KelleyBakerBrows Collective Review (Part 1 - Salon)

The past few weeks, I have had the great pleasure and privilege of getting to know award-winning arch artist, Kelley Baker. She is one of the sweetest women I have come to meet here in the beauty community, and I cannot wait to share with you all my experience with her amazing salon and my thoughts on her brow products.

Highlighter Smudge Brush, Angle Spoolie Brush, Brow Powder, Highlighter Pencil

House of Lashes "Noir Fairy" and "Temptress" lashes

I know I made a first impressions review on the famous "Noir Fairy" lashes on my Instagram a while back, and now I just wanted to come back and tell you all how I felt about it after I had used one pair to its max capacity, and also share with you all my thoughts on another new favorite of mine, the "Temptress" lashes.

Noir Fairy lashes

Temptress lashes

November Hits and Misses

This is my first ever favorites blog post on my blog! I normally post this on my Instagram, and although I will post this, I'm hoping this post will answer a lot of my followers' questions and save me from sounding like a broken record. ^__^

Before you read, please keep in mind that this blog post is based on my personal experience. Everyone has their own preferences and everyone reacts to products differently.

November 2012 Hits

Tarte Fantastic Foursome Blush Set

The Tarte Fantastic Foursome blush set is "a limited-edition blush enthusiast set featuring Tarte's award-winning and best-selling blush in four deluxe sizes of brand NEW universally flattering shades."

My New Best Friend!!! (Chanel Pureté Idéale Sérum)

There are only three major reasons I would make a big splurge on a beauty product: either I've tried samples, I've heard consistent positive reviews, or I just see immediate results that I can't seem to put it down! And Chanel Pureté Idéale Sérum has Reason #3 written all over it, and I'm so excited to tell you all about it! I know I promised my friend, Melissa, I would wait until this weekend to post it just so I have had a good use out of it and make sure my face doesn't react to it or whatever, but I just can't contain how much I love this product anymore!

My ode to Chanel Eclats du Soir Holiday Collection

Just had a Chanel kick going on today, so I thought I'd show you all what I wore featuring the new releases from the brand.

Chanel Rouge Allure Velvet Lipstick in L'Impatiente

L'Impatiente is described as a "deep red black" shade that is limited edition for Chanel's Holiday collection. I am all for vampy colors for fall and winter and I am so glad I got around to being confident with them. I used to go for nude lips everyday, but now I totally abandon all my nude lipsticks! Vampy lipsticks are just so much more adventurous and fun, don't you think?

Chanel Harmonie Du Soir Eyeshadow Quad

Harmonie du Soir is described as a "limited-edition, holiday-inspired quartet offers endless looks of festive glamour. Deep, dense bronze-gold with a radiant sheen complements colours from violet-plum red to smoky taupe to pink."

Chanel Le Vernis in Malice (nail polish)

I've always been hesitant in purchasing high end nail polish. This is because I have never finished a bottle (besides base and top coats) and they get old and hard to work with after some time, while makeup can still last beyond its marketed timeline as long as you store and sanitize it properly.

And guess who gave in.

Chanel Holiday 2012: Eclats du Soir de Chanel (my picks)

Long time no blog, my readers!

Before I go ahead with my series of reviews, I just wanted to show you a sneak peek of my picks from the new Holiday collection from Chanel. This year's Chanel Holiday collection is called Eclats du Soir de Chanel and the brand is really incorporating the trends for this fall and winter, as well as festive holiday shades.

From the website, Chanel describes the collection as "A resplendent makeup collection sets holiday beauty aglow. Gold and bronze shade harmonies dust eyes with festive shimmer, while soft beige, pinks, and deep reds illuminate the face, lips and nails with elegance."

I already showed this photo on my Instagram, but here are my picks:

• Le Vernis in Malice (nail polish)
• Regarde Signé de Chanel in Harmonie du Soir (eyeshadow quad)
• Rouge Allure Velvet in L'Impatiente (lipstick)
• Glossimer in Mystery (lipgloss)

Stay tuned for my review. Doing lots of work tonight. eek. Wish me luck!

xo, Naoms

Guerlain Orgueil Rouge G L'Extrait

I have been meaning to try Guerlain lip products in ages and never got around to them until now because when it comes to choosing a color, I'm really indecisive. Unlike MAC, there aren't a lot of bloggers out there that I know who review or swatch high end products like this. It can get a bit overwhelming. Whereas with MAC, you can pretty much Google swatches of any lipstick they have in their permanent and limited lines. 

Anyways, some of you may already know that I am obsessing over vampy and red lipsticks for fall. If you all didn't know yet, MAC Media lipstick and Currant lipliner are my favorites to create that my go-to vampy lip for fall; I also love a lot of the red lipsticks I have been accumulating over the past year.

But I am so excited to show you all something that is probably starting to kick my favorite fall lip combo off the #1 spot!

MAC Small Vanity Blush - Glamour Daze Collection

Small Vanity Blush is a satin finish blush described as a "dusty rose tan". I know I purchased all three blushes from the Glamour Daze color collection, but this was the only blush that I was interested in and I felt I could get the most use out of.

Tutorial: Can I Steal that Moment?

Since a lot of you makeup junkies on Instagram have been asking me how I did this eyeshadow look I posted yesterday, I decided to post a pictorial on how I achieved this look! I hope you all enjoy!

Dior Diorific Lipsticks

Dior's 2012 holiday collection is mesmerizing! The first items that caught my eye were the lipsticks, and although I am still waiting on one more lipstick, I had to get this up because I could not wait to show them to you all!

MAC Glamour Daze Holiday Collection 2012 - Product Info and Some Swatches

So, the Holidays are coming up and cosmetics brands are starting to release their collections one by one for the upcoming months! And you know well enough that MAC likes to go overboard with the plethora of sets and new stuff for everyone to devour over! This year's Holiday collection is called Glamour Daze and I must say, off the bat, that the packaging is pretty cute!

I went to the MAC store and Nordstrom MAC counter today to see the products for myself and so I have photos and swatches of some products for you all!

Jazzy Blues

Here's a quick look I put together this morning before church using the Urban Decay Vice Palette (review here). It's nothing special, but I just wanted to show y'all how pigmented and amazing the colors look on the lids!

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Urban Decay Vice Palette + GIVEAWAY!

Urban Decay Vice Palette is the new limited edition palette for the Holiday 2012 and I must say I am incredibly excited to show this palette to you all! This palette has 20 BRAND NEW SHADES that no one has seen before!

Estee Lauder Violet Underground Eye Palette

Estee Lauder's Five Color Eyeshadow Palette in Violet Underground is described as "A high-style mix to inspire creative blending, highlighting and color accenting. The versatile palette allows you to play with intensities, express different attitudes as well as mix and blend shades. The Pure Color palette holds varying color intensities and finishes. The matte, satin, shimmer and metallic finishes deliver high-pigment and high-impact effects." It has a frosty peach-beige, a bright magenta, a dark brown satin color, a navy blue with black undertones and a noticeable sheen and a matte black.

EL Palette under ambient lighting

Gotta love my Turquoise and Teals

Happy Labor Day everyone! I was pretty bored today bc I decided not to do anything special, so I just came up with this eye look. It's nothing special, but it photographed really well (except for how the outer corners aren't so dark as they were in person), so I thought I'd show my readers and IG friends what I came up with.

Styleseeker Inspired

Urban Decay Half Baked on lids, Smog on lower lash line, Virgin on browbone

TheBalm Sexy and Serious on crease

MAC Hidden Treasure blush on as transition color

xoxo, Naomi