Daily Grace

Wow have I missed blogging. The time off was well worth it as I have another semester of school behind me, praise God. Yesterday was a lazy day, so of course I played with makeup. I've been trying to figure out a way to wear festive, holiday makeup without being too dramatic (because, otherwise, I would douse myself in glitter if I could)... and I came up with this: None of the images on this post are filtered, so you can see just how pigmented and glittery that eyeliner is--it's stunning, especially in person! And the best part: it only took me 10-15 minutes to do. On the face: *Sephora Teint Infusion Foundation (#30 sable.sand) *CoverGirl Ready Set Gorgeous Concealer (Medium/Deep) *Ben Nye Banana Powder *Too Faced Chocolate Soleil Bronzer (Medium/Deep) On the lips: *Lime Crime Velveteen Matte Liquid Lipstick (Wicked) Here's a closer look at the eyes. I LOVED the way the liner turned out! On the eyes: *Anastasia Beverly Hills B

I'm back so soon! This technique is VERY on trend right now, so I thought I'd share how I "strobe." "Strobing" is basically extreme highlighting, which I'm all about in the summertime. Having oily skin, I like to mattify my face and then put the glow in all the right places. For people with dry skin, you're probably going to LOVE this. I feel like it should just be called "The JLo Effect," because you will look and feel like her, I promise. Someone came up with this technique as an alternative to contouring; no bronzer is used on the face, only highlight (and blush, if you feel like you need it. I personally don't use it with this technique.) Here is how I strobe:   I started off with this tube of liquid gold, Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector in 'Opal' (this product is absolutely gorgeous, I'm trying to conserve every last drop)     I had already applied a liquid foundation to her face (do not use a po

Hello again! I did one of these on my last blog, and I love my list (which is actually like 50 things), so I'm going to post my first happy list to my new blog! Some of the things might be the same from the first list, because I can't remember the ones I chose to post from my long list...JUST forewarning you if you followed the previous blog. Also, I got this idea from LoveTaza.com, she's fabulous and beautiful! SO without further or do...   10 THINGS THAT MAKE ME TERRIBLY HAPPY:     1. Lipstick 2. When it rains while it's sunny 3. Sunflowers; is it just me or do they always seems to be smiling at you? 4. Road trips 5. Getting packages in the mail 6. The unexpected compliment 7. Pineapples 8. Doing my eye makeup with freshly waxed eyebrows; they're, then, a PERF blank canvas. 9. The smell of honeysuckles 10. Freshly shaved legs and clean sheets... (<that deserved its own pause)   I had a million thoughts rushing through my hea

Good evening, my beautiful people. I've had to scroll up and change my intro because I started this post yesterday morning (before we left for Hilton Head) and it is now 5:05 pm the next day. It's been a long two days, needless to say.   A lot of times, I'll start on my makeup and finish my eye makeup and look through my lip products to see what I want to wear. I end up coming across a gorgeous lip color, but I can't wear it because my eye makeup would clash and possibly look clownish.   SO, for this tutorial I thought I would share an easy eye look that goes with any lip color you can think of! There are a couple of eye looks out there that do this trick, so I'll continue to share those with you in the future.   Let's get started...   I have my face and brows already finished, so the focus of this tutorial will be on the eyes and lips.     Foundation: Loreal Infallible Pro-Matte Bronzer: Too Faced Chocolate Soliel Matte bronzer in

Hi again! I did my friend's hair and makeup today and used the "baking" or "cooking" technique in contouring and highlighting, so I thought I'd snap some pictures and share the technique with you here on the blog. Letting your makeup "bake" basically means you're letting it set for a while with a light-colored or a translucent powder. It helps you achieve a precise contour and provides a really clean finish to your makeup. I baked Lesley-Ann's makeup and, in the meantime, worked on her eyes or touched up her hair a bit.   I used a (clearly shattered) translucent powder from Ulta and a sponge that kind of looks like a beauty blender. If you normally dampen your beauty blender, don't. This works best with a dry sponge. If you don't have a sponge to work with, a dense powder brush will work just fine.   Pack on a thick layer of powder to your sponge or brush. Apply this over your foundation; remember, this is a setting te