Makeups! Pt. 5!

Trying to get exciting with it now! Woohoo! Ok but really. Day 5 of eyeshadow/lipstick challenge is a success.

Decided to switch it up a bit and used Lime Crime's Venus palette today, which is actually one of my favorites. I have a few issues with Lime Crime as a whole, between all the financial scandal, leadership questions, and the insinuation that they may not be as vegan as they claim, but all that aside, I still wear the makeup. And to be honest, I freaking love these colors. They all blend so beautifully, it's super easy to get so many different looks but still have every color work together. And while i know you could go and buy each color individually from other brands, I Hate having a zillion individual eyeshadows. When i do my makeup in the morning, i reach for a palette, not a handful of components. My biggest problem with this particular palette is actually the craftsmanship of the package itself, not the shades, in that it fell apart really quickly, with the mirror completely detaching to reveal what looks like the mirror being hot glued on. But whatever, at the end of the day, eets so puurrrrrrttyyy. 

So today's makeup wound up being Venus palette, same eyebrow shenanigans, and UD Matte Revolution lipstick in 1993 over the same color lipliner. (With Velvet Sphinx swimwear and tank)

Makeup Pt. 4

So I tried out this palette I pretty much haven't used before, the Glinda UD palette that was from the Oz collection a while back. It's a nice soft color scheme, kind of lavenders and pinks, which felt nice with the almost-Lisa-frank Black Milk getup I was wearing. Definitely crazy feminine with the pink lipstick and all. And this is actually one of my fave lipsticks, it's super pigmented, a great shade, and something about it seems to go just right with like everything. 

Also I got new claws over the weekend 

Such color! Much sparkle! Wanted to do something a bit bright for the last few days of summer (sniff sniff). 

So anyhow, to recap, Glinda palette on eyes, same brow situation as before (I really need to get it together and try out that brow beater), and UD revolution lipstick in Catfight. 

HOLY LIPSTICK BATMAN/ Makeup Pt. 3

So a little bit ago I made the determination to myself that I'd be more productive in life and stick to things and see them through, ya know, all that jazz, and was going to really commit to this here blog shenanigan. Clearly it didn't work out so well. I'm always like 'ok, it's time to blog' and my inner voice is like 'nooooooo it's time to sleeepppppppp' so i say ok, sleepy time. then later on, 'ok, it's really time to write a post now, f'real this time' and again, my inner voice goes 'noooooooo it's time to do NOTHING' and inner voice always wins, cuz it's a prick like that. But anywho, I finally came to the conclusion that I needed to write something And do nothing at the same time to get some good ol' motivation going for myself, so here's the result.

Now, a couple days ago i posted that i was really going to do this thing (f'real for real), and play with a diff eyeshadow palette every day, which is going so far so good, and i figured i could piggyback that challenge with another i've been thinking about, different lipstick every day.

I have a truly stupid amount of lipstick for the average female, non-makeup artist, and I probably can't name them all, nor think of which individual color each is, off the top of my head, so I figured I should really figure this out. For science.

So here's Day 3's look

I didn't have my awesome friend Niki around (she takes the best pix of me) so I tried two selfies, one in sunlight and one indoors in natural light.

 It was kind of hard to capture, but I used another neutral look featuring navy shadow to go with my top. 

So UD Vice3 palette on eyes, my brow box/brow tamer combo, and UD revolution lipstick in Rush to finish up the whole neutral shenanigan. Three whole days now. New record!

Makeup Pt. 2

Day 2 of Eyeshadow Palettes! Wooooo consistency is a thing!

Also, definitely not so great at this whole capturing an eyeshadow look, but that's ok, it's finally the weekend and i felt like GO BIG OR GO HOME with all the pink. Side note, still keeping with the whole using diff lipstick erryday too. a whole two days down! sweet!

UD Electric palette on eyes, and got brow box and brow tamer in there too.

Also i was super down for my outfit today too, so here's that. Got some good ol' Black Milk Clothing, JC Litas, and Valfré.

Too much makeup

It has recently come to my attention that I have a truly ridiculous amount of makeup on hand. I freaking love makeup. Really really hard. So when the last two weeks I couldn't wear any (silly eyeball issues), it really broke my heart. I literally stared at all of the pretties at my disposal that were practically laughing at me, utterly despondent that I couldn't play to my hearts content. Makeup is something very special and means different things to different people, and for me not wearing at least my customary eyeliner was like seeing a stranger in the mirror. It wasn't fun at all. Luckily, my unhappy makeup fast is broken and I can finally have at it!! Naturally I want to wear every single thing all at once, but that's quite silly in all honesty, so instead I've found a way to ration myself and get some serious satisfaction in the process: using a different eyeshadow palette every day. I've decided to limit each day to only the colors in the palette of the day, and only when I've used them all can I start blending. I'm clearly terrible at sticking to things, but I'm really going to try to commit myself. It's not really that long of each leg. So here goes! 

Day 1

I decided to start light with the original UD Naked palette, just a light dusting of some bronzes to add a touch of definition and a hint of shimmer. I realized I can also try to start working on my use of different lipsticks every day, as it's a struggle to switch it up with those also. 

So. Naked on eyes, brow box, and Matte Tilt on lips over Bang liner. 

Face Stuff!

Since I'm getting back into this game, it's gonna be a long one, cuz why not.

Lately people have been asking about my skin, cuz apparently they like it. Now, I've always had difficult skin, and was on Accutane for like 8 months back when I was 16, and that really destroyed all the acne in my life, but since then it's been a bit of work to keep it nice and clear. I can't really wash it too much, or it will overcompensate and get crazy oily, and break out more. But I think I've found a balance. And this way I can talk about a whole bunch of products I like.

SO. It basically goes like this:

SUNDAY:
At the end of my shower at the end of the night, I use this weird nifty Japanese wash called Cure. It's like an exfoliator, but not harsh at all. It is really interesting though, cuz it looks like jizz, has the consistency of water, and smells a little like rubbing alcohol. You essentially rub it on your face when it's moist, and it just rubs all the dead skin off. Nothing rough in the wash itself, and it doesn't irritate the skin either, so it's pretty awesome. I guess you're supposed to wash you face normal before doing it, but I tried that once and my face got suuuuper red. So now I just use one.
It looks like this:

And then after shower moisturizing time! I use this one from Benefit. It's magical.

MONDAY:

Since I sloughed all the dead stuff off the say before, I use a peel pad set from Dr. Dennis Gross on Monday, so it penetrates deeply, but it doesn't over-do it to my wimpy skin, since it's had a whole day of rest since I attacked it last. And I Only use the regular-type ones, the extra-strength were way too tough on me :( And after those have worked their magic, I use the little retinol serum that comes along with some packs of the pads (it can all be bought separately too).

THURSDAY:

Just like before, during my shower I wash my face but this time with an actual face wash, the wash part of this cool 3 step thing. It's kind of like the proactive thing with the three parts, but it actually works and I don't use them together. It's La Roche-Posay Effaclar, and it can be bought separately too, not just in a pack. So after my face is all squeaky clean and such, I use this nifty peel-off mask from First Aid Beauty that ACTUALLY PEELS OFF. Like, the way peel-off face masks are actually supposed to but never do. omg. And my skin feels like buttah after. Sooooo good. And then just moisturizer after.

So apart from those fancy days where I use heavier stuff, I use the toner above most other nights and after working out just to give my face a little wipe-down. And I also use the spot cream on any emerging blemishes too and it tends to nip them in the bud pretty gosh darn well. And I like to put sheer things with a little sunscreen on too every now and then in the morning, cuz I'm a white girl. 

Blargh. So complicated! But so far it's been working for me for a while and my skin tends to look pretty nice :) I like to spend all my getting pretty time at night working on skin care, instead of putting foundation on every morning, that usually makes my skin break out even more.

EEEP! I'm doing this thing again!

Holy crap it's been awhile since I've been on here! It's been such a crazy year, I completely let the blogging fall by the wayside. But no more! I am determined to actually be consistent and stick to something (for once).

So basically, after I graduated from college *huge sigh of relief* I managed to get a job at an ad agency close to my home where I worked as a production artist intern then moved to a freelance design position in a different department. I was still working at Starbucks, so the two jobs were taking pretty much all of my time. When my contract came to an end I got another design position at pretty much my dream job, was still working at Starbucks, and did like six months of working seven days a week before getting a permanent (no longer contract woo!) position.  Then WOOO NO MORE STARBUCKS! BIG GIRL ADULT JOB! WOOOOO!!!!

I got a little excited. I had all this new free time, and I got to do like NOTHING. It was great. But then I realized, I have all this free time, I CAN BE SO PRODUCTIVE. DO ALL THE THINGSSSSS. And this includes alllll da bloggin. So yeah. i'm gonna do this thing again. I have ambition. Posts are coming.