Long Wearing Travel Makeup

As part of my travel series, I decided to document a makeup look that I wore on a recent trip. The test was all about how well this makeup wore as I navigated busy airports, crazy schedules and the dry air in a plane. Since my eyelids are oily but my skin is dry, this promised to be interesting! The fun thing about this is that I was able to make a video and improve my video making skills. The process of editing, adding music, titles, and a voiceover is really cool and I hope you like the video!

This particular trip, I traveled to Los Angeles for the week. By the time I arrived at my hotel, it had been fifteen hours in airplanes and airports. Amazingly enough, the makeup products I chose managed to still look fairly fresh, especially the eye makeup. I only really touched up my powder once that whole time so for me, this look (and products) performed really well. Check out the video, below.

Products I’m using include:
Korres Primer: http://tinyurl.com/m2apogh
Clinique CC Cream: http://tinyurl.com/l6jyzjx
IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Undereye: http://tinyurl.com/knwkb46
Nars Light Reflecting Loose Powder: http://tinyurl.com/mztcan2
Anastasia Tinted Brow Gel: http://tinyurl.com/kjtb2hz
Urban Decay Primer Potion: http://tinyurl.com/cnff78f
Laura Mercier Caviar Sticks: http://tinyurl.com/lbbrydw
Mac Eyeshadow: http://tinyurl.com/llythsv
Bobbi Brown Gel Ink: http://tinyurl.com/llwvext
Trish McEvoy Mascara: http://tinyurl.com/k3uj5v8
Illamasqua Cream Pigment: http://tinyurl.com/k6m6v3s
Chanel Blush: http://tinyurl.com/k4yzftt
Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder: http://tinyurl.com/awojomg
Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick: http://tinyurl.com/msemwm8
Mac Pro Longwear Lip Glass: http://tinyurl.com/l7nmf4o

I loved how this looked and I received lots of compliments. The combination of cream and powder products work really well for a long day of travel!

Do you have any favorite travel beauty tips? Please share!!

Product Review: Bobbi Brown Roza Nail Polish

As I wrote on my intro post for Bobbi Brown's Lilac Rose Collection, Bobbi released a beautiful nail polish that looked like a soft and pretty addition for Spring. I purchased it, along with the eyeshadow palette, the sparkle eyeshadow and several lipglosses (reviews are coming!). What did I think of Bobbi's new nail polish? Click below to find out!

Product Review: Trish McEvoy High Volume Mascara

I've written before about my quest for the perfect mascara; one that lengthens and volumizes, doesn't clump and doesn't smudge. Not normally one to spend more than a few bucks on mascara, I have lately been going out on a limb by trying higher end mascaras. 

Does Trish McEvoy's High Volume Mascara fit the bill? Read on!

Product Review: Hourglass Opaque Rouge Liquid Lipstick

I am always looking for good, long wearing lip colors that don't dry the lips. In my real life, I travel a lot for work and attend day long meetings on a regular basis. One thing I hate is to come out of a meeting with a ring of lip color around my lips because the "long wearing" lip color has worn off much sooner that it should have.

Enter Hourglass's Opaque Rouge Liquid Lipstick. I've worn this quite a bit lately, while in my home office as well as on the road. How did it hold up? Click below to find out!

Product Review: L'Oreal Infallible Lacquer Gel Liner

L'Oreal touts its Infallible Lacquer Gel Liner as a 24 hour formula that "glides on smoothly for a clean, precise line that keeps an intense high-shine finish that lasts from dawn to dusk." Just how well does this formula work and does it compete well with higher end products?

Product Review: Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Cream Shadow Sticks

As I mentioned in a post a few weeks ago (here), Bobbi Brown launched her new Long-Wear Cream Shadow Sticks. I purchase two of them (one is a color that Katie is wearing in the picture above) and tried them out. Do they pack the punch that Bobbi's cream shadow pots provide? Click below to find out!!!

Product Review: Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tars: Pinks

Super long lasting lip color!!!

Lip tars from left:  Digitalis, Narcissus, Pageant, Ophelia, Memento

Last summer, I started reading all about Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics (O.C.C.) and their incredible lip colors. Since one of my pet peeves is lipstick that disappears quickly, I thought I should check these out. At the time, I was on a quest for a long lasting red lipstick as nothing I already had lasted more than an hour or two at the most. Enter O.C.C. lip tars!

My first lip tar was their aptly name red, NSFW, a bright, beautiful red. Depending on what I was doing (drinking, talking, eating or just  quietly going about my day), this color lasted anywhere between 4 and 9 hours on my lips. No lie!!! As a result, I HAD to have more, therefore, I went out and stocked up on a bunch of colors and thus, the first of my blog reviews for O.C.C. lip tars. This review will focus on the pinks in my collection. These are, by no means, all of the pinks that O.C.C. has released, but just the ones that I have purchased.