Summer Blushes

The sun seems to be shining a bit stronger these days as summer is just around the corner. I was tagged by Gorkem on Instagram to show my favorite Summer Blushes. I then decided to share it with my blogger followers. 

1. Illamasqua Excite: a beautiful matte peach powder blusher which I've reviewed here. The sweet Argentine beauty blogger, Flo, has also reviewed it here, in case you want to see more of it. 

2. Nars Orgasm: not much to say about this. It's gorgeous. It suits all skin tones. It never fails. 

3. Dior Diorskin Nude Tan Healthy Glow Enhancing Powder in 002 Sunlight: an "all-over" powder which I personally use as a bronzer. It's beautiful, and it does give you that "healthy summer glow." 

4. Tarte Amazonian Clay blush in Splendor: a very pretty rosy-pink with shimmer. Yes, it has shimmer, so I would stick to using this product when you know you'll be indoors or at night. It's beautiful, regardless. 

Which are your favorite summer blushes? Share! xoxo

My New Year's Eve Look

Hi everyone! I haven't been here in a while. I want to start off this post by wishing everyone a happy 2013 - may this year be better than the last.

Due to the amount of positive feed back I received on Instagram on my New Year's Eve look (thank you!), I decided to share with you what I used and how I used it to achieve the look.

Originally, I was thinking on doing a simple gold-toned look, but I was feeling inspired and I started experimenting/playing with blues and the result was a blue smokey eye which really made my already-big-dark-eyes pop even more.

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I wanted to make my skin look fresh and dewy, even though I live in a ridiculously tropical place.

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Want to see how I achieved this look? If so, keep reading!