Quick Tip: Make Eyeshadow POP with NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk

Welcome to the first of my “Quick Tips” series!  These posts are meant to give you tips on how to improve your technique or utilize your beauty tools in ways that you might have not thought to do!
This post is going to cover how to make even your most un-pigmented palette vibrant and colorful. 

Credits: NYXCosmetics.com

You might have heard from various forums such as Reddit's Makeup Addiction Group of NYX’s Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk, which is matte, solid white pencil. For $6, the NYX website describes it as “A radiant eye liner that also doubles as an eye shadow. Made with a blend of mineral oil and powder, our creamy Jumbo Eye Pencils glide on effortlessly—no pulling, tugging or fading—and come in a rainbow of vivid hues.”

Review and Swatches: Wet n Wild 5 Pan Palette “Art in the Streets”

 Even though the weather in San Diego has been less than pleasant these past few days (crazy I know), I decided it is about time to invite Spring in.  What better way to do that than to do a colorful, matte EOTD?  I decided to stop by CVS to pick up Wet n Wild’s new 5 pan palette in Art in the Streets.

Artist In the Streets

Then I attempted to do a look using only these shadows…

Do Headband Curls Work On Long Hair?

Hello readers!  Sorry for the hiatus and lack of posting that's been happening.  Finals week and spring break took me by storm (and not in the fun way) and next thing I knew it's been weeks.  For my first post back from spring break we'll be talking about headband curls!

Most of you might have already heard of this trend, where with the help of a headband you can achieve curls without the use of heat tools, which is especially important to me.  Even with all the hair dying (I haven't seen my real hair color since... 8th grade?) I do to my hair, I'm really trying to grow up my hair to a healthy, long length.  I haven't used heated tools in months, and when I do it would be once every few weeks or so, at most.  So when I first heard about this method I was thrilled! However...