The trials and errors of makeup

I think that best makeup days (for me) start with a well prepped face. Cleaned, moisturized and set with some De Slick. I do not have time to let moisturizer set a lot of the time so I skip the step... but then my makeup falls flat or doesn't apply as evenly.

On days like that a tinted moisturizer is ideal. Now if only I can find my holy grail tinted moisturizer. Any suggestions?!

Back to my point, I think this is where many people go wrong when applying makeup. I definitely do not have flawless skin so the prep time IS important. To make sure I do not have dry skin I have to exfoliate then moisturize. Moisturizing is tricky depending on your skin type. If you are acne prone then you want an oil free moisturizer or one that contains properties that can heal and prevent acne. I am getting quite ahead of myself... I think I will do blog posts in this order:

Exfoliating/Choosing a cleanser

Moisturizing/Toning

Foundation Primers

Setting Makeup.

This is ambitious, especially for me. However, I have concepts and ideas and I should do the research anyway.

Also, don't worry. I have no forgotten to review Cargo's Better Than Waterproof Mascara. I am just waiting on getting some high quality photos of what the mascara looks like on my lashes. ALSO! I made a video, I just need to edit a bit then upload. It is September/Summer favorites. I will get that up, you can bet your bottom dollar on that!

Look forward to my upcoming posts. They will be worth it!

Better than Waterproof?

Better than waterproof? Well, this is the claim Cargo is making for this mascara. The description claims that like waterproof mascara, this will stay on without smudging or running and it will come off in "tiny tubes" with warm water and gentle pressure...

I was in need of a waterproof mascara. My childhood friend of 15+ years was getting married! I was in the bridal party as a bridesmaid and did not want to look like the hysterical mess I was. So, being me.. I used it as an excuse to venture into the world of waterproof mascaras. I do not buy waterproof mascaras because they normally flake on my lashes and get a hot mess going all over my under eye and cheek area. I decided to hit up Beauty 360 at CVS. The ladies there were quite nice... but really knew nothing. Otherwise they would not have pointed me to this mascara that I should have READ before purchasing (this retails $20.00, by the way). Tears=warm water. LUCKILY, I read this part a few days before the wedding.. UNFORTUNATELY I read it after I had already tested it out at home.

The formula in store seemed wetter than the one I have. The one I have is pretty dry. I know a lot of people like that... I am not one of those people. This is the only color it comes in which is pretty black (not the blackest but way darker than charcoal). I am going to give this a try for the next few days to give a better review of the product. I am refusing to discount it from my collection completely as I rarely buy high end mascaras and I want my money's worth. I will be wearing it to a baseball game tomorrow and it is supposed to be hot! I will see how the "UE" (ultimate endurance) formula stands up against the weather and my oiliness.

I *did* buy a waterproof mascara that worked beautifully... that my friend, shall wait until the next post.

P.S. Those who are wondering.. she was beautiful and I haven't seen her happier! Congrats Brian & Kyla!

Halloween...

I made a new layout for Halloween. It isn't very Halloween like.. but I am going with it anyway. And about those pictures of the stuff. Bleh, I will do better next time. I played with some of the glorious things and here is a snippet of the eye look. I used the 15 Year Anniversary Palette for Urban Decay and the Makeup Forever liquid eyeliner.

I didn't do the rest of my face so excuse the sorry cut out of my eyeballs. But you can see some of the fabulous products I used. The Mascara was Benefit's They're Real! and the water line black used was Milani's liquif'eye liner. I truly love this blue. It is much more vibrant, my lighting just wouldn't catch how beautiful it really is!

I have some reviews for some products I need to write up, so as I hop to that, I hope you are having a lovely September!

Soap & Glory Excitement!

Who else is stoked about Soap and Glory coming back to America?! I am so happy! I ran out of the Righteous Butter long ago and I have been savoring every last moment of The Fab Pore. My mom will be excited to see Clean on Me back in the shower (she loved that scent). I just palced my order for The Fab Pore, The Righteous Butter and Hand Food. It will be available in Sephora stoes is September. Or, you can be an impatient dinosaur like me and order online now!

I am not sure if it will be available in Target anymore. Does anyone know?!

Also, I haven't forgotten about those pictures. I have just have an uber case of laziness when I get home (plus been busy watching baseball games!). They will be on their way.. I have also been thinking of making a video. We will see how motivated I am when I get back home from work tonight!

xoxo

Blogger...

Why have you been down (or at least the dashboard)?! I decided that since this has been a few days I would do some research and it said that I can just go to my blog and hit "new post". Yeah.. I do not know why I didn't think of that!

I am here now, and that is all that matters. I wanted to do a mini update on things I have bought and the like. The Hello Kitty box I swatched from Sephora few weeks back is now in my possession! Pictures and such will occur when I get my camera back from my boyfriend. So.. Monday... maybe...

I hope you have been well.

xoxo

15th Anniversary Palette [URBAN DECAY]

I got my palette in the mail today! I am so excited! It is so pretty, I cannot wait to use it. All new shadows... how can it go wrong?! The picture quality sucks as I do not have my digital camera, so this is camera phone style. Excuse the mess, you get the point though!!!

These swatches were done with no primer, I will do ones with primer at a later time. I was just too excited that I had to post this!

Oh, mah gawd! Excuse me while I go play!

Minor Changes

So I updated the look of the blog a little bit. It is not my finest work but I wanted it to be slightly more original than the pre-made layouts that blogger offers. Although the pink one was cuter than this! Oh well... it works for now!

On to other fabulous things...

I took myself off of the makeup buying ban. I have been getting migraines, and the only thing in my life that has changed is that I have not been buying makeup... so.. it is for my health...

Ya'know how it goes. So if I had to spend.. I should spend big! I bought the Urban Decay 15th Anniversary Palette! It was $55.00 USD, they have liquid liners on sale at urbandecay.com so I went ahead and got me one of those fancy do-dads as well. I shall post pictures once the precious gem arrives in the mail.

I also purchased some essie polishes at Target. I obtained Nice is Nice, Lilacism and Tourqoise and Caicos. I will post those pictures, probably tomorrow!

Until then I am off to get some sleep before work! Probably still going to tweak the look of this... Maybe tone down the color.. hm.

See ya later, gorgeous!

xoxo