soap the best because it really lathers up and deep cleans my brushes all the way down to the base of the brush. The tea tree oil really kills any bacteria thats lingering on your brushes! I know some people like to use Baby Shampoo to was their brushes, but honestly my hands get extra pruned when using baby shampoo! If you don't want to use baby shampoo, Dove soap works just as well :)

Next, you should really wash your hairbrush. Your hairbrush sees your hair at a million different states. Wet, dry, clean, dirty, oily, gross, etc. Your brush builds up a lot of product and oils that can make your hair dirty when it's clean, or more dirty when it's dirty! I usually take some gently, foamy hand soap and let it lather and just simply rinse it off.

After your brushes, you should wash your hair tools. Curling irons, curling wands, flat irons, etc. Those build up oils and product residue also that can make your hair gross! You can simply clean these items by using some rubbing alcohol on a cotton pad or cotton ball and clean your irons!

Also, you should clean your lipsticks! This sounds silly but if you let other people use your lipstick. or if you are sick, or just simply have new germs, you should clean your lipstick! Just like cleaning your heat styling tools, you just get a little rubbing alcohol onto a cotton pad or cotton ball and wipe off the first layer!

I clean all of my brushes, heat styling tools, lipsticks, all at different times. I will usually deep clean my brushes about every two-three weeks. I clean my hairbrushes, and heat styling tools weekly, and my lipsticks that I constantly use about every week also.

Have fun cleaning!

xoxo Audrey