On my days off I really don't want to do my makeup. When I have to work spending my time carefully applying and thinking things out is a treat but on my entirely free days? That time is precious. But I still will trudge up some effort if I'm going to have to run loads of chores. Here is a quick one I did using my Milani brow kit (that would be this one- in medium).

I really like this kit because it includes a small angled brush that is not so bad other than being teeny, a mini pair of tweezers, a sponge tipped applicator (okay, I've never used that one), 2 brow colors AND my favorite part! A highlighter! It's a very light champagne and an almost glowy kind of shimmer. That means with the right brushes you can do your brows, eyes and highlight the face if you want to.

In this look I used the highlighter all over my lid up to my crease. Then I applied the lighter brow shade in the crease and blended it out really well. The darker shade I used to lightly line my eyes.

I used a quick brush of Mary Kay mineral powder to even out my skin and reduce shine and added a little Jane Blushing Baby Doll blush. To finish it off I very lightly applied NYX Honey round lipstick.

I do suppose my "quick" look isn't very quick, this maybe took me 10 minutes. I personally feel that I don't look "complete" wearing just mascara or just eye makeup.

Products Used:

UDPP in Eden

Milani brow kit in Medium

Maybelline Great Lash BIG

Mary Kay mineral powder foundation

NYX Honey lipstick

What is your "quick" or "lazy" look?

I received my tube of Viva Glam Gaga II a few days ago, while I was in the peak of my fever. So it sat waiting for me to finally feel better. I was worried after pulling it out of the box, it is much more brown in the tube than I expected. But on the lips, it is the perfect nude. I like how much coverage this shade gives as an Amplified cream- my lips are pretty pigmented and shades like Creme D' Nude just don't work on me because of this. However, because of the high amount of coverage I would recommend prepping the lips (mine are shamefully dry after my week long flu :( ). Some find the formula a little on the dry side, I like to put a coat of balm under to help prevent this.

Closest to Revlon Soft Nude but the coverage isn't the same at all.

What do you think of Viva Glam Gaga II? Better than the first? Are you picking it up?

I realized it had been a while since I had worn a simple silver smoky eye. I recently have been trying more drug store products and the only thing in this entire FOTD that isn't drug store is my primer- MAC Painterly Paint Pot.

Products used:

MAC Painterly paint pot

Maybelline Cool Effects pencil in Black Frost *read below for thoughts*

Milani Runway eyes palette in Backstage Basics

L'Oreal waterproof liquid liner

Cover Girl Lash Blast mascara

Milani Brow Fix kit in light (my new love)

Almay tlc foundation in ivory 01

L'oreal Bare Naturale in Nude Beige (which in RL was ridiculous orange on me)

NYC Color Wheel mosaic face powder in Pink Cheek Glow

Revlon Nude Attitude lipstick

Milani clear gloss that I can't remember the name of

*I decided to give these another try despite harsh memories of greasy mess all over my lids from the first time I used on back when I was what? 16? I have to say I was happier with this than I thought I would be.

It doesn't have as harsh a tingling cooling effect as I remember and it managed to not crease after a couple of hours wear without a base when I tested it- so I was pretty impressed. I wore it as a base color to amplify my black shadow. When I got home 10 hours later from my errands and looked in the mirror it hadn't creased. It had however bled above the crease (and by bled I mean like when pencil liner does this and creates a weird arch over your crease, I've been trying to think of an easier way to explain this- do you gals know what I mean?) but it was easy to smudge with just light strokes of my fingertip to blend it. I'll fill you in as I test these more but I just wanted to put my thought on them down!

I know these have been out for awhile but I never got around to picking them up. Here are 4 colors from L'Oreal's Star Secret Colour Riche collection. I am quite happy with all of these except perhaps Penelope's Red (which isn't even on the site anymore...) which had a more glossy feel leading to being a little slippery and also not wanting to stick to the inside of my bottom lip. I'm really enjoying the others though, especially Aishwarya's Beige.

Nude Attitude is supposed to be a matte lipstick. So is it just me or is this incredibly dewy for a matte? I really don't mind though! I really like this nude lipstick, it is a little bit peachy and the coverage is good enough to cover my pigmented lips. If you are looking for a drug store nude lip I would go for this one.

Revlon Colorburst in Soft Nude is apparently not my color! This is a very full-coverage nude and it applies nicely but I think is a little too yellow brown for me. Although this is not a matte color it appears more as one than Nude Attitude which is marketed as matte. I also find this one less comfortable to wear.