get ready with me | my everyday makeup

what's cookin good lookin??

today was my first day back at work after a week long vaca and it was RUFF. im exhausted and so behind and blah blah blah.

with that being said i thought i wanted to share my everyday natural makeup routine situation thing with you. 

so watch it yo:

did you love it? do you wanna rock it? just kiddingggggg 

what are you favorite everyday makeup items? let me know so i can try them out!

also, i have decided to make every wednesday "what are you talking about wednesday?" what does this mean you might ask?! it means that every single wednesday you can expect either a blog post or a video about a product that i'm loving, or something i didn't know about until i got super into beauty products that i want to share with you bitches or i don't know! the possibilities are endless! 

STORY TIME! (this is relevant, i promise) my friend erin and i were talking the other day about pinterest, where we very literally repin everything the other one pins because we are the sames person. (seriously, it's freaky!) i asked erin, "does anyone actually look back at this shit they pinned and try this stuff?" she said, "probably not." THIS IS INSANE IN THE MEMBRANE Y'ALL! i have almost 5,000 pins on pinterest and i VERY RARELY go back and look at the stuff that i thought was oh so importante. i know what you are now thinking, "LJ you are on a tangent and rambling about nothing, GET YO SHIT TOGETHAAAAA." but i promise you there is a point and eventually i will get there. jkjk so i decided that at least three times a month, i am going to do a pinterest debunked post and or video. im going to test out some beauty or fashion, or perhaps food, related thing that i pinned and let you know whether or not it worked as well as the hilarity that ensued when i attempted to recreate this activity. LONGEST TANGENT EVER DONE. 

follow my social media shit because i am becoming quite the social media whore. (not that im embarrassed about it or anything...)

this is my face on a book 
this is where i tell you what i am doing every second. chirp chirp 
this is where i post embarrassing videos of myself. 
and finally my favorite...
instagram username - bitemebeautiful1

seriously is anyone else as OBSESSED with instagram as i am?! i need to go to instagram annonymous. my name is Erin and i am addicted to instagram. 

seee y'allll on the flip siddeee

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LJ  

 

beachy waves

Beachy waves. We all want them so why is this hairstyle so hard to purrrfect?!

Since I'm at the beach this week I though it would be fun to show y'all how I curl my hurrrr...

Let me know of any other tips and tricks y'all have for the perfect beach waves.

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LJ

rimmel showoff lip lacquer

I have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of these in the U.S. as there has been some serious buzz around these from beauty bloggers across the pond so when I found them at my neighborhood Walgreens I had to pick them up. I wasn't that impressed with the color selections so I grabbed the only color I thought I would really love, stellar. I think I am going to have to go grab a couple more because these are completely amazing!! 

I don't love the packaging and a lot of product comes out on the applicator (like a ton of product...it took me a couple of times to get used to putting just the right amount on my lips) but the color payoff is incredible. 

They run at around $4 each and are completely worth it and more! It is a cross between a lipstick and a lipgloss. Stellar is a bright coralish red and if you know me, you know how much I love bright lipstick so this is perfect. 

I did go pick up some more and trust me try these out. the color it appears in the tube is not what it comes out on your lips.

Have y'all tried these out yet?! What do you think of them?! 

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LJ 

MAC Pro Longwear Concealer Review

hi y'all!

i hope you all had a wonderful weekend. i was in austin for the weekend for one of my dearest friend's bachelorette parties. we rented a house on the lake and it was sooo much fun! when they talked to the owners of the house to rent it they told us that we would not be able to jump off the dock into the water which they also said was really low. little did we know that there was NO WATER. check it:

we rented a boat on saturday on a different part of the lake where there was actually water and i had a blast. i can't wait for Bonnie's wedding!!

here is a pic of me with the beautiful bachelorette! i did her hair and makeup and used this amazing YSL palette on her eyes. the colors were beautiful and so pigmented. 

Onto what this post is really about. i picked up the MAC Pro Longwear Concealer a couple of weeks ago and it is AMAZING! it gives fantastic coverage and doesn't crease at all no matter how long it has been on your face. Check out my full review here:

i definitely recommend that y'all go grab this product. i was truly blown away by it. this is definitely a new found holy grail product for me. 

what are y'alls favorite concealers? have you tried this out?

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LJ

damaged hair?

happy friday y'alllll!

jk it's thursday butttttt i have tomorrow off. i'm going to austin for one of my favorite people's bachelorette party and i am so pumped to get out of Dallas for the weekend. 

today i wanted to talk to y'all about how i take care of my super damaged ombre hair. let's start this off with my hair story...

my whole life i had really long, really curly, really thick, dark hair and i loved it. my mom would never let me dye it, even when everyone else i knew was rocking those terrible highlights in 7th grade. (i am so glad that she never let me get highlights...and trust me i begged and begged) in 10th grade i donated my hair for the first time to locks of love and it grew back completely (down to my tush) in two years. i kept it long for the next couple of years and donated it again my junior year of college and IT DID NOT GROW BACK! i chopped it to my shoulders and it just will not grow back. don't get me wrong it has grown but not at the rate that it used to. 

side note - do y'all have any tips or tricks for growing your hair? i take biotin and use mane and tale (love that stuff!) but is there anything else y'all know about?! im dying for my hair back over hereee

anyway, last year, after stalking every pinterest picture ever, i decided to ombre my hair. i went to the hair dresser i had been going to for a while and after five hours in that salon let me tell y'all...SHE COMPLETELY DESTROYED MY HAIR! it was not ombre and it was not what i asked for. i had platinum blonde highlights mixed in with my dark brown hair. IT WAS NOT CUTE. 

cut to a couple months and a couple more bad dye jobs later i found my hairdresser, Heather, and i freaking love her! i will NEVER let anyone touch my hair again. she is amazing! 

long story short...my hair does not like all the shit i have put it through and it is not happy with me. i know that there have to be some other people out there who have gone through what i went through and are trying to nurse their hair back to life. that being said check the video for some of my favorite products...

are there any products y'all are loving on your hair? 

was this helpful for you? let me know in the comments below if you would like to hear more about this. 

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LJ

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perfect summer bronze makeup

happy tuesday y'all! 

it has been so gloomy and rainy here and for the last week or so it has seemed like everything has been going wrong for me and a lot of my friends. my friend, Greer, told me that Mercury is in retrograde which is apparently throwing everything off. if that is true then i'm gonna need Mercury to get its shit together cause i'm pretty over this. 

anywayyy it's been summer here in the great state of Texas for a while but for some of y'all July 4th is the official sign that sweet summertime is once again upon us. (at least that is what it felt like when i was growing up in NY) so whether or not summer just started for you, i thought it would be cool to make a summer makeup look that is perfect for any occasion. this natural makeup look can be worn to work with a neutral lip (like i used in the tutorial) or for a night out on the town (yeah i just said that) by adding a bright lip and some fake lashes. 

i did all of this eyeshadow and liner using one thing, the Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette.

if you don't have this product let me tell you it is COMPLETELY worth the hype and the money (not too expensive at $50)! the colors are amazing. they are super pigmented so you don't need a lot of product which means that it is going to last you for a really long time. seriously, i use this all the time, have had it for over a year and am not hitting pan on ANY OF THE COLORS! the brush that comes with it is two sided. one side is a flat shader brush and one side is a blending brush. no joke, i think i like the blending brush better than a MAC 217. (insert serious GASPPPP here)

Okay now that my little mini review/rant is OVAAAAA check out the tutorial:

What do y'all think about this look for summertime? Did you try it?! How did you rock it?

Are there any palettes in your life that you could not live without?! let me know in the comments below! i am always on the hunt for new products (obvi). 

i have been filming a lot of videos so look for those coming up in the next couple of weeks!

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LJ

katy perry tutorial

happy sunday y'all!

i watched the katy perry movie the other day and i couldn't help but fall in love with all of her makeup and costumes! i started looking up some of her makeup looks on the internet and found this amazing look of hers with a cream and blue eye, MEGA lashes, and a bright pink lip and i knew i had to do a tutorial. 

i got this lipstick, MAC Show Orchid, for free with MAC's back to MAC program. back to MAC is a recycling program that MAC does. if you bring back 6 empty MAC containers they will give you a free lipstick. I love this program and utilize it whenever i can! 

check out the look:

 which celebrity's makeup do you love?

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LJ

bright lips 101

i freaking love rocking a bright lip but there is nothing, AND I MEAN NOTHING, worse then when your lips start to crack or the color is like falling off. GROSS! with that in mind, i filmed a tutorial to share with y'all my essentials to rocking a bright lip. 

ch-ch-ch-check it outtttt...

bright lips 101 | bitemebeautiful

i hope y'all enjoyed this video! what are your favorite lip colors to rock?

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LJ

new finds

I just happened to wander into Ulta the other day...

Okay y'all know I didn't just wander into Ulta, I went there with the full intention of picking up some items on my list of things to try list. BUT there are two things that were not on my list that are so awesome I had to share them with y'all..

Formula 10.0.6 is a new brand to me. I wanted to grab the Pores Be Pure Skin-Clarifying Mud Mask because I saw it on Pinterest and I am always on the look out for a product that will help clean my pores. The brand was on sale for buy one get one half off so I also grabbed the So Totally Clean Deep Pore Cleanser (it is not actually a cleanser but is more of a toner type product). Let me tell y'all...

I LOVE THESE PRODUCTS!

The Pores Be Pure mask (I picked up the strawberry scent) is a skin clarifying mud mask and packs a big bang for the buck. The scent isn't too powerful and the product isn't too strong. I feel comfortable using it multiple times a week on my skin. I genuinelly feel like after using this product my skin looks so much better. My pores have gotten significantly smaller since I started using it and I feel confident that it will stay in my skin care routine. I have been rotating it in out and with my Glam Glow. 

The So Totally Clean Deep Pore Cleanser is essentially a toner although I bet you could use it as a cleansing water and it would work perfectly. I have been using it after I wash my face with an exfoliating cotton round. Now this product does contain Salicylic Acid and is meant to be used as an acne treatment so be prepared when using it that it is quite a strong product and it might not be meant for your skin type. 

The Pores Be Pure Mask comes in a 3.4 ounce bottle and is $5.99. It can be purchased here:

Pores Be Pure Mask

The So Totally Clean Deep Pore Cleanser comes in a 6.75 ounce bottle and is also $5.99. It can be purchased here:

So Totally Clean Deep Pore Cleanser

I hope y'all love these products as much as I do! Have any of you tried any of their other products? Do you love them or hate them?

As always, I hope y'all are having a great day!

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LJ

smokey eye tutorial

happy monday y'all! 

i wanted to share my favorite tips and tricks for achieving the best smokey eye! cause a smokey eye can go way wrong if you're not careful. (i'm looking at you divas who are not blending out that eyeshadow). there is a fine line between hooker and hottie. 

 i thought a better way to do makeup tutorials would be through youtube videos as opposed to step by step pictures. plus i'm way funnier in person than i am in writing. 

here is the finished look:

and here is the video:

 
for other looks try switching out the blacks for browns or golden colors. these tips could literally work for any color combo! get creative and GO CRAZY! cause tonight we are young. (sorry had to go there) but for real now is the time to be experimenting with makeup...that purple limecrime lipstick will not be appropriate foreverrrrr and once you get out into the real world daily makeup can get pretty BORINGGGGGG.

i hope y'all enjoyed the tutorial and look for more of these in the future. i am currently working on my necessities to make a bright lip look great and last all night so check back for that later in the week!

what are your favorite trick for smokey eyes? how did these tips work for you?

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LJ