What's in Her Makeup Bag?: Travel Edition

Hey dolls! 

I'm traveling today, so I decided to post what's in my makeup bag? what I'm taking with me =D Each time I try to keep my bag light! Before I used to get loads of makeup that I won't use most of it,but now I   take either the newest products that I purchased or my favorite <3 

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I love this makeup bag <3 <3 so spacious and fits everything, which is GREAT! 

FACE

My favorite foundation is Dior's Forever in 030. It is great for oily skin and light with the perfect coverage.  It's one of my holiest products, because I used it for the past 5 years! I always come back for this foundation , I absolutely love it and recommend it.

To conceal my panda eyes (A) just kidding I use MAC's studio finish in  NW35 ( its not in the picture). As Arab we tend to have darker under eyes circles and in my case i have tiny wrinkles, so I need to use a creamer concealer! In the picture is my latest finding MAC's studio sculpt in NC42.  

However, I recommend using more than one: one to cover up and one for brightening these two work perfectly. 

To stop your concealer from running like crazy you need to powder it and i'm using 17's  powder.  Any other powder loose or compact will do the same, just find the one you like. 

If I'm wearing a eyeshadow I would use a primer to hold the eyeshadow for longer time. Too Faced's  Candle light is great primer. If you don't have oily skin  you don't need a primer. 

Also, I choose Guerlain's bronzer and a highlight from Inglot 84. The combination is amazing <3 <3<3  Check my bronzer post for more information. 

Eyes

I'm taking these three eyeshadows along with crystal avalanche by M.A.C. 

So in the picture there is the gold "20 Or Céleste "by Givenchy from the X-mas collection. I saw it I loved it and everything became history! It's a limited edition so try to find it if you are impressed. 

The second one on the left is nylon by M.A.C, it's a lovely golden-y frost, not a stark white, and as such it makes a beautiful base and highlight. Perfect for retro look <3<3 

The third eyeshadow by M.A.C is ricepaper  is a light yellow/golden shimmer shadow that is almost creamy in consistency. Its darker than nylon and I think its more on the champaign color. Works great as  inner corner highlight, brow bone highlight. 

For eyeliner I choose Sensai, which is PERFECT! Hands down my favorite liquid eyeliner. 

Also,  Armani's Eyes to Kill mascara, which is very dark black.  

However, to spice things up I decided to take YSL gel liner in Jade black. It's a dark green I don't know why they call it Jade black. I used it once and I don't remember how I felt toward it, but the reviews  of this eyeliner were positive. 

Cheeks

 I'm obsessed with these two blushers right now! They scream winter to me and I just enjoy the way they look on me. The first is Armani's blush in number 6. I love their blushers so amazing and  so pigmented. My second obsession is benefit's Sugarbomb its my favorite coral blusher, the mixture of the four colors creates a wonderful color <3 <3 <3 

Oops! I deleted the picture of the lipsticks I'm taking (A)  I'm taking two nude  lipsticks by Armani.  I'm loving warm and subtle colors.  

Hope you enjoyed this post and hopefully my next post will be about Dior's eyeshadows from the most recent collections and my favorite ones. I'm also planing to do a winter nail trends and which colors/styles are in for this winter.  

xoxo 

roza 

Sun Kissed: Part II

Back Again!

My previous post was about applying bronzer and now I got you the most amazing bronzers ever! There  are many great bronzers in the market here are few of my favorite ones!

First, I will start with my current obsession <3 <3 I'm totally in love with Guerlain's  Terracotta Light in shade 02 Brunettes.

Usually I go for matte finish bronzers, but this bronzer got me hooked! It gives you amazing, perfect, to die for and glowing tan! It feels and looks NATURAL. The great thing about it is that it has dark parts, which aren't that pigmented ,but the light shades are so pigmented.
I got this from the airport last june and I'm getting the full size in few days <3 <3 Because its totally worth it.

Second, is Hoola by benefit

My favorite matte bronzer, because I have crazy oily skin. I don't appreciate shimmer most of the year, so I use this amazing light bronzer. I love this bronze and sometimes I wear it like a blush, because its hard to find this shade of blusher. Anyway if you hate shimmer this is the bronzer that you will cherish forever and you will pass it to your grandchildren not the exact one, but you get the picture.

Third, this baby is magic!

 It's NARS's Laguna bronzing powder and you won't be able to find it in Doha or the GCC. However, thank God for online shopping!! My sister killed her FULL size, which is the same size of the three sections above together! Anyway its one of the most admired bronzers, most makeup gurus on youtube use it and after trying it I don't blame them. It has spectacular finish with hint of sparkle after all we all need sparkles in our lives!

You can purchase this bronzing powder on : asos.com

Another great bronzer is

Bronze Universel De Chanel Sun Illuminator

It is amazing for summer <3 <3 absolutely divine. Great to use with cream blushers, because it blends so easily. It isn't that oily, which makes it fine to use for oily skin makeupholics like moi. More importantly it suits all complexions. It is the only cream bronzer that you will find and love God bless chanel <3 <3
I spent two months looking for it and I finally found it I think 3 months ago at Al Saalam store. That was my lucky day *sigh*


Lastly, MAC's bronzing powder they are way affordable than the previous ones and not bad. They have the matte like the one in the picture below and shimmery ones. However, sometimes it can break your skin, be careful. I don't hate it ,but I don't love it at the same time.

I have two more to share i lied (A) sorry!

Guerlain Terracotta  bronzing powder, which is amazing it warms your face instantly! Gives you a matte finish like hoola, but lighter. Great for the days when you feel fine/sad =/ i'm serious.

Finally, the last one by chanel, but this time a bronzing powder 537 Bronze Corail. I love it ,but I think I'm over the coral phase and want the pink one instead. Its great matte bronzer, but not a practical choice for everyday use.

I do use them I do, but last summer I entered a bronzer phase and I went crazy (A).  All of the bronzers I mentioned are great and I don't regret buying them. So choose the one that is near to your heart whether it is powder or cream or shimmery/matte. I tend to change my bronzer each week just for the sake of using the one I own. However, my favorite at this particular moment and the one that I can stop talking about are Guerlain, benefit's hoola and Chanel's universal.

Hope this was helpful and wait for the next one. If you have any requests or recommendations to me please please do share them with me COMMENTS ARE FREE!!
If you have great blogs please share them with me I would love to check others and learn more about makeup WOOOHOOO that's the spirit.

xoxo
roza ;*** 

Sun Kissed

Hi dolls,

I came with a new post  and I'm proud of it =D

I strongly believe that choosing the best bronzer that suits your skin tone is essential. Makeup stores are full of many brands that are fab!! You only need to find the one that matches you not your best friend. However, more importantly is to know how to use it ( jeresylicious, jersyshore face) IS NOT and WILL NOT be a trend. I'm serious applying a bronzer is about gainig this gourgous tan that feels that you have been gently kissed by the sun! Believe it or not applying loads of bronzer can ruin the total look that you worked hard to achieve, so be careful!

So here are few pictures to help you with this:

To apply bronzer follow this:

Make a fish face that means suck your cheeks in, so you will be able to know where the sun naturally hits your face. After that apply your bronzer using your favorite brush. 

Another great tip is as you see in the chart above if you linked the lines for each side of the face this will create number " 3 ".

Be careful don't add too much bronzer, the snookie look isn't the look we want to acheive. Put some bronzer on your brush and tab it.

Next  is to apply a hint of higligheter to make your skin glow <3 <3

See the the black line in the chart above is the exact place to apply highlight. Don't go over the two grey lines. You can also add a tiny stroke of highlight above your lips and that will make your lips look fuller. Choose a color of higlight that matchs your skin and your taste!

Bronzing can be tricky in the begining, for most of us we think its just applying the powder no it isn't its about enhancing your face structure and make it look more fab!

I used to think its redicilous, but now I know there is a reason behind it <3 <3

Hope this was helpful and my next post going to be about my favorite bronzers <3<3

xoxo

roza

Bright, Bold Lipsticks

Let’s start by reciting the colors in the pictures below and a brief description for each one of them:

1)      Ruby Woo by M.A.C:  It's a classic, bright red with blue-undertones (slightly brighter than its sister, Russian Red), and is amazingly easy to wear. One of my favorite red lipsticks if a vampire is asked to choose one red lipstick definitely they will choose Ruby Woo. It suits perfectly anyone with pale skin (talking about deadly pale). However, if you have the right attitude I’m sure you can rock it ;)

2)      Girl About Town by M.A.C: Is Bold, bright pink and definitely worth all the attention!! I have to say this color is different shade of pink. It’s amplified, which means high pigmentation. I would recommend wearing this lipstick with minimal makeup.

Girl About Town + eyeliner +loads of mascara+ light blusher = perfection

3)      Up the Amp M.A.C: A lovely lavender shade that gives my face a nice pop of color that isn't too in-your-face. It’s hard to find lavender lipsticks believe me I looked before, but I couldn’t find any. Especially, if most of them are limited editions. So, this lipstick reminds me of a Barbie, which I like. Looks amazing on tanned and dark skin.

4)       Impassionedby M.A.C: Amazing,eye-catching color!! Absolutely love how bright and 'popping' this color is, looks absolutely fab for a night out. I would say this color is waaay summery, sorry QU-ers. I can’t imagine someone wearing this color in the winter.

5)      Fuchsia Star by Dior “limited edition”: So I never was fan of this color, because its BOLD color and I’m big fan of warm colors. However, my sister gets tons of compliments whenever she wears it. For that, I got you a similar color that she owns by M.A.C.

6)      Full Fuchsia by M.A.C:  If you’re a fuchsia lipstick fan, this color is definitely a must have! Beside the fact that this shade is SO amazing. This lipstick isn’t matte; it has teeny tiny shiny particles which makes him look perfect on lips.

7)      Love Forever! By M.A.C: I feel like “borrowing” this color ;)!! Anyway,  I think it’s similar to Pink Nouveau by M.A.C, but the long lasting version. It’s Amazing and looks amazing with brown/blue/black/silver/nude eye shadow. I think I’m in love<3 <3<3

Lastly, most of these colors are BOLD and should be worn with almost no makeup, which means foundation, concealer , eyeliner, blusher and loads of mascara < 3 <3  However, if you like BOLD makeup go for it! Makeup is about expressing yourself and not giving a crap.

xoxo

Roza

New Post SOON!

Hey guyz!

Miss posting new stuff! Enshallah today im going to post something about my school makeup tips and routine!

xoxo

Roza 

My Eid Makeup !

Hello Girls!

Eid Mubarak<3 Hope you had a great Eid with your family as I did. I checked the comments and there was lonely comment requesting my makeup look for Eid. I wish I knew who was the annonymus who left the comment to thank her ,because she made my day :**** So I decided to try my best and do my first face chart =D I totally love thed looked and applied it twice the same day coz I took a nap! But both the times the makeup looked neat and lovely "prettier than the face chart, I wish I could put pictures of the real makeup but I can't"

So  I wore a muddy green dress "Olive color" and I just had my eyebrows tinted so I didn't want to wear heavy makeup and decided to go with soft shades.

1) I used Too Faced Shadow Insurance  "glitter glue" to keep my e/s from creasing. It's AMAZING! My e/s was perfect didn't smudge or fade<3 The difference between this primer and the other one from the previous post "Candlelight" is that the one I used for Eid is for loose and shimmery e/s.

2) I applied the champagne color all over my lid and applied the color bellow it into the crease ,to intensify the look I added the darkest color in the quad into the crease and blended it out.

3) I needed to intensify the color more by adding carbon e/s (any black color will work) to the crease and BLENDed the colors together! Don't add to much of the black e/s, because you want to keep the look soft and you don't want to lose the brown color.

4) To soften the harshness of the edges  I add some crystal avalanche to the brow bone and blended it out. I applied  Bobbie Brown's eyeliner in black.

After I applied Amani's eyest to kill mascara and poped MAC's no 36 eyelashes. I applied 17 wild curl in Black Brown "avaiable at boots" to my bottom lashs.

For my face I used Too Faced primer (applied it only on the T-zone) and applied on top dior's foundation

 "Forever" ,which is for oily skin ( Extreme wear). To cover my dark circle under my beautiful eyes :p I used MAC's studio finish concealer.

I used Chanel bronze univesal to my cheeks( YOU MUST MAKE THE FISH FACE) to  know where is your cheek bones =D and than added some blush on the apple of my cheecks (sunset Beach by Cargo) it's pinky and peachy!

The final step was to put lip pencil and lipstick ON.

Here is my first face chart, it looked waaaaay better on my ,didn't know how to do it , but I promise I will practice  more (A)

Hope who ever requested my Eid look was satisfied and liked it and hope that all of you enjoyed it as well. Next post will be about second day of Eid !

If someone has a blog please comment and leave your link, I would like to check your blogs =D Thank you guyz so much you really make me happy.

xoxo

roza

Hello Dolls <3

Hope you are having a great week, bcoz I'm having a fab week =D

So this post is about spicing up your makeup for EID <3 For Eid I love wearing makeup that won't change through the day and easy to retouch =D

Here are few products that I like to use to make my makeup looks extra special for Eid or any other occasion

So lets start with my favorite trick to make my makeup looks done professionally by adding eyelashes you make your eyes looks sexier and bigger! My favorite eyelashes are by MAC I love no.7 bcoz it looks natural "don't forget the glue if you are getting eyelashes for the first time". It might take time to know how to apply them easily ,but it's totally worth the try!

 Here is a link of how to apply false lashes HERE!

I never like my makeup to get oily or to just disappear! I like to control people, makeup,hair and if I can the universe! So in order to control my e/s I like to use primer to make it stay for a very long time until I decide to remove it. The best product that will allow you to do this is Too Faced Shadow Insurance in Candlelight, which is anti-crease eye shadow primer. It used to be sold out all the time ,but lately Sephora decided to be generous enough and get more stock <3

Another product that doesn't make my  face makeup VANISH is Too Faced Primed & Poreless. It holds your face makeup in place all day ,which is PERFECT for Eid "kissing people on the cheeks makes me nervous".I like to keep my makeup on my face not on others =D. In addition, this product has vitamins that are good for your skin and acts like retinol!

If you like lip gloss Inglot's 544 is by far my favorite lip-gloss. I always recommend this lip-gloss it's natural pink. My go to lip-gloss.

Kinda Sexy is one of favorite lipsticks its looks amazing with any look. Suitable for any skin tone. Check my other post for other  lipstick colors.

My favorite bronzer is Bronze Universel it's creme bronzer and looks natural. I love it <3

You have to spice up your nails by either applying  nail application on all of your nails or only on your ring finger with matching color. Available at Sephora!

LAST product is a perfume by Armani "Rose Alexandrie" OPPS misspelled it in the picture =$ My Sister Beeba loves this perfume and she spent the last year looking for this perfume ,but now Salam sells it =D It's floral and I have to admit its smells cute <3 I got mine try it and you will fall in love with it! And it stays for long time =D

If you have oily skin try using blotting sheets to obsorb the oils and make your face look fresh , you can brush some lose poweder on your T. Zone for more freshness. Using these blotting sheets before powdering your face doesn't make your face look cakey and you don't want look like clown believe me. Any other brand will work mark spencer has a good blotting paper and if you can get clean and clear that would be greate ummm i think boots sells some.

Have a nice Eid everyone <3 Spend your time with your loved ones and try to enjoy each minute of Eid ,but most important try to donate dresses and shoes  or whatever you don't need for the poor = ) And finally try to smile even if you feel sad or missing someone =))))Smiling gives you a beauty that  even makeup can't give ;)

P.S: Feel free to tweet me a request or comment your request I would be more than happy to help you since I have nothing to do for Eid I'm ready BRING IT ON =D

xoxo

roza