How to Highlight & My Fav Highlighting Products

Ok so how did this post slip through the cracks??
I totally thought I did this to accompany my Highlighting video when I posted it. Apparently not.
Anyhow, here it is.
Highlighting is one of those "fine line" matters. In that there is a very fine line between "candle-lit and glowy" and "disco ball frost explosion". Sounds dramatic, but it's true my friends. You also have to be careful considering that heavily frosted products (like so many highlighting products are) will do nothing but emphasize pores and fine lines when applied over them. So it's like a double "fine line" matter. ha. ha.
...Anywayyy, check out the video below for lots of my tips on how to avoid these highlighting pitfalls and to get glowy, angelic skin and to emphasize your best features by highlighting.
But first, here are my list of favorite highlighting products mentioned in the video.

Sigma F35 brush
MAC Carefree Pro Longwear Eye Shadow
MAC Shape Powder in Emphasize
MAC Cream Colour Base in Pearl
MAC Cream Colour Base in Hush
Sigma F05 brush
Sigma F40 brush
Benefit High Beam
Tarina Terantino Pearl Glow Primer
Loreal Magic Lumi Primer
Guerlain Meteorites Pressed Powder (or the loose beads)
Sigma F50 brush
Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Powder

*Also, don't forget to take advantage of the January Sigma Beauty discount code before it's too late. (makeup brushes mentioned above) Click here http://tinyurl.com/sigbrushes and enter code 0112XJML at checkout to save 10% off your entire order until Jan. 31, 2012

Rock Romance: Soft winged pink eye and rose-petal lips

I got a request to do a sort of "rock"-inspired look that was a bit more delicate and pretty, using pink on the lips, as well as one regarding how to do winged/flared shadow, so I thought I'd combine these into one tutorial!


The main products you will need:A very black glossy kajal or pencil. If you're in the EU and can get hold of Essence products, I highly recommend the "I <3 Rock" Gloss Eye

Tips and Tricks: Wearing dark berry-brown-plum lipsticks

Swatch flower: Revlon Raisin Rage against different eye shadow alternatives

Someone messaged me to ask about how to wear dark berry/plum/purple-toned lipsticks, specifically NYX Very Berry and NYX Eggplant. NYX Eggplant is quite an odd and unique shade (pearlescent deep purple with grey tones), so I'll break this post into 3 parts.1. Eyeshadows to wear with a dark creme berry/brown (NYX Very

Grey 2 Ways: Day and Night Looks

Day Look: A wearable and flattering way to wear grey without loading down your eyes is to add a touch of gold in the inner corner, and to add black to the lash line.




Night Look: Grey cannot go wrong paired with black. To keep things interesting, I went for a very defined shape instead of the typical smoked-out look.
Read on for the step-by-step!

Strong Brows: The How-To Guide

Quick and easy step-by-step created for a Follower who wanted to know how to beef up her brows.



Step 1: Brush all your brow hairs up diagonally and look for patches where it 's more sparser. Usually the outer halves will be much more sparse than the inner halves, and you may also have uneven patches in-between.



Step 2: With your brow pencil or the angled brush and dark powder, fill in the

Sofia Vergara's Golden Globe Simple Smoky Makeup Tutorial

Did any of you watch the Golden Globes this year? I have to admit, like most of you, I watch primarily for the fashion and makeup.
One look that really wow-ed me this year was Sofia Vergara. She wore the most beautiful navy dress paired with a brown smoky eye and fuchsia lips.
The makeup is classic, versatile, and so easy, you'll flip. I literally used one brown for the look, paired with a highlight shade. Super simple, yet super sexy and flattering. Love it.

Products used:
Maybelline Color Tattoo cream shadow in Bad to the Bronze
MAC Pro Longwear eye shadow in Make Your Mark
MAC Pro Longwear eye shadow in Carefree
MAC Fluidline in Dipdown
Armani Eyes to Kill Excess Mascara
Benefit Hervana
Revlon Lip Butter in Sugar Frosting
MAC Pro Longwear in Politely Dashing
MAC Lipglass in Nymphette

5-Minute Work/School Eye Makeup for Dark Brown Eyes

Got the below question recently on my TUMBLR and figured it might be helpful for many people (since a majority of the world's population has brown eyes!)
"hey. i like my eyes, i have really long thick eyelashes, however they are a pretty boring chocolate color. what can i do for eye shadow that will make them stand out without being too dramatic or difficult for school?"


To see the quick

More Barry M Lip Paints!

Barry M Lip Paints (L-to-R: 154 Pale Nude, 153 Pink Ribbon, and 145 Punky Pink)

My obsession with trying out more Barry M Lip Paints continues. (And aren't they gorgeous?!!)I must say ordering online from Barry M is always a bit of a gamble, as you have no idea if what you see is what you'll get. It took lots of Googling to get a better idea of what each shade looked like. This time round, I

Meet the Purrr-fect Barbie Pink Lip Pencil

My beloved MAC Pink Nouveau stub.
 You guys know I love my hot pinks and bright pinks. But just awhile back, it suddenly hit me that I couldn't find a good strong, bright medium pink liner to match these lipsticks.

Most pink lip liners on the market are either too pale, too nude, too beige, too red, too coral, or too deep.



MAC Pink Nouveau swatched beside liners (R-to-L): NYX Dolly Pink (

How I Use Hot Curlers

Ok, so is it "hot curlers" or "hot rollers"? I'm guilty of interchanging both terms... but I'm just curious as to which is most widely used.
I keep wanting to say "rollers" in all the titles for the current video/post/tweets on the subject.
...and something always tells me to go with "curlers".

Ok, enough with the words, Tiffany.
I really love using hot rollers/curlers. I mastered the use of them early in my high school years and never looked back. So much so that the thought of using of a curling iron was crazy to me. (I didn't learn to use one of those babies until just a few years ago.) Anyway, I find that knowing how to use both is a good thing because they actually yield much different results.
I love using a curling iron when I have some extra time on my hands to get ready and when I want more defined, deliberate, "vertical" looking curls.
When I only have about five to ten minutes on my hands to actually mess with my hair, I go with hot curlers. I can get these babies in my hair in five minutes, then do my makeup and finish getting ready while they "set" in my hair. I love them. The result? Beautiful, soft curls that last all day.
To see exactly how I use mine and to get some tips on how to get the best results from them, check out my tutorial below.
xoxo,
Tiffany

5 Days 5 Ways: MAC Blue Brown Pigment

I mentioned before that Blue Brown seems to be a shade that people either love or hate. The main problem associated with this pigment or type of color is that when it's sheered out, the brown fades into a soft wine-red, which can make some people look like they just did 10 rounds in the boxing ring. 
Since the reddish undertone is the main problem for many people, here are 5 ways to get around

MAC Pro Longwear Lip Pencil Swatches and Review: Kiss Me Quick and What A Blast!

Pro Longwear Lip Pencil swatches with matching lip colors
I've started to use lip liners more regularly just to keep the borders of my lip colors crisp and defined, and realized I didn't own a single good true-red and strong orange. On a recent getaway, I popped by the MAC counter near my hotel and happened to see a beautiful orange and it turned out to be the Pro Longwear pencil in What A

Dramatic Metallic Lips: Making your own Lip Tars

Note: All images show D.I.Y. lip tars applied neat using a lip brush, without lip primer, liner or lipstick as a base!

Get your own metallic brown lips with a rich copper-brown pigment like MAC Chocolate Brown.

If you've spent some time being obsessed about OCC Lip Tars, you'll probably be interested to know that the formula is extremely simple. It consists mainly of oils and pigments. There's

MAKEUPBOX 1st Birthday Giveaway!!!

Get Interviewed and Win Beauty Goodies in the "10 Things About You" Project.

MAKEUPBOX has been up for almost a year now, and I've had so much fun discovering and rediscovering beauty products and trends, as well as pushing myself to challenge my beauty boundaries (hul-lo, false eyelashes).

What with close to a thousand people following my posts on TUMBLR and Blogspot, I feel it's time to start

Most Worn Lipsticks of 2011

I can't believe I made this post and totally forgot to post it last month!!






Any makeup collector or fanatic will understand what I mean when I say that lipstick and mascara are probably the 2 things that I finish on a regular basis. Most of the time, I cycle through so many products that I can probably count the number of beauty items I have constantly used up and repurchased on one

Drugstore Fuchsias: Swatches and Tips for Application

Selection of  drugstore Fuchsia shades
Fuchsia is not a daily shade for most people, but there are some occasions when you want a strong lip and red is not always the easiest shade to get right. If you can't seem to get reds to work for your skin tone, or have the sort of face where reds just make you look a little aged or severe, a good alternative to try is a fun, deep, fuchsia pink.

Best of 2011!!

Can you believe it? It's 2012 already! Crazy how quickly another year has come and gone.
Which means it's time to share with you all my stand out products of 2011.

This year I discovered some amazing new things. Products I'm totally and completely obsessed with. Life-changing stuff, people.
To discover my favs from this year, check out the video below.

Happy New Year!!
xoxo,
Tiffany

Easy Weekend Eye: Pink-Violet Duochrome

Get a Pink and Violet Duochrome Eye with MAC Stars n Rockets and Flashtrack shadows
Pink and Purple are right up there in many "Favorites" lists when it comes to makeup colors. But what about Purple-in-Pink?
This look features a bright magenta pink with a violet-blue duochrome shift. I'm not sure about you but I find this color to be just a little too dramatic and reminiscent of the 80's on

False Eyelash 101: How to Apply Cluster Lashes

In an age where girls would rather sell their left arm than leave the house without their big, thick strips of false lashes, there are still many women who prefer to not look like they're trying too hard.

Cluster Lashes are a favorite for brides and those who want to avoid looking like they are wearing obvious false lashes.

They look tricky and time-consuming to work with, but can actually be