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Staple Beauty Products

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Hi beauties!

I hope you all had an awesome weekend. I wanted to do a post about my staple beauty products. These are the products I use pretty much on an every day basis that I’m really loving right now.

Maybelline Dream a Liquid Mousse

This is my foundation preference lately. It provides great coverage and isn’t really heavy.

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L’Oreal Voluminous Butterfly Mascara

After about two coats this waterproof mascara really gives me great length and volume.

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BH Cosmetics 26 Color Neutral Eyeshadow & Blush Palett

I absolutely love this palett! The colors are beautiful and so versatile. The only thing it’s missing is a contour pod.

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Rimmel Exaggerate Eyeshadow Primer

My shadow really pops with this primer and stays on all day without a problem

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Elf Liquid Eyeliner

This is a pretty basic liquid liner but does a great job for me.

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The Multitasker Milani Face Powder

I love this product! It’s great for freshening up my face mid day.

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NYX Mineral Matte Finishing Powder

If you saw my “NYX Love” post you know how much I love this stuff! Amazing

Milani Flirty Fuchsia Lipstick

Ok so I may not wear this every day but it is definitely my favorite color this summer. Very pretty!

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I think that about covers it! What are some of your everyday staple beauty products?

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This Happened Today

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I have been craving for a trip to Walgreens so I finally make the trip today and what do I find?! Shea Moisture products on sale by one get one free!! Unfortunately for me they were all out of the curl milk. So…I’ll be off to another Walgreens until I find it and can take advantage of this awesome sale.

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After being slightly disappointed I made a stop at CVS and picked up this
NYX matte lip gloss.

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I’ve been wanting to try it out and I’m glad I did. I have mixed feelings about the color but I love the concept of matte lip gloss. I’ll definitely try more colors. Here are some pics.

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NYX Love

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I’ve fallen in love! I purchased the NYX Mineral Matte Finishing Powder a couple of weeks ago and I am so glad I did. This stuff is amazing! The finish that it gives my final look is so fresh. I new I had come across something special when even my husband noticed a difference. He loves it too and he prefers a more natural look. Yep! This is definitely a new staple.

Here are some pics from today. Totally fresh faced with no filter. Sported a wash and go today too! It’s been a while since I did one. Totally forgot how much I love them.

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A Night of Coral Black & Inspiration

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So…Saturday night I met up with an old friend and co-worker of mine who also to my surprise lives in Atlanta!

For my outfit I paired a high-low coral dress with some black leggings a black and silver belt and my black and metallic Carlos Santana heels. I kept the hair simple with a super high bun.

We had a great time catching up and indulging in some wine and dinner at a nice spot called Twist. Unfortunately for me she’ll be moving back to NY soon to embark on a new adventure. She is fearless and inspires me so much.

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Happy Independence/National Afro Day!

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Hello loves,

I hope that you all enjoyed the 4th. In addition to celebrating our Nation’s Independence it’s also National Afro Day, who new! I sure didn’t. Naturalistas are encouraged to rock their kinky, curly fros in celebration.

Naturally I fully intended on participating. So, last night I put my dry hair in 8 chunky twists and pulled them back in a hair tie in an effort to add some length to my fro for today. I unravelled the twists and brushed them out with my denman brush.

I ended up loving the look but it wasn’t quite full enough to create the fro I was hoping for. Ah well!! Looks like I discovered another way to achieve a blowout look without heat!

Here are some pics

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Curly Fro!

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So you all know how much I LOVE rocking a fro. Well, today of course is no exception. This curly fro today is giving me so much life! Something about its shape is just amazing.

I think I was able to achieve this look by wearing a chunky twist out yesterday (using Carol’s Daughter Hair Milk) and not doing anything to my hair before bed. I just wore my bonnet as usual. And this morning, applied some Eco Styler Gel and pow! In love!

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Flat Twist Tuesday

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Hello loves!

I hope you all are doing great. Today’s hair is a side flat twist with a low bun. Fairly simple and semi protective. I used my new Carol’s Daughter Hair Milk Styling Pudding and a little bit
of Eco Styler Gel. Stay tuned for a review on my new CD products! Here are a few pics. Oh… And make up is from my BH Cosmetics 26 Shadow/Blush pallet. Have an awesome day!

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Mother’s Day & A Trip To Target

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Good morning loves!

I hope you all are doing great and that all of the mommies had a fabulous Mother’s Day. I celebrated all weekend with family but started off with a long overdue trip to Target!

They had some pretty good deals going on but my true purpose for going was to check our the Carol’s Daughter product line that they now carry. Now, I only started off with two products but I can totally see this being trouble for me. I love Carol’s Daughter products and this new level of accessibility is going to give me an even better opportunity to try more products!

To start I picked up the Hair Milk Moisturizer and Styling Pudding. I also picked up a black handbag which I was in desperate need of a super cute wallet and some miscellaneous beauty goodies. All in all, was an awesome weekend. Here are a few pics.

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A Rockstar Jacket & New Updo

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Happy Friday!!

Today I paired more thrifted items from my ATL trip that I absolutely love! I found this great cobalt Rockstar jacket and mustard skirt from the Goodwill. The jacket was $7 and I think the skirt was $6. LOVE this combination! The subtle shine from the jacket is so awesome.

I’m also trying out a new twisted updo today. Styles like this are great because they allow for a lot of creativity yet they’re easy and protective!

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