Pretty Little Liars Makeup Tutorial: Aria (Sigma Bare Palette)

I LOOOVE Pretty Little Liars. The book series, the show.... everything. This look is based on Aria, the character played by Lucy Hale in the show.

Products Used:
Smashbox Photo Finish lid primer
Sigma Beauty Bare Palette
MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
Cover Girl Lashblast mascara
MAC lipstick in Fabby
MAC lipglass in Electric Fuchsia














my silly attempt at the opening "shh" of the show....

MAC Semi Precious Collection: Photos and Swatches

*Be sure to check out my video review of my items from this collection at the bottom of this post.

I'm really loving my items from this collection so far! Keep in mind, this is not the complete collection, just items I have.

MAC Semi Precious Collection
Available July 7, 2011

Mineralize Eye Shadow
l-r: Jade's Fortune, Dark Indulgence, Smoked Ruby
(swatches in same order below)

Mineralize Eye Shadow
l-r: Rare Find, Mineral Mode, Faux Gold
(swatches in same order below)

Mineralize Blush
l-r: Feeling Flush, Pressed Amber
(swatches in same order below)

Mineralize Skin Finish
l-r: Semi Precious Crystal Pink

(Semi Precious Crystal Pink)
left- outer ring, middle- inner section, right-mixed

(Semi Precious Pearl)

left- outer ring, middle- inner section, right-mixed

Lipstick
l-r: Lush Amber, Musky Amethyst

(swatches reversed below...oops)

MAC Cremesheen Glass
top: Looks Like Sin, bottom: Pure Magnificence
(swatches below: l-r- Looks Like Sin, Pure Magnificence)

Products were sent for consideration

How to Make Colorful Liner Wearable!

If you're like me, somewhere in your makeup collection, you're probably hoarding a shameful stash of gorgeous, colorful eye liners that don't get much love.

The months pass...
Your gorgeous rainbow of little liquid pretties in the drawer begin to expire. aaaaand you don't have the heart to throw them out because they've only been touched once. I feel ya. I have one of those stashes too.

So one day a couple weeks back I found a really easy and flattering way to incorporate colorful liner into your everyday makeup routine when you want to have a little fun!
Don't be afraid to use color where eye liner is concerned! It can be done in a way that looks grown-up and flattering.

Highlighting 101

There are SOOOO many different facial highlighting products out there. Cream, liquid, primers, powders... it can get confusing. How to use them can seem even trickier.

...because with highlighting products, there is a fine line between glowy and disco ball.

We want to make sure "disco ball" never happens. Unless, of course, it's intentional.

Giveaway Winners! ...and a "Thank You"

Today is the day! Thank you to all who participated in my latest giveaway. Most of all, thank you to all of you who take the time to watch my videos, read my blog, and just for supporting what I do in general!
I truly started YouTube to share my love of makeup and to have sort of my own little super girly outlet to talk about shopping, makeup, and beauty. Over the past 3 years, my love of doing this and my reasons for doing it have stayed the same. I've just picked up a lot of new friends along the way.
For those reasons, doing giveaways like this is so fun for me. I love being able to give back to you all. In the beginning, it was little giveaways here and there, but since this channel has grown so much, I'm so thankful that Sigma provided prizes to support a giveaway of this size. I promise, there will be many more fun and different giveaways in the future! :)
Thanks for all the interaction, the support, and for making this so much fun. I hope we can continue to enjoy this little online beauty world together for a very long time!

xoxo,
Tiffany


YouTube Winners: *If you are a winner, you will be contacted by me through YouTube messages shortly.
runaway292
princessfiiona
sharaanelson
natasha1038
smilekylee
lifeincolors55
thesarahlizblank
mebridetobe

Facebook winners will be contacted by me through Facebook messages shortly. Winners will also be posted on my Facebook page shortly.

Twitter winners were selected and notified throughout the week.

Summer Pink Day/Night Makeup Tutorial

Products Used:
Urban Decay Primer Potion
MAC eye shadows:
Da Bling
Vapour
Sable
Urban Decay Deluxe eye shadow in Scratch
MAC Fluidline in Dipdown (brown)
MAC False Lashes Mascara
NARS Laguna Bronzer
NARS Orgasm Blush
MAC Sheen Supreme lipstick in Behave Yourself

Not shown in video:
Make Up For Ever Mat Velvet+ liquid foundation

FIRST PEEK! NEW Sigma Eye Shadow Palettes

I'm so excited to give my readers a first peek at the three new palettes from Sigma.

I have to start by saying that I'm very picky about eye shadows. But you all probably already knew that...

The packaging, color selections, and formulas are great. They're also priced incredibly well. Only $35 for 8 shades and a dual-sided brush. Not your typical brush that comes inside a palette that you immediately throw out because they're cheaply made, but one that is actually the same quality as the ones you'd buy separately.

**These will be available on June 24th at SigmaBeauty.com**
My readers get an even better deal by clicking here and using my Sigma discount code, "TIFFANY2011" to save an extra 10% off anything on the site until June 30th :)

I'm also giving away 13- $100 gift cards to SigmaBeauty.com! All the details are in my giveaway video :)
If you win my giveaway that is currently running, you could use your gift card to get all 3 palettes if you wanted! Pretty awesome.

On to the swatches...

Bare Palette

Dare Palette

Flare Palette

I'm really impressed with the formulas of these. I've been wearing them a lot over the past few weeks and I've been so excited about sharing them with you all. I'm definitely planning on doing tutorials with these in the future so be on the look out for those!


Here is a closer look at the brush that comes with the Bare palette. The brushes that come with each type of palette are totally different! I love that.

For more on these palettes, click here to check out my full review video.


xoxo,
Tiffany