Boxycharm has done it again. This month's Boxy Bazaar themed-box was an excellent collection of products, with enough variety and innovation to push me out of my comfort zone and make me try a liquid bronzer and foiled gold eyeshadow! Once again, Boxycharm has reminded me why I'm so glad I subscribed! So let's get … Continue reading Subscription Box Review: Boxycharm, October 2016
When I gave birth to my son four years ago, my mother-in-law sent us a package of essentials from Target. In that box, there was also one beautiful jewel-toned paisley scarf for me (I love scarves). In the card, she wrote that she knew we needed diapers, pacifiers, and onesies, but that new mom essentials include things … Continue reading New Mom Survival Kit: Beauty Edition
So last week I posted my recent E.l.f. haul, but since then, I purchased two new foundations, both very different, but highly recommended for my skin issues. After a week or two of using each, I can say that I love one, and truly despise the other like I've never despised a foundation before. With … Continue reading E.l.f. Haul Additions: Review of Beautifully Bare Foundation Serum
For the last month, I have challenged myself to try new formulas of products I love. Typically, this means trying a liquid or cream version of a products that I usually prefer as a powder: eyeshadow, contour, bronzer. I've done this in part because I've had some version of a cold or sinus infection since … Continue reading Review: Temptu Shimmer Bronzer (Boxycharm October 2016)
E.l.f. is one of my favorite makeup brands. And not just for drugstore makeup. E.l.f. has such an amazing variety of really affordable, (almost always) high quality, cruelty-free products, that I am always excited to see what they've come out with! Most recently, it's their line of Beautifully Precise makeup brushes, which are just stunning to … Continue reading Early Fall E.l.f. Haul!
It may come as a surprise to you that, as an in-no-danger-of-being-reformed eyeshadow junkie, a relatively small neutral drugstore palette would be my collection staple. It's just so, well, basic. But that is exactly the appeal. This is the only palette that is always in my makeup bag, because it contains the perfect shadows to complement … Continue reading My Makeup Collection Staples #2: Cover Girl TruNaked Nudes Palette
I've been battling a cold all week, the kind where you just feel crummy but you can't just cancel everything and curl up on the couch with a blanket and Netflix. So while normally I would say that the perfect makeup for sick days is no makeup, sometimes you just don't have that option. You … Continue reading How To: Makeup for Sick Days
Today I received my first Lorac eyeshadow palette. (Cue the fireworks, bells, drums, whatever--I want to celebrate!) I am so excited to finally try Lorac. I have heard so many great things about their eyeshadows, but to be perfectly honest, none of the Lorac Pro palettes ever really called to me. I tried to want … Continue reading Review: Lorac Mega Pro 3, from a Lorac Newbie
Rose Gold is a universally-flattering shade. It works on just about every skin tone, in every season, for any purpose. For this reason, both drugstore and high-end makeup companies have been releasing rose gold themed makeup palettes over the last year, and today, I'm putting four drugstore palettes to the test. So without further ado … Continue reading Battle of the Drugstore Rose Gold Palettes
I love to read blog posts about new makeup and monthly favorites, but to be honest, nothing is more informative for me than the holy grail-type post, the post that tells me what a person who loves makeup as much as I do keeps returning to day after day. So I thought it would be … Continue reading My Makeup Collection Staples #1: NYX Strobe of Genius Illuminating Palette
Beauty and the Bluestocking 