January favorites 2014: beauty

Oh January, you are my favorite month. Its not because it's my birthday month or because I have almost the full month off of school. It's not because of the weather either. Do you know what its like to trek through the streets of New York when its 10 degrees out and snowing? Not pretty. But some things that are pretty are my favorites of the month. Each of these were new to me this month.

First up is the Maybelline Baby Skin. I won't bore you with the details of this because I have a full review of it here. In short, this stuff is awesome.

Next I have 2 Real Techniques brushes. I love the contour brush and the blending brush.  I use the blending brush for blush and this brush makes it look perfect. I never felt like a brush could make so much of a difference. The other is the contouring brush. I use this to, you guessed it, contour. Typically I would use an angled brush but this is really nice as well. These brushes are super soft and pretty cheap. I bought these in a set of 4 and a case for around $13.

Makeup Forever HD powder. I use this to set my under eye concealer. This is a mini version because it took me months to use up just a sample that I had. This is really fine powder that mkaes your makeup look so nice.

Covergirl Outlast Stay Fabulous Foundation. I've used Covergirl foundation for years then i switched to revlon colorstay then I wasn't using foundation and now I'm using this. This color matches me to a t. I only use this in the center of my face where there's redness and dryness. There is a line where my foundation stop but this color is so perfect that you can't tell. This is such a nice foundation that everyone raves about.

Finally my beauty blender dupe thing. This one is the Precision Blending Sponge. I originally found out about this from Casey Holmes on youtube. This is seriously an exact dupe for the real deal. Its soft and applies makeup like a dream. You can tell how much I love this by how dirty it is.

What products have you been loving lately? Tell me in the comments.

Diy Valentine's Day decorative jars

I haven't done a home decor in a long time. (check out my glitter skull decor here) I like to add a few things to my room for each holiday. For Valentine's Day, I made this little storage jar out of an old candle. This is really simple to make and can be used to hold any small items.


To do this you will need a cleaned out candle. I have a tutorial on how to do this here  Everything else you need is here.

Step one:
Pull the heart off of the stick then add some hot glue to the top of your container and attach the heart.

 It should look something like this. My heart came out a little crooked but I think that add character does it not?

Step two: using any pattern you would like, glue the flat glitter hearts to the outside of the jar. Get creative here. Do all one color or mix it up. Cover the entire jar if you want

Step 3: You could add the 3d heart here if you want or do the entire lid first. This is just the order I used. I used some of the smaller red glitter hearts and glued them facing outwards. I suggest laying them out before gluing to make sure you like the pattern and that they all fit.

 This is what mine turned out looking like.

 Step four: fill the jar with whatever you want. I wanted to have mine on my vanity but you could fill it with just about anything.
I placed mine on my vanity. It adds a bit of warm color.

Hope you enjoyed this DIY.
XOXO, Cheyenne

How I fill in my eyebrows

This is the second part to my eyebrow post. I already covered how to groom your eyebrows. CHECK IT OUT This post is all about how I fill them in but keep them natural looking.

 For tools and products I use the Elf wet gloss grow gel. This is only $1 and works amazing. 

I also use Naked from the Urban Decay Naked palette. If you own this and don't know what color to use on your brows try this. I have seen so many people with different hair/skin/brows colors. Its a really universally flattering product. (As you can see I use the crap out of my Naked palette) 

I really like the Elf concealer brush. I know it seems weird but its so small and comes to a rounded tip which makes it perfect. I also use one of those eye brow brush/comb thing. 

I don't know this brand and really any one will work fine. 

First I comb through and get all the hairs in place using the brow brush.

 I use brow gel first. I know most people use this to set their brows but it still works if you do it in this order. Actually it works better if you do it this way.

I start from the center making one vertical line where I want my brows to start.
Next I turn my brush and start working sideways

I move through my entire brow. I also dip back into the shadow a few times. Make sure to wipe off your brush each time thought because the wet gel can ruin your shadow.

I bring shadow all the way to the end of my brow.
Make sure to use short strokes and make sure every part of the brow is filled in.

When filling in your brows, use a mirror that's further away. This is my best tip for getting natural looking brows. Sitting up close can cause you to fill in every little spot which looks good until you stand further away and realize that you have just colored on your brows and made them look horrible.





I hope you all enjoyed this little guide.