Beauty

Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend.

Today I am going to be showing you 3 simple hairstyles for you short hair ladies! (These work with long hair as well. Bonus!)

I love how easy my short hair is but I sometimes feel like I am always doing the same thing with it every day. So I played around for a while to find some different hairstyles that can be done just as fast but still give me the look that I actually went the extra mile on my hair. So let’s jump right into it.

You can do any of these with straight or curly hair. My hair is usually in messy curls so that’s what I’ll be working with today.

1. Twisted side

This little twist took me a minute to master but I finally figured out the trick!

I start by taking 2 pieces on one side of my hair.

I then twist each separate piece AWAY from my face. Make sure you twist each piece the same direction, away from the face. That is the trick.

I then twist each piece over the other until I run out of hair.

I then boddy pin it back and you’re done!

2. Braided half up

This is similar to the twisted side but instead of twisting you braid and on both sides.

I start by braiding one section of my hair (as you can tell I changed my part the middle), this time I will grab my longer pieces so that it can reach the back of my head after braiding.

I then do the exact same thing on the other side until I reach where my last braid ended.

I pin both sections together so they meet on the back of my head.

I fix my curls and I am good to go!

3. The 3 tuck

The next one takes a minute to get just right but once you master it, it turns out awesome! This is especially awesome for layers!

First you section out 3 pieces at the bottom of your hair and section them off.

I like to leave out a few pieces from the front.

Then start pinning. I twist and pin different sections making it look like an up do.

I make sure all pieces are how I want them and spray for hold.

I hope these are useful for some of you because I absolutely love them! Let me know if you tried any of these out and if they worked for you! Thanks for checking in!

Love Always,

The Crazy Collards

Hey everyone! I hope you are all having a fabulous weekend! Today I wanted to show you a super simple holiday makeup look. This can be worn day or night and literally takes 10 minutes at the most to do! I'm not sure if you guys enjoy these kinds of posts but they are my favorite to do so I hope you enjoy! (:

Alright, the first thing I do is make sure my face is clean and moisturized! 

The next step really helps speed the process up and helps make everything simple. I am going to start off by using a cream highlight and contour. To achieve this I am using Revlon's Photoready Concealer, I use a shade thats about 2 shades lighter than my foundation. To contour I used NYX HD Concealer, this time I used one 2 shades darker then my foundation. I then used my regular foundation (recently I went back to an oldy but a goody, Revlon Colorstay). I blended everything out using my Real Techniques Sponge. 

Next I quickly threw on some blush, and highlight and did my eyebrows. You can see me doing this in my "Everyday Makeup".

I am in love with this eye look for this winter. It is so simple and can pretty much be worn with ANYTHING! I start out by using my Urban Decay Naked 2 palette. (I only do my right eye so you can see the difference)

I start off by using the shade "Tease" and blend that all over my lid and into my crease.

I then spray a flat shader brush with a makeup setting spray and pick up the color "Half Baked". I pack this all over my lid. Spraying your brush helps to intensify the color.

With a more defined crease brush I used the color "Snakebite" and focused that into the outter "V". I then took a blending brush and make sure everything was blended together. I then went in with "Bootycall" and highlighted my brow bone and the inner part of my eye. The eyeshadow is complete! 

The next thing I did was create winged eyeliner. I don't usually go for eyeliner but I felt like it really brings the look together and makes it look a little more glam. 

I topped everything off with some mascara, and the eye look is complete! Simple right?

The final step to bring everything together is the lips. I wanted to do 3 different lip combos so you can have a choice for what you feel most comfortable in. I went with a nude, red, and a dark purple. I personally love me some dark lips but I know its not for everyone.

Here is the nude lip. I used ELF's lip crayon in "In The Nude", topped with Revlon's lipgloss in 

"Peach Petal"

Here is the red lip. I used NYX lip liner in "Auburn" followed by NYX Xtreme Shine lip cream in "Absolute Red".

The third and final look is the dark purple. I used NYX lip liner in "Plum" followed by NYX Simply Vamp Lip Cream in "Bewitching", and topped off with NYX Butter Gloss in "Devil's Food Cake". (As you can tell Courtney loves her some NYX lip products.) 

Those are the completed make up looks! I hope you enjoyed and i'll be sure to do more makeup looks for you guys because they're my favorite! Have a safe weekend!

Love Always,
The Crazy Collards

Hello everyone! Okay I have finally had time to get this blog up and going! Yay! First things first, I probably get the most questions about my hair than anything else so I thought a lot of people would enjoy this.

I guess I will start off with my hair color and cut, I get my hair done by my amazingly talented sister Kelsey Brewer (if you want contact information please message me on Facebook.) I usually give her a picture of the color I want and a picture of the cut I want, if I am wanting to change things up. I love to try new things with my hair. I have been Blonde, Brown, Burgundy & Black, I am not afraid of a little color.

Now the cut on the other hand is what I have trouble with. It all started in 7th grade... I got a HORRIBLE haircut by some crazy lady at Great Clips and now the front pieces surrounding my face literally never grow. So every time I try and grow my hair out I end up hating it and always go back to chopping it off. So I am a big fan of the long angled bob, and that is currently what I have now.

So let’s begin.

I wash my hair 2 times a week, sounds gross I know but it’s what my hair is used to so it doesn’t get greasy. If it every does have a little grease I will not run to wash it, I live for dry shampoo. My favorite being "Not Your Mothers, Freak Refreshing Dry Shampoo". When I do wash my hair, I’ll wash it at night and sleep on it wet and the next morning it looks something like this...

The first trick I use is I DO NOT BRUSH IT OUT. I know, I know it looks like a horrible mess but leave it.

The next thing I’ll do is section out my hair, and begin curling away from my face. I use a 1/2in curling wand because I find that this is what works best for my hair at this length. I kind of hold like I’m about to kill someone with a knife. Sorry not sorry. (; Holding it this way helps me get the volume I want at the roots of my hair because the larger section is closer to the handle. I keep curling away from my face on both sides until I meet in the middle at the back of my head.

I just repeat this step until all sections are completed, leaving out the two front pieces at the top section surrounding my face.

 These pieces I curl a little different. Starting with my bangs I make sure the top of the wand is facing the back of my head and then wrap my bangs around it.

This helps to keep my bangs flowing away from my face all day long and gives me that "swoop" I like. I do the same with the other side of my hair so that both front sections flow away from my face.

After that I will finally brush out my curls. I love a more natural messy curl.

Next I add a few extensions into my front sections because like I said earlier, they do not grow so I like some extra hair in those sections to help fill in.

Now I back comb both front sections as well as the back section. Now my final trick to give off the illusion of fuller hair is I take a brush and back comb the bottom of my hair as well. I will back comb and then brush over the top layer so it doesn’t look like a crazy nest.

Now finally I will hairspray everything into place.

Best hairspray on planet earth. It literally locks everything into place without making it look crunchy. Your hair will not move with this hairspray. (I had to buy the mini size because its always sold out at Ulta)

And there is my everyday hair. It looks like a lot of steps but it takes me about 5-10 mins to do. I hope you enjoyed this, and let me know if you want to see more of these. I can do anything from different make up looks to hair looks to outfit ideas. I am up for anything! Stay tuned for my 30 day challenge later this week as well as... MY HOME TOUR! Woot Woot. I know you are all so excited! (; Thank you for taking some time to check out the blog it means the world!! Love you all.

Love Always,

The Crazy Collards

Hello everyone! I hope you are all having a great start to your weekend! Today I am doing my everyday make up because it seemed like a lot of people were interested in it so here it is! Let me know if you have any questions, enjoy! (:

Here I am with NO makeup, help me.. 

The face products

Okay so to start off I ALWAYS use a primer, not so much to help my makeup stay in place but to add an extra layer of moisture to my skin. I have extremely dry skin and I love the dewy look so my favorite primer at the moment is L’Oreal Magic Lumi light infusing primer. As you can tell below it kind of makes me look “greasy” but it comes together in the end and gives my skin that extra glow that I love!

The next step is foundation. My fav is Covergirl outlast stay fabulous 3 in 1. People this is AMAZING, if you haven’t tried it you need to. Like now. I own M.A.C Studio fix fluid and would pick this over that any day! To blend in my foundation I use a Real Techniques miracle complexion sponge. I do not understand how people put on foundation without this. It’s similar to the Beauty blender but half the price (come on who wants to pay $20.00 for a sponge, not me). This bad boy is only $6.99! I dot my foundation on my skin and then press it in with my sponge.

After foundation I go in with my concealer. For every day I use NYX HD Concealer, this is THEE BEST DRUGSTORE concealer out, I swear! It works amazing, not as well as my MAC Pro longwear concealer but I only use that on special occasions. This concealer is defiantly worth a try and for only $4.99 you can’t go wrong!!

I focus my concealer under my eyes

I set my concealer with a loose powder

 Cheek products 

Next I use blush, I don’t know if it’s just my skin or what but I’m not a huge fan of blush. Maybe it’s because I just haven’t found that right one but it never looks good on me, but when I do wear it I usually go for my NYX powder blush in Amber. After blush I get to do my FAVORITE part, highlighting. Seriously people if you don’t highlight your face you are missing out. My Holy Grail highlighter is Stilas highlighting duo in Kitten. I get mine at Ulta and if you ever see it in stalk you need to pick it up!! It’s so gorgeous, but always sold out! I swear by this.

I love it so much! (: 

That glow, I CANT TAKE IT! 

 Eyebrow products 

The next step is life changing, seriously. I fill in my brows. If you don’t do this you need to. It transforms your face and I promise you’ll never look back. I use ELFs eyebrow kit in medium, I’ve tried tons of brow products but I always go back to this. I just love it! It comes with a creamy dark shade and a lighter powder shade.

Eye products 

My last and final step is my eyes. I love to play around with different looks on my eyes and this is where I tend to splurge on products (Urban Decay, just have all my money.) My everyday eye is just quick and simply. I start out by using NYXs nude matte shadow in Dance the Tides in my crease. It’s just a very warm chocolate brown. Next I use Maybelline Color Tattoo in, Bad to the Bronze and blend on my entire lid with my finger. After that I use Urban Decays, Naked 3 palette and use the color Mugshot on my outer v area. Then I went in with Naked 3 again and highlighted my brow bone and inner tear duct with Strange. I topped it off with Covergirls bombshell volume mascara.

You can see I did the crease on my right eye (looks like I got punched I know) but it comes together

The angle I took the pictures at has a bad shadow in my right eye. That is not eye shadow I promise! 

And bam this is the completed look! I did use NYX butter gloss in Éclair to top off my lips. I hope you all enjoyed my little "everyday" look. And be looking out for my everyday hair soon, that is probably the one thing people ask the most questions about so its on its way!! Thank you all for stopping by and checking out my blog. I really appreciate all the love! (:

Love always, 

The Crazy Collards