Category Archives: Living Lippy
Two Golden Girls
Look what we decided to do this morning? Gold mask for the face and Lip Smooth for the lips! No, Katie (age 7), doesn’t need the mask but what little girl doesn’t want to put gold on her face?! (Also, you see it’s not her whole face. I’m not wasting it on her youth!)
A product only photo.
AND THEN…DAMN TECHNOLOGY. Katie and I tried to go live on Facebook to peel our faces off and it said it was live but then said our internet connection was low (which is very weird because we just got a new system and it works SOOOO much better than our old one). And then it looked like it was connected and then when I was done and went to hit publish, it said a live needed to be more than four seconds to post. WHAT?! Gaaaaaah. DAMMIT. I have no idea what happened or what’s wrong with our new system.
And now for something completely different. Just my eyes.
Well okay you get the rest of my face, too, but let’s just look at the eyes because my lips weren’t done yet. 👀
Of course I’m wearing Smoked Topaz in my brows because that is life. And Champagne Shimmer and Cinnamon Shimmer are my daily go-to duo because the Champagne Shimmer is light enough to not have to pay super close attention to where it goes. 😂 #lifehack #toldyouiwaslazy And the two blend so beautifully and so quickly—I can do it in under a minute. And then of course finish with the Eye Pencil liner and then Primer and VolumeIntense Mascara (my love—I still can’t believe I’m hooked on damn mascara and feel naked without it).
Happy New Year from Living Lippy!
If you’d told me on NYE 2017 that on NYE 2020 I’d be 2.5 years into a successful direct sales business, I would have laughed you out of my house (yes, we’d have been at my house since we have young kids and we’re both homebodies 😂).
I never EVER imagined I’d choose to do something that required sales, actively talking to people (strangers even!), live videos, and applying makeup…yet here we are! And I’m having a blast!
So as the new year begins I’d like to thank everyone who has supported me—I couldn’t have done it without you!
Taking selfies for work and this happened. Can you see it?!
I had a photobomber. Now can you see it?
Tom was in the kitchen peeking out while I was outside on the step.
This is seriously my lazy Sunday face.
👉🏻CCTM
👉🏻brows
👉🏻Juicy Cherry gloss
That’s it, the end. That said, I now feel sooooo naked without the volume intense mascara!! But we only had swim lessons today so I didn’t need my normal face.
Ultimate Ladies Night
A friend of mine was double booked and couldn’t do a local ladies night out at the Chocolate Sanctuary so I took her place. I didn’t actually sell much but it’s always good for me to get outside my box! And I do love wearing my tiara!!
My mini me in stripes!
She called down with all this makeup on… and stripes on her hand!!
In one week our family will be on this ship…
I honestly still can’t believe it’s real. This will be our first cruise with the kids and they are beyond excited.
And I am extremely thankful for SeneGence for providing me the opportunity to treat my family to this experience. Yes, you heard that correctly…this entire cruise from flights to excursions to souvenirs is MY TREAT—paid for totally by my little side gig. That was my main goal when I started doing this 2-1/2 years ago—totally a pipe dream and little did I know that the business would take off and I would be having so much fun and earning enough to spoil my family like this.
SeneGence has also totally changed my self confidence, changed my look, given me a whole new set of friends, and showed my kids that when you set goals anything can happen!
#senethankful
Blackberry v2019
Which year wore it better? 😂
I thought I looked GREAT that day in 2017, wearing crazy Blackberry LipSense. But looking back, I definitely needed more makeup to complete the look. But I wasn’t wearing ANY eye makeup (I never wore eye makeup), my brows weren’t done (and they were also way overplucked), and my skin looked so pale (but even back then I still wore Medium CCTM).
So I wanted a redo on Blackberry today (because Halloween) and I decided to top it with Clover Gloss because I hadn’t used Clover in a long time. Holy crap y’all. It was legit green when I put it on. It calmed down a little bit but this is so much fun.
When it was time to re-gloss I figured why not do another fun color? This time I pulled out the Blue Orchid Gloss! 💙
I’m honestly not sure which one I like better.
So this may sound silly but for someone who was never taught how to wear makeup, seeing a difference in my application results is a big deal.
Check out my Halloween mask!
So as you now know, I had the Santa discussion with Owen this morning before school and my heart is currently broken. 💔 So, I needed to do something to take my mind off of that. It was either retail therapy…or makeup therapy. So in trying to conserve a little bit of money, I tried makeup therapy…copying something I’ve seen others do. So here’s my mask, done completely with SeneGence makeup!
It’s sooo not perfect but it’s way better than I thought it would turn out. (I learned there’s a very fine line between just pulling face fat and making it look like a mask. 😂) Also? If you squint just a bit, it looks even more mask-like.
What do y’all think? I’m not quitting my day job that’s for sure… 🥁
I was actually surprised by how many people thought it was a real mask! And this comment from my Sene-crush Siara made my day:
I’ve upped my makeup game just a bit!
I was organizing some old pics and found this one of me in Brick from 2018. I’m sure I thought I looked good that day. I think I’ve upped my makeup game just a little since then, eh? So you CAN teach old dogs new tricks… So if I can do it, so can you. 😍
Let’s sell some magic lipstick!
Today was a busy day–I’ve been up since 5am!—but I did it in style in my tiara!! 😛
I had a vendor event (the same one I did two years ago) so I wore a little more makeup than normal… But what once might have taken me an hour only took me about 20 minutes!! 🙌🏻 And oh my gawd I forgot how amazing Brick is!! 💕‼️
Here’s everything I used in my look:
I didn’t have my tiara on for the first round of pics…so I had to take more! (By the way, lots of people loved it and commented on it. So get yourselves a tiara, ladies! It’s fun!)
The event was fun and I couldn’t have done it without help from my friend (and customer!) Heidi—we really make a great team! I also met some great ladies (they like margaritas, too so there may be some parties happening in the near future).
Before we knew it the event was over and time to pack up! Tom picked me up and we went to grab a drink to celebrate!
Fast forward to getting ready for bed at 11:30pm…
‼️ I’m not kidding when I say this stuff lasts all day.
I’m finally ready for bed so it’s time to check my before and after comparison pics. I really gave my makeup a workout today—17 hours. The only thing really bad are my lips, but I did spend most of the day proving they were smudge-proof (rubbing them and applying gloss like a boss) and I stopped glossing about 4pm. 🙌🏻 If I had done a quick color fix then, it would still be going strong. But still, not too bad for 17 freaking hours!
Love these purple lips!!
What a crazy live sale!
So I’d been having a party all month long in my business group and it culminated with a live sale. My bestie Heidi came to help and we started things off right with a margarita.
I had planned for about an hour but it ended up to be almost two!! And I’m so glad she was there to help because they’re is no way I could have done it alone. The only bad thing about doing it at night is that I had about four hours of work to do after!
This was at 9:53.
This was at 12:10.
I finally called it a night at 2am.
ShadowSense-apalooza!
ShadowSense is so versatile! Concealer! Base! Shadow! Blush! Brows! Eyeliner!
And when your photography and makeup guru responds to your question and hearts your photo… 🥰
Whoa. I inspired a post!
Whoa.
This is the business strategy guru I follow and have taken one of her courses and am in her paid group. We have been chatting for awhile and she’s really amazing. Imagine my surprise when I learned why she posted this…
Fri-YAY: Friends!
This week I’m thankful for friends. That seems really generic, I know, but let me explain.
Being military and moving every three years, there is a certain cycle that we go through each move–it generally takes about two full years before we finally have a good set of friends. You know…the ones you can call last-minute to watch your kids, the ones you can call to take your kids to sportsball practice when you can’t make it, the ones you invite over for dinner because your kids get along so well. It’s also a time when friends are around regularly enough that it seems very commonplace–like we’ve been here our whole lives.
So we’re at that two-year mark.
This week I went for a walk around the neighborhood with a friend, I ran into a friend shopping at Michael’s, a friend came over to shop for make-up, a friend and I vented to each other about life, I helped a friend decide what artwork to hang in her house, a friend came over and picked me up because she wanted to talk and I had been drinking and couldn’t drive, and a friend offered her assistance in designing a T-shirt for our upcoming family vacation.
Friends are amazing and I don’t take any of them for granted.
I love when friends refer friends!
I love when friends refer friends and then I get to hang out with both of them and play with makeup
And yes, I feel naked without lipstick on… and what other thing do you notice?!
Yeah…I only did one eye! I was going to do the other one as a demo and then ended up not doing it. 😂
What a difference brows makes!
I started filling in my brows a few months ago and I love it. It makes such a huge difference while still looking natural.
If you want to try it, let me know and I can hook you up with some great smudge proof/waterproof ShadowSense!!
Assignment: meme
I made this meme for a business strategy assignment.
The best thing is one of my friends posted this:
Katie + makeup = 😄
Someone was a happy happy girl this morning when she discovered the bag of play makeup from a friend. She asked if she could wear it on her wrist like I do. 💕
This never gets old.
Where did my wrinkles go?!
😳💩 HOLY SHIT BALLS!! I have to share this because I am honestly blown away—I was NOT expecting what I saw!
I was trying to find an old pic to see how much (if any) my lashes have grown since using a new mascara (because I thought they have but photo proof is always great) and I found proof…but I totally didn’t expect to see the huge reduction in wrinkles, too!!! I mean, just look!!! 😱
👉🏻👉🏻 Anti-Wrinkle Treatment 2x/day for the freaking win!! 🙌🙌
👉🏻👉🏻 VolumeIntense mascara (and primer) for the win! (I have only recently started wearing it 4-5 days a week – for the first few months it was maybe once a week).
👉🏻👉🏻 And though you may think my dark undereye circles look better, too… Honestly that’s due to the Light Concealer I wore today (which I don’t always wear)! 🤣
And just the lashes…
Unfortunately I have become that person that feels naked without mascara now… but the benefit is really long lashes!!
So anyway I’ll just be over here high-fiving myself 🙌🙌 and staring at these AMAZING results. #nofilter
Every woman needs a good red lipstick!
Even if sometimes it’s just to go to a kids baseball game on a lazy Saturday morning! ⚾️😜
SeneGence has a bunch of reds to choose from (so there’s literally something for everyone, even if you think you can’t wear red!) but Hurricane Red is totally my jam. Unfortunately it doesn’t last the longest…but it certainly looks amazeballs while it does. I always get a bunch of compliments on it and today was no different.
Do you have a good red lipstick?
I don’t do coffee but I do Espresso.
I didn’t think I’d be able to pull it off and it was somewhat scary but looking at the pics it’s actually pretty good!
Summer Treat
When you go to take your makeup off and find the mascara you forgot to put on today.
It’s in water because they’re both getting near the end and drying out a bit, so putting them in hot water for a few minutes (while I do the rest of my makeup) makes them a bit smoother to apply. Some people stick them under their arms or in their cleavage…
Crossed wires equals selfie takeover.
When you show up at your friend’s house and realize that your wires got crossed so you have some time to waste so you make yourself comfortable in her house, take a selfie in the best natural lighting ever, and enjoy a view of the lake.
Before and after photos still make me ridiculously happy.
And here’s how I got that look!
