2018 Beauty Favorites

While I was putting items together for this post I noticed that I didn’t really try a lot of new makeup this year, so that is something I want to do different this year. I feel like I wasn’t as excited about buying new makeup as I was clothes and shoes in 2018 since I started my blog. I kind of felt like I “needed” new clothes so I could post them. Since I bought so many last year, I am going to try my best to not get as many clothes and shoes this year. I really would like to try and save more, but I am terrible at saving. Let’s see how long that lasts, haha. One of my goals for 2019 is to pay off my makeup school loans, so maybe that will encourage me to save. I want to try and incorporate more drugstore makeup into my content as well, because I hardly ever use any. I know not everyone likes to spend a lot of money on makeup and y’all know I like to give y’all affordable content, so I want to be able to give you more budget friendly options on makeup too.

Anyways, let’s talk about some makeup. It is probably no surprise that almost every favorite for the year is Tarte. I’m only going to do my top 10 favorites. I am always open and honest with y’all so I am not just picking Tarte products because I work for tarte, they are my favorite products for a reason. Tarte has always been one of my favorite brands even before I started working for them. With that being said, let’s get started. I will share my non tarte item first.

1. Estee Lauder- Double wear foundation. This is one of my favorite foundations and I usually am not a fan of matte, but this one is more of a natural matte. It lasts all day and has a big shade range. For a dewy foundation, I love the tarte shape tape hydrating formula.

2. Tarte- Shape tape concealer. I have talked about this for years, but it is still hands down my favorite concealer ever! There are a couple drugstore ones I want to try for a cheaper price point, but in my opinion shape tape is worth the $27.

3. Tarte- CC undereye corrector. I have terrible dark circles, so I do not do my makeup without this product. It corrects the darkness and instantly brightens. Sometimes I will even wear just this by itself under my eyes if I am going for a more natural look.

4. Tarte- Park Ave Princess bronzer. As I have gotten older I wasn’t too crazy about shimmer bronzers until I started using this one. It also comes in matte and I like both, but the shimmer one gives you more of a glow, and I am all about that life. It is more of a sheen though, not glitter. It gives a really pretty sun kissed looked. I wear it year round, because I love to look warm and sun kissed all year.

5. Tarte- Park ave princess chisel palette. For my bronzer I have going back and forth between this and the park ave princess single bronzer. This one is a palette that has two matte bronzers, two shimmer bronzers, and two matte highlighters which I use to set my undereye. One has a yellow tint that helps brighten the undereye, and I need all the help I can get in that department. I also love the shade ranges because you can use it for your winter color and your summer color.

6. Tarte- Maneater mascara. I have used probably about 4 tubes of it, it’s that good. It has triple-black pigment and it gives you the drama without having to add 10 layers. It gives you 23x the volume with just two coats. It also doesn’t get clumpy because the brush gets in there and separates your lashes.

7. Tarte- Be a mermaid and make waves palette. I wore this palette all summer because I am so obsessed with it. This is one of my all time favorite limited edition palettes. I just loved the whole mermaid collection since we are talking about it. I already can’t wait to bring it back out for spring. The packaging is also so cute, it’s a seashell! I’ve been trying to wear the new pro remix palette lately, but I didn’t add it just because I got it towards the end of December and haven’t played around with it much.

8. Tarte- Love, trust, and fairy dust palette. This is another limited edition palette that I love. I think I still like the mermaid one better, but this is probably a close second. It has a lot of pinks which are some of my favorite colors to wear, probably because it’s just my favorite color in general. The packaging is also pink glitter!

9. Tarte- Maneater palette. This palette is a smaller one, and one of my favorite smaller ones. It has mainly light neutrals, but also a few dark shades if you want to deepen up your look or use them as eyeliner. I think this one is great for traveling since you can do a daytime look and a nighttime look with it.

10. Tarte- Glam on the go palette. This is another small palette, but comes in a little gift set called ‘Jetset in a jiffy.’ It comes with a makeup bag, this palette that has 6 shades, 3 shimmer and 3 matte, a travel size roller ball perfume, travel sized maneater mascara, and a butter lipstick. I usually tell people that the colors in this palette are fall in a palette. I love all 6 colors and use them all!

    As you can see A LOT of tarte, but that is mostly what I use. As I mentioned earlier I am going to try and use other products this year so I can let y’all know my thoughts on them. I really want to try the Maybelline age rewind concealer because I have heard a lot of good things about it, I just can’t make myself buy another concealer, haha. I also want to try the new Morphe concealer that is coming out. Jaclyn Hill said it is comparable to shape tape, so I want to see just how close and if I like it just as much. I think she said it was going to be $6 or $7, so definitely a better price point, but I’m just wondering if it will be a match for shape tape, pun intended. I have already started a list of stuff I want to try, so I need to start getting a few things at a time so I can start trying them out on tutorials.

    If there are any products you want me to try out just put them in the comments! What were some of yalls beauty favorites for the year??

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September Beauty Favorites

I used to do favorite posts all the time, but would always forget to write down what I used the most so I slowly quite doing them. I thought I would give it another try since it’s a new month and I didn’t want to wait until New Years. I’m hoping to get some new makeup this month so I will have new things to talk about for October. Next month I will also try to add in more things other than beauty too if y’all want to see that.

This months favorites are going to be all Tarte products, not because I work for them, but because they truly are my favorites. Next month I should have some other brands, so y’all don’t get tired of hearing about Tarte, haha.

1. Love, Trust, and Fairy Dust Palette $39- This one is by far my favorite out of all the products. I Love this palette so much and have been wearing it nonstop. Just like all of Tarte’s shadows it’s made with amazonian clay, so it is so pigmented and lasts on the skin all day! It also has pink glitter packaging, what more could you ask for? I did a tutorial using this palette if y’all want to check it out. I will link it here or it’s on my home page as well under recent youtube videos.

2. Chrome Paint Shadow Pot in Frose $22- I used this a lot last month too but I wanted to mention it because it will probably always be a favorite! These are so pigmented as well and so easy to use! You can use your finger to apply which is usually what I do. A lot of times I will wear this by itself and just put on a bold lip. If I want a little more color I’ve been using a pink blush in my crease with this on the lid. Never be afraid to try products other places than what they are intended for. Some of these colors are also really pretty as a highlighter. This color is a pinky-gold.

3. Maneater Eyeshadow Palette V2 $29- If I’m not wearing the fairy palette I am usually wearing this one. I love this palette, obviously, that’s why it’s on this list, haha. Anyways, it is one of Tarte’s smaller palettes so it is great for traveling. I’m usually not the best person to give travel advice because I always overpack, but several times I have went out of town this is the only eyeshadow palette I took. This is also good for so many people because it has light neutrals and dark colors as well to do a smoky/nighttime look and you can use the dark shades as eyeliner.

4. Glide & Go Buttery Lipstick $18- I love all the shades in this butter lipstick, but my favorite shade for August and September was Melon Punch. This one is a coral color shade. This is more of a lip balm so it’s not as bold as a colorful lipstick, so this is great for someone who is new to wearing bold colors. These are also so moisturizing because they have shea butter, murumuru butter, and jojoba seed oil in them. Lately I have been wearing the shade Berry Cruiser since it’s a little more of a fall shade.

5. Busy Gal Brows $18- This is one of Tarte’s new brow products. Normally I like my brows to be filled in, but lately I have been wearing less makeup when I am not at work, so this product is perfect. I also love to use this in just the front of my brows and use something else to fill in the rest. This product is also made with amazonian clay so it lasts all day and it is also waterproof. I use the shade taupe.

6. Arch Architect Brow Pencil & Gel $24- This is hands down my favorite brow pencil. It is a universal shade so it goes with a lot of hair colors. You can change the depth of the color by how much pressure you use. One of the great things about this pencil is it has clear brow gel on the other side. This is the product I love to use with busy gal brows and when I want a more natural brow. I also love that the brow gel is not sticky.

   I didn't have many products for September just because honestly I have been using the same products the last few months. Like I was saying earlier I’m going to try and have fashion and food/drink favorites next month . I will also add in other brands for beauty besides Tarte as well. It is kind of hard to do because Tarte truly is my favorite, but I don’t want y’all to get sick of hearing about it. What are some of yall’s favorite brands?

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