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I’ve always loved playing with makeup from a young age. Needless to say, my go-to makeup look has changed dozens and dozens of times! When I was 14, I visited New York for the first time and my aunt brought me to Sephora, also a first. I made a bee-line for this bright and I mean BRIGHT electric blue eyeshadow with chunky silver sparkles. It became an obsession and I wore it everywhere, including school… Now, keep in mind that I didn’t know how to apply makeup at the time so the blue was patchy, uneven, allllll over my lid, and looked terrible. My mom actually confiscated the eyeshadow for my own good! At the time, I was livid. Now, looking back, I have thanked her SO many times, she’s truly the real MVP and had my back on that one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thankfully, I am lightyears past those dark (electric blue) days and I’d say I’m pretty good at applying makeup! I am 100% self taught thanks to YouTube and lots of practice. So, I give you my go-to makeup look when I don’t want full glam, but I also don’t want my simple everyday look. \ud83d\ude42 This is also the look I tend to go for when shooting blog or Instagram photos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here’s the tea. I don’t wear foundation and I haven’t in years! I find that it looks too cakey and unnatural on me. It’s just not a good look and trust me, I have tried a ton of brands (Urban Decay, Fenty, Tarte, Too Faced, Maybelline…). With that being said, Fenty was the best, but it still didn’t look natual enough for my tastes. Plus, I hate the feeling of foundation on my skin. It’s like my pores are being clogged and can’t breathe! Enter tinted moisturizer, my holy grail. Since I broke up with foundation, I have been using the Origins GinZing Tinted Moisturizer<\/a>. This stuff is magic in an easy squeeze bottle because it evens out my skin tone, doesn’t hide my freckles, and it adapts to my skin tone which is amazing for summer\/winter skin. I have zero complaints. I recently switched over to the Nars Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer<\/a> because I’ve been into dewy looks lately instead of matte. So far, I love it! It is really <\/em>radiant so that does take some getting used to if you’re usually a matte girl like me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eyebrows. They are SO important. If your eyebrows aren’t on point, it honestly ruins the whole look. I’ve seen some old pictures of me where my eyebrows were wack and it was ALL I could focus on… I used to use the Anastasia Dip Brow Pomade<\/a> when Instagram brows were all the rage, but now I’ve come back to my trusty Anastasia Brow Wiz<\/a> in Granite because I really dig that more natural look. Plus, I’m blessed with naturally thick eyebrows (thanks again, mom!) which helps. I will never use anything other than Anastasia products for my brows. They’re products are perfect. I also use their Clear Brow Gel<\/a> to set them in place and make them appear more fluffy by brushing them upwards ever so slightly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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