Eyes Are The Window To The Soul

Eyes are perhaps the hardest part of applying makeup each morning and for sure the most time consuming! I wanted to dedicate this post to all of my favorite eye products!   If I went into all the items I have or use this post would be never ending, so let me hold back and just share a few of my favorites with you!

UD Primer $20 and UD 24/7 Eye Liner $20

When I put my concealer on each day I go ahead and use it on my eyelids and then the use a eye primer before applying my eye shadow. My eye shadow primer of choice (for now) is the Urban Decay Eye Shadow Primer Potion. I got this as a sample at Ulta and I really like it. My eye shadow doesn't crease or fade throughout the day. It looks just as fresh after work, as it does in the mornings! I actually have two samples, so I shouldn't need to purchase this for awhile! 

Here is what my eye shadow drawer 

looks like!

After applying the eye shadow primer I start with a base color for all over my lid - I really want a nice pallet, such as, the Naked 2 by Urban Decay, but for now I need to use up all the Mary Kay and MAC stuff that I already have. 

   As you can see, LOTS of Mary Kay and quite a bit of MAC. Those five "tubes" you see are my MAC pigments- which I LOVE! I don't change up my makeup colors very often. On a normal day I will start with a cream or light tan color that I put all over my lid. Next, I will do a light brown, gold, or reddish color on the crease. Then, I will put a little bit of a darker color on the edge of the crease and the corner, followed by a highlighter on my brow bone.

Tarte (Ulta $17)

Next, I curl my eyelashes before I apply eyeliner. My eyelash curler of choice is by Tarte. It's amazing, it doesn't pinch you and it comes with with a free mascara! Score! it's pretty, too, that should count for something!! 

Some of  my favorite eyeliners are: the Urban Decay 24/7 Black Velvet (pictured above), Ulta Gel Eyeliners (pictured below), and Maybelline Eye Studio Gel Liner (below). Although I have tried liquid eyeliner and like the look of it, I just can't seem to get it on even enough, so I stick to a regular pencil or a gel based liner.  The Maybelline is amazing- like, incredible! This product was recommended to me and it's great. My only suggestion is to buy a different brush than the one that it comes with. I prefer the MAC 208 ($20) brush!

Ulta $9.99

Ulta $8.00

My final eye step is mascara. Oh, mascara!! Only in the last few months have I felt like I may have found the perfect mascara. I have been on the hunt for something I LOVE for years.... like 15 years. One of my most favorites (which I don't have a picture of) is the Cover Girl LashBlast Volume Mascara and my ultimate favorite of the moment is L'OREAL Voluminous Full Definition in Blackest Black. Although, I did recently see that Ulta had these on clearance, so you KNOW I bought them all up! I hope they are not gone for good! We'll see! I have these four mascaras opened right now: Physician's Formula, L'OREAL Full Definition, Rimmel ScandalEyes, and Calvin Klein ck One mascara. Out of those four, the only one I would repurchase is the L'OREAL. The Calvin Klein one was my birthday gift from Ulta and the other two I just tried randomly. I have very short lashes and try hard to build them up. What is your favorite mascara?

Here are a couple of random's I bought and want to try! That small one is from Tarte and was a freebie that came with my eyelash curler! I will have to let you know how I like these three!

XoXo