I recently hosted my first Instagram collab!
Our theme was “otherworldly”.. As in other worldly creatures.
I was a mermaid and both of the other makeup artists in the collab chose to be villains!
I had so much fun doing this collab and really love the Instagram makeup community. Hope you like our looks!
Check out the fabulous and ultra talented Jade and Julie on Instagram!
@therealslimjadee_ & @julie_odsgaard
Julie was inspired by Cruella Deville! Such a great take.
My obsession with NARS highlighter is real! They are so creamy, so pigmented, so lustrous! I started out using the cream illuminator in Copacabana and let me tell you, it is the perfect, Strobe-worthy highlighter, if you have a light skin tone.
I swore by Copacabana for forever and then one day while shopping at Sephora I came across New Order, a crazy pink highlighter with blue undertones and flecks of gold. I had to have it. Literally, I gasped upon the tester swatch. Unfortunately, due to error I walked out of Sephora with NARS Albatross shade instead and before returning It I decided to give it a swatch (even though at a glance it looked like every other highlighter to me.)
Well, it wasn’t!! It was this gorgeous, creamy highlighter, with golden orange, champagne iridescence. Intense!! I could see it working on many, many skin tones.
Other similar toned highlighter I have are lackluster compared to Albatross so, I decided to keep it and also order New Order which I also love as kind of a blush contour more than a true highlighter. It highlights but doesn’t Strobe. It’s so much fun. Especially with a pop of color on the eyes. It’s also strangely great on the forehead.
The packaging on the powder highlighter is nice and sleek, as well. Easy for travel, etc. They retail for $30.00 and are available at Sephora and NARS, to name a couple.
So, go out and try a “NARS highlighting blush” or illuminator! I get so many compliments. I swear, they won’t disappoint.
I made a mini Sephora haul yesterday and will be reviewing some of the products I picked up. I’m already so in love with some of them. Well, maybe all of them, actually.
The first product I’ll be reviewing is a liquid lipstick I picked up by Kat Von D beauty in the shade “underage red”. I usually use ABH when it comes to liquid lipstick but this one by KVD popped out at me and I love some of her other products, so I decided to try.
First off, it looked amazing and glided on perfectly. It’s a little stickier than ABH and has a much different consistency. Kind of oily or glossy going on. I believe that helped in creating less dryness though!
I wore this for the first time to an outdoor event. 99 degree weather and lots of drinks. I got home 5 hours later and it was still on and there was NO CRUMBLE, drying, or cracking!! I couldn’t believe it. It didn’t feel cakey at all. I’m Amazed!
It doesn’t have quite as much staying power as ABH, but it didn’t dry my lips out as much either.
One thing I will say could be both a pro and a con is that it was pretty hard to get off at the end of the night. I looked like a clown after attempting to wash it off with water, it smeared everywhere, but my favorite lip scrub and some water on a wash cloth took it right off. It’s interesting though because it seems and feels like a pretty light liquid lipstick.
One con: I did notice a little bit of wear on my lower lip at the end of the night.
The shade I tried reminded me a bit of Mac’s famous, Ruby Woo.
Underage Red is the perfect, classic, red shade. Doesn’t lean orange, does any lean pink. Super romantic.
Overall, I’m impressed once again with Kat Von D’s products.
The packaging is sexy and romantic.
The products have fun, kitschy names.
The colors pop.
Kat Von D’s Everlasting liquid lipstick retails for $20.
You can find it in store or online at Sephora or on the Kat Von D beauty website.
I recently did what turned out to be my favorite eyeshadow look I’ve ever done.
It was a little crazy, but I went crazy for it!
For this look I used..
That’s how I created this hypnotizing look.
🙂 xo
wildswanbeauty.com 
