Mac rose pigment : must-have.

If you love makeup, shimmery products. This is the pigment for you. I'm not that into pigments because they tend to be messy but they are also multipurpose. I have almost every shade of makeup geek pigments that are great in quality and way cheaper than Mac's pigments. But this "rose" has no dupe that I know in the makeup geek line.

If you are fair maybe you can pull this off as a blush topper, remember a little goes a very long way. But I have only used it in my eyes... To me the best application is with my fingers and always before foundation. If you are into the metallic eyeshadow finish you can also use a little bit of fix + and you will get less fallout. 

The swatch on left is with "fix +" it makes it look more intense the right one is without it. Still beautiful more sparkly.

Hope you love this as much as I do, if you try it let me know how much you like it. 

Kisses,

Jordana Vargas

www.jordanavargas.com

Places to go: Wynwood walls - Miami

I fell in love with this place. It reminds me of New York (my favorite place in the world). This is a Williamsburg-ish kind of place. Art everywhere and little restaurants with boho style people everywhere. Not that many tourists. Loved the quotes on the sidewalk. If you like something different than drinking and partying this is the place to go. To write, to get inspiration. 

On the same block I found this Italian restaurant. The customer service was perfect and the food was divine. It is called "Joey's".... All I can say if you love fillet Mignon and your dessert of choice is chocolate you will find what you need.

What I'm wearing:

Betsey Johnson dress. Bought it years ago. Back to when Betsey did amazing big dresses. Is black Jean with a zipper on the front.

Shoes are Schutz shoes. Burgundy booties with peep toe and a zipper as well. I love this brand, they are not cheap but I love how comfortable the heels are. 

I send you my love,

Jordana Vargas

www.jordanavargas.com

Tip tuesday: Tired eyes.

Yesterday I saw this picture. If you are a person who wears makeup everyday or even if you don't and you feel you have tired eyes, concealer is the way to go. Let's put it this way if I was on an island I would go with my Nars radiant creamy concealer and my "better than sex" mascara and let the sun be my bronzer and blush.

If you have dark under eyes use a corrector first with peach or orange undertones just to color correct and then on top of that use a skin color concealer and you'll be good to go.
If you want the highlighted undereye look, grab your favorite concealer but in a few shades lighter and blend the edges with the same brush you used for your foundation. Always remember if you everything is blended your makeup will automatically be better. So blend until you have no harsh lines.

If you love the natural look then just use two dots of your concealer on the inner corner of the eye and let the warmth of your fingers melt the product on your skin and it will open up your eyes, even if you don't feel awake, you'll look more awake. 

Hope this was helpful my loves,

With love,
Jordana Vargas.

www.jordanavargas.com

Motivation Monday: Detox your skin, enjoy your morning and do what you love.

Everyday you get a chance to do what you love, that's the motivational part of this blog today. I'm not always doing what I love but whatever I'm doing is always taking me closer to it. Whatever becomes "not my thing" but nevertheless the means to and end. That way when I get frustrated that I work the weekends I remember that I'm doing it for a reason, you just have to find "your reason". Mine is makeup and image consulting ... Start this Monday asking yourself : what do I love to do? And more importantly... Why the hell I'm not doing it ! 

Don't let your skin hate you, I'm a control freak and Monday for me is a starting over kind of day even when my week do not start today. As you guys know I wear makeup everyday and to prevent breakouts or to stop the ones I have I pamper myself with this amazing mask from Lush Cosmetics, it's called: Mask of magnaminty and I swear they have a unicorn crying to create this thing. Reduces pores, dries out breakouts, and cleanses your skin acting as an exfoliator too. 

The book is a part of what my learning process is...and the tea is just me loving my body. It is all about the LOVE you have towards you. Don't get old and say I wish I would've done that. Today is the day. 

I'm a makeup artist and image consultant. I'm doing what I love every day. What are you doing ?.

With passion,

Jordana Vargas

Selfies: ¿Afectan tu imagen ?

Selfie es un neologismo del inglés, empleado para referirse a una autofoto o autorretrato hecho por uno mismo con un teléfono inteligente (o smartphone), una cámara web (o web cam) o una cámara digital, para ser compartida, por lo general, a través de redes sociales o plataformas de microblogging, como Facebook, Instagram o Twitter.

Tomarse selfies puede ser una manera de promoverte en las redes sociales y de que te perciban mejor, incluso de compartir tu vida o promover tu carrera de la forma más moderna pero también puede ser la que te dañe tu imagen y provoque fastidio. Cuida tu imagen incluso en tus fotos, si es posible busca fondos limpios, pregúntate que es lo que estas proyectando con lo que publicas. ¿Lo que haces hoy te  esta llevando adonde quieres estar mañana?.

Es inevitable tener una imagen, cuida la tuya. Si tu foto de perfil de facebook , twitter, instagram es una selfie, considera que en esta época tus próximos jefes pueden acceder a tus redes sociales, ¿son esas las fotos que quieres que vean?, si eres independiente buscando una persona que invierta en tus ideas, ¿esa foto llamará la atención de tu posible socio?, incluso si solo estas buscando pareja o no cerrada a esta posibilidad, ¿dice tu foto que eres una persona con la que alguien desearía tener una buena relación?. Si no es este el caso es fácil tomarse 100 selfies más y cambiar las erróneas actuales por unas que valgan la pena y dejen ver lo que realmente quieres que vean de ti, acordes con tu realidad y tu esencia.

Con pasión,
Jordana Vargas
www.jordanavargas.com

Labiales rojizos y naranjas

No puedo utilizar muchas veces estos labiales porque mis labios son muy cuarteados. Sin embargo amo todos los labiales desde los desnudos a los brillantes. 

Estos son los labiales rojizos que más amo. 

1. Viva glam Rihanna

2. Manhunt Nars.

3. Mac "dreaming Dahlia" lustre.

4. Bite minilipstick in vib rouge red.

5. Mac "morange" amplified lipstick.

6. Mac "Lady danger"

Les dejo besos,

Con pasión,

Jordana Vargas.

www.jordanavargas.com

My favorite lip products : most used - well loved.

Since my lips are dry I almost never wear red or fuchsia lips even though I love them. 

So this is going to be a show of my 10 most used lip products, which are mostly nudes peach or pink nudes. 

1. Tarte lipsurgence natural matte lip tint I in "lucky". This is the perfect pink. 

2. Mac frost lipstick "angel". This one I use daily mixed with "lucky" from tarte. This is for me a most have lip product. 

3. Mac "enchanted one" lipstick. This was limited edition but if you can get your hands on it... Get it. It is my favorite I use it a lot and I'm a little scared about it running out of it.

4. Covergirl "delish" lipstick. It is almost a dupe of the last one but it is a little bit glossy and "enchanted one" is a matte.

5. Too faced melted lipstick in "peony" this pink looks amazing solo or with "delish"on top. Cool tone pink makes you look pouty and girly.

6. Too faced melted lipstick in "nude". The perfect nude that's also similar to the other ones that I mentioned also brownie nude not pink not too peachy. It looks glossy at first but it dries to a matte finish and lasts a long time. 

7. Mac "peachstock" lipgloss. This is pro shade from Mac and it is a permanent color lipstick but I think the gloss which is very pigmented was limited edition. You can top every shade I mentioned before with this one and you can tone down every bright lipstick with it too.

8. Colour me beautiful lip gloss in "warm sand" this was a I-stole-this-from-my-mom's-stash-and-will-never-give-it-back. It is a pinky nude lipgloss also very pigmented. 

9. Lime crime "coquette" lipstick