Smokin Eyes

I know for a lot of women who are just getting into makeup the smokey eye is the most requested look to learn. My sister wanted me to teach her how to do a simple one as well as my cousin's fiance. For both of them, I recommended the NYX Smokey Eyes palette.

(Sorry it's all scratched up and dirty, but at least you know I use it! haha) I bought this from Cherry Culture a few months ago and it has been my go to smokey eye palette. Best of all? It was only $8. Let's take a look inside...

This palette has really great shades ranging from shimmering highlight colors to matte charcoal colors. No matter what combination of shadows you go with, they all work really well together.

They are super pigmented, not chalky at all and really easy to blend which are really great for a smokey eye look. Here is a smokey look I came up with last week before going out at night. All I used for my eyes were shadows from this palette!

QOTD: What are your holy grail shadows for creating your perfect night time smokey eye?

Scents of Summer

I have finals this week which I'm not even stressing over too much surprisingly because none of them are cumulative. YAY! Anyways, it's hard to believe school is ending and I will be home for the summer starting on Friday. Even though it's hard to believe, I am so ready for summer to spend some time with friends from high school and with my darling boyfriend. Summer is definitely my favorite time of year. With that said, I am even more excited for summer because I love my fragrances I have picked out to wear all summer long!

Now I haven't worn Bath and Body Works body spray since the 8th grade and I hardly ever go into the store. However, I was shopping out of boredom at the mall near my university and saw that Bath and Body Works has a new line out for summer called "Summer Vanillas" I absolutely love Vanilla scented ANYTHING so of course I had to stop in. They have 3 fragrances within the line: Coconut, Lemon and Berry. My immediate reaction was to reach for the Coconut. I sprayed it on my wrist, sniffed, wasn't impressed and walked away. I then went into Old Navy to shop for clothes. By the time I was walking out of Old Navy, I couldn't stop smelling my arm. When the fragrance dries it is such a delicious sweet scent. It reminds me of tanning lotion a lot which is a smell I really love. Obviously, I bought it and have been wearing it in the day time. I didn't smell the other scents but I'm thinking of going back to smell the Berry Vanilla.

For night time, I have been wearing Viva La Juicy, which I'm sure most are familiar with. I got it for Christmas and even wore it a little bit during Christmas break even if it is a more summery scent. Even if you don't like the scent, how can you resist that packaging? When I'm finished with the bottle I really want to make the 2 gold charms into a necklace. They're just adorable.

I'm really not and never have been a fragrance freak, but I am really excited to wear these during my favorite season.

QOTD: What are your scents of summer?

Hope you're all doing well!
XOXO Chelsie