Sigma is offering a 10% discount code for your entire purchase starting January 1st to January 31st! 

This is a great start of the New Year :)

What are you waiting for????

You can start your shopping here:

I'm in second place right now and would love to get to the first place 

so I can get my hair done for New Year's Eve!!!

You can vote going to this link.

click LIKE on my picture and then LIKE the Brilliance New York page

I'll appreciate it BIG TIME!!! :D

 A few weeks back I saw  Promise doing a tutorial on you tube and I loved the combination.

Bold lips is something that I just love to do so when I saw the video I wanted to do my take on it :)

On another note, New Years is around the corner!

 ... and I have no idea of what kind 

of make up I am going to do or what I am going to wear :/ lol

What are your plans for New year's Eve?

Face

Same as always !

Eyes

UD Buck e/s all over the lid blended out to the crease

UD Sin e/s as a highlight

Matte Black e/s on outer corners and crease

Bronze color shadow from 88 palette on lid and bottom lashline

MAC Smolder eye khol pencil on waterline

Clinique Gel liner on upper lash line

Ardell Wispies

Lashblast Mascara

Anastasia Brunnette powder

Cheeks

MAC Peachykeen

Lips

Elizabeth Arden Vivid pink l/l

Clinique Kissifyt l/g

No.17 Hot pink color

I am participating in a contest in Facebook.

Please " like"  my picture and "like"  the Brilliance New York page as well!!

I really want to win that curling iron hehehe :)

Go here:
 BrillianceNewYork

THANK YOU!

This is the picture I am using.. Click like!

I hope you lovely ladies had a great holiday!

Mine was short but really good.  After work,we drove to Orlando on Christmas Eve and spend the night eating a nice traditional puertorican meal made by my wonderul mother in law.

Afterwards, we were all  happy and full so we stayed home and I did some calls to my family in Puerto Rico.

The next day we open presents really early in the morning and we really enjoyed our son's face of excitement :)

I had the chance to take advantage of the Milani Cyber Monday sale

and I can't be any happier with the products I purchased!

I really wanted to try their  Lip Flash pencils, nail polishes, and baked blushes.

From left to right: In a Flash- Flash Light- Flashy

From top to bottom: Flash light- Flashy- In a Flash ( With flash)

(With Natural light)

I am really happy with these pencils. They are long lasting and the effect they give to the lips remind me of MAC Dazzleglasses but without the glossy if that makes sense ha ha!
From the three, my fave is Flashy. This one is the most pigmented and creamy.

Baked blush in Luminoso, just like the name is a luminous gorgeous blush. It is such a pretty peachy sahde!
It does have fine glitter but it does not look like a disco ball. It actually gives a beautiful glow to the skin.
Since I got it, I have been using it lots!


I also got two nail polishes. Love the colors and they are easy to work with :)
From left to right: Teddy Bare- One of a kind

If you follow my blog you know that I'm a purple addict lol.

MAC Violet pigment has been sitting for too long in my vanity so I had to give it some real love! :D

I recently visited INGLOT and purchase some products so I will be posting my haul pics soon.

Well, I'm off to sleep now.. I'm so tired.. Holiday mall hours are not cool for the ones that have to work! hehe

Face

Same as last post!

Eyes

UDPP

NYX Jumbo pencil in Milk

MAC Violet p/g all over lid

MAC Prussian e/s on outer corners-crease-lowerlashline

MAC Beautiful Iris e/s on tear duct area

MAC Vanilla e/s as a highlight

Middle shade of INGLOT rainbow shadows #102

MAC Indigo khol pencil on waterline

Ardell Wispies

Clinique High lengths mascara

Anastasia Brunnette 

Clinique Gel liner in black

Cheeks

MAC Conjure up

Lips

MAC Abosultely it l/l

MAC Up the Amp l/s

INGLOT l/g #541

Hello girls!

I am hoping you guys are having a great week so far :)

I already have my Christmas tree up as well as  a bright light fest outside of my apartment since all the neighbors get together to do so every year! 

I will be posting pictures of it soon.

Now back to this post,

Here I am with a quick FOTD featuring some colors from the limited edition Wet and Wild baked shadows.

Since I saw them for the first time, I knew I wanted the blues. All the colors looked so so pretty.

After a mission of searching different Walgreens, I was able to find them and as planned

purchased  the Bake- off contest palrette.

I am not going to review them since there is a million reviews out there. However I do have to say that these shadows are pretty amazing for the money you pay. 

As a lot of people have said they worked best when you use them wet. You get intense pigmentation and beautiful shades to play with.

In this FOTD I am wearing the second blue marble color on the first row and the baby blue shade located on the second row. I added some of the black shadow as well. The rest of  the colors on the eyes I used the UD Naked palette. I really loved this color combo and I hope you guys like as well :)

THIS PICTURE DOES NOT BELONG TO ME

CREDITS: nouveaucheap.blogspot.com

Face

 Clinique Repariwear Laser focus Serum

Clinique Even Better Dark Spot Corrector

Shiseido Mattifying moisturizer

Smashbox Primer

Smashbox HD foundation

Smashbox Halo

Eyes

UDPP

NYX Jumbo pencil in Milk

 W&W Blue marble e/s on lid

W&W Baby blue e/s  on inner corners

UD Buck e/s above the crease

UD Darkhorse on outer corners- bottom lash line and crease

W&W Black e/s to deepen crease

UD Virgin e/s as a highlight

Ardell Wispies

Clinique High Impact mascara

Anastasia Brunnette powder

Milani liquifeye pencil in black on waterline

Clinique Black gel liner on upper lash line

Cheeks

Can't remember :(

Lips

MAC Absolutely it l/l

MAC Up the Amp l/s

It's funny how you fall in love with a product, buy it, and then for some strange reason it gets lost in a drawer.

That's what happened to me with this lipstick. Beautiful shade, and it was being neglected!

Today I definitely wanted to give some love to it :)

Please bare with my chapped lips :(

Face

Smashbox Primer

Smashbox M2 HD foundation

Smashbox Halo in Medium

Clinique Superbalanced loose powder in 5 Natural

Eyes

UDPP

NYX JUmbo pencil in Milk

MAC Vanilla e/s all over the lid up to browbone

MAC Texture e/s on outer corners up to the crease as well as on the lower lashline

Milani liquifeye pencil in black

Clinique High Impact mascara

Clinique Black gel liner

Cheeks

MAC Springshine Ombre

MAC Nuance

Lips

NYX Deep purple l/l

MAC Night Violet 

Hope you guys had a wonderful Thanksgiving day!

I am very blessed with another year of life and health.

Many good things happened, as well as many not good things.. but that's ok :)

Today we celebrated this day at my brother in law's house.

I also got to wear my Lita botties, I love them so much!!

Here are some pics

 I took this make up pic in a hurry, it's a little blurry, sorry!

Eyes: MAC Samoa Silk/NYX white/NYX Milk/UD Buck and Dark horse

Lips: No.17 Fuschia/ Arden Vivid Pink

 The grandparents with the grandkids :)

Brother and sister in law

Hi lovelies!

Today I just wanted to rant about a product that I have been using for about 2 months

and  I can not believe did not use sooner!

I am talking about the Clinique emergency gel lotion.

This little guy has 5% of Benzoil peroxide and it is meant to be used as a spot healer.

I have my acne prety much under control now but whenever

  I see a naughty blemish trying to make an appearance

I apply this twice a day and boooom!! 

The blemish is not going to grow and get a head, 

and no ugly mark is left to be seen :)

I am really happy with this product  so I highly recommended.

It comes in a handy tube and retails jut for $14.50

I know, I know.. another purple make up!

I just can't help it... at least today I used my Nikon so the pictures today are better quality!

I've been wanting to use my  Glamour Doll shadow called Tattoed, so today I shopped my stash and used that one along with another fave that has been neglected.. Yogurt from MAC :)

As you guys can see my skin has gotten a lot better! and I can't be any happier :)

 I think I found the best products for my skin so I am crossing my fingers that I can stay with clear skin.

I will be talking about these products soon in another post.

Hope you guys enjoy the look!

Face

 Clinique Turnaorund Serum

Shiseido Mattifying moisturizer

Smashbox Primer

Smashbox High Definition foundation M2

Smashbox Halo in medium

Clinique Superbalanced powder in #5

Cheeks

MAC Amazon Princess LE

Eyes

UDPP

NYX Jumbo pencil in Milk

MAC Yogurt e/s all over the lid up to the browbone and tearduct area

Glamour shadow Tattooed on outer coerners-crease and lower lash line

MAC Romping e/s above the crease and lower lash line

Inglot purple

MAC Stately black on lower lashline

Clinique Black gel liner in upper lash line

MAC Smolder eye khol pencil on waterline

Clinique Bottom lash mascara

Rimmel mascara

Anastasia Brunette 

Ardell Wispies

Lips

Clinique Sky Violet

MAC Gladiola LE

gloss

 Helloooo!

Last night I saw a post from TinaMarieOnline and she did a gorgeous look using Beatiful Iris from MAC.

This shadow is so amazingly pretty and definitely one of my top fave MAC shadows.

 Face

Clinique Even Better Dark Spot corrector

Shiseido Pureness mattifying moisturizer

Smashbox Primer

Smashbox High Def foundation

Smash box loose powder

Clinique superbalanced loose powder

Eyes

UDPP

MAC Beautiful Iris e/s on lid, tearduct, and lower lash line

MAC Hepcat e/s on crease and above

MAC Plumage and Sketch e/s to deepen crease and lower lash line

MAC Naked p/g as a high light

Clinique Black gel liner upper lash line

Rimmel Mascara

Anastasia brow powder

Cheeks

MAC Amazon Princess

Lips

MAC Chatterbox l/s

I am in love with Jeffrey Campbell shoes. Every style is so fun and unique.

Since I saw the Litas I knew I wanted them to be part of my wardrobe.

Very soon I'll be having a brown pair!

Even though the heel looks crazy high, thanks to the front platform it feels

like you are walking on a 3 inch heel :)

You guys like?

I have used cleasing wipes in the past without any sucess really. 

They all irritated my skin really bad so I kind of gave up and stop buying them.

A few weeks ago, a sweet  friend of mine ( that's right, I said sweet, if you are reading this) 

talked to me about these wipes so I felt intrigued and decided to buy a small  10 pack.

I really love that they have the right amount of moisture and a sweet cucumber smell which is very pleasant!

They are not a substitute for cleansing, but they do a pretty god job 

so after I use my soap I can feel my skin really clean.

You can find them at Target or Walgreens!

Great facts about the product:

  98% natural

Dermatologist tested

Non- irritating

Not tested on animals

  Paraben free

Non comedigenic

Biodegradable

and CHEAP!

I got in the mail a brochure from Sephora about Make up forever.

Inside, they were pretty much promoting different products. 

The model they used is gorgeous and 

there were 5 different instense looks featured.

One of them caught my attention and inspired me to do this make up today.

hope you guys like!

Face

Clinique Even Better Dark Spot corrector

Shiseido Mattifying moisturizer

Smashbox Primer

Smash box High Definition foundation

Smashbox Concealer

Clinique Super balanced powder

Smashbox Mineral powder

Eyes

UDPP

NYX pencil in Milk

MAC Texture e/s on lid and lower lash line

Inlogt Matte 337 above the crease and tear duct area

Clinique Strike it Rich e/s on outer corners and  crease

MAC Dark brown from Smoke and Mirrors palette to deepen crease and lower lash line

MAC Vanilla pigment as highlight

Urban Decay Zero pencil

Clinique Black gel liner

Clinique High Impact Mascara

Anastasia Brow powder

Ardell Wispies

Cheeks

MAC Spingshine LE

MAC Fun and games LE

Lips

MAC Please me l/s

MAC Ravishing l/g

MAC Mimmy LE l/g

Hi guys!

It feels like ages of me sharing a FOTD!

Since I came from Spain I've been very busy at work.

Bonus time started and every time,it's really intense.

I only have this pic of the make up, so please pardon me for the lack of pictures.

For the past weeks I've been using the Smash box high Definition foundation, concealer, primer, along with their mineral loose powder and I am really liking it. I am not breaking out as often so this make up
is really doing good on my skin. I bought a trial package at Macy's for  $49.

The foundation is medium to buildable coverage so certain areas of my acne brown marks can be seen so I still need to do other tricks but it's all worth it since it is also a very lightweight foundation.

what do you guys think? :)

 Face
Clinique Even Better Dark Spot corrector
Shiseido Mattifying moisturizer
Smashbox primer
Smashbox High Definition foundation
Smashbox mineral powder

Eyes

UDPP

Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer under brows
Clinique Strawberry fudge on lid

 MAC Moshi moshi on inner corners

MAC Goody goody gum drop as a highlight

 Inglot Matte 334  on the crease and lower lashline
MAC Prussian to deepen outer corners
Milani liquif'eye teal eye liner on waterline
Ardell Wispies
Clinique Black gel liner
Anastasia Brunnette
Clinique High Impact Mascara

Cheeks
MAC Peachykeen

Lips
Elizabeth Arden Vivid pink
MAC Show Orchid
NYX lip gloss

From Madrid, we took a half and hour train to to the old city called Toledo. 

This place is really enchanting!

We felt like we were on a movie :)

 Charlotte Russe Top

H&M Skirt 

Steve Madden Boots

Dillards belt

Blue handbag from Lefties

 The Streets

 The amazing view

The city is bordered by a river

I'm back!

Spain was a unique, romantic, enchanting and just marvelous place to visit.

We spent some days in Madrid as well as in Barcelona.

From the two, we really loved Madrid. There was something in the air that it was just amazing.

The people were all dressed up nicely and the streets we so alive with people eating and talking.

The food in Madrid was also delicious. 

We ate lots of ham and tapas!
Make up was non existent.. it felt nice to just don't care!