When You Only Get 5 Hours of Sleep...

You can guess from the title that I only received five hours of sleep last night -___- (Game of Thrones... just too addicting!) Anyways... when I wake up the next morning after very little sleep, I look somewhat scary...

 <--- Scariness..

Anyways, I thought I would share how I do my makeup in order to make it look like I am not actually dead. 

1) WASH YO FACE GURL. I highly recommend using a face wash that will wake up your face, like one with little beads if you have flaky skin or one with cooling/ heating sensation if you have more sensitive skin. This way your face will wake up. 

2) Moisturize your face (duh.. unless you want oily, clogged up, dry skin). I use Pond's Crema S for general moisture and The Doctor Brand blemish relief lotion for my face. Under my eyes I use the Dead Sea Treatment Aloe Vera Eye cream.

3) After all the pre-requisites are done, I sponge on my Benefit Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow Foundation by Benefit. This evens out my skin tone and lightly conceals (since I lost my only concealer... :( )

 2) Since my foundation does minimal concealing and I still got some acne, I dabbed on my Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse foundation over the acne. This stuff is thicker, so it's easier to conceal those lil' nasty things. I find liquid foundation/ concealer just slip off, so the thickness of this foundation stays on.

 3) I powder my face with the Laura Mercier Mineral Powder. 

This stuff just sets the foundation in (I guess... that's what they all say). I just think it gives a nice matte yet not cakey finish to the makeup.

4) Then the brows. Gurl (or guy) when you fill in your brows, you just lift your face and make yourself look younger (aka less tired). So I fill in my brows with a mix of black and espresso eyeshadow from my Lorac Pro palette.

 5) Woah, sleepy. Woke myself up again.

 6) Okay.. so i kinda just forgot to take pictures for the eye makeup. Basically, I used my Revlon Illuminance Creme Shadow in Skinlights 08. I used the lightest color and swiped it in the inner corners of my eyes, the center of my eyelids, and right underneath my brow bones. This gives a nice, natural shimmer to the face that will again, make you look WAY more awake than you actually are. Another thing I did was CURLED MY EYELASHES. This helps a ton. It opens up your eyes to make it look like you weren't asleep. I then tight-lined my lashes with the espresso shadow and my eyeliner brush. I finally finished the eyes with some mascara.

7) I added blush ABOVE the apples of my cheeks in a stripe motion. This again lifts my face making you think I have high cheekbones (it's all an illusion, remember), therefore younger, therefore more awake.

8) I ended with my EOS lip balm to give a nice natural shine and smoothness to my lips cause I am sure they can't handle any lipstick.

Too tired for that.

Good luck peeps! Hope this helps!

Holiday, Oh Holiday!

It's not often that we get to hang out together and have a photo shoot like this! Mixing and matching clothes was in part inventive creativity and in part an expressive outlet for all of us.

Pictures were taken in the awful awful rain with many towels, umbrellas, and frantic swinging of thee arms.

These aren't all the outfits cause we didn't want to leak them all at once. That would be no fun

Enjoy!

DASHA

Hat- Street Vendor in Libya, Necklace- Forever21 , Dress- Somewhere in Libya , Sandals- American Eagle

KATHARINE

Top- Pitaya, Leggings- Forever XXI (see previous post for details), Lipstick- Mac Hang Up

MAKEUP

Makeup: Katharine
Model: Malak
Eyeshadow- Naked Palette (Half Baked, Smog, Darkhorse Creep), Eyeliner- Maybelline Eye Studio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner, Mascara- N/A, Foundation- Benefit Oxygen Wow! Foundation

Makeup: Daria + Katharine
Model: Daria
Eyeshadow- Aqualillies for Tarte Amazonian Clay Waterproof Eye and Cheek Palette, Eyeliner- Maybelline Eye Studio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner, Cheek Product- *see eyeshadow palette, Eyebrows- Benefit Brow Zingz (Light)

Malak's Maul Haul

Peace  lovelies :D
Went to my local mall today and made a few purchases from Macy's, H&M, and Forever21 :)

Where: H&M 

Why: My mother at first pulled out a bright pink one with a splattered hot pink center. I was going to get it until I saw this green one (same style, different color and print). Realizing I have little to no green shirts in my closet, I decided to get this one. 

Potential: Dark skinnies, Yoga Pants for a lazy day... we'll see

Where: Macy's 

Why: My mother pulled this one out. I vowed to never purchase a striped shirt again... but I couldn't help myself. The length of the sleeves and the shirt overall was too perfect to resist. Once I tried it on, I knew I had to have it.

  Potential:  Dark skinnies, khaki cropped pants, beige loose pants

Where:  Forever21 

Why: I have been seeing these all over the place, and they are a hijabi's dream come true. They are loose, light, and perfect for the summer. Plus, you can wear short shirts with them. For only $16... it was a true bargain. 

Potential:  Any short shirt.

Where:  H&M

  Why:  Does anyone know how long I have been looking for a pair of these? YEARS I TELL YOU. They fit me nice and loose, and I loved the cropped bottom. They were for only $15, and a great staple to my closet. 

Potential:  Short light shirts, spring/summer sweaters, tank and cardigan. 

Maybe I'll take some pics of me in these soon... I hope.