July Favorites!

Hey Everyone!
I hope you are having a wonderful week. Now as you can tell, my summer favorites have not been a lot of beauty but more random favorites. I hope you guys don't mind. But when the fall comes, that's when I wear more make up and try out more products. So most of the products I have are products that were in my Travel Make Up Essentials.

Beauty:

1) Urban Decay Naked Palette

I have not used this palette in a year or so because I have been testing out other new palettes. But since this was the only palette I used for school, I re fell in love with it. I loved this palette, my friends loved this palette, this palette just made everyone look and feel beautiful. I am going to do a make up tutorial blog post using this palette because I have been loving the brown smokey eye instead of the neutral eye. And then for awards night I used this palette for my make up. And Emily used it as well.

And I got many compliments on this look as well. If you do not have it, please get it, you will love it and cherish it. 

2) Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush in Exposed

This blush is beautiful. This was the only blush that I have basically used all summer and I have barely made a dent in it. You literally only need one swipe and your good to go. I feel like this color would look absolutely beautiful on every skin tone. It is very expensive,  I will give you that but boy it is worth to buy at least one. 

3) MAC Paint Pot in Vintage Selection

Cream products are the way to go in the summer and this lives up to the standard. Now, you all know my obsession with the Clinique Chubby Tint but this is a good second. I love that you can wear it by itself, underneath a neutral eye or even a smoky eye. I use it for most of my eye shadow looks now because of how versatile it is. I also think this suits any skin tone. I have a boring brown color for my eye color and this makes my eyes look decent. This is a little more expensive than the Clinique one but I suggest you go into the store or the counter and swatch it to see if its worth it......It's worth it. :) 

4) Rimmel Lip Liner in Exposed

Now I love these Rimmel Lip Liners. I think they are extremely pigmented and inexpensive. But there is a specific lip liner color that I have been loving and that is Exposed. One of the beauty gurus I watch, xXAllieCosmeticsxX, who I have been loving has been talking about nude lip liner. Because of her, I have been obsessed with nude lip liners. I am still learning to line my lips properly but I really enjoy how it looks. If you are a beginner in lip liner than me, definitely try this. 

Beauty Disappointment: Essie's Penny Talk

This has been a very popular nail polish throughout the beauty community. I absolutely love this color and I think it is such a pretty color. But the formula is so awful. Now Essie nail polish is my favorite nail polish brand but this nail polish did not work. It crackled in less than an a hour. It chipped in less than a day. So I do not recommend this specific nail polish. I recommend this nail polish company, just not this color. 

RANDOM FAVORITES: 

Literally, summer is movie central in my house. SO, I have a lot of movie favorites this month. 

1) 22 Jump Street

OH MY GOODNESS. Everyone needs to see this movie. It is hilarious, spectacular, a comedy classic! I wrote a whole blog post, here. Just go see it. Trust me, you will not regret it. 

2) Devils Knot

Now I know you might be thinking scary movie. But it's not! I thought that as well but then I saw the trailer. This movie is based on a true story. It is about these three eight year old boys who get murdered and how three teenagers are blamed for their murder. The reason the teenagers are blamed for these young boys murders is because everyone in town thought they believed in the devil and would do satanic sacrifices. Reese Witherspoon plays one of the grieving mothers and Colin Firth plays one of the attorney's that are defending the teenagers. They did an incredible job. This movie is so intense and suspenseful. This story is incredible and freaky because you realize this is a true story. I highly recommend this movie. It is on Netflix. I suggest you do not watch it at night because you are going to be so freaked out by the end of it. 

3)Vivir Mi Vida- Marc Anthony

When I was at college, they had a salsa class that we could take for a night and it was so much fun! Emily, Karina, and I started to dance 24/7 in my dorm room and blast this song. This song is so fun. The moment you hear it, you just want to get up and dance and wave your hands in the air. I never really got into Marc Anthony until now. I do not know why but I have been listening to a lot of his music on Spotifiy and he is so talented. But check this song out first and then some of his other songs. 

So those are my July favorites! I hope you all enjoyed them. I honestly love looking back on the month to see what I have been loving. I hope you all had a wonderful month of July and hopefully August will be just as good! Have a wonderful day/night!

Carpe Diem,

Sophia