What We Love Now

Half top knots, soft & sexy T's, and booties

For a quick and easy hair style we are obsessed with half top knots, a hair tie and two bobby pins and you're set.

We are loving this soft and sexy muscle T. So perfect for spring and summer. Find it at American Eagle Outfitters.

And we can't forget about these booties. Great for dressing up your jeans. 

Black Booties - BCBG from TJ Maxx

Brown Booties - urbanog.com

We love more than just hair and make up and would love to do more fashion posts. What style question do you girls have? Let us know and we will answer!!

Love Katie and Evy

Super Simple Eyes

SUPER SIMPLE EYES

Here is me with nothing on my eyelid.

Next I applied an eye shadow primer all the way up to my brow bone. *Tip- You never want the eye shadow primer darker than your skin tone. 

Next I took Peach Smoothie from Makeupgeek cosmetics, and in a "wind shield wiper motion" swept it into my crease. You can be messy here.

Next is super fun. I took AfterGlow from Makeupgeek which is a pigment. LOVE this stuff. It is so beautiful, and will glam up your everyday look quickly without being too much. I lightly wet my shadow brush, than lightly dip it into the pigment. I than lay it on the base of my lid only.

Once the pigment is dry, it is time to add in some drama. I took Frappe from Makeupgeek, and started at the outer lower corner of my eye, went down a tad into the lash line, back to the outer corner, and into the crease. This almost looks like a "C" when done. I did this back and forth a few times. It can look a little scary here. Don't get intimidated, and most importantly don't stop here!!!

Next step is BLEND.. BLEND.... BLEND!!!! I take my blending brush that either has nothing on it, or that has a little Peach Smoothie. I go in that "windshield wiper motion" back, and forth until there are no more harsh lines. This may take a few minutes, don't stop until its blended!

Than I take a big fluffy brush, dip it into Ice Queen from Makeupgeek which is a shimmery white, and dust it under my brown bone. 

Now I get to line my eyes. I am currently loving Maybelline's Eye Studio Gel Liner. My tip for a thin, and a straight line is go in little strokes. Not in one big swoop. The smaller the strokes, the thinner the line.

Next for some mascara, and my brows. I will do a post on brows soon.

And there you go! Nothing too crazy! Something that you could master, and put into your daily morning routine! Let me know what questions you have!!! These eye shadow's are amazing, and can be purchased online only at makeupgeek.com.

XOXO- Evelyn

Bye Bye Brassy Hair

If you know me, then you know that every fall I foolishly color my hair golden blonde thinking that I'm over platinum. Only to realize every winter that no I'm not! I love platinum!! So currently I'm slowly lightening my hair and fighting gold tones on the way there. 

So I'm going to share with you the best product to get rid of brassiness in your blonde hair.

Shimmer Lights Shampoo

 

The best part? You can buy it at Sally's and it only going to cost you around 10 bucks!

This stuff is PURPLE

To use this product, lather in your hair in place of your normal shampoo and rinse. 

For extra toning leave it in your hair for 3-5 minutes. I'm definitely not afraid to see purple/silver tones in my hair so I left it for the full 5... Maybe a little more :)

But if you are not one for fashion tones definitely do not leave it on this long, it can turn your hair purple fast. If you are afraid of over toning it just mix a pump in with your normal shampoo. 

After rinsing condition your hair as usual and you're done!

Here is my before and after (don't mind my crazy day off from work hair)

Thanks for reading loves! Xoxo Katie 

NYX Obsessed

Hello Spring Trends! 

Here are a few of our favorite colors we will be rocking this spring! We are absolutely obsessed with NYX. So affordable and awesome pigmentation.

We are loving this nude lip look. We used NYX Matte Lipstick in Forbidden with NYX Butter Gloss in Fortune Cookie on top.

We are really into soft pinks for spring. First we lined our lips with NYX Lip Liner in Baby Pink, and used NYX Matte Lip Cream in Sydney over that.

Coral is another obsession for us this season. Coral is great on almost every skin tone. For this look we first lined our lips with NYX Lip Liner in Pumpkin and topped it off with NYX Intense Butter Gloss in Banana Split.

Not for the faint hearted.... But NYX Intense Butter Gloss in Berry Strudel is on trend. If you are confident in rocking a bold lip this is for you.

Thank you for reading, dolls. Leave us some love if you like this post and share with your friends!!

XOXO Evy and Katie

The Girls Behind Manes & Mascara

We are Evy & Katie

We want to share our knowledge and love of hair and make up with you

We will be posting all our favorite products as we find them and fall in love with them, and lots of tutorials! But first here is a little about us

Evy

I am an on-location independent makeup artist. My passion lies within the art of makeup, and the power behind it. I have over 8 years of experience in the makeup industry. My specialty is bridal makeup, one on one lessons, and my extensive knowledge on skin care.

Katie

I'm a 22 year old currently living in Spokane WA. I've been a licensed cosmetologist for 4 years, specializing in hair color. I'm all about healthy, beautiful, natural looking hair. I'm a lover of all things braids, nail polish hoarder, lip stick obsessor, and bleach blonde addict.