BCA: Week 5: My Favorite Facial Care Products & Tools!

The Beauty Crown Awards are a yearly favorites collaborative effort including beauty bloggers around the globe. The Beauty Crown Awards were created by Lily from Beauty with Lily Liz from My Pretty Obsessions, Jackie from Five Two Certified, and Shalunya from Shalunya & Boyet. We felt that a collaborative effort from a large number of beauty bloggers would be much more interesting to our readers and would garner more attention. The Beauty Crown Awards are a 5 week event with each week covering types of products.

Week 1 - Personal Care Products - Dec 2 - Dec 8, 2013

Week 2 - Facial Products - Dec 9 - Dec 15, 2013

Week 3 - Lip & Nail Products - Dec 16 - Dec 22, 2013

Week 4 - Eye & Misc Products - Dec 23 - Dec 29, 2013

Week 5 - Facial Care Products & Tools - Dec 30 - Jan 4, 2014

Week 5 of the Beauty Crown Awards covers Facial Care Products & Tools. Below are my selections:

FACIAL SKIN CARE

Cleansers: I use the Clean and Clear (regular) cleanser which is my favorite. It leaves my face feeling clean and fresh. I love the tingling feeling that it gives after I wash it off.

Serum: Sometimes I like to use the Clarins Anti-Aging serum as it helps with dryness.

Moist Towelette: Um I'm not sure what you mean? But I use the Simple Facial towlettes to take my makeup off. It is the best thing Ive ever used!

Exfoliators: I use to use Aveeno but it cause my skin a slight allergic reaction. I've tried olive oil and sugar but don't really like it and I didn't see a difference, except I got some bumps (pimples). 

Masks: I've used the Clean and Clear mud mask which is great to refresh my face. But I can only use it once in a while as it leaves my face feeling dry. 

Facial Mist: I'm using the Urban Decay setting spray which has been great so far. 

Cleansing System: I wish I had the Clarisonic.

TOOLS

Brushes: Most of my brushes are from MAC (favorites are the blending brushes). But I've been buying a few face brushes from elf since they're really cheap. So far they have worked great. 

Eyelash Curler: I have one from Covergirl but I seriously think it's time to find a new one. The little rubber thing is constantly coming off. 

Tweezers: I have no idea the brand I use but they are amazing!! Sharp, pointy, and precise.

Nail Tools: I use a lot of different tools for my nails: small clippers, big clippers, nail files, and buffers. 

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Winter Party Makeup Look Tutorial 2

Hello my beauties! Today I have another Winter inspired makeup look but this time I wanted to be a little more dramatic. I hope you guys enjoy my video. Let me know what you guys think of this tutorial.

I love creating new looks and I think makeup is all about trial and error. If you find something that works for you then, by all means, go for it! I believe that practice makes perfect. So never quit! Practicing will help you get to know your face better and you'll know what looks good on you and what you like. This is a pretty easy makeup tutorial for any beginners. 

Here's what you'll need:

Tools:

Tape

Angled brush

Flat top brush

Blush brush

Bronzer brush

Powder brush

Beauty sponge

Makeup I used:

Revlon Colorstay Dry/Normal Skin Foundation #220

MAC Concealer NW15

Give Me Sun MAC Bronzer

LoveJoy MAC Blush

ELF Eye primer

NYX Eye Pencil Milk

MAC Eyeshadow Carbon

MAC Eyeshadow Electra

Rimmel x Kate Moss #08

Revlon Lash Glue

Ardell Lashes #117

                           

Thanks so much for watching and if you try out this look please let me know on IG or Twitter!

Instagram: TheFashionQueenOfficial

Twitter: @FashionQueenOff

Winter Makeup Essentials

Hello my dears, how is everyone today? I hope you're all doing well and are having a wonderful winter break! Speaking of a winter break I am so excited to be going on vacation this Friday (don't worry there will be a video up). But because I'm going on vacation I won't be posting videos up next week (it's very difficult to do since I wont have wifi to connect my laptop. I'm sorry dolls!). But expect more videos up when I return. Vlogs, maybe? Let me know if you're interested in seeing a bit of my vacation! 

I'll be letting you know, via Instagram and Twitter, where I'm going soon! So stay tuned because I know you'll be excited!

But, back to our video for today. I wanted to share with you guys my makeup essentials for the winter time. I decided to do this since it gets so cold (in other places) that sometimes it's hard to accessories when you're trying to stay warm. These are the main products that us girls switch up season to season. Here are the ones on my winter list this year. 

I hope you guys like this video! Let me know what are your winter makeup essentials!

-TheFashionQueen

BCA: Week 4: My Favorite Eye & Misc Products!

The Beauty Crown Awards are a yearly favorites collaborative effort including beauty bloggers around the globe. The Beauty Crown Awards were created by Lily from Beauty with Lily Liz from My Pretty Obsessions, Jackie from Five Two Certified, and Shalunya from Shalunya & Boyet. We felt that a collaborative effort from a large number of beauty bloggers would be much more interesting to our readers and would garner more attention. The Beauty Crown Awards are a 5 week event with each week covering types of products.

Week 1 - Personal Care Products - Dec 2 - Dec 8, 2013

Week 2 - Facial Products - Dec 9 - Dec 15, 2013

Week 3 - Lip & Nail Products - Dec 16 - Dec 22, 2013

Week 4 - Eye & Misc Products - Dec 23 - Dec 29, 2013

Week 5 - Facial Care Products & Tools - Dec 30 - Jan 4, 2014

Week 4 of the Beauty Crown Awards covers Eye & Misc Products. Below are my Week 4 selections:

*None Of These Pictures Are Mine*

EYES

Primer: I've tried a lot of primers in the past two/three years. But my favorite is the MAC paint pots. They don't move, crease, or make your lids oily. They hold the shadows and last all night long! I love using Painterly as a base or by it's self. I'll need to get a new one because the one I have has already run out!

Pressed Shadows: I want to say MAC but some may just roll their eyes. I'm sorry! But I must speak the truth. Their pressed shadows are amazing! They are super pigmented and last such a long time. No major fall out and such a wide variety of shades to choose from.

Pigments: I am currently loving Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics' pigments. They are incredible!

Sephora now carries their Lip Tars (which I recommend). I get so emotional seeing this brand grow and make it big. I remember when they were so unknown!

Mascara: Ugh, what a toughy! I am stuck between my always trusty Maybelline Full N' Soft mascara and my new favorite Revlon Lash Potion. Both do an amazing job and have their own unique qualities. Full N' Soft is perfect for an effortless, natural makeup look. Lash Potion is the one you want to grab when you're heading out to a party. It will give you long, thick lashes.

Eyeliner: I've got two (I'm such an indecisive person). For liquid liner I reach for my Stila all day waterproof liquid liner for a perfect winged liner. When I want a pencil liner I get my Maybelline Define-A-Line waterproof pencil.

Cream Shadows: I have a small palette of cream shadows from Revlon that are amazing! They are shimmers and range from cream colors to brown/bronze shades. I love that with just a swipe you can blend it effortlessly on to your lid and you're done!

Palette: I would have to say my Stila palette (don't ask me the name cause I have no idea!). It is amazing how pigmented the shadows are. The palette is a trio ranging from very light beige, a a soft brown, and a reddish sparkly brown. I love them so much and use them often in the winter time.

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Brow Kit: I don't use a brow kit as my brows are super thick. But when I do I use the Milani brow kit that comes with a little brush and tweezers. It also has two shadows to fill in your brows and a highlighter.

MISC

Beauty Magazine: To be honest I don't know any beauty magazines! (Omg this is embarrasing lol). My favorite magazine to read, that has beauty related articles, is Glamour. It's perfect for me as it gives me an insigt view on celebrity fashion, but it also shows me the trends for next season.

Beauty Subscription: I really wish I had a beauty subscription right now lol. But I guess I will tell you which one I would want. I think it's between Ipsy and Glambox. I don't know, I've heard great )and bad) things about both. But I'm intrigued by both so it's a tie!

Beauty Product from Subscription: Well, can't really comment can I?

I hope you guys enjoyed this post. Did you participate too?

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I Love Make-Up Tag!

Hello loves and welcome back to my blog! I know it's been a crazy week and we all just want to kick up our heels, or is that just me? Well, for those who want a quick read continue reading!

I was tagged by the lovely Micaylah from BeautifulJewell. Once you're done reading this you can check out her answers to this quick and fun "I <3 Make-up Tag". Hope you enjoy it and get to know me a little better!

1. When did you begin loving make-up?

It took me a long time to love make-up. I'm very lazy so I didn't like to take the mascara off (mascara was my worst enemy lol). I would say I started loving make-up around the age of 15/16. That's when I started experimenting more.

2. How do you feel without make-up?

I'm not the kind of girl that really cares to dress up every single day. I get tired and lazy so quickly. But when I go out without make-up I feel like I'm being looked at the wrong way. I don't even know why! Who cares if I'm wearing make-up or not? I can be beautiful without it. Too bad society makes us girls feel the need to wear it. We shouldn't feel bad about ourselves and yet we still do (myself included).

3. What do you like about make-up?

I love everything about make-up. The different textures, shades, forms, and styles. I love that you can create a whole different look or just enhance your natural beauty. I love that you can try purple lips today and a nude lip tomorrow. The fact that it's not permanent gives me liberty to try new things and not be afraid of messing up.

4. Three holy grail items:

-My Cereve Moisturizer to get rid of all my dry, problamatic areas.
-My Nars concealer that works magic under my dark circles.
-My Full N' Soft Mascara by Maybelline that makes my lashes incredibly long!

Blogs I tag!

(If you've done it already then tag someone else :))

Natalie | richnataliee
Liz | myprettyobsessions
Caroline | Calijae
Ashley | GreenBeautyLife
Ashleigh | Ashhmakeup 
Veronica | VeroSays

Winter Makeup With Red Lips 2013!

Hello gorgeous! Welcome back to my blog I know its been a while. But I am back and I'm almost done with finals. My last final is tomorrow (math yuck) and I will be completly free to continue filming and writing as many blogs as possible before the new semester starts. So today I am bringing to you a very simple but classy makeup tutorial. By the title I bet you know where this is going. 

I wanted to do a classy red lip in the tutorial so I went with a subtle eye that brightens up your face. 

All products are listed down below. Even the lashes since I forgot to show which ones they were.

I hope you like this tutorial. I think it is perfect for the winter time and the festivities going on this time of year. Let me know what you think down below!
-TheFashionQueen

Eyes:

Elf Eyeshadow Primer

NYX Eyeshadow Pencil 'Milk"

Cork Eyeshadow MAC

Mystery Eyeshadow MAC

Stila Liquid Eyeliner

Revlon Lash Potion Mascara

Cover Girl Clump Crusher Mascara

Blending Brush MAC

Flat Brush MAC

Lips:

Brick Lip Liner MAC

Red Lizard Lipstick NARS

Face:

Give Me Sun MAC Bronzer

Elf Angled Brush

Revlon Blush Brush

Lashes: 

Ardell 103 

Revlon Lash Glue

BCA: Week 3: My Favorite Lip & Nail Products!

The Beauty Crown Awards are a yearly favorites collaborative effort including beauty bloggers around the globe. The Beauty Crown Awards were created by Lily from Beauty with Lily Liz from My Pretty Obsessions, Jackie from Five Two Certified, and Shalunya from Shalunya & Boyet. We felt that a collaborative effort from a large number of beauty bloggers would be much more interesting to our readers and would garner more attention. The Beauty Crown Awards are a 5 week event with each week covering types of products.

Week 1 - Personal Care Products - Dec 2 - Dec 8, 2013

Week 2 - Facial Products - Dec 9 - Dec 15, 2013

Week 3 - Lip & Nail Products - Dec 16 - Dec 22, 2013

Week 4 - Eye & Misc Products - Dec 23 - Dec 29, 2013

Week 5 - Facial Care Products & Tools - Dec 30 - Jan 4, 2014

Week 3 of the Beauty Crown Awards covers Lip & Nail Products. Below are my Week 3 selections:

LIPS

Lipliner: I'm not sure if this is meant for a brand but I'm gonna say the MAC lip liners are my favorite just cause it's the only ones I wear. I just find them to fit perfectly with every shade and I'm able to mix and match them. But I also love the new Kardashian cosmetics line, they have amazing lipliners which are super creamy!! Try them out!

Lipstick: Oh come on, you all know my favorite is MAC hands down. Their lipsticks last forever, are super pigmented, and most are very creamy and don't dry your lips (except Ruby Woo lol). Even though they are a little more expensive than drugstore brands I feel like they are completly worth it. I have yet to find a drugstore lipstick that has the same longevity like the mac ones do.

Gloss: No, let's just leave it at that.

Tinted Lip Balm: I don't wear tinted lipbalm. Only Burt's Bees.

Lip Treatment: Not sure what that means? I don't use any lip treatments. 

NAILS

Polish: This is a no-brainer! My favorite nail polish is Essie! I absolutely love the colors, formula, and the brand. I can live off of just using essie for the rest of my life. They have so many different shades and etextures. I love buying a new glitter to spice up older colors. That's the best thing to do when you start to get bored of your collection. Here are their new winter collection colors!

Basecoat: Hands down, Essie's base coat is the best (the only) base coat I have ever tried!! I've been using it religiously ever since I got it. It is a necessary step especially when I wear reds, blues, blacks, and glitters. It makes taking off the nail polish so much easier! Plus, my nails are looking less yellow (yes, honey! The constant use of nail polish can turn your rosy, pink nail beds a gross yellow color due to the lack of oxygens and chemicals in polish). But the base coat has turned this all around! I recommend this 150%!!

Topcoat: My favorite topcoat is from Seche Vite. Julia Grath is the one who introduced me to this, thanks to her videos so thank you Julia! I absolutely love this and can't live without it. Not only does it dry my nail polish in under a minute but it keeps them glossy, hard, and chip free for over a week. It's pretty expensive but I definetly recommend this to any nail fanatics. 

Treatment: If we are refering to nail treatments I cannot comment since I haven't had any done. Sorry!

Beauty Haul 2!

Hello my beautiful readers!

Wow, it's been a tough week so far because of tests and finals. But, I wanted to show you guys the new little make-up stash I have (that has been growing ever since I started this channel!). I love make-up and I got a few new bits to review for you guys and make better make-up tutorials. I hope you guys like my video and let me know if you have used any of these products! 

I'm so sorry for the lack of posts and videos for these past few weeks. I've been really busy in school and it's pretty time consuming (you all know that). Thank you for being patient with me!! I hope to have more videos next week!! 

I posted a picture on Instagram asking which make-up look would you guys like to see. Thank you all for your feedback! The winner will be revealed on Friday!! 

Till then, I hope you're having a great week!!

BCA: Week 2: My Favorite Face Products!

Hello beauties! It's week 2 of the Beauty Crown Awards! To upload your own post click here.

This week we are talking about our favorite face products! I have quite a few and will just start raving about them now haha. Hope you like the post!

Week 1 - Personal Care Products - Dec 2 - Dec 8, 2013

Week 2 - Facial Products - Dec 9 - Dec 15, 2013

Week 3 - Lip & Nail Products - Dec 16 - Dec 22, 2013

Week 4 - Eye & Misc Products - Dec 23 - Dec 29, 2013

Week 5 - Facial Care Products & Tools - Dec 30 - Jan 4, 2014

Week 2 of the Beauty Crown Awards covers Face Products. Below are my Week 2 selections:

FACE

Primer: My favorite primer would have to be the Covergirl & Olay primer (even though it says it's for age prevention, you can never start too young!) It is a perfect primer that doesn't leave your face oily and holds your foundation in place. Love the lightness of this product!

BB Cream: The BB Cream I am currently using is from Maybelline. As much as I want to believe it evens out my skin, it does not. Sad, I know. But I like to wear it as an every day face product as it is super light on my face and it has SPF 30. It truly doesn't feel like a sunscreen because it is lighter and has just a tiny bit of coverage to cover up my dark circles. (But it doesn't banish them from existence lol). I need to try a few more BB creams before I settle down on my favorite but I did want to let you guys know my thoughts on the one I've been using.

Foundation: Last month I review the Revlon Colorstay Foundation for dry skin. Now that I've been using it non-stop I can tell you it is one of my favorite foundations!! I absolutely love this foundation as it doesn't show my dry areas and it actually hydrates my skin. It covers all the imperfections even though it's not full coverage. And because of that it doesn't feel cakey or heavy on my face. Omg! You have no idea how happy I am with it. This product also has SPF 15.

Powder: For powder I am currently using Revlon photoready powder. I think it does a fine job and keeps my face perfectly matte and set. I do have to admit that if I put too much it will make me look dusty. The pesky peach fuzz on my face makes powders look very noticeable! So I literally only swipe it on my face once. This product also has SPF 14.

Concealer: You girls have heard me talk about this product over and over again. But when you find something that becomes a miracle worker you can't stop talking about it! Like I've mentioned, I suffer from dry skin especially under my eyes. That are gets so dry for some reason and no matter how much water I drink or how much moisturizer I put it's not the best place to put on makeup. It's the hardest! So when I tried the NARS concealer in its liquid form in #1 I was in love!! Not only was it full coverage it was so light that it didn't feel like anything was on me. Plus it doesn't settle into all the annoying creveces on my skin. I recommend this 100%!!

Brightener: I've been using the maybelline Lumi brightner and love it!! I use it something on my cheek bones and under my eyes to highlight those areas. It is so amazing and it's easy to put on. With it's brush applicator it is an easy way to place the product where you want it.

Blush: I absolutely love Fleur Power by MAC I think it's amazing and it suits so many different skin shades. I love using it some times as just a bronzer since it has a golden undertone to it. I also love to use it by itself as it is beautiful on its own.

Bronzer: My favorite right now has been the MAC Minerilized bronzer in Give Me Sun. That is amazing and so fluffy (for lack of a better word to describe it's consistency). I love how easy it is to apply to the face and since it is so pigmented you really don't need that much. I love using it to give me a sun-kissed glow around my face. It's much more natural to my matte bronzer from MAC.

Highlighter: I recently purchased the MAC Mineralize SkinFinish in light. That thing is amazing to highlight and brighten. Since I haven't used it as much as I would have liked I can only tell you that so far I love it!

Palette: Oh man, tough one because I don't own any palettes!! Yes I know shocker. I bought the Naked 2 not too long ago (you'll see in my Beauty Haul coming out on Wednesday) but I can't tell you what I think of it just yet.

Participating in the Beauty Crown Awards this week? 

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Tell me what you think of these products!

-TheFashionQueen