My first engagement photos makeup trial ♥

Alex Watson's engagement photo makeup trial

I had the honor to be asked to do one of my sorority pledge sister's makeup for her engagement photos. I was so excited to be able to share this memory with her! Alex is such a beautiful person inside AND out! She has such natural beauty, so with this simple but glam makeup look, it just made her that much more beautiful! I went for a more simple look to bring out her already pretty features, such as her amazing eyes and smile! I didn't want to do too much with the eyes, because of the flash photography would make her look a little "racoon-ish" if done too dark. I am so extremely happy for her and her fiancé Heath's big day!! 

Alex,

Thank you so much for asking me to do your makeup for such a fun and memorable day for you! You are such a beautiful and great person. I had so much fun with you creating this look! Seeing you get so excited about it, and to see how much you loved it, made me so happy. Thanks for making what I love to do so easy and more fun! You are going to be a gorgeous bride, Alex! 

♥

Products used (in order) : 

•Primer: Smashbox Photo Finish 

•Foundation: Clinique & applied with a Sedona Lace 928 synthetic foundation brush

•Maybelline Coverstick Corrector concealer for under her eyes & to highlight her t-zone & blended it out with the Beauty Blender

•Benefit Boi-ing in shade "lemon aid" for under the eyes & blended with the Beauty Blender

•Revlon Photoready translucent powder to set under eyes and t-zone & applied it with the e.l.f. flat top powder brush

•L'Oreal True Match crayon concealer in n-6-7-8 to sculpt her face (hollows of cheeks, temples, sides of forehead, down the sides of nose, and under bottom lip) & blended out with a MAC 130 short duo fibre brush

•MAC Mineralize Skin Finish Natural powder in 'medium' to set her whole face & applied with a Real Techniques powder brush 

•MAC Mineralize Skin Finish Natural powder in 'give me sun' to contour over the True Match stick and to bronze face a bit & applied it with a MAC 109 small contour brush 

•Covergirl blush in 'iced plum' & applied it with the same small contour brush above the contour and on the apples of her cheeks

•MAC Mineralize Skin Finish in 'soft and gentle' & applied to the high points of her face (cheek bones, middle of nose, cupids bow) with a Sedona Lace fan brush (FB 01) 

•Eyebrows: Anastasia Brow Wiz in brunette to outline her brow and define the tail of it & the color faint from Urban Decay's Naked Basics palette to fill them in more

•Blended the product through her brow with a MAC 204 lash brush (spoolie)

•Anastasia clear brow gel to set her eyebrows in place

•Urban Decay Primer Potion to prime her eyes for eye shadow

•Used Urban Decay NAKED 2 palette for her eye look 

• NAKED 2- bootycall all over the lid, verve in the center of the lid, and tease in the crease. Applied bootycall and verve with a MAC 239 eye shader brush, & applied tease in the crease with a MAC 224 tapered blending brush

•For the outer corner of the eye I used MAC eye shadow in 'mystery' and applied it with an angled brush 

•Eyeliner: Maybelline Master Precise felt tip liner

•MAC Fluidline gel liner in Blacktrack

•Ardell wispies fake lashes

•Maybelline The Rocket volum' express

•L'Oreal Telescopic Shocking extensions 

•MAC Pro longwear lip pencil in 'nice 'n' spicy'

•MAC Pro longwear lip creme in 'soft sell'

•MAC Tinted Lipglass in 'nymphette' 

•Set all her makeup with Urban Decay All Nighter long lasting makeup spray setting spray

Classic Smokey Eye Tutorial ♡

ALL INFO FOR THIS LOOK WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW

XO

Fall look pt. 2 ♡

Hello beautifuls! :)

Thank you SO MUCH visiting beautybyannecarol again and watching this video! If you liked this video please leave a comment below telling me what you would like to see next! :)  Thank you so much for your support! xox

This short video is taking the look from my fall look pt. 1 video and making the look a bit more dramatic. Both of the looks are my favorite looks for the fall and the transition to winter. I really hope you all love both looks, and if you re-create one of the looks please post it on Twitter or Instagram and tag me @AnneCarolW or hashtag #annecarolfalllook1 #annecarolfalllook2 

PLEASE SHARE MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND BLOG WITH YOUR FRIENDS! 

☆Products used:

- Maybelline concealer stick in the yellow shade (conceal lips for lipstick)

- EOS lip balm 

- Maybelline Eye Studio duo in Sinful Sinnamon (Used only the red shade)

- MAC eyeshadow in Brule

- Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette-colors venus and crave

- Maybelline Eye Studio Master Precise felt tip liquid liner in black

- Ardell lashes in claudia

- Rimmel Lash Accelerator mascara (not shown)

- NYX retractable lip liner in vanilla sky

- Kate Moss collection from Rimmel in shade # 14

- MAC lip stick in Shanghai Spice 

- Hard Candy Jumbo Hydrating Lip Stain in the color chic

☆Tools used:

- MAC 217 blending brush

- MAC 233 shader brush

- MAC 224 tapered blending brush

- Beauty Blender

Fall Look #1 ♡

Hey lovely ladies! I just cannot believe fall is FINALLY HERE!!! Fall is my most favorite time of the year! Everything about this season is so perfect; the delicious scents that come out at this time from none other than my favorite store, Bath & Body Works, the colder weather, the clothes, yummy coffee drinks, and my most favorite, the dark lips! 

     This makeup look is based on that dark cranberry lip color that is 'so in' this season. When you incorporate a dark lip into your makeup look, you will want to do a neutral eye. By doing that, it will keep you from looking too over done. 

    This makeup look is one of my go-to fall looks. This makeup look is so effortless, but still so glam! Please watch the video below if you want to know how I do this makeup look, and how I pair it with the dark red lips. 

XO

AnneCarol

    

•Products used in order:
- Neutrogena acne fighting stress control triple action toner
- L'oreal magic perfecting base primer
- Revlon colorstay whipped foundation in shade 320 warm golden 
- Maybelline color stick in the yellow shade
- Benefit boi'ing in lemonaid (used the yellow shade underneath my eye and the skin color one on top of my lid)
- Revlon photoready translucent powder
- MAC mineralize skin finish in 'give me sun'
- MAC mineralize skin finish in 'soft and gentle'
- Revlon classic color blush in 'iced plum'
- Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz in brunette
- Urban Decay Naked basics palette 'Naked 2 & Faint'
- Anastasia Beverly Hills clear brow gel
- NYX eyeshadow base in white
- MAC eyeshadow in 'saddle'
- MAC eyshadow in 'brule' 
- Urban Decay Naked basics palette 'venus'
- Maybelline master precise felt tip liquid eyeliner in 'blackest black'
- Revlon Lash Potion mascara
- Revlon Photoready 3D volume mascara
- Estee Lauder lip pencil in 'wineberry'
- Chanel Rouge Coco hydrating creme lipstick in 'metal garnet' (This color is sadly discontinued :( )

•Tools used in order:
- Sedona Lace 928 flat top foundation brush
- The Original Beauty Blender
- E.L.F Flat top powder brush 
- MAC 109 small contour brush
- Sedona Lace FB 01 (AMAZING)
- MAC 130 small duo fibre brush
- MAC 224 tapered blending brush
- MAC 239 goat hair shader brush
- Duo-sided pencil/blending brush from Target & I don't know where I got it. sorry! (used pencil side for highlight for brows)
- Pencil brush from Target for my lower lash line 
- Eyelash curler brand is Emite

Classic Smokey Eye ♡

This is one of my favorite eye looks, and it is a classic. This look looks so good on ANY eye color and skin color. I will have a video on this look at the end of next week. So please stay tuned to see when it is up. ♡

Faking it when waking it with puffy eyes ♡

    Stayed up too late last night studying or out late with friends? Did you cry yourself to sleep over being too stressed? Or did you find yourself crying over a sad movie? If so, chances are you woke up with puffy eyes. You can’t pull the covers up over your head, because you have too much to do. Check the clock, how much time do you have? If you have plenty of time, the tried and true remedies such as tea bags, ice, and cucumber slices work great. 

    If you are like most college girls, you wake up just in time to go to class. You need a quick fix. There are a lot of products on the market today that promise to reduce eye puffiness. I have tried numerous ones just to find the right product that works for me. My three favorite products are, Garnier Nutritioniste Skin Renew Anti-Puff Eye Roller, Nuance by Salma Hayek Green Tea Cooling Eye Gel, and  First Aid’s Beauty Detox Eye Roller. 

GARNIER NUTRITIONISTE SKIN RENEW ANTI-PUFF EYE ROLLER

This product is available at most pharmacies and discount stores. The price of this product is $12.99 at CVS Pharmacy. I really like this eye roller because it is a very light formula for your eyes. It does not leave a sticky residue. The most effective ingredient in this product is caffeine. Results are seen very quickly when using this product. 

SALMA HAYEK NUANCE GREEN TEA COOLING EYE GEL

This product is by Salma Hayek’s beauty line and is sold exclusively at CVS Pharmacy. The price of this product is $16.99. I find this product to be more heavy on my eyes, and does not dry as quickly as the Garnier brand. The formula is thicker and somewhat sticky. The formula has natural green tea extracts in it to help cool the area around the eye and to especially reduce puffiness. 

FIRST AID DETOX EYE ROLLER

This product is the most expensive out of all three products. The results are the best, but does not exceed the results of the Garnier to warrant spending twice as much on this product. This product is sold at Sephora, and you can order it off of their website firstaidbeauty.com. This product is sold at $24.00. The Detox Eye Roller gets its name because the formula has hyaluronate and advanced peptides in it. Those peptides restore collagen that is lost in the area around your eyes that cause severe puffiness and dark circles. 

Everyone loves to look fresh and rejuvenated; even when you have to fake it. Fortunately there are many products in the market that help us with faking it. 

XO 

The Original Beauty Blender® ♡

Fall and winter are right around the corner. That means romantic candle lit dinners with your honey, cuddling by the fireplace, and bonfires with friends. We all know that the colder the weather gets, the more dry our skin becomes. When it comes to makeup application in the colder months, it can be more of a challenge trying to make our skin look like it has that “natural, dewy” look. Luckily for us girls, there is a makeup tool that can give us just that. The best makeup blending tool on the market today is the original Beauty Blender®. It is the award winning makeup sponge applicator, and was created by celebrity makeup artist Rea Ann Silva. The sponges are latex free. Professional makeup artist, and my personal favorite makeup instructor, Kandee Johnson said about the original Beauty Blender®, “The Beauty Blender is a must have in your foundation application. You might not think this is amazing, but this will change the way you apply your foundation. Regular brushes leave brush strokes on the face. This (Beauty Blender®) is a better alternative to your fingers when you apply your foundation. It feels great when you apply it; like a massage. You can wash it and reuse it as many times as you would like. There are many different knock-offs, but none are as good as the original Beauty Blender®.” For all of my Troy friends, I bought mine at Glow boutique downtown on the square. They sale them in doubles or singles. I bought the double pack for $29.95. Although they are rather expensive, they will change your foundation application, and with proper care they will last. Blending is such an important part of flawless makeup application, this applicator will be used in many ways to ensure that my makeup is ready for this coming fall and winter.

The Beauty Blender, in my opinion, works the best when damp. The sponge being damp will also give you that dewy look. Just soak the entire Beauty Blender with water, and squeeze out the excess water.

-XO

AnneCarol