Brushes you Need and How to use them

Hey friends, I want to show you what brushes you need, why you need them and how to use them

First is the foundation brush

Why you need it: your foundation will go on a lot smoother and will look more like your own skin vs. looking streaky and uneven if applied with finger tips (not to mention that applying foundation without first washing your hands is gross)

How to use it: there are tons of different foundation brushes out there but your main goal is to buff the foundations on your skin to make it look as natural as possible (still covering imperfections but not cakie looking)

Second is eye primer brush

Why you need it: it applies your eye primer evenly and buffs it into the skin instead of plastering the product on your eyelid with your fingertip

How you use it: buff the product onto your eyelids all the way to where your eyebrow starts

Third is a flat rounded eyeshadow brush

Why you need it: this brush is a wonderful tool to help you DEPOSIT more product onto your eyelid. The more product, the more vibrant your eyeshadow will look

How to use it: Rub onto eyeshadow and then onto your eyelid. Simple as that. no need to buff

Fourth brush is a blending brush

Why you need it: this brush will save your life. It allows you to buff in all those pretty colors you just applied on your eyelids. It makes everything come together. There is nothing like it. You NEED it

How to use it: gently buff any harsh edges around your eyelid and blend in darker colors to the outer corner of your eyelids

These are 4 of the most essential brushes that you need to own. Hope this post was helpful to your makeup routine.

Wondering what you want for mothers day, or your birthday or the holidays? This is what you want!

Disclaimer: I don't get paid to write this. This is my real life experience as a professional makeup artist.

I am back

Hello again my friends, No, I'm not dead. Just decided to take a little time off to focus on work and family. March has been a busy month for me. From wedding makeup to editorial work to a little baby boy teething. This month has been so rewarding.

Here is a little tutorial on how to do makeup for a photoshoot or editorial work. This will help you know how to do makeup so that it looks vibrant and beautiful on paper.

Well, enjoy and let me know if you have any questions.

My very talented friend took these pictures 

You can see more of her work here

Rex's first birthday party

    Ok ok, I know this has nothing to do with makeup but I just HAD to blog Rex's first birthday party since my sweet brother in law took such great pics of it.

    First, I just wanna say that I started prepping for this party in November. I wanted to be as stress free as possible once his birthday was here and to be able to enjoy friends and family at the party. I was able to get most of of it done but the set up was tricky. Thankfully, my whole family came to the rescue.

Anyway, lets show you some pictures.

 I set this up the night before so I wouldn't be too stressed the day of

Carefully placing the delicious cookies my friend made for everyone to enjoy

These cute party favor bags were so adorable. My mom made 30!!

assorted candy (the vanilla tootsie rolls are to die for)

My mom and sister slaved over these cupcakes. They turned out better than expected

(all you need is sugar frosting, white chocolate rounds, chocolate chips and chips ahoy cookies)

 We were all ready to start. I was so pleased with the way this table looked. 

 A little game for the adults to guess how many cookies were in the jar

 Blue koolaid with cute cookie monster cups (blue cups with googly eyes)

This banner took me the longest to make but it was time well spent

here's the link to an awesome tutorial. The backdrop are tablecloths

these were repurposed baby food jars and the straws I got on etsy

 This was the food and drink table, I found an awesome tutorial to make 

the best hotdogs for a bunch of people here

here is my handsome birthday boy

his cousin feeding him candy, he wouldn't let go so his cousin dragged 

him around by the candy he wouldn't let go of

chillaxing

my sweet boy and I

 We played a little slideshow of his 1 yr photoshoot

 He ate a lot of cookies that day

He was the center of attention. He knew just how to keep them happy with his cuteness

Mom and dad

Me and my sisters (we were all color coordinated and didn't even plan it)

 Those cupcakes and cake were so tempting

This is the piñata my father in law made, turned out fabulous

He wanted nothing to do with the piñata, Im pretty sure he wanted to go play in the dirt

I had to teach him my Mexican ways

Patiently waiting for his cake

He was so amused by all the singing he didn't even notice his cake

I had to give him a little nudge

 All he wanted was the cookie

He just loved the attention (or the cake)

There were a few different recordings going on of this amazingness 

best picture

 HE thought it was hilarious to get all messy

My mom? not so much

This is a short video of him eating the cake and trying to share with his little friend Eliza

The top two pictures are of his dad when he turned one, like father like son

 Funnest part of opening presents was seeing him play with all the paper

 Showing me his little duck

 Both exhausted after a fun party

After the party was over I treated myself to a tres leches cupcake that was devine

     I loved being able to enjoy friends and family and making memories that will last a lifetime. Rex was such a doll and didn't cry once and thrived with all the attention he was given.

    I hope you enjoyed this post and if you have any questions about printables etc, I can always email them to you. 

Thanks for reading!