Stop It with the Eyebrows

Ok ladies, I am going to be real honest, right here and now. These drawn on eyebrows and all the facial contouring has gotten out of hand! The girl who just prepared my tacos at lunch looked like she lost a fight with the soot in her fireplace. Don't get me wrong, I am aging and appreciate a little extra coverage on my sun-damaged jaw bones. I look at selfies on those days when I have been heavy-handed and wonder why I didn't stop earlier!?! So let's all agree to take a step back and put down the eyebrow wand and maybe get some counseling.

That being said, let's share some of our favorite products, shall we? [I do not sell any products, so please do not ask me to.] These few things are simple but helpful during this mom-of-a-busy-toddler season I am in.

1-Mascara Primer
Use a Primer on your lashes. I love love love mascara and have been blessed with good eyelash DNA. But, I do tend to go overboard- once I start, I can't stop. But it is necessary to stop before your eyelashes look like spider legs. Use a primer to help curb your application of the black stuff.  This primer is my favorite.


2- Ulta Illuminating Powder
Get some. But go easy girls. Just dust your T-zone with it for a fresh glow.

3- Mario Badescu facial sprays.
I have no idea if these provide therapy to my skin, but in the hot summer in the south, they feel incredibly refreshing. I love the feeling of my freshly washed face followed by a spritz with one of these. On Saturdays, I have one ritual- wake up, wash face, spray with this. Then coffee.






 4- Leave-in plus Keratin
My hair goes through a lot. It is very fine and gets lots of teasing and chemical abuse from blonde to brown to blonde to brown. You know my pain, surely. When I get out of the shower, I hate combing through my hair because it's extremely susceptible to breakage. So, I spritz a tiny amount (maybe 3 pumps) over my whole head to help with the detangling. Then I let my hair air dry while I move on to heavy-handed mascara mentioned above! This smells yummy too!







5. Buxom Peach Daquiri lip gloss.

My friend, Coco, fusses at me for only wearing nude lipgloss. She once (maybe twice) made me try that lip stain stuff that folks are selling (again, with the selling!) No ma'am. I just can't do it. Look here, I have pics from high school and college that prove my love for dark red lipliner, but when I wear it now, I feel like I am just a bit extra. I like eyeshadow and mascara, as mentioned in #1 above. So you can't do both without looking like a clown So let me tell you about the perfect lip gloss that MAC discontinued on me. It was called Florabundance. And it was the perfect shade, thickness and opaqueness (is that a word?) Did you know that MAC has a hotline that you can call to purchase discontinued items? It is called the gone-but-not-forgotten program ((855) 484-2840). The sweet lady that answered the phone is pleasant, and she should be because she holds banking hours that are very inconvenient to the rest of humanity. But, alas, they have, not once but twice, shipped me 6 tubes of the Florabunce goodness. But the day finally came where the all deserts had been combed for my supply and there was no more. It was a sad sad day. So I set out to find a replacement and I have tried many brands. This is the only one that comes close and it comes with a bonus tingle!


What products are you into at this moment? Share them with us! Especially if they are inexpensive and make you feel beautiful! We could all use a little more of that!