Goodbye, streaks & makeup lines. Hello Blending buds! Get a perfectly smooth application of powder or cream foundation, primer, or blusher in seconds with these cute, reusable sponge applicators. Contains two sponges, a small pink bud for fine detail areas, and a large purple bud for large area application.
SHINE CLOTHS ~ Wipe away the makeup of the day with Shine Eye Makeup Remover Cloths. In fact, take off all your makeup-even waterproof mascara. This wonder pack contains cloths made with sunflower and olive oils, jojoba, vitamin E, and rosemary making Shine more than a makeup remover; it's a nourishing treat for your skin. Light Up Your Skin with Younique’s Illustrious Facial Cleanser Illuminate Clear and Clean are fraternal twins, developed together, but each with its own special qualities and abilities. So whatever your skin type—and whatever your skin cleansing needs are—Illuminate has you covered! Illuminate Clear started out as our popular first cleanser, Awake, and is ideal for those with oily skin. It contains the same key ingredients as Awake, but we've refined the formula and brought the manufacturing to the US so we can produce it on a larger scale, and more easily maintain complete control over our proprietary formula. Illuminate Clean, also made in the USA, is brand new and formulated for normal to dry skin, or for people with very sensitive skin. Containing superleaf extracts, Ginkgo biloba, and horse chestnut, Clean's more mild formula is still powerful enough to gently cleanse your sensitive skin. Choose yours: Is your skin DRY from the cold winter weather?? I found the HOLY GRAIL of deep moisture. This is a MASK made with our cleanser Illuminate and fresh Avocado. Mix the two and leave on your face for 15 minutes.
The avocado or “alligator pear” is a tree, which is originally found in South and Central America. The fruits are with green skin and in the form of a pear. The avocado is technically a large berry with a big nut inside. It is very nutritious, has a positive effect on blood cholesterol levels, contains fibers and is full of monounsaturated fat. The fruit contains a lot of minerals such as iron, potassium, calcium, sodium, copper, magnesium, etc. It also contains vitamins A, E, B and K. The result of that special cocktail is that the avocado face mask reaches the deepest layers of the epidermis and gives elasticity even to the driest skin. What do you use for a mask? Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year! I love the season it is in, I love the activities involved and I especially love to dress up as a cute or spooky character, depending on my preference that given year.. I have dressed as mimes, angels, witches, scarecrows, clowns, witty sarcasm, you name it, I have probably in my lifetime become it at Halloween time. This year I am super excited to be able to do makeup looks with the Younique cosmetics because there are so many colors to choose from with the Moodstruck Mineral Pigments, Lip and Eye liners, Blushes, Concealers and Lipglosses... AND with everything being non-toxic and in no way harmful to my face at all, I am even more ecstatic!! The eye pigments are 100% natural, chemical-free, mineral-based pigment powders, free of talc, oils, preservatives, perfumes, synthetic dyes, and parabens. That means NO breaking out afterwards for me, and no face-staining!!! YAY!!! I have been playing around the past few days trying to get the feel of how to do my looks with the products and am so excited to keep playing until I find a look that I want to really do for Halloween this year. Here are a few that I have done so far. Watch for them!! The Scarecrow was pretty easy to do and with very little products... Of course with all my looks I always use the Glorious eye and face primer, I also used as a base, BB Flawless and the Mineral Touch Powder Foundation. Believe it or not, I used the Lucrative lipgloss in Luxe on my cheeks with a bit of Giddy mineral pigment on top and a smidge of the pigment color Curious to create the highlight in the cheek circles. The nose was created with the Moodstruck pigment color Giddy wet with The Refreshed Rosewater. and the color Corrupted wet for the lines. Same with the eyes and the lines near the mouth. My lips I did the same as the cheeks. And That is it!! It was easy, fun and quick! And I think it looks really cute! If I do have to say so myself! ;) Next, I did a cat!! *Meow! For my Younique leopard look, I have wrote the colors out on the photo. The only Moodstruck Mineral Eye Pigment that I used wet with the Refreshed rosewater was the color Corrupted! Everything else was applied dry and patted on not brushed. Hope you like my looks so far. I can't wait to do more. It is addicting seeing what I can do with the colors! Thanks for looking, and stay tuned... I'm off to do more looks today!! Have a great day!! Barb Did another Halloween look.. This one was really fun to do too... Moodstruck mineral pigment colors I used was Flirty, Regal and Corrupted. Playing around with my Younique Moodstruck mineral eye pigments today and here is another Halloween makeup look that I did. Inspired by the Corpse Bride. All makeup used was only Younique Cosmetics. Colors used are as follows. Precocious, Heavenly, Naive, Corrupted, Primal, Luscious, and Pristine... Another Halloween makeup look!! The POPArt makeup sytle look by Barb Hunter using all Younique products. I think I am really getting the hang of this fun playing with makeup thing and getting paid for it part time at home from my vanity and computer!!! EEEK! Who knew I would love it this much!!!! Here's what I have been up to!! I've been busy learning to do more Halloween makeup looks. I have been using only Younique products from YouniquebyBarb. That can be a little bit of a challenge because Younique was not designed with the Sci-fi artistry in mind lol. But I succeeded in some very cool Spooky and fun looks! Take a look: It's a Friday the 13th inspired look!! Jason Voorhees mask using Younique Cosmetics. Another horror movie inspired look that I done was Nightmare on Elm Street and Freddy Krueger! Turned out great using the blushers for burns. The Freddy Krueger look inspired me to also do A Burned Barbie! Too bad I forgot to put on the 3D Fiberlash Mascara! LOL My nephew is being Spiderman for Trick or treating at the local Zoo tomorrow. So I thought, well let me see if I can do a Spider Man mask! This Halloween makeup look is NOT all Younique. The Younique product in the Spider-man face mask I created was (of course Brilliant moisturizer, Refreshed Rosewater, our Glorious Primer, BB Flawless in Bisque and Mineral Touch Foundation in Velour as my base) But then I used Corrupted Moodstruck Mineral Pigment wet for all the black in the entire look. I used Scandalous Moodstruck Blush as the eye color with the Corrupted, The lipliner in Primal, Lucrative lipgloss in Luscious and then of course the 3D Fibers on the lashes! The red and white in this look was just a kiddy Halloween makeup pack from Walmart! I really like the outcome but those creams were really hard to do! I liked playing in the loose powders from Younique better.. They blend soooo nicely! Playing around with the Younique mineral pigments.. Any look can be created with them. I love how easy they blend. Here I created a skull face in white and black and then added green over the top to change the look completely.. The I created the Purge look with a little contouring and highlighting. With the brushes and pigments for color. The lips were done with the Pristine Lipliner. These are so fun to do! I enjoy my makeup playtime very much! Thanks for looking.
Nature Is the Inspiration Behind Our Science Sugarcane Squalane. Sustainable, Renewable Beauty. There's something about being up early for a sunrise. It's a feeling that never gets old. The joy of watching the sun peek up over the horizon, warming your skin and waking up the world around you. A brand new day, filled with brand new potential. It's truly a rejuvenating experience. This is the inspiration behind Younique's new eye serum, Uplift. A brand new, proprietary formula, specially designed to replenish, moisturize, and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles around the eyes. As we set out to create this revolutionary new product, our mission was to source only the highest quality, safest ingredients. Our bodies naturally produce CoQ10, vitamin E, and vitamin C, which are all crucial ingredients for the health of our skin. As we age, our bodies produce less and less of these vital nutrients. While we may never be able to recover these nutrients, we can supplement them. Uplift contains vitamins E and C—powerful antioxidants which help fight the effects of free radicals and long-term sun exposure. Squalane, derived from sugarcane, acts as a natural skin lipid to help deliver moisture below the surface of the skin. Uplift also contains Sweet Iris, which helps the skin appear more firm and supple. Uplift is nutrition for your skin! Rich in Vitamins, Natural Skin Lipids, & Antioxidants For the Young at Heart Uplift Eye Serum is formulated to replenish, moisturize, and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. You weren't born yesterday, but your skin can look like you were!
Welcome to September and a new look and feel to the Younique website. Where the new motto and feel is Nature. Love. Science. We also launched Six new products designed with the perfect blend of nature and science to help flaunt your true inner beauty! Loving Younique cosmetics has always been easy. And now with the introduction of six brand new products designed to help you flaunt your true inner beauty, there's even more to love! Bring out your natural beauty, and fall head over heels with Younique today! Sharing the things you love comes naturally. Sharing your love for Younique is not only fun, but rewarding! Introduce your friends to their new favorite cosmetics by hosting your own virtual party, and earn a little something extra for your generosity! There is just too much to love about Younique to keep it all to yourself. Let the party begin! Living the Younique lifestyle is a commitment to uplifting, empowering and validating women everywhere. It's devoting yourself to helping a global family of women realize their potential for personal growth and financial reward. Together, we make a beautiful team. Are you ready to Live Younique??
So last month I finally got off the waiting list for Ipsy. Ipsy is a makeup subscription service where you can subscribe to the service and get your very own Glam Bag! You get 4-5 beauty products every month delivered to your door, for ONLY $10.... Michelle Phan curates the bags! Check it out here: Join me on Ipsy .... Last month for July the Sensationally Sunkissed Bag and it was my very first glam bag!! I was so very impressed with everything in the bag!! BUT... My favorite of the whole bag besides the really really cute pink bag was the Pixi Beauty Mini Tinted Brilliance Balm... Here is what I got and my Video of the unbagging. Be gentle! I am new at all this beauty blogging.. LOL Every month I will be doing an Unbagging for you all on YouTube and will be posting it on this blog for you all to see what I get in the bag and how much I either love it or hate it! I received my August's Beauty Schooled Glam Bag yesterday and was able to do my Unbagging today! I am still learning this whole be louder thing and you may want to turn up the volume.. lol My favorite so far would be the Urban Decay 24/7 Velvet Glide-On Eye Pencil... Not so favorite was the Coastal Scents Shadow Palette Samples, because I am not really a pressed shadow type of girl now that I am spoiled with Younique's Natural mineral loose pigments. BUT that's not their fault and I'm sure I will find a use for it. (Giveaway maybe?)... Here are are the Products and the video.... Remember if you want to join me in trying out all these products, Join me on ipsy and subscribe to the Glam Bag! You get 4-5 beauty products every month delivered to your door, for just $10. Michelle Phan curates the bags! Check it out here Stay tuned for September's Ipsy Glam Bag..... SEPTEMBER GLAM BAG No video this month. But I am gonna say WOW!! My favorite bag to date.. Check out all the goodies in this Street Style Bag! I'll start with the cute silver bag. It is a really cute bag this month and had the little silver studs that makes it look really "street"! The Crown Brush Infinity Shadow/Crease Duet Brush
I love this brush, my favorite part is the crease side it is compact and small and really helps me smudge the lower lashline shadows. This dual-ended brush offers the best of both worlds. The shadow brush is perfect for applying eye shadow or contouring the eye, while the crease brush is designed to be used dry for defining the eye, or wet for precision concealing. Created with Crown’s Infinity Synthetic Fibers. Weight: 1 oz. NYX Hot Singles Eye Shadow Hot Singles are intense! Powerfully loaded with pigments, this versatile formula lets you make a statement for any occasion. Whether your look is edgy or natural, NYX’s unique formulation is easy to blend and build on. 88 amazing shades inspired by the latest fashion runway trends. Ipsters who sample NYX will receive one of these shades: Dressed to Kill, Arrogance, Innocent, Chandelier, Asphyxiation, Velvet, Bling, Rehab, Burlesque, Addiction, or J'Adore. Weight: 1.5g/ 0.053 oz Pacifica Natural Water-Proof Eye Pencil Formulated without: Animal ingredients (including carmine, beeswax and lanolin), animal testing, FD&C colors, mineral oil, parabens, phthalates, petroleum, propylene glycol, SLS, gluten, peanut oil and other ingredients you don’t want on your skin! Ipsters who sample Pacifica will receive either Gun Metal or Fringe. Weight: 0.026 oz Briogeo Don’t Despair, Repair!™ Deep Conditioning Mask Safe for color-treated, chemically-treated, and keratin-treated hair. For those with fine or thin hair, we recommend focusing the treatment on the mid-length to the ends of the hair only, and rinsing thoroughly. Weight: 1 fl. oz. CAILYN Art Touch Tinted Lip Gloss.. Intensely Colorful + Artistically Glossy This was okay, But I already am in love with Younique Lipglosses so a fair review is not gonna be able to be given. I won't use it and will gift this to someone else. CAILYN Art Touch Tinted Lip Gloss delivers the stunning color impact of a lip stain and high shine of a lip gloss. This silky smooth gloss glides on your lips like butter, leaving you with a lacquer like finish. Ipsters who sample CAILYN will either receive the shade Basic Instinct or Love Affair. Weight: 0.14 fl oz/ 4 mL What made this my favorite to date? The hair repair, the brush and the bag!!! See you makeup junkies next time!! Can't wait to review the October bag! That is my Birthday month and It will be great opening a bag for my birthday!!! Wanna join me on Ipsy?? Subscribe to the Glam Bag! You get 4-5 beauty products every month delivered to your door, for just $10. Michelle Phan curates the bags! Check it out here: http://www.ipsy.com/r/kp24 FACE FOUNDATION BRUSH Used to make the application of foundation perfectly flawless and smooth to your skin. If you prefer light coverage, dip only one side of the brush in the BB Flawless Complexion Enhancer or Touch Mineral Cream foundation makeup. If you want fuller coverage, use both sides of the brush. (Made with high-quality synthetic fibers which is exactly what you need for a foundation brush because it absorbs less product than a brush made with natural hair.) Buy it here BLUSHER BRUSH Perfectly angled for precise blush placement to enhance cheekbones. Start with just a little Moodstruck Minerals Blusher (like about a freckle size) — it’s easier to add more to your face than to take off too much of it. (Made with real capra animal hair.) Buy it here CONCEALER BRUSH Blends BB Flawless Complexion Enhancer or your favorite moistened Moodstruck Minerals Concealer smoothly and evenly around the eyes, face, and on blemishes or discoloring. Select a concealer that’s one shade lighter than your natural skin tone. (Made with synthetic fibers. You want synthetic because it doesn’t absorb as much product as brushes made from natural hair.) Buy it here POWDER PUFF BRUSH Large, extremely soft, rounded brush, perfect for applying powder, like dry Moodstruck Minerals Concealer. Gently press it on, working from forehead to chin. Working the other way—chin to forehead—will cause the tiny hairs to stand on end and make the complexion appear ‘chalky’. (Made with real capra animal hair.) Buy it here Eyes DELUXE EYE BRUSH Uniformly covers the whole eyelid for an even application of color. This dome shaped brush is perfect for feathering out color to create a smokey eye or for blending out the crease. (Made with real pony hair.) Buy it here CREASE BRUSH Allows for precise, deliberate application of color. Use to add depth to the crease of your eyelid. Press into the crease, and swipe from side to side until you have achieve the desired color intensity. (Made with real goat hair.) Buy it here LINER/SHADER BRUSH This dual ended brush has a soft shader brush that diffuses and melds color for a beautiful finish. The angled liner tip makes it easy to draw a straight line along your lashes creating the perfect eyeliner. (Liner end made with synthetic fibers. Shader end made of real pony hair.) Buy it here Tool
LASH COMB/BROW BRUSH This double-sided tool is a dream for your lashes and brows. A metal comb separates lashes. The bristled brush shapes and grooms eyebrow hair into place. (Brush is made with real animal boar hair. Comb is stainless steel and won’t rust.) Get it here before it's available to the public 10 Tips to Perfect Brows: Get your brows professionally waxed or threaded every now and then if budget permits. If you find someone who does this for a living, he/she can give you a great shape to your brows. The goal is to have the arch of the brow just outside your pupil. Thicker is better. Generally, fuller brows portray youth, so obviously keeping them thicker makes you look younger :) You still want to shape them, but go easy on the tweezers! Yes you. Put the tweezers down. Step away…. Shape accordingly. Ideally you want the inner part of your brow to be thicker, then taper to a thinner line as it goes toward your temple. Again, the arch should be just outside your pupil. For super dark brows, you may need to lighten them. If you have fair skin and very dark brows, you may need to lighten them. Because my skin is fair and my brows are black, I bleach them slightly with facial bleach to make them less harsh. Leave the bleach on only for 5 minutes or you will have orange brows! (Trust me, I learned this from experience. I had Ronald McDonald brows for 3 weeks last year…) NEVER EVER fill in your brows with black pencil Unless you want the black sharpie brows, just please… don’t do this. Even if you have black brows, you want to fill them in with a dark brown- not black Find brow powders/pencils/gels with a khaki tint to them- not red. Because hair naturally has a khaki undertone to it, using a brow pencil that has a touch of khaki color will look more natural. For whatever reason, most companies have reddish tinted brow products. This color just screams “Fake!” For the most natural brows, use powder instead of pencil. For time sake, I didn’t show this in the video (sorry!). But for the most natural brows, use a matte finish tan or brown eyeshadow to fill in with. Take an angled brow brush and apply shadow to sparse areas. Shade accordingly. Not the entire brow is going to be the same darkness all throughout. Generally, the arch and the tail of the brow should be the most defined and the darkest. The inner part should be slightly more sparse and lighter Also, cut the hairs here a bit shorter so they “sprout” a bit more Clean up around the edges. For very defined and “clean” brows, take a small flat brush and apply creamy concealer under the brows to tidy up the edges. You probably don’t need this step for everyday, but for those more defined brows to go with dramatic looks, this helps sharpen them a bit. Tame the strays! I don’t know about you, but my brows are slightly curly and crazay! I have to keep them in place with a brow gel. Anastasia makes some amazing ones in different colors that is great for on the go. This tutorial and these tips were from This YouTube Beauty! "Perfection" is a disease within our society! Many people go to great lengths to look a certain "perfect" way! This video spoke to me in a way that I think no other video has about this topic, Ever!! It is so unrealistic to be the way that this society wants us to be!! There are so many people that will never be happy no matter how much surgery they have, how much weight they lose or how much makeup they wear!!! Unless they fix the way they feel inside about themselves, their soul will ALWAYS look for that false "perfection"!!! |
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