No Money Month

 This No Money Month tip is a shadow that gets you from day to night with just one color. The shadow used is Maybelline Color Tattoo in Bad to the Bronze. It is a cream shadow that looks great on the eye. For a day time look you can lightly sweep it across the eye. I just use my finger to apply it, which also saves money because you do not need a brush. To go from day to night you can add more shadow and blend it well into the crease. This shadow has a way of becoming darker in the crease which makes for a great eyeshadow, it is not just one note. I recommend this shadow as a one stop shop for a great bronzed eye look.

In these two photos you can see the dimension of the shadow. Depending on the way the light hits these shadows it is a deeper of lighter bronze. Hence why I said it looks darker in the crease. It looks great on the lid.

This is what the package of the cream shadow looks like. As you can see it is well loved. 

Thanks for reading! Next post will be a drugstore makeup look. 

-Ashley

All photos taken with my Samsung S6 Edge. 

You can find me on Instagram and Twitter @makeupcuisine. 

No Money Month

Many of us are back at school therefore there are many bills to pay. School tuition, textbooks, and coffee (lots of coffee). I know not everyone is going back to school but I feel after the summer where plenty of money was spent on vacations and going out for dinner. I feel as though everyone can appreciate a budget friendly month. So for as a kick-off for back to school, I will be recommending budget friendly products all September long.

First No Money Month tip (which I will refer to as N.M.M) is a dupe! The first shadow is the luxury shadow that comes in the Naked Basics Palette, the shadow is called Venus. 

The next show is a drugstore shadow that is an individual shadow. It is Covergirl's single eyeshadow in Champagne. 

The shadow on the bottom is Venus and the top Shadow is Champagne from Covergirl. I have to say Champagne has more glow than Venus. I do not think you are missing anything if you get the Covergirl shadow. It is a great smooth formula and is a great dupe for Venus. 

Thanks for reading hope you are excited for my other budget friendly posts. 

-Ashley

All photos taken with my Samsung S6 Edge. 

You can find me on Instagram and Twitter @makeupcuisine

August Favourites

These are the products I have been continually been reaching for through the month of August. Hope you enjoy! Sneak peak into next month, so continue reading for that. 

Body Shop Honey Bronzer: This bronzer is a favourite of mine because it has a natural finish. It is a matte bronzer and is very buildable and blendable bronzer. It is not a orange hued bronzer which makes it nice for fair skinned people like myself. I wear shade 02, I believe there are 4 shades of this bronzer. Which is nice because there are not really any bronzers that have 4 shades available. It is a good bronzer where mostly every skin tone can
find a shade that matches them.











Rimmel Lasting Finish Soft Colour Blush: This blush is a really nice formula in general. But especially good for the drugstore. I have the shade 220 Madeira, the like the colour it gives on my cheeks. It is natural yet gives me a sculpted cheek bone. I have not tried other colours from their range, but I want to give some more a try.

L.A. Girl Pro Beauty Balm: I have heard quite a few You Tubers talk about this. The only way I thought I would be able to try this out was to order it online, which I was not to keen on. But I was in Vancouver recently and there is a store in Metro-town called Funk n' Frost. It is a small little beauty store and I was able to find this BB cream. I am so happy I found it, I love this as a foundation. The coverage is the perfect amount to cover my redness and small blemishes on my face. It was around $7-8 it is great quality and the price point is something I can afford.

Happy to be back! Thanks for taking the time to read my post. A little sneak peak, next month in tandem with everyone going back to school, it will be a themed month. The title is No Money Month, since everyone is going back to school and will have no money. So stay tuned for that!

-Ashley 

All photos are taken with my Samsung S6 Edge. 

You can follow me on Instagram and Twitter @makeupcuisine. 

Favourite Lip Look

Dior Lip Maximizer 

Rimmel Exaggerate Lip Liner in Addiction

Mac Lipstick in Modesty 

Mac Modesty 

Rimmel Lip Liner in Addiction

Thought I would keep this post mostly picture based, but I will give quick insight into the products. 

Mac Modesty Lipstick is my favourite lipstick, I love it in this lip combo but it is also great on its own. It is a creme sheen finish, so it gives a bit of a glossy look and I find it hydrates a little. 

Dior Lip Maximizer this is in the pink gloss (not the peach). I really love this gloss, it is pretty pricy but I love the effect it has. I find on me it does plump my lips a little, and it is so versatile because the pink color is not prominent. It can be layered over many lipstick, and that is how I justify the price tag. haha

Rimmel Exaggerate Lip Liner in Addiction is a great lip liner. All the lip liners from this line have a great formula. I love that I do not have to sharpen it, and the formula is matte but it does not dry out my lips like other liners. This lip liner adds color to the look and helps the lipstick last that much longer. 

Sorry for no posts but finishing school was stressful and I need a little breather, but I am back! 

You can find me on instagram and twitter @makeupcuisine. 

Thanks for reading! 

-Ashley 

A Little Adventure

Walking to Granville Island
This is a picture of the downtown area of Vancouver. 

This post is something a little different, it is not about beauty like my usual posts. I thought I would switch it up today. I recently went to Vancouver for a few days with my family and some friends. It was a lot of fun and I thought I would share a few photos.

Driving on the highway to Vancouver

I live close enough to Vancouver that we can drive there in a few hours. The drive is always so beautiful, there is always lots of gorgeous scenery to look at.

The photo on the left is some street art we found along the way walking to Granville Island it was too colourful and pretty not to take a picture. The photo on the right was of a sign in a water a Water Park (no water just park). Rule number 3 is my favourite; no nudies please and thank you!

These are on Granville Island, which is not really an Island (it's a permanent sand bar). These are used to store grain or something. But the paintings are so cool, and if you are on the other side of the water you can see the faces of the other guys and the butts of these guys. I don't know who painted them, or why. I assume to make these storage bins much more hip and cool. 

These beautiful creatures are Blue Macaws, like from Rio (the movie). These birds were at the Vancouver Aquarium. I know they are not fish, but the Aquarium had this really cool Tropical Jungle area of the Aquarium. The Macaws were pretty funny because they were getting made at each other or us, but wow they were loud. They are a lot bigger than you would think. Can I also mention there were two sloths in this area!!! My favourite animals are sloths and goats. Don't get me started about goats... <3

This was taken on our last day in Vancouver and it started to rain. And as usual I went against my instincts and left my jacket in the hotel room. The rain did not stop me from taking a picture of these beautiful trees. This photo was taken at the very beginning of West Vancouver right by the water. I had never been around this area of Vancouver before, so it was cool to see a different area. 

Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed something a little different. 

Talk to you soon! 

-Ashley 

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Pictures taken with my iPhone 4s, and edited with the app Aviary.

March Favourites

  

March has come and gone, where has the month gone? I am not complaining though because I am almost done school! These are the products I have been loving especially this month. Let's get started!

Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips All-in-1 Custom Palette in Natural Nude: I bought this at London Drugs regular it was $17. Physicians Formula is a brand that goes on sale frequently, I was able to get it for 40% off. I know that I have already mentioned this product in my highlight post, but I had to mention it again. When I got this highlight I thought it was nice, but I was not crazy about it. But I kept using it, and I quickly realized how great this product was. I have been using it with the Real Techniques Contour Brush. I dab the tip of the brush in the top two rows and dust it lightly on the tops of my cheek bones. Using the top tow rows together is such a beautiful highlight color.

These are the individual rows watched so you can see the colors. If you want to see a swatch of all the rows swirled together you can take a look at my Gotta Glow post. I love this highlighter because as you can see it is very versatile I have used it for a subtle eyeshadow look too. It is great palette at a affordable price (when found on sale).

Body Shop Skin Primer Moisturize It: I got this is a buy 3 get 3 free at The Body Shop. So this item was free, but the regular sale price is $16. It is not as affordable as a drugstore primer but still cheaper than something you would see at Sephora. I love this primer because it keeps the moisture in my skin and smoothes out my skin. It still has silica in it which smoothes out pores, but it is still moisturizing, this primer is magical. This primer helps my makeup last longer, and who doesn't like that!? This is such a great primer for people with dry skin, and this is why I have been loving it.

Real Techniques Stippling Brush: I have typically seen people use this brush for cream blush. But I have been using it with powder blush. Pretty much exclusively with Tarte Exposed. This brush is especially great with that blush. Because the Tarte is a longer wearing blush it can be harder to blend. Because this brush is dense and shorter. It is really great to blend the blush and put it exactly where I want it. This brush is around $10, it is a great quality brush for the price.

Mac 187 Duo-Fibre Brush: I use this brush for blending my my contour and blush together. It is easy to have blush and contour separated from each other. Which is a look I do not like, I want my blush and contour to be blended and cohesive. This brush blends products together so well to give a flawless look. My mom gave me this brush that she got in a kit because she didn't really use it very much, but I went on the website and the brush is $42. It is pricey but it works so well.

These have been my favourites of March. Hope you enjoyed

this post. Talk to you soon!

-Ashley 

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Pictures taken with my iPhone 4s, and edited with the app Aviary.

Breaking Up With Your Makeup: Best Cleansing Oil

Before we get started with this post, I just want to say that I will not be having set post days anymore. When I have certain days I have to post blogging becomes a chore and that's not what I want. Blogging is a a fun hobby for me I love to write and share my thoughts. I will have one post a week for sure, that much you can count on. But if you are wanting to know when a post is up you can follow my social media, which will be listed down below. 

So now onto the post. I am talking about the The Body Shop Camomile Silky Cleansing Oil. I started hearing people talk about cleansing oils to remove makeup about 6-8 months ago. I thought it was a really weird thing; why would you want to put oil on your face? The one I heard people talking about the most was the Boscia Makup-Breakup Cool Cleansing Oil. But that cleansing oil is $35, that's expensive. Soon after hearing about the Boscia I heard about The Body Shop's Cleansing Oil. So I was every curious sand wanted to give it a go. The Body Shop Cleaning Oil is $16, plus you get 1.75 more ounces than the Boscia Oil. You pay less money and get more, it sounded like a good deal to me. So let's get into the product. 

This is great, it dissolves all your makeup, which is exactly what you want it to do. I really like the scent of this. I have really sensitive skin as you know if you read my Best Cleanser for Sensitive Skin post, and this does not irritate my skin at all. This is especially great for getting off stubborn eye makeup. I wear waterproof mascara and this is the only thing that can get it all off my lashes. The one mistake people have made with this product is they use it as a face wash, that is not what it is intended for. You have to make sure you use a cleanser afterwards, like the CeraVe one I mentioned. My mom made this mistake when I gave her this to try. She said her face felt greasy afterwards, which it does if you were to just use that. But the use of a cleansing oil is only to breakdown the makeup, and the job of a cleanser is to clean your skin, and keep the acne at bay. You want to have all your makeup off so your cleanser can do its job and clear up your skin. I am not sure how well this cleanser would work for people with really oily skin, I have quite dry skin. I have heard people who lean more to the oil side like it a lot, and do not find it makes them oiler. But I am not sure if it would make your skin oiler if you have quite oily skin. But the great thing with The Body Shop is as long as you keep your receipt you can return it if it does not work for your skin. I know that is the way it works at my store, but I cannot speak for all The Body Shop stores. 

Hope this helpful, and maybe you found a new way to take your makeup off. Also keep in mind The Body Shop has great sales like buy 3 get 3 free. So you are sure to find a good deal. 

Thanks for reading, see you soon! 

-Ashley 

You can follow me on Instagram and Twitter @makeupcuisine.

Photo taken with my iPhone 4s.