Jessica Kinnari

(Photo courtesy Pinterest) Hello lovely readers! I love grey cold days, and winter in Canada has plenty of those. There is nothing better then being curled up inside while it is cold, grey and rainy outside. Every time the weather is like this I do the same makeup look. It is a gold and bronze smokey eye, with a peachy/pink cheek, and a neutral or red lip (depending on my mood). It is very simple, and takes about 10-15min. It pairs nicely with grey, black, burgundy and cream coloured clothes, so it is super versatile. It also works with most hairstyles, but I prefer to wear my hair straight with this look, as I just think it looks best on me. Face: 1. Start with a foundation primer and apply it all over your face. Choose one that best fits your skin type and skincare needs. For oily skin, Benefit's The Porefessional is great, it fills in your pores and makes your skin appear airbrushed. If you have a normal skin type I'd recommend Hourglass Veil Mineral Primer, ...

Hello everyone! Welcome to Makeup Monday, today's makeup look is a natural and glowing summer look. It is super quick and very easy to do. This look is great for school, church, or for running errands. Face: 1. Start off with a matte or semi-matte foundation and apply it all over your face, making sure to blend it down your neck. I used Vichy Norma Teint Foundation this is a serum foundation that helps to control oil and prevent blemishes. 2. Next take an angled brush with a matte bronzer and contour your cheekbones, sides of your forehead, and underneath your job. I used the Elf Contouring Bronzer in St Lucia , this is a dark bronze with a little bit of shimmer, very similar to Nars Laguna. 3. Take a shimmery peach blush and apply it to the apples of your cheeks and blend upwards. I used the blush from the Elf Contouring Blush and Bronzer in St Lucia , very similar to Nars Amour . Eyes: 1. Choose a matching brow powder and using a small angled brush fill in your...

Hello everyone! Today's makeup look is a neutral everyday look that only uses the Urban Decay Naked Palette. It is so much easier to recreate looks, or just lighter to travel with if you only have to use one palette. This eye makeup is actually one of my favourites and I wear it a lot during the school year.  Let's get started! Base: 1. Starting off with freshly washed and moisturized skin, smooth a BB Cream or tinted moisturizer all over your face starting from the centre of the face blending outwards. I used Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream in Medium/Deep.  2. Next take a concealer and apply it in a v shape underneath your eyes as well as around your nose. Take a fluffy brush (or you can use your fingers) and blend out the concealer. I used Rimmel Match Perfection 2 in 1 Concealer in Light/Medium.  3. Using a big and fluffy face brush dust your face with a setting powder to mattify the skin. I used Mac Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation in C4.  ...

Hello everyone! Today's look is a quick and super simple bronze eye makeup. It is fresh, goes fabulous with any eye colour, and is great for days when you want to channel your inner Greek goddess.  1. Starting off, take a cream shimmery taupe eye shadow and apply it all over your eye lid. Slightly blend out the edges using your fingers.  Take a bit of product on a small eyeliner brush and run the colour along your lower lashline.  2. Next take a cream shimmery champagne eye shadow and apply it to the inner corner of your eye using your ring finger. I used Maybelline Colour Tattoo in Barely Branded .   3. Take a flat eye shadow brush and add a dark bronze eye shadow onto the outer v of your eyelid, then blend it up into the crease. I used Urban Decay Eye Shadow in Smog from the original Naked Palette. Pop a little bit of the colour along the outer half of your lower lashline.  4. Grab a fluffy eye shadow brush and blend out the edges of yo...

Today's makeup look is a Prom eye makeup tutorial using the Naked Palette. I know a lot of proms have already happened, but there are still a bunch of proms coming up, including mine; so even if your prom has passed this is a great look for a special event or an evening out.  Step One: Start by priming your eyes with an eye shadow primer. Jessie's Picks : Urban Decay Primer Potion. Mac Prep and Prime.  Step Two: Using a flat eye shadow brush, take the colour Virgin  and apply it to your brow bone and the inner corners of your eye.  Step Three: Flip that brush over, and using the other side apply Toasted  all over your eye lid. On an eye liner brush run Toasted  along your lower lashline.  Step Four : Take a crease brush and apply Hustle  into your crease and drag it onto the outer corner of you lid. If you have hooded eyes you can bring the colour slightly up onto your browbone.  Taking an eye liner brush add a litt...

Hi everyone! Summer is finally here! This post is just a quick look at some great summer foundations. I went away camping for a weekend and got nice and tan so I can finally switch to my darker shades.  Garnier Skin Perfector BB Cream in Light/Medium . If you are looking for a sheer coverage tinted moisturizer, this is the product for you. It has a heavier texture which can be uncomfortable on a humid day, but on a cloudy day this is a great base. It can be worn alone or under foundation. It actually has a really nice semi-matte finish when set with a setting powder, or a dewy finish if worn by itself.  Vichy Norma Teint Anti-Blemish Foundation in Sand . This foundation is perfect for acne prone skin. It is almost like a serum, very liquid like, but it has great coverage and lasting power. I don't suffer from acne or a lot of pimples, but of I do have a bit of a break out this foundation doesn't irritate it further and keeps it from spreading.  ...

It's official! Paris Fashion Week has begun and just in time. Welcome to the final chapter of my Paris inspired makeup, fashion, and hair trilogy! Today's hair style: the chignon, is inspired by the above photo of Victoria Beckham. I know she is not French nor was this picture taken in Paris, but the chignon is an incredibly popular hair style and this is just my favourite one. Let's add a little spice to the Paris series (get it spice, as in Spice Girls...) Products Needed: -Heat Protectant - Curling Wand/Iron - Hair Ties - Bobby Pins - Hair Spray 1. Start with dry hair. You can wash your hair the night before or work with second day hair. If your hair feels a little greasy just add a little bit of dry shampoo to your roots. 2. Spray your hair with a heat protectant making sure to get all the way to the ends of the hair. 3. Loosely curl your hair using your curling wand or curling iron. Don't worry if you don't get every single piece because you are ...

Welcome to today's Fab February! For my next Hair, Makeup, and Outfit series I will be doing all Paris/French themed looks! French women are considered some the most beautiful in the world, and this look is inspired by French beauties such as Marion Cotillard and Clemence Poesy. Let's get started: Face: 1. Start by spritzing your freshly cleansed face with a vitamin infused face mist. Jessie's Picks: Avene Facial Mist. Kora Organics Balancing Face Mist. 2. Next take a deep moisturizer and blend it into your skin. Jessie's Picks: Nivea Moisturizing Day Cream. Embryollisse Lait Creme Concentre. 3. Take a cream bronzer and apply it to wherever the sun naturally hits your face. Blend out well using your fingers or a buffing brush. Jessie's Picks: Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector in Bronce. Benefot Cosmetics Sun Beam.  4. On a big fluffy powder brush dust a luminous loose powder foundation all over your face and down your neck. Jessie's Picks: R...

Anna Edwin is a Norwegian blogger. She began her blog in 2009 and she blogs about everything from hair to bowling (well maybe not actually bowling). Her hair and makeup is always flawless, nice and bronzed.  So I thought it would be perfect for spring and to warm us all up. If you want to check out Anna's blog click  here  (her blog is obviously in Norwegian so you'll have to press the translate button). I searched her blog and tried to use the same products that she does. Let's get started on her makeup look! Face: 1. Start with your favourite face primer. Jessie's Picks: Too Faced Primed and Poreless Skin Smoothing Primer. Korres Greek Yoghurt Face Primer. 2. Next apply your concealer underneath your eyes and on any blemishes. Jessie's Picks: Mac Moisturecover Concealer. TheBalm Time Balm Concealer. 3. On a big fluffy face brush buff a matte powder foundation all over your face and down your neck. Jessie's Picks: Bare Mineral Matte Foundation Bro...

This Monday Morning’s Fab February is the final chapter of my Victoria’s Secret Trilogy. Today we are focusing on makeup inspired by the above picture of Candice Swanepoel. It is dewy bronzed skin, clean eyes, and nude lips. So break out your liquid bronzers from the depths of your makeup bag and let’s get started. Face: Starting with a clean and moisturized face, take a liquid bronzer and mix it with your tinted moisturizer. Pick up a buffing brush and buff it all over your face and neck. Jessie’s Picks: Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector in Topaz. Take a highlighting concealer and apply it under your eyes in a triangle shape, down your nose, on your cupid’s bow, and onto the centre of your forehead. Blend out with your buffing brush. Jessie’s Picks: Maybelline Dream Touch Lumi Highlighting Concealer. Next pat a cream peach blush along your cheek bones and the apples of your cheeks. Make sure to blend away all harsh edges. Jessie’s Pi...

Today's Fab February is a hair how-to which is inspired by the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. It is soft loose waves which are simple to do, and make you feel glam any day of the week (even if you are not walking in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show that day). Products Needed: - a round brush -blow dryer -velcro rollers (or hot rollers) -paddle brush -thickening mousse - light hold hairspray -shine serum 1. Starting with damp hair scrunch a grapefruit sized handful of mousse from roots to the tips. But make sure you focus on the roots as this is where you want the most volume. Jessie's Picks: Ganier XXL Thickening Mousse. 2. Flip you head upside down  and blow you hair until almost dry. This will give your hair lots of volume. 3. Now flip your head back up and using your round brush blow dry the top of your hair. Use the brush to pull your hair up and out, this will create lift at the roots. 4. Once your hair is pretty much dry, use your paddle br...

Today's Fab February is a school look inspired by Megan Fox in the above picture. Its is pretty, light and perfect for school because it emphasizes all your best features without going too over the top. I have modified a few products to make it more wearable and affordable for those of us in school; I have also tried to use limited number of brushes. This look should take no more than 5-6 minutes. So let's get started: Face: 1. Starting with a prepped and moisturized face take a BB cream and blend it all over your face using your fingers. The warmth from your fingers will help the BB cream blend into your skin easier. Jessie's Picks: Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream. Rimmel London 9-1 BB Cream Matte. 2. Next take your concealer apply it under the eyes and on any spots or dark marks, then using your ring finger gently pat until blended. Jessie's Picks: Rimmel 2-1 Concealer and Highlighter. Maybelline 24hr SuperStay Concealer. 3. Again using your fingers apply a c...

Welcome to day three of Fab February. Today's makeup look is inspired by Kim Kardashians' bridal shower makeup. Yes, I know that her marriage only lasted 72 days but that was almost 3 years ago and her bridal shower makeup is still gorgeous 3 years later. So why not do a pretty makeup in the midst of cold and blustery February. This makeup look has a nice flawless base, warm eyes, and sweet pink lips. Face: 1. Start with a moisturizing primer and blend it all over your face with your fingers or a brush. Unless it is actually your bridal shower you don't have to use a photo friendly primer, so don't worry about finding one. Jessie's Picks: Smashbox Photo Finish Hydrating Foundation Primer. Korres Greek Yoghurt Nourishing Primer. 2. Pick a sheer to medium coverage luminous foundation and apply it with a buffing brush. Jessie's Picks: L'Oreal True Match Lumi Foundation. Laura Mercier Silk Creme Foundation. 3. Next take a pink cream blush and blend it ...

(Picture Courtesy of Pinterest) Welcome to the first day of Fab February! I was at the movie theatre yesterday and I saw the trailer for Angelina Jolie's new film Maleficent , and I thought why not do an Angelina Jolie makeup tutorial. So today's look is based on the picture above, and I will be using the Tarte Beauty and the Box Eye Shadow Quad in In the Buff. These eye shadows are amazing, they are so smooth and silky and have excellent pigmentation. I have been using this quad for over a year, and it is perfect for neutral makeup looks. The colours compliment any eye colour, but blue eyes will especially benefit from the bronzey shades.  Alright enough rambling here is the Angelina Jolie inspired makeup look: Face: 1. Start with your favourite sheer-medium coverage foundation or tinted moisturizer and blend it all over your face and down your neck. Jessie's Picks : L'Oreal True Match Lumi Foundation. Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer Oil-Free. 2. Apply...

One of my favourite pass times is, of course, watching makeup tutorials on YouTube. I then usually copy the look for about a week- two weeks after... every. single. day. So I thought I would share with you a couple  of the looks that I rotate through as my makeup routine! Hope you enjoy it: 1. Anna Saccone: My Full Makeup Routine. This is my current favourite makeup look, and I have been wearing it everyday since Christmas, when I got the Urban Decay Naked Palette (Number One). It is perfect if you have brown eyes and oily or combination skin, as that is what Anna has. I'm sure this does not come as a surprise, because those who read my blog regularly will know that Anna Saccone is one of my biggest inspirations! Link to this tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjhW7J_Y18U 2. Pixiwoo: Vanessa Paradis Makeup. I love this makeup look for days when you have your hair thrown up into a bun or a sleek ponytail. It is clean and fresh and just perfection! Link to this tutoria...

I bought this product back in early August, and because it super cold all over North America, I thought I would write a review now to warm everyone up. This is a liquid-creme illuminator, and I have it in the shade Topaz which is a goldy-bronze. It is perfect as an all over face primer, or just as a liquid bronzer. It has an SPF25++ which is amazing in the summer. Since Becca is Australian, the SPF is a lot truer than in America, so it is great as a makeup base. I have worn this product for about 2 months,  and I have to say I love it! I love the consistency, it does not cause me to break-out, and it lasts all day. It also has almost like a blurring effect, that blurs all your pores and imperfections. It does not cause me to get oily throughout the day. The only downside I can find is that it has a rather strong smell, but even that is bearable, and does not affect the product. This is definitely a must have for me, and worth the splurge! xx JD

Face: 1. Start with a lightweight foundation, and buff it well into the skin. Jessie's Picks: Mac Face and Body Foundation. Burberry Sheer Foundation. 2. On a big fluffy brush, sweep a matte bronzer along the contours of your face, so under you jaw, in the hollows of your cheeks, and on the sides of your forehead. Jessie's Picks: Benefit Hoola Bronzer. Rimmel London Natural Glow Bronzer in Sun Bronze. 3.  Apply a pink cream blush (or lip stick) along your cheekbone, and blend for a youthful glow. Jessie's Picks: Elizabeth Arden Cream Ceramide Blush in Honey. Rimmel London Lip Stick in Airy Fairy. 4. Set your face with a translucent powder. Jessie's Picks: Nars Setting Powder. Clinique Stay-Matte Powder. Eyes: 1. Apply a wash of matte skin-coloured eye shadow across your lid to give it an even colour. Jessie's Picks: Mac Eye Shadow in Brule. Bobbi Brown Eye Shadow in Bone. 2. Curl your lashes and apply 2 coats of a dark brown or black mascara. Jessie's ...

My daily makeup look is quick, and simple (in my opinion) and it leaves me looking polished and feeling confident. It is a little bit Jessica Alba, a little bit Miranda Kerr, and a little bit Anna Saccone. Alright so here we go: Face: 1. I start with my Hourglass No 28 Primer Serum and I smooth it on with my clean fingers. I then go and do my hair to give it time to sink into my skin. 2. Then on a Real Techniques Buffing Brush, I take my Maybelline Fit Me Foundation, and I buff that all over my face, over my ears, and down my neck. 3. Under my eyes, I then blend my Clinique  Airbrush Concealer using my ring finger. I then pat my Maybelline 24hr Super Stay Concealer over any blemishes or acne scars that are still visible through my foundation. 4.  On an angled blush brush I contour my face using my Rimmel bronzer. 5. Using the same brush I apply my Yves Rocher blush just along my cheekbone, avoiding the apples of my cheeks. 6. I then take Benefit HighBeam, and apply tw...

Today's blogmas post is all about the Christmas pasts. The Little Mermaid was my favourite movie as a  child, and so for that, I give you: The Little Mermaid Makeup Look. Face: 1. Start with a light tinted moisturizer, just to even out your skin tone. 2. Lightly contour your face using a cream product. 3. Add a little peach cream blusher to your cheekbones. Eyes: 1. Apply a wash of shimmery cream colored eye shadow all across your eye lid. 2. Swipe black eye liner in a nice clean line across your upper lash line. 3. Follow with 3 coats of a black volumizing mascara. Lips: 1. Line your lips with a bright red lip pencil. 2. Fill in your lips with a matching matte red lip stick. Spritz your face with a setting spray to make it "waterproof" and you are ready to start your sea adventure!

Chloe Morello is a YouTube makeup guru and stunning all at the same time. I will link her YouTube channel at the bottom. This is the makeup look that is clean, flawless, and is a go to makeup look. Especially for days when you are on the go. This look works best with a sleek ponytail or top knot. Face: 1. Take your favourite BB cream or tinted moisturizer and blend it well into your skin. Make sure you bring it down the neck and over the eye to avoid any tide marks. Jessie's Picks : Garnier Miracle Skin Perfector For Oily/Combination Skin. Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer Oil-Free. 2. Using a matte bronzer contour your face. Jessie's Picks : Benefit Cosmetics Hoola Bronzer. Marc Jacobs Beauty O!Mega Bronze-Perfect Tan. 3. Blend a peach blush along your cheekbones and a little on the apples of your cheeks. Jessie's Picks : Mac Mineralize Blush in Warm Soul. Bobbi Brown Blush in Desert Rose. Eyes: 1. Using a brow powder softly fill in your eyebrows. 2. Take a black li...