My First Youtube Contest Win - Yay!

So - I have been going on and on about my first contest win on Youtube thanks to KCSMILEZ80.  I can't help it... I have been on youtube since 2008 and have NEVER won a contest... so I am so excited. :)

Here are a few pictures of the prizes I won... I wanted to share them with you.

Pictured above is the entire collection that I won.  

I absolutely love all of them and cannot wait to start using them. :)

Pictured above:  Revlon's Firecracker Lipgloss on the Left

NYX Diamond Sparkle Lipgloss in Rose Sparkle

Pictured above & below:  Wet & Wild Color Icon Palette in Pride.  This palette is so dramatically pigmented... and that is even an understatement.  The left side of the palette is matte colors which are very rich in color and soft to the touch.  Just barely a swipe and I was able to get the color payoff you see above.

The right side are shimmer / frost colors.  Through I did have to swipe them a little more to get the color payoff you see below... they are still so pigmented and the colors unbelievably vibrant.  

Wet & Wild is one of the oldest Cosmetic companies out there... and although they are probably one of the least expensive brands you could ever purchase... I am finding that the quality of their products are absolutely phenomenal.  One of my favorite liquid eyeliners EVER happen to be by Wet & Wild... the H2O. :)

NYX's Single eyeshadow in Fantasy.  I love NYX... and LOVE their neutral colors.  

This gold color is fabulous...  and very pigmented.

NYX 10 Color Eyeshadow Palette - The Runway Collection in Champagne & Caviar.  

Pictured above are swatches of the colors from the bottom row.  Swatch is from right to left to match the left to right pictured below...  sorry - I wasn't paying attention when I swatched it... hehe!  

So beautiful and great pigmentation.

The picture above is from the top row and is pictured backwards as well... hehe!

Thank you so much Kiley for having such an awesome contest.  I cannot wait to play around with my new beauty goodies.  I have never gotten a palette with neutral colors like the NYX one and this is awesome because there is even a pink one in there... awesome for a baby pink neutral smokey eye look. :)

Please check out her channel:  http://www.youtube.com/kcsmilez80 and 

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DISCLAIMER:  All products pictured were awarded to me for winning a contest.  All images listed above were taken by me.  Please do not copy images without permission.

Valentine's Day Makeup - I am going to be a "Saint" this Valentine's Day!

I did a blog post the other day with a quick photo of the tutorial I did for a makeup contest.  This is the actual tutorial video and details.

The contest was for KCSMILEZ80 Saint or Sinner Valentine's Day Makeup Contest.  We were quite lucky because we could enter two times for each look - 2 for Saint and 2 for Sinner.  I already did a Saint look that was pretty glittery & bold... and decided that I would do something that would be a little more toned down and Angelic like.  Since I LOVE the color purple... I had to use it again in the look because it would be the perfect color for any date night :)  The products used & video tutorial are listed below. :)

Primer:  

Loreal Decrease

Base:  

NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk

Eyeshadows:  

Gold, Silver & Baby Pink Color from Icing Palette, 

Pinks & Purples from Coastal Scents 88 Palette, MAC's Violet Pigment, 

MAC's Satin Taupe E/S, MAC's Carbon E/S, NYX Purple E/S

Liner:  

ELF Black Liquid Liner & Avon Glimmersticks eyeliner in Blackest black

Lashes:  

Red Cherry lashes in #5

Lips:  

Avon's Mocha Plumping Lip gloss

Foundation:  

Revlon's Custom Creations Foundation in 050

xoxo ~

All products used in these images and tutorial, as well as mentioned - were purchased by me with my own money.  The photographs were taken by myself and are copyrighted by Ho'onani Photography.  It is unlawful to copy any images from my site without proper approval or authorization from me (Honey) the owner of this blog.

Valentine's Day Makeup - I am feeling Naughty! :)

Valentine's Day is a time to be NAUGHTY! I wouldn't normally go so bold like I did with this look for Valentine's Day because I am so sweet... hehe! This is my 3rd and last contest entry to KCSMILEZ80's Saint or Sinner Valentine's Day Contest. This is my "Sinner" Look entry and I am using red, burgundy and black to create this very bold, dark & sinful look.  Products used and the video tutorial is below. :)

Primer:

Loreal Decrease

Base:

NYX jumbo eyeshadow pencil in Cherry

Eyeshadows:

Gold color from Coastal scents 88 matte palette

MAC's Cranberry E/S

MAC's Beautymarked E/S

Black e/s from Coastal scents 88 matte palette

NYX e/s in Black Sparkle

Red color from Coastal scents 88 matte palette

Liner:

ELF liquid eyeliner in black

Avon glimmersticks eyeliner in blackest night

Lips:

MAC's Rags to Riches Dazzleglass

MAC's Racy Lipstick (Frost)

MAC's Adore It Lipstick (glaze)

Foundation: Maybelline Fit Me Foundation in 320

xoxo ~ 

All products used in these images were purchased by me with my own money.  The photographs were taken by myself and are copyrighted by Ho'onani Photography.  It is unlawful to copy any images from my site without proper approval or authorization from me (Honey) the owner of this blog.

Valentine's Day Makeup

Valentine's Day is just a few days away.  I have entered a contest (which I posted on my blog the other day) and I'm excited to say that I have two more looks that I will be posting tutorials for to enter this contest as I get to enter 2 looks for each theme (2 for sinner & 2 for saint).  I am going to share them with you now and will be posting more pictures and the video tutorials once I have had the chance to edit them. :)

Here is a Saint look - 

Here is the Sinner look -

I used a mixture of products for each look and will list them in the blog posts once I am done editing the video.  Hope you all like it and wishing you all a Happy Valentine's Day.  May it be filled with lots of hugs and kisses and sweet cuddle time with your loved one. :)

xoxo~

All products used in these images were purchased by me with my own money.  The photographs were taken by myself and are copyrighted by Ho'onani Photography.  It is unlawful to copy any images from my site without proper approval or authorization from me (Honey) the owner of this blog.