Palettes & Brushes

This is what I want to do, EVERY DAY.

I don't know what it is exactly about makeup that intrigues me. I was always told that everyone should showcase their natural beauty and not wear so much "war paint". Honestly, I'm on both sides of the fence with that. You've got women who use WAY too much for the wrong occasion, and most of the time they aren't really even educated on how to apply it. I spend a lot of time watching YouTube tutorials on all different types of looks. If you think back about 10 years ago, makeup brushes and big palettes were for professional makeup artists. Now, everyone wants them. Everyone has at least 4 palettes, brush sets, and all different types of products to complete their looks. I bought my first ever palette about 4 years ago and it was the Urban Decay Naked 2. I remember going to Ulta and when I saw it, I knew I needed to have it. I never had the money to splurge on makeup at all, and I was just buying cheap drugstore brands. What I didn't know was that the palette I purchased did not compliment my eye color and that I had made the wrong choice.

Fast forward- I know now what I need to get: A good, quality brush set, and another palette!

Photo Credit: e.l.f. cosmetics

The brush set by e.l.f. Cosmetics is around $75.00 and is a complete, 25 piece, professional brush collection. This is totally on my want and need list! The style and design is good on the eyes, and looks to be of great quality.

Photo Credit: Genius Beauty

The palette is by Urban Decay, and its the limited-edition, Alice in Wonderland palette. Based off the movie by Tim Burton, the whole theme was extremely popular for a really long time. They only made about 200 of these sets, and it features 16 colors, primer, eyeliner and eyebrow pencils. I really like this one because of the colors as they seem really versatile. The palette is outdated as of right now but these colors would be the perfect combination to me. You've got the pretty purples, and the nice dark black for a smoky eye, if you're fancy.

Genius Beauty - Smoky Eye by Yourself
Check out this tutorial here, it's easy and spot on!

I'm going to see if I can find a palette with similar colors, wish me luck! If you have anything to add or can help me in my search, hit me up!