courtneyyvb: 2014

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

new maybelline volum' express pumped up colossal mascara review!

hello!

So I recently went to Walmart and saw that Maybelline came out with a new mascara!

If you have been following me for awhile you would know that my obsession for mascara is too real. Anytime a new mascara comes out to the drugstore im all about it.

I bought this mascara for $5.49 @ walmart

click here to watch demo http://youtu.be/of2zOXDUoO4

the packaging to me is perfect! I love the pink and gold and think its super fun!
the wand is something very different. Ive never seen a wand like this where it has a curve. As for the actual brush... I love it. Its super big and I fee like it gets all my lashes.

Now this mascara clams to give 16x more volume to your lashes.... I disagree at least for my short baby lashes.

I feel like this is an average mascara. Nothing to crazy going on for me!

I think it did a pretty good job but I don't think its amazing.

if your a mascara junkie like me id say go for it and try it out!

If you're new to makeup I would pass if you have short eyelashes like me...

as you can see from the pics its not doing anything crazy for my lashes.

watch my demo here: http://youtu.be/of2zOXDUoO4

Monday, April 7, 2014

Go to makeup look using urban decay naked palette

I'm obsessed with the urban decay naked palette! The colors are warm and totally my style. I love the selection of matte and shimmer and dark to light colors. For today's tutorial I showed you my go to look using the palette.

For the eyeshadow base I used the maybelline color tattoo in inked in pink.

I used buck in the crease then took toasted all over the lid.

In the outer crease I used hustle and for the inner corner I used sin and virgin.

For eyeliner I used my holy grail liquid eyeliner from wetnwild

and my fav covergirl clump crusher mascara

Hope you enjoyed the video and this blog post!

X Courtney

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

wash your brushes!!

Ok hey all! so for today's blog post i'm talking all about washing your makeup brushes!

now i know washing your makeup brushes sucks lets be honest here.
But we gotta do it!
I know i'm not one to talk because I forget all the time and honestly i'm kinda lazy about it sometimes!
So bc im so lazy I figured out a really easy and fast way to wash them at home!
all i use is soap and water!
you can use any kind of dish soap you have laying around the house!
I'm using dawn bc its all i have! ( you can also use shampoo if you don't have dish soap)

a lot of people will also use baby shampoo because its not harsh on your brushes but i find that it really doesnt matter in the end. they all do the same thing.

you can watch my fill tutorial on my youtube channel
thanks again for reading!
courtney

Wet n wild "walking the red carpet" limited edition palette

Hello people! So I just got back from the drugstore and saw the most amazing limited edition wet n wild palette ever! It's called "walking the read carpet". The cost of this palette was 3.99! It has amazing golds and bronze colors and I'm basically obsessed with it and I've only had it for about ten minutes!

Here's what the display looks like

I didn't get the purple one just because I have some many purple eyeshadow a already. But here's a close up of the purple one "flirting at the after party"

Now on to the good stuff SWATCHES! :)

The pigmentation on the right side is amazing! The gold and bronze colors in the middle are so pretty!

For this side I wasn't to blown away. Still amazing eyeshadows though! Perfect for everyday and the right side is perfect for a more glam look!

Down below I'm just gonna add some more random pics

Hope you enjoyed the review!

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

My everyday makeup routine

Well hello again!

I haven't done a "everyday makeup" look a long time so I figured I would do one for you guys!

You can watch the full video/ tutorial on my youtube channel.
http://youtu.be/fjOciJXURMA

Step one: mouisturize your face! I love this one from the up and up brand at target!

Next it's foundation time, I skipped primer bc I'm using the covergirl 3 in 1 outlast foundation and there is already a primer in the foundation!

To blend it out I used my beauty blender from Sephora

After that I conceal any zits and undereye circles I may have with the covergirl Tru blend fix stick concealer.

After putting my concealer on I have to set it with powder. Ive been loving this powder from airspun

Now I move on to the eyes and come back at the end to do blush.

For the eyes I started off with a primer from elf or eyes lips face

Then I use my starlooks pallete all over the lip using a nude shade. Then my urban decay naked pallete in the color buck in the crease.

For mascara I use the cover girl clump crusher and the loreal voluminous

Back to the face I finish off with a light bronzer from nyc cosmetics in the color sunny

And that's it! Normally I put on a Chapstick for the lips or a nude lipstick ( i used loreal fairest nude in todays video!

Make sure to check out my video to see me using the products!

Thanks x courtneyyvb

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Nyx at cvs!

So I've been pretty excited about nyx coming to cvs because I rarely get a chance to go to ulta because it's kinda far away.

So I was so happy when I saw the new displays at cvs!

They have everything from eyeliner to face powder BUT no foundation or concealers!!!!! Wtf

the soft matte lip creams, matte lipsticks, and butter glosses

Also found it to be very weird that almost all the products don't have any type of plastic wrapping to make sure no one gets into the products and uses them