My Everyday Eye Makeup+Tutorial

Hey everyone, so I decided to show you guys what my everyday eye makeup looks like. I'm sorry for the bad quality of the photo, but it's pretty much just that simple. I have decided I will try to post on here more frequently, but I still don't have a ton of time to post. :(

Here is how you can achieve this look. 
A nude champagne eyeshadow across the entire lid.  (I have many, I can't remember what I used.)
A dark brown eyeshadow on outer third, then blended well. (Any kind.)
A gold color in the middle of your lid. I'm using one from a un-named palette I have, but I think Half Baked from Urban Decay would work well.
Brown eyeliner. I prefer liquid, but if you're good with pencil eyeliner then go right ahead!(Any brand.)
Curl your eyelashes. (Just use whatever eyelash curler you have.)
Apply your favorite mascara. I used two coats of lengthening mascara.
Line your waterline with any dark black eyeliner.
Conceal your under eye circles with any concealer, I used Elf.
Highlight on your brown bone with any with eyeshadow or eyeliner. I used an eyeliner by Essence, but you can't really see my brow so.....
Apply the same white color to your inner corner.

And voila! You're done. :)

I hope you guys enjoyed this post, and let me know if you want more like this! Thank you!

I Won A Giveaway!

Hey everyone!

Today I decided to a post on what I won from Betzy! I won a ton of cool stuff, so I thought I would share with you what I won. :)

I just opened the box a day (two?) ago, so I haven't gotten to use everything yet, but I will do a mini review on what I have had to chance to use so far. Thanks again for everything Betzy! :)

1. Listerine Cool Mint mouthwash. This is very a very minty mouthwash, but it really does leave my mouth feeling clean and fresh, so I do recommend it! As long as you like mint! ;)

2. Aveeno Baby lotion. As you all know, I'm a teenager, and I don't have a child or baby or anything, so I can't use this. But, one of my aunts is expecting, so I may give this to her.

3. Aveeno Baby shampoo. I've heard that baby shampoo works well for cleaning makeup brushes, but I honestly use makeup brushes very often, so I may give this to my aunt as well.

4. Aveeno shampoo. I have a full bottle of shampoo that I just placed in my shower a couple weeks ago, and I don't want to have two in there at a time, that doesn't make much sense. So, I'll probably save this for when I run out.

5. Aveeno conditioner. Again, my conditioner is nearly full, so I can't use this for at least a month, probably more. :)

6. Aveeno Daily Moisturizing lotion. This lotion is good, it's very creamy. It reminds me a lot of a body butter, except for that you can pump it. It's fragrance free, which is whatever. I do like my fragrances, but I can do with out them. At least this way I can use my own perfume.

7. Aveeno SPF Moisturizer. I've used this every morning since I opened it. I love it. I wash my face, and then apply this moisturizer before my makeup. It makes my makeup go on so much smoother, and leaves my face feeling smooth all day. Before I got this, I would just use a normal Bath and Body Works lotion or whatever I had laying around, but those felt so thick and gloppy. I like this because you can put it on thin, and it will keep the moisturize for the whole day. I highly recommend this, especially for winter months. ADDED PLUS: It smells good, it's not very strongly scented and I don't know what the scent is, but it smells good. :)

8. Lubriderm lotion. I've haven't gotten to use this yet because I've been using all my seasonal Bath and Body Works lotions and my new Aveeno lotion, but next I'll be sure to try this one out!

9. Band Aids. Luckily I haven't injured myself since I got this package, so luckily I haven't needed a Band Aid! But I did put some of them in the bathroom, some in my purse, some in my bag that I take to the gym with me, when I go....and places like that.



Thanks so much for hosting the giveaway Betzy! And for all my readers, it does pay to enter giveaways! I'm always like, I'm not going to win, so why should I enter? But guess what? I did win one. :)


XOXO,
Josie

Bad News and Good News

Hey guys!

I know I've abandoned this blog lately. Sorry! I just wanted to let you guys know that my posting on here is going to be VERY un often and I will mainly use this account to just follow my favorite blogs and not post on this blog very much. Also my YouTube channel (silversparklebeauty) will NOT have videos posted on it anymore. It takes up too much of my time to try and post videos, I am a teenage girl so I do have homework and sports practice and all that stuff. I may return over the summer, but for now my posting on this blog is going to be rare and my YouTube channel for all purposes will be deleted. Also the giveaway page on this blog is going to be deleted because it is to hard to keep up with. Sorry for all this bad news, but I do have one exciting thing to tell you guys! Beauty Scraps is hosting an AWESOME nail polish giveaway and I would love to share it all with you! Here is the link, hurry though it ends soon!

http://mybeautyscraps.blogspot.com/2012/10/101-follower-giveaway.html

And this my friends, is what you could win! Good luck to all who enter!

Beauty Rave- White Eyeliner

Hey everyone!

I'm sure all of you lovely beauties in the beauty world have heard the rave about white eyeliner. Today I am going to share with you how it works, some ways to use it, and at the end of the post, some places to buy it. :)

PHOTO IS FROM: gorgeousshop.co.uk


White eyeliner can be used in many different ways, for your upper lash line, inner corner, lower lash line, waterline, tightline, under your brow bone, as a highlighter, and probably more ways! 

Here is how I use white eyeliner:
Every day I will line two thirds of my brows with white eyeliner. A trick of how to line is to place your index finger at the very start of your brow and then your thumb at the very end, then line the space in between it, but only the bottom! Then take your ring finger and gently blend out the color.

Another way I use white eyeliner almost every day is by putting on my inner corner, it works much better then a shimmery eyeshadow because a shimmery eyeshadow wears off easier then eyeliner does. 

Sometimes when I want my eyes to look bigger, I line my waterline with white eyeliner. Lining your waterline with eyeliner makes them look bigger and wider.

I've never tried lining my upper lash line with it, because I feel it's a more dramatic and noticeable look, and it doesn't look half as natural as black, gray or brown eyeliner does. 

You can line your tightline or your lower lash line, but just as with the upper lash line, I prefer not do this look. :)

I've heard people use it as highlighter too, and on their cupids bow, but I like to stick to the basics.


Some cheap places to buy white eyeliner for all my girls on a budget:
Walgreens, Jordana Cosmetics has a white eyeliner available for 99 cents and a mini one for 69 cents. 
Ulta, the brand Essence has a miniature white eyeliner for 99 cents. (Miniature meaning about half the size of a normal eyeliner.)
Target, Wet N Wild has one for around a dollar, I can't remember the exact price, but it's fairly cheap. :)


So have you tried white eyeliner? Do you like it? Love it? Hate it? Let me know in the comments below! 

Xoxo,
Josie


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(DELAYED) Back To School Ulta Beauty Haul

Hey everyone!

This is a really late post, but I've had the picture sitting on my iPod and I still wanted to post this haul, so even though it's late and I got these products almost three weeks ago. I hope it's okay that this post is delayed though. Anyways this was my back to school beauty haul from Ulta. My parents took us shopping for back to school stuff and I was given $30 to spend at Ulta, and this is what I got. It's only four things, but I think that's pretty well done for shopping at Ulta where they sell eyeshadows for $18.


The first thing I got is the Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner in brown, I'm not sure if there was a shade number or a number, because I threw away the packaging a long time ago and I can't read it my blurry picture (sorry for the bad pic!) and yeah. But the reason I got this is because I am almost out of my brown liquid eyeliner so I picked this up. Even though this is a liquid eyeliner, it comes in more pen form then a brush form. I do like it, but not as much as my Sally Girl brown liquid eyeliner.


The next thing I got is my L'Oreal Paris Colour Riche tinted lip balm. I got one of these for several reasons, number one it was recommend to me by one of the ladies shopping with me, and two I had heard of these and thought they sounded cool. If you ever used a Baby Lips from Maybelline, it's a lot like those except for the Colour Riche are more creamy and well, rich. :) Just like a lip balm or a Chapstick, it's very sheer. So go a few shades darker then your normally would. I would normally get the color Pink Satin or Rose Elixir, but I got number 219, Plush Plum which is the darkest shade they have, because it's so sheer. I do recommend these, and the best part is if you're one of those girls who is worried about touching up her lips in the car or in class or something because you're afraid it might get all over your lips or chin or something like that, you don't have to worry while using one of these, because they're so sheer it won't really show up on your skin.


The third thing I got is from NYX, it's their blue lip gloss. I've heard so many beauty gurus talking about blue lip gloss and how amazing it is, and I could never find one until I went to Ulta and really looked at the NYX section, it was kind of hidden the mass of their amazing beauty products. :) Anyways, what a blue lip gloss does, if you don't know is the blue in the lip gloss makes your teeth appear whiter. And the best part is, your lips don't actually look blue, they just like you have a clear lip gloss on it because it's sheer, but your teeth still look whiter! Don't expect for them to pearly white like snow if they're yellowish from or soda, tea, or coffee stains, but they will be a little bit whiter looking.



The last product I got wasn't actually a beauty item, it's a headband from the company Elle. I picked this headband up because of how pretty it was and how I thought I could wear it to the gym and everything. I don't regret the purchase because it was really pretty and I do like it, but it's itchy! Many of you know my obessions with headbands (my first YouTube ever.....my tweets....) anyways, I love headbands. My favorite accessory. I do tend to like the hard, formed, molded ones better, but I thought that this one is more of a stretchy one would be better to wear to the gym, and it is,except the little flowers and sparkles on it are really itchy. So just be warned of that before you buy this.


Okay, so that's my delayed Back To School Ulta Beauty Haul! Hope you guys enjoyed!

Love,
Josie