सुन्दर छालाको आधार हो

Sleigh bells ring,
Are you listening?
In the lane,
Snow is glistening.
A lovely sight,
We’re delighted tonight,
Walking in a wintertime wonderhaaand!

[insert applause here]

Aw, say thanks to you! say thanks to you! You’re as well kind…

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LOL! online Christmas caroling. We must make that a thing…

In associated news, this $12 Soap & Glory wintertime Wonderhand gift set couldn’t have come at a much better time for parched paws across the land, since anywhere temps have been dropping, dry skin has been itching as well as cracking.

The set includes three big sample-sized 1.69-oz. tubes of Soap & Glory’s Hand Food creams in rosy bergamot original Pink, wonderful lime Sugar Crush as well as almond vanilla Smoothie Star.

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To truly get behind these, first, you have to like sweetly scented lotions, as well as I do this time around of year, considering that all three of the lotions in shape that bill. Second, hey there hydration! I keep a full-size bottle of Hand Food on my desk year round since of exactly how moisturizing it is (L’Occitane Shea Butter Whipped Hand cream is one more fave), as well as it’s great to have a a lot more portable bottle to keep in my purse.

All three of these thick, rich lotions consist of shea butter, by the way, as well as take a while to totally sink in. They ultimately get there, however I wouldn’t do any type of trapeze work ideal away (read: slippery hands).

If your dry hands, or the hands of somebody you love, might utilize a assisting hand, you can discover the $12 Soap & Glory wintertime Wonderhand set at Ulta as well as on the internet now.

Christmas caroler craziness

Do you get carolers in your area? Every when in a while we will, as well as — I’m nearly ashamed to admit this, however right here I go anyway! — I never understand what to do when they come around, so I turn off all the lights as well as close the curtains, since that’s what my daddy would do when I was a kid.

I’d always ask him why we were doing it as all of us sat there in the dark, as well as he’d just say, “They want to take fruit!” with absolutely no context or additionally explanation.

Seriously, welcome to my childhood…

Anyway, say thanks to goodness for the Internet, since I just looked up the appropriate rules to comply with when carolers come to your door, as well as a lot of people suggest saying thanks to them for their gift of music as well as using them a treat, like cookies or candy canes.

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So now I understand what to do. I’ll provide them a few of my Trader Joe’s Dark chocolate Stars, instead of just sitting quietly in a dark space up until they leave.

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Lake Tahoe with my primary girl!
HELLO from back in the Bay Area! baby Love, El Hub and I got back yesterday afternoon.

Before heading out I indicated to post a list of the products I was bringing with me, but I didn’t have a chance, so here goes now. Tracy, girl! — I know you also asked, so here’s the makeup I brought to Tahoe and also used for the look I’m wearing in the top pic.

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Oh, and wouldn’t ya know it? The weather cleared up just as we were getting ready to leave… Don’tcha hate it when that happens?

Here’s what I brought on the trip (the pink bag is the Drawn to Lipstick makeup Bag from connorclaire.com)
Products I brought that I actually used on the trip…

Here are the products I actually ended up using, and I’ve provided them in the buy they were used in the makeup I’m wearing in that photo at the top.

Make Up For ever step 1 Smoothing primer — On my cheeks, nose and around my mouth and chin

Urban Decay naked Skin One & Done hybrid complexion Perfector in medium Dark — applied all over my face to even out my skin tone (you people know how much I love this stuff)

Make Up For ever Ultra HD undetectable Cover Concealer in R40 — I use this orange-toned concealer as a color-corrector to cancel out the purple under my eyes.

NARS Translucent Crystal Light Reflecting setting Powder — I use the tiniest bit to set the corrector.

Make Up For ever Ultra HD undetectable Cover Concealer Y33 — I apply this on top of the corrector as a concealer and to brighten my under-eye area. then I use NARS Translucent Crystal again to set it.

Hourglass Vanish foundation in beige — I apply a tiny bit to my cheeks, nose and around my mouth.

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish natural in medium golden — To set my face makeup

Benefit ready set Brow — applied to bare brows to wrangle them into place and give my brow powder something to hold onto

MAC The Monster’s Bride palette — I only used Brun, which I used to fill in the spare spots in my brows with a stiff, flat eyeshadow brush.

NARS pro Prime Smudge proof Eyeshadow Base — An old fave for priming my lids

MAC pro Longwear waterproof Colour Stick in Lilacked — This wasn’t in the picture I posted of my Tahoe makeup the other day, but OMG! — SO absolutely obsessed WITH THIS.
It occurred to me on this trip that I need to give this the Unsung makeup Heroes treatment ASAP, along with my other favorite colors from the MAC pro Longwear waterproof Colour Stick line.

MAC Nordstrom Naturals palette — using a MAC 217 brush, I mixed Woodwinked and Wedge, and then applied that on top of Lilacked Colour Stick, before applying Carbon with a flat eyeshadow brush along my upper lash line.

Chanel Stylo Yeux waterproof in 929 — the best warm, shimmery brown! The Stylo Yeux pencils are pricey, but they never irritate my eyes and stay put all day long.

Urban Decay Cannonball waterproof Mascara — Holds a curl like WHOA

Hourglass Ambient lighting blush palette — I’m wearing Incandescent Electra blush, which I applied to the apples of my cheeks.

NARS Apoline Lipstick — My neutral pink jam at the moment

Products I brought that I ended up not using…

I’d planned to do some looks with glitter and shiny liquid liner for going out to dinner, but that didn’t happen because of the rain (we didn’t want to deal).

In no particular order…

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The MAC pro Longwear waterproof Colour Sticks in Cinder Black, Tabby, Tea leaves and Bitter Clove

Benefit High Brow glow Pencil

Chanel Stylo Yeux waterproof eyeliner in Eros

Clinique Quickliner for Eyes intense in intense Ebony

MAC Eye Kohl in Powersurge

Clinique liquid Eyelining Pen

The Estée edit The Edgiest Kohl in Iced

Urban Decay Razor Sharp Long-Wear liquid Eyeliners in Goldrush and Snakebite

Guerlain Terracotta 4 seasons in 03 Naturel-Bruenttes

MAC pro Longwear paint Pot in Constructivist

Chanel illusion D’Ombre in Rouge Brule

Hourglass Panoramic Lip liner in Eden

Urban Decay naked Lipgloss in Sesso

By the way, random thing, but did you know that a lot of hotels can send a baby crib up to your room if you ask them?!

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The things you learn when you’re a first-time mom…

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Blush, babe!
Why is natural-looking blush so difficult to do?

In the grand plan of makeup application, it’s not like eyeshadow, where sometimes you’re blending four or five colors on your lids. blush is usually just one shade on a fairly big area. It’s not as precise as putting color in the upper crease, so why is it so freakin’ difficult to make blush look natural?

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This provided me a difficult time for many years as well as still does from time to time, however right here are two tips that truly help. When I discovered these, it was like the clouds had parted, as well as I heard angels singing, AHHHHH! more importantly, I wasn’t rollin’ around town anymore with two small circles on my cheeks (WHICH, OMG, I’VE totally DONE!).

Anyway, right here are two things I do when I’m going for the most natural-looking blush.

Reduce any type of redness, as well as prep your canvas first

This one is truly useful for the most natural-looking blush. as opposed to just applying blush over bare skin, always begin by evening out your skin tone as much as possible by concealing any type of areas of redness at all (like from pimples) on as well as around your cheeks, since you want your base as close to perfect as you can potentially get it before you apply your blush on top.

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If you put something pigmented like a blush on top of an area that already has color — like on top of a red pimple — your blush will highlight the area even more, so prep your canvas first. apply your foundation and/or concealer anywhere you requirement it, as well as then apply your blush. That method it’ll look like a natural sweep of color going across your cheeks.

Apply your deal with powder before your blush

The next tip is to apply your powder blush (if a powder blush is your specific blush poison, as well as it occurs to be mine) on top of your deal with powder, instead of the other method around. So, if you’re starting with primer, you’d apply your foundation as well as concealer next, then your deal with powder, as well as then your blush.

Because products like to latch on to creams, as well as foundations are creamy products, if you apply a powder blush directly on top of your foundation, any type of areas that have more product on them will grab more of your blush, leaving with you some unequal patches of more intense blush color on your cheeks.

Instead, if you apply your deal with powder on top of your foundation, your foundation will grab the deal with powder very first (instead of your blush).

One benefit is that since your deal with powder color is most likely similar to your foundation color, it won’t appear uneven. one more benefit is that the deal with powder provides your powder blush a base layer with a similar structure (a powder), like a cushion, as well as generally it’s easier to blend similar structures together, like creams with creams, as well as powders with powders.

That layer of deal with powder acts as a pillow for your blush as well as makes it much easier to scoot those blush grains along as well as blend them out. The result is more natural-looking blush.

All about that leggings life

OK, so I totally went there. I bought a pair of Zella High midsection Leggings, as well as ya understand what? I’m truly excited about them!

I have a few pairs of leggings from Zella that are all mid- to low-waist, as well as ever since I had the baby, um…I haven’t been able to get back into them. They don’t in shape me the exact same method they utilized to — specifically, my stomach hangs over the waistband. So, I’ve been wanting a pair of leggings that hold whatever in, a.k.a mom denim style. as well as ya understand what? Whatever, I’m awesome with it. I saw these high-waist leggings on the Nordstrom website, checked out all the great evaluations as well as was like, darnit, I’m just gonna go there.

I’m still waiting on them to find in… When they arrive, do you want me to evaluation them? LOL! I have reviewed workout gear on MBB before. If you believe I should, let me know.

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LONG online LEGGINGS!

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मँ ‘###) यहाँ कथित न्यूनतम मेकअप “भन्नुहोस्, यो वास्तविक मेकअप जस्तै धेरै मेकअप हो जुन नियमित आधारमा धेरै मेकअप लगाउँदछ प्राइमरहरू र र color ्गीन सुधार्नुहोस् र दिनहरू र लेयरिंग र लाइनरको लागि ब्लेन्डिंग र वाचेन डुबाउने (जब यो सम्भव भए पनि छिटो छैन “(हावा उद्धरणहरू) धेरै मेकअप प्रेसका लागि, यो मेरो लागि प्रवाह छ।

अम … मलाई लाग्छ यो अलि भ्रामक हुन सक्छ? किनभने अब म बिल्कुल भ्रमित छु, हाहा! म के भन्न खोजिरहेको छु, मलाई लाग्छ, यो हो कि यो होइन जब यो न्यूनतम मेकअप स ors ्केत गर्दछ जब तपाइँले यस समयमा न्यूनतम मेकअप पनि क्षणमा अधिकतम मेकअप पनि गर्नुहुन्न। , किनकि म गम्भीरताका साथ … म यस भन्दा धेरै कुरा व्यवस्थापन गर्न सक्दिन।

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यो बच्चाले मलाई क्रेय-बनी बनाउँदैछ !!!!

म यहाँका उत्पादनहरू लगाएको छु जुन यहाँ केहि फेसन वा अन्य दैनिक धेरै दैनिक धेरै दैनिक धेरै दैनिक धेरै दैनिकको लागि (जस्तै, यदि म हतारमा छु भने, म कती धेरै समय छोड्छु र म के भन्दै मुडमा छु, मेरो श्रृंगारले मलाई कतै -15-1-15 मिनेट सम्म लिइरहेको छ।

धेरै जसो भागको लागि, मेरो रूपको अन्य तत्वहरू धेरै फरक हुँदैन, ओठ र color ्ग अपवादको साथ, जसले धेरै फरक पार्दछ, र जब म लि inking ्ग र color ्गमा निर्णय लिन सक्दिनँ। Nod ‘कारण यो सजिलो छ, तिमीलाई थाहा छ?

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मिक्समा के भयो …

नुक्क्स एन्ड डीएल मिरएल मल मल

Becca backlatible प्रिन्डिंग फिल्टर

म्याक किलोकर cl tied क्रीम sch 30 मध्यम प्लसमा

MAC मध्यम टनको ट्यान मा छाला खनिज

मध्यम गाढा तातोमा शहरी भ्याकेन नरियो

शहरी डिब्बा तटस्थ खैरो खैरो बीउ

Anastasia बेभर्ली पहाडहरू खाली ब्राउ gel gel

कालो मा प्यानल लेव d पचाल

च्यानल स्ट्वेलो YUUX वाटरप्रूफ 88 88 नोयर तीव्र

ब्लूम प्यालेटमा नयाँ टार्टे टर्टेलेट (म स्मार्टे प्यान्ट र जेटसेटर लगाउँदछु, र मेरो माथिल्लो लम्बाई लाइनहरूमा {धुम्रपानकर्ता

सूर्य कांस्यमा रिमएमल प्राकृतिक ब्रान्जर

घन प्रकाशमा घडी एल्यूजेलास प्रकाश पाउडर

Mace Sheertone geringly मा लाज

Mac ChameSheen Lipehen लिपस्टिक केवल तपाईं (नयाँ Ellie Goowing संग्रह बाट)

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त्यसोभए त्यो मेरो न्यूनतम मेकअप नियमित रूपमा भयो। तिम्रो के हो? म तपाईंलाई TJ को अँध्यारो चकलेट ताराहरूको प्लेट शर्त दिन्छु यो मेरो भन्दा सरल छ, LOL!

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MAC x Halsey Lipstick
Call me crazy, but I have a routine of thinking about habits.

Is that weird? Like, I notice things about myself, and then I spend a fair amount of time pondering whether it’s just me, or whether everyone else has the same quirks, and because I have a job that involves a lot of long-term quiet focus, my mind unavoidably wanders…

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“Am I the only one who does [INSERT QUIRK HERE]?” Or, “I wonder how she feels about [INSERT PONDERABLE topic HERE]?” Or, “Why would the writers of The walking Dead play with my emotions like that?!”

Of course, because I absolutely adore makeup, I a lot of typically find myself thinking about what’s hot now, or how we wear what we wear, or why we wear what we wear. For instance, where do the trends come from?? It’s sort of a chicken/egg situation, right? because I think you could argue that often the trends come directly from cosmetics companies (color correcting), and often they come from us (strobing).

Anyway…now that I’m here helping Karen (and Tabs, who’s a real taskmaster, BTW!) on makeup and appeal Blog, I want to chat with you about something that’s been rolling around in my noggin.

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Here’s my question: What’s your “beauty comfort zone,” so to speak, when it pertains to lipstick colors?

My makeup comfort zone is pretty big where lipstick is concerned!
And I don’t just indicate standard lipstick. I’m also talking gloss, glitter, liquid lipstick (because it seems like errbody is talking about liquid lipstick ideal now) — you name it.

MAC x Halsey, that masterpiece of a grey lipstick, got me on this subject, because as wearable as it is for a grey lipstick, my brain automatically said, “Nope, that is not something you can wear everyday.”

Later after I thought about it some more, I wondered…why? Where was the girl who at 15 made a decision “I’m going to wear bright red lipstick to high school!” and did it fearlessly (despite the whispers in the hallway)?

Where was the girl who made a decision that bright purple lipstick was absolutely fine in the office on a Tuesday, just because?

My utmost neon coral, MAC’s Giambattista Valli Margherita (LE).
When I want bruised plum, I always turn to Giorgio Armani Plum 609.
A favorite “purple-pink,” YSL Rouge Volupté shine 19 Fuchsia in Rage.
We’re always told that one of the best things about makeup is that there “are no rules,” and while this is absolutely true, I think that policies do typically come from inside ourselves, a lot more than from anywhere else…at least where I’m concerned.

NYX released a absolutely amazing lipstick called Amethyst, and I want that baby bad, but the same little voice inside me that said that MAC x Halsey isn’t wearable is now telling me that I shouldn’t get Amethyst.

The irony here is that I consider myself to be exceptionally open-minded where lipstick is concerned!

I love bright pops of neon coral, deep blackened plums and neon purples. I love checking out how the vastly different colors change the way my overall makeup looks and brighten up an otherwise basic outfit.

So what’s so different about grey…or even indigo?

(Left to Right): MAC x Halsey (LE), MAC Giambattista Valli Margherita (LE), MAC Giambattista Valli Eugenie (LE), MAC Alluring Aquatic Goddess of the Sea (LE), Giorgio Armani Plum 609, YSL Rouge Volupté shine 19 Fuchsia in Rage, Pop appeal Matte velvet Lipstick relaxing Crimson

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So, ladies, now it’s your turn. I love writing about (and commenting on!) things like this, because what might be “risky territory” for me could be something you’re exceptionally at ease with.

Or, you might know of a way to make a color that I’m frightened by absolutely approachable for day-to-day wear.

Let’s chat about it. meet you in the comments.

Hello, strong eyes as well as lips!
OK…as somebody who has used extremely bit makeup for the past three months, this feels like a great deal of look for me (between the teal eyes as well as the orangey red lips).

But I assumption if you’re gonna jump into the pool, you may also just jump, right? You don’t just walk as much as the edge as well as gingerly stick your huge toe in, like, “tee-hee! I’m so shy!”

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Duuuuude, you gotta cannonball it! You get a running begin as well as go hawd.

That’s what I did today. I’m getting myself back into a makeup rhythm. I’m using makeup from MAC vibe Tribe, which has been out for a while. I believe it showed up in April, as well as it’ll be on counters till the end of June.

Anyway, every year MAC does a huge summertime collection, usually with bronzers as well as eyeshadows as well as restricted edition packaging, as well as they like to go all out with it. as well as this year, with vibe Tribe, they did this fascinating coral, teal as well as brown pattern, which incidentally stirred up some controversy.

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MAC states it was influenced by music celebrations — Coachella, what have you — however there’s been some chatter about exactly how the styling looks less music celebration as well as more cultural appropriation.

तिम्रो के बिचार छ? very first thing I believed when I saw the packaging was native American design, however I’ve never been to a music celebration myself, so I don’t know. Whenever I see photos online, I usually get a boho/Southwest vibe.

I do have to say, though, I believe the packaging is striking, as well as the pieces are interesting. Take the blue shade in the Wild Horses Eyeshadow combination ($33), for one. What a gorgeous blue… Reminds me of intricate turquoise jewelry.

MAC Wild Horses Eye shadow Palette
Right away, very first thing I wished to wear it with was painted Sunset (which truly does look like a desert sunset, by the way!), the warm orangey red lipstick from the collection. The intensity of the blue as well as the red together feels visually right to me, like the two belong together…like feline women as well as cats, as well as chocolate as well as peanut butter.

MAC vibe tribe Lipstick in painted Sunset

If you aren’t accustomed to using a great deal of color, integrating a strong blue as well as an intense red lip such as this may feel like you’re going as well far and, as of this moment, seeing as exactly how the most I’ve been doing lately has been brows, concealer as well as mascara, this kindasorta does feel like a great deal (too much) makeup to me, however I still like exactly how it turned out.

Wearing MAC vibe tribe Lipstick in painted Sunset
You understand that makeup “rule” that states that you should pair one strong element, whether it’s your eyes or your lips or something else, with toned down makeup everywhere else? Well, in a roundabout way, I feel like I’m complying with that rule to a degree right here by integrating a strong eye as well as a strong lip, since I think about the strong eye as well as strong lip together as my “one strong element…” LOL! So, I dialed back whatever else — simple hair, a non-fussy top as well as extremely sheer deal with makeup. I’m using a light laundry of the coral painted Canyon blush as well as warm golden pink Gleamtones highlighter, both likewise from vibe Tribe, as well as I skipped bronzer as well as went for very little foundation instead, rather than full protection (see the freckles around my eyes?), so there’s nothing to contend with the teal as well as red.

MAC vibe tribe Gleamtones Powder
Packaging for the MAC vibe tribe Gleamtones Powder
MAC vibe tribe blush in painted Canyon
Just for kicks, I swapped out the red lippie for a peachy nude lipstick shade from the collection called Pure Vanity.

Same look however with a neutral lipstick
MAC vibe tribe Lipstick in Pure Vanity
Wearing Pure Vanity Lipstick

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Which look is more your style? The teal eyes with the red lips, or the teal with the nude lips?

Your friendly community beauty addict,

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