New Obsession

Yesterday I was at the Beauty supply place near my work trying to find the hair stuff Brian likes and I found the greatest new thing!  In the past I have had bad luck with buying random beauty products without trying them out first, but I took a $16 chance and it paid off!  I have been using Bare Escentuals Mineral Makeup since as far back as I can remember.  I really like the all-in-one aspects of it, natural finish and sensitivity to my very sensitive skin.  Although I am very fond of the face makeup and face lotions, the eye shadows have never been my favorite.  I normally do not like things super shiny or sparkly which most of them are and the little pots are SO messy.  

That said, their New High Shine Eye color Tubes are great!

It is basically a tube with their eyeshadow in it and a built-in foam applicator.  You just shake it, pull the applicator out, tap off the excess and then swipe the whole thing over your eyelid.  It totally eliminates the need for eye shadow brushes, multiple eye shadow colors and the extra 10 minutes it usually takes me to create what I like to call, "My every day, trying to look effortlessly polished look" that is anything but effortless.  I bought the "Meteorite" shade, but they all looked really beautiful.  Now that I have tried it, I am going to go back and get another color or two.  

A few tips for use:

-DO use an eye shadow base or some concealer on your eye lid first as a layering base, it will keep the eyeshadow on like glue and will keep it from creasing

-DO NOT put this on after applying your concealer and face makeup. I always do my eyes first, clean up underneath and then start my face, but I know not everyone does it this way.  With this product you need to because some of the product tends to fall underneath there and you will look like you have raccoon eyes if you aren't careful.  

-DO put on your lids, only apply in your crease or all over if you want an extremely dramatic effect.  I would guess with the lighter colors you could put them all over.

-DO blend any mishaps with a Blending Brush

Hope everyone is having a good week, half way through!  

New Obsession!

Today I became obsessed with Etsy!  I know it is nothing new, but it does take a long time to peruse through the site and all the categories.  Even after spending hours on it, I found the best way to find cool stuff is to find a seller you like and then look at their favorites.  Seems pretty logical that if you like the items the seller is offering, you will probably like their taste.  I found all sorts of great things to buy and things I marked to save for the future.  

These are a few of the items I LOVE!

Walnut and Oak Cutting Board

If I was getting married again I would love these eco-friendly bouquets!

Great Wedding or Anniversary Gift

You never know, you might find yourself browsing the aisles of crafts and falling in love with one thing after the next!  If you find anything I might like, leave me the link in the comments!

Tickled Pink

Kate Spade recently opened near my work in Palm Desert and I am so excited about this! At this very moment I am drooling over this new green bag that just came in last week. I can't stop thinking about it because it is the world's cutest shape and my very favorite color.
It will be mine with my card for 20% off by the time the weekend is over!

Last week I was in there with my mom and I found these most adorable cards. I am a sucker for stationary and had to have them! They are made by Crane for Kate Spade and they are so cute. I love the color and the little saying on them. The saying sums things up better than a regular ol' "Thank you". Only downside is that they only have 10 cards inside and I am sad I will run out so quickly. I guess that means I can go get the other ones I liked that said,
"Small Card. Big Thank you".

hmmmm....

What do you think? Don't they just make you smile!?!