5 Beauty Trends I Would Love to Try!!!

5 Beauty Trends I Would Love to Try!!!

Cut Crease

Bold Matte Red Lip

Heavy Contour

Colored Contacts

Over-lined Lips

In the comments let me know what 5 Beauty Trends YOU would love to try!!

Thanks for reading,

-Alex

Pinterest Unpinned: Adriana Lima

Welcome to my new series Pinterest Unpinned!!!

In this series I will be unpinning the many pins I have on my Pinterest and attempting to recreate the different looks that I have been obsessed with lately!

Tell me what you think!!

Here is the picture that I pinned many many moons ago!!

These are the products that I used to achieve this look!

I primed my eyes with Maybelline's 24hr Color Tattoo in "

I used the shadow on the left for the inner and middle of my lid from this Pop Palette in "Bright Up Your Life"

Created a large cat eye using my Tarte gel eyeliner in "Black"

and their dual eye liner brush that it comes with.

I used the shimmery black on the end of my Marc Jacobs' "The Vamp" Palette to smoke out the bottom outer third of my lids, and used a soft shader brush to blend it about half way across my lids from my cat eye liner. A little bit goes a long way with this eye shadow, so be careful.

I did the rest of my face as usual and added some sheer pink lip gloss to finish this look! I hope you enjoyed my new series!! Please leave suggestions for more in the comments!

Thanks for reading,

-Alex 

Beauty and Lifestyle Empties!!!

Great shampoo for removing buildup. 

Ummm... Easily the best deep conditioner I have tried so far. I can feel the difference instantly.

I liked this deep conditioner, but it was thinner than I would have liked it to be. 

This is a good product, but for my overly damaged hair it didn't do much. I will not be repurchasing this set again.

I love the Green Tea Moisturizer, it absorbs quickly and doesn't have any oily residue.

I have been loving the Clump Crusher mascara for nearly a year now! Still loving it!. If you have oily lids and you need a water proof mascara that doesn't transfer, but is still easy to remove this is it!

I have been using this as my moisturizer since my Green Tea sample size ran out and I fell in love with its formula. I don't see my self changing it anytime soon.

Super light weight and very moisturizing for my super dry spots, but not too crazy for my more oily spots.

  

Very gentle, and useful in a pinch.

I love the idea of using more of a lubricant style shave gel as opposed to the traditional cream.  It gives a much closer shave and it better protects you against razor burn because it is more of a lubricant helping the blades glide over the skin easily.

Great lasting smell.

Loving it so far, more in depth review will be coming soon.

This is the only tooth paste we use! All gone!!

Of Course here is the video that I made for all of these product empties!

Thanks for reading,

-Alex

Summer Lovin Tag

How I Shape and Fill In My Eyebrows!

How I Shape and Fill In My Eyebrows!

This is super easy, you can find all of the tools that I mentioned in my video here:

Spoolie and Scissors

Tweezers 

E.L.F Brow Kit

Don't forget to pick the right brow shade for you!

Thanks for reading!

-Alexandra

My New Welcome To TheOtherSideOfAlex Channel Video!!

Welcome to TheOtherSideOfAlex!

My YouTube Channel is about simple, easy, and attainable makeup. I will show you how to get the looks that you want without needing to be a makeup artist. Everything takes practice and makeup and hair is no exception, but there are ways to do your hair and makeup that most girls will be able to follow. My makeup tutorials are simple to follow and I use a blend of drug store and high end makeup so you can use whatever you have in your collection. My hair tutorials are simple and to the point. I create looks that you don't need a million different products  to accomplish. I do cater to my military members out there, if you need any specific tutorials I love doing those as well. Please leave any requests for future videos or blog posts in the comments section!

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The Last Two Weeks In Videos!

The Last Two Weeks In Videos!

Starting from oldest and ending on the newest video!

Where the *$&^ have I been?

Major Makeup Clean up and Organization

My Hair Disaster!!!

Haul Time: Mac and Clinique

Get Ready With Me: It' Judy Time Palette

Quick Summer Beach OOTD!

Easy Date Night Makeup

I hope you enjoy all of the videos I have posted in the last couple of weeks! 

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Thanks so much for reading!

-Alex

Easy Date Night Makeup

Easy Date Night Makeup

Hey girls and guys! 

Watch the tutorial and scroll down to view the products I used in it.

Ok now that you have watched the video here is the break down of the products that I used in it.

First I primed my eyes with Elf's Eye Primer Stick

Next I blended Mac's Eye Shadow in Brown Script over my eye lid and into my crease using Mac's Brush #224

With that same brush I used the black shade on the far right from my Marc Jacobs Palette in 208 Vamp

to create some depth and shape to the outer corners of my eyes.

From the same Marc Jacobs Palette I highlighted using the third shade from the left.

With an eyeliner brush from Tarte I then lined my upper lash line using Tarte's Waterproof Gel eyeliner in Black. I find this is really the best option for oily lids, hooded eyes and for summer wear. They have many colors and I find the gel to be creamy and easy to control, also the brush they provide you when you purchase the eyeliner is great!

I created a cat eye shape for my eyes. I also tight lined my upper lashes with Black.

Then I take Tarte's Waterproof Gel eyeliner in Green and line my water line for a softer overall effect.

I used a Pencil Brush from Mac to smudge in 3/4 of the way in Brown Script onto my lower lash line.

Using the other end of the Tarte duel ended eyeliner brush I smudge that same Black color right onto my lower lashes to help bring the look together.

Finally and most importantly!! I apply my current Mascara Routine which is as follow:

First Revitalash Volumizing Primer

Second Cover Girl's Clump Crusher Mascara in Very Black

Finally the mascara end of the Revitalash Volumizing Mascara!

My favorite combo right now!

I didn't wear any foundation or face makeup because something came up and I had to leave haha! Here is the finished product on me!

Don't forget if you want to see me do this look I already made a video for it that you can click here to watch!

Thanks so much for reading!

-Alex

AHH!!! New Channel Blog...well not that new!

CHANNEL BLOG!!!

Ok guys so I created this blog specifically for my channel a while ago but never used it. I have made a serious commitment to my Beauty/Lifestyle Channel on YouTube and I wanted to keep my coffee related material on the coffee blog and my YouTube stuff on this blog. I will always have both blogs linked in the description box of course, but the close ups and any additional thoughts I have will be found here! So I hope that makes this more organized for everyone else too! 

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Be sure to follow by email to get easy access to anything I post here. You will receive ONE email a day containing my postings for that day, so no spam no funny business!

Have a great day!!!