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Hey Cherie Fam 🍒 Merry Christmas Eve to all 🎁 I hope you’re all having a great holiday with your loved ones. First of all, I want to apologize for the lighting in these photos. I hate using flash, but the sun has been going down early lately that flash is absolutely necessary. Today, I used my Glamlite chocolate donut 🍩 palette and the pie 🥧 palette for the eyes. The chocolate donut palette is a neutral/browns palette. It is GlamLite’s first neutral palette. They are usually known for their colorful palettes. I love their formula so I was ecstatic when I heard she released a wearable/neutral palette. I used the pie palette for my lower lash because I wanted a neutral/berry toned combo. To achieve this look, I used: • sweet filling with a fluffy brush and window wiping motions • Eclair on the outer and inner corner of the eye to prep for halo eyes • double chocolate on top of eclair to deepen it up • sweet tooth on the mid lid • chocolate glazed on the inner corner and brow highlight • sweet potato 🍠 (pie palette) on the lower lash • mixed berry (pie palette) to deepen up the sweet potato shade • blackberry on the middle of sweet potato and mixed berry • mascara and lashes. I used the chocolate bar lash from the Glamlite chocolate box • for the lips, I used Glamlite red velvet liquid lipstick I am loving indie brands lately! I recently purchased oden’s eye alva I and II palettes and beauty bay’s book of magic and the Nikkie tutorials palette so watch out for that Happy holidays again! Xoxo, Francesca 💋

Benefit was a brand I majorly slept on before I started working at Ulta. I didn’t really vibe with them until I started to learn more about the products from the wonderful Arch Experts at my store. The more I tried the more I fell in love with them. Now Benefit is mostly the only thing I use for my brows. I also exclusively go to Ulta’s Benefit Brow bar for my brows. I usually get them waxed and tinted every 5-6 weeks and I’m always happy with them. They can’t really do it now but they brow map your brows and give you a service way better than I was taught in school nor have seen anywhere else. My favorite product in their brow range is the benefit - Gimme Brow+ Volumizing Eyebrow Gel . Wether it’s an early morning, minimal make up shift or full on glam I’m always use this. It’s a tinted brow gel with little fibers (you can’t see) that attach to the brow hairs to give you color and fullness. When it comes to no make up this makes all the hairs lay down properly and gives some tint so they don’t look weird contrasted to my foundation. When it comes to full beat and my eyebrows are drawn on they give dimension to the hairs to make them look more natural. Not to mention Benefit’s brow range color is far superior to any brand I’ve seen. (Plus their blonde’s aren’t grey!) I also really like the benefit - Precisely, My Brow Pencil Waterproof Eyebrow Definer . You should have seen my brow girl’s face when I told her after months of using the product I realized their was a spoolie on the end 😂 but this has a micro precise tip to easily let you outline and fill in the hairs at the beginning of the brow. This is the pencil I use the most when I do use pencil. A pencil I’m still getting used to is the benefit - Goof Proof Brow Pencil . This has a bigger tip on the end with a waxier formula which is more geared towards those who have brow hairs. The waxy formula sticks better to the hairs and you can easily fill in what you have. For me this is trial and error since I’m not used to the bigger tip but I still think it’s a great pencil. The ultimate clear brow gel is the benefit - Benefit 24-Hour Brow Setter Shaping & Setting Gel . If you have this I need you to go smell it right now. Trust me. It smells amazing! This has a two sided brush (with a long side and a short side to lay down the correct amount of product for each part of the brow) and it lays the hairs right down. My tails can be unruly and this keeps them flat all day. It’s not crunchy but you can feel it in your brows when you wash it off at the end of the day. Your brows are set for as long as you need it with this. A new product for me that I fell in love with was the benefit - Brow Microfilling Eyebrow Pen . This is a felt tip pen with three prongs. This is meant to be flicked up to create a micro bladed effective. By far it’s the best one I’ve used and looks natural.

hi hi, Cherie friends! 👋🏼 I know I’ve been gone the last few months, as I’ve been in Mexico with my boyfriends family for a while ~ but i thought I’d share my 2020 top five and here they are 😊 product: Rare Beauty - Lip Soufflé Matte Lip Cream 💄 ugh my FAV! the best damn lipstick ever trend: graphic liner (wearing Rare Beauty - Perfect Strokes Matte Liquid Liner ) inspired by Beth Harmon in The Queen’s Gambit ♟ my best look: natural look (last photo!) ~wearing glossier concealer&skin tint, ilia mascara, rb lip soufflé in fearless fav creator: I have three! @madisonnoons@francinevega& @caseylynn☺️ something I learned: to love my skin more! I’m on a constant roller coaster with my skin ~ loving it one day and hating it the next ~ but we were magically born into this body and there’s only so much we can change, so learning to love more of my things that used to bother me, yet make me unique (example: all of my *beauty marks*, dark circles, veiny eyelids, shape of my lips, etc) 💞 Merry Christmas, everyone! 🎄☃️ ~much love, Kiera

The holidays are right around the corner and that means that holiday sets season is upon us! I love holiday sets because they're the perfect way to test out a brands products usually for a better price point. Since Rare Beauty launched last month I've wanted to try out everything from the brand, but I as a former makeup and skincare hoarder I'm trying to be a much more conscious shopper so I didn't pick anything up, until now. The Rare Beauty - Best of Rare Beauty Lip & Cheek 2 Piece Mini Duo is the best way to try out both of their liquid blush formulas - matte and dewy - and both the lip products. I picked it up from Sephora for $28. Lets jump into the reviews! Rare Beauty - Soft Pinch Liquid Blush so I wanted to love these so bad! They just didn't live up to my expectations. The matte shade was extremely hard to blend and left little dots all over when I tried using a makeup sponge to blend (check out my last photo). It basically dried down as soon as I applied it. The dewy shade was easier to blend and looks great, but both formulas required a lot of blending because they're so pigmented. I love blush, but these very quickly turned into clown cheeks on me. I ended up using a stippling brush to apply which was a lot better than the sponge, but left way too much pigmentation. I applied over unset concealer and had issues so can't imagine trying to apply over full coverage foundation. I don't think I'll be picking up a full size. Rare Beauty - Lip Soufflé Matte Lip Cream I love the shade Transform. It's the perfect deep red and feels extremely comfortable on the lips. I do wish it was a bit more full coverage and that it dried down completely so they wouldn't transfer. They aren't my absolute favorite but I would pick up another shade. Rare Beauty - With Gratitude Dewy Lip Balm was my favorite product of the set! It's super hydrating and has a beautiful dewy finish. I love that the color is buildable and the shade "Support" is a gorgeous deep nude. I'll definitely pick up the full size of this balm! #CheriePartner

Start with making sure your face is prepped and clean and moisturized! I start with Simple - Water Boost Micellar Cleansing Water Then I use The Ordinary - Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 make sure your face is damp when applying so it’ll retain the moisture! This is important Then I seal it in with The Ordinary - 100% Plant-Derived Hemi-Squalane Make sure to wait 30 seconds to let these products seal in. Makeup: For foundation COLOURPOP - Pretty Fresh Hyaluronic Hydrating Foundation Now before I blend it in I spray my setting spray and let it dry a little before.. this will make it looked airbrushed!!! It’s important trust me. Then I use my REAL TECHNIQUES - Miracle Complexion Sponge For concealer I use the e.l.f. - Hydrating Camo Concealer I use the #Maybelline - Fit Me Loose Powder[products]#[FiveStars] and this stuff is great especially if you’re taking pictures or using a ring light! I use a dark concealer for my contour e.l.f. - Hydrating Camo Concealer And the wet n wild - Color Icon Bronzer Square I love this stuff it blends so well!! Then I use MILANI - MILANI Baked Blush in luminoso it’s the best For highlighter I use wet n wild - MegaGlo Highlighting Powder in precious petals this applies so good I use the Milk MAKEUP - KUSH High Volume Mascara After I spray my NYX - Matte Finish Makeup Setting Spray and use my beauty blender to make sure everything sets properly! For my lips I use NYX - Suede Matte Lip Liner in Brown And NYX - Butter Gloss in Praline Then layer a coat of NYX - Soft Matte Metallic Lip Cream in Cairo Let me know any suggestions in the comments of your fave products! 🤎

So I created this look by randomly selecting my 3 colors out of a bowl and making it work. Honestly was a little worried at first because I have not worked with green a lot. But it worked out I think! The Breakdown! FACE! ILLAMASQUA - Hydra Veil Primer e.l.f. - Acne Fighting Foundation e.l.f. - 16HR Camo Concealer MILANI - MILANI Baked Blush #e.l.f. Cosmetics - Bronze Glow Duo[products]#[FiveStars] highlighter only NYX - Dewy Finish Makeup Setting Spray EYES! billion dollar brows - Brow Powder billion dollar brows - The Microblade Effect: Brow Pen WANDER BEAUTY - Frame Your Face Precise Brow Gel #e.l.f. Cosmetics - All Day Stay eyeshadow primer[products]#[FiveStars] e.l.f. - 16HR Camo Concealer #e.l.f. Cosmetics - Faux Mink Lashes[products]#[FiveStars] e.l.f. - Intense H20 Proof Eyeliner Pen e.l.f. - Lash It Loud Volumizing Mascara #Makeup Revolution - Forever Flawless Birds of Paradise palette[products]#[FiveStars] COLORS: Macaw, Tweet, and Budgie LIPS! NYX - Slim Lip Pencil in shade Natural e.l.f. - e.l.f. Liquid Matte Lipstick in shade Blushing Rose #INT cosmetics - Lip oil[products]#[FourStars] for added shine! Honestly I think I want to do this with all my palettes, it was a lot of fun, challenged me to throw random colors together, and I was surprised with the outcome!

I have a hard time finding a good bronzer or contour palette because they make my skin look dusty for some reason. And I’ve tried different shades from many different brands and just a couple of them result in what I want. This contour stick does exactly what I want and even better. Honestly it’s going to be my top #1 for me from now on. It’s that good. It’s creamy and really easy to glide and touch up which is a plus. I didn’t like the highlight much; it wasn’t in a shade that I would typically go for but everything else was great. I used the concealer stick for contouring and as an under eye concealer and it worked perfectly with no crease. I really have no complaint about this trio. FENTY BEAUTY - Match Stix Trio

If you want smooth skin that doesn’t require too much work (for the lazy bunch- like me)? Read below : I’ve been using my same skincare routine religiously twice a day for months now- of course this leaves my natural skin close to perfect with only a few hormonal blemishes here and there. I’ve mastered the acne dot and can get rid of blemishes overnight at this point. With my natural skin being healthy, I don’t use base products. I contour my face with a cream stick (FENTY BEAUTY - Match Stix Trio ) and apply a cream or powder blush. Top it off with some mascara and brush through my brows, I look like I’m so put together when I’m really not- let’s be honest. No base products with a natural skin peek- the secret to flawlessly smooth skin!

Start with making sure your face is prepped and clean and moisturized! I start with Simple - Water Boost Micellar Cleansing Water Then I use The Ordinary - Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 make sure your face is damp when applying so it’ll retain the moisture! This is important Then I seal it in with The Ordinary - 100% Plant-Derived Hemi-Squalane Make sure to wait 30 seconds to let these products seal in. Makeup: For foundation COLOURPOP - Pretty Fresh Hyaluronic Hydrating Foundation Now before I blend it in I spray my setting spray and let it dry a little before.. this will make it looked airbrushed!!! It’s important trust me. Then I use my REAL TECHNIQUES - Miracle Complexion Sponge For concealer I use the e.l.f. - Hydrating Camo Concealer I use the #Maybelline - Fit Me Loose Powder[products]#[FiveStars] and this stuff is great especially if you’re taking pictures or using a ring light! I use a dark concealer for my contour e.l.f. - Hydrating Camo Concealer And the wet n wild - Color Icon Bronzer Square I love this stuff it blends so well!! Then I use MILANI - MILANI Baked Blush in luminoso it’s the best For highlighter I use wet n wild - MegaGlo Highlighting Powder in precious petals this applies so good I use the Milk MAKEUP - KUSH High Volume Mascara After I spray my NYX - Matte Finish Makeup Setting Spray and use my beauty blender to make sure everything sets properly! For my lips I use NYX - Suede Matte Lip Liner in Brown And NYX - Butter Gloss in Praline Then layer a coat of NYX - Soft Matte Metallic Lip Cream in Cairo Let me know any suggestions in the comments of your fave products! 🤎

...during this winter Hey Cherie Fam 🍒 I played with one of my favorite palettes of all time which is the MORPHE - Morphe x Jaclyn Hill Eyeshadow PaletteI have literally made so many looks with this palette and after all this time I still reach for it often. I wanted to do an icy winter blue look so I played with the jada and pool side. The jada shade, which is the teal shade is soooo pigmented! It wasn’t chalky at all and applied evenly. For this look, I used: •creamsicle and butter with a fluffy brush as a transition shade •hunts on the crease just below the transition shade •I cut my crease with P.Louise eyeshadow base in shade rumour 2 •I applied jada all over the lid then topped it with poolside •I used creamsicle and butter on the lower lash then applied hunts on the outer lower lash. I applied jada close to the lash line •I used NYX retractable liner in white to brighten up the eyes •enlight on the inner corner and brow bone •mascara then falsies. I used HOL in Temptress Wispy Maybe one day I’ll be brave enough to do a full blown eyeshadow look 💙 Xoxo, Francesca 💋

CLINIQUE - Even Better Glow Light Reflecting Makeup Broad Spectrum SPF 15 Foundation tarte - Shape Tape Concealer 16N Too Faced - Shadow Insurance Anti-Crease Eyeshadow Primer PAT McGRATH LABS - Celestial Divinity Luxe Quad Some scratchiness and it was hard to blend plus fall out. But the color payoff is terrific and the duochrome is gorgeous in person. PAT McGRATH LABS - Dark Star Volumizing Mascara OG HG. PHYSICIANS FORMULA - Murumuru Butter Bronzer in Light. Blends well and goes on smoothly! DIOR - BACKSTAGE Glow Face Palette Hard to pick up with my brush. Doesn’t layer well over bronzer. Ended up looking muddy. ILIA - Balmy Gloss Tinted Lip Oil in Saint. I love this formula. The right amount of shine, wears well and is buildable without being gloopy. Earrings via IndigenousIntentions @ Etsy.

JOSIE MARAN - 100% Pure Argan Oil (as primer). I splurge on this because the women are paid a living wage and their daughters are given a safe place to be during the day. I consider it an investment that I can’t make with every product but I do with this staple. UOMA BEAUTY - Say What?! Foundation T1N. Applied really well over the Argan Oil and gave me a nice lit from within glow. tarte - Shape Tape Concealer 16N. Helps with the under eye bags! Too Faced - Shadow Insurance Anti-Crease Eyeshadow Primer MAGIC COVER FX - Dewy Finish Setting Spray I like how fine the mist is and the fact that it keeps my makeup from setting or turning matte. PAT McGRATH LABS - Celestial Divinity Luxe Quad Went on smoothly. Stayed on. Came off easily. No fall out. Felt great on! PAT McGRATH LABS - Dark Star Volumizing Mascara OG HG. OFRA - #OFRAglow Signature Highlighting Palette Goes on like butter. Really buildable and great colors. BOBBI BROWN - Crushed Oil-Infused Lip Gloss in Bitter Sweet. I didn’t know what ‘pillowy’ meant until I wore this gorgeous lip color. It was scent and taste free. It applied easily with a great applicator and the color lost some intensity but stayed true for hours. Definitely a product I plan to buy more colors from. Happy Holidays to me!