The Best Makeup Ever!

OK, so maybe not EVER, but these are the things that I’ve been loving and reaching for most this month.

As I’ve said before, I love makeup. I wear it just about every day, even if it’s just a bit of lipgloss and mascara. I like it simple, understated, and natural-ish.

Over the past few months, my collection has grown a bit, but nothing out of control. (I’ve been trying to figure out the best way to store it all, and I think I’ve found a good solution for me…but I’ll save that for another day.) Anyway, on to the goods, right!

Chanel’s Kaska Beige Quad is on of my favorite eyeshadow quads period. The Armani Heat quad was part of their summer collection, and a newer addition, but I’ve used it quite a bit since I’ve had it, and I have yet to put a dent into it.

I have a love hate relationship with eyeshadow singles. They suck to travel with. They’re easy to lose, or forget about. They hog space. They’re easy to drop…OK, so it’s mostly hate. But the ones I do have, I love, and the goodness inside makes me smile.

The Giorgio Armani Maestro eyeshadows are my absolute favorite (as of right now anyway). I love their texture, staying power, packaging, and color pigmentation. I just wish for the price, it came with another gram of product. They’re fifty cents more than the Chanel singles, and you get about half the amount of product…don’t let the packaging fool you. Looks bigger, but I always check to see how much I'm product I’m getting. All of the shadows are super smooth and are swatched below in natural light with no primer.

From left to right: Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow/Liner, Chanel Illusion D’Ombre, and Giorgio Armani Eyes to Kill. All are amazing, and I highly recommend.

I have a lot of nail polish. I counted today, and I’m a little embarrassed to say that I’m closer to the 200 bottle mark than I thought. I tend to go through phases where I’ll wear the same color family for weeks, then move on to another, but this month, I was a little bit all over the place.

from left to right: Rescue Beauty Louunge Decorous, Dolce & Gabbana Cosmopolitan, Dior Safari Beige, Dolce & Gabbana Drama, and Chanel Rose Confidentiel

I don’t blush pink…or much at all really…but I do prefer peaches and orange colors on my skin tone on general, but these blushes in particular served me well this month.

I swatched the Givenchy Le Prisme Blush separately to show all 4 colors, and then I swirled a brush over all 4 colors, and showed what they look like together. It gives me a really pretty warm glow that I had a hard time picking up with my camera.

I usually prefer lipgloss to lipstick, but lately, I’ve gravitated towards the latter…and I have to say, I’ve been enjoying it.

from left to right (above): Makeup Forever Rouge Artist Intense #42, YSL Rouge Volupte #22, Chanel Rouge Allure #58 Audace, Illamasqua lipstick in Wanton, Nars lipstick in Mindgame, and in front, Guerlain Rouge G in #5 Gracieuse

from left to right (above): Nars Mindgame, Guerlain Gracieuse, MUFE #42, Chaanel Audace, Illamasqua Wanton, and YSL #22

And finally, lipgliss…

from left to right (bottom): Mac Dazzleglass Crème in Radiant Jewels, YSL Golden Gloss in #2, Illamasqua Sheer Lipgloss in Enchant, Mac Lustreglass in Spring Bean, and Makeup Forever Glossy Full Couleur in #3.

The picture is blurry, but the colors are accurate.

That was a long post, but I do hope it was enjoyable! Ciao for now!

Death of a Hoover

For some strange reason, my son likes to stick tiny toys into electronic devices. DVD players, my mother’s VCRs, and vacuum cleaners seem to be his preference.

Recently, I discovered a few Power Ranger weapons in various parts of my vacuum.

So this is what I did:

Then I alternated between my fingers and tweezers to pull them all out.

I was happy, so I put everything back together, plugged it up, and tried to vacuum the floor…but then it went “POP!”

Unfortunately, there were little toys in the suction hose, and something stuck in the filter that I wasn’t aware of…although the little one was able to tell me what all he put in, and where he put everything.

I did manage to get everything out, but my little green Hoover is no more. I tried to fix it, but it just over heats and doesn’t pick anything up.

It sucks that it’s broken though. I actually really liked my little Hoover. What do you even do with a broken vacuum?

By the way, I’m really enjoying Mimosa by Chanel. I usually stick to pinks, nudes and reds for my nails, but this one is a winner. I think it’s a limited edition color, so if you happen to love it, you may want to grab one while you can!

Anyhow, what I really want is the Dyson Animal.

But it’s expensive, and I’m worried that I’ll spend almost $600 on a vacuum that really doesn’t do anything different than what my $130 Hoover did. It would be awsome if there were a place where you could go to test it out before you buy it…but then again, the fact that it’s a tester means that the quality is probably diminished due to use that isn’t quite typical…and now I’m just being a nerd….

I guess that’s all for now. Talk to you in the next one!

Beauty and the Box

When I think of something pretty inside of a little blue box, I don't usually invision my dog inside of a storage container...and by usually I mean never.

Over the weekend, my little Pomeranianish doggie decided to move

into a plastic container. Usually she likes to curl up as close to me as she can get, without actually being on the furniture…but not so much anymore.

This is Zoey, as Super Dog, with super boy on their way to outer space.

And this is them after they returned.

This is her later that night after some serious playing had been done.

And then a few minutes later when I decided to move the top.

And then a few more minutes later after she got comfy.

And this is her the next morning. She sleeps on her back with her paws in the air. It’s the funniest thing. I tried to take a picture, but I got too close and woke her up instead.

Since it seemed like she had no plans of sleeping anywhere else, I gave her an old pillow. I thought the plastic looked a bit uncomfortable, although she didn’t seem to be bothered by it. She does appear to love the pillow though.

I just thought it was funny. Ciao for now!