I remember the days when highlighters weren’t “a thing”. Of course, highlighting was very much “a thing”, it just wasn’t as widely popular as it is at the moment. There weren’t 13478 different products to choose from. I remember once sitting in a makeup chair, getting my makeup done (duh) when the MUA grabbed a little brush, dipped in what I thought to be powder, and applied it right on top of my cheekbones and cupid’s bow and told me:…
At the beginning of this year, I got rid of a huge portion of my beauty collection. Like, really huge. I talk about practicing mindfulness all the time and at the beginning of this year, I’ve decided to start practicing it also when it comes to spending money. This isn’t something I only started to exercise in the beauty department, though. I did the same thing with my closet; I never realized I had so many clothes- some of which…
A few weeks ago I wrote all about my favorite light bases for spring and two that are currently sitting in my bag are Armani’s Luminous Silk and Guerlain’s Meteorites Baby Glow. I’ll promise I’ll try to shut up about these two, just can’t help but love them. I also recently raved about the NARS Soft Matte Complete Concealer– it’s my new favorite concealer and one of the very few that won’t crease on my dry skin and lasts all…
How much effort (and products) does it actually take to look effortless? Up until a few years ago, there wasn’t anything *effortless* about my makeup routine. Although, I do have to say that I’ve gotten pretty good at the cover-conceal-set routine over time. Years of having to deal with acne will do that to you. These days, I have a quite different approach; less is better- especially when it comes to foundation. No secret here: I’ve been obsessing over the Luminous Silk…
The other day I gave away every single loose powder in my collection, to my sister. My skin being as dry as it is now, I pretty much don’t have the need for them at the moment. Except for one, of course. I first used Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette in Diffused Light when I got one of their LE holiday palettes. It was the first (and only, now that I think about it) powder to actually hit the pan- I…