A sweet treat for my dedicated followers!

A sweet treat for my followers! I know I have some dedicated followers, that always comment on my posts and make me smile. So I would like to make you guys smile too! For TWO of my followers I'm going to offer my friends and family discount at Sephora. The offer is ONLINE ONLY, 20% off your whole purchase (valid 10/22-11/3).

What do you need to do?

1. Write below a brief story of something that made you smile recently.
Along with your email.

I will be picking the 2 winners at random in 4 days (10/21).

Something that made me smile recently was going pumpkin/apple picking with my man. I had a fever, but he's been promising to take me for years. So I dragged my bootie out of bed and sucked it up for a few hours. I don't regret it at all. It was so fun :)


xox Laura Beth

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Summers still alive in my shadow FOTD

Even though summer's over I'm still not ready to give up fun pastel eyeshadow colors. I'm really feeling the purples and pinks lately. This is a pink into purple smoky eye:
Eyes:

Urban Decay Eden primer

MUFE 952 stardust powder

MUFE white matte shadow

Tarina Tarantino baby sparkle (light pink)

Tarina Tarantino bow (bright pink)

Claire's purple to pink palette (the bright purple)



Lip: Dior Lip gloss 982 (deep burgundy plum)

But I also have been feeling the fall colors as well, last week I did an apricot orange FOTD: Eyes:

From my 88 color palette (the brightest orange lightly brushed)

Also vanilla matte base

Lips:

Dior Coral Elixir 225 creme gloss

I've been trying to have alot of fun with my look lately and be creative.

Halloween's right around the corner and I'm super excited to do funky makeup for my costume.

I'm also going pumpkin picking and apple picking for the first time. I'm so excited :)

xox Laura Beth

Funniest Sephora Product EVER!

It's called BOO BOO BLING, what is it you may ask? It's bling for a band-aid. Who knew scraps and falls could be so fashionable. I can not believe Sephora has come out with this product. Although to some this may be a silly product, I actually would buy these for friends and family as a spoof gift. These will definitely sell.

How cute would that be as a gift for a friend who just had a surgery, along side a get well soon card, or if you have a scrap you want to cover because you have a super cute dress you wanted to wear to a certain event.

Whoever thought of this was genius! I know what my family's getting in their stockings this Christmas!! (Laughing, but I may be serious).

Price: $6

What do you think?

xox Laura Beth

LOTD- Cyndi Lauper Lip Glass

Lately I've been diving into the colorful lip. I've been wearing my lips up more than my eyes. A new addition to my collection is MAC lip glass Cyndi Lauper. I've had it since it launched a few months ago and I absolutely love it. It's so different from all the colors I normally go for, it's a reddish coral. So unique!

What lipsticks have you been loving for fall?



xox Laura Beth

FOTD tutorial with my sister n law

My sister n Law has a wedding this weekend and she needs to sleep over away from home. So she was bummed she wouldn't have her makeup artist sis near by. I told her to come by and I would teach her how to do her eyes the way we thought best for the event. I did one eye and she did the other. She's the maid of honor for her cousin's big day, and her dress color is black. All the brides maids are wearing red dresses. So we thought it'd be gorgeous if she had a black smoky eye and red lips. We searched for the perfect red lipstick, and we chose one by Makeup Forever- 21 (bright pearly red).

Eyes:

We primed her eyes with Urban Decay Eden.

The eyeshadow: Sephora collection smoky eye kit (this kit shows the steps to the perfect look)

Mascara: Maybelline the Falsies

Eyeliner: Makeup Forever 0L black pencil (we smoked it out)

Face:

Foundation: L'oreal True Match

Blush: Nars Orgasm

Bronzer: Physicians Formula Light beige/warm

Lips:

Lipstick: MUFE Rouge 21

My sister n law and her daughter (my godchild). Isn't she precious?
On that note.
Hope everyone's having a great October so far.
xox Laura Beth

Bring it on Macy's!

It's about time! The most commonly asked for brand at Sephora is "Bobbi Brown." Atleast 3 times, everytime I work, I have a cleint asking me if we sell Bobbi Brown, and I have to say "no," and send them to Macy's. But not anymore, mwaahahahaa! Sephora now sells Bobbi Brown! Take that Macy's, bring it on!

You can check out the collection here.

I honestly have never tried the collection ever! So I'm super excited to see what all the fuss is about. Anyone really love Bobbi Brown? What are your favorites from the line?

xox Laura Beth

How makeup can start a smile trend.

I had a client who is currently going through Chemotherapy and her eyebrows had fallen out due to the treatment. Her goal was to get the most natural look, and I was ambitious to satisfy her need. I tried a few different products, like eyebrow powder, markers and pencils. I really like the marker because it's water proof and usually people recieving chemo treatment can have hot sweats. But considering we were just working with skin and no brow, the markers looked so fake and so did the powder (plus the powder would never stay after a slight sweat). I avoided doing the pencil because I thought it would look the fakest, but I grabbed the right pencil: Benefit instant brow pencil in medium to dark. Her brows looked so natural. She was so happy with the results, and her boyfriend approved of my work. I was so happy to make her feel good about her brows again, she looked great!
To shape her brows I used stencils from Anastasia, petite arch, and it really worked well with her frame, and was the shape she once had. This product is really a good tool.
It felt good to help someone in a hard time in their life, her smile really made my day.

Share a Story with me below of a time makeup made you smile :)

xox Laura Beth

My 10 Beauty Mishabs, what are yours?

Here are some of my Beauty Mishabs, that can happen quite often:

1. Sneezing right after I'm done applying my mascara.

2. When I try on a bright lip and then change my mind and want to go lighter. The bright shade practically stains my lip and it's hard to go nude after.

3. Cleaning out my hair brush, I always forget and then it gets embarassing to look at.

4. When I apply my blush in dim light in the morning, and then get in the car and look in the natural light and realize I need to tone it down.

5. When the cold winter wind makes my eyes tear, and then I get to class (usually happens there most) and realize my liner is running.

6. When I over product my hair and my bangs fall flat. Luckily you can use baby powder to avoid rewashing, but it's still better when your hair just comes out right the first time.

7. Once my blow dryer died mid-way. I was going to see my boyfriend too, so I had to think quick. I ran over to my neighbors and begged to use hers. Luckily she said yes, and I finished my hair. But the next day I had to go out and buy a new blow dryer, $150 later...

8. When I sleep on my eyebrows awkward and they get stuck in a dracula/ Mr. Snuffy position. Nothing alittle water cant do, but if you wake up next to your man, and you had no idea, then it's so embarassing.

9. Sometimes I wish there was a lip balm that didn't come off, so when I kissed my boyfriend, I didn't have to re-apply.

10. When my brush begins to shed on my face, and I don't know. Then all day I'm finding little brush hairs all over my look, and worse is when someone tells you they're there.

What are some beauty mishabs you've encountered?

xox Laura Beth

Fashion's night out, Time square, pictures/ video!

As I posted earlier this week I was invited to work Fashion's Night Out in Time Square for Sephora, and the Temptu airbrush pro-team. I had such an amazing experience. When I first arrived I was part of the Temptu street team, where I literally had a Temptu airbrush strapped to my side and went around airbrushing random girls on the street. Doing instant in street makeovers was so outside my comfort level. Walking up to random strangers and saying, "you need some pop on those cheeks girls!" I was so surprised how many girls said "Definitely, let's do this!" It really helped me break a new barrier with myself, and now I can say I've done that.

After about 3 hours on the street team, the sun began to set, and I went inside to airbrush all night inside. Kat Von D was due to make an appearance at 7:15, and fans were beginning to pack in left and right. When she did arrive she came in the front door and the doors were on lock down. She went upstairs to spiff up and I was set to have lunch. Since the front elevator was being bombarded by people, I went up the back stairs, and guess who walks out? Kat Von D, who looked at me shyly and said, "Hey, how are you?" I said, "Hey" casually back and walked up to get my purse. I just thought to myself, did I just really do that. I just nonchalantly Heyed Kat Von D, like I knew her, haha. She was a doll the whole visit though, she didn't have to say hi, and she's on my celeb like list now, lol.

Kat Von D above, the best picture I got anyway, on my way out to lunch.

Below is my makeup for the event (Still in my pjs lol )Sephora also had live models all around the store, and in the front window. The models had alot of patience standing all night long. They were literally standing the whole time I was there, which was about 10 hours. I made one of the window models laugh by doing an awful dance in front of the window. I'm sure she won't get a paycheck cut for that though.

Temptu had temporary tattoos made for the night, I chose to apply this one:

I have some pictures of Kat Von D, but I didn't get an opportunity to take one with her because I was on the job, but this video really shows how hot she was. Her skin is flawless, and she's super tall.

I can't load the link onto this page because it belongs to Temptu, but I was there working and you see me within the video. I'm in the first 15 seconds in the video, and then two more times. Check it out.. it was such a fun event!

xox Laura Beth

Oh no, Kim!

Sephora has given Kim Kardashian the boot! I'd say for good reason too. Kim had a deal with Sephora to sell her fragrance exclusively to them, it was in contract. Unfortunately Kim broke her promise, and is now rumoring to be selling her perfume in Target and Macy's. She broke the rules and Sephora kicked her to the curb. Guess she thought they wouldn't notice? haha. I think it's rather silly of her, if she stayed with Sephora she may have gotten a deal to make her own makeup line, that was actually of decent quality, like Kat Von D and Tarina Tarantino did, they were smart cookies. But I guess we'll never know now of the line that never was....

What do you think of Kim's move to Target/ Macy's, good or bad move?

xox Laura Beth

Guess who's meeting Kat Von D?

I was invited to represent my store in a Temptu (airbrush) demonstration, were Kat Von D will be making an appearance. I am so excited to see her in person considering I love her makeup line. I'm not too much into her famous reality show L.A. Ink, I only saw it once. I just really love her line. Her Tattoo Concealer is one of my everyday makeup products, I couldn't live without it. It really does a miraculous coverage on my post blemish marks. I'm so excited and can't wait to show you all pictures, and updates of this day. I'll try and do as much research as possible, but I'm not sure how the day will pan out, because I will be getting paid to work there, so I have to work, but this is definitely fun work :)

xox Laura Beth

"Double Trouble" Contest!

I have collected so much makeup excess over the past few months. I usually am a bargain shopper and tend to buy in bulk, so my makup drawer is beginning to buldge. So I decided the best idea was to throw a contest and giveaway the things I have too much of and flourish to those who will appreciate this stuff as much as I would, but in reality, I just have too much to use.

Note: (All products are brand new and never been used)

So I call this excess giveaway "Double Trouble!"

Contest ends: I will be announcing the winner on Halloween!

Rules:

* Contest is international

* You must be a follower of my blog, and if you're not follow away ;)

* You must post about this contest on your blog (side bar or blog post), if you don't have a blog than post via facebook and send link proof below.

* Leave your email below so I can contact you if you win.



Okay Prize time, since the contest is "Double" the trouble it only makes sense to have 2 winners:


1st Place:


First place winner will recieve:

*Cover Girl professional mascara in black
*EOS lip balm ball in summer fruit
*Wet n wild lash n brow black liner set
*Toki Doki cactus nail filer
*Toki Doki limited edition cell phone charm with the Milk Moofia
*Two Faced retractable teddy bear hair face brush
*Makeup Forever False lashes with glue




This is what the false lashes look like up close:

2nd Prize:

Second Prize Winner will recieve:

*Two Faced Limited Edition Leopard Glamour to Go palette
* Sephora Professional eyeshadow brush with cap

* Mini Urban Decay primer potion

* Laura Mercier violet eyes and cheeks quad

This is the Two Faced Leopard Palette inside:

This is the Laura Mercier Quad up close:

I want to thank everyone who wished me a Happy Birthday recently, and thanks for all the lovely comments on my posts. I enjoy reading them all, and always respond.

I hope you all enjoy this contest and Good luck to all!

xox Laura Beth

Barbie lip FOTD!

Sephora had an event this past week for all the new lipsticks we got in, and me and all my co-workers wore pins that said what lipstick brand we were wearing. I of course wore Makeup Forever lipsticks and the two colors I recieved from the line were no. 47 hot pink and the Limited Edition Moulin Rouge. I wore the hot pink today with a light pink into purple smoky eye:

I really loved the way the lipstick wore, I didn't even need to reapply after lunch. This lipstick is awesome, and it didn't run on my teeth once.

What do you think of Makeup Forever's new lipsticks?

xox Laura Beth

P.S. Keep an eye out for a contest, I have something brewing... ;)

My 100th post!!

This is my 100th post, yeahhh!! I cannot believe the amount of makeup ranting I did over the past few months, haha.

So for this special post I figured I'd post a video my mother found "How dirty is your makeup?"
I literally watched 30 seconds before I had to turn it off, are you able to view the whole thing? Let me know what you think.. if you have a weak stomach BEWARE...

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/dirty-makeup-10634545

xox
Laura Beth

Yo shorty it's my birthday!

Today's my birthday!! So I figured I'd share my favorite looks over the past year from natural to funky :)

Call me a chameleon but I love to change my look, what do you guys think, is my look versatile?

Also I plan on doing a tutorial video for the first time EVER!! What look would you like me to video?

xox

Laura Beth

FOTN/ friends FOTN

I went out with friends last night and they took advantage of the fact that their best friend is a makeup nut, and I applied all their makeup for the night. I was super excited to get creative, because they were open minded to anything I wanted to do. I have a free palette to work with and they're both pretty girls so this was a good time.

This is what their makeup looked like (Alie, me, and Jules)

Alie: Has awesome long lashes, but we decided to apply Makeup Forever lashes no.27 anyway, just for fun. I applied a smoky eye on her with a MAC (very old limited edition palette she had), the colors I used were, gold(almost like Urban Decay half baked) and a dark copper on half her lid, I used Urban Decay Zero eyeshadow in her crease and blended. For her liner I used a soft black pencil and smudged it til it looked almost charcoal. I smoked the liner under her eyes as well. On her lips I used Makeup Forever Aqua Creme lip and cheek color in 7 Fuschia (with gold flakes). She was wearing a hot pink skirt so to the lip worked so well with her outfit and she wore it with confidence!

Jules: Also has long lashes and she's into a more natural look, but with a tad of fun. So I applied on her eyes Claires pink-purple eyeshadow palette. I based with MUFE start dust powder 956 (applying with my finger to pick the powder up in full pigment). I then blened a light pink and dark pink on her eyes, and in her crease I popped with a bright violet. Her blue eyes were popping so much because of the colors. She used a pink frosty lip gloss.
EXTRAS:
I based all girls with Urban Decay Skin primer.
Both girls use Cover girl Clean Foundation.


My look was:

Lips: I based with Raspberry Lip smackers lip balm (it helps my lip from not drying out throughout the night, and my lips feel smooth and not peely), Sephora lip pencil in nude, and from Sephora lip palette red.

Brows: Benefit brow zing light.

Eyes: Two faced Teddy Bear Heaven duo. I based with the light vanilla shade in the duo and on half my lid blended the brown, then in the corner of my eye I poppped my look with a deep brown from my Sephora Play palette.

Face/liner/ lashes: My usual routine.

Also I lost 10 lbs. which you can notice by these pictures. Many knew I was dieting a month back and I passed emails with a few girls and we motivated one another to work out and eat right! It really helped me and was able to sucessfully lose the weight and keep it off. I would like to Thank all who participated in my Diet Season email exchange and feel free to continue emailing me for encouragement! :)


I had a fun night, and was glad to get a night out with the girls before school starts again.

xox Laura Beth