Whats In My Makeup Bag + May ipsy

Hey there fellow beauty lovers!  Today's post is an update on what's in my makeup bag and is combined with a post on my daily makeup routine.  My most used products for the last couple of months are a mix of drugstore, obscure online purchases and samples from Ipsy bags. I'm a budget shopper so finding quality products that look great but are less than $10 is pretty important to me.  Read on to check out what I'm loving recently and maybe get some ideas for your own makeup bag!  Bolded items are favorites that i make a point to use daily! Feel free to request a detailed review on anything.

Face products:

• Rimmel London Match Perfection in 101 Classic Ivory
• Rimmel London Stay Matte Pressed Powder in 003 Natural
• Hard Candy Baked Bronzer in 131 Hula Hula
• NYC BB Creme foundation in 01 Light

Eye products:

• NYC Kohl Eye and Brow liner in Dark Brown and Jet Black
• Blue Heaven Kajal Liner
• Maybelline Falsies Volum Express Flared Mascara in Very Black
• Essence Lash Princess Volume Mascara
• Coastal Scents Revealed 2 20 shadow Palette 

Lip Products:

• Starlooks satin finish lipgloss in Cuddle
• J. Cat beauty Wonder lip paint in Red Potion
• e.l.f. lip balm in nude 

Brushes:

• Powder brush e.l.f
• Angled brush e.l.f.
• large stipple brush e.l.f. studio line
• C476 crease shadow brush by Crown brush

Misc:

• Jor'el Parker Femina parfume

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My ipsy bag for this month is so cute. Canvas, says "Contents: Pretty Important Stuff".  This month wasn't particular exciting.  The bag features a gel eyeliner from bellepierre, leave in conditioner, an eye shadow brush (can never have too many of those!), a moisturizer (that smells amazing-like dryer sheets haha), and a little card with samples from urban decay of lip primer and two glosses.  If any of these products blow me out of the water I'll do a review but lately I've just been getting mediocre things.  At some point i'll post my all time favorite products I've received from ipsy in a compilation type post.  

On a side note: Congrats to all the graduates! High school and college kids alike have been attending graduations this week, my fiance included. (yes, i'm engaged!!!).  I hope everyone enjoys their summer. We are taking a day trip to myrtle beach on monday, i'm so ready.  Plans for the summer? Tell me!

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Favorites of the moment + college updates!

Hey all! Long time, no blog! - I know, but I warned you about this at the beginning of January.  I've been at college for about two months now.  In all honesty, the first week was pretty hard, but then I met a guy, became part of a great group of people that I go out with on the weekends and things got a lot better.  I'm really loving it here now and it's definitely the best decisions I've ever made.  I've been able to let a lot of things go from my past that were holding me back and I finally feel like I can breath again. So that's great.

I turned 20 on Valentine's day so that was exciting.  I didn't have a Valentine but my roommate and a mutual friend took me out to dinner.  I ate at Buffalo Wild Wings for the first time and they were really amused by that.  Pretty much everyone here is either from Chicago or a suburb of it. I'm from a small town in Missouri (which is actually only a 2 hour drive to their 4) but I feel like an international student. There were white people at my high school. The end. And the town I lived in had a population of 220 people so I came here and was like BAM culture shock.  I'm only just now able to understand bits and pieces of gangster speak (you know what I'm talking about) and even then I have to focus really hard. haha I've also picked up the Chicago suburb accent and every time I call home my dad will just randomly start laughing at me because I say my "a's" which this weird sort of drawl. I soak up accents like a sponge.

Okay, now on to the beauty stuff.  I'm busy and poor so haven't really had much to post about because I don't buy new things. And I probably won't do monthly favorites for awhile because I'm a lazy college student and I tend to use the same thing everyday. There might, however, be more fashion posts, because clothes is something I will always buy. (lol). As far as beauty and such goes, I'll probably just post a small collection like this when I have some new things I've been loving and using a lot.



Today's post is stuff I've been wearing on a daily basis.  This first item is just a cross necklace from DEBS that I got for $9.50.  I haven't been the type to wear a necklace everyday for several years so I wanted something simple that would go with mostly everything, and this does!  I have gotten so, so many compliments on this.

The beauty items are...

• Cover Girl Perfect Blend eyeliner in brown
• Maybelline Rocket Last waterproof mascara in blackest black
• LA Colors eye shadow trio in sunflower (does WONDERS for green eyes&red hair)
• and E.L.F. studio blush in candid coral

The pictures are scattered throughout this blog post. I'm also including a picture of me wearing all that stuff minus the necklace. Anddd that's my puppy, one of them. She's a shiba inu/beagle mix. Her name is Georgia. (:

That's all for today folks! <3 

xx

P.S. This post is like a month old and I'm finalllly getting around to posting it. I'm currently working on a review for Wet 'N Wild' CoverAll foundation which is almost exactly the same as the much-loved Rimmel ColorStay Foundation with the exception that the wet n wild brand is $4 compared to Rimmel's $10. So stay tuned for that. (; I also redyed my hair. Still red though, so don't worry.

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What's In My Makeup Bag? w/video

Hey all! Another video coming your way!  Scroll to the end of this post to watch the video where I share with you what products I keep in my makeup bag as well as some mini-reviews on most of these products. Or, you can just read the list and look at the pictures. (:

Lesser Used Products/Stuff I need to take out of my makeup bag [bottom photo, left pile]:
LA Colors Little Black Book
ELF Matte Lip Tint in Nearly Nude
Hard Candy Glow 24k Gold
NYC Lipstick in Retro Red
All Natural Face mini Kabuiki Brush
Belle mini powder Brush
Eyelash curlers
Hard Candy Sheer Envy Face Primer

Newly Purchased Products/Stuff I Use Occasionally [bottom photo, right pile]:
Blistex Cold and Allergy Honey & Lemon Lip Balm
ELF Brightening Eyeliner in Coffee
Cover Girl Eye and Brow
ELF Shimmer Eyeliner in some green color that idk
Cover Girl Professional Mascara in brown
NYC Liquid Lipshine
ELF shimmering facial whip
ELF HD Blush in Superstar

Daily Face Products/Stuff I Use Everytime I Put On Makeup [top photo]:
Zoe&Zac Natural Blush Mineral Powder in Spring Eclipse
Rimmel London Natural Bronzer in Sundance
Rimmel London Stay Matte Pressed Powder
All Natural Face Mineral Foundation in Dark Tan Warm
Pencil Sharpener
Cover Girl Perfect Blend Eyeliner in Blackest Black
NYC Big Bold Mascara
Revlon Tweezers
ELF Large Stipple Brush
ELF Essentials Total Face Brush and Bronzing Brush
Pink Fluffy Brush from Fangling
ELF Matte Tinted Lip Color in Praline
LA Colors Pearl Liquid Eyeliner in Black Pearl
Cover Girl Clean Foundation in Classic Ivory

That's all! It's amazing how much stuff I got to fit in this bag. haha
And jsyk, this is by no means my entire makeup collection.  Not even close.

Do you have any of these products in your collection? Share!
Know any places online where I can get a cute makeup bag? Share!
Have you done a post similar to this lately? Share!
Can you lick your elbow? Share!...jk.

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Daily Makeup Routine

So this is just what my daily makeup routine usually consists of when I'm lazy or pressed for time. These are all very basic products, mostly drugstore and is very light look.  I'm very fair skinned and it's rare that I find something that matches my skintone so any foundation, bronzer and blush shades must be applied lightly otherwise I look awful...and some days I do anyway (I need different foundation.).


First, I apply Covergirl Clean Foundation in 105 ivory with a sponge, which, you're actually not supposed to do because sponges harbor bacteria.  Today, I applied two "coats" just because I have acne and it makes me feel better if I build it up.   Then, I use an angled brush from ELF to apply Rimmel Bronzer in whatever the lightest shade is to the hallows of my cheeks.  I used a fluffy foundation brush from ELF to apply a slightly shimmery mineral blush from Zoe & Zac (from Payless' makeup line).  Covergirl perfect blend eyeliner in Brown Black and a bronze from an LA Colors palette.NYC Lip stain in Rock on Ruby and Matte Lip Tint from ELF in muave on the lips because I find it tones down the pink of the stain.  Finished off with NYC Big Bold Mascara (which I do not recommend btw).

This takes almost exactly 5 minutes and does need to be set with finishing powder I just usually don't do that until later in the day when I start to look oily.  I'm currently on the search for a better foundation, blush and lip color but that's been a life long search so I'm not expecting anything less than disappointment for awhile.

Products that I recommend from this look: Cover Girl Perfect Blend eyeliners go on smooth and bold; NYC Lip Stain smell amazing and are easy to apply; and Matte Lip tint from ELF which was also in my October favorites.

Products that I don't recommend: NYC Mascara.  They're cheap and with this brand of mascaras you really do get what you pay for.  They aren't waterproof, they burn like hell if you cry, clump when applying and they flake within an hour.  I don't like the bulky brush because its hard to get the little inner eye lashes.

If you've used any of these products, let me know your thoughts!

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