hey guys welcome back to my channel so
today we are talking about April
favorites and I know I probably say this
every month but at legit feel like I was
just saying how excited I was about
April because it's my month my name is
April if you're new but gosh this has
been the craziest busiest month I can't
even tell you what I've done like it's
just been a blur I'm excited to get into
summer and open our pool um at the
beginning of May so yeah April was good
to us and everybody is happy and healthy
so let's go ahead and get started on the
products that I used the most in the
month of April so first up is this Murad
oil control mattifier I did include this
in my project pan for 2017 but the
reason that I'm using this now is it is
a dual product meaning it is
moisturizing and it does control the oil
so I absolutely love this I've been
using it as a moisturizer before I put
on my makeup and it does keep me pretty
matte throughout the day and I'm almost
done with it so I've been using that all
month and then the only foundation that
I have touched for the month of April is
the Revlon Colorstay for oily skin i use
the color in 180 and this was the first
time i've ever used this foundation and
i am in love i am wearing it right now i
think it is great for filming which my
Marc Jacobs is what I usually wear for
filming and that is really expensive so
the fact that this was like ten or
twelve dollars at Target makes me happy
it is perfect for everyday use it keeps
me Matt my foundation does not break
down I love it I kick myself for not
using this earlier on but um I do need
to get a darker color as I start to self
tan more and be outside more but I'm
loving that and then the two powders
that I've used is a very cheap one and a
very expensive one which I do believe
this was the two powders that I use last
month so I'll keep this short and sweet
this is the elf finishing powder and
fair light I do use this on an everyday
basis go into work
you know it's really easy it's really
fair but I do have light medium to which
is a little bit darker and then if I'm
filming or if I'm going to something
where I want my makeup to last longer
for me to stay matter longer I have been
loving my Siobhan she powder still um
it's so pretty on the skin I'm wearing
it today it just kind of blurs the large
pores it does keep me matter longer than
say the elf powder but that's six
dollars and I think this is like sixty
so I'm still loving this still using it
I am looking into getting another color
because with the pastel colors this does
go on pretty light and when I had a self
tan I don't think it quite matched my
darker skin so I love it like I love it
that much it's so good for blushes I
have continued my love affair with the
covergirl trublend in the color medium
I've used this still this month I've
included a couple other ones but anytime
I want a really pretty like pink glowy
blush I pull this out and I love it I
plan on doing a shot mustache so I was
clearing off my table so I could go like
film me shopping for new makeup and then
putting it on my table to use and I was
like I can't put this up like I still AM
that in love with it I want to keep it
out on my desk so that has been used the
next one is from this 100% pure this was
sent to me in the color Moffat and I
love it
I feel like this color is a little bit
more wearable than arson it's not as
pigmented and not as deep of a purple um
and it blends in great it lasts on my
skin it's a more wearable mom for like
spring summer wear narcing I break out
fall winter oh this is so beautiful I
love it I'm not giving you swatches I'm
so sorry but um it's just really pretty
it reminds me a lot of the covergirl um
blush but a little bit more purple and
then the covergirl is a little bit more
pink so I've been in like a pink kick
lately
no no I'll add here comes the mother
um the next blush that I have loved and
I don't know if you can get this anymore
I bought it last summer I do believe
it's back Kiko if I can find it I will
definitely leave it down below it's
their shade fusion blush and number
three and it's just a really beautiful
peachy pink blush I take my brush and I
just mix all the colors together and it
were kind of reminds me of two-faced
love hangover but I love it I feel like
I'm picking this up so much I am
definitely getting more into my coral
blushes you all know how I get in the
summer um but I've been loving that
totally forgot I had it but I found it
buried on my desk and then the one that
I'm wearing today I have worn this a lot
this month also when I want a very
neutral blush like not pink not peach
you know I go for this essence set in
touch blush and set in love this reminds
me of NARS madly or Tarte exposed but
it's a little different I'd say it has a
little bit more like color and warmth in
it than those it just blends into the
skin it has like a satin matte finish um
there's no like sheen or shimmer or
glitter or anything in it but I think
this is like 350 or something I love the
peach one - I think I talked about that
last month but um love like so good for
the price you need it and then lastly
you know gotta talk about those cuz I
fell in love with this blush from
colour-pop gosh I hate that they don't
put the name on this this was in the
sand collection and I threw the
packaging way but it's the more Brown
neutral collection I also have coral one
somewhere I've probably already putting
that up but hmm this is very neutral
it's different from what I've been
wearing it almost can go as a bronzer on
me but gosh I cannot freakin wait to
wear this when I have a little bit more
color and I have also used this
highlight in here it is
Oh beautiful it's still available you
need this I love this one more than the
coral one but I still love that one I
feel like the coral one is a little bit
more for medium to deeper skin tone and
this one I can pull off now but I'm so
excited to get me a tan and use this I
think it is so beautiful I love the
formula it blends great it lasts on my
skin it's a must-have okay so for
highlighters I have been on a
highlighter kick I have so many to talk
about so many that I've been loving I'm
just I'm just in a phase and today
Kate catching my highlighter in the
viewfinder and it's something new and
I'm like yeah I love this too
so let's whiz right through all the
highlighters that I've been loving so I
recently installed at makeup geek put
this on sale on their website I was like
I gotta get that out I absolutely love
this palette if it's still available get
it if it's on sale even better but even
if it's full price I think it's totally
worth the splurge I do use this one the
most which I love this is the collab
with Kathleen lights um this one I can
use almost like a blush chopper and this
one I sometimes will tap on my eyes but
I just got this out to use this one as
the highlight it is so beautiful now I
do like this when I have a little bit
more color but I wanted like a true gold
highlight champagne not white not pink
purple like I wanted like true gold and
that's what made me think of this the
highlighter in there is like a true gold
wearable highlight so I absolutely love
this palette and then what made me think
about this palette was gilded honey
because I was using this this is
probably my most used highlighter the
middle section is completely flat I love
this
whenever I'm like doing my makeup for
like a wedding or like you know
something that I want to look extra
glowy and pretty like we have pictures
coming up for work I will definitely be
wearing gilded honey it is just what
works for me I think it just makes the
skin look so highlighted and so
beautiful and sort of glowy like I love
it but I use this
and then I was like I want like a true
true gold
so the kathleenlights is a little bit
more true than regular even though
they're in the same family one but then
using that probably my most used
highlighter this month and I'm pretty
sure I talked about it last month is the
revolution triple baked a later and
goddess of faith hmm
oh my gosh this highlighter is amazing I
wear it all the time
and whenever I snap people are always
like what are you wearing it is so
beautiful it's a mix between like
champagne and pink um and it just just
melts into my skin I love it so that is
a must-have and then the one that I'm
wearing today on top of and this is new
so I can't really say it's a favorite
but it's a vibrator um this is the Marc
Jacobs do you drop's and holy crap I
knew I would love those but I love love
those so I put those on first and then
blended it in with my Beauty Blender and
then went on top of it with the J cat
Beauty crystal sand highlight and this
just kind of lightened it up a little
bit oh so beautiful this is like your
true champagne highlight so gorgeous I
love this one I haven't had a chance to
play with the other ones yet but
absolutely love this one we're soloing
without lights um I have been using the
Smashbox KC Holmes collab
palette in Pearl and I just use the
color parole I'm not a fan of the other
two I mean the last one has so much
glitter it's ridiculous the second one
adds a little bit of color I might be
able to pull that one off when I have a
tan but this one when I'm going to work
and my makeup is minimal and it's
usually minimal when I'm going to work
and I just want like that lit from
within
I don't want glitter I don't want
shimmer I'm like barely wearing anything
I'll pull this out which made me also go
in and pull out Becca's moonstone from
my collection because these are very
similar and I was using the KC palette
one day and I was like I feel like I
have this color in my collection am I
crazy
so I went and pulled out moonstone let
me just show you how similar they are
here's the Katie Holmes pearl on top and
then moonstone on the bottom I would say
moonstone has a little bit more of a
sheen shimmery ish where the pearl is a
little more matte um but it just made me
realize how much I love moonstone and I
am so close to hitting pan on this bad
boy
I used to use this non-stop so when I
was using pearl I was like I want
something like minimal and low-key but I
need a little bit of Sheen and that's
what made me pull this out and I was
like yep I do like this better than the
Casey Holmes one but you know I'm gonna
keep this one and keep playing with it
and then lastly I have used Becca
amethyst a couple times this month and I
just everytime I use this I'm like wow
this is so unique and so beautiful
actually I use this as like a blush
topper and then the start of my
highlight and then I'll go in with like
a lighter highlight like this one or the
revolution one on top of it or like
maybe just down on the apples of my
cheek um just to kind of lighten it up a
little bit but do I have any more room
it's so beautiful and this swatch just
doesn't do it justice when it's on your
face you're like wow that is different
that is nothing this is like nothing
that I own and that's what I love about
it so love that is that all the
highlights I feel like that was a lot
so for eyeshadow I have been playing
with this I'm getting ready to do a prom
coming up so I've just been
familiarizing myself more with the
colors I am wearing this on my eyes
today with a couple other colors I have
a tutorial with this look so we'll link
it above and below I just wanted to
familiarize myself with this palette
because I usually only use it on clients
and I always go in with this palette to
kind of do the crease the outer V and
then I'll use what they want to use
whether it's like glitter or color pop
pigment or something
that so I did use that whole top row and
then these two on my eyes today I think
this palette is so worth every penny
like it is so blendable it is so
beautiful it's so like the colors that
you would use every single day with any
eye look I love it I have two more days
to use the Sephora vnb cell and gosh I
want the warm one so bad and every time
I look at it I'm like I have those
colors I definitely had those colors my
question I don't need it but then every
single time I use this I'm like oh my
gosh there is no shadow that I own that
is this easy to use this blendable and I
just keep going back to that warm rekt
but it is only 15% off and I do believe
in the fall we get 20% off with Sephora
so I feel like I can kind of wait on
that one but these are definitely worth
the money and I love it I love it so
much this is really the only eye shadow
palette that I've picked up except for
my buxom may contain nudity which I
always wear that um when I go to work
and then if I am wearing a neutral
shadow
I've just been popping any highlight
that I have on my cheeks on my lid so
it's really been a low-key month um
today is like the first day that I
actually like played in color and had a
blast doing so so um yeah it's just been
really neutral and plain-jane
all month and then a mascara combo that
I have been loving is this Dior
Maximizer 3d I got this is like a point
perk or a sample and I've never really
liked a mascara primer but I do like
this I really do I need to try the
L'Oreal one that everyone talks about
but it's been really nice and then I
finally found this I bought this at
Christmas someone mentioned it in one of
my videos saying like I really think
that you would like the it superhero I
was like wait I bought that and I've
been searching for it and I finally
found it this month and I loved it
whoever said that you are so right it
does keep my lashes curled it gives on
volume
love it it's actually in my cart for my
20% off for Ulta and I really want a
full-size I think it is really good it
reminds me a lot of my favorite mascara
of life which is the essence lash
princess which kind of makes it hard to
buy because this is so cheap and I'm
like don't really wanna spend that much
money on this but I really like it and
I've been using it all month
so definitely loving that for my
bronzers I'm kind of going backwards but
for my bronzers the only Rodgers that
I've used is the chocolate Soleil from
Too Faced in medium deep I love this
bronzer oh I would use it more but I'm
trying to use this up for a project pan
so I keep going back to this one
I would never repurchase this one again
because I have used so many amazing
bronzers since I bought this one that
every single time I go back to this I'm
like I really don't like this bronzer so
I'm just trying to use it up for project
pan sake and like big chunks keep coming
off as I use it and I'm like we are
almost there I can feel it but it does
have glitter in it and not that I don't
sometimes like a glittery bronzer for
like summer or something but I just
don't like this bronzer so that's the
only to dub and use it whenever I get
like so sick of that bronzer I'll go
into this one so and then lastly um
lipsticks so I'm still on my lip liner
cake with gloss so the only lip liner
that I've been using is my Charlotte
Tilbury pillow top I snapped a picture
of that the other day it is getting so
little and I don't think I've ever used
up a lip liner but I can just see me
like using that up I use it every single
day and it is so beautiful I fill in my
lips with the pillow talk and then I
always use a gloss so marching up sugar
sugar is such like my rider guy and then
I recently showed in a haul that I got a
bunch of his little ones and allow me is
my other favorite it lives in my purse I
use it all the time
I love these glosses I just bought two
more from the Sephora sale of his new
colors and I'm just like I don't know I
every time I buy another
off now like it's just not like these
it's just not the same so these are
definitely worth the splurge if you've
been thinking about it but that's about
it it's been minimal makeup for me in
the month of April usually summer is
just kind of when I slow down on makeup
and just wear like fresh face coral
blush and lip gloss with a wing you know
so I do keep it kind of low key in the
hotter months but let me know anything
that you have been loving for the month
of March down below in the comments if
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