♡ Love in Rio ♡

No, I'm not actually in Rio (I wish), but instead I'm using the NYX Love in Rio Eyeshadow Palette to create todays makeup look! 

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I'm a big fan of this eyeshadow palette because it's inexpensive ($4-5) and because it's gorgeous, super blend-able, and is perfect for an everyday look!

It comes with three shadows. The lightest shade is a shimmery soft pink that's great for the entire lid and for highlight. The second shade is my favorite of the palette, a gorgeous shimmery taupe color and I love it for a crease color. The last shade is a matte black shadow that is great for lining both your upper and lower lash lines!

Look how great these swatch!

I love this palette because it's so so simple to create a classic, beautiful look with just two shades! 

All I did to create my look was patted the white shadow all over my lid and then took a big, fluffy blending brush into my crease with the taupe color. To finish, I lined my lower lash with the black shadow and then highlighted my brow bone and inner corner of my eye with the white shadow!

I love how this look turned out and I'm especially happy it was so affordable!

Check out NYX shadows! They're great products!

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xo Emily

Face of the Day

Happy Sunday! And Happy Father's Day!

Today's post is pretty simple. It's my 'Face of the Day'

The look is really simple and easy to accomplish! Other than my base routine (primer, bb cream, concealer, powder, blush) all I used was the Maybelline Eyeshadow Quad in Lavender Smokes. I don't buy Maybelline Eyeshadow that often but I loved the purple in this so I thought I'd try it out! 

In addition to the purple shadows, I used NYX's Butter Gloss in Vanilla Cream Pie which is such a nice, soft pink that goes lovely with the purple.

All I did to accomplish this eye look was to take the light pink shade and spread it all over my lid. I also spread the bright purple shade and spread it all over my lid, pushing it into the crease a little. Next I took a big, fluffy blending brush and took the 'crease' color which is a gray-purple and took that color and worked it into the crease. Finally, I took the darkest purple shade and lined my upper and lower lash line with it. 

To finish it, I applied a black liquid liner and mascara!

Voila! My 'Face of the Day'

xo Emily