by Jessica Dawn

I just changed up my foundation routine and skin care routine and thought it'd be a good idea to document both since I seem to have to change them up so frequently. My skin has been so crazy lately. One week it's absolutely horrible and the next week it's looking really good. Then it flips again. So weird. Even though it's been crazy I've never had good skin. Some of that is because of genetics and the rest is up for debate. Maybe I just haven't found the right combo of skincare and makeup that just "works" for my skin. Or maybe it's just one of those things that will always be out of my control. Thankfully as of late, I've accepted that my skin is just that - my skin. But that doesn't mean that I won't keep trying new products. I've struggled for years to find the right color foundation and will probably put together my thoughts and experiences on that since I could talk for hours on that subject. Here I'm using a foundati...

It's been a while - oops. I actually photographed this tutorial over a week ago, but I've fell so into a deep, wide cavern of love for the guitar that I've been playing it as much as I can. Seriously love there. Anyways, this eye makeup is using Michelle Phan's em cosmetics to create a natural yet golden glitter eye. I'm using eye shadow from look 4 in the Night Life life palette, but these are super basic shades that you could use any for. Step 1: Apply a neutral base all over your lid. I used a slighly pink one, Sweet Dessert. Step 2: Apply a light brown shade, softly, to the outer quarter of your lid for a little dimension. I'm using A La Carte. Step 3: Apply a gold glitter shade to the inner corner (where you would usually highlight) and up into the inner half of your crease. I'm using Hors D'oeurvs. Step 4: Apply the same gold glitter shade to the outer half of your bottom lid. Step 5: Apply eye liner. I ap...

As I sit here typing this, the tips of my fingers on my left hand are mostly numb. Do you know how funny it feels to type when you get that tingling sensation each time you press a key? Pretty sure I'm re-typing every other word because it's so distracting. (If you follow me on twitter , I tweeted about my fingers last night - I'm learning to play the guitar and really loving it, though I'm pretty sure the piano will still be my instrument of choice.) Anyways, for my birthday, I splurged and bought the Pretty Rebel Palette by Two Faced. I was a little intimidated by all the colors but had a good feeling about it. (It was probably the hot pink - what can I say, I'm a girly girl.) I knew I wanted to be able to use the hot pink and not just a tiny dab of it, and it turns out that I think I really could rock a bright pink. Who knew! So this is a simple tutorial using the Pretty Rebel Palette. I hope you enjoy and let me know what you think. ...