Glossed up for Grandma's!
Close-Up of Tonya on my lips:
My boyfriend's grandma celebrated her 90th birthday this past weekend - how amazing is that?! She's one of the funniest, toughest, most blunt people I know and I just hope I have an ounce of her personality when I'm 90. Her party colors were brown and pink, so I thought it was most appropriate to celebrate with pink gloss. Buxom is my absolute favorite line of gloss (for its moisturizing, plumping and coloring powers) and I chose the color Tonya for this party. Check it out/buy it
here. It's described as a 'hot pink sparkle' on Sephora's site, but it's actually more mild on. Very wearable, but still super fun.
Labels: Buxom, lipgloss, Sephora
Catch-Up
Given my addiction to both gloss AND procrastination, we've got to play a little game of catch-up :) The fastest way to do that is to share a snapshot of my Winter (because it sure
feels like Winter) faves:
Clockwise from the top: Buxom lipgloss in Jackie, Bare Minerals Prime Time shadow in Sandalwood, Pete's Coffee & Tea Xiao's Blend Tea, Bare Minerals Prime Time shadow in Bronzed Twig, Fusion Beauty cream blush in Bella.
The two cream shadows are part of the
"Strike it Rich" 5-piece holiday set from Bare Escentuals. It's available exclusively at Macy's. Even though they're both shades of brown, I can't decide which one I like better. But if I had to make a distinction between the two, Sandalwood has more of a romantic light sparkle to it, while Bronzed Twig is a darker, more polished matte.
Here's Sandalwood up close and far:
Here's Bronzed Twig up close and far:
I'm still SUPER addicted to Buxom glosses. They're formulated so perfectly that they double as gloss and chap stick for me. My go-to Winter gloss for sure. "Jackie" is a cool pink shade with very subtle shimmer. My cheeks are dressed in "Bella," a pink-mauve shade, from Fuscion Beauty. This blush goes on smoothly and layers on top of foundation with no issues at all. It was also on sale at Nordstrom for the (almost painful!) price of $7.50. The line is going out of business and clearing out its inventory everywhere, so hop on this if you haven't already!
Here's a better look at my gloss, my blush and my puppy!
Labels: Bare Escentuals, Buxom, Fusion Beauty
Still Addicted
Feels like a lifetime since I've hit "new post!!" But between a little breathing room at work and inspiration from newbie blogging buddies, I've found some motivation. Whatever I lagged in blogging, I made up for in purchasing (shocking, I know). Below are a few of the goodies I acquired in my hiatus.
You'll be happy to know I'm still addicted to gloss, and lately, I'm addicted to a specific brand. Buxom has been rocking my world with their line of sheer, shimmery, minty lip polishes. Feels like they infuse my lips with actual superhero powers. The latest addition to my Buxom collection is the
Fashion Show ... & Tell set. For $29, you get 7 mini tubes of the good stuff. All in wearable shades (and I know this word is relative, but trust me).
Just to prove how wearable they are, here's Sugar (it's the color on your far left, above).
Buxom also has a line of fun
cream eyeshadows that are all named after dogs. I love cream shadows and I'm a crazy dog lady, so this one was a no-brainer. The shade below is "mutt." It's a super glittery taupe that clings to your lid all day long. Mutt is accompanied by Sonia Kashuk's eye liner palette, NARS blush in Angelica and Ecotool's blush brush.
To take it all off, I'm loving
Yes to Cucumbers facial towelettes. They smell awesome and are excellent at removing stubborn mascara, cream shadows with staying power and layers of concealer, bronzer, highlighter and blush. AND they don't leave a weird residue on my skin like other towelettes do. I've also fallen back in love with
Neutrogena's Deep Clean Invigorating foaming scrub. This is a blast from my 8th grade past, but since I'm older and wiser now, I don't use it on my face - I use it on my body. I go through like one a week. It feels that amazing!
I've sincerely missed this! Talk to you soon (:
Labels: Buxom, Ecotools, Nars, Neutrogena, Sonia Kashuk, Yes to Cucumbers
Glosses In Rotation
My favorite lippies of the moment:
MAC Lip Gelee in Bubble Lounge (with no flash)
Bubble Lounge with flash
LipFusion Infatuation in Angelic
Buxom Lips in Violetta
Labels: Buxom, Fusion Beauty, In Rotation, MAC
My Sister's Wedding
I had the honor of helping my little sister with her makeup on the biggest day of her life. Normally, this
would be an ENORMOUS pressure, but my sister was so far from bridezilla that at some points, I felt like geting all diva on everyone simply to fill the unnatural void that her happy-zen-ness left behind. My sis isn't big on heavy make-up, but she wanted to pop in her pictures. So we concentrated on her eyes, and on accenting the angles on her tiny face.
Here she is, au naturel and a little apprehensive (not of the wedding and the major committment she was about to make, but because of the amount of makeup I packed and spilled out in front of her).
Hard at work and havin fun. I'm so happy she trusted me to do this :)
Here she is with some of her eyes done. We used Urban Decay Sin Primer, Maybeline ColorStay Palette in Khaki, Rimmel Exaggerate Waterproof Eye Definer, Maybeline Volum Express Mascara.
See how everyone around her is moving? And she's so calm and still? Happy-zen-ness.
Korres Eyeshadow in Plum, Ardell Lashes #102, NARS blush in Sin.
Buxom Lipgloss in Michelle.
The Love of her Life.
I'll never forget this day! I love my sis and my new brother in law so much ... hopefully they'll let me do their kid's makeup one day ...
Labels: Ardell, Buxom, Korres, Maybelline, Nars, Rimmel, Urban Decay
The Halloween Scene
Love it when last-minute plans end up being the most fun ever. Thanks again for the invite, Jo!
Lips: Buxom Lipgloss in Violetta
Eyes: Laura Mercier Metallic Creme Eye Colour in Burnished Copper, Ardell #102 eyeslashes
Location: Horizon, San Francisco
His Costume: RUFIO!!!
My Costume: Native American Princess Wants-to-Lose-Five-Pounds
Labels: Buxom, Laura Mercier
49'er Red
My stress levels at work build to a breaking point each week. So by the time I reach Friday all bleary-eyed and delirious, lots of "let loosing" ensues. And it continues through the weekend. I'll probably have to correct this behavior at some point, but for NOW, this is just the type of therapy I need. Two weekends ago, I indulged in an event thoroughly soaked in rain and a lil bit of alcohol - the San Francisco 49'er/Oakland Raider Tailgate. And in the spirit of super fandom, my tailgate outfit came complete with the perfect shade of deep 49'er red: Buxom Big & Healthy Lip Stick in "Fresno" layered with Buxom gloss in "Brandi." I also gave a nod to the gold by highlighting my cheeks with my favorite Stila powder seen
here.
Thought these shades were good luck since my boys finally broke their losing streak that week ... but then they proceeded to lose the following Sunday. Guess ya can't win 'em all.
This pic doesn't exactly show the true color of the products, so I swatched them for you below.
Post-game Fantasy League'ing ... and Domino.
Labels: Bare Escentuals, Buxom, Stila
