Beauty Weekend: The Perfect Palette by Pixi

#EnchantedEngchik Beauty Weekend!

Wanting to have “options” on vacation is a nightmare when trying to pack smart because 10 shirts, 7 pairs of pants, 12 sets of shoes, and a whole lot of makeup is difficult to fit in your bag for a 4-day trip. 

Who knows if you want a smoky eye, a “no make-up” makeup look for the nights you’re feeling low key, or 5 different bronzers depending on how tan you get. Don’t get me wrong, sticking to your basic primer, foundation, concealer, and powder makes absolute sense, but for the girls who love exploring different blushes, highlighters, eye shadows, and lip colors should invest in products that have all of those in one single package! 

That is why I have been reaching towards Pixi Beauty’s Book of Beauty. This palette is convenient and absolutely perfect for the summer because of how glowy, neutral, and pigmented the shades are. The book comes with two blushes, two highlighters, and four different eye shadow colors. 

The blushes can be worn together for a peachy-bronze look or on their own for either a matte finish with the peach shade or a luminous finish with the bronze. 

The highlighters come in a pearl-colored shade, perfect for the inner corner of your eye and a bronze-colored shade that can be used on the high points of your face, such as your cheekbones, the bridge of your nose, and your cupid's bow. 

The eyeshadows can be worn alone or mixed together for a custom shade that only requires you to bring this one palette! Whether you create your own, buy one from the drugstore, or splurge on a name-brand, palettes are totally in this summer and will make packing one less thing you have to worry about. 

#EnchantedEngchik

by Guest Blogger EM!

500 Days of Beauty- Makeup Eraser

Makeup Eraser was created by three generations of women in 2012.

Love your makeup but don’t sleep in it!

Take it off with JUST WATER! No chemicals, no soap. Just water! 

You can use this magic cloth up to 1000 times with just water, and then wash it with soap and water. I throw it in the wash each week, and comes out looking great and gets back to work removing my makeup when needed!

A friend of mine uses this magic cloth after wearing tons of studio makeup in her line of work as a top supermodel and actor. She finds that all she needs is water and this cloth. The Makeup Eraser to takes off the thickest TV makeup in less than one minute. Then she washes the cloth with soap and water and air dries, all in less than 2 minutes!

No makeup remover products needed to take off your mascara, blush, eye shadow, eyeliner, even removes lipstick.

Super Supermodel Debbie Dickinson says, “After I apply my tonic and cream, my complexion glows. I am less fatigued by the process when I get out of the studio or meetings to take makeup off, and the process is so much quicker!

MAKEUP ERASER is found at www.makeuperaser.com and at Ricky’s, AOL, Sephora, and many fine beauty supply companies across the Globe. Available in Pink or Black.

500 Days of Beauty SWAP PARTY EVENT!

Beauty Swap Event!

It's been a while since I've done #500DaysOfBeauty, what with planning my wedding and all!

When I get back from my honeymoon, I'll be hosting a BEAUTY SWAP PARTY and the best part is...

FREE STUFF!!!!

Bring (ALL unused, please)  makeup, hair products, body products, serums and lotions (unused) for our SWAP PARTY in may!

More details to come!

Day 33- Too Faced Natural Face Palette

It's high holiday season, and us ladies need makeup that will work with our schedules. 
I asked my friend Amanda what her fave beauty product was:

"TooFaced "Natural Face" is my go-to as a mom!

With little time to get ready it has the standards to spruce up my face without too much time/effort: bronzer, blush, concealer, brightener, highlighter and has direction cards to teach you looks for the look you desire," says friend Amanda Margretta Myers.

$39.00 for the set and includes everything you'll need to get gorgeous!

Too Faced Natural Face Makeup

#500DaysOfBeauty- Day 33

Zyn Beauty - Fast and Fabulous

#500DaysOfBeauty

When I first heard about Zyn Beauty- essentially mobile makeup- I was intrigued. Doesn't it take a long time to get gorgeous? Time most of us don't have; I know I don't.


Zyn Beauty is the brain child of two attorneys- the tagline balance between busy and beautiful- certainly had a niche to fill. Who has hours to stand around and get their makeup done? Most of us have to get up pretty early in the morning to achieve a gorgeous face- and Zyn knows you don't have a lot of time, but want to look your best. And- also, no one wants to pay hundreds for this either.

Enter the brilliance of Zakiya and Nirvana, who often found themselves canceling beauty appointments if they worked late, or not being able to fit an appointment into their busy lives. They decided to create a mobile service that went to the client and worked with their needs- hair, nails, makeup- without the client having to travel to several locations. 

I booked an appointment for mere hours before my 20 years high school reunion and was arriving home from the shore after having Thanksgiving with my fiance's family. As it were, I come home at 3:30. My beauty therapist, Angela Ware, arrived exactly at 4:00, came in, set up, and we were off!

I told Angela the look I was going for: sexy-casual, with full hair and great makeup. Most of my classmates I see on FaceBook, but it's been a while since I've seen many of my classmates in person.

Angela is a true professional- she added product and turned my fine hair into a full head of fun curls with body and sassy bangs. My makeup was a palette of bronzes and golds with dramatic eyes and a first for me- false eyelashes- which once they were on I loved wearing! So bold! 

Working with MAC makeup and a host of other top-of-the line cosmetics, Angela made me look like a well-done version of myself. I wasn't wearing so much I didn't look like me. One of the best things of this experience is that Angela put me right at ease, chatting, and using her great products. All I had to do was sit there and let her work her magic on me.

Add in my favorite ellelauri top, jeans, and boots with fantastic jewelry and I was set! 

All this- Under an hour and half!!! who says beauty needs to take forever!?

And at the reunion- everyone said I looked fabulous, which was very awesome to hear. The confidence that those false eyelashes gave me was great!

The thanks goes to Angela Ware and Zyn Beauty!

Day 32 #500DaysOfBeauty