Beauty Beginner Birthday Bash giveaway!

Beauty Beginner just celebrated one year of blogging, can you believe it?! To celebrate, I’m giving away 3 bareMinerals Pretty Amazing lipcolors to one lucky reader! You know how much I looooove my Pretty Amazings, and of course I loooooove my readers too, so I’m feeling the need to share the love all around.

Here’s the thing, though. If we make it to 500 or more Facebook fans by the time this giveaway ends, I will give away another (to be determined) prize to TWO MORE readers!

To enter, please click on THIS LINK and wait for the Rafflecopter application to completely load.

This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, bareMinerals. We hereby release bareMinerals of any liability. Open U.S. and Canada. Winner(s) will be contacted by email and will have 48 hours after the giveaway ends to claim their prize. If winner does not claim prize within 48 hours, another winner will be chosen. If you have any additional questions – feel free to send us an email or contact me on Facebook!

tarte: Lipsurgence lip tint in Fiery

Wow! I may just have a new favorite matte red lip product. This tarte Lipsurgence lip tint in the shade Fiery is a lovely red matte that almost leans slightly pink, so it’s very wearable. I tend to shy away from matte lip products because on my lips, they tend to get peely and flaky. However, Fiery lived up to its name by acting as a lip stain and keeping my lips fire engine red for about five hours. After that time, my lips were feeling dry but the color was still there, though faded, so I added a gloss for a little hydration.

I wasn’t a big fan of the eyecolors that I was wearing, so I’m glad I thought to distract the eye from the unflattering shadow shades to the delectable debut of Fiery. This one is getting an immediate promotion to a “purse lippie” which is a coveted role among my lip products!

On the eyes:

• tarte Lifted eye primer
• bareMinerals BE Grateful  on the lid, from lash to browbone
• bareMinerals Thursday on outer half of lid and blended into crease
• Incolor liquid eyeliner in Brown
• Mally volumizing mascara

On the lips:

• tarte Lipsurgence lip tint in Fiery

On the face:

• Laura Geller Spackle primer in Ethereal
• tarte Amazonian Clay foundation in Ivory
• bareMinerals blush in Pink Petal
• bareMinerals Warmth

bareMinerals: The Showstopper

Bravo and Encore are two showstopping shades in the bareMinerals Ready duo “The Showstopper.” Bravo is a pale periwinkle frosted blue, and Encore is a medium purple that seems to lean on the cooler side, but when blended out it gets a little warmer. I just loved these shades together, bringing the “WOW!” factor but still keeping it wearable with a neutral lip and cheek.

On the eyes:

• tarte Lifted eye primer
• bareMinerals Ready 2.0: The Showstopper – Bravo on inner 3/4 of lid from lash to crease, bringing it around inner corner. Encore on outer 1/4 of lid and blended into crease, then swept under lower lashes
• Sephora brand black eyeliner
• Mally volumizing mascara

On the lips:

• tarte Lipsurgence in Glitzy

On the face:

• Missha Cho Bo Yang bb cream in Light Beige
• bareMinerals Warmth
• tarte blush in Tipsy

bareMinerals: Bare Luxury #2 (The Muse)

This is my second time wearing the bareMinerals Bare Luxury: the Inspiration, and I have to say that this Ready duo with Muse and Passion are some of my favorite Ready shadows so far. You know that I just love pinks and purples on my skintone, and these two shades complement each other so well.

On the eyes:

• tarte Lifted eye primer
• bareMinerals Ready 2.0: The Inspiration – Muse (baby pink) all over lid from lashes to above crease, Passion (plum purple) in full crease and outer corner
• bareMinerals Round the Clock waterproof eyeliner in 5pm along upper lashline and smudged with finger under lower lashline
• bareMinerals Flawless Definition Volumizing mascara

On the lips:

• Jordana lip liner in Baby Pink (If I were to do a re-do on this LOTD, I’d leave out the lipliner and just stick with the gloss)
• bareMinerals Moxie lipgloss in Live Wire

On the face:

• tarte Amazonian Clay 12-hour foundation in Ivory
• Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream #9

Sleek MakeUp: Lime Green & Plum

I may have a tough time wearing olive greens, but I sure love to rock a bright lime green! This was actually the look I wore this year on St. Patrick’s Day – I know, I know, I’m a month late and a dollar short, but I found this blog post hiding away and thought it was about time I showed my Irish pride!

I used the Sleek MakeUp Monaco i-Divine palette for this look, incorporating Kiwi Zest, Moors Treasure, and Midnight Garden. I also used the shade Bamboo on my inner eye area and under my brow. I think that the warm plummy brown shade of Moors Treasure tones down the bright, fun Kiwi Zest to make it a bit more wearable. I added in the Midnight Garden, a really rich indigo, as a liner, just to add a bit more zing.

On the eyes:

• bareMinerals original eye primer
• Sleek MakeUp i-Divine Monaco palette: Kiwi Zest on lid, Moors Treasure in outer corner, Midnight Garden lining outer half of upper and lower lashlines, Bamboo on inner eye and under brow
• bareMinerals Flawless Definition Volumizing mascara

On the lips:

• tarte Lipsurgence in Enchanted

On the face:

• Missha Cho Bo Yang bb cream in Light Beige
• Laura Geller Balance n Brighten in Porcelain
• tarte concealer in Fair
• Ulta blush in Flush

bareMinerals: Soul Sister & Satin Ruffles

These pictures are actually from a week or two ago, but I liked the eye combo so much that I wore it again yesterday for a job interview, substituting in bareMinerals Pretty Amazing Fearless for the lip.

On the eyes:

• bareMinerals Brightening Pearl eye primer (concentrating a little more under brow and on inner eyelid)
• Satin Ruffles from lash to crease
• Soul Sister blended in outer V and into crease
• tarte Blackened Plum Amazonian Clay eyeliner
• Mally Volumizing mascara

On the lips:

• bareMinerals Pretty Amazing lipcolor in Vivacious
• MAC Pinkarat lipgloss

On the face:

• Missha Cho Bo Yang bb cream in Light Beige
• bareMinerals original mineral veil
• bareMinerals Warmth
• bareMinerals Rose Pearl blush
• CoverGirl concealer

The original full face LOTD

The softer, springy job interview version!

LORAC Unzipped: Unattainable

On the eyes:

• bareMinerals Brightening Pearl eye primer
• LORAC Unzipped palette: Unattainable from lash to brow, Untamed in crease and outer V
• Sephora eyeliner in Chestnut along upper lashline and smudged under lower lashline
• bareMinerals Flawless Definition Volumizing mascara

On the lips:

• tarte Lipsurgence in Sweet

On the face:

• tarte Amazonian Clay foundation in Ivory
• e.l.f. Contour Duo – blush and bronzer
• bareMinerals original mineral veil