We have another guest post for you today. Enjoy.

Hello, my name is Heather, I’m 27, and I’m a freelance makeup artist. These are the blushes/bronzers I find myself using the most on clients and myself. I’m a Mac NC15 for reference.

Let me know what your favorite blushes are, I have TONS of blushes these are just a few of my favorites. Maybe you’ll know of some that I don’t so please share!

Top 10 favorite blushes/bronzers

1. Nars- Orgasm

Don’t tell me you didn’t see that one coming. It is a beautiful pink/coral with
a hint of gold shimmer. It looks great on every skintone in my opinion. You’ll
find yourself hitting pan with this one for sure.

2. Nars- Albatross

This is more of the highlight blush than a colorful blush. Its truly the perfect
finish to any look.

3. Benefit- Coralista

A beautiful shimmery pink blush. The packaging is super cute and its one I always find myself reaching for. I also love the smell of Benefit blushes, is that weird?

4.Too Faced-Pink Leopard

This blush is a mixture of pinks and tan, take a big fluffy brush swirl it in the blush and just buff all over for a nice healthy glow.

5.E.L.F.- Blushed and Bronzed Contour Powder

This blush is only $3.00 off of the ELF website, or you could use a code and get it even cheaper. It is worth much more than three dollars plus you get both the pink/coral blush and a great bronzer with a nice shiny palette and a huge mirror.

6.E.L.F.-Candid Coral Blush

Watch out Orgasm you may have met your match. This blush is a pinkish coral shade with gold shimmers. It’s gorgeous, has great color payoff, and for $3.00 you can’t beat it.

7.Hard Candy-Living Doll

This is a baked blush with swirls of pinks and gold (I see a trend forming here). This is 6.00 at your local Wal Mart and the color payoff is amazing.

8.MAC-Dollymix

This is one of my favorite blushes because its such a vibrant pink. The color is so pretty and cheerful and it looks amazing on almost all skin types.

9.MAC-Florida

This is what I would refer to as the cremeblend version of Dollymix. It’s such a vibrant pink and its staying power is unbelievable. I have only had this since the Lily Pulitzer Collection came out and I find myself going for it more often than not.

10.MAC- Pink Swoon

This blush is a beautiful soft baby pink. It gives you that fresh faced look without glitter or shimmer. Kim Kardashian says: “This is the perfect pink, I carry blush in my purse at all times” well said KK.

I was out doing some Christmas shopping tonight and decided to stop into Ross. Do you have those where you live? If so check them out because right now they have some amazing deals going on.

I picked up the Jason Natural Products Orange Cranberry Satin Gift Set for only $4.99. It’s on Amazon right now for $17.99!! This set would make a wonderful gift for someone, though I must admit I’m keeping this one for myself. It comes with a body wash, hand soap and lotion. I love Jason products and this scent is wonderful. I’m very excited about this deal.

I also picked up this ELF Smokey Eye kit for $3.99. This kit contains: Drama Eye Shadow, Black Earth & Water Mascara, Eye Liner in Black, Smudge Brush, and Eye Lash Curler. The eyelash curler is my favorite drugstore curler it works great! This kit would make a nice little gift for someone or you could use it as a stocking stuffer.

They also had several other Jason and Elf sets, Playboy brand makeup, lots of name brand haircare gift sets and stuff from lots of other brands. I was in a hurry so I just grabbed these two things and left, but it’s definitely worth checking out if you live near a Ross store.

Have you found any great deals at Ross, Marshalls, TJ Max or similar stores lately? Please share.

I promised a while back that I’d post my Christmas makeup haul and I finally got around to uploading the images today. This was all either Christmas Presents or stuff I purchased with gift cards I received for Christmas. If you have any questions about anything or would like to see a review on any of the products just let me know.

An assortment of goodies including

• Neutrogena Age Shield Hand Cream
• Loreal Makeup Remover
• Sephora Makeup Remover
• Sonia Kashuk Makeup Bag
• Victoria Secret Oil
• Physicians Formula Bronzer
• Bare Escentuals Lip Gloss and Victoria Secret Lip Gloss
• Sunglasses
• Sleep/Eye Masks (I can’t sleep without one very well at all!!)

• Elf Bronzer and Brush
• Revlon Glosses
• Loreal Voluminous Mascara
• Sephora Mirror
• Lots of misc body shimmers and stuff from a kit I got

• Bare Escentuals 100 Pure Moxie Kit
• Bare Escentuals Crown Jewels Kit
• Philosophy Help Me
• Coastal Scents Blush and Contour Palette

• Make Up For Ever High Definition Powder
• Bare Escentuals Foundations in Fairly Light
• Jane Blush

Again if you have any questions about anything just ask and expect to see reviews on several of the products soon.

This holiday season why not give the gift of makeup to those on your shopping list. Elf has come up with three holiday makeup collections for every budget including $25, $50(not pictured) and $100.

Get this which is 25 items for $25!

It includes: mascara-Black, nail polish-clear, nail polish-light red, nail polish-coral, liquid eyeliner-black, eyes shadow-butternut, eyeshadow-silver lining, candy tin-frosting fanatic, new moisture care-baby lips, new moisture care-maple sugar, super glossy-angel, super glossy-Mauve Luxe, plumping lip glaze-plum pout, plumping lip glaze-ruby kiss, hypershine gloss-joy, hypershine gloss-honey, conditioning balm -strawberry, blush-shy, blush-glow, total face brush, bronzing brush, eyeshadow brush, eyelash curler, shine erasers, and mirror.

Or this set of 100 items for $100.00.

Have you tried Elf products before? What were your thoughts?