I had so many fun products this week!! The first being some new hair care products from the brand Curly Hair Solutions. The first is the curler keeper! It is a water based so it does create build up or make your hair greasy but it keeps your hair freeze free and can be re-applied the next day!!! The next is the Slip detangler. I love this stuff!! It makes your comb glide through your hair so easily!!! This is idea for curly, wavy or frizzy hair!!

Curl Keeper: http://beautymo.tv?Cur1
Slip Detangler: http://beautymo.tv?Cur2
Free shipping with code: BMCHS1

Next was the Lush Let the Good Times Roll cleanser! This stuff smells so good!! It reminds me of banana bread with a hint of cinnamon.  It is a bit of a gritty cleanser in the texture of play dough. I find it gently exfoliates my skin without being too harsh! I highly recommend this!! Lush products can be purchased at Lush stores as well as http://www.lushusa.com  It appears it is a Christmas special so make sure to stock up during Christmas time. (photo from the Lush UK website)

The primer that has been my GO TO is the Rouge Bunny Rouge Matte Primer! The packaging is absolutely amazing! It is a frosted glass jar with a pump and a gorgeous black design! The primer keeps me matte all day long without using a matte foundation!!! I highly recommend checking out their products as they are amazing quality and adorable packaging!!!

http://en.rougebunnyrouge.com/mattifying-primer.html

The Urban Decay B6 Vitamin Infused Prep Spray! This is a fun treat for your skin! It has Vitamin B6 which helps control oil, Vitamin E for antioxidants, and Willowbark to help in cell generation turn over. I use this morning and night before my moisturizer and it just gives a nice refreshing mist to the face. It is also supposed to help reduce redness and tighten pores. I am not sure I have seen it do either of those but I am enjoying the spray for the oil control & vitamin benefits :) 

Oh Ben Nye how I love your powders!! The Banana Powder is VERY yellow and perfect for Medium+ skin tones! However for fair/light skin it is way to dark! I have always used the Cameo powder from Ben Nye and I got the genius idea to mix the two! I am loving the combination of both as they are the perfect shade and consistency for setting your under eyes!! Also gives you a great brightening effect and does not settle into your fine lines!!! Apply with a beauty blender and you are golden!!!  

                                           http://www.camerareadycosmetics.com 

MAC Lush- Light Bronzer Careblend Bronzer is a soft silky texture warm toned bronzer! It is gorgeous on the skin and extremely blendable. This was a limited edition product but MAC does have the Careblend Powders in the permanent range, I would suggest just choosing a darker color so you can bronze with it :)

Last makeup favorite is the GORGEOUS Becca Mineral Blush in Gypsy!!! It is a gorgeous ballerina pink! It has the most gorgeous white-gold sheen to it and looks absolutely STUNNING on the cheeks! I think this is a universally flattering shade from pale skin to darker skin tones!! You can purchase Becca Products at Sephora.




My fashion favorite was the Emma Dress from SiHo. It is the perfect dress to transition into fall and can be paired with cute cowboy boots or edgy combat boots!!! I love it with a brown belt and some chunky jewelry!! This dress would also be SUPER cute with a denim jacket!!!

My giveaway with SiHo is going on from today September 6th - 20th and 1 winner will win an item of their choice of the website!! Feel free to shop the website and save 25% using the code KASSIE at checkout!! http://www.shopsiho.com

Make sure you follow me on instagram for new videos, outfit of the days, day in the life and just a bunch of other fun stuff!!!


The rest of the details for the giveaway are linked in the video below:

I have a tutorial for this look coming up on Wednesday Sep 11th with my sweet friend Heidi or Heidicupcake on youtube!!!

Products worn:
Clinique Stay Matte 07
Dior BB Cream Tan 1
Neutrogena Shine Control Powder
Mac Lush Light Bronzer
Becca Mineral Blush- Gypsy
MAC Silly, Fig 1, Vibrant Grape, Sketch, Nocternelle, Intoxicate, Vanilla, Digit, Seedy Pearl
Makeup Geek Gel Liner- Immortal: http://www.makeupgeek.com/store/eye-products/eye-liners/gel-liner.html?acc=6ea9ab1baa0efb9e19094440c317e21b
Kevin Aucoin Mascara
Makeup Geek Shy Lipstick (photo 1):http://www.makeupgeek.com/store/lip-products/lipstick/makeup-geek-lipsticks.html?limit=all&acc=6ea9ab1baa0efb9e19094440c317e21b
MAC Angel (photo 2)
MAC Retro Matte Steady Going
MAC Retro Matte Flat out Fabulous & MAC Pro Longwear Lipliner Fashion Boost
Necklace- Rue21
Nails - Topless & Barefoot by Essie and Essie A Cut Above

Jouer Matte Moisture Tint Demo & Get Ready With Me

I have been absolutely LOVING my Jouer Matte Moisture Tint. It has medium to buildable full coverage and has great wear time! I think my perfect match would be Nude but I mixed together Linen and Chamomile and was able to make a perfect match for my self tanned body!

I also adore the eye crayons! They are long wearing, extremely pigmented and don't budge once they set.

I found the cheek tints to be much more pigmented when using a brush vs finger and have amazing pigmentation and give a great natural flush to the cheeks. The thing I love about the cheek tints is you can have a light application or build it up to be quite dramatic.

The blush and bronzer are so creamy, smooth and blendable! Again another product I find to be more pigmented when applied with a brush vs swatched with your finger. They are long lasting and looked natural on the cheeks. The bronzer was also a great all over bronzer as well as a great contour shade!

The moisturizing lipsticks are just that, MOISTURIZING! They feel so creamy and smooth on the lips and slip and slide all over like some "moisturizing" lip products I have tried in the past! The glosses are very smooth as well. They are more on the sheer side but are a great topper for your lipstick.

If you missed the haul where I swatched the products here it is

Below is a quick Get Ready with Me Video featuring many of the Jouer Products

What I am wearing in the above video:
Jouer Matte Moisture Tint: Linen & Chamomile
Jouer Brightening Concealer: Light
Neutrogena Shine Control Powder
MAC Prep & Prime Loose Powder
MAC Paint Pot: Painterly
Jouer Eye Crayon: Baroque
The Balm Meet Matte Nude Palette
MAC Satin Taupe
Jouer Cheek Tint: Honeysuckle
Jouer Bronzer: Suntan
Jouer Blush: Peach Bouquet & Bloom
Jouer Lipstick: Whitney
Jouer Lipgloss: Peony

MAC Blush Collection & Swatches!

MAC collection videos seem to be some of my most requested videos! I have been a long time MAC lover and have been collecting and adding to my makeup stash for almost 10 years!!! The palettes shown are dual sided MAC Pro Palettes! They just reduced the prices so they are only $8 and then around $2 for the inserts!!!

Below are swatches of my blush collection. Please check out my video to see the swatches in action as well as my favorites and which blushes are Limited Edition! What are some of your favorite MAC Blushes!!!

MAC Blush Collection & Swatches

Full of Joy, Well Dressed, I'm The One
Peony Petal, Stay Pretty, Pink Swoon

Love Cloud, Whole Lotta Love, Breezy
Pinch O Peach, Dame, Breath of Plum

Buff, Easy Manner, Blush All Day
Rosey Outlook, Melba, Peaches

Fluer Power, Margin, Springsheen
Plum Foolery, Modern Mandarin

Archie Girls Collection
Cream Soda & Prom Princess

Temperature Rising Collection
Hot Nights & Ripe For Live

Extra Dimension Blushes
(top photo) Bareness, At Dusk, Blazing Haute, Flaming Chic
(bottom photo) Flaming Chic, Blazing Haute, At Dusk, Bareness

Small Vanity, Royal Sunset, Honey Jasmine

Mineralized Blushes
Warm Soul, Dainty, Sweet Samba, Ring Of Saturn, Simmer

Makeup Worn in the video:
UD Naked Skin Foundation 5.0
Becca Blush- Gypsy
Becca Highlighter- Moonbeam
Mac Angel
Sephora Prismatic Taupe
Wet N Wild Purple Palette shown in video
Stila Stay All Day Liner
Essie Topless & Barefoot & A Cut Above
Necklace: https://shoplately.com/?r=Shadesofkassie
                 https://shoplately.com/u/9cvha39y

September & October Empties

Every month I save all my "trash" or empty products so that I can review them with you and tell you if I LOVE or HATE the products! It is a great way to review and talk about makeup, skincare, haircare and body products that I used up and share my experience with each of them and whether or not I would repurchase them.

This is one of my favorite videos to film and watch!! It also is extremely satisfying seeing all the products I have finished so I feel like I am actually USING the products that I own.

If you don't do this already I encourage you to set aside a little box or bag to put in your empty products so each month you can see what you used up and what was worth the money and what products you could live without!! It is a great way to see what type of products you go through and how often you use up certain products. I seem to go through A LOT of Hair and Body care products but makeup not so much...it is probably because I have too much makeup that I try to recycle through so that I share the love with my whole collection.

If you want to see the products I used up in September & October and if I would repurchase them then don't forget to check out my video below!!!

xoxoKassie

beauty on a budget: fun and flirty

Yay! Another back to school looking using some fun colors!!! I LOVE COLOR!!! Especially purple! I think that is one of my favorites shades to wear! I wanted to create a look that is a little bit more "bold" for back to school for those that love to be a bit more bold! It again is a super EASY and quick look but is really beautiful and will flatter ANY eye color!!!

I am again using the Wet N Wild Color Icon Palettes but this is the Petal Pusher Palette. I love this palette because it has some beautiful purple and pinky shades that are pigmented and very blendable. My best tip when using these shadows is to not blend too much otherwise you will blend them to nothing!!!

I hope you enjoy this tutorial!!!!

Simple Back To School Look on a Budget

It is about that time again for back to school videos!!! Although it has been YEARS since I have actually been back to school I found this to be a great opportunity to think back to what I would have worn when I was in high school or college. Now don't think that you have to be going to school to wear this look! This is a great work look also just an everyday face!

All the products used were from the drugstore which is even better! Who doesn't love beauty on a budget!!!! I find that the Wet N Wild palettes are some of the best eye shadows that the drugstore offers! They are extremely inexpensive as well as HIGHLY pigmented!!! The Vanity Palette is one of my all time favorites from the Wet N Wild Line!!!

Also how can you forget about the amazing Maybeline 24 hour Color Tattoos!!! I have found Bad to the Bronze is one of my most used eye shadow bases!!!

Click below to watch how I created this easy back to school/ or work look!

A BLOG MAKEOVER

I can't believe it has been so long since I wrote a blog post!!! I think a large part of it was due to the fact that I wasn't proud of my blog. I am in no way "blog/layout/website" savvy so I had no clue where to start. Thanks to one of my amazing friends on Youtube, Wendy aka bentleyblonde, she referred me to the amazing Jenn Staz (www.jennstaz.com). She was so easy to work with and I gave her two words to describe what I wanted "Shabby Chic." With those 2 words she created a blog design that was better than I could have ever imagined!!! I am finally so PROUD of my blog that I actually want to write in it and keep up with it!!!!

Another friend of mine Anna from www.askannamoseley.com gave me the great advise to "Be Consistent." That when people subscribe to your blog they start to build a routine out of reading your new posts and start to expect your posts the same days every week. This was great advice as I am fairly consistent with my YouTube videos (Post about every other day to every 2 days) but my blog on the other hand...well I think that is pretty obvious what happened there.

I feel blessed to have amazing people in my life with amazing talents and advice on how to be successful and make your blog followers, youtube subscribers, etc happy.

Well here is my first post on my NEW and IMPROVED Shadesofkassie blog! So welcome and expect more frequent posts!!!!!!!

xoxoKassie