Pics of a makeup look on me...finally!!

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Ok so i know its been like a century since i have posted...but i did warn ya'll that I am a very very very busy PA student. BH, TG. Anyhoo, so Thank G-d I got a really cool new phone that takes awesome pics and I was playing wiht it and well, i got you some pics of my most recent makeup look for this week's sabbath/shabbos. So I am going to tell you what products I used and try as best I can to describe what to do, which should not be that difficult, I really am no expert..maybe just a bit more informed that some..anyway enjoy yay!!.

Ok so here are the pics of my look. I have been really into neutrals lately, u know like beiges, brown, black ivory and all the colors in between. So those r the eye colors i used in this look. Ok so here is what I did:

1) EYES: Product used: Ulta Eyeshadows in SILK, SANDSTONE, MYSTICAL, & MOLTEN. I first primed my entire eyelid from lashline to brow bone with URBAN DECAY POTION PRIMER. Then I placed SANDSTONE on my lid from lashline up until and including my crease.Then i put SILK all over my  brow bone which is the area of ur eye lid right under your eye brow...if u touch and press it should fell hard...cuz there is a bone there..hense ur brow bone lol. Anyhoo Then i placed MYSTICAL in my crease and blended it out up a little bit out of my crease toward my brow bone. Finally to add some oomph and some extra drama i took a little of  MOLTEN (pics of the shadow will be below), and blended it just on the outer corners of my eyelids. Lastly, place black eyeliner on top and bottom and black mascara. I used MAYBELLINE'S STLLETO MASCARA & URBAN DECAY EYE LINER. Product notes: don't waste ur money on Urban Decay eyeliner, its good but its not the best and its alot of money so other brands r fine. I do really like maybelline stilleto right now though...really adds alot of length to my lashes. Also, i dunno if the deal is still on but I got a boat load of shadows from Ulta which i used for this look in a kit for only like &25 buck, i think it says it has like 61 products in the kit!!! a major deal. check and see if its still going on, if not u can totally achieve the look with diff products just similar shades. 

2) FACE: OK, so I used first under my eyes LAURA MERCIER CONCEALER, its like a combo with concealer for eyes, blemishes and setting powder all in one compact...pretty cool. so ya that under my eyes and on blemishes. Then I used CLINIQUE'S TINTED MOISTURIZER all over my face. Lastly I used LOREAL PARIS TRUE MATCH BLUSH IN W3-4 BARELY BLUSHING. K now when putting on blush this is really an art you need to develop and practice. I still am learning! This blush is really like a bronzer but anyway. I place it on my cheekbones, back toward my ears and hairline, and stop before my apples. You dont want the blush on ur cheeks on the area right next to ur nose, looks kinda funny. But anyhoo I apply the blush/bronzer with the brush in a circular motion (so its less streaky) directly onto the most prominent and round part of ur cheek. (the bone). I stopped the color about 2/3 along from my ear toward my nose leaving that last third closest to my nose without color. 

3) LIPS; I used MAYBELLINE'S SUPER STAY 24 HOUR COLOR LIP COLOR IN TIMELESS TOFFEE 150. Just follow the directions which this, its a long waering color (which is really all i wear beceaue nothing else stays on me and i hate having to reapply lipstick during the day...) Basically you put on the liquid color, let it dry for like 30 secs to a minute (depending on how patient u r lol) and then put on the lip balm part or clear lip gloss on top to add shine. 

ANY QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO ASK ON COMMENTS BELOW :)

Shadows from top to bottom left column: SILK, SANDSTONE, MYSTICAL. 3rd color from top right column : MOLTEN. 

XOXO

Yaf

Another song that Inspires me :)

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Ok so my last post inspired...oish what another word for inspired...ok just looked on thesaures.com and the best i got is galvanized me...LOL. Anyhoo, my last post "glavanized" me...if thats even how u use this word, to post more songs that touch me and also have poignant messages. The first one is "Skyscraper" by Demi Levato. Oh my goodness how this strikes a cord. I think this really strikes a cord in all of us though because at one point or another in our lives someone has said something that has made you you feel broken, torn to pieces and just low. Truthfully, i know the song says to rise like a skyscraper, but in reality it is very hard. Words, and especially someone who ad experienced incessant bullying, including myself, hurt deep, they cut through a part of you and leave a deep impression that is hard to heal completely...at least for me who happens to be a very sensitive person. I love how this song in suhc beatuful words finally brings to the forefront of pop music and media the pain and anguish bullying causes. I know there are anti-bullying campaigns out there now, but to have a famous pop singer devote and single to it is so monumental and i was so happy when it came out. So this song is for all of you who have been deeply hurt by others words and will hopefully "galvanize" you to find that strong, beautiful, smart, special part of you, which you ALL have and tune into it to rise above it all like a "skyscraper" xoxox
Yaf

Try (P!nk) - Sam Tsui

Hello peeps:
k so i know its been like forever since i posted anything but as ya'll know im a PA school student so i realy should be studying and not procrastinating right now lol....anyhoo while i was procrastinating on youtube i have fallen in love with Sam Tsui!!! he is soo talented, i belive he first came to youtube with his video cover of "dont stop believin" after Glee's pilot debuted. Anyhoo, he has come a long way since then with many more covers and duets with other youtubers and such and is coming out with his own album soon, yay! Ok, so i wanted to post this video becasue not only is Sam sickly talented in it, but the message of Pink's song Try is so important. I think the main message is that getting what you want in life is not usually easy. Real life comes with many challenges and hurdles. Her lyrics relay the message so beautifully (which btw she actually didnt write the song but wutver) the lyrics basically say that with desire comes fire like a firery passion and with that a chnace of getting "burned", a metaphor that what ever is worth something in life takes hard work and trial and error, and u will fall off that bike, or horse...but u just need to get up and "Try" again. The song is really talking abt love of course too b/c all songs r bascially abt that nowadays, but i think u can apply the meassge to all aspects of life too. I take the message personally and that is why i wanted to share it with you. PA school is rough!! No lie, no sugar coating, its rough. I feel like i kind of hit a rut recently and my motivation and spirits have been kinda down. Its hard to sacrifice time away from family and friends and time etc. So Ive kinda been down abt it. But this song gave me kinda a kick in the side reminding me that its not supposed to be easy. The end goal is amazing!! Becoming a PA is an amazing goal and accomplishment, with that though comes lots of fear of failure, burn out, anxiety, etc. This song reminds me it'll all be worth it in the end. I hope you can take out of this song what I have and that it inspired you the way it has inspired me.
xoxoxox,
Yaf

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"Pinterest Like"

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Hi Ya'll,

ya i like to pretend im southern sometimes...anyhoo, i really hope i dont get in trouble for like copywrite or s/t but i put pinterest in quotes...?? anyway, dont REPORT ME,lol...The looks I am going to discuss today are actually not even from pinterest...they r from a website i have mentioned before which is basically pinterest just for makeup, hair nails...and i think thats it. You can join as an amateur or professional and ppl post looks they like or actually did themselves!!! Some of the members are really talented and I felt compelled to share them with you and put my two or three cents in. Lmk what YOU think and the best part is all the looks are do-able. Makeup application is really all about practice taking risks, and having the right products and tools. With the help of youtube...and hopefully blogs like this, ur sure to turn out a true makeup DIVA!!! Here are the looks:

I love this. First of all, I'm a sucker for sparkle! Secondly the combo of a goldish green plus the burgendy brown contouring on the outer corner is stunning and different. Color is often really hard to execute on the ye without looking like a clown...totally talking from experience here ur not alone!! But I think that this is a great baby step away from a neutral palate adding interest and a real mystical almost fairy-like vibe to this look. This is definitely a look you would wear to a fancy occasion such as a wedding, bar/bat mitzvah, Shabbos, etc, I would personally not wear this during the week. 

Beautiful is the first word that pops into my head when i see this photo. I mean of course she is a pretty girl but I just love the makeup. The pink lip looks so luscious and pouty, exactly what you want your lips to look like. As I have mentioned before, im really not ususlaly a dramatic bright lip kinda girl, i mean i just dont like how it looks on me. But, I think the application here is so well done that it compliments her rather than looking out of place and taking away the focus from the rest of her face which bright red/pink lips often do. I mean the way it actually makes her blue eyes pop is so cool. Who knows, I may just try to step outa my makeup box because if this :)

OK guys dont worry I am not advocating and encouraging you all to tease ur hair into a an explosion of a blow out!!!lol, this obviously is just for fashion purposes which i actually think looks really cool. I want to focus on her FACE ( i hope u can despite her overwhelming mane..lol). I wish I could zoom in here the makeup is so natural and stunning. I like that it natural but not too natural...if u now what i mean. The eye is done in such a way where it is exentuated with contouring without being a smokey eye. Also, the contouring the artists did is divine, her cheekbones are like amaaaazing. So even though her hair is huge, the makeup was applied sooo well that it exentuates her features so much that the hair does not wash out her face, which is anyway very pretty. I think depending on your comfort level, this look can go either way. I think it can go for everyday or for a wedding, party etc. The lip here is actually a bit matte, so for a party i would just add a nude or light pink gloss to jazz it up a bit. 

This eye look is kinda similar to the look i just spoke about, a natural look with contour. Now some people, including myself, get confused and think that this would be a smokey eye, and to some artists they think it is. But a true smokey is alot more intense, with more dark shades along the whole lid extending to rim the bottom lash line as well. This is just the kind of "bread and butter" of wearing eyeshadow that exentuates ur eyes and makes them pop and since its in neutrals can be worn with anyting!!! This look also seems a bit easier to apply than the previous look. A GREAT demo on how to achieve the basic eyeshadow look very similar to this is on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-XOr177ui8. Just a WARNING: The makeup artits is a GUY and he does the demo on himself, ya i was kinda weirded out at first but he is sooo talented and a really good demonstrator. So if that freaks ya out, i warned ya. 

Well I hope u enjoyed:) please SUBSCRIBE, COMMENT, AND SHARE. TY xoxo mwa,Yaf 

Product First Impressions

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Hi everyone,
i hope everyone is well. Its that time again, first impressions. So you tube...and being on a budget inspired me to resort to get some products from the drugstore that I usually would NOT get. I had this like idk, bug up my toosh thinking that I had to get foundation and stuff from more high end brands or else...I also overlooked a certain drugstore brand that i also "thought i was above", lol. Granted, often high end stuff is better for ur skin and may have better quality etc...but like i said im majorly on a budget and really dont have time to go get this stuff from fancier places, and I also needed something to cover a massive pimple that decided to make its home my face....lol so ya that's how life happens in my world...hee hee. Oh and I'll also add a product that u can really get anywhere that is cheap and the BEST eye make up remover I have ever used, no need to spend tons of money on shmancy stuff. nooo need! Ok so lets get started:

1) Covergirl CLEAN foundation for normal skin in Classic Ivory: Ok Chicas. A few things. Number one, i never thought in a million years i's actually buy and like covergirl foundations. The only thing i really like from their brand is there eyeliner and i really was being a snob and thought the rest of their products were crap. Which a lot of them kinda are, sorry. Not soo bad, but definitely on the cheapy side quality wise. Anyhoo, secondly, i really only used this so far really as a concealer because as u may know from another post i wrote, i really HATE concealers and foundations. You can read more about it in my post Concealer dilemma...i think thats what its called, lol. So here's the sitch: Totally by the grace of G-d i picked THE perfect shade for my skin. YAHOOOO. It also blends pretty well when using my fingers. OH, if anyone wants to clue me on on how they use a foundation brush and like if then u have to claen it off every time...LMK!!! So ya, the only complaint i have of the product is that its kinda liquidy so I don't know how well it would blend if i wnat to use it for my full face. IYH ill let u know if/when i do. Oh ya, and the drugstore i got it at, it was only $7.69!!!

2) Milani Runway Eyes fashion shadows in 07: So this is the brand I usually would totally over look. I thought it was "below me". But, i saw a makeup guru on youtube reviewing a Milani eyeshadow pallete and she gave rave reviews so i thought, what the heck. So here's the good stuff: The color palate selections are really pretty. The colors they combine together are really pretty and virbrant. Tip time: Neutral shades such as browns and beiges really make blue eyes stand out! So since I have blue eyes I tend to just be drawn to neutral palates and thats what 07 is. I will post a picture so you can see the colors, its 6 colors ranging from a highlight shade which is a shimmery like ivory to a dark matte brown. I looove the color combo its so perfect. So here's whats not so great: u will see in the picture that the shadow is baked into very thin strips of  shadow, so trying to get one color onto ur brush is a bit difficult. Also, the pigmentation is not great, you have to use alot to get the color payoff you want. However that could be a good thing b/c then its buildable and you dont mess up by putting too much shadow on ur eye. I got it at the same drugstore as the previous product for also $7.69!

3) Revlon Color Stay Eyeliner in Black:  Im a big fan of "crayon" type eyeliner. I feel you have a lot of control and u dont have the mess and hassle of having to sharpen ur eyeliner all the time. The pigmentaion is great and it does stay on for quite a long time. For all my Jewish friends, this stays on pretty well throughout Shabbos also. Downside, the application at first was not so smooth, but i think that may get better the more i use it. Im not sure how much this was but Im pretty sure it was a bargain also. 

4) Vaseline brand petrolium jelly:  So this is the product I was talking about!! you know, the stuff we all call vaselinE in the container with the blue cap. Ya that gewy stuff ur mom makes u put on ur chapped nose and lips when u have a cold...well at least mine did/does, lol. So ya, it works WONDERS!!! You just need a little bit on ur finger, rub it in just to work it into that stubborn waterproof mascara, the wipe it off with a wet/damp cotton ball and voila!! Its so fast. It works better than any other special eye makeup or all makeup remover pads, towlets, all that stuff. And you can get this stuff anywhere! I mean I saw it in 7-11! I dont remember how much i paid for it but at CVS online its only $3.69!! you cant beat that!!. 
Well I hope u enjoyed, heres the pics of all the stuff i just yacked about:
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Dieting...yep we're talking about it

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Hey lovely lovely people,

Ok, so since this is a blog Im supposed to write abt my personal life right? However the topic I am going to brace is really something that every girl women and even men have in the back of there mind. DIETING!! Its such an evil word to me. I have never been stick skinny ever, yet I really did not have an issue with my size until really about college when I first began the horrible frustrating world of fad dieting. Thats when my weight  started to bother me and I felt like I wanted to make a change. So here I am on diet number...idk maybe 5, and of course i have fallen off the wagon. Its really hard because I was doing so well. But here is the thing about dieting and how much you weigh...it is soo much about your mental health and state of mind. I let what other ppl (certain family members) said get to me and that thru me off mentally. You really need strong focus and perspective and emotional support when trying to change a lifetime of eating habits. Once my focus got derailed so did my diet. Ya and of course all these diets say, their not a diet their a lifetsyle chnage....ya whatever, if i cant eat all the crap i want to whenever i want to, thats a diet!! So here's my mental dilema right now. It has to do ALOT with the society we're in. Its so twisted. On the one hand we have more fast food, ready to eat huge potions food available to us than any other country in the world. Every TV commercial and  magazine advertisement showcases decadent desserts and entree's that have ur mouth watering. Yet the VERY NEXT ad or commercial will be shoving a new fad diet in ur face. You cant be happy because ur fat and so u MUST be on Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig or Nutrisystem or the 17 day diet, or whatever other fad diets you have heard of. It is very confusing, come eat our really fatty food oh but then go on a diet. Its mixed mesaages like these that I believe attribute to the very high percentage of ppl on anti-depressant/ anxiety pills. I mean who wouldn't get depressed if by looking at themselkves they don't see the immacaited Victoria's secret model that is supposed to be the epitome of sexy and attractive. I mean what guy would want "my body type" because its not the stereotype that is advertised and featured in TV and movies on a regular basis. All the dating shows ONLY have women on the show Im guessing size 4 and under. And when the media decided to be more "PC" they just clumped together all us "fat girls" in a show called "More to Love" which is a show that ONLY had morbidly obese contestants. I'm sorry, but i thought we got over the whole "seperate but equal" phenomenon in the 60's. Yep, im saying it, its segregation. Why cant a "reality show" show reality, where they have women of ALL shapes and sizes on ONE show. Yes i know that obesity causes a whole slew of health problems, Im in PA school right now and obesity can cause many health issues. However, with all the mixed messages of society out there now its very easy to get discouraged. I think that maybe the US just needs a major food industry makeover, and i think that would help this whole issue immensely.
kk, tell me what ya think, subscribe, and spread the word, love ya mwa
Yaf

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Here are some gorgeous makeup looks that I also found on facebook and other places. Get ready to be inspired!
Soooo pretty, i love her lip color here! :) this is from bloom. very dramatic but very pretty and sultry.another bloom look, sooo stunning :)
here's another look with a dramatic dark lip and pale skin, i just think this is such a classicly beatiful look, i mean it goes back to like snow white, u know they knew what beaty is and it still is so gorgeous in my opinion!yep another dark lip. I love this b/c the bright red lip is really dramatic and over the top in my opinion. when the red is more on the deeper side like this it still exentuates your pout without looking too va va voom. This is still so pretty, her lips happen to be stunning :)