Who doesn't love their makeup to have an invisible feel with maximum coverage? Urban Decay has created just that with their new Powder Foundation and Naked Skin concealer. The foundation is long-lasting and works both wet AND dry. This weightless demi-matte formula diffuses light, and blurs lines and wrinkles (again, who doesn't need that?). They've also launched a new weightless concealer to apply under your powder foundation which contains Matrixyl 3000 an anti-wrinkle peptide and Litchiderm that protects against dehydration.

I've been told by quite a few that they wanted to know what I used on my brows and how I did it so I decided to film a Eyebrow Routine.  This was filmed just before I went into the tailspin known as 32 Weeks & 8 Hours in Labor & Delivery!  At least my brows looked good...right?  haha Enjoy!

 
I know that when I started to wear makeup, I was so overwhelmed by everything and didn’t know where to start. Here I write the “order” in which I personally started, and perhaps can be a guideline for you too; as well as some of my personal product recommendations, so you hopefully don’t have to have as many “trial and errors” as I did!

 

Over the past 2 weeks I've hit up Target, CVS and Charming Charlie for everything from beauty products to clothing and accessories!  Check out what I got in my newest haul video!

I love this look for Valentine's Day.  It's probably what I'll wear on Valentine's Date Night with the hubby!  I love all these products too so stay tuned and watch to see how I created this look!

To be honest I've never really had much luck with mineral based makeup.  I did try Bare Minerals years ago but their concealer in Summer Bisque is about the only thing I ever liked.  When yourMinerals asked me to try out some of their products I was excited to see if my opinions on mineral makeup had changed and they have!

GLOSSYBOX!! I mean this subscription service costs like $21/month but it's worth it, this month I got at least 4 full size products priced individually at $15/each or MORE! crazy and some of the products I might not have ever known about or used if it wasn't for this company. This was probably my most looked forward to subscription service and was very excited to get it! Let's break it down:



The packaging was gorgeous! The box itself is something to keep and reuse for gifts, even the interior packaging "stuffing" I'll be keeping.  The theme is Spring Fling, getting ready for spring and all it's beauty with beauty!

So here's what was inside...



Again, all of these products minus the hair spray were all FULL SIZE, which I think is great! I think samples are fun but sometimes you don't get a full feeling for a product just using it once or you don't appreciate it. So included is the following:

1. Elite Models, liquid liner, the one in my box was a matte brown.  The description says it's a long-wearing, waterproof liquid liner that comes in rich colors.  This was a full size at 2.5 ML for $15.  I'll definitely give this a shot, I usually wear black liner but brown could be a nice change and I've only done pencil or gel never liquid but I've wanted to try it.
2.  MODELCO, cheek tint and lip tint, in Rosy Red.  It comes in a little squeeze tube and again full size at 10 ML for $24...crazy!  I've never done a cheek tint and don't have a strong interest in it but using it as a lip tint would definitely be an option for me.
3. Pixi, Lid Last Shadow Pen in Brun (Brown). I've tried Pixi once and didn't like it but it was a face concealer so maybe their eye lid stick will be better.  I like that it's brown and can be used as an eye shadow base or a liner so I'll definitely be playing with this, mostly on my lower liner though. This was also a full size product at .16 oz for $18.
4.  Prestiche, essential oil bar soap. I've never heard of this company which again is one of the reasons that I like these kinds of subscription services because you learn about products you might not have known about otherwise.  This is an all natural bar soap with all sorts of healthy oils including coconut oil.  It smells really pretty.  I'm not sure if I'll use it or keep it as a "guest bath" soap.  Coconut oil is supposed to be good for my keratosis so I'm torn but if I use it or someone else does I'm sure it will smell awesome in the process.  This was full size at 125 grams for $16.99.  This also came with a $40 gift card for their products so I will definitely be taking advantage of that!
5.  Sebastian Professional, Shaper Fierce Hairspray.  I was actually in need of a good hair spray and Sebastian is obviously a decently well know name so I'll definitely be giving this a shot.  It smells like most hair sprays which doesn't surprise me.  It's a sample size and I don't use hair spray THAT much so it will be awhile to get through it but I'm looking forward to it's flexible hold :)
6. Illamasqua, this is an eye pencil in a nude type color but it's for eyes, lips and face which is unique.  I figure I'll use this mostly as a water line color in my eye.  Hopefully it will help brighten up the eye a little since it has a peachy tone to it.  Since it's a surprise in my box it doesn't have a price but it looks like it's a full size at $11.  I'm DEFINITELY going to be using this!

So that's my March GLOSSYBOX.  Can't wait to try out all these items and take advantage of that gift card I got too :)  Til next month there's lots of new stuff to play dress up with!

So I got my 1st Birchbox and it was for the month of March.  I wish I hadn't looked at all the YouTube videos for it bu every Birchbox is supposed to be "customized" so mine was a little different.  Here it is!



So in this Birchbox was:

1.  Madewell Embry Board, which I actually needed, plus it's floral and pretty and what girl doesn't like that?
2.  Serge Normant dry shampoo.  To be honest I've never used a dry shampoo before but I've wanted to try it and this seems like one worth trying so I'll give it a shot tomorrow on the 2nd day hair.
3. Whish Shaving Cream, I actually had my Birchbox and forgot about it so I shaved with my regular stuff but next time I shave (should be tomorrow) I'm definitely going to try it.
4.  Juicy Couture sample of "Couture La La", I've never worn any of their fragrances and I do find the little test tube samples to be annoying but I will definitely try it.  Especially for a date night. Although as a mom I try to not wear scents since I don't know if the girls have allergies or anything yet.
5.  Juice Beauty CC Cream, I've used the Garnier BB Creams and I really don't like them but these CC Creams are supposed to be for color correction under your make up.  I'll give anything a whirl once, I have a wedding coming up so it might be good to try it out that day since it will be during the day and hot and photos will be taken.

I will try to update on any of these samples that I use as I use them or do a full blog post on all of them that I do use once they are empty.  I like these little subscription services, seems that for the price you get good quality products that I definitely wouldn't have tried if they hadn't been sent to me this way :)