Golden Summer

Oh hey!

So I've been kinda MIA the past few days because I've had a pretty hectic week. Just been doing a bunch of stuff. I believe that the look I'm going to show you is from Sunday. I went and saw the Great Gatsby with my boyfriend that day and also went night swimming with friends and stuff. Then on Monday I volunteered at the Bolder Boulder (a 5k that's big in Colorado) with my friends and hung out with my Nik (my boyfriend) again. On Tuesday I hung out with Nik YET AGAIN and on Wednesday I went shopping with my mom and I got an internship! I'll be working for a local radio station. Yesterday I also hung out with Nik. Apparently Nik and I are basically joined at the hip this summer or something. Which I love, because I love spending time with him.

My best friend is out of town and honestly at the beginning of summer I hate hanging out with people anyway. So it's been nice that I have Nik to do nothing with and spend all these summer days with, especially since he's going off to college in a couple months.

Anyway, onto makeup. I've been really into gold these past few weeks, and I feel like it's a good look for summer.

Nik told me that this look makes me look like a "sexy vampire Cleopatra". I'll take that.

To achieve this golden summer look, I used Urban Decay's Half Baked from the Naked Palette. I used Gold from the Lorac Pro Palette in my crease, and then used Smog from UD's Naked Palette in my outer corner. As a highlight, I usually use Clinique Sugar Sugar, a shimmery white, but lately I've been using White from the Lorac Pro Palette. It's just a matte white that has a hint of glitter, and it's incredibly pigmented. Also I'm wearing Sephora eyeliner in Bronze (I think) under my eyes. On my face, I used Clinique Up-Lighting Liquid Illuminator in Natural, and Clinique Soft Pressed Powder Blusher in Rhubarb. I also used Raspberry Sorbet lip gloss by Philosophy.

I've been kind of unofficially comparing and contrasting the Naked Palette with the Lorac Pro Palette (which I know is kind of a trend among beauty gurus). I love them both. I like the various kinds of glitter found in the Naked Palette, but I find that Lorac shadows are more pigmented and easier to apply. I also like the matte shades in the Lorac Pro.

I think there are advantages to both palettes, but I am in love with my Lorac palette currently. Of course, the Naked Palette is basically what got me into makeup, so I'll never write it off and it will always be one of my favorites. The Naked Palette and Rachel Whitehurst, that is.

I'm going out to Indian with my family for lunch today, and then I have to babysit. I'm excited because I'll have the whole house to myself tonight, so I'm gonna watch some Netflix and probably not wear pants or something. My life is exciting, I know.