Skincare and Makeup Sharing

newest haul! I’m only realizing just now that I still haven’t purchased the one charm thing I actually needed to purchase this week (an Ilia eyeliner to replace the one I finished). Still haven’t made it to Sephora. Sigh. I did manage to get some things at Target and Ulta to replace other items that were running low, though! Side note: while I was at Ulta yesterday, I overheard a mother telling her teenage daughter that she was done waiting and that 45 minutes was plenty of time to pick out a nail polish, and they needed to go, like,...

I had anticipated April would have been a crazy month of haulage due to the Sephora VIB sale but that didn’t turn out to be the case.  I had $252.74 in my April budget to start off with. In the Sephora sale, I bought only 4 items, and I ended up returning one of them: My original total was $83.30 but after returning the busted BITE charm Agave Lip Mask, I only ended up spending only $52.70 at the VIB sale. MAC strikes again this month with an purchase for the online exclusive lipstick, finally totally free ($21): And this week, I wrote...

delighted birthday, little one! This Coywolf turned six today! What a trip it is to help guide a little person through their early years. each day really is an adventure. Right now she loves dancing (and will probably join the dance team at her studio next year), and anything and everything related to animals. Her favorite school activities are art, P.E. and STEM lab. and when it’s playtime, she loves building with Legos and playing with her stuffies and dolls. ADVERTISEMENT Last night I prepped her annual birthday lasagna! She gets one every year, and I bake it in her...

love notes to myself. So…what is the Monday Poll? Excellent question! It isn’t, contrary to its name, an actual poll, like with little clicky buttons. It’s just a list of more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morning for the past quadrillion years (since 2007). 1. Matte, shimmer or satin blush? Matte, please, with satin close behind. I rarely do shimmery blushes these days because too much pore drama! 2. Are you having a good day so far? Yes, so good. I just finished working out, so my limbs have that lovely loosey-goosey feeling....

radiant lids today! Hi, friend! Whew, it’s been type of a crazy week here; I have sooooooo many deadlines looming in the near future for work. You know what always makes it easier, though? Consistently taking breaks (I’m a substantial fan of the Pomodoro technique), coffee (still consumed with my Nespresso) and using makeup, of course. Today I did a quick 10-minute look with two MAC eye classics: Teddy liner and Satin Taupe eyeshadow. ADVERTISEMENT I’m using Teddy on my lash lines and water lines (both upper and lower), and on my lids as an eyeshadow base. Satin Taupe’s mixed...

By now you understand it’s not great news if you see a product come up for evaluation this week… I gotten the rich Turkish pleasure shower Smoothie in my rich haul back in March. I chosen this product in my haul since of the prospect of smearing the scent of Turkish pleasure around my body!  I like Turkish delights: Source. The description for this product is: Delight your senses with a rather rosy outlook Lather up with our delightfully buttery rose-scented shower smoothie. Each pot is made with exceptional high quality components including aphrodisiac jasmine as well as Turkish rose, smoothing...

I get a bit obsessive about discontinued makeup items.  I kick myself for not buying them when they were readily available.  And when they’re gone and difficult to acquire, their lure becomes even greater!  I start plotting ways to get my hands on them.  Enter eBay.  I know some people are uneasy about being off eBay but I’ve never had any issues – just do your research, if something seems to good to be true, it probably is. In January I was lucky to find two discontinued items that I had put eBay alerts on: Burberry sheer Eye shadow in pale...