Do y'all know what day it is? It's Hump Day!!! (camel voice)
So this last weekend the kids and I accompanied my husband to an event they were hosting at his job. The day was spent in bouncy houses, slides, and great performances. It was extremely hot so maybe jeans was not the best attire, but y'all know me...I can't go without them. For me, jeans are super comfortable and stylish; and once you find the perfect brand, and fit that fits you best, you simply just can't put them down.
The jeans that fit me the best are from Express. I believe I've expressed (no pun intended) this to y'all before. They simply fit the best for my body frame. And the fact that they cater for S (short), R (regular), and l (long), it's a bonus. Most of the times I buy them short because I'm most comfortable in flats, but I have a few that are regular and I can wear them with heels. I've never ventured into the long's because I'm 5'2 and they are definitely too long.
I promise you, go to the mall, try on as many different pair of jeans from different brands, and eventually you will find a brand that works with your body frame. And once you do, you will not put them down.
...Anyway, on with the outfit of the day.
I love peplum tops, they accentuate your curves by hugging your waist
and flaring out. In case you're wondering, mine is from Forever21. And I
know you're probably thinking, what's a grown woman doing shopping at a
teeny bopper store. To each it's own. I can find some great stuff at an
affordable price.
My jeans are the barely boot, low rise from express.
These ballet style flats are from Michael Kors. The style is Fulton Moc. They are lightly padded with a rubber sole making them super comfortable. I purchased mine from Belk, but I'm sure if you just google the style you can find them wherever Michael Kors is sold.
I kept my hair and makeup pretty simple. Since it was an outdoor event I made sure my hair was up and out my face, with very minimal makeup. Not sure what the technical name of this braid is, but it's a french braid that I pulled to the side. Let me know if y'all want to see a tutorial on this braid in my youtube channel. For foundation I'm wearing the tarte amazonian clay 12 hour full coverage foundation, which came in really handy with the hot weather we had this weekend. As a blusher I used MAC cosmetics peaches. Peaches is a beautiful subtle sheertone blush, and it's perfection in the summer. I kept the eyes very simple with MAC's coral eyeshadow (pro) on the crease, and mythology on the lid. I finished the eyes with a little bit of mascara, and Anastasia beverly hills brow wiz in caramel. On my lips I'm wearing a light creamy peachy lipstick by MAC called razzledazzler and I topped it off with a limited edition lipgloss also by MAC called orange tempera.
So I know that Urban Decay has released the Basics 2 palette, and the hype is all around that one right now. But I showcased the original Basics palette in my August favorites youtube video, so I wanted to show y'all why this little palette may seem so basic but so beautiful all at the same time.
To start off, this is what the packaging looks like. The palette has a suede like feel to it making it really comfortable to the touch. Embossed in the front you get the signature Naked Urban Decay Basics logo. And in the back you get the expiration date, which is 12 months. And the amount of shadows/ ounces, as well as where it was distributed.
Front/ Back
I purchased mine through Sephora, but you can purchase it at Ulta, and Urban Decay.com as well. This palette is $29 and you get 6 matte neutrals shadows at 0.05oz each. However, I feel as though you get five mattes, and one satin finish. Four of the shades are never before seen by Urban Decay and 2 are repeats. Foxy is in the Naked 2 palette, and Walk Of Shame (W.O.S.) is available as a single shadow.
The compact is very sleek, a little smaller than the length of my iphone5, making it perfect for travel. The shadows are so buttery and smooth making it extremely easy to blend. Which seems almost impossible because if you know anything about makeup, you would know that matte eyeshadows are a paint in the b*tt, to blend. Each shadow features Urban Decay's brand new pigment infusion system™, the proprietary blend of ingredient that gives every shade its velvety texture, rich color, serious staying power, and blendability.
This is what the shadows look like swatched on my forearm. From top to bottom, crave is a brown/ black matte, faint is a warm, dusty brown matte, naked 2 is a taupe matte, w.o.s. is a light taupey matte, foxy is a yellow matte, and venus is a soft off white satin. In my opinion, this is a must have palette. You can create so many looks by simply only using this palette, or accompany this palette with colorful shadows. When creating a look with colorful shadows you can always use faint or naked 2 as your transition shade, crave as an eyeliner, foxy as your brow bone highlight, and venus as your inner corner highlight. It also pairs perfectly with your naked palette. I believe the reason Urban Decay released this palette is because people were suggesting that they come out with an all matte palette since the original Naked is mainly shimmery shades.
Faint on the lid, naked 2 to transition and crave to line the rims of my eye
foxy on the lid, and crave on the crease and outer v
faint and crave on the lid
venus on the center of the eye, faint on both sides of venus, and crave on the inner and outer corner of the eye
This is just several of the looks I've created using the basics palette, but seriously your possibilities are endless. You can create some really toned down every day looks, to bold and dramatic looks.
I hope you found this review helpful and informative. If I left any information out, or you would like some more information leave me a comment, or come follow me on my social media and we can chit chat.
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Hope you have a wonderful rest of the week and weekend.
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