I’ve been a huge fan of Moroccanoil products since college and they were actually the ones to begin the whole argan oil craze so I am super excited to partner up with them today on this post! From the original Moroccanoil treatment I discovered the Luminous Hairspray, and then the Dry Shampoo, Curl Cream, Blow Dry Cream.. the list goes on and on. Today I’ll be chit chatting about my top 3 favorites (otherwise we’d seriously be here all day!). Not only are Moroccanoil’s argan oil-infused products high quality and work wonders on my coarse, dry hair.. everything smells SO good! Sometimes I ditch perfume all together. With winter still here in full force, adding argan oil to your beauty routine will have your hair and skin feeling and looking great for the New Year. Argan oil is jam packed with antioxidents, essential fatty acids, and vitamin E; no wonder Mediterranean women have such gorgeous skin and hair! All Moroccanoil products are infused with it and naturally help rejuvenate skin and restore shine to thirsty hair. My three Moroccanoil favorites are wonderful standalone products but I use each of them pretty regularly together in my beauty routine so let’s get to it in the same order as if I were getting ready. First up, Moroccanoil Shimmering Body Oil…
I’m so excited to be working with Maybelline on today’s video! I got to try out their new Dream Velvet Soft-Matte Hydrating Foundation as well as the Dream Blender (think Beauty Blender on a stick!). I loved the products so much I thought I’d work them into a full drugstore look since that’s been highly requested & with Valentine’s Day coming up I got super girly with it! I think this look is soft enough for a romantic afternoon date and can transition easily into nighttime by just amping up the eyeliner. I hope you love it!
I hope all of your week’s have kicked off to a great start! I hope you’ve already seen my travel vlog of our trip to London & Paris from over the holidays (if you haven’t, it’s at the bottom of this post too!), today I finally finished putting together all of our London photos! I’m so happy with how these turned out, it’s such a beautiful, colorful mess to scroll through 🙂 — I put up a video about my entire camera collection that I travel with, so if you’re looking for gear details please check that post first!
We traveled to Europe with another couple – Waseem & I have been to both cities before so our trip was pretty chill. We ate a lot, went out a lot, and just spent wonderful quality time together. Most of this post is from the one day Waseem and I properly went out sightseeing – let’s get to the photos & I’ll chat as we go!
Last weekend was IMATS LA and I just loved my makeup for the NYX afterparty! I’m so glad I had the camera rolling while I was getting ready. It’s so funny because I always feel like I wear a lot of makeup but then when I go to these beauty events and see all these flawlessly beat faces everywhere I feel like I have nothing on haha so this time I really caked on my undereye concealer, don’t be alarmed! 😉
I’m sure you guys saw on my social media how legit the swag bag was that we all got at the end of the night. I’ve barely even made a dent in last year’s bag so I decided that this year the right thing to do is to gift most of it to you guys! I’ll be holding a giveaway this week with multiple winners – I wanted to include it in this video but it’s so much to sort and organize I didn’t want to delay getting my video up. Make sure you’re following me on Twitter & Facebook because I’ll be updating/tweeting regularly with all of the details: how to enter, what the grand prizes are, etc! You do not want to miss out!
Ladies, meet my new favorite foundation! BECCA just introduced their latest foundation (& its permanent!!): Aqua Luminous Perfecting Foundation. This foundation wears like skin, has a dewy, luminous (duh!) finish, and has some serious staying power! Being a dry gal, this water-like foundation is heaven sent. You all know I’ve been loving NARS’ All Day Luminous Foundation as well and although both of these are watery they are very very different. NARS All Day Luminous is very full coverage even with just a drop, but feels and looks a bit greasy on the skin especially after wearing it all day. BECCA Aqua Luminous Perfecting Foundation has a lighter coverage but is very buildable and even though it has a pretty dewy & luminous finish it never looks or feels greasy – it’s actually quite skin-like! To give you a look at it’s staying power, watch my brown liquid lips for brown girls video if you haven’t seen it yet (or pay it a re-visit!).. that was my first time trying out the new foundation and I filmed that video after almost 24 hours of wear, including a 7 hour “nap” — blergh don’t ask lol. It was a day of blunders and I should never be wearing makeup for that long; let alone sleep in it or be possessed to film in it after that long, it ended up being the perfect field test to see how the product fairs. It required no reapplication, just a few swipes of my foundation brush (with no new product) to smooth out my old lady lines and creases; and I was camera ready! Again, my opinion of course is based off of my personal experience so keep in mind that I have dry skin. I don’t know how this will fair with someone with oily skin but since it doesn’t have an oily feel or finish I would hope that a mattifying primer would be enough to make this product work!
Currently there are only 8 shades but BECCA’s Aqua Luminous Perfecting Foundation is supposed to adjust to your skintone, and I can honestly say that this foundation in the shade Tan is the best matching foundation I own. For reference I wear MAC Studio Fix Fluid Foundation in NC 42-44. It does oxidize on the skin quickly but perhaps that is its adjusting properties? I am not really sure. I was debating between Tan & Warm Honey but the latter was just too dark on me. Warm Honey‘s golden shade is so drool-worthy I wish I could have made it work! Complexion goals. Going back to its complexion matching properties: BECCA recommends that you do not swatch this foundation on the back of your hand, but directly to your face to make your shade selection!
