June Favorites

Hello lovelies!

I have no idea what I've been doing that has made me loose all notion of time: How could it be possible that we're already July?! June was a pretty eventful month (at least for me): Nice, cheeky trip to New York, officially graduated (Magna Cum Laude), lots of quality time with my family, lots of exciting lunches watching the FIFA World Cup (which I am too emotionally invested in considering my country isn't even playing), lots of fun karaoke nights, and much more. All in all, a really great start to the summer, and I can't wait to see what else is to come. Now that June is over, it's time to dig into this month's beauty and non beauty favorites.

Let's start with the reason we are all here: the makeup. To me summer is all about looking tan, radiant and glowing, which is why this month I've been focusing more on bronzy, yet very natural looking makeup. I've been keeping the eyes very simple and focusing more on the base and cheek products.
- Revlon Targeted Dark Spot Concealer should come as no surprise in this month's favorites since I've been raving about it in all my previous posts. It is just amazing to hide those dark circles if you've had a long night (you party animal you!) and brighten up the entire face.
- Sigma P84 Precision Angled Brush is part of the reason why I love the Revlon concealer so much. This brush blends the product perfectly to give a flawless finish, and in my case it seriously diminishes the amount of creasing during the day. It is also the perfect size for the under eye area.
- Revlon Powder Blush in 'Naughty Nude' is the perfect shade if you want a very natural, light wash of color on the cheeks. I would describe it as a terracotta-rosy-brown, perfect for that bronzy look I was talking about earlier, and it is a satin finish, which means it looks very natural on the cheeks.
- Maybelline Master Hi-Light Blush in 'Nude' is another one you guys are probably tired of hearing me talk about. I've been using this every single day since I got it, whether it's on its own or on top of my blush to highlight the cheekbones and temples. It just gives the most amazing, beautiful, healthy glow to the skin.
- Stila Smudge Stick Waterproof Eyeliner in 'Damsel' has been perfect for simple eye looks. I just run in it really close to my lash line and then smudge it out with an angled eye brush to give my eyes some definition (and a wing on the days I feel feline-ish). Since it is a brown liner, it looks a lot more natural and less harsh than a black one. Plus it stays put all day! Seriously it does not budge; I really have to put in a lot of elbow grease to get this stuff off at night.
- Lorac Pro to Go Palette is an all round amazing palette, especially for makeup beginners and ladies who are always on the go, since it comes with six neutral shadows, two blushes, and a bronzer (that can double as another eyeshadow). Even so, this month I've used it for one thing only: 'Chai' eye shadow. This is the most gorgeous shimmery/metallic, bronze shadow that I've been using for those summer nights out (or days if I want a little something extra). I just dab it all over the lid and on the bottom lash line, blend out the edges, add some liner (which I smudge with the angled brush that comes with the palette), and done! Perfect bronze summer eyes.

- Maybelline Color Sensational Lipsticks have been very much loved this month and have rarely left my lips. I won't go into much detail because I am uploading a post this week all about my favorite shades (so far), so stay tuned to my social media to know when the post is up. I will say though, they have an amazing (uuh-mazing) creamy formula and too many (uhh-mazing) shades to count, including some fun, bright neons.
- L'Oreal Total Repair 5 Extraordinary Oil for Dry, Coarse Hair I picked up after I ran out of my Josie Maran Argan Oil Hair Serum, and I find it works just as good. I run it through the lengths and ends of my hair before blow drying and it leaves my locks very soft and shiny. It feels very weightless on the hair, but even so I wouldn't recommend using it on the roots because you could end up with a grease party in your hair and no one wants that.

As for my non-beauty favorites, I have quite a few this month. Starting off with what has made me actually look forward to Mondays: all new season of Teen Wolf. I am so happy it's back, and so beyond excited to have Stiles back in my life! Smoking hot young adults teaming up together to fight evil, supernatural forces in their town, mixed in with relationship drama...what's not to love?! Sticking to the TV series category, I binged watch Sherlock Holmes and finished it in three days. 1) I genuinely feel my I.Q increased with every episode I watched 2) Benedict Cumberbatch's voice is the sexiest, most beautiful sound descended from the heavens my ears have heard 3) the show is just hilarious. If you have Netflix I seriously recommend watching it. And of course it goes without saying that the new season of Orange is the New Black was amazing! I found this season to have a lot more drama (yay) yet still as hilarious. Even so, I didn't binge watch this one mainly because I wanted to make it last as long as possible.

Moving on to movies, there were several loves this month including Maleficent and Chef, but there are two that tie for 'ultimate fave movie of the month'. The Fault in Our Stars was just a beautiful (b-e-a-utiful) movie with a gorgeous cast (a.k.a Ansel Elgort and Nat Wolff) plus a great soundtrack! I won't go into much detail because I'll start crying, just please go watch! Next is one that has been on HBO's repeat and I watch it every time (in fact I'm watching it right now, no joke) About a Boy. Nicholas Hoult (pre-sexy-x-men) plays a 12 year old boy who, after his mother tries to commit suicide, befriends a self-absorbed, lying ladies' man (Hugh Grant) and the two learn important life lessons from each other. Seriously hilarious dark comedy.

As for my favorite book of the month it has got to be Paper Towns by the ever so popular John Green. I actually liked this book more than the Fault in our Stars mainly because it just as (if not even more) funny minus the incredibly sad ending. Basically the main character, Quentin, is in love with the popular, beautiful girl next door. They have a one-night-awesome-adventure and the next day she disappears with Senior year just about to end. Quentin and his two best friends spend the next few weeks trying to figure out what happened/find her. All in all a really great coming of age (young adult) story.

To round off this month's favorites is an app: Bloglovin  (if you follow me on Instagram you might have seen this one already). This is perfect if you are a big blog reader, since it compiles all the blogs you read/follow in one news feed so you can easily stay up to date with the latests posts.

Well guys that's it for today's post! I hope you enjoyed and it was helpful in some way. Please let me know if you've tried or would like to try any of the products mentioned. If you do feel free to tag me in any pictures (social media links are below) to let me know how you like them.

Thanks for Reading!