My Newest Obsession

Hello again, everyone!

Lauren, here.

 Today I experienced the first of my "lasts", I guess you could say. I played my last softball tournament...

BUT WE WON IT. So that makes it a little less sad, I suppose. We went 5-0 on the weekend claiming the tournament championship and that was the best way out I think. It was a great way to wrap things up with my travel team and I wish them all the best next season. (they're all younger than me)

 Anyways! I would like to share some of my favorite things about life currently.

 Let it be known that I HATE chipped nail polish aka why I never wear it. I just think it is a constant frustration and I don't have money for salon nails so I forever go with plain nails.. But then..

This happened.

Dealers Choice

Checkmate

Wild Card (blue), Pocket Aces

Revlon Colorstay Gel Envy Nail Color

I happened to be casually shopping in Walmart and came across this AWESOME nail color. 

I have the shades Beginners Luck, Checkmate, Wild Card, Pocket Aces, Dealers Choice and the Diamond Top Coat!

 If you want wear-proof nail polish, let me tell you. My Wild Card and Pocket Aces nails lasted 6 days and all the way through a softball tournament without a single chip aka no chipped nailpolish and a happy Lauren :)

Just thought I should share my newest obsession. Hope everyone is enjoying their summer. I know I am!

Enjoy!

Lo♥

senior picture makeup

Whoa, hey everyone.

It's Olivia. I know, I know you all must be so shocked because it's been like months and hello I have been slacking. Don't worry, I am here.

By now you're probably wondering, what does she even bring to the table? The answer: I love makeup. So. Much. And as Lauren mentioned, Jaclyn Hill is my absolute favorite Youtube makeup guru and if you need any inspiration you should probably just watch her because she is absolutely fabulous at what she does. (Okay, done obsessing.) As I was saying, I love doing makeup. It's like art and beauty all in one so hey, I like it. Although I have so so much more to learn about it, I have been asked to do some makeup for senior pictures once or twice by a few friends. Today I'm going to give you a simple look I am going to use on Lauren in a couple weeks for her next round of senior pictures.

First thing's first here's what I used.
FACE:
Sephora 10HR wear perfection foundation
bareMinerals Stroke of Light eye brightener in shade Luminous 2
Maybelline FITme shine-free foundation stick in Toffee Caramel
NARS Laguna bronzer
L'Oreal Hydra Perfecte perfecting loose powder
EYES:
Urban Decay shadow W.O.S and Venus (from NAKED basics)
Too Faced shadow Salted Caramel, Semi-Sweet, and Triple Fudge (from Chocolate Bar palette)
Mary Kay liquid eyeliner and  pencil eyeliner
L'Oreal Voluminous Butterfly mascara

And here's a quick run down of what I did. 
First I prepped her eyes with any old concealer to give myself a clean slate to work with. I put W.O.S over the lid and Venus on the eyebrow bone. I blended Salted Caramel with a big, fluffy brush halfway into the crease, leaving room on the inside to keep the eyes looking bigger. I put Semi-Sweet just on the outer corner and blended the two brown shades together. I used the liquid liner on top and pencil on the bottom. I brushed Triple Fudge Shadow over top of her bottom liner and blended it using a little Salted Caramel on my big, fluffy brush. I finished off her eyes with the Voluminous Butterfly mascara.

For the face, I put a thin coat of foundation over her whole face, highlighted with Stroke of Light under the eyes in a triangle pattern following the side of her nose and back up to the temple area, on the forehead, and on the chin. After blending that, I added a line of Toffee Caramel foundation, which is 4-5 shades darker than her skin for contouring purposes kind of along the side of her cheekbones (if you suck in your cheeks, along the line your face makes) and blended that out. I added Laguna in a 3 shape along each side of her face hitting the top of the forehead, coming in along the cheekbones, and back down to the chin. Finish off with some translucent perfecting powder to set what you've done and you're good to go!

The final product

I hope you enjoyed this look! Let me know if there's anything you would like to see me attempt in the future.

liv♥

Let's Catch Up, Shall We?

>> So let me state the painfully obvious, we have been major slacking on blog posts recently but let me tell you.. SUMMER IS SO BUSY. Over the past couple weeks I have journeyed to that M state up North and spent a week of my time cleaning up the city of Flint with my youth group, gotten all four of my wisdom teeth cut out which has been an adventure in itself, Hannah went off to be a camp councilor and the Leary family has been busy preparing for their cousin Ashley's wedding which is very soon! Though we have been engaged in the summer buzz we have not forgotten about our readers! (If we have any)(lol). Anyways, we have so much to catch up on which will be posted about later but for right now I have one important business matter:

Recently I was introduced by Olivia to a Youtube makeup artist named Jaclyn Hill. Jaclyn is a gorgeous young woman who is EXTREMELY talented in the hair and makeup field and is a very real person. After sorting through various videos and listening to her rant at the end of "Everyday Drugstore Makeup Tutorial" I have realized that though she is famous for her skills and talents in the beauty domain, she doesn't hesitate to interact with the avid readers and fans she has obtained from her hard work and remind all of us that she isn't better than or superior to her every day devotees. I encourage all of you to check out her Youtube channel and enjoy her work, just like Olivia and I do!

Click here :)

Hope everyone had a safe and memorable Fourth Of July weekend!

My first senior picture session over the Fourth of July weekend♥

Love, Lo♥