MY FAVORITE PINK LIP COMBO IS A MAC CANDY YUM YUM DUPE!!!

Hey Blossoms,

You all know I love color and lipstick is definitely included. I have so many favorite lip combos and found out today one of my favorite pink lip combos is a dead ringer for a MAC Quite Cute lipstick that is sold out everywhere... CANDY YUM YUM.

I went into MAC today and while being complimented on my makeup by a MAC MUA another MAC  MUA said "Your wearing Candy Yum Yum!". I was surprised because I wasn't but she seemed so sure of it. I have never swatched the actual MAC Candy Yum Yum so I had no idea before today what it would have looked like against my skin. Funny because a few weeks ago I commented on a "Are you going to buy MAC Candy Yum Yum?" post with a statement that basically said "It's a pretty color but I'm sure I could mix a few things and dupe it". I never got around to doing so. WHO KNEW?! it would be a combo I've already been wearing for so long!

As you can see from the link I've included showing what MAC Candy Yum Yum is going for online, people are dying to get there hands on one and internet sellers are profiting. This lipstick retails for $14.50 and is being sold new for $52.99 online!!!!! INSANE



I'm here to save you money and time. As a makeup artist I find extreme comfort in being able to mix and match colors, test different combinations to create a "must have" color. This dupe was found by sheer accident as I've been wearing it for quite some time long before MAC even advertised their Quite Cute collection. I know you are all dying to hear what it is!


Without further hesitation here is all you need to create an exact dupe of MAC's CANDY YUM YUM

WHAT I USED:

Jessie's Girl Fuschia lipliner( outline lips and fill in bottom lip halfway)
MAC Lip Conditioner (upper and lower lip then blot)
CoverGirl Queen Spellbound Lipstick( 2 layers upper and lower lip)

NYX Africa Lip Gloss( 1 layer along bottom and blot with lips)
INGLOT AMC Lipgloss (just at the center of upper and lower lip)
Reline with L/L

Here's what it looks like:

Hope you like!!

Do you have or know of any other dupes for MAC Candy Yum Yum? Have you ever accidentally duped something? Let me know...

Until Next Time,

Later Blossoms

MAC PRO LONG WEAR FOUNDATION NW45 & WHY ITS NOT FOR ME!!

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Hey Blossoms,

I know many of you are familiar with MAC. Some of you even use their products exclusively siteing MAC as your HOLY GRAIL of all thing cosmetics. While I agree many of their products rock there is ONE product in particular I've had a recent run in with that DOES NOT ROCK not one iota!!!

 This product is their MAC Pro Longwear SPF 10 Foundation in NW45. Pictured here is color NC20.

I just could not make this color(NW45 not the color shown above) work for me. Granted I only wore it all of 12 hours it just did NOT work for me as far as color matching. The undertone was way to red and I looked like a matte tomato topped with orange sauce(after the foundation oxidized). Now it IS LONG LASTING...I was slightly shiny after 12 hours of wear and only blotted 3 times during. The matte finish remained the entire way through but I felt the matte look was way to unnatural. It would have been best to wear it along my t-zone, wearing it all over the face just made me look as if I were wearing a mask.

As a woman of color I already have a difficult time finding foundations that match my sin tone. Like many woman of color, I am lighter at the center of my face and darker along the perimeter so sometimes (ok ALWAYS) it's necessary for me to mix at least 2 different foundation colors.

I steer clear of all of MACs other foundations due to reviews of the oily, greasy mess it leaves you with. I've tried them numerous times and I always end up regretting I ever did. Now please don't misunderstand me! MAC is a GREAT company and they offer some fabulous products. I'm STILL a proud Pro Card carrying member and I love their eyeshadows, paint pots, fluidlines and fix + spray!!! That's just to name a few. Unfortunately, their foundations NEVER work for me.

I make it a habit to try everything on myself first and depending on my experience will determine if it makes the grade and graduates to my kit. Its really hard to dislike a product, have a bad experience with it (continuously) and STILL decide to add it to your kit. It almost NEVER happens! MAC Pro Long wear foundation was no exception! I do LOVE MAC Pro longwear concealers! A review on those will be coming up soon.

Check out the video above for a more in depth review and to see this foundation on my skin!!!

BLOSSOMING FACE OF THE DAY: MAC'ING BLUE BROWN

Hey Blossoms,

This face of the day is featuring one of my all time favorite MAC pigments: BLUE BROWN. It's a beautiful duo-chromatic pigment! I truly believe that this pigment is the epitome of sexy! So when ever you wear this you'll definitely be macking (MAC'ING! lol)! Eyes, heads, and attention will definitely be all on you. So try this look today and see for yourself BLOSSOMING FACE OF THE DAY: MAC'ING BLUE BROWN.

PRODUCTS USED

FACE

Black Opal Mattifier
Eve Pearl Salmon Concealer (dark peach)
MAC MSF in Deep Dark
MAC MSF in Medium Dark (under eye & highlight)

EYES

NYX Jumbo E/s Pencil in Oyster (iridescent pink as base)
Temptu Pro S/B Mixing Medium (used to foil or wet pigment and smoothed on lid instead of brush)
MAC Blue Brown Pigment (placed all over lid and blended up above crease)
Urban Decay E/s in Perversion (matte black e/s in outer V and blended into crease)
MAC Feline Eye Kohl (black e/l to line upper and lower water line)
Set lower lash line with UD Perversion E/s & MAC blue brown pigment blended together
NYX Black Liquid E/l (line upper lash line)
Maybelline Lash Stiletto

CHEEKS

La Femme Blush in Terracotta
La Femme Blush in Cinnabar

LIPS

Jordana l/l in Coco Loco (dark brown l/l)
Black Radiance Prismatic l/g (blue brown)

HERE'S THE PHOTOS

Hope you like!

CHECK OUT MY YOUTUBE VIDEO SHOWCASING THIS LOOK HERE!

UNTIL NEXT TIME,

LATER BLOSSOMS

BLOSSOMING FACE OF THE DAY: PURPLE BLAZE

Hey Blossoms,

I'm definitely great at being a makeup artist more than a fashionista so when I find a great look I'm excited. That look has been blazers lately. Blazers are great. They are comfortable, classy and the right one can give you a sharp edge with sex appeal. I recently went out for dinner and decided that I wanted to have a look that "popped". Of course you all know what that means....COLOR!!! So as I looked at all my eyeshadow palettes my eyes kept going to the next 3 colors : PURPLE, RED & PINK  coupled with one of my favorite blazers to create the BLOSSOMING FACE OF THE DAY: PURPLE BLAZE !

PRODUCTS USED

FACE:

L'oreal Revitalift Moisturizing Cream

MUFE HD Primer

Black Opal Mattifier (in T- zone)

M.A.C. Mineralized Skin Finish in Deep Dark

M.A.C. MSF in Medium Dark (under eye & highlight)

M.A.C. Fix Plus

CoverGirl Ebony Bronzer

EYES:

Urban Decay E/s Primer 

Inglot Shimmer Red E/s (all over lid and blended up into crease)

Inglot Shimmer Purple E/s (blended into outer V and crease)

Inglot Light Pink Shimmer E/s (inner tear duct and brow highlight)

Revlon Colorstay Liquid E/l

Falsies

UD 24/7 E/l pencil in Zero (black e/l to line bottom water line)

Inglot E/s placed along bottom lash line in order that they are on the lid: pink, purple, red

L'oreal Voluminous Mascara

CHEEKS:

La Femme Blush in Cinnabar (orange blush)

LIPS:

lip balm

Jordana Brown Sugar L/s

HERE'S THE PHOTOS:

HOPE YOU ENJOYED! 

UNTIL NEXT TIME

LATER BLOSSOMS!

YOUTUBE VIDEO: True Review: Revlon Colorstay Mineral Finishing Powder

Hey Blossoms,

So my newest youtube video is up! Its a true review, meaning I am NOT paid to review it nor am I given any special offers, discounts or promotions. I purchased the product with my OWN money.

REVLON COLORSTAY MINERAL FINISHING POWDER

 In this video I also do a live demonstration of SUNTAN MATTE (for medium brown to dark brown skin tones & its 1 of 3 available colors) for you all so you can see how to apply it, how it looks on the skin and what a difference it makes. This is a great product. Sherry Blossom approved. Feel free to leave any questions, comments or suggestions below!

SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL: www.youtube.com/sherryblossombeauty

I will be bringing you all more reviews, live demonstrations, makeup tutorials, Q&A, tags, swatches & CONTESTS!!! So become a subbie and lets get it started! Here's the video link I hope you enjoy.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO6qlzGlTkw

Thanks for watching!! Until Next Time!! Later Blossoms!!

CELEBRITY INSPIRED MAKEUP MAKEOVER!

Hey Blossoms,

I'm back with another Sherry Blossom MUMO: MakeUp Makeover! This look was inspired by Kandi Burruss.

Kandi Burruss is a R&B singer, songwriter and record producer. She is best remembered for being a former member of Xscape. After Xscape disbanded, Burruss went on to help produce and write hits like TLC's "No Scrubs", and Destiny's Child "Bills,Bills,Bills" and "Bug A Boo" and even Pink's debut single "There You Go". Burruss was the first African-American woman to win ASCAP's Songwriter of the Year Award (2000). Most recently, she is best known for her debut in the second season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

A childhood friend of mine flipped through a hair magazine and decided she wanted to go with a makeup look that was worn by Kandi Burress.

In the photo Kandi made great use of purple, lavender and pink. I thought the look was fun and definitely doable so we began.

I did not get a chance to snap a before photo(sorry blossoms I will try harder to remember sometimes you just get caught up in the excitement of a makeover!)

So on my childhood friend, I used a stick foundation, filled in and shaped her brows(she didn't get a chance to get them shaped no worries I made the brows up to look as if she had just came from the eyebrow salon), I used MAC's stars and rockets eyeshadow(lavender color with a iridescent purple glow) on her entire eyelid and stopped just below her crease and blended the color out for a softer look.I also used MAC's star violet(purple color with lighter lavender flecks) along her lower lash line to complete the eyeshadow look and make the eyes POP with color even more, black mascara to upper and lower lashes to open up her eyes more by defining her lashes and lash line, blush and a berry and pink colored lipstick and clear lipgloss went on to finish the look! See the results! She looked gorgeous, Kandi Burruss inspired but still unique to her face and skin tone!

This look was definitely fun to recreate and my friend had fun as well. She's a wonderful girl! Always on the go, a young woman with a degree in Journalism, she is a managing editor and writer for www.africastyledaily.com. As usual, a happy client and my work is done(until next time!) Stay tuned for more Sherry Blossom MakeUp MakeOvers(MUMOs)!!!! Later Blossoms!