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00:00 Hey guys, it's Jen and today I wanted to share with you May favorites.
00:04 This month, as every month, has gone by way too fast.
00:07 And I don't know if it's really going fast if it's going the same rate as every other month.
00:11 But it has gone very fast and I have a few new old favorites and new new favorites.
00:17 So let's go ahead and get started.
00:20 I wanted to start off right away with the eyeshadow palette that I have been using almost every day this month.
00:26 This is a palette that somehow keeps going in and out of my daily collection.
00:30 And I think it's just because I am really obsessed with one particular color.
00:35 So this is the the Balm Nude Tude palette.
00:39 There are quite a lot of colors in here.
00:40 There's 12 shadows and the color that I love the most is this reddish brown color right here called Sexy.
00:46 It's a matte shade and as you can see on my eyes right now,
00:50 what I've been doing is a one-colored smoky eye using that color almost every single day.
00:56 Because it's just super super fast, quick, and easy.
00:58 I know last month I was really obsessed with doing like a really clean face.
01:02 So this month I'm transitioning to doing more of a very quick smoky eye.
01:07 Just because it's just as fast to do.
01:10 But I kind of like that it makes my eyes look a little bit happier.
01:14 And I think it just has to do with kind of my monolid small eye shape.
01:18 And then the one color it just makes it kind of pop.
01:21 So I really really love this color.
01:23 I'm also wearing this white one called Sassy just on the inner corners.
01:27 And when I'm using Sassy, I use this as a base underneath.
01:30 This is another old new favorite one that I've pulled out of my collection.
01:34 And have been using regularly this month.
01:37 This is Urban Decay's 24/7 Pencil in Yayo.
01:40 It's just a white shimmery color.
01:42 It's super cute like I said just to highlight the inner corners.
01:45 And it's waterproof so it stays all day.
01:48 I love this.
01:49 It just makes my eyes look a lot brighter and more refreshed.
01:53 And it's a nice contrast to the dark smoky eye.
01:55 I've also been using the same pencil but in the color Demolition.
01:59 This is a matte brown eye pencil.
02:02 And like I said it is also waterproof.
02:05 I've been using this as a base before I do my dark smoky eye.
02:09 And again because it's already waterproof,
02:12 it works really great as a base because it's not going to smudge all over your face.
02:15 Especially if I don't want to touch my under eyes or worry about smudges.
02:20 I'll just smoke it out on the upper lid and not do anything for the lower lid.
02:24 So if you need your makeup to last all day, that's kind of what I recommend.
02:28 The next thing I've been using a lot is the Urban Decay Ink for Eyes Waterproof Precision Eye Pen.
02:34 This is yet another felt tip sharp point liquid eyeliner pen.
02:40 I like that it has a really fine tip because it can make a very precise line.
02:46 And the wings are just always exactly perfect because it's so thin that you can do little
02:51 mini slashes until you get exactly the right shape that you want.
02:55 It's also really waterproof on me.
02:57 I would say not quite as waterproof as the Eyeko
03:00 but that just means at the end of the day when I want to wash my face,
03:03 I don't necessarily have to use a hardcore eye makeup remover to be able to get this off.
03:08 It seems to come off really well with just my regular face wash.
03:12 So I have been liking that for really easy days.
03:15 It's just my go-to liquid liner.
03:18 I've also discovered a new eyebrow product.
03:21 This is the Sigma brow pencil.
03:23 I have the one where on one end it's dark and the other one is medium.
03:26 I believe Sigma actually came out with a newer brow set with newer pencils.
03:31 And this one is actually an older product but I find that the color just matches my
03:36 brows really, really well.
03:37 I always have an issue since I have black based hair.
03:41 If I use certain brownish pencils, it looks almost orange on my brows and looks really
03:45 unnatural but this is a nice ash gray color.
03:48 Like an ash gray brown.
03:50 It just looks really nice and blends in with my eyebrow color and I actually do use both
03:56 shades depending on if I want a lighter or a heavier brow.
03:59 It's pretty fail-safe and easy to use and it has a lot of product because I feel like
04:05 I haven't made a huge dent in it.
04:07 My next favorite this month is the Narcissist cheek kit.
04:11 This comes with all three of Nars' most famous cheek products.
04:15 It has the Orgasm blush which works on all different skin tones and it looks really great
04:20 on my medium complexion.
04:22 It also has the Laguna bronzer which again is a very wonderful shade for my complexion.
04:27 It's not too orange and it's not too muddy.
04:30 It just seems to contour my cheeks really well.
04:32 And then the highlighter in this kit is actually a really lovely light pink and it's basically
04:38 easy to get it right.
04:40 I think that's one of the best things about it.
04:42 It goes every day with every single look and it's very difficult to get this wrong.
04:47 I've been using it, like I said, almost every single day just because it is so easy to grab
04:52 and go and I've been liking it because honestly I don't usually contour every day but since
04:58 picking this up, I've been contouring like literally every time I've been wearing makeup.
05:02 I mean, you always look nicer with a bit of contour so I can't complain about that.
05:07 I really like it.
05:08 It seems to last all day for me and the colors are just really flattering.
05:11 The next thing I wanted to mention is a new favorite concealer and I almost can't believe
05:16 I'm mentioning this because I had literally the hardest time about a year ago looking
05:21 for a great drugstore concealer and I couldn't find one that I really fell in love with until
05:26 I tried this one.
05:27 This is the Maybelline Fit Me concealer.
05:30 I use the shade 20 Sand and it is a really great match for my skin tone.
05:35 I run about MAC NC30, maybe just a touch lighter than that but not quite like NC25.
05:42 So this goes with my golden medium toned skin really, really well and I have been enjoying
05:48 using this as an under eye concealer because it's just not too thick and heavy and it also
05:54 doesn't crease underneath the eyes.
05:56 It gives a really nice satiny, natural cover finish.
06:01 So I heard a lot of you guys in the comments of my concealer video agree that this is your
06:06 favorite concealer so let me know if that was you and if you haven't seen my concealer
06:10 video, I'll put a link right over here so you guys can go and watch that.
06:14 It's just a basic video of how I use concealer to look full coverage covered but still look
06:20 very natural.
06:21 So yeah, I was really impressed.
06:22 Maybelline, I think you're doing a dang good job on the drugstore concealer department.
06:26 My last favorite this month is yet another nail polish and I know I'm such a loser.
06:32 I'm just such a Debra Lipman fan girl but this has been my favorite this month.
06:37 This one is called Build Me Up Buttercup and it is a pale yellow.
06:41 Now the awesome thing about this color is a lot of yellow polishes tend to be really
06:47 streaky and goopy, difficult to apply, have to use lots of layers to be able to get full
06:54 coverage and they just tend to have an awful consistency but I didn't have any problems
07:00 with this one at all.
07:01 Not to mention when I was wearing this, I was complimented on my nails almost every
07:07 time I left the house.
07:08 Like unusually high number of compliments so it wasn't just me who really thought this
07:13 was beautiful and flattering and perfect for spring.
07:16 Hello, it's like a light yellow.
07:17 I love this.
07:18 It looks great on my skin tone.
07:20 Highly recommend it if you are into some spring pastel polishes.
07:24 If you haven't seen the review on my blog, I'll also leave a link right over here so
07:29 you can click and read that if you want to see more information.
07:32 But I guess that's my last favorite for this month.
07:34 I hope you guys enjoyed watching and if you did, don't forget to give me a thumbs up on
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07:43 This is Jen and I will talk to you guys next time.
07:45 Bye!
07:46 If you look at it, it looks a lot like a Mason Pearson brush but it's actually pretty much
07:52 the same thing but much cheaper.
07:54 But on your skin, it might be a pink or a little bit more of a bronzy color.
07:58 Just try to choose whatever looks most natural on you and comfortable for you to wear every