April Beauty Favorites

Hello my bondbeautys,

Today I wanted to share my beauty favorites for this past month , because it is already MAY! Its so crazy how fast time flys and I have been obsessed with one particular makeup look all month long. I am also going to be starting a new series where I also do my Favorite Makeup Look for the Month. So I will be showing you a makeup look using these beauty favorites on Monday so stay tuned!

This past month I have been loving a very natural spring eye & a coral fresh lip + cheek combo. I feel like this all ties together beautifully. Bonus: I think this look is a beautiful spring wedding look as well! It photographs beautifully leaving a beautiful glow to the skin. So lets start talking products..

These two palettes have been my favorites this month. I know a lot of you bought these when they first came out. They are the Divergent palettes from the Divergent Kit. These are the shades I have been using to create my looks. These eyeshadows are beautifully pigmented, feel so soft & are easy to work with. The top palette is Erudite Palette & the bottom is Abnegation palette.

Now for the rest of the face I feel like all these products go together so nicely. The blush & Lippy just work together because they are both that coral type of shades.

These brushes are from Bh Cosmetics and man did they surprise me I love them. They are all skunk or duo fiber brushes and they do well in not eating up all my product. I also recently took out my Real techniques Beauty Sponge and it just leaves your face looking flawless. It is a great way to blend out foundation.

This Grafix eyeliner by L.A. Colors has been they product that makes my wing liner come to life all month long. It is really black and all though it took me a little to get use to the applicator it is beautiful. ( I don’t recommend it for beginners though)

This hand lotion I got from the Dollar Tree and I can say I am really enjoying it. There were two in a pack and I find that they are super convenient to have on your vanity & purse. Specially because my hands can get ashy looking.

Last is this beautiful Copper nailpolish from E.L.F. Called Copper. It is gorgeous and subtle so if you don’t like “in your face” type of polishes this one is perfect. Bonus its only $2 on their website!

So like I said I will be doing my April Favorite Makeup look Tutorial on Monday so make sure to check back then!

What is your current favorite beauty item?

Remember Beauty comes from within so let yours shine!

<3 Love, Bondbeautyful

Maybelline Face & Body Highlighter Review

5 / 4 / 155 / 24 / 16

Hello my Bondbeautys,

Happy Monday! It rained here in Arizona last night and this morning the weather is beautiful & fresh. So here we go I have a review on a diamond in the rough type of product! I found these at the Dollar Tree and for the price of $1 they are amazing.

So there are four shades in the whole collection. These are meant to be highlighters but I found that some of these have enough color to work as a blush as well! I find that these last me 8 hrs if I don’t touch my face. I think they look so beautiful in pictures and videos especially! But, these do have glitter flecks in them. So when they fade they leave behind glitter which is not appealing , but as long as you dont touch your face they should be fine. They blend out super easy, I like to use my finger or the E.LF Small stipple brush. I these do have a lot of color pay off but they blend out smooth, and give a good flush of color to the skin.

So Lets talk about the shades and how they look!

Pink glow is a gorgeous pink with gold shimmer in it! It works well as a blush & highlighter in one! (this is what I have on in todays video) For the purpose of the video I didn’t wear it alone I also wore summer glow in the highlight area. This one is probably my favorite one of the whole collection, because I feel like its perfect for the summer time!

Summer glow is a beautiful highlight champagne shade. This one does have silver glitter in it but they are very fine! I find that when it wears off (which doesn’t happen for about 8 hrs unless you touch your face a lot) it does leave behind glitter on your face which is no fun. I think this would be perfect for fair skin!

Copper Glow Is a beautiful bronzey shade that I think is perfect for the summer sunkissed type of look. It is very brassy but when blended out it is amazing! This one also has heavy glitter in it but when blended out it look great on the skin!

Mauvey Glow is a beautiful blush shade as well that will also give you the glow without needing to apply two products! This one is not my favorite because I feel like the glitter flecks are a lot more noticeable but it is still beautiful.

For only $1 Its worth a try for sure , I love them and I find that they work as a great blush base as well!

So lets talk about my look for the day!

Till next time..

Remember beauty comes from within so let yours shine!

<3 Love , Bondbeautyful

E.L.F. HAUL

4 / 29 / 155 / 24 / 16

do havHello my bondbeautys,

How are you guys doing today? So like I promised I have another post & video for you today! So I recently received my E.L.F order. If you don’t know what E.L.F. is its Eyes Lips Face and its a cosmetic company that has very affordable prices! When I say very affordable I mean $1 $2 $3 stuff and they are amazing! So its been a whole year and half since I have bought things from them so I went ahead and placed an order!

So exciting I am looking forward to trying all these different things. If you want to see there full line check out Eyeslipsface.com , they do have some stuff at target & walmart but their full line is only online!

Whats your favorite E.L.F product ever? Or if you haven’t tried their products which one do you want to try or hear about?

This is not sponsored I did buy everything myself! I am super excited because so far I am loving the lipsticks!

Now Lets talk about my look for today!

Hard Candy natural eyes palette (walmart)
Salon perfect natural eyelashes
E.L.F. Pink Mink studio lipstick
Milani baked blush: rose d’ oro

Till Next time,

Remember, Beauty comes from within so let yours shine!

<3 Love, Bondbeautyful

Dollar Tree Hits & Misses

4 / 29 / 155 / 24 / 16

Hello my bondbeautys,

So I meant to have this up by Monday but I had really bad food poisoning on sunday and only managed to post this video up without a blog post. Any who… I will have two posts up today because I am uploading another fun video later today…

So today I’m talking about Dollar Tree Hits & Misses. I love seeing what kind of beauty products they have at the Dollar Tree because sometimes they really do have some great stuff. So today I’m going to tell you what I think is worth spending your dollar bill on!

So I products I am talking about are actually currently in your dollar tree so if your interested check out your local dollar tree. ( I am not sponsored I just love the Dollar Tree!)

Hits

LA Colors Lipstick & Lip gloss Duo : Pleasure – I Love this seriously I love all the shades so pigmented , last a long time & so creamy I did a whole review and swatch post so check it out!
ELF Shimmering Facial Whip: Lilac Pedal- I Love these I have all of them , you can add them to your foundation for a glowy finish or use them as blush or highlight and they are gorgeous! I use my elf small stipple brush with it and it works great! Or your fingers will work great too!
Sally Hansen Nail polish: These are the same great formula you find at the drugstore so I love these , they are a great buy.
LA Color Craze Nail polish: This is another great nail polish brand that is at the Dollar Tree I am definitely going to try more because I loved the formula and longevity!
E.L.F. Eyelash curler! This is the best eyelash curler in the drugstore seriously and the fact that you can find it at the dollar tree is awesome!
Maybelline Face & Body Highlighters: These are a hit! I am doing a review soon on these there are four shades and they are great to try! The Pink Glow is one of my favorites to use for a blush! Its a blush and highlighter in one!
Hand Creams: I found these by the register and they are great for on the go hand cream, they feel soft and very nice! Plus they smell so great!

Misses

LA Colors All n One Jumbo pencil: Its just to lilac and icy to work on my skin but it would be a nice highlight for fair skin.
LA Colors Eyeliner & Eyeshadow pencil: I love the brown even though it can crease on you so for this reason it is a miss , but the color is beautiful!
Physicians formula blush: It just looks like a white powder, it is really soft but I don’t what a white looking blush on my cheeks 😀
Maybelline color show textured nailpolish vintage leather: It was terrible! It dried chalky on my nail, it scraped right off after it dried and it was nothing close to the color in the jar. It also looked very chunky , didn’t like it at all!

I am going to start doing a look of the day if I do not do a tutorial so you can know what products I used for my look! Today I will have two because I am posting two different blog posts! Lucky you!:D

My Look of the Day:

LA Colors Liquid Eyeliner
LA Colors Lipgloss & Lipstick Duo: Pleasure
Hard Candy Natural Eyes Palette (Eyes , keeping it simple)
Blush: Milan Rose’D Oro Baked Blush
Highlight: ELF shimmering facial whip -Lilac pedal
Nails- Elf Nailpolish: copper

So what hits have your found at the Dollar Tree? (it doesn’t have to be beauty

related!)

Remember, Beauty Comes from within so let yours shine!

Till Next Time..

<3 Love, Bondbeautyful

3 No Mirror Hairstyles

4 / 22 / 155 / 24 / 16

Hello My Bondbeautys,

Happy Wednesday , you know what that means time for another blog post!

So bare with me , it is not a makeup tutorial because I am still not in my house! So every is still packed away. So a couple weekends ago I went camping with the family. It was so fun but for some reason every time we go camping my husbands family loves to take pictures and post them on facebook. I dont know about you but when I camp I either look like

A. a man

B. A puff ball

So this time I decided to come up with some hairstyles that will keep my hair out of my face, that will be stay all day, and that I dont need a mirror to do! So here are the three no mirror hairstyles I came up with I hope you enjoy them!

So I know that when you go camping your not suppose to care how you look. But if you can look cute while doing something fun why not?! Specially when everyone wants to document every second of their lives with pictures!( like I do!)

I have some tips to help make your hair ready for a no mirror hairstyle.

#1. make sure there is some sort of texture or curl to your hair from before. I love doing these hairstyles on 2 day old curled hair! This way no matter which crazy way your hair decides to go it looks like its meant to do that!

#2. Use dry shampoo on your roots. This will soak up any access oil & stiffen your hair so it doesnt move much from how it originally looks which is awesome to keep it in place looking cute.

So all you need for these hairstyles is a hair band or elastic..

If you have layers braid the right side of the hair that has the layers.
Sweep your hair all to the opposite side
Incorprate the braid you made on your right side into two strands for your fish tail braid. ( I use a fish tail braid because it is sturdier than a regular braid)
Braid your hair
use a clear elastic or hair band

Use the Braid you already have , or make a side braid
Twist the hair , making a bun.
tuck the ends in
secure it with a hair band
pull out any bangs or any hair you would like to have out.

Take out any bangs or hair you would like to leave out.
pull your hair back into a high ponytail.
make a hole above the hair band and twist your hair backwards into the hole.
take out most of the hair forming a bun.
Your done!

I hope these were easy to follow .. Check the video to see these all done!

Thank you guys so much for your support!

Remember Beauty comes from within so let yours shine!

Till next time

<3 Love, Bondbeautyful

Behind the Scenes Beauty Must Haves

4 / 20 / 155 / 24 / 16

Hello, My Bondbeautys!

Happy Monday ,

Im going to make a big effort to post videos & blogs on here more often. Quick house update: The house still has no flooring no paint job but the wall paper is finally all down! I am so happy about the wall paper being down it was so time consuming!

So today I decided to tell you guys about beauty products that I tend to use behind the blog or video scene. Things that I think are must have, holy grails or favorites. You can call it whatever you want , basically these prep my look and so on.

You guys know I love to incorporate a video with each blog so here it is make sure to take a look to see all the products up close & personal!

So In this video I pretty much talk about skin, makeup, nails & hair! I talk about my favorite products that I really use from day to day, week to week, month to month & year to year. Sometimes I don’t mention these products because I do not like to repeat the same products all the time for you guys. All of these except for three are drugstore products , you guys know I love my Drugstore!

Do you have a must have holy grail product that you always use?

Remember,Beauty Comes from within so let yours shine!

Till Next Time,

<3, Love Bondbeautyful

L’Oreal Infallible Pro Matte Foundation Review

4 / 15 / 155 / 24 / 16

Hello My Bondbeautys,

Happy Wednesday! Today I wanted to do a long awaited review on the foundation I am currently Loving! This is the L’oreal Infallible pro matte foundation. I have been trying this foundation out for over a month now and because it is fairly new at the drugstore I wanted to an in-depth review on it.

Claims:

This foundation claims to be a Demi Matte Foundation that will last for 24 Hr & that it is medium coverage. It claims to be air light , & never dull as well.

Coverage:

I think that this foundation is more of a fuller coverage foundation. The reason I say this is because for those of us who just slab on our makeup fast in the morning it will end up being full coverage. Why? Because you do not need much of this foundation and to make it medium coverage I feel like you have to be conscious of how much you put on. With that said it can definitely be medium coverage if you only put a small amount on.

Finish:

This is a matte foundation, I do not think it is a demi matte . To me it feel like a full out matte foundation. Because my skin is pretty normal to maybe dry (because of pregnancy etc) I notice that my skin can get really dry wearing this if I do not properly apply moisturizer before hand. So as long as I apply a good hydrating moisturizer I find that I have no problems with this foundation!

Texture:

As far as it being air light. I feel like for the coverage it has , it definitely feels light! But I feel like after it really sets it feel like your regular skin! It also feels really soft and creamy but sets to matte finish. Its also really easy to blend! Basically it feels wonderful when you apply it to your skin & it also spreads so incredibly easy! NO tugging & no frustration Just sheer bliss!

Longevity:

This is a 24 hr foundation! Yes, I said it , It lasted me for 24 hrs easy! Now I don’t mean that after 24 hrs I still saw some foundation left on my face; I mean that after 24 hrs my skin looked exactly how it did when I first applied it! I am so incredibly impressed with how beautifully this looked after hours of working on my house, sweating even working out!

I feel Like when it sets it sets! So it does not transfer on to clothing which is one of my pet peeves! No one wants to give their husband a hug and have makeup come off on their clothing!

Shade:

They have a pretty good shade selection , Not as good as their L’Oreal True Match Foundation , but still not bad at all. I found my shade by picking the same shade name as the Loreal true match foundation. So in the True Match I am w6 sun beige. So I went with the Infallible shade 106 Sun Beige & it fit me perfectly. I do not know if all their names are the same in each collection but that is a good place to start.

Now for the main reason why I like this foundation…

This foundation has a more of a yellow tone to it, which I love! I have such trouble finding my perfect match because either a foundation is too pink or orange! This foundation I think is perfect for those of us that have that yellow undertone to our skin! seriously I have never seen a foundation at the drugstore that matches me this perfectly just because of the yellow hue in it!

How I apply:

I like to apply it with a flat top dense stippling brush from Bh Cosmetics. It does such a good job in blending that I love it! I like to apply it section by section because when this foundation sets their is no budging! Doing it section by section really helps me to concentrate on on space at a time & not feel rushed to blend out the rest of my face!

Who will love this?

So I did try this on my mom and let me tell you it looked gorgeous! So I think whether you are young or mature you will like how this looks. It doesn’t settle into fine lines or anything like that! need proof? well here you have it..

Is it Picture Perfect foundation?

So I did test this foundation out with my professional camera in natural light & with a flash. I also tested this out with my phone for a selfie with a flash & without; Let me tell you this foundation looks great in any lighting , with a flash and without! I was truly impressed. It doesn’t have spf so I would expect it to do good and of course it did great!

So here are the pictures with my Canon T5i with a flash and without…. (with only this foundation on , no powder or anything else)

As you can tell it does not give off a white cast which is great it keeps your neck even with your face! So this is definitely a picture perfect foundation.

Overall:

I really like this foundation , it does what it says its going to do which is awesome! I think that if you have young or mature skin you will like this foundation. I think this is more for those who want a long lasting foundation. This is also great in pictures & gives you a full coverage look without looking cakey. This is a good foundation for oily to normal and even normal to dry as long as you moisturize well.

Well that it for today , Till next time!

Don’t forget, Beauty comes from within so let yours shine!

<3 Love , Bondbeautyful

March Favorites

4 / 6 / 155 / 24 / 16

Hello My bondbeautys,

So happy monday! I hope you guys had a good easter, I know I had so much fun hunting eggs with my little two year old hyrum! So I wanted to share my March Favorite beauty products with you guys today! Every month I do these types of posts because this is my way of giving you guys a chance to see and hear about products that have worked great for me! Yes these are all drugstore type of products as well , which means they are affordable!

Like most of my posts I like to have a video to go along with it because I know that visuals are alot more entertaining sometimes!

So usually I do these before the new month starts but this time I was a little late because we have started renovating our new home! Im so excited so make sure you stick around to find out all about that!

I also just did a meet my baby post/video so check that out to meet my little sweet Durham!

What is your favorite beauty product of the month?

Dont forget beauty comes from within so let yours shine!

Till next time,

<3 Love, Bondbeautyful

EMPTIES/ would I buy again?

3 / 19 / 155 / 24 / 16

zHello My Bondbeautys,

So today im showing you my empties. What does that mean? These are products I have completely used up and are basically going in the trash. So why am I showing you my trash? Well now that I have completely used them up I have pretty much made up my mind on whether I would buy them again or whether they are just terrible products! So Im going to give you my OPINION of them..

So its been a crazy week but I wanted to put up a post for you beautyful ladys & Gents. I have been moving all week long ! We are getting a house! I am so excited about it so excited that I already filmed a home decor haul video and I’ll have it up pretty soon (as well as a blog post). If you want to see how I did my makeup today check it out..

Enjoy your Spring break!

Dont forget, beauty comes from within , so let yours shine!

<3 Love, Bondbeautyful

I Olive You Makeup

3 / 9 / 155 / 24 / 16

Hello my Bondbeautys,

Its early , I’m up and the kids are cozy in their beds still. Perfect time to share this makeup look with you beauties. I was recently looking through my makeup and realized that their is a lot of IPSY products that I have not tried yet! What!! I know pretty crazy, so I took everything out that I have not tried yet & made this beautiful makeup look with it. I also did a easy video tutorial to go along with this post for all you visual learners!

So the star of the show today is the Olive Green pigment , it is gorgeous! As soon as I saw it I new I had to make a look around this color! You don’t usually see wearable olive green eye makeup, but I think that this look turned out pretty darn wearable!

They Key to making a intense eye look wearable is making your face makeup & Lips look as natural as possible. So here are the products I used & the steps to create this look. Again If you are more visual then check the tutorial!

Step #1 : Prep

It is so important to prep your skin for makeup! Taking care of your skin is so important because it keeps your skin look smooth & less aged. Nobody wants to look 40 at 25!

1. Moisturizer first

2. Face Primer second

3. Exfoliate those beautiful lips too!

Step #2 : Makeup

Its time to apply some makeup & create a beautiful unique olive eye look. (which makes all eye colors look gorgeous especially brown or honey eyes!)

Eyes:

1. Apply a warm brown eyeshadow pencil to the lid & crease, then use your finger to blend it out. (this will be your base.. Do the eyes first so if you have any fall out it won’t mess up your face makeup.)

2. Then use a Midtone Cool brown (Blue heart) to apply into the crease & blend it out real well. (this is going to act as our transition color which will help blend the olive out better)

*the key in this eye look is blending really well so take your time doing this with a fluffy CLEAN blending brush!

3. Apply the olive green with a eyeshadow brush onto the out half of the lid & toward the crease. I used this pigment dry so instead of swiping with the brush just pat the color onto the lid; slowly building up the color.( don’t worry about fall out thats why we didn’t do our face makeup first!) Then blend the green and the crease color together using a Clean blending brush.

4. Apply the light pink in the duo underneath the brow to highlight & in the inner most corner of the eye.

5. Apply the Gold in the duo in the inner half of the lid and with the eyeshadow brush you are using carefully blend the olive green and gold together to make a smooth transition.

Face: (im skipping to the face next but I will be back to finish the eyes later!)

1. Apply your concealer & foundation

2. apply a brightenng concealer in an inverted triangle shape under the eyes to brighten , then powder your face

3. apply a bronzer to the hallows of your cheeks for a subtle contour

4. use a light natural pink blush

5. highlight your cheek bones for a beautiful glow

6. apply a lip stain to your lips (this is what gives your look such a natural effect the stain looks natural!) also apply the stain to the apples of your cheeks to add a naturally flushed appearance.

Eyes: (go back to the eyes to finish )

1. apply the eyeshadow pencil to lower lash line & blend with finger.

2. apply the mid toned brown to the lower lid & add the gold shadow to the inner ⅓ of lower lid

3. apply a black eyeliner to the tight line & a green eyeliner to the waterline

4. apply a liquid liner to the upper lashes making a cat eye winged liner.

5. apply mascara & false lashes if needed!

Thats it , I know it seems like a lot of steps because I really broke everything down so that I could be more detailed. This really is a fast look to accomplish and anyone can do this look! I hope you will try it out & use the hashtag #bondbeautyfullooks so that I can see too!

I hope you guys like seeing video tutorials & step by step instructions, if you do I will definitely do more!

What kind of looks are you personally interested in? Wedding, everyday, under 5 min, colorful, neutral .. let me know so that I can do more!!!!!! Your opinion matters so give it to me!!:D

Don’t forget Beauty Comes from within so let yours shine!

<3 Love, Bondbeautyful

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Category Archives: Beauty

April Beauty Favorites

Maybelline Face & Body Highlighter Review

E.L.F. HAUL

Dollar Tree Hits & Misses

3 No Mirror Hairstyles

Behind the Scenes Beauty Must Haves

L’Oreal Infallible Pro Matte Foundation Review

March Favorites

EMPTIES/ would I buy again?

I Olive You Makeup