Current foundation routine —> All about That Base

OK, it’s true, I seemingly have a new foundation routine every two seconds since I like to switch things up all the time. Lately I’ve been utilizing a somewhat different combo of some old faves, as well as I’ve been getting a great deal of concerns about what I’ve been doing with my skin. So I assumption it’s working for me! Here’s the product lineup in buy from begin to finish…

MAC Fix+: A few spritzes on bare skin

MAC Prep+ Prime natural Radiance: One pump used around face

MAC Mineralize Timecheck Lotion: One pump on oily areas (forehead, nose, chin)

MAC studio repair fluid foundation in NC42 mixed with a few drops of Pinklite Strobe cream (1-3 extremely thin layers)

Charlotte Tilbury Magic Away liquid Concealer in shade 7 (under the eyes) as well as shade 8 (on cheeks as well as around nose)

MAC ले छाला टनको मात्रामा स्किनफ्लिनिश प्राकृतिक पाउडर

MAC Fix+: A few a lot more sprays besides of the powder products have been used (powder, blush, bronzer, highlighter, etc.)

I’d phone call this a medium-coverage base. The protection is just timid of full, as well as I like that this combo doesn’t feel heavy, however there’s still sufficient protection to even out the skin.

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It does take time, though. absolutely a lot more than a one-minute task with tinted moisturizer as well as concealer used with my fingers as well as buffed out with a clean or sponge (which is likewise a absolutely legitimate process, however likewise a absolutely different look).

If you’re gonna go this route, I suggest doing a couple things…

1. wait on your deal with primer to dry

I normally apply my deal with primer at the begin of my makeup, then do my brows as well as eyes to provide the primer time to absorb. If I’m in a hurry, I’ll wait a minute or two, as well as then blot down as much as I can with a tissue or paper towel, however you generally want the primer to have completely absorbed so it can do its thing. You don’t want to jump to the next steps while it’s sitting on top of your skin.

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2. thin layers are key!

OH, THE MAGIC OF thin BASE LAYERS. I might talk about this for ages, however here’s the gist of it: If you’re going for a great amount of protection however don’t want your base makeup to look like cake frosting, utilize several thin layers of foundation and/or concealer, rather than just stacking a ton of product on bare skin.

The thin layers will provide you the protection you want without appearing like batter.

It does takes time as well as effort, though…

Apply each thin layer with your fingers or a sponge or brush, as well as blend it in with a buffing clean (you want to get the layers as close to your skin as possible). Also, wait on the previous layer to dry (at least a minute or two) before applying the next one, as well as repeat up until you reach the protection you want.

It’s like walking around with a goat in your arms…

Not that I’ve ever brought a goat in my arms, however I picture it would be similar to that or to working out with a sandbag…which is what I did last night at the gym.

Mondays as well as Wednesdays are my HIIT class evenings, as well as even though the classes are brutal, I look ahead to them for lots of reasons, one of which is since I get to focus on myself for a while, as well as likewise since I’m not staring at a screen.

I’m in my head all the time LONG, as well as it’s exhausting, however when I’m in HIIT class, even though it’s physically extremely tough for my worn out 40-something body, I like having to concentrate on my breathing while I do burpies (which truly are the devil’s work!). It’s really kinda fun for me.

I understand — craziness.

Anyway, last night we did reverse alternating lunges utilizing a sandbag…

OHEMGEE. This is what they look like:

This woman is a bad-@ss since she’s utilizing — not one, however two sandbags! I only utilized one, as well as I might barely function. just to get with it, the entire time I was doing them I pretended that the sandbag was a goat named “Beatrice,” as well as I had to bring her across a field to return her to her infant goat.

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Ha ha ha! You gotta do what you gotta do.

तपाईंको मैत्री समुदाय अपील दुर्व्यसन,

करेन

Marc Jacobs Is Going Nuts for Coconuts

crazy for coconuts!
I question if Marc Jacobs has ever opened a coconut… He likes coconuts, obviously, since there’s a lot of new products in his makeup line that are coconut influenced as well as have coconut water in them, however has homeboy really ever opened a coconut? I hope he has! as well as I hope you have at least once, since it’s weirdly empowering. Girl, we’ll get to Marc’s new coconut bronzer as well as highlighter in a second, however let me just tell you that I opened a coconut this morning for the extremely very first time — utilized a hammer to lay the beat down on that husk! — as well as when that poor young boy lastly cracked open, I was like, “YES! I opened a coconut, motherf*ckers! I CAN DO ANYTHING.”

It felt truly good. LOL! Anyway, just your everyday fruit diversion.

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Marc’s got some new coco-nutty products, as well as they’re all about tans, radiant as well as summertime skin.

O!Mega Bronzer Coconut ideal Tan

The new bronzer is type of ridic since of the cost — $49!! मलाई थाहा छ। believe of it this way, though: at least it’s less expensive than Tom Ford’s.

It’s called the O!Mega Bronzer Coconut ideal Tan since it smells like coconuts (it’s not overwhelming or faux-sweet), however taking a look at the component list, it doesn’t appear to have coconut in it.

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$ 42

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HMM …

I’ve never tried the original O!MegaBronzer in Marc’s long-term line, however I’ve checked out that this new one is expected to have the exact same formula. It’s LE as well as has different packaging (crisp summertime white!). It likewise has a different undertone, which is less warm as well as much more neutral than the bronzer in Marc’s long-term collection.

O!Mega Bronzer Coconut ideal Tan

So numerous bronzing powders insurance claim to be neutral however lean great as well as taupe, as well as when they’re on my warm-toned skin, something about them doesn’t look right. Ya know? They look muddy as well as kinda dirty, like I unintentionally swiped the wrong shade of foundation on my cheek as well as left it there.

But this is really neutral. It’s expected to be widely lovely on warm as well as great skin. Unusually, as well as I imply that in a great way, it has absolutely no orange, gold or taupe tones in it. The color is a spot-on match for tanned skin.

It blew me away the very first time I used it. As I relieved out the edges with the new bronzing clean (we’ll get to that in a moment), my skin looked progressively much better as well as much better up until it appeared like I’d just gotten back from a day at the beach

Wearing the O!Mega Bronzer Coconut ideal Tan as well as the Dew drops Coconut Gel Highlighter in Dew You on my cheeks
I’ve heard with the grapevine that this has already offered out a few times on the Sephora site as well as can be difficult to find, as well as I can see the reason behind the hype. It completely mimics the color of sun-kissed skin. On top of that, the powder grains are practically imperceptible.

That said, Marc as well as I’ll have to agree to disagree about the whole widely lovely thing…because if I were at my end-of-summer deep bronze goddess lusciousness tan, this would be method as well light for me to do any type of genuine bronzing. So, if you’re a deeper shade of brown than I am, swatch it very first if you can.

Leave it to me to go off on a bronzer tangent for 10 minutes, my goodness. however damn, it’s so good!

The Bronze Bronzer clean No. 12

OK, focus, Karen. There’s likewise a restricted edition bronzing clean in this collection with a white deal with to match the white bronzer’s packaging. It’s $78…which is, again, crazy ridic.

The Bronze Bronzer clean No. 12
Do you requirement it? Um…well, most likely not, however I will state this for it: even though the cost is a total turnoff for me, the clean feels weighty as well as durable in my hand, as well as the size of the clean head is ideal मेरो लागि। When I lay the base of the clean head just below my cheek bones, the suggestion of the bristles (which are synthetic, by the way) hit the top of the apple of my cheek, so it locations the bronzer precisely where I like it to go.

This mofo… It’s beyond precise. I mean, it’s likewise obnoxiously expensive, as well as I don’t want to like it, however I type of do. I likewise understand that I might utilize it every day.

If you want it, you gotta go to Sephora, though, since they’re the only location that brings it.

Dew drops Coconut Gel Highlighter in Dew You

The $44 golden peach liquid highlighter, which has coconut water for moisture, is likewise new, as well as it’s now part of the long-term collection. It’s very shimmery when it comes out of the pump so it looks type of scary… I was frightened by it at first.

Dew drops Coconut Gel Highlighter in Dew You
But the much more I work it into my skin, either under or onफाउंडेशनको माथि (तपाईं यसलाई परिभाषित गर्न सक्नुहुन्छ), मोती असर मोती प्रभावले धेरै राम्रो देखिन्छ, त्यसैले तपाईं धेरै राम्रो देखिन्छ।

यो एक धेरै विशेष प्रकारको हाइलाइट हो – चमकदार र चम्किलो पनि तर shiimmery छैन, ग्लिटेट्री वा शीत – यति धेरै प्राकृतिक देखिने, यो मेरो मनपर्ने प्रकारको हाइलाइट हो।

माथिबाट स्विच: o! Mega Bronzere कोरिकल आदर्श टेलिपेट, शीतको नरिवल जेल हाइहाइट्फर ड्रप गर्नुहोस्
यदि तपाईं चाहनुहुन्छ भने, तपाईं यसको अधिकमा धेरै प्याट गरेर विकिरण क्र्याक गर्न सक्नुहुनेछ, किनकि त्यसरी नै यसको रूपमा राम्रोसँग (तर राम्रोसँग लागू गर्ने इच्छालाई धपाउँछौं, किनकि यसले तपाईंको छालामा कुनै प्रकारको सुख्खा क्षेत्रहरू रोक्दछ। ।

पुनः (आवरण) पूर्ण रूपमा नरिकुट सेटिंग धुने धुनु

$ 39 re (कभर) उत्तम नरिवुट सेटिंग धुने मिठो एक धेरै नरिवेट सम्बन्धित उत्पादन हो जुन मार्को जैले jewobs लाइनमा छ, तर मैले भर्खर यो म्यानुको लागि हेर्दै आएको छु।

पुनः (आवरण) पूर्ण रूपमा नरिकुट सेटिंग धुने धुनु
मलाई विश्वास छ यो राम्रो गन्ध आउँछ, नर्सोट जस्तै, तथापि मैले प्रयोग गर्दा मेरो मेकअपको स्थायित्वमा केही फरक छैन। म सम्भवतः यसलाई बेवास्ता गर्दछु।

(कभर) प्राधिकरणको साथ उत्तम नरिवल डिल

म पनि नरिवललाई अनुमानित विचारबाट टाढा छु। मेरो pores लाई लुट्नका साथै मेरो शव लक गर्न प्राइमर प्रयोग गर्दैछु, साथै यसले मेरो लागि त्यस्तो गर्दैन।

(कभर) प्राधिकरणको साथ उत्तम नरिवल डिल

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यो एक मेकअप-preppling प्रकाश प्रकाश, यदि तपाइँ त्यस्तो चीजको खोजी गर्दै हुनुहुन्छ भने, तथापि तपाईं टिप्पणीहरू प्राइमरसँग स chang ्ख्या, ममाथि कडा व्यवहार चाहनुहुन्छ भने। मलाई तपाईंको छाला प्रकार भन्नुहोस्, साथै म तपाईंलाई केही reces प्रदान गर्दछु।

तपाईंको मैत्री समुदाय आकर्षण अडिग,

करेन

Saturday Surfing, March 24th, 2018

#notetoself Pay better interest to the letter next to the shoe size when you’re ordering shoes online. since it implies something.

DUH, KAREN!

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I chose to treat myself to new running shoes as a reward for composing in The Five-Minute Journal for two weeks straight.

(Well…I needed the shoes anyway, however this was a great excuse!)

So I purchased these adorable Brooks Ravenna 9s from Amazon, believing I’d get them in time to break in on my Saturday morning run, however alas…they aren’t on my feet.

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Only as I was tearing into the box did I see that it was marked “WIDE” as well as “7.5 D.”

Apparently, the “D” implies wide, for people with larger feet, which I didn’t recognize when I put them in my cart.

I always get routine width shoes, which are in some cases marked as, however it’s typically just implied, width “B,” so back these go.

I did briefly think about keeping them anyway, since I was SO looking ahead into running in them today, however much better risk-free than sorry. These cuties are going back, as well as I’m going to re-order them in routine width.

I’m truly specific about exactly how my running shoes fit. No, seriously, if there’s even one grain of sand all up in there, I’m totally non-functional! I’m that headache person who will stop every five steps when I feel anything off with my shoe situation.

So, yeah, pay interest to that bit letter when you’re ordering shoes.

That’s my suggestion for the day!

In other news…boy, oh boy, this felt like a long week to me. I am SO pleased today is Saturday. I’m just settling in with the new home entertainment regular as well as my very first cup of coffee, ah… While I skim with this, right here are some stories that caught my eye this week.

Do you like Chanel? as well as video games? Do you online around Toronto? If you responded to indeed to these questions, you completely requirement to do those of us who don’t online anywhere near Toronto a solid as well as play these Chanel video games like best now.

I MEAN, WHAT THE WHAT?! Um…can you envision a Chanel version of very Mario Bros? That would be so next level!

These color-shifting pigments look like rainbows on skin. They’re made by an indie line called Dawn Eyes Cosmetics, which most likely implies that one of the huge brands will copy the concept in the not-too-distant future, le sigh.

What one lady discovered from her lobbying for the personal care products security Act (PCPSA) in Washington.

Here’s exactly how nail polish ? is made.

This charm editor bride prepped for her wedding event by employing a charm regimen that started six months before the huge day. It started with monthly doses of “baby Botox,” a micro-droplet method utilized on the brows as well as forehead to smooth fine lines, as well as a series of laser treatments for discoloration, sun damage as well as scarring.

Any cysts from acne were promptly injected with cortisone at the dermatologist’s office, so the breakout would have time to heal as well as not leave a scar.

That’s a great deal to take in! Basically, my wedding event prep was method less intense. I got a massage as well as plucked my brows the day before, as well as I likewise hired a makeup artist to assist me get prepared for the ceremony on the actual day.

Foundations as well as concealers to try if your skin is breaking out.

“Boy beat” has been making the rounds on Instagram as of late, however it implies different things to different peeps. Sir John (my makeup hero) states “it’s an androgynous method to look at makeup being masculine as well as feminine at the exact same time, adding a bit much more structure than you would have naturally.”

This artist does adorable illustrations of prominent palettes as well as makeup collections.

The best, coolest makeup tutorial I’ve seen in a truly long time includes blue under-eye concealer, shine as well as a six-year-old woman who occurs to be Pink’s daughter.

Why those oddly satisfying videos of frosted cakes as well as mashed lipstick tubes are…so oddly satisfying (according to science).

In situation you were wondering if your hair mousse or nail polish cleaner will catch on fire, this dude (who might potentially be a pyromaniac) has the answers.

And now, exactly how to paint a reasonable cat…

I’m believing of making this for Easter Sunday.

If I were running in my new shoes, I’d be listening to this.

Serenity now…

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Have a excellent weekend, babe. speak with you extremely soon.

तपाईंको मैत्री समुदाय आकर्षण अडिग,

करेन

9 Rad reasons to raid the Trader Joe’s holiday gift section right Meow

SO GOOD
It’s that time of year again! — that time when you go into Trader Joe’s meaning to only get a loaf of gluten-free sliced bread (El Hub extremely suggests the one in the eco-friendly bag. He states the one in the pink bag tastes like sawdust.) as well as entrust to a cart full of snacks as well as holiday gifts “allegedly” for other people, however truly they’re just for you.

1. Ginger Ultra Moisturizing Hand cream ($4.99)

It took every ounce of my willpower to not put all of these in my basket…
This is SO GOOD. I bought three tubes since #hoarders, as well as I’m going back for more. It smells precisely like Origins Ginger Souffle Lotion. If you’re unsure about ginger scents, ask somebody who works at TJ’s if they can open a tube so you can test it out first! That’s what I did, as well as the sales clerk mentioned that he ended up getting one for himself, each of his aunties, his sisters as well as his mom.

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Good man!

2. Lip treatment Duo ($3.99)

Be gone, dry lips!
A woman I was chatting up in the beauty section stated that she bought this duo last year, as well as she 100% suggested it if you have dry lips.

3. Gingerbread Scented candle ($3.99)

Smells great sufficient to eat (but you shouldn’t since it’s just a candle)
Another suggestion from my homegirl in the beauty section. It smells just like a gingersnap!

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$ 42

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What a steal!
4. Macaron Soap ($4.99)

Looks great sufficient to eat? (But you shouldn’t since it’s soap.)
How adorable are these bit soaps? You may have to tell anyone who utilizes your bathroom not to eat them though!

An inexpensive stocking-stuffer
5. deal with Mask Trio ($6.99)

Different masks for different needs
I’m so intrigued by the increased Gel Mask! pro tip/hack: If you see something in a gift set that you wanna keep for yourself, just break up the set as well as provide away the things you don’t want as stocking-stuffers.

6. exfoliating Body Scrub Trio ($7.99)

Scrub-a-dub-dub
I have a full-sized exfoliating body scrub from TJ’s that I love, as well as I bet these minis in different scents are just as great.

7. Handwoven Recycled newspaper Baskets ($5.99)

Snazzy organizers
Each basket looks different, as well as they feel sturdy, too.

Pretty spacious

Just picture all the feline treats (or makeup) you might fill this with.
How awesome is this?
8. Olive wood serving as well as cutting Board ($11.99)

I like the different patterns on the grain.
These disappeared quicker than a skittish street feline at TJ’s last year.

Dreaming of all the cheese one might screen on this board…
9. Olive wood bowl ($5.99)

Lots of different colors!
Yet one more extremely sought-after gift that was gone with the wind in a heartbeat last year. I’m going back on Friday to grab a few of the elongate bowls. I like exactly how they all look so different.

These elongate ones are my favorites.

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Happy holiday shopping!

Your friendly community beauty as well as Trader Joe’s addict,

करेन

10-Minute travel Makeup: Berry Cheeks and Lips, and glowing Skin on the go

travel makeup you can do in 10 minutes…in a moving car
All who wander are not lost, but if El Hub is at the helm, and we’re in our Mazda, chances are… Haha! Kidding, babe! sort of…

That man… OK, he was was born and raised on an island, so when he gets lost while driving, he instinctively seeks out the ocean and then hugs the coast. Now, if you do that on a small island, you’ll eventually get closer to where you need to go. (Granted, this technique works better on a small island like Oahu than it does when you’re driving in the middle of a substantial state like California.)

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And will he ever pull over and ask for directions? NOPE. thank goodness for smart phones… Apple Maps has saved our marriage much more than once!

Anyway, I’ve learned a thing or two about putting on makeup in cars, because, girl, I’m always putting on makeup in the car. (If I had a nickel for each time I nearly poked my eye out with a mascara clean on 880…)

Over the years and years and miles and miles, I’ve figured out a few valuable tricks that make the process simpler and much more efficient, and those tricks came in useful last weekend on our three-hour drive up to Redding.

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बिरालाहरू र मेकअप स्वेटशर्ट ??

$ 42

शप अब

Fluffy cloud game on point
The yellow wildflowers are out and working it.

These things are really valuable when you’re doing makeup in the automobile (or on a train, bus or plane, for that matter):

Skip the brushes if you can. They just complicate things. Plus, you know that crack between the seat and the center console in the car? It’s a freaking black hole when it concerns makeup brushes. If you drop one in there on accident, kiss it goodbye. You’re not going to get it out until humanity learns how to fold space and time.

Creams are key. You can apply creams with your fingers, so without brushes, and you don’t have to worry so much about spillage. on that note, try avoiding makeup that comes in jars or sifters because they’re messy. makeup in pressed pans is OK, but there’s always a chance you’ll drop the pan and shatter it, and you’ll have to use a clean to apply.

Choose products that have something attached to both ends. For example, a lip duo with a lipstick on one end and a lip liner on the other (like the berry lipstick/liner duo I use below from wander Beauty). They’ll save a little space in your makeup bag and lighten your load a little.

A quick peek of the North Bay from highway 37 (which takes you into Napa)

I wish it was this lush all year long.
Wildflowers on display on I-5.
Everything’s green best now! typically these hills are brown.
I did this look with berry lips and cheeks and glowing skin in about 10 minutes in a moving automobile using mostly makeup specifically developed for travel, but of course you can always use whatever you have on hand. The products are by wander Beauty, which is an up-and-coming cruelty-free makeup line out of new York (you can find them at Sephora).

If you like makeup like NUDESTIX or Lilah B, then you might also like wander Beauty’s travel-friendly products and less-is-more style.
Their less-is-more method to makeup is to focus on products you can easily take with you as you wander the world, or, in my case, as you wander up and down I-5 in central California.

Their stuff is also terrific for busy moms, students and professionals — essentially anybody who wants to look polished but doesn’t have time to put in tons of elbow grease.

अब यो काम गरौ!

TOOLS (products I used are in italic)

A pearly champagne illuminating lotion (Wander charm catch The Light Highlighter and Glowtion Duo)

A pearly champagne cream highlighter (Wander charm catch The Light Highlighter and Glowtion Duo)

Concealer (Make Up For ever Ultra HD in Y33 and Y41)

A brow pencil (Wander charm frame Your face Micro Brow Pencil in Dark Brown)

A matte berry cream blush (Wander charm On-The-Glow blush and Illuminator in Berry Whisper/Nude Glow)

A creamy berry lipstick (Wander charm Lipsetter dual Lipstick and liner in on the Mauve)

A lengthening mascara (Tom Ford FullScreen Lash Mascara)

1. apply a champagne pearly lotion all over bare skin

I just use my fingers to massage the lotion all over my face.

Obligatory bare skin before shot!
It looks shimmery, but once you work it in, it’s much more of a fine pearl.
2. even out your skin with concealer

Conceal dark circles if you have them, and even out any areas where you feel you want/need extra coverage on your face (try to keep as much of the pearly lotion peeking through as you can). I use my fingers to do this.

3. highlight cheekbones with the pearly champagne cream highlighter

Feather out the edges with your fingers.

Texture of this cream highlighter is similar to the NARS Multiples.
4. fill in your brows

Peep my partner in crime!
5. blend berry cream blush to the apples of your cheeks.

ADVEरिसेक्ट

किनार बाहिर सहज गर्न आफ्नो औंला प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्। वैकल्पिक: तपाईंको आँखा परिभाषित गर्न तपाईंको lips मा एक सानो ब्लश ट्याप गर्नुहोस्।

त्यहाँ एक तर्फ एक छेउमा एक Berry ब्लश छ र एक पेच सुनको लाश अर्कोमा। तपाईं यसलाई आफ्नो गाला र आँखा दुबै लगाउन सक्नुहुन्छ।
हेगारिरोडी
Your। तपाईको ओठमा बेरी-रंगीन लिपस्टिक लागू गर्नुहोस्

यो लिपस्टिक भटकने आकर्षणबाट पूर्ण कभरेज हो।
Mosc। मस्दाराको साथ तपाईंको अँशाहरू कोट

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Urban Decay All Nighter water resistant Full-Coverage Concealer: offered now in the UD long-term Line

get prepared to go matte all night (or, in my case, all day!) long with metropolitan Decay’s new All Nighter water resistant Full-Coverage Concealer.
Don’t go chasing waterfalls… That’s what I’m telling you, however if you’re going to do it anyway (despite TLC’s several warnings!), understand that you can stand beneath one using metropolitan Decay’s new concealer, as well as your makeup would emerge totally intact.

It’s water resistant to the extreme, so keep your fave oil-based makeup cleaner handy, since you’ll requirement it to take this concealer off your face.

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14 shades, $29 each, very waterproof!
Extremely matte, very waterproof

A new addition to the UD long-term fam, All Nighter is a long-wearing, high-coverage liquid concealer offered in 14 shades ($29 each).

They have a… I want to phone call it an ultra-matte finish, since they’re SO matte that they don’t show any type of light whatsoever on the skin, which makes them much easier for me, as a lady in my 40s, to wear on my cheeks, nose, mouth, chin as well as forehead, however not so simple to wear under my eyes.

For some reason, matte concealers, particularly the flat mattes like these, age me. I dunno, however I vow they make my fine lines look a lot more evident (whereas dewy/reflective concealers like comprise For Ever’s HD as well as MAC Matchmaster make my under-eye area look plumper as well as a lot more youthful).

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बिरालाहरू र मेकअप स्वेटशर्ट ??

$ 42

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I’m using a mix of medium Light warm as well as medium Dark warm under my eyes in the after pic. On the rest of my face, I’m using medium Dark warm as a foundation — no powder. just the concealer.
Awesome for anywhere except under my eyes

If you’re 30+, I wouldn’t suggest All Nighter as an under-eye concealer, however it’s manager for whatever else on your deal with since it covers up whatever (it’s likewise method a lot more pigmented than UD’s naked Skin concealer).

It hides freckles, discoloration, redness… All Nighter handles it all, as well as it’ll do everything night long, even if you choose an unscripted swim at midnight (it happens). It’s water resistant as well as long lasting.

Also in the new metropolitan Decay All Nighter line…

Urban Decay All Nighter makeup setting Spray

Urban Decay All Nighter liquid foundation

Feels like NARS Pure Radiant

The structure is similar to NARS Pure Radiant Concealer. It has that exact same creamy, moving fluffiness, so it’s incredibly simple to blend.

I like to utilize my fingers to apply it since I believe it’s much easier to manage that method as well as sticks much better to the skin.

Fair Warm, fair Neutral, Light Warm, Light Neutral, medium Light Neutral, medium Light Warm, medium Neutral as well as medium Dark Warm
Works in location of foundation

You can pair this with metropolitan Decay’s All Nighter Foundation, however I believe you can likewise quickly get away with utilizing the concealer on its own to even out your skin tone. I utilize just a few drops — seriously, it’s so concentrated that you won’t requirement a lot more than three or four little dots for a little area, like a cheek or around your mouth — blend it with my fingers (work swiftly since it dries fast!), as well as I normally avoid powder, since I don’t believe it needs it. This covers quite much whatever on its own.

Dark Golden, Dark Neutral, Dark Warm, Deep Neutral as well as additional Deep Neutral (not visualized — medium Dark Neutral)
Who’s it for?

I believe this would be excellent for somebody trying to find a long-wearing, flat matte surface concealer to wear anywhere on their deal with except underneath their eyes.

I mean…you can wear it under your eyes, however I’d suggest cutting it with a decrease or two of deal with oil to take down the matte-ness a bit if you do.

I likewise such as this if you online anyplace with weather condition extremes, like someplace hot as well as damp like Hawaii, or someplace that gets great deals of snow or rain. Or, if you just want incredibly polished skin with a matte finish…this might work for you, too.

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It’s offered now in the long-term line at Ulta, Sephora as well as the UD website.

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Hot in here

Let’s just say that grocery shopping has been challenging…
Things nobody ever warns you about but probably should:

If you’re going to fill your trunk with things to donate to others — things that no longer stimulate happiness for you (like that pink paisley polyester dress from Bebe you haven’t worn considering that 1999), but that could still hopefully stimulate happiness for someone else, you’ve got to get your booty in the driver’s seat, put the keys in the ignition, and drive to goodwill like ideal NOW; otherwise, you’ll be driving around town with metal mixing bowls rattling around for months!

The majority of “adulting” consists of paperwork…and biting your tongue.

When the bare skin on your thighs continuously rubs together over a long period of time, it really, really hurts.

I’d like to file these things under “Lessons I’ve learned the hard Way,” especially item number three, which I figured out during my first half marathon. about halfway through, the friction between my bare thighs hurt so bad that I had a minor meltdown. I wept for three miles straight and had visions of the ground opening up underneath me and swallowing me whole.

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I can laugh about it now, but it was like a raging garbage terminate between my inner thighs at the time. This minor trauma taught me that whenever I wear something like shorts or a maxi dress, and I know that my legs are going to be rubbing against each other, it’s crucial to have something to ease the glide between my thighs. I used to use a little Vaseline (I’d store it in an old contact lens case to stop spillage in my purse!), but I got worn out of it staining my clothes, so I just recently started using the Anti-Chafe Stick by love AnyBody.

Your thighs will thank you.
This unscented, non-sticky balm can be applied pretty much anywhere and anywhere your skin rubs — underarms, your neck, and the nook underneath your boobs — to stop chafing. It has vitamin E and aloe to soothe irritated skin, and no parabens or aluminum. The stick’s a little big and awkward to keep in a purse, but it’s convenient and doesn’t stain my clothes. I have a stick in my shower room and use it in the morning, but I’m thinking about keeping an additional stick in my car because it’s kinda like deodorant or hand cream; it’s always helpful to have extra around. I just whip it out and slick it on! Life changing, especially in this hot weather, I tell ya.

A new water resistant mascara by urban Decay
Another warm weather must-have I rely on: water resistant mascara. For YEARS, my go-to was urban Decay Cannonball, which they discontinued a while back… Yes, I’m still hella salty about that, because why mess with a good thing?? Anyway, they replaced it with a water resistant version of their Perversion Mascara ($24). I’m absolutely on board with its dark black color, the anime ingenue curl and smudge-proof-ness (it was 99 degrees here yesterday, and there wasn’t a single smear underneath my eyes). Taking it off is also a cinch ’cause it slides ideal off with an oil-based makeup remover, so I don’t anxiety about my lashes breaking off. (Always a good thing.)

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बिरालाहरू र मेकअप स्वेटशर्ट ??

$ 42

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That’s one coat.

I like it, but I don’t looooove it as much as Cannonball. While this new one’s no slouch, I still deeply miss Cannonball’s dark, glossy finish and its ability to fatten and stretch each and every lash to the max.

Bring back Cannonball, UD!

OK, so remember how we talked about gift cards last week? For my birthday, my family got me a Nordstrom gift card! In buy to break the cycle of sitting on gift cards for months (OK, years), I’m giving myself until Friday afternoon to pick something out, and I’m already overthinking things because, ya know, that’s what I do! but here’s what I’ve narrowed it down to so far:

V-Neck jersey maxi dress by Loveappella ($68): This dress comes in petite sizes and so lots of colors! I also like that the straps are thick enough for me to wear a regular bra (and not a strapless) with it. must I opt for purple, red or pink? Or maybe basic black?

Knit Maxi dress by Loveappella ($68): Is it just me, or does this have an upscale muumuu vibe? maybe that’s why I like it. Again, there’s the question of color. Red or black? I’m leaning toward the red.

Dayla artificial leather backpack by Sole Society($59.95): The braid and the golden hardware raise this little backpack. looks like the best size, too.

Cover tank by Alo ($54): usually I’d never splurge this much for a tee shirt to exercise in, but this one gets great reviews, and I know I’d wear the black one all the time. incredibly cute wrap detail on the front!

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ओह, केटा I just realized something… The Nordstrom anniversary sale is coming up in July. must I just wait a month and save the card so I can get the things I actually need (a black jacket, new bras and underwear, among other things) on sale? GAHHHH!संघर्ष यति वास्तविक छ।

तपाईंको मैत्री छिमेकी अपील अडिड,

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Neon Lights: 3 colorful looks

The three colorful looks in this post have a couple things in common.

I wore them all to preschool drop-off in the last few days (the pink look at the top was from this morning!).

I did all of them using the $29 LORAC Neon Lights palette.

In the Neon Lights palette, that yellow is a lot more of a goldenrod, which I’m kind of disappointed by because I wish the palette had a lemon yellow… The goldenrood just isn’t yellow enough for me.

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Wow, that’s something I never thought I’d ever say!

Fun colors
Say “what,” Karen? You’re not wearing a sh*t-ton of browns for once? LOL। Neutrals are usually my wheelhouse, it’s true. I normally default to them because they fit my my lowest energy state, ha ha ha! Plus, you can’t really muck up neutrals.

Still, I’ve been itching to wear a lot more color. I’ve just been trying to think of ways to feel comfortable doing it, because as fun as bright, intense glittery looks are, I feel a little crazy wearing that kind of makeup when all I’m doing is bringing coywolf to school or toddler ballet class.

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बिरालाहरू र मेकअप स्वेटशर्ट ??

$ 42

शप अब

The colorful looks here are my speed because, even though there’s a bright focal point in every one, there are still subtle-ish elements, like the foundation.

Something Sam said in that ’90s makeup video I pointed out the other day resonated with me. To paraphrase, she said that it’s not the things you pile on that make a look look cool. It’s what you leave out, so I generally went incredibly minimal on the base in all of these colorful looks.

I’ve also been very inspired by Katie Jane Hughes lately. She’s a makeup artist I follow on Instagram, and she is just SO DAMN GOOD. She’ll paint a delicate swish of sparkly green shadow or sketch a skinny slice of neon yellow liner, so you can tell she loves wearing color, but she also likes to go minimal with the base.

I’m a little obsessed with her at the moment!

LOOK 1: PINK summer SUNSET

Eyes: Bolt, girls and Atomic eyeshadow from the LORAC Neon Brights Palette, Chanel dimensions de Chanel Mascara, Maybelline bold brown Tattoo studio Liner, IT Cosmetics Brow Power Micro in universal Taupe, urban Decay Yeyo liner (as a base)

Base: MAC next to nothing foundation in medium Deep (all over, applied with fingers) and Estée Lauder double wear foundation in Honey Bronze (patted with fingers on cheeks, nose, around the lips, and under the eyes)

Lips: MAC Stripdown Lip Pencil and MAC open presence Lipstick

LOOK 2: BLUE NOTE

Eyes: Indie and Blue note eyeshadow from the LORAC Neon Brights Palette, Chanel dimensions de Chanel Mascara, Maybelline Tattoo studio liner (gray shade), IT Cosmetics Brow Power Micro in universal Taupe, urban Decay Yeyo liner (as a base for the blue eyeshadow)

Base: Tom Ford Traceless liquid foundation (all over, applied with fingers), MAC Sun-Soaked strip Bronzer and MAC Sunbasque blush (cheeks)

Lips: MAC Stripdown Lip Pencil and MAC Smoked Almond Lipstick

LOOK 3: LEMON SLICE

Eyes: bolt and Atomic eyeshadow from the LORAC Neon Brights Palette, Chanel dimensions de Chanel Mascara, Maybelline bold brown Tattoo studio Liner, IT Cosmetics Brow Power Micro in universal Taupe, urban Decay Yeyo liner (as a base for the yellow eyeshadow)

Base: wander appeal nude illusion in golden Tan, bareMinerals warmth Bronzer and bareMinerals complimentary Highlighter

Lips: Chanel 166 Rouge Coco gloss

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Would you try any of these looks? सोधपुछ गर्न मन पर्छ।

तपाईंको मैत्री छिमेकी अपील अडिड,

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The strange as well as the fantastic

So much blue!
I like that anywhere we are in the world, be it a hilly hamlet in the ‘burbs (hello, Novato!) or a busy metropolis like London, we can, at any type of provided time, discover things that are strange as well as wonderful.

For example, I walked into Safeway a couple weeks back to get some kimchi.

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Long story, however there aren’t any type of Oriental grocery stores in Novato, as well as the closest one is about 10 miles away, as well as I didn’t want to hop on the freeway.

Anyway, I went to Safeway to get some overpriced kimchi, as well as where I walked in was on the side with the floral department.

Boom! I walked into a deluge of these crazy blue orchids…

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बिरालाहरू र मेकअप स्वेटशर्ट ??

$ 42

शप अब

Sometimes I feel like that a person lonely non-blue orchid, LOL!
It was type of surreal! like I was in a sci-fi movie.

I keep in mind reading someplace that blue is the rarest (or one of the rarest?) color in nature, as well as it did feel strange to see so numerous blue flowers concentrated in one place.

They look like technicolor flowers, don’t they? Actually, I don’t understand exactly how I feel about them… On one hand, I can’t stop staring, however on the other hand, there’s something a bit off about them.

मलाई थाहा छैन। तिम्रो के बिचार छ?

That reminds me…on one more trip, this to Woodlands Pet Food & Treats, since they bring Ziwi Peak, which is Tabs’ preferred food (it’s from new Zealand, as well as he’s type of bougie like that), however it’s extremely expensive, so I get it for him every when in a while as a special treat, as I surveyed the shelves, I found something I’d never seen before called poultry Soup for the spirit feline Food.

I question if it’s as inspiring as the book, LOL! I believe I may have a copy around right here somewhere that I got from my mom…

Wait — what?!

I question if it’s called that since the people who purchase the book are mainly feline ladies? If so, exactly how did anybody even discover this out?! as well as what’s the connection between the book as well as the food? Is the food expected to soothe my soul, or my cat’s? as well as why are none of these flavors really poultry soup?

This is so confusing to me. perhaps I’m taking it as well literally…

Yeah, I most likely am.

Still, I believe it’s oddly delightful.

I can’t tell if that feline is upset or happy, which is one of the things I like about CATS.
Peep the women hugging their cats on the labels, as well as the label line: “Because food is much more than just nutrition. It’s likewise about comfort, like as well as appreciation.”

I can completely get behind that, even if this whole circumstance is confusing to me.

Because food is much more than just nutrition…
I would’ve gotten Tabs a can, however he’s gotten so picky as well as diva-ish about his food in his senior years.

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Anyway, keep a lookout for strange as well as fantastic things on your travels today. let me understand what you find.

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The restricted edition Charlotte Tilbury bigger Brighter Eyes Palette, as well as a new CC cream From It Cosmetics

I’m using the restricted edition Charlotte Tilbury bigger Brighter Eyes combination ($53)
What does a makeup-lovin’ woman do when she wishes to “play up” her peepers, however she only has minutes to pull herself together for a Sunday funday satisfying with a charm brand? (Side note: The brand was It Cosmetics! much more on this in a second…)

Shockingly, this specific time crunch was not because of my typical lollygagging.

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मलाई थाहा छ! Instead, it was because of my oldest kid (the cat), who chose that my youngest kid (the toddler), didn’t requirement to eat her plate of scrambled eggs for breakfast…

Let’s just state that a series of swift feline paw swats led to scrambled eggs on the floor, which led to silky scrambled eggs ending up in one husky tabby’s tummy. as for the rest of the eggs, well, they ended up in his partner in crime’s small (but surprisingly powerful) young child hands, as well as that resulted in scrambled eggs strewn about the living space like confetti in Time’s Square on new Year’s.

All of this in the span of 60 seconds… How? No, seriously, HOW?!

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बिरालाहरू र मेकअप स्वेटशर्ट ??

$ 42

शप अब

Needless to say, I was officially running laaaaate.

Charlotte Tilbury bigger Brighter Eyes combination ($53)

With my makeup window whittled down to 10 minutes, I grabbed the Charlotte Tilbury Transformeyes Palette, since you understand the old stating — when it doubt, buff an costly gold as well as brown eyeshadow out.

OK, I just completely made that up. however it’s an precise method to explain what I finish with this combination for some daily low-key glam.

Yup, still an NC42 besides these years.

What it is: A limited-edition filter combination to morph your eyes into the biggest, brightest, many sparkling eyes ever.

What it does: influenced by the sparkling, eye-widening filters of social media, this combination is color-curated as well as coded to make your eyes look instantaneously bigger as well as brighter, in addition to putting what Charlotte famously phone calls the lights-into-the-eyes. Charlotte has de-codified that application into an simple Prime, Enlarge, define as well as Pop sequence, with each micro-finely pigmented shadow color-formulated to provide the optical illusion of widening, brightening as well as playing with the light in particular areas after application.

How to use: apply the Prime color, a warm, eye-brightening hue, to the inner corners of the eyes to provide the impact of expanding the whole eye area. apply the Enlarge shade to lightly contour as well as provide a lifting impact to the socket; it can be developed up or washed across the eye lightly. define with a universal shade that adds immediate meaning to the lashline as well as makes eyes look brighter. Then, apply Pop in targeted areas to widen as well as brighten eyes throughout the day.

–nordstrom.com

Pristine, untouched as well as fabulous

What I ended up doing that morning was what I typically perform in times like these. I dipped a tapered eye clean back as well as forth between the darkest great matte brown (the pan on the lower right) as well as the lightest beige (on the upper left), as well as buffed the mix on my lids. then I lined with Chanel mat Taupe as well as packed up my lashes with Mally Smoky mom (a.k.a manna from the heavens). It’s soft as well as subtle smoke.

On top of my reliable MAC primer, as well as I’m great for the day.

Charlotte Tilbury Transformeyes
And since it’s Charlotte Tilbury we’re speaking about (a.k.a elegant sh*t), high-end virtually oozes out of each as well as every finely milled grain of powder. It’s extremely Tom Ford. just be sure to tap off your clean first, please, to prevent the after effects (although there isn’t much), particularly if you’re going all whoo-hoo-hoo with the shimmers.

You’ll be lured to glow there when you see exactly how the shimmery beige as well as gold glisten without settling into your fine lines as well much. just so, so great for that dewy, doe-eyed effect.

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Adventures with IT

I drove into the city last Sunday to hang with IT Cosmetics as well as discover out about their new Oil-Free Matte formula, which comes out at the end of this month as well as will be offered at Sephora as well as the IT Cosmetics website. one of the women was using it, as well as her skin looked AH-MAY-ZING.

(Yeah, Alexia, I’m talkin’ about you!)

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I’m believing that this will be fun for product cocktail-ing, as well as it might be wonderful with a few drops of MAC Strobe. I’ll be testing it soon. Fingers crossed that it’s as great as it looks!

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