Roundup and Giveaway Winner: February Series Challenge

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Thank you for all the feedback/comments that I receive for my Disney looks, and a huge thank you to all of those who participated in the February Challenge! I had a lot of fun of with this Disney Princess theme :D It was a bit more challenging than usual because these were softer, girlier looks.

Disney Series: Princess Jasmine (Aladdin)

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I am a huge fan of Disney's Aladdin! When I was young, Aladdin was one of my favorite movies and I watched it all the time. I have always loved Jasmine's red outfit, more so than her usual blue outfit. I knew that if I did a Jasmine inspired look, I wanted it to be inspired by the red outfit, so that is what I'm doing today! I borrowed some aspects of the Arabic-style makeup: lots of eyeliner in the elongated, cat-eye shape. I knew I wanted to incorporate red in this look, but I didn't want it to be overpowering. So instead of doing a mostly red eye look, I made a neutral gold smokey eye with red on the lower lash line. I kept the rest of my face very neutral too. I quite like the way it turned out and I hope you all like this look too :D Keep reading for a step-by-step tutorial~

Disney Series: Belle (Beauty and the Beast)

Bonjour my lovely readers!

I apologize for the extreme delay with this post. Some of you might know this, but for those of those who don't know, I will say it again: I am a college senior and I *hopefully* will be getting my Bachelor's degree in about three weeks. I am really busy trying to pass all my classes so I can graduate already! But, even if this post is late, I still wanted to post it this week :D I will have the Jasmine inspired look this week too so look out for that one!

I love Beauty and the Beast! I was looking forward to doing this because Belle is my best friend's favorite princess. No joking, she has a shrine of Belle collectibles xD This look was a bit difficult for me because I felt like yellow was the only color I could work with. But I ended up incorporating a bit of brown and gold into as well. I wanted to keep my lips very neutral so I choose to wear Chanel's Rouge Coco in 'Mademoiselle'. Kind of fitting, don't you think (since she is French)? Anyway, I hope you like the look!

2013 Favorites: Eyeshadows

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We have arrived to the most difficult part of choosing my 2013 favorites: eyeshadows. This is a conundrum of massive proportions because I love eyeshadows so much. About 60% of my collection is made up of eyeshadows so choosing a few is too difficult, but I tried my best. Fun fact, my blog was originally going to be a nail polish blog. Yet somehow it turned out to be more focused on eyeshadows/eye looks. It's weird how things work out! Anyway, I digress. If you want to see my 2013 eyeshadow picks, keep reading!

Disney Series: Elsa (Frozen)

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Disney's Frozen is about to be released so here is my insanely late Elsa inspired makeup! Out of the two main female roles from this film, Elsa is by far my favorite. She isn't a villain, but not quite the "good guy" of this film either. I like the idea of having a Disney character with an uncontrollable power, it is quite reminiscent of many anime characters I have encountered. Also, her snowflake-themed dress is insanely cute! I will have to watch the film and see how I feel about Elsa then! 

Disney Series: Anna (Frozen)

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Who's excited to see the new Disney movie Frozen? I am very excited because I am loving the character of Elsa so far. Anna is the main protagonist and the sort of determined and daring one of the two sisters, whoever she looks a whole lot like Rapunzel (as many other people have pointed out). I was not very inspired by Anna's look so I had to work extra hard to come up with something. I wanted to use the colors of her outfit while still trying to make the eyeshadows look girly. So here is my attempt at a Anna inspired look! 

November Series Challenge: Disney's Frozen

*Every person can do one look per week based on that week's inspiration. Example, you can turn in a Anna inspired look anytime from 11/11-11/16. Of course you can always create the looks before that and just send the look to me during that week.

*Share your weekly look  by the end of each week on my Facebook Page, my Twitter, and/or by email (yamireviews@gmail.com). You can do eye makeup, full-face makeup, or nails!

                                                                 Inspiration Pictures                                                                

*These are not my photos. You can use the photos I will be using for inspiration or you can use a different photo of the same character if you wish.

Week 1: Anna

Week 2:Elsa

                                                                   Contest Giveaway Prize                                                       

At the end of the month, all of you who have participated in the challenge will have a chance to win this: a $20-40 electronic gift card to any store of your choice!

*Share your looks  by the end of each week on my Facebook Page, my Twitter, and/or by email (yamireviews@gmail.com). You can do eye makeup, full-face makeup, or nails!

Let's celebrate another Disney classic!

Roundup and Giveaway Winner: October Series Challenge

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I want to thank those of you participated in the October Series Challenge~ And a HUGE thank you to all of you who have left lovely comments on my weekly looks! Well here is this month's roundup~ Enjoy :D

Disney Villains Series: Dr. Facilier (The Princess and the Frog)

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"You can blame my friends on the other side"

I love the movie The Princess and the Frog, and I love Dr. Ficilier's song "Friend on the Other Side" even more. So I decided to do an inspired full face look based on his appearance during that song. Not only is he the movie's villain, but his look is very fitting for Halloween, which is only a few days away! This was my first time working with Aquacolors or with white face cream so I was super excited to do this look. I hope you all like it!

Disney Villains Series: Demona (Gargoyles)

Greetings my glamorous readers!

Hello everyone! I am soooooooo sorry this look is so late. This was supposed the be last week's look, but life has gotten in the way of my blogging. If you wanted to join the Series Challenge, you are welcome to do the Demona or the Dr. Facilier by the end of the month since I am super late on posting my own looks. If you did either of the Demon or Dr. Facilier looks on time, you will get an extra point for that.

Anyways, today's look is inspired by Demona, a villain (sometimes she is sort of an anti-hero) from the Disney cartoon Gargoyles. I grew up watching this show, and I absolutely love it! There are so many Shakespeare references, the story is engaging, and the characters are complex. You won't see many cartoons like this one now a days. The look came out like a bit of a mishmash of different colors, but I hope you enjoy it either way. ^_^

Keep reading more for a pictorial :)

Disney Villains Series: Maleficent

Greetings my glamorous readers!

This look is inspired by my favorite Disney villain of all time: Maleficent! Sleeping Beauty is my favorite princess movie (although I love all the princess movies!), but Maleficent is probably the best character from the movie, IMO. She is not just evil, she is really glamorous too. The way she talks and the way she moves her hands so delicately shows true classiness (well, classy in an evil way!) I was very excited to make this look, and I hope you will like it :) My inspiration was Maleficent's eye makeup and her dragon form.

Keep reading more for a pictorial :)

October Series Challenge: Disney Villains

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For an introduction of this Series Challenge, go HERE. Otherwise, welcome to another month of my challenge series!

This month's theme will be: Disney Villains. For weekly dates and inspiration pictures, keep reading!

*I just realized Maleficent is spelled wrong on the photo below...Ugh. Let's just ignore that ^_^

Review: E.L.F. Disney Villains Nail Polish Set 2013

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For those of you who have not heard the news, Walgreens is going to be getting a bunch of different collections based on four beloved Disney villains: Maleficent, Ursula, the Evil Queen, and Cruela De Vil. In 2012, ELF released three Villain palettes, and the trend continues this year. Except there is now four palettes, one nail polish set, four makeup bags, four sets of Ardell lashes, and four sets of Scunci hair ties. One of the first items I was able to find is the Nail Polish Set by ELF which is $9.99. This set has 12 polishes, three polishes for each of the four villains. To see swatches and hear my thoughts about this keep reading~

                                                                             Swatches                                                                      

*I used two coats of polish with a top coat for each polish.

Maleficent

-Bubble Gum Pink: creamy bubble gum pink.

-Mod Mauve: deep brown-toned mauve.

-Gina Girl: sheer grape purple base with purple, orange, green and red glitter.

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FOTD and EOTD: Sephora Ariel Palette

Welcome dark siders!

If you have been following the newest Sephora Disney collection, you might know that the Ariel collection will be arriving in stores soon. I was lucky enough to get my Ariel Storylook Palette early but I have yet to purchase anything else in the collection (I really want the mirror). So, in the mean time, I am still using my palette to create different looks. Recently, I created a smokey look using the colors 'Jetsam' and 'Caspian Sea' (see the FOTD photo). I also created a reverse smokey eye using the entire last row of the palette (see the EOTD photo). 

I know a lot of people did not particularly love this palette, but I really do. I think the colors are amazing~! If you ever get a chance to get this palette, I really recommend it :D It is a great collector's item than you can actually use to create several different makeup looks!

FOTD: Sick of Swimming (Ft. Sephora Ariel Palette)

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The third row of the Sephora Ariel palette offers a great mix of colorful shades. I wanted to create something brighter and less reminiscent of the ocean/mermaids. I personally just love the green shades in this palette! It is different, but I hope you like it!

 

FOTD: Unfortunate Souls (Ft. Sephora Ariel Palette)

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Here is another sea-blue look using the Sephora Ariel palette. I decided to use all the eyeshadows from the second row in the palette to create a look and see how it works out. I actually love how the blues on the lid look together! I hope you like it too :)

FOTD: Blue Lagoon (Ft. Sephora Ariel Palette)

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I created a simple blue look using the Sephora Ariel Storylook Palette~ This is an easy way to wear blue that does not look super crazy or in your face. Or maybe it does look crazy and I'm just in denial xD

First Impression: Sephora Ariel Storylook Palette

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I am excited to show you a first look of the new Sephora Disney Storylook Palette. This is Volume 3 and it is based on Ariel from The Little Mermaid. The Little Mermaid is one of my all-time favorite Disney movies, and the Hans Christian Andersen version is my favorite fairy tale. So as you could imagine, I was very thrilled to see Sephora release an Ariel collection. So without further adieu, here is my first impression of the Ariel Storylook Palette~

                                                                         Packaging                                                                        

If you have seen the Cinderella or Jasmine palette, you have an idea of the packaging is like. The palette comes inside a box. The outer box is really cute actually, and you can see it in the photo below:

Swatches + First Impression: Sephora Jasmine Collection Storylook Vol. 2

Greetings from the Dark Side! :)

Review: Sephora Jasmine Collection 'Magic Carpet Ride' Quad

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Are there any Aladdin fans out there? I know that I am a HUGE fan of Aladdin and Princess Jasmine, so I was super psyched by the Sephora Jasmine collection! I purchased a few things and I just had to show you all a review ASAP!