FOTD | Friday

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1. Tarte Clean Slate Poreless Primer
I wanted my make up to stay on for quite a while today, so I started off by priming my face with this. (I know I should be priming my face every day for a smoother make up application, but I don't. Let's get over it) My all-time favorite primer is Veil by Hourglass, but this comes in at a very close second. It does leave me looking poreless and it prepares my skin nicely for a very smooth foundation application.

2. yaby Natural Finish Liquid Foundation
After priming, I evenly distributed this liquid foundation all over my face and down onto my neck with a dense kabuki brush. I don't know anything about this company. I just got this in my latest ipsy glam bag and decided to give it a try. I like it! I'll have to look into the company information to figure out if I'll be purchasing it in the future, but for now I'm enjoying this sample.

*Products 3 and 4 should actually be switched*

3. Rimmel Stay Matte Long Lasting Pressed Powder
I use this to set my foundation every damn day. My favorite pressed powder. 'Nuff said

4. Make Up Forever 5 Camouflage Cream Palette
I used this to conceal underneath my eyes today. This is definitely my favorite concealer for under eye circles and overall redness. It works OK for blemishes, but there are other products out there that do a better job at that.

5. e.l.f Blush - Mellow Mauve
Applied to the apples of my cheeks. I love e.l.f blushes. The pigmentation is honestly comparable to NARS but costs 1/8 of the price. I'm sure I'll splurge and buy some NARS blushes in the future, but for now, as a broke college student, I'm sticking with e.l.f.

6. N.Y.C Smooth Skin Bronzing Face Powder
After the blush, I blended this bronzer into the hollows of my cheeks. I've tried, Hoola by Benefit, and while it's great and all, I keep coming back to this cheap drugstore one. It's perfect for just about any skin tone.

7. LORAC Behind the Scenes Eye Primer
I used this to prime my eyes today. It created a nice neutral base to apply my eyeshadow.

8. Urban Decay Naked Palette
From the naked palette, I used Buck all over my lid.

9. LORAC Pro Palette
From my pro palette I blended Sable into my crease and also smudged some into my lower lash line, patted Espresso into the outer corners, and blended everything out with Nude, focusing that color in the middle of my eyelid.

10. Rimmel London Extra Super Lash Mascara
I then packed on lots of coats of this mascara to lengthen and add volume to my lashes

11. Revlon Brow Fantasy - Brunette
I've been using this brow crayon/setting gel to do my brows lately. I just define my brows with the crayon and then set them with the tinted gel on the other side

12. Buxom Full-On Lip Polish - Dolly
I didn't go for a bold lip today, just a lip gloss. This is another product I got from one of my glam bags. Love it!

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FOTD | Friday

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So, I want to make this a normal thing... Face of the Day Friday. Quite simply a day where I show you my face, tell you what make up I used to create said face, and you can do with that information what you will.

Will I stick to this for every Friday? Probably not... but here's to an honest try, right?

1. e.l.f Flawless Finish Foundation
After moisturizing, I applied a thin layer of my favorite foundation all over my face and neck with my favorite e.l.f Kabuki foundation brush

2. Rimmel London Stay Matte Pressed Powder
After my foundation is evenly distributed, I set it with this matte powder. It makes my foundation last all day without looking oily or dewy. Plus, this foundation/powder combo has gotten me a few compliments on my complexion since I've started using it :)

3. Pixi Beauty Bronzer - Subtly Suntouched
Okay, I'm not entirely sure if this is a straight up bronzer or a bronzing/blush duo thing but I apply this to the apples of my cheeks like a blush, and sort of blend a tiny bit upwards toward my temples and down into the hollows of my cheeks. It's not intensely pigmented so you can get away with a light dusting wherever you feel you need a little color

4. Benefit Watt's Up Face Highlighter
I apply this to my cheekbones every day to add a little shine to to my look. The matte-ness of my pressed powder and the shimmery-ness of this highlighter work very well together

5. Lorac Pro Palette
My favorite palette at the moment is my Lorac Pro Palette... Sorry Naked Palette! Today I dusted the color Champagne all over my lid, blended Pewter into my crease, and added a bit of Deep Purple to my outer Corners. I then finished off this eye look with White as my brow and inner corner highlight.

6. Starlooks Gem Pencil - Topaz
After the eyeshadow, I smudged on some of this silvery eyeliner at the base of my top lashes.

7. E.M Waterliner - Royal Amethyst
I took some of this dark purple waterliner and smudged in into my lower lashes.

8. Rimmel London Extra Super Lash Mascara
My favorite mascara at the moment - lengthens AND adds volume :)

9. Chella Dazzling Dark Brown Eyebrow Color
I lightly filled in my eyebrows with my favorite eyebrow pencil. Be light handed with this, because your eyebrows can go from natural to dramatic within a few sweeps of this across them.

10. Be a Bombshell Lip Crayon - Shameless
I felt like this lighter maroon shade was the perfect lip color to bring the whole look together

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