My favorite products

DRUGSTORE...

cleanser: biore 4 in 1

moisturizer: clean and clear dual action

primer: sally hansen luminizing face primer

foundation: n/a ( i have very sensitive skin so i just go for stuff i can try on first instead of wasting my money)

concealer: physicians formula gentle cover concealer in green

powder: covergirl tru blend

blush: physicians formula mosaic blush

eyeshadow: HIP duos

eyeliner: l'oreal lineur intense felt tip liquid eyeliner

mascara: covergirl lashblast

other: biore deep cleansing pore strips, ecotools makeup brushes and tools, clean and clear oil blotting sheets,

DEPARTMENT STORE...

cleanser: estee lauder perfectly clean

moisturizer: clinique dramatically different moisturizing lotion

primer: smashbox photo finish light

foundation: lancome photogenic lumessencce

concealer: clinique advanced concealer

powder: clinique blended face powder

blush: lancome blush subtil

eyeshadow: lancome in chic

eyeliner: lancome le crayon khol in black coffee

mascara: clinique high lengths

Beauty tip of the day

If you're having trouble with mascara getting above on your eyelids because you have long lashes, there's a solution. Use a business card or any other thick piece of paper and put it at the base of your lashline and pull your lashes up just a little. Put on mascara and it will guard your eye and curl your lashes.

Beauty tip of the day

If you have a zit you're having trouble getting rid of, try a home remedy. My favorite is using a spot treatment made of aspirin. Aspirin is salicylic acid, which is a main ingredient in drugstore acne products. Take 2-3 aspirin and crush them into a powder. Take a couple drops of hot water and mix it in with the powder to make it into a paste. After washing your face, put it on any pimples. Leave it on for 15 minutes, and then rinse it off. I got this remedy off the show "the doctors," so it is safe, and really inexpensive.

Beauty tip of the day

In order to keep your makeup sanitary, be sure to wash your brushes frequently, especially foundation brushes. Bacteria can build up on them and make you break out. If eyeshadow brushes aren't cleaned, you're colors won't come out the way you want. Wash your brushes in cold water with baby shampoo because it isn't too harsh on your brushes. Lay them on the side while they dry, DO NOT stand them straight up (like how they are in the beads at Sephora). It will go down into the brush and make the hairs come out.

Youtube beauty gurus

Hey, I mentioned that I like to watch beauty videos on youtube so I thought I'd list a few of my favorites.

• allthatglitters21
• beautybyamy
• bethainy
• ericaleung13
• heather123
• juicystar07
• lollipop26
• manimbrown
• meganheartsmakeup
• michellephan

Beauty tip of the day

The shelf life of your makeup

Too many people don't realize when it's time to throw away their makeup. Using an old foundation can make your skin breakout and using an old mascara can make for a bad eye infection.

• Mascara and liquid liner should be thrown out every 4 months.
• A water based foundation should be thrown out every 12 months and an oil based every 18 months.
• Lip liners and pencil eyeliners can be kept up to 2 years as long as they're sharpened regularly-- every few weeks.
• Lipstick can last 1-2 years. The easiest way to tell exactly when to throw it away is when it starts to smell funky.
• Cream and gel liners can be kept for one year.
• Eyeshadow, blush, face powder or any other type of powder can be kept for up to 2 years.
• Concealer can be kept for up to 1 year.
• Foundation primer should be thrown out every year.

To keep your makeup clean and new, put a sticker on your makeup when you get it with a date of when you should throw it out.

My beauty collection

lotions, miscellaneous soaps and other bath items, body spray and perfume

lotions

hair products

skin products

skin products

skin products

skin products

from left- clinique dramatically different moisturizing lotion, clindamycin phosphate (prescription), oil blotting sheets, clinique even better moisturizer, phisoderm daily moisturizer, best bath store pore refinitin toner, best bath store dead sea facial scrub, neutrogena fresh cooling spf 45 spray on sunblock, neutrogena oil free acne wash, best bath store acne treatment gel, burts bees citrus facial scrub, nuetrogena ultra sheer spf 70 sunblock lancome benefait multi-vital spf 30 sunscren, best bath store dead sea mud mask, lancome renergie microlift, biore deep cleansing pore strips, doctor burts herbal blemish stick, clean and clear dual action moisturizer, acne free acne &black head terminator, lancome bi-facil makeup remover, clean & clear invisible blemish treatment, clearasil rapid action treatment cream

samples

lip products

various soft lips, neutrogena, burt's bees, blistex, blue q, and chapstick lip balms
lipsticks -maybeline in tinted taupe, clinique in rasberry glace, and lancome in natural beauty
glosses- lancome juicy tube in tickled pink, lancome juicy tube in fifth avenue frosting, lancome color fever plumber in rose pink, lancome juicy rube in rasberry ice, lancome juicytube in framboise, beauty rush lip gloss in i want candy, and liplicious in pink grapefruit

mascaras and liners

starting from left- covergirl lash blast, clinique high lengths, maybelline great lash in clear, sephora mascara, lancome definicils, (now onto the liners) le crayon kohl by lancome in black coffee, ulta glitter eye pencil in black, sephora nano liner in silver green, loreal lineur intense felt tip black liner, ulta long lasting liner in black, maybeline line style in white, voluminous traceur yeux in true brown, essence of beauty eyebrow designer in brown
sephora eyelash curler in brow and lash brush
maybelline great lash curler

face products

from left- maybelline bronzer in salsa sun, sally hansen luminizing face primer, ulta pressed powder in fair to light, lancome blush subtil in rose fresque, clinique blended face powder in invisible blend, 2 lancome photogenic lumesence in ivore 4 (N) and ivore 2 (C), physicians forumula mosaic blush, clinique advanced concealer in matte light, american beauty perfecting concealer in fair, maybelline true illusion undetectable concealer in true ivory, physicians formula gentle cover concealer in green

eyeshadows

all the quads are lancome
the white is sephora
the gold in the top left is ulta
the pink and brown duo is clinique
the purple on the right is covergirl
loreal and elf mineral shadow primers

*comment if you have a question about exact colors

back ups

mess nail polishes

how my drawer is organized

Hey guys. I thought I'd show you my beauty collection so far. It's not much, but I'm working on it. When I get new stuff, I will keep you updated.

NOTE: I know the table looks dirty, but it's really just stained from make up and has burns from my straightener. I'll be repainting it soon. Also, the orange and green stickers on my make up are the expiration dates.

Hello bloggers!

Hello, my name is Shannon. I'm starting a beauty blog and I decided I'd start off with telling you guys a little about myself.

-I'm 16 years old and a sophomore in high school

-I have been doing ballet for 12 years and I love it. I have class 6 days a week and rehearsal very often depending on the performances. I generally do 2-3 performances/year.

-In my spare time I like to post on makeupalley.com and search product reviews, watch youtube beauty videos, and post on the teenvogue beauty and fashion forums.

-My favorite subject in school is biology, specifically nutrition.

-I've always had an interest in makeup and beauty due to having stage makeup at a young age.

-I have fair skin, blue eyes, and dark brown curly hair. My skin type is combination.

-My music taste is very eclectic.

My goal is to post a blog entry every other day so follow it and see what I have to say!