August Dark Heart Looks and Products of the Month

New monthly series! Since I am a promoter for Dark Heart Designs I thought I would do a post each month of my favorite looks I did with their products and a little talk on my favorite products that month from Dark Heart. I don't want to say review because if it's not new I won't review it but want to give a little explanation on why certain products are my favorite that month. So without further ado lets get to the looks so we can get to the products!

For this look I used all of the Talia collection, which is an amazing collection. If you're interested click here. Half of the proceeds go to Base Camp Charity which supports children with cancer. I fell in love with the collection and the gold sparkle that ties all the shadows together. I wanted to use all the colors together in one look so I used Love on the inner corner, then Hope on half the middle of the lid, then Strength on the other half of the middle of the lid, then Joy on the outer corner. I blended Joy and Strength up into the crease. On my cheeks I used Edwardian Rose Blush with Pretty Girl gloss on the lips. I think it's a soft summer look with a fun pop of color.

 This is a Lip look I created using It's My Life and Born this Way lipstick. They pair greatly together and the lip look works great with a purple smoky eye or a brown smoky eye.

This was a fun abstract look I created just playing around with purple shadows. I used Villain, Plum Insane, and Perfect. I mixed Villain and the eye elixir together to get the drip effect. The look was inspired by several fellow Dolls( Heather Makeup Mouse and Randomly Me) who have done the running mascara looks. On the cheeks is Crash and Burn Blush and the lips is the same lip above.

My favorite products of the month?

Well my favorites I used the most this month was The Talia: Just Keep Swimming Collection and Born this Way Lipstick.

You can see in my swatches that each shadow in this collection has a gorgeous gold sparkle that represents the color for childhood cancer and also ties the whole collection together. The beauty of this collection is it can be worn intense like the swatches above or the colors can be worn more sheer, which means building the product is very easy. All of the colors apply smoothly and blend easily. My favorite of the collection is Love just because I don't have any other eye shadow color like and it is just gorgeous worn all by itself.

Born this Way is this gorgeous gold sheer lipstick (picture coming soon!) that can be worn on it's own or over whatever shade of lipstick you want. I love to layer it over a lipstick of my choosing to add that soft gold glow to help soften my lip look and my over all makeup. The product itself glides on smoothly and is not drying. The lasting power is also quite good at about 4 hrs or so. For me it is a must have lipstick because of it's layering ability and the soft warm glow it adds.

So that was August's Looks and Products of the month! each month I will do the same! Any product from Dark Heart Designs your curious about? Leave a comment below and I will check it out and review it for you in my next monthly post! If I don't already own the product I have no problem buying the product and reviewing and swatching it for you. So if there are any DHD products you are curious about just leave a comment below! 

Must Have Favorites!

So I thought I would do a post on some of my must have favorites. These are the products I always have to have and are always in my purse.

1) My first go to is my Make Up For Ever Pro Finish multi-use powder. The beauty of this powder is that you can use it as a sheer powder or use it wet for a full coverage foundation. It lasts all day even with sweating with minimal touch up. I am in love with it and can never leave the house without it.

2) Ever since Urban Decay's Perversion was released for the first time it has never left my side. I have one in my purse and one at home. It is great for the water line and has amazing staying power. I want to try Anastasia's Covet eyeliner to see if it has better staying power than UD on the waterline, but even if it does I will still always carry around Perversion with me. I would feel naked without it.

3) This a new product I have just tried but it is an instant must have classic, it is Dark Heart Design's Bone Daddy. It is the most gorgeous highlight color slash five minute face color. When I'm in a rush and need a quick face I like to do a light neutral all over my eye with mascara and eyeliner. This has become my go to shade for that quick face. It is just absolutely gorgeous and looks amazing on anyone. 

4) Benefit's Hervana is hands down my favorite blush. It is always in my purse for that go to face. It looks good on everyone and with almost any eye. It's the perfect compliment to any face you're trying to create. plus it smells good!

5)  Kat Von D Eye Primer is one of the eye primer's I have tried. For me it is the perfect primer for summer because it really makes eye shadows stick and last all day. I tend to sweat more than I would care to, thanks to receiving my father's lovely sweat genes, so this is a life saver in those hot summers where I want my eye makeup to stay put.

6) Maybelline Mega Plush Volum' Express Mascara is a new find but I am absolutely in love with it. It does a great job of defining and accentuating my natural lasshes. It makes them look long and full without clumping and taking a million coats. I also love the brush shape and the way it separates lashes and curls them

7) My last favorite for this post is Urban Decay's Lip Junkie, it's my chapstick. It's smooth and not sticky, it leaves my lips feeling buttery soft, and it smells like wedding mints! it's always in my purse. Love Junkie is my favorite because it gives a nice berry stain that I can layer over anything to make a little darker or wear by itself for a nice berry looking lip without looking like too much.

So these are just some of my favorites! You should give em a try and find out for yourself how awesome they are. They might just become some of your favorites! If you like this post then I will probably do some more in the future of new favorites or new finds. Leave feedback below and let me know what you would like to see on this blog!!