Makeup Tip #5 (Making blush last all day)

Hello everyone!! It's time for my 4th makeup tip. I truly hope you all find these tips helpful. As always, if you have questions or comments please let me know either on my youtube channel or email. Now for this weeks tip........

Making your blush last all day:

If you are having trouble making your blush last throughout the day, no worries! I have the solution for this problem. Try layering....I know in the summer time layering doesn't seem ideal. If you have oily skin try using MAC cream color bases, these are much thicker than cream blushes. Once you have applied the cream color base than apply a sheer layer of powder blush. I'm sure you all are wondering...what if I have normal skin, dry skin or combination. For normal skin beauties, you are the lucky ones. You can wear a cream blush, cheek tints and powder blushes with ease. If you want a more intense blush look than try layering with a powder blush for you normal skin gals. For my dry skin girls, try using a moisturzing cream blush. Cream blushes add a bit more moisture than cheek tints. Wearing cream blushes gives your skin a natural glowing flush from within. For my combination skin girls, identify which areas of your face are normal, oily or dry. If you are oily in the cheek area, follow the same layering technique as my oily skin gals. For my combination girls, if your cheek area is normal than you can wear blush anyway you'd like. If you happen to have dry areas around the cheeks, try stippling cream blushes on with a duo fibre brush. For applying cream color bases, use a stiff angle blush brush. For tints or stains apply with your fingers in a circular motion and quickly!!

* Cream blushes have more moisture in them than tints or stains so be careful with the ones you choose.
*Cheek tints or stains are a much lighter form of blush. It's create for the first layer of color since most of these are extremely lightweight.
*Powder blushes are great for oily skin and if you have dry skin don't use these.
*Cream color base are a famous product by MAC but they are wonderful. I love to use them underneath my blush. These are much thicker and drier than cream blushes. Use sparingly!

MAC To the Beach Collection

Hello everyone! I uploaded a new video a couple days ago on the new upcoming MAC collection...To the Beach that is due to be released at the end of the month. I was invited to go to the sneak peek event to see the new products, play with testers and best of all purchase the items I wanted. The event was a lot of fun and I did purchase a few things. This new collection is so pretty and I love the beach theme. I hope this was helpful. My video also includes swatches of the products listed below. If you haven't watched my video on this collection please do so at http://www.youtube.com/user/glamourbylexi

Items I purchased:

Sand & Sun eyeshadow- matte peach color
Sweet & Punchy- shimmery bright yellow green
Float on by eye kohl pencil- bright turquoise color
Beach bound lipstick- a sheer peachy gold color glaze finish
Marine Life beauty powder- combination of bright coral and light pink with a gold shimmer seahorse design

Sunset Eyes Tutorial

Hello everyone! I've just uploaded a new tutorial. This tutorial was inspired by the beautiful sunset. I will attached some pictures to this post so that you all can see the finished look. If you haven't watched my video, please do so at www.youtube.com/user/glamourbylexi

I used several different eyeshadows but you really only need one gold eyeshadow and one burnt orange eyeshadow. I will also add a description of the colors I used so that it will be easier for you all to find a similar shade if you would like to recreate this look.

Products used:

* MAC paintpot in soft ochre as a base

*Smashbox eyeshadow in torch (burnt orange color)

*Smashbox eyeshadow in honey (pale gold color)

*Stila eyeshadow in ray (burnt brown orange color)

*Stila eyeshadow in prize (yellow gold color)
*Stila eyeshadow in launey (pale yellow color)

* Covergirl lashblast fusion mascara

L'oreal Studio Secrets Professional Magic Perfecting Base Review

I have been using this new Loreal magic perfecting base for over a month. Let me just say that I love this primer. I have used other brands and none of them compare. It's so good that I have 3 backups just in case they discontinue it. Loreal has recently created a line of new products that were designed by professional makeup artists. This new line has several different products that are called studio secrets. This awesome primer is labeled as studio secret no.1. You can find this product at any local drugstore, which is great. It costs about $12 for .05oz which isn't a lot of product...but the good thing is that a little bit goes a long way. I've been using the same jar for over a month. This primer is super fluffy almost like a whipped mousse with a slightly pinkish color. I love how smooth this makes my skin feel. Another great quality is that it makes my foundation glide so smoothly onto my skin. My foundation blends easier and lasts so much longer. When I apply this primer, it almost acts like a mattifier. Which if you have oily skin like me, this is good! I would recommend this product to other people. I would buy this item again once I run out of my backups. I hope this review provided some helpful insight on this new product. If you all have any questions please feel free to email me at glamourbylexi.r@gmail.com or you can simply leave a comment on my most recently uploaded video http://www.youtube.com/user/glamourbylexi

Hopefully with this picture you all can see the consistancy of this product. An awesome whipped mousse!

Be on the look at for this packaging on your next drugstore trip!

Physician's Formula Custom Eye Enhancing Gel CreamLiner Review

Hello everyone. This blog post is going to be a review on the new Physician's Formula Custom Eye Enhancing Gel CreamLiners. These were mentioned in my April favorites video. I mentioned in my video that I was going to post swatches here on my blog. I hope this review is helpful. If you haven't watched my april favorites video please do so. Thanks for watching my videos, subscribing to my channel and following my blog!!








This is what the custom eye enhancing gel liners look like. They are stackable which is great. I can choose the 3 shades I want when traveling or I can stack just 2 shades. I can even just take one shade with me. I purchased the eye enhancing gel liners for green and blues eyes. I know I don't have either of those eye colors but the gel liners are in the colors I was looking for. I purchased these at CVS. Unfortunately, I have not seen them in other drugstores. I would purchase these gel liners again. These are a great bargin item in drugstores. This new line of products designed for eye colors also include Shimmer Strips color enhanching mascara duos and Shimmer Strips color enhancing shadow & liner pop collection. These gel liners and other products come for all eye colors. Visit CVS or check your local drugstore for these products.







Here's the swatch for the Custom Eye Enhancing Gel CreamLiner for green eyes. I love how pigmented these liners are. Another great perk is that they are cheap...around $11 for 3 stackable shades! These gel liners apply very smoothly. They last all day which is great.







Here's the swatch for the Custome Eye Enhancing Gel CreamLiners for blue eyes. I really love these 3 shades. Great quality!


*FTC Disclaimer: I did purchase these items pictured with my own money. These are my own thoughts and opinions. I was not paid to mention or review these products or brand.

My NARS sheer glow foundation routine/Review

Hey everyone. I uploaded a new video showing my current foundation products. I have finnaly decided to try the NARS sheer glow foundation. I am really liking this foundation. It provides a really nice finish and coverage. I know that people with oily skin tend to stay away from foundations that claim to have a glow/dewy finish because it just adds more attention to oily areas. No worries with the NARS sheer glow foundation. If you haven't already tried this foundation please do so. Another NARS product that I have been using is the loose powder. It comes in a pretty big box and you get a lot of product for your money. I love using this powder to set my foundation. It provides a very light coverage so you can layer it on top of the foundation and not have to worry about it looking caked on. I also use the neutrogena blemish concealer. It's a bit thicker than most concealers because of the acne solution that is in it. I like to use it underneath my eye because it covers the dark circles really well. I also use it to cover up blemishes that are a bit red. My last product that I use the Givenchy mat & glow sun visage face powder. It comes in a pretty compact and it provides a very light natural sheen to my skin. I absolutely love it. It's expensive so I use it sparingly. Below I'll put the name of the products with prices and where to buy them. Thanks for watching my videos and subscribing. I hope this video was helpful. See you in my next video.


NARS sheer glow foundation $42 (sephora or narscosmetics.com)
NARS loose powder $38 (sephora or narscosmetics.com)
Givenchy mat & glow sun visage face powder $53
Neutrogena blemish concealer $9 (drugstores)

Highlighting beauty products

Here are my favorite highlighting beauty products to use year round. If you want a luminous healthy glow use any of these products.....

*Benefit 10- highlighter/bronzer duo
*Benefit's high beam- shimmery light pink color
*Stila illuminating all over color- shimmery peach color
*Sally Hansen Natural beauty inspired by Carmindy cream highlighter duo
*Revlon photo ready foundation- provides a light natural coverage with a luminous glow
*Smashbox artificial light in Diffuse- shimmery white with pink/lilac duo chrome
*MAC accentuate sculpt powder - provides a very natural shimmery pink glow and also has a good contouring powder
*Covergirl champagne eyeshadow- great for that perfect champagne glow