I got this lovely gal ready for some photos and it was great chatting with her and her hubs (who had like the WORST day ever and was still having a good attitude about being in photos. I was impressed.)
Here’s was I used:
Complexion: Tarte Clean Slate face primer, IIID Foundation in Sunlit, Stone, Ruby and Pearl, Cle de Peau concealer, Guerlain ‘Les Voilettes’ Translucent Loose Powder Mattifying Veil, Urban Decay All Nighter setting spray
Eyes: Urban Decay Anti-aging shadow base, MAC eyeshadows in Antiqued, Ricepaper, and Woodwinked. Liner on top is Chanel black liquid liner, lower inner rim liner is Lancome Blanc. Lashes are Siren from House of Lashes. Brows are Anastasia Brow Wiz in Blonde and Anastasia angle brush.
Lips: Urban Decay lip liner in Rush. Lipstick is MAC Syrup. Gloss is Bobbi Brown Crystal.
Hair: Gold n Hot 3/4 inch curling iron, Oribe Superfine, Oribe Beach Spray
I realized that I will often just link to different products and not necessarily explain why I like them. Let me first tell you that I’ve been told I have a very high attention to details, at least with certain things. I take this feedback as a nice way of saying that I’m super picky :). I spend SO. MUCH. TIME. looking for products that are the best of the best. In fact, I’ve had to ground myself in the past from makeup browsing because I can spend countless hours on it! For a few months I had a firm “use what I already own” rule. It lasted until more of my favorites got discontinued haha. So today I’m going to talk about the Chanel eyeliner I love. I was first introduced to it by my dear dear friend Jeanne years ago, who also had a very high attention to detail. But she was way better than me at remembering the names of every single product ever made, also every single human’s name. Brilliant person. The reason I like this eyeliner: I feel like every single product ever made can have a downside. Some things I can deal with, others I can’t. This one’s totally tolerable. In fact let’s just call it the “take extra care to notice.” So take extra care to notice that occasionally it will have too much product on the brush. NBD I just wipe the excess off before I apply. That’s it! Speaking of cleaning makeup, another product that I love is the Makeup Forever brush cleaner. I just spray it on a towel or paper towel and then wipe the bristles of your brush back and forth. Super effective! This product’s “take extra care to notice” is just careful to not overspray and then inhale (you’d think that would be common sense, you…would….think…ha) it can be kind of fumey. Oh and my dress is from Shabby Apple And this hat i’m obsessed with is the Eugenia Kim Harper hat. I FINALLY caved and bought this after going through, literally 3 other grey similar style but cheaper hats, in the last 6 months. When I was first wearing it my husband said “Oh! You were able to fix the hat that shrunk!? Oh wait, no that’s the one where the top came off from the rest of the hat, did you sew it?” Soooo, ya. I guess sometimes you get what you pay for. I wear this hat, like probably too much. It’s holding up like a champ. Have a wonderful weekend everyone! xoxo
I was starting to feel bad that I sometimes get super lazy about doing my own hair, and wear lots of hats. But then I decided to track how much time I spend on just cleaning and organizing makeup, and It’s about 10 hours a week! (this does not include my inventory and product research.) That made me feel a little better about my occasional lack of getting ready.
I love this! I loved that you shared why you like certain products. You do so much work to identify what products work best, and work best for certain skin types. In our time together, you helped me so much to understand why certain products were not working for me and to find products that did. I loved my class with you.
Also, did you now that they won’t send that MUFE brush cleaner with other things? They treat it has hazmat chemicals. But wow does it work great as a brush cleaner. Love it.
I know that brush cleaner can’t be shipped by air! You’re right though it works like a champ! <3