Tag: New Year’s Eve

JK Jemma Kidd — Luxury Looks for Less

Strike a Pose Swivel Palette

Target is one of my favorite places to shop because you can find just about everything there. And with the emergence of luxury makeup such as JK Jemma Kidd at Target, a beauty junkie like myself is in Heaven!

When I dress up for New Year’s Eve, I am always thinking about my makeup. You need the right makeup for the right outfit and situation. JK Jemma Kidd has recently introduced a fun little palette that includes the right products for a smoky eye and dewy face and lips. It is called the  Strike a Pose Swivel Palette ($32.00 USD).

This cool little Palette includes four metallic shadows in shades of gun-metal, bronze, mocha and taupe. They are very shimmery and very gorgeous. You also get a rosy cream blush and a cream highlighter as well as a pretty peachy-pink lip gloss.

You can make so many pretty looks with this palette. I like to add the highlighter everywhere — my under my eyebrows, my cheekbones, down the center of my nose to slime, the inner corner of my eye, and on my lips over the gloss for extra shine. The gun-metal or bronze shadows make great eyeliners and the mocha is pretty over the lid. The blush blends easily and can be also used as an eyeshadow. Fun!

Use this with other JK Jemma Kidd product such as the I-Conic Eyes Brow Pencil ($16.00 USD), the I-Conic Eyes Pencil Liner ($14.00 USD and both with sharpeners in the lids) and the Ultra-Plush Volumizing Mascara ($15.00 USD) to complete your party look.

Visit www.target.com to learn more and to purchase these fabulous products!

Estee Lauder Signature Eye Shadow Quad in Black Smoke Gives a Dramatic Eye for New Year’s Eve!

Signature Eyeshadow Quad in Black Smoke

The Estee Lauder Signature Eyeshadow Quad in Black Smoke is a part of the new Blacker Than Black collection that includes six of their most popular mascaras in the deepest jet black.  

To compliment the mascaras, the eye shadow quad is equally as dramatic. These shadows not only look great but are made of microfine powder which is touted not to crease and to blend seamlessly.  

I know what you’re thinking, there are tons of smoky eye palettes on the market, why purchase this one? Well, besides the quality of an Estee Lauder product — the shadows are silky and well-pigmented — the shades of the palette are very pretty. It includes a sparkly black with pink sparkles, a medium matte gray, a lighter, shimmery gray and a stark white with a touch of shimmer.   

The traditional smoky eye — darker on the lid and lighter going towards the eyebrow — is fun, but I like to mix it up a little. A really fun look is to put the black on the lid and line the eyes in the shimmery gray. The grays are great lid colors as well and mixing the white in will lighten them up.  

Visit www.esteelauder.com to learn more about this palette and to purchase. Enjoy!