A Little Life Saver + crushing on Renny Vasquez

So, in my quest to make my wedding a success, I decided not to have my hair and makeup done professionally. I'm the type (like a lot of you) that wants a certain look and other people just seem to make you look like they want you to look. The professionals are really good at what they do but have never really been good a what I want them to do. On my wedding day, i don't want to be disappointed, look different from my normal self, have to fix what I already paid for etc.

I'm not worried about my hair, i do it all the time and know how to make it last all night. My makeup, on the other hand, never seems to last as long as I'd like it to. I've always relied on Instagram and YouTube to get ideas and tricks of the trade when it comes to makeup. This morning, I was looking at Renny Vasquez's Instagram and I was like HOLY....his models were looking terribly flawless and natural. I said to myself, "Mia, this is what you should look like at your wedding".

Here are some of his pictures from Instagram. These girls look so great!
His website is HERE and you can find him on twitter, facebook and Istagram

I saw that he was using and airbrush system called Belleto so I thought I'd at least try to get the same one that he uses. That's a step in the right direction. I can't get him but I can use some of the same products. I'll have to do my best with what I have to work with right? So I checked out the website and the systems for about $500 a piece for the starter kit. For that much I might as well hire a professional! I'm a girl who likes a deal so I kept searching and found out that Belleto was on Hautelook today and I got the whole thing for $110! Score! I got the dark kit with yellow undertones, I think. I figured I could do my Mom, Gma, sister, cousins and friends with it.

If you're looking for flawless coverage for big events or light coverage every day, you might want to look into this while it's on sale. Check out Belletto Studio to find your color and HauteLook for the sale. hurry though because it ends soon!

Let's Talk Storage

One of my biggest pet peeves is when I don't have anywhere to put all of my beauty products, jewelry, perfume, hair products and any other things that I have hoard that don't have a place to go. I am constantly on a mission to find storage for all of my stuff since there's no point in having it if you can't access it easily. Here are some of the things that I use to help me stay organized!

       

I got this rolling storage shelf with drawers at Marshalls for $25. It was easy to put together and since it's on wheels, I can roll it to wherever I'm doing my hair and have all of my products, clips, combs, and flat irons etc. The things that are on top are things that I use every day so they're  right at my fingertips instead of inside of the drawers. 

I got this A Tartan Tale collection last Christmas. The lip glosses came in tin cans that I now use to hold change and other little things like buttons.

My Cube is my one true love, I don't know how I ever lived without it :) It was on my holiday gift list last year and it really is amazing. I organized mine loosely based on eyes, lips, face and nails categories. It's really easy to find what you need when they're stored neatly.

Storing my jewelry was previously a problem because I only had these two boxes but they didn't hold enough. I use these now for things that I don't wear every day and for oddly shaped things like a million bangles and bib necklaces. 

 

This hanging bag with pockets was about $10 at Marshalls and it's double sided. I keep necklaces separated in this bag so that I don't have to worry about untangling when I'm ready to wear one.

These two racks are also from Marshalls and they were $15 and $10. The one on the left rotates and has a different type of rack on each of the four sides. The one on the right is double sided.

  

I hope this helps all of you who were struggling like me to keep everything in order! If you have any questions about anything you see here or inside the storage containers, feel free to ask!