Ipsy October wish list.

I got caught up in that Ipsy billing snafu, where money was certainly on the account but they claim it was not. Ipsy has been having a bit more issues lately, so I guess that's something to look out for.

Anyways, the billing finally went through, but I have yet to receive early access to the Glam Room.

In the mean time, I would like to make a wish list.

1. On the absolute top of that list is the Noyah mauve lipstick. Mauve lipstick is something I do not lack, but I love it so much and it's definitely the most appealing to me. The City Color lipstick may be alright as the color SEEMS like one I would like, but I would rather not have the Starlooks lipgloss. The lipgloss is a pretty color, but lip gloss is not for me.

2. Secondly, I would not want mascara. Probably I want the Skone black liner the most. Although, I am a-okay with concealer or the mineral eye shadows.

3. The third preview has a hand cream in fruity smells, body butter, or perfume. To be honest, any of those are awesome. Hand cream is not exactly that cool to me, but if they are fruity I am down. Perfume is always cool, and body butter would be great too.

4. Fourth preview bears cleansing wipes, cleanser, or an exfoliator. Either of those I would use gladly, but right now cleanser is the one I am vying for most. My cleanser stash does not exactly exist.

5. Ugh, do not give me hair products. Anything but that. The nail polishes both are welcome, especially from Cirque. Or I would definitely take the pumpkin mask or H20+ face treatment. Just not the dang hair products. I barely dye my hair enough to maintain it's lustrous raven color, why would I style it? I could not be arced.

So lets see how I match up if I gain access any time today. Lets hope for ultimate satisfaction!

Easy Peasy Look pictorial.

I kind of want to try something a smudge different. The kids call these types of posts "pictorials"? It's recently became apparent how appealing these posts are. Informative and it's a great window into different folks processes. 

With October being an awesome month, let's be awesome together!!

To start, I wanted to test the It Cosmetivs CC+ cream I received in a sampler a while back. For measure, I will post my face. It's horribly broke out (again!). For the first time I cleansed it with Freeman's purifying scrub and wow. So warm and lovely. My face feels clean and awesome. 

Onto the face. 

I needed to wash off my black eyeshadow. I know, I know. Don't sleep with it on. Every other day I do good, but considering before this year I never washed my makeup off it's leaps. 

Seriously though. 

After CC. 

It's medium. A tad too dark  fair or light would be better, but I am home all day today. Good for a test. Far more fluid than the other creams I have used, but it reminded me of paint. At the very least, it canceled redness pretty decent. Maybe of it wasn't $38 I would purchase full size. We'll see. 

Concealer time. 

Well-Rested liquid pen is just okay. It certainly brightens my under eyes. 

And today I used the pop bronzer from the July Ipsy bag. Blush was Ulta's cheek tint in Tickled. I have to use it every time I use a cream foundation, I just love it! It's one of my favorites. 

Also, I took off my deer shirt. In the above pics, the blush isn't strong enough. I intensified a bit later. 

Brows! It Cosmetics brow power and a little dark brow palette from Meijer. 

Instead of bothering with primer I throw on Laura Gellar's Cool Lids shadow in Rose Gold Goddess. The next choice of eye color was easy choice. 

This guy in Revealed 2 palette from Coastal Scents. 

Patted this in the inner and middle lid. 

Easy look, like I said. 

Crease and outer V. I should mention that I am using the Crown brush from the Sept. Ipsy. 

Lined my eyes with Pacifica's Fringe liner, also from Sept Ipsy. 

They're Real mascara from Benefit. It was too wet and clumpy when I started using it through September but now it's growing on me! It's not as black as Perversion though, so that docks a point. 

Also Hikari Lipstick in Cabernet from Ipsy again. It's a really nice matte lip, and it does feel nice to wear. 

This shade makes teeth look white. 

Also. It should be noted that I do not have any contacts and I am wearing glasses anyways. The look translates well. 

So that's a wrap. Just phone pictures because that's what I have to work with right now. 

Ipsy Septiembre Unboxing - Street Style

Dangit guys. My bag came super timely this month, but I have been lagging on the updates. 

Overall it was a nice bag and the bag itself is lovely. Idk what street style is supposed to mean. I thought street style is everyday wear, opposed to dress up. Maybe I am uncultured. 

Crown Brush

Infinity Shadow/Crease Duet

Full size here http://crownbrush.us/deluxe-infinity-shadowcrease-duet-p-904.html

$6.99

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It first this brush just swept product around like a broom. What. Then I tried it using something other than a NYX shadow. It works beautiful with Urban Decay and Lorac Pro formulas and made foiling a breeze. It's soft and I absolutely love this! Great brush, even though it does not provide a ton of color build. 

Hikari Cosmetics

Lipstick in Cabernet

Full size here

http://www.hikaricosmetics.com/shop/lipstick/

3.8g/ 13 oz

$13

Cabernet. Fact: I hate most wine. I absolutely loved the Spumante Andrew and I were given at the resort for our honeymoon, and I have had done good ones in past. But generally, no. 

Another fact is berry lipsticks look horrible on me. Every lip color I have worn these past few months has been favorable, with a few exceptions like "that one looks good layered; not today for that one." Berry lipstick was welcomed with "ugh". 

This on the other hand is wiine! It's somehow different enough to have gotten a positive response from the man, and I have already wore this out a handful of times. 

Swatched, it looks sheer. In reality it applies to lips nicely and gets full color with minimal layering. Texture wise, it's not drying or moisturizing and it does lack the high end smell I notice to my favorite lipsticks. It's almost a non intrusive powder smell. 

NYX

Hot Singles Eyeshadow in Arrogance 

Full size here 

http://www.nyxcosmetics.com/p-230-hot-singles-eye-shadow.aspx

Weight: 1.5g/ 0.053 oz 

$4.50

Slight backstory, but I got the purple shade. The color choice is interesting to me because ten years ago, I built this story character named Adrian. He was arrogant and because Marilyn Manson reasons he would wear purple eyeshadow. Adrian has since evolved into a still arrogant being, but is more of a character than just a projection of my music taste. 

So my Adrian purple unfortunately does not differ from the other purples I have, like UD's tornado. Additionally NYX eyeshadows are not always pigmented as well. This one is fair with layering, and has a lovely monochromatic shimmer. It's a deep eggplant with orchid flecks. That is a touch different. 

On my eyes it does take a bit of building, but it registers as a halloween purple. It also is much tougher to blend than Lorac or Bare Minerals. It got muddy fast when used just as a crease color. I do like it and I think it's unique to my collection, but as a single I do not know how much I will reach for it. 

Pacifica

Natural Water-Proof Eye pencil in Fringe

Full size here $11

http://www.pacificabeauty.com/makeup/eyes/natural-waterproof-eye-pencil?id=434

0.026 oz/ 0.10 oz

$2.86/ 11

My color happened to be Fringe, the brown. It's boring, but I do not even own a brown liner. This pencil is fairly soft, tugging only slight. I have not found it to smudge, but I also have yet to photograph it on my eyes. 

This is a very decent eyeliner. So far I like it, but I rarely go natural with my eyes. Even nuetrals (which is most of what I am wearing lately) have black in them somewhere. 

Bottom lash line I think. I have wore it multiple times without photo, but it looks great with bright nuetrals. 

Briogeo

Don't Despair, Repair Deep Conditioning Mask

Full size here for $26

https://www.briogeohair.com/product/dont-despair-repair/

1.0 fl oz/ 5.25 oz

$4.95/ 26 

Hair products always bore me. Styling hair is just not something I care to make time for. Whenever I do, it just frustrates me and I give up after my hair is half teased, half curled and on hundred percent blah. 

Something like this is okay. Especially after dying my hair, I love to deep condition. Given my hairs textures, this will give me likely two or three uses. 

On that note, I will not test this yet. Too lazy to dye my hair. 

Total Bag Value $32.30/ 10

I am satisfied with this bag. The liner, brush, and lipstick have seen some great usuage.  

Full Review of Bare Minerals BareSkin Serum

It dawned on me, that as a blogger I have not registered "consistent" to my vocabulary. Rambling is a tendency of mine, without truly informing about all of the products I have been using.

Where I am going with this, is that early May I purchased Bare Minerals Bare Skin serum. I made a scant impression post, utilizing a streak that was on my face and then never went back and revisited my feelings on it. On my phone lived nearly a month worth of notes on the product, and enough to pack in a great review. Somewhere after that month, I purchased the smallest sampling kit available of the original Bare Minerals foundation, and my BareSkin has been used only sparingly between.

So how about now? Months after, lets review the product!

Within my notes I had a log, describing how many drops I used and it's lasting power.

Let's start.
Wednesday May 7, 2014.
I accidentally shook the bottle while the lid was not secure. It gushed about 8 drops. This provided complete coverage, but was definitely way too much. Andrew told me he liked it anyways. All this was layered over an SPF ++50 Moisturizer and Lorac POREfection.

The first and last picture is likely a difference of 7AM to about 3PM, while I was waiting for Micro.

Thursday May 8, 2014.
the drops were adjusted to six; two for each half of the face, and one on the forehead and chin each. This still was too much, and clung to the dry spots of the t-zone but settled too dewey at the chin. Despite the flaws, and the greenhouse holding in a temperature of 90˚, my foundation remained from 8 in the morning until 8 that night.

Thursday.

Friday May 9, 2014.
Using five drops, making a similar mistake to wednesday this coated my face rather opaque. Instead of starting at the chin like I did on previous days, I started at the cheeks and it looked much better. The mouth area still looked off though. Again this lasted all day, in a humid greenhouse.

Friday.

Saturday May 10, 2014.
My log only extended until the day I got my droplet amount figured out. Three drops, one for each half of the face and then one to go over the chin and anything missed on the forehead. Applying at 3:30am without primer even, this got me through my entire work day which ended around 4. 

Unfortunately this bad boy had some flaws. If you touched your face you would get product on it. If you touched your clothes, you would transfer product. If you X, you would Y. I went this solid month without setting it once. I would repeatedly get frustrated by it's finish and where it would cling to dry skin patches that I had no idea existed. This is all using moisturizer and primer. When June was starting up, I pulled this out to do my makeup for a funeral and I remember clearly being irritated because I could not get it to work with me.

Not 100% opaque, as freckles still evident but this is flawless for me.

It was around then I just started to use my tiny powder sampler exclusively. Finally it all became clear. YOU HAVE TO SET THIS MOTHER?! WAT?!

From then on, whenever I would want a nice bit of cover and a flawless face I did the process correctly and set my face with mineral veil. It's funny how much frustration I would have saved by simply watching the video of one of my favorite Bare Minerals fanatics.

Like so.

For today, I am going to take a photo of my very broken out pre-joyous-ladies-thing face, and then detail my process using BareSkin. Another thing to note, perhaps I should pick up Bare Porcelain before winter hits. If I have used sun protection enough, then my face should be just as pale, but when I was shade matched both looked rather swell.


Perhaps I will do a video, but look out for that.

Value: $29, coupled with the brush for +$28
Shade Range: There is 20, and they're awesome! (my shade is 03 Bare Linen, but I can move fluid between 01 Bare Porcelain.)
Application Time: Fairly Brief, but requires blending galore.
Comodegenic: Not on my skin at all. Does have tendency to cling to dry patches, and can settle in oily areas. Likely best for normal skin without a lot of blemishes to begin with.
Overall Rating: 8/10. I dock points because if your skin is not smooth it will show it. Honestly, I prefer a powder at this point. But this is amazing and does not make me break out like lots of BB creams I have tried. It also lasts all day for me, even before I set it. If I rank Bare Minerals original foundation as a 10, this is definitely an 8. I look forward to any reformulations they come up with.

Purse Guts - Video

Late May I tried another video out while I borrowed my sister's digital camera. It was a touch blurry, but I tried a purse video.

Cameo by Dallas of course.

Sad review - Tarte Lip Crumbler.

Hey fellahs. I wanted to try something different, and just see how this felt to upload a video.

Firstly I would like to apologize for mumbling. My volume is kept low due to the discovery that there is no door to this room. Was it there when we saw the house with the Realtor? Am I insane? I think I am. Anyways, down the hall behind another closed door, my husband is taking a nap because market is a long day that starts early. I am less tired from it, probably due much more years conditioning. So unfortunately I am rather quiet.

Long story short,

Tarte Amazonian Butter Lipstick in Angelic Nude

My original first impression of the product

This is not something that ended up working out for me. 

The story I tell of the tip being too soft, and crumbling apart on me could have happened to any lipstick, but I have yet to have it happen to any other. 

The color is absolutely amazing, but the gritty texture is not desirable and the wear time is less than an hour if you open your mouth at all. 

Perhaps this product worked for you, and I would love to see your results. For me at this moment, this is a big flipping dud. Here's to hoping that the CK One Pure Color Lipstick in Fancy is an ample replacement. 

In future, videos would be great to make, but perhaps I will film in a different room with better lighting. The beautiful color of the walls unfortunately make for a dark environment. Additionally, I am uncomfortable talking without a barricade of some sort. 

What a wonderful week.

Again I have not posted in a while. The past week has been wonderful! So I'm the early part of Spring 2012, not only did my best friend move to Florida with her husband and her little gene replication, incubating, but as did her entire family. That was tough. Her family was the head of the church, and I was very close to them. 

That same year in November, my husband and his buddy drove from Michigan to see them. It was a lovely time, but probably not actual a wise financial trip. Dallas was a puppy then, and not nearly as respectful as he is now. In fact, he was at the start of his brat phase. A few months and he got pretty bad and then wonderful. (Then we got nightshade and start the cycle over.)

Visiting in 2013 was not an option as we did not acrue enough winter savings for it (seasonal job is pretty foolish yo.) and I was in school. 

Finally, the last week of August 2014, Wally, DJ and their little guy Lincoln came up and we were reunited! It was spectacular, and I had such a wonderful week with them. And it was great to visit DJ's family again, as they stayed there. 

We went to the zoo, enjoyed two bonfires, watched a movie at our place, devoured tomatoes, saw a scary movie, ate good food, and while it was short, it makes me hopeful for next time. 

 

Fingers are crossed for December between semesters. Andrew and I will not be returning to the farm, because frankly it has become unbearable and hardly resembles the place I had loved dearly. But I do have both the phone numbers of an owner and the funeral director/embalmer of a lovely funeral home. Going to give them a call. 

Additionally, school started back up. For the first time since 10th grade almost a decade ago, I have chemistry. I also am taking Spanish and Art History. Should be a fun semester. Muy bien. 

More exciting news is that my sister had her baby. Cute little boy who looks just like her (for this week anyways). 

Unfortunate for me, she is the third child in my family. The eldest had a baby five years ago (and that lad just started kindergarten. What!?!). Last year the second born had a baby, and this year the third. I am about to be bombarded with questions of upcoming infants. 

To which I will answer "I have two beautiful dogs." It's not a total dismissal, as I would love to mix mine and Andrew's genes, dearly. I truly look forward to having a little fellah who looks like a perfect blend of Andrew's large elongated head and my almost unrealistic small ears. Haha I jest. Seriously though, that would mean a lot to me. 

Right now I am 23 and in the next few years I will be in school hopefully doing lots of cadaver classes. I do not posess the patience as of yet to handle infants that I can not just give back to their mom after they suddenly smell foul. 

Right now, I love being an aunt to Tommy, Mac, and Junior (said like Seam Connery in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. He name is actually Andrew, after his dad. Ah. Now there's three Andrews in the family. Mine, Stephanies and I guess Stephanie's too.)

This post will end on this note. Note the tasty Great White Beefsteak. Also note the doughnut that was in our assortment for Saturday Market. It's a unicorn doughnut!! Although, we were so busy it took me from 7am-11 to actually eat. Stephie was not my bean friend, dang that having baby thing. So independently, I kept the table filled and sold about 30 bushels of beans, about 25 of them separated into heaping quarts and half peck baskets. Like so. 

Steph and I last year doing this. Bah I attribute a lot of hate to the lady who cut my hair at the hair college this April. 

Okay. I really am ending the blog now. Gracias, y hasta luego.