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e.l.f. - e.l.f. Contour Palette MORPHE - Glamabronze Face & Body Bronzer NYX - Holographic Halo Finishing Powder L'ORÉAL - Hydra Perfecte Perfecting Loose Face Powder I don’t really have a con for elf and morphe products, but I do have a con for the NYX Halo powder and the L’ORÉAL face powder. For the nyx halo powder, since it’s a highlighter it does leave behind some behind when you remove it and it gets everywhere when you apply as well. And the L’Oréal face powder it’s a good setting powder, but it does have a small amount of flashback. tarte - Shape Tape Stay Spray Vegan Setting Spray pixi - Glow Mist Milk MAKEUP - Hydro Grip Primer I love all three products. The hydro grip primer hype is really and I didn’t believe it until I started using it. Charlotte Tilbury - Magic Foundation Flawless Long-Lasting Coverage SPF15 COLOURPOP - No Filter Matte Concealer tarte - Shape Tape Concealer All these products are good, the Charlotte Tilbury foundation is medium coverage and it is buildable and it’s one of the best formulations I’ve tried so far. The Colourpop and tarte concealer are very amazing concealer. They both are high coverage concealers, but they do cake up/crease easily so you got to set it real good to not have it move around. JEFFREE STAR COSMETICS - Thirsty Eyeshadow Palette the Balm cosmetics - Alternative Rock Vol. 1 -- Face Palette #Lunarskies Cosmetics - Eyeshadow palettes[products]#[FiveStars] I do like Jeffree’s formula even though he has done handful of things, but the pigment and formula is there in all of his products. The Balm Eyeshadow and Face palette is my go to for the natural everyday glam look. Let me tell you something about Lunarskies Cosmetics eyeshadow palettes. They are the best small cosmetics business I have tried and invested my money in and their palettes are to die for. JEFFREE STAR COSMETICS - Velour Liquid Lipstick JEFFREE STAR COSMETICS - JEFFREE STAR COSMETICS The Gloss DOSE OF COLORS - Two Moods Lipstick Duo COLOURPOP - Big Box of Lippie Stix COLOURPOP - Lippie Pencil I love all these products, but my only issue, and it’s a thing with all matte liquid lipsticks, is that they are slightly drying, but you can easily fix that with some lip balm before hand. COLOURPOP - Colour Outside the Eyeliner Kit COLOURPOP - Limited Edition Star Crossed Colours Crème Gel Liner Vault Beauty Creations - 3D Silk Lashes tarte - Maneater Mascara thrive causemetics - Liquid Lash Extensions Mascara™ I don’t have an issue with these products. I love them all.

Drugstore products over luxury 🤑

EYES: ANASTASIA Beverly Hills - Modern Renaissance Eyeshadow Palette PHYSICIANS FORMULA - Eye Booster Waterproof Ultra-Fine Liquid Eyeliner PHYSICIANS FORMULA - Killer Curves Voluptuous Curling Mascara NYX - Micro Brow Pencil FACE: L'ORÉAL - Infallible Fresh Wear 24HR Foundation CATRICE COSMETICS - Liquid Camouflage Concealer Charlotte Tilbury - Hollywood Contour Wand PHYSICIANS FORMULA - Dewy Blush Elixir Charlotte Tilbury - Beauty Highlighter Wand Too Faced - Peach Perfect Setting Powder FENTY BEAUTY - Sun Stalk'r Instant Warmth Bronzer

And I have eaten so much help EYES: REVOLUTION - Revolution x Tammi Tropical Carnival Eyeshadow Palette ANASTASIA Beverly Hills - Modern Renaissance Eyeshadow Palette ANASTASIA Beverly Hills - Brow Wiz Mechanical Brow Pencil PHYSICIANS FORMULA - Killer Curves Voluptuous Curling Mascara PHYSICIANS FORMULA - Eye Booster Ultra Fine Liquid Eyeliner + Serum FACE: BOBBI BROWN - Skin Long-Wear Weightless Foundation SPF 15 CATRICE COSMETICS - Liquid Camouflage Concealer Too Faced - Peach Perfect Setting Powder Charlotte Tilbury - Hollywood Contour Wand FENTY BEAUTY - Sun Stalk'r Instant Warmth Bronzer tarte - Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush Charlotte Tilbury - Beauty Highlighter Wand

benefit - Ka-Brow! Cream-Gel Eyebrow Color with Brush in 4 Too Faced - Born This Way Natural Finish Foundation in sand MAYBELLINE - Fit Me Concealer FENTY BEAUTY - Match Stix Matte Skinstick in mocha wet n wild - Megaglo Contouring Palette, wet n wild - Color Icon Blush BPERFECT COSMETICS - Bperfect Stacey Marie Carnival Palette MORPHE - The James Charles Palette Doll Beauty - Chloe Elizabeth Lashes JEFFREE STAR COSMETICS - Velour Liquid Lipstickin “leo” ▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️

kat | euphoria 🦇 — 4/4 look for euphoria!! I really wanna do cassie but i dont have the blue jewels :( who knows i might do it!!! i highly recommend euphoria ! hehe the show def deserves all its hype! {WHOS YOUR FAV CHARACTER?} ▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️ Fourth Ray - Strawberry Face Milk Too Faced - Born This Way Natural Finish Foundation Too Faced - Born This Way Naturally Radiant Concealer HUDA BEAUTY - Easy Bake Loose Baking & Setting Powder wet n wild - Megaglo Contouring Palette MORPHE - Morphe x Jaclyn Hill Eyeshadow Palette ANASTASIA Beverly Hills - ANASTASIA Beverly Hills Waterproof Liner

This weekend I will be traveling(safely) and these are the makeup products I will be taking, not including my makeup brushes. Whenever I travel, I make sure to take the products I know work well and I love. Here are the products: 100% pure - Mattifying Primer Sample Packet I have the full size of this, and it's hands down my favorite primer. I have oily skin and this is the only primer I've ever used that makes a difference in my makeup longevity and is mattyfying. I can also layer dewy products and it balances my skin well. Kosas - Revealer Super Creamy + Brightening Concealer It's the concealer I've been using the most this year. shade 04. COVER FX - Pressed Mineral Powder Foundation I hit pan on this product and I'm trying to finish it up. it's a great product for oily skin. I'm taking this in case I want more coverage since I'm not bringing a foundation. laura mercier - Translucent Loose Setting Powder Setting powder. URBAN DECAY - All Nighter Waterproof Setting Powder Since I'm oily I need lots of powder. I'm bringing this as a touch up powder and for Mattifying. Kosas - Color & Light: Pressed Powder Blush & Highlighter Duo I have the shade Papaya 1972 and it's a beautiful peachy blush, and lasts a long time. Rare Beauty - Soft Pinch Liquid Blush Shade Grateful. Extremely pigmented blush! Rare Beauty - Brow Harmony Pencil and Gel I just ran out of my brow products and just picked this up, so I haven't formed an opinion yet! e.l.f. - Putty Eye Primer TOWER 28 - ShineOn Jelly Lip Gloss Shade Chill. Best lip product. Kosas - Wet Lip Oil Gloss this is my favorite lip oil formula. shade Dip tarte - Hamptons Weekender Contour Palette This palette is soo small and perfect for travel. I'm bringing it for the bronzer and Highlighter. tarte - Tartelette Give, Gift & Get Amazonian Clay Eyeshadow Wardrobe I'm bringing the lil toasted palette because it has my perfect nude warm shades for everyday. let me know if you would like to see the skin care and/or makeup brushes I bring!

I’m getting married in two weeks - ahhhhh!!! My fiancé and I are having a very small ceremony and dinner with close friends/family on 9/6. Next summer we’ll have a big celebration when things are safer (hopefully). I’m going to be doing my own hair and makeup. I’ve practiced a couple times, but this look is the highest contender (judge being my very picky and natural beauty-loving fiancé). I wanted a look that provided soft definition and glowy skin. I’ve reviewed a few of these on Cherie before, and recommend all of these items. Face: touch in SOL - No Poreblem Primer raved about this before, great for all skin types, somewhat covers pores, extends wear of makeup URBAN DECAY - Stay Naked Weightless Foundation lightweight, medium-buildable coverage, natural matte finish (my shade is 30NN) e.l.f. - Hydrating Camo Concealer excellent coverage, not drying, stays put (my shade is “light peach” HOURGLASS - Ambient Lighting Edit Volume 4 this was limited edition from 2018, but you can get a very similar bronzer from their permanent line, and the finishing powders are sold as singles too. Provides a bit of luminosity and gives the skin an ethereal finish. Hourglass products are expensive, but worth it. tarte - Hamptons Weekender Contour Palette I used the bronzer and blush from this. Great palette for fair-medium skin tones. Bronzer leans more neutral. Charlotte Tilbury - Beauty Highlighter Wand i used the shade “spotlight” (silvery/pinky). It looks melted into my face! It’s absolutely stunning but a bit pricey ($38), so I’d give it 4.5/5 stars. Eyes: persona - Identity Eyeshadow Palette high-quality, buttery shimmers, creamy mattes. MILANI - MILANI Eyeshadow Primer I use this all the time. It’s great for the price! I did apply some random false lashes from Shop Miss A but I can’t find which ones. Mascara would work just fine. Lips: I forgot to feature my lip products in the flat lay, so I tagged them in my “selfies”! I used Charlotte Tilbury - Matte Revolution Lipstick in “Pillowtalk” with lilah b. - Luxe Lip Oil Mini Duo shade “b elegant” on top. Pillowtalk is a my lips but better shade (pink-ish) and “b elegant” lip oil is a nude gloss. Love the color combo!! There are NO filters on these photos, by the way! Photos of myself taken in natural lighting. #CheriePartner

Product I cant put down: the UOMA BEAUTY - Double Take Contour Stick in White Pearl. The contour is the perfect cool toned shade for fair to light skin. I like it because the shade is cool so it’s strictly contour and then I can bronze on top. The highlight is a beautiful light champagne peach shade. It warms up easily on my hands and I tap it onto the high points of my cheeks. This is the perfect quick cream contour product. And they have 6 shades to choose from! I have the lightest shade and could probably go a shade deeper if I wanted more of a bronze effect. I highly recommend checking this out ✨

UOMA Beauty Concealer and Contour Stick are very popular (at least in the makeup circles that I follow). UOMA Beauty in general has garnered a lot of attention, and, I finally got around to trying some products out. So, for these two products, I’m going to answer: are they worth it? Answer is: YES YES AND YES!!!!! These two products are amazingggg. First, the concealer UOMA BEAUTY - Stay Woke Luminous Brightening Concealer has a beautiful consistency that brightens and conceals without looking cakey. Retailing for $25, I think you get a BANG for your buck with this product. And this is coming from someone who has never spent more than $10 on a concealer 😂 Second, the contour stick UOMA BEAUTY - Stay Woke Luminous Brightening Concealer is a wonderful product that gives nice 2-in-1 action. I adore anything that is a multi tasker because I am constantly on the go and, well, late, haha. It’s simple to use, and they have a wide range of shades for a wide range of skin tones. UOMA Beauty in general has done a great job with their shade ranges, and the quality of their products is unbelievable. And that’s on beautifully Black and Woman owned baby 💃🏾 Final thoughts: I highly suggest these two products. I use the “bronze venus” shade for the concealer and the contour stick. If you are someone who is commonly left out for makeup selections in contour products and high quality concealer products, this is definitely a dynamic duo to give a try. Happy makeup hunting and thank you for reading ! ❤️

While I’m no makeup expert, I’ve found what makes me feel confident and beautiful. Here’s my process for achieving flawless foundation: Maintaining a healthy base is absolutely key to flawless foundation. Start off with a clean and moisturized face. Listen to your skin and watch how it reacts to products. Focus on skincare so that when you apply foundation, it’ll glide on in a breeze. If interested, I’ve described my skin routine previously for Cherie but if you’d like a spoiler, buy DIFFERIN - DIFFERIN Acne Treatment Gel After my face is prepped, I apply MAYBELLINE - Cover Stick Concealer directly onto any dark spots and redness. The green color helps to offset discoloration but it’s important to lightly blend it out afterwards so that the color isn’t too harsh and can be covered by foundation. And then comes actual foundation: You’re going to want to do research...and lots of it before you find your perfect fit. I’m not even sure if I’ve found mine, seeing that I mix two different foundations to satisfy my coverage and skin tone needs. There’s sheer, medium, and full coverage foundations so be sure to understand what you’re searching for. Look past just the labeling and what foundations claim that they’ll do. Go the extra mile and research the ingredients too. Try out different shades with specific undertones. Keep in mind that you may be a different color in the summer compared to the winter. I mixNARS - Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation and MAYBELLINE - Fit Me Matte + Poreless Liquid Foundation and have come to be satisfied with the outcome (although I’d love to only spend $$$ on one foundation). So, yes, it’s a journey and a long one that even I’m still on, but it’s one worth going on. I contour with KKW BEAUTY - Crème Contour & Highlight Sets and honestly I love these. The contour colors aren’t too light or too dark for me and glide on smoothly, perfect to blend. I use the typical beauty blender for my foundation and wet it with water as most do to prevent excess product from soaking in. Make sure to gently dab instead of just rubbing foundation in and use product conservatively. I use e.l.f. - Beautifully Bare Blending Brush to blend my highlight contour and really like it because of the brush’s precision. I can’t stress to you enough how important it is to consistently change your beauty blender and clean your makeup brushes. This goes along with protecting and maintaining skincare. I use MAC - Brush Cleanser and a brush cleansing pad that I bought from Amazon. I simply soak the cleanser onto each individual brush in a bowl, brush it over the cleansing pad, rinse it off with water, and leave the brush to air dry. It may take some time but it’s totally worth it every so often. Trust me, your skin will thank you.

Contour on fleek! Follow tips And tricks I’ve learned for a great contour! It seems like highlighting and contouring are here to stay and not really going out of style. It’s been a while, but do you know how to properly contour? 𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫 _________________ Let’s talk about cream contour products and my favorite ones! UOMA BEAUTY - Double Take Contour Stick My go to! This contour stick has blown away all of my other favorites. + It’s creamy and pigmented. + Not patchy. + Easy to blend! + comes in shades for all different skin tones! Some other favorites of mine: KKW BEAUTY - Crème Contour & Highlight Sets 𝐓𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫! Follow along with photos above! ① LIGHT HANDED— build up your pigment. you always want to start off with a little bit of product. You can easily build up your contour if you want it darker, but it’s more work to make it lighter if you start too heavy handed. If you look at my photo above, I only used that much product on each side of my cheek to contour my cheeks and forehead! ② PLACEMENT — where to apply. Specifically for the cheeks, you’ll want to start right at the top of your ear and go diagonally down towards the corner of your mouth. Tap just a tiny bit of product right at the top near your ear and basically in your hair line. Do not bring the product all the way down your cheeks yet. When blending out with a sponge or brush you will do this. ③ Get it done! — BLEND IT OUT. To blend it out take your pick of a sponge or brush. I like to use a damp beauty blender. I pinch my beauty blender together to make a line and use precise and soft tapping/bouncing motion to blend out. ALWAYS BLEND UP above your cheek bones. Envision where you want your contour to be and blend up from there. You’ll also want to blend into the hair line. While you blend you can bring the sponge down towards the direction of the corner of your mouth, but do not blend your contour all the way down!! Stop about half way or where the center of your pupil is. Even if your cheek bones aren’t prominent you will still be able to feel where your cheekbones are at to help guide you for where to blend out your contour. ④ finishing touches — perfect it! I personally like to make sure my contour is nice and soft, but noticeable. Depending on how strong of a contour I want, I’ll add more product and blend out more. If it looks good I’ll make sure it’s not patchy or give it a crisp like with foundation or concealer underneath it blended out. The overall process doesn’t take long at all for me and gets easier with practice. Leave your tips in the comments! #cheriepartner

I’m technically working from home again. I spent the last couple of weeks working in film production, so I didn’t even have a chance to do anything for myself since ~16 hrs of my day were focused on getting to/from work & being present there. Now that I’m home more, it’s important for me to still treat myself like I’m going somewhere... because I am towards my destiny, finding a way to turn my passion into a career 😅 and it’s nice to look “nice, presentable” or whatever for yourself, even at home... if we’ve learned anything during quarantine, amirite? So here’s what I look like waking up to what a few mins of tending to myself with products looks like ✨ It’s not a huge change, but it definitely perks me up! Also before anyone starts, glasses are cute AF but sometimes I feel like they hide my face, especially in photos! ... even though that’s the reason I got rimless glasses 🤣 Anyways, I started by undoing my overnight braids with a little bit of the GRAYDON - Intimacy Oil on my fingers to “lubricate” the hair strands and give em a little sheen. Then I started my face off with some Glossier. - Haloscope Dew Effect Highlighter in Topaz and Glossier. - Niteshine Highlighter Concentrate in Copper (I like to use this as a bronzer, slight contour) I used the ĀETHER BEAUTY - Crystal Charged Cheek Palette as both highlighter, blush AND the main eyeshadow to brighten my lids. Speaking of eyeshadow, MISMACK - Large ART Shadow in 'Shade' and Pure Anada - Grape Pressed Eye in Espresso we’re used for definition. Then I finished my upper face with Milk MAKEUP - KUSH High Volume Mascara and Milk MAKEUP - KUSH Fiber Brow Gel . To both add a little pigment and hydrate my lips, I used my fave lip balm Kosas - Kosasport Lipfuel in Pulse.

Omg can I just say that doing this look made me miss going out even more! 😢 I personally thrive on the dance floor 💃🏽 But anyways, you guessed right this is my clubbing makeup. Let’s be real when we’re going clubbing, it’s important to keep in mind that most of our makeup will be sweated off by the end of the night, so I prefer to keep it as glam yet simple as possible! I achieve this by using fun colours that I normally wouldn’t, with a few products. So here you see I am wearing blue eyeliner, which takes a while to come off & a purplish pink gloss to give my lips a tinted shine that I won’t have to keep maintaining with several lipsticks and lip liners! By the way, I’m not wearing foundation bc that’ll definitely get messy throughout the night with the way I’m dancing & I just love my skin how it is, honestly! 1. I started this look off with doing my brows. I got them waxed today ✨ so I didn’t need to shape them up, just filled them in with Milk MAKEUP - KUSH Fiber Brow Gel 2. Next I used SAPPHO - New Paradigm Concealer to let the ĀETHER BEAUTY - Crystal Grid Gemstone Palette eyeshadow last a bit longer throughout the night. I used an icy blue from this palette to just brighten the eyes more, which would look nice when the light hits em. (For shadow on the eye crease and contour I used MISMACK - Large ART Shadow in 'Shade' which is not captured bc it crumbled after falling oK?!😭) 3. Then I did a cat eye on each side in blue with L'ORÉAL - Infallible Paints Eyeliner . Oops it’s not “clean beauty” but it glides so nicely and the pen doesn’t dry out mid stroke, which I really respect. I also have this in white for future face art experiments 🖼 4. Completed fanning the lashes with the superb Milk MAKEUP - KUSH High Volume Mascara we all got for our birthdays from Sephora 💝 5. Used FENTY BEAUTY - Killawatt Freestyle Highlighter to warm up the cheekbones with both the orange and pink and then LAWLESS - Lucid Skin Highlighter to highlight the usual areas. 6. I know in the last post I gave it a 4 star rating, but honestly, I finally found the use for the BITE - Yaysayer Plumping Lip Gloss in Plum Tart, as I noticed it lasts quite a while without needing to be reapplied. Such a win! It tastes like Coca Cola and isn’t too sticky, but gives enough of shine and pigment to make it look like you’re wearing something 👌🏽 #CheriePartner