What's in my Makeup Kit? New Monthly Feature

My poor little makeup kit, it's seen better days. I'm going to get a bigger one soon and lay old faithful to rest :)

A good majority of my followers are makeup artists or aspiring makeup artists and part of the makeup I buy is for my makeup artistry kit, so... I thought it would be good to have a new monthly feature on "What's in my Kit?"

Each month I will feature a few items that I use in my professional makeup artistry kit for clients. I hope this new feature will help makeup artists (aspiring and future artists) in their kit selections and hopefully it will aid them on finding out what products work and what doesn't work. The products that I use will also be great for makeup and beauty lovers!

FOUNDATION

Graftobian 18 neutral palette and 3 individual warm palettes.

I thought it would be more cost effective to buy foundation palettes for my kit. A friend of mine who is a makeup artist referred Graftobian foundations to me. Their foundation palettes come in warm, neutral and cool. You can buy the 18 shade palettes or the smaller 5 shade palettes. I originally bought the neutral 18 palette but I read an article stating that most people have yellow undertones in their skin, so I decided to get the warm palettes.

These foundations are high definition made for camera, television and every day wear. They are cream based providing medium to full coverage, but, I like using mixing medium with the foundation to get a sheer and lighter coverage. The 18 palettes cost about $65 and the individual palettes are about $22 each. The palettes can be purchased from www.graftobian.com and www.camerareadycosmetics.com.

POWDER

Believe it or not... I actually use Elf's pressed powders ($3 each) for my clients. I bought all 6 colors: porcelain, buff, sand, caramel, almond and coco. I've been able to match every client with these powders. They are convenient because they're in compacts and they provide great coverage, especially for brides.

The only thing I don't like is that because they are matte, they provide a matte finish-which is good for oily people but sometimes you want a more dewy or even a natural finish. Eventually, I plan to purchase the Mac Mineralize Skinfinish powders because it looks more like skin but it provides matte coverage. I hope that makes sense :) I'm definitely going to keep the Elf powders in my kit!

Stay tuned for next month's feature of What's in my Kit?

How I Refurbished my Louis Vuitton Speedy...

I bought an authentic preloved Louis Vuitton Damier Speedy bag a few months back. While I was so excited to finally get the bag and wear it, I realized (at that time of buying and when I received it) that the bag had some wear on it that could use some fixing up. After searching online, I found a blogger, Lollipuff , who posted an article on how to refurbish LV bags. Based on the recommendations in the post, I used the following products: Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, Blue Magic Metal Polish cream (tube) and Cadillac Boot and Shine leather conditioner. I also used laundry detergent and baby wipes. All of the products used can be used on any bag to spruce it up. Read on for the deets, to see how you can spruce up your handbag! Before At first glance, the bag had some sheen on the exterior. Most of the brass fixtures had green tarnishing (which happens with aging of brass). The leather handles were dull. The bag had lost some of its shape. The inside was the kicker! The red interi

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After promising myself to take better care of my hair, I read in a hair care magazine that if you have breakage or dry hair (like my hair) to consider purchasing a leave-in conditioner, since you don't have to rinse it out-the conditioner keeps on working and conditioning your hair. This was perfect for me because I'm really lazy when it comes to styling and taking care of my own hair... usually I look for products that are easy and quick to use. I do use Creme of Nature's Detangling shampoo, so I figured I would buy their leave-in conditioner. FYI- Creme of Nature is a brand that specializes in hair care products for women of color, who have natural or relaxed hair. They mostly use natural ingredients in their products, which they call "Certified Organic." Product Claims "Pamper your hair with this creme-based formula to soften, detangle, and provide the ultimate conditioning. Perfect for color treated hair, organic Lemongrass works to tone and hig

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