BEAUTY
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I’m Finally Trying Glossier! (And Other Beauty Additions)
Guys. It's finally happening. I finally got off my butt and placed my first order at Glossier. Can I have my beauty blogging street cred back now? (Can you imagine if beauty blogging street cred was actually a thing?!) After a whirlwind of a weekend last week at the Chicago Planner Conference (watch the vlog if you haven't the foggiest clue...
What’s in My Bag: Target A New Day Satchel
Now let me start this by saying, my bag is not a hot mess jammed full of receipts and tons of makeup. Sadly this post will not be an exposé on the dark and dirty secrets in my handbag. It's of course going to be about planners, because doesn't everything I talk about come back around to planners? So the bag in question is this gorgeous beauty...
The Best Concealers for Every Problem
I collect concealers like I collect lipsticks. In absurd quantities. It's a constant battle keeping them all contained to one drawer in my makeup storage. But the obsession and subsequent culling efforts have led me to many great concealer discoveries for every problem my face likes to throw my way. UNDER EYE CIRCLES The bane of my existence and...
October 2017 Beauty & Lifestyle Favorites
Anyone else feel like October was five days long and gone in a flash? Just me? I still managed to test out quite a few new products and decide on some new favorites despite feeling like we were just in September last week. I discovered a new foundation combination this month that's completely unlike what I usually go for. I start out with...
IT Cosmetics Secret Sauce and Miracle Water Review
Prepare yourselves for a rave guys, because I'm downright obsessed with It Cosmetics Miracle Water* and Secret Sauce*. Here's why. I've been using The Body Shop's Vitamin E Toner for about four years now and never found anything quite like it until Miracle Water landed on my doorstep a month ago. It's basically the exact same product in all...
Makeup Things I Should Have Been Doing Ages Ago
I'm a full-fledged grandma when it comes to most things. My bedtime, technology, and definitely adapting new makeup routines. I'm also very much the same person who proclaims, "Why haven't I been doing this the whole time?!" after discovering something everyone already knew. So here are just a few of the makeup/beauty related things I should have...
The Lifers
We all have those products that we reach for without fail. Sure we occasionally dabble with new things, but we always come back to the lifers. These are mine. The tried and true products that have never let me down and despite wandering away from them in an effort to find the next best thing, they're always waiting for me when I come back. The...
How I Keep My Makeup Collection Under Control
My stash has reduced substantially since I first started this blog and it's quite the feat to keep it that way. But if you're like me and don't need makeup spilling out of every nook and cranny in your home, I have a few tips to keep it under control. First up, constantly remind yourself that you only have one face. Nothing keeps me from...
Fall Makeup Favorites
I swear the weather can't make up its mind here in Michigan, but I'm definitely ready for fall to officially arrive. I've shaken up my everyday makeup drawers to add in more autumn ready shades. Here's what's now in rotation. Although I love a good dewy finish base any time of year, I'm reaching for a more satin finish as October settles in. The...
September Favorites | Makeup, Planners, and Kittens
There's just something about September that always makes it the fast month of the year for me. It doesn't help that I always pack tons of things into it as the weather finally cools off and I find myself with a newfound sense of motivation (that motivation is now completely gone by the way). If you want to hear all my verbal thoughts on...