Girl, You Only Have One Face

I'm excited about the progress I made over the past month! I'll review my goals, and we'll get into it. 1 ~ finish Bite "Pepper" 2 ~ hit pan on Colourpop "Fluffy" 3 ~ hit pan on "Bronx" in the ABH Master Palette by Mario 4 ~ finish Buxom lipgloss "Dolly" 5 ~ finish L'Oreal eyeliner "highlight" 6 ~ finish Too Faced Hangover Rx primer sample 1 ~ "Pepper" - Please excuse my janky line for this month, I was trying not to nick the little lipstick nubbin with my pen. Either way, I'm getting closer to finishing this one! I've been wearing it every morning, even if I end up wanting to wear a different color later in the day. 2 ~ "Fluffy" - I hit pan! I bought this around Christmas last year, and it's starting to get a little flaky. I'm going to continue using it, but I'm now satisfied with how much use I got out of it. 3 ~ "Bronx" - Comparing this to the pictur...

I'm trying out a few new things this week, which has been a fun contrast from my Project Pan items each week.   Base products: ~ L'Oreal infallible pro matte foundation "101 classic ivory" ~ Becca velvet blurring primer - new item, not sure about its' blurring abilities, but it has been giving my skin a nice texture before applying foundation. It's straight liquid though, and I was not prepared for the force of the pump. My desk was also not prepared. RIP November desk calendar. ~ NARS radiant creamy concealer "light 2 vanilla" ~ Too Faced Peach Mist setting spray ~ L'Oreal infallible pro matte setting powder "100 porcelain" - another new product. This has done a really nice job of keeping me matte during the day. Which is what you would expect, given the name of the line. Since I've been breaking out a bit lately, it's also been nice to have a little extra coverage. Face products: ~ NARS blush "Orgasm...

Base products: ~ Bobbi Brown skin foundation stick "00 Alabaster" - this is a new product for me, and so far I need to apply 2 layers to get the coverage I want and it still has a more natural finish. So it's been nice for everyday makeup, but I probably wouldn't use it for events. ~ Cover FX power play concealer "P Light 2" ~ Hourglass veil mineral primer sample ~ Urban Decay all nighter setting spray ~ Tarte smooth operator setting powder Face products: ~ Laura Geller highlight "French Vanilla/Portofino" ~ Revlon blush "Naughty Nude" ~ Benefit Hoola Lite bronzer Eye products ~ Urban Decay Naked palette ~ Lorac eye primer ~ Urban Decay waterline liner "Walk of Shame" ~ Clinique pretty easy eye liner ~ L'Oreal eye liner "highlight" ~ Estee Lauder mascara Brow products: ~ ABH brow definer "medium brown" ~ ABH tinted brow gel "espresso" Lip pro...

Thanks to my project pan, these baskets are starting to look really similar. The good news is, I still haven't gotten bored with my stash. Base products: ~ Fenty foundation "120" ~ NARS radiant creamy concealer "light 2 vanilla" ~ Fenty pro filtr primer ~ Cover FX perfect setting powder "translucent light" ~ Too Faced peach mist setting spray Face products: ~ Bite multistick "Gelato" ~ Benefit Hoola Lite bronzer ~ Laura Mercier matte radiance baked highlight ~ Benefit Watts Up Eye products: ~ Tarte tartelette in bloom ~ ABH Master Palette by Mario ~ Lorac eye primer ~ Stila stay all day eyeliner "intense black" ~ UD waterline liner "walk of shame" ~ L'Oreal eyeliner "highlight" ~ NYX eyeliner "Golden Olive" ~ Estee Lauder mascara Brow products: ~ ABH brow wiz "medium brown" ~ Benefit gimme brow "3" Lip products: ~ Buxom lipgloss "Dolly" ...

I finished both of the BB cream samples I was using this week before I took the picture - I used the Laura Mercier oil-free tinted moisturizer and the Erborian CC cream. Please excuse the messy desk this week! Base Products: ~ Sephora Collection bright future gel concealer "04 - buttercream" ~ Tatcha silk canvas primer ~ UD All Nighter setting spray ~ Tarte Smooth Operator setting powder Face Products: ~ Benefit Watts Up ~ Bite multistick "Cashew" ~ Becca shimmering skin perfector "Vanilla Quartz" ~ Benefit Hoola Lite bronzer Eye Products: ~ Lorac eye primer ~ Lorac Pro original ~ ABH Master Palette by Mario ~ Colourpop super shock shadow "Bouncy" ~ Colourpop super shock shadow "Fluffy" ~ Clinique pretty easy eyeliner ~ UD walk of shame waterline liner ~ L'Oreal eye liner "highlight" ~ NYX eye liner "golden olive" ~ Estee Lauder mascara Brow Products: ~ ABH brow definer "Medium B...

October was a slightly leaner month in terms of empties. I suspect it's because I'm now pretty settled into my new home and thus have less motivation to move things out of my collection. Let's dive in. ~ Living Proof Perfect Hair Day conditioner - Hated this. It left my hair with a disgusting greasy film that I couldn't get off without a deep clean treatment at the salon. The fact that my hair doesn't get along with the water in my new house didn't help, I'm sure. I used this up as shaving cream, and I wouldn't repurchase it. ~ Clinique Moisture Surge - I liked that this is a gel moisturizer, but I think it provides a little more moisture than I really need with my oily skin. Wouldn't repurchase. ~ Algenist genius ultimate anti-aging melting cleanser - This smelled like plastic (like expensive, Barbie doll plastic, but still plastic) and left a film on my skin. I also don't think I really need an anti-aging cleanser at this stage of my l...

You can check out the intro post for a picture of the whole family (of products) together, but here's a quick refresher on my plan for this project: 1 ~ finish Bite "Pepper" 2 ~ hit pan on Colourpop "Fluffy" 3 ~ hit pan on "Bronx" in the ABH Master Palette by Mario 4 ~ finish Buxom "Dolly" 5 ~ finish L'Oreal eyeliner "highlight" 6 ~ finish Too Faced Hangover primer 1 ~ "Pepper" - I'm excited about the amount of progress I made on this one! It's easy to reapply and looks good even without a full face of makeup. I don't think I'll be done by the next update, but I'm hoping for a similar amount of progress. 2 ~ "Fluffy" - I can't see too much progress on this one, which is disappointing since I've been using this pretty much every day I do eye makeup. I have to be close, judging on the other Super Shock shadow I already have pan on. I'm hoping to have hit pan by nex...

I came down with my first cold of the season last week, so I didn't wear makeup. So even though I picked it out for last week, I just rolled it over to this week. It's a very "panning" basket, so I apologize if things are getting repetitive. I'll update the project pan soon! Base products: ~ Too Faced HangoveRx primer ~ L'Oreal pro matte foundation (101 - classic ivory) ~ Cover FX power play concealer (P light 2) ~ Cover FX translucent setting powder (light) ~ Too Faced peach mist setting spray Face products: ~ Becca shimmering skin perfector pressed (Moonstone) ~ Wet n Wild blush (Mellow Wine) ~ Benefit Hoola Lite bronzer ~ Benefit Watts Up Eye products: ~ ABH Master Palette by Mario ~ Tarte Tartelette in Bloom ~ Lorac eyeshadow primer ~ Colourpop super shock shadow (Fluffy) ~ Stila Stay all day liner ~ UD waterline liner (walk of shame) ~ L'Oreal liner (highlight) ~ NYX liner (golden olive) ~ Estee Lauder mascara Eyebrow pr...

Purchases: ~ Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Volume 4 - $80 (yes, I know, I'm weak) ~ Marc Jacobs "Make Your Le Marc" liquid lip crayon set - $25 Books read ($1 per 100 pages) ~ The Circle  by Dave Eggers - 492 pages ($4.92) ~ Ender's Game  by Orson Scott Card - 226 pages ($2.26) ~ When Life Gives You Lululemons  by Lauren Weisberger - 410 pages ($4.10) Exercise ($5 per workout video, from the 21 Day Fix unless otherwise specified) ~ 10/1/18 - "total body cardio fix" video - $5 ~ 10/4/18 - "pilates fix" video - $5 ~ 10/5/18 - "cardio fix" video - $5 ~ 10/7/18 - "dirty 30" video - $5 ~ 10/8/18 - "total body cardio fix" video - $5 ~ 10/10/18 - "lower fix" video - $5 ~ 10/11/18 - "upper fix" video - $5 ~ 10/11/18 - 1 hour walk - $5 ~ 10/14/18 - 1 hour walk - $5 ~ 10/27/18 - 1 hour walk - $5 ~ 10/28/18 - 40 minute walk/run - $5 Duolingo ($1 per 10 day streak) ~ 10/11/18 - hit 180 ...