I’m sure you’ve all heard the quote “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
Two years ago I would have cringed at posting a non-makeup photo. But after 2+ solid years of 24/7 SeneGence skincare and makeup (the makeup has anti-aging skincare in it, hence 24/7 use), I’m proud and excited to post a makeup-free face!!
You guys. YOU GUYS. JUST. LOOK. AT. MY. SKIN! I am flabbergasted.
And the bonus? Look at how goooood my face looks with JUST tinted moisturizer?!
I decided to use a mask recipe this morning and I made too much so I called Owen in. He’s such a good sport!!
It’s been about 10 months since I had a haircut. Normally I go about six. I didn’t really notice how bad it was until I tried to straighten it and it was nearly impossible because the ends were so awful. It was also too long—I didn’t think it was but when I looked back at the pics of the last time I got it cut, I liked it shorter… So I did it again. Except I think it’s just a bit shorter yet. It’s great to feel human again.
Also, apparently we have the best lighting in our front yard at 7 o’clock at night.
Me holding me holding a margarita. Metamargarita?
Tonight I called on the power of posting on Facebook to help me find my lost margarita earring. I had it at 8pm before I went to visit a neighbor for a driveway drink… (I checked my photos and I had happened to take a pic before I knew I was headed over.) I’ll look in the street tomorrow but I don’t have high hopes.
After three hours of visiting and walking the neighborhood with her…
I joke about margaritas but they really are my thing. Check out my workshop bio.
So we have another baseball game this morning and I thought “oh I’ll wear blue to match the team colors” and then I started doing my make up and I don’t think I can do a subtle daytime baseball look with sapphire blue. But… I haven’t used it before and it’s absolutely gorgeous.
I just put some makeup on for the day since I’m about ready to go meet a neighbor! For as much as I love the crazy colors and am feeling more comfortable in them, my heart still lies with the naturals…
▪️ Sandstone Pearl Shimmer ShadowSense
▪️ Cinnamon Shimmer ShadowSense
▪️ Precious Topaz LipSense
So this might be a little bit much for two play dates at the park today but I wanted to wear my blue Lularoe cardigan so I wanted to try matching my eyes just because I’ve gotten a little too complacent wearing the same exact colors every single day. I also added the tiniest bit of Medium CCTM because my face is getting a slightly bit darker even though I’m staying out of the sun as much as possible.
I took the pics a little later than normal and my birch trees were starting to be a little shadow-y. So then I just did it in my bathroom so you could maybe see the shadows better.
Anyhoo, the Garnet definitely looks darker in person. And though I have been enjoying not wearing LipSense as much…my face does look kinda naked without it. 😂
It’s cramped from things still being unpacked (any flat surface attracts crap!) and the lighting is awful (I love the lamp but it’s more of a nightlight not a work light)…but at least I’m set up for the day!!
On another note, it’s already a Monday. 😒 Kids. 🤬
My vanity is easily 5x the size it was before but I’m having problems figuring out where to put everything. It’s overwhelming to have more storage!! It will get figured out in time.
During one of our endless trips to empty all the small leftover bits out of the rental, I handed Katie part of my makeup organizers to put in the car. This is what she did with it.
I washed my hair today and tried a bun again and it looked horrible. I guess a bun only works for me on days-old hair…?! We’ll see what happens as the day wears on.
Anyhoo. Guess what? Sandstone Pearl Shimmer and….Sunbaked Shimmer today. And it’s glorious. But no lipstick today because I don’t even want to think about it.
LET’S DO THIS! Another day of moving, another five-minute face with Sandstone Pearl Shimmer and one of my all-time favorites Mauve Shimmer!
Here’s my super quick look from today. I’m loving pretty much any color with Sandstone Pearl Shimmer. Try it. You’ll love it. I promise. 殺
Tom’s been at the new house painting the garage this morning (finishing up since his paint sprayer died last night and we had to buy a new one 😒) and I’ve been up since 5:30 but just getting rolling around the old house. Today we move the fridges around and it’s a logistical nightmare. My job is to fill the coolers with everything I think we won’t need in the next week to move to the new house.
Anyway. I did my makeup today to keep some semblance of normalcy.
Neutral shadows and gloss only with brown mascara instead of black so it wasn’t as drastic. This was about my daily go-to before I started getting into ALLLLLL the shadow colors.
A bit more skill
I decided kinda last minute to have a moving sale… I got to test out my new Portal+ and it was really cool!
So after my great success with the Neon Green Shimmer, I decided to do a look with the new Amped Up Orange. Aaaaaand welllllll it’s not so much neon as it looks like Kraft macaroni and cheese to me.
I tried to soften (hide) it with Cinnamon Shimmer and a Rustic Brown but then I didn’t want to lose the orange…but I think I could have gone a bit darker. That said, it’s not BAD…it’s just not as good as the neon green was. 😂 It definitely needs either some perking up with a bright color or muting with more dark colors.
But I think the Cocoa LipSense is spot on, and I love the little Chocolate Copper highlight in the middle of my lips.
What say you? Yes or no?
Soooo I kinda felt like a rock star today—I actually pulled off a Neon Green Shimmer look with fake lashes!!
I never in a million years would have paired neon green and smoked topaz so I’m glad my friend Joyanne was leading me because holy shitballs it turned out good.
But if I’m being honest…I’m torn between thinking it looks awesome…and then catching a glimpse in the mirror and doing a double-take and thinking I look like a clown. (I have been branching out but am mostly still into earth-tones!)
But bottom line… I’m thrilled with the look and I couldn’t be happier! And because I looked so dang good, here are the rest of the photos!!
She bugs me to wear lipstick all the time and I usually hesitate because I know she won’t want to deal with taking it off. But today I let her as a special treat because we were going to be seeing her teacher.
The application is all hers—I didn’t help one bit (color me impressed!!) but she did whine a little when I told her she needed to do three layers AND put on gloss. (And later in the day she was positive it was coming off and I assured her it was not.)
I guess I could attempt to do the whole graphic like mine…maybe next time.
(No she’s not in SeneGence makeup…yet. Though honestly she needs the LipSense because the lipstick she put on got all over her shirt and her face yesterday.)
When I take my eye look pics, I usually have a few “sets” to choose from. Some days it’s easier than others. Some days you’d be surprised how far your head moves between the eyes open and eyes closed photo. Some days I cannot decide and have to ask a friend. Today I ended up choosing the top pair, which is my normal style.
HABANERO!! Finally!! And wow does it pull orange on me!! I tried doing a bit more makeup today to offset it but I’m still not sure it works. It’s not bad, just not my color. Or maybe it doesn’t go with the eye makeup I picked? Or my outfit? I don’t know. I just know it’s not love. What do you think? Be honest.
So I tried the Kiss My Sass and Peacock Pearl today and it was as good as I wanted it to be.
I decided this past Sunday afternoon to run a huge new party for my business.
It’s a specific party that someone came up with and has tested the format many times over—to help get new business—so I’ve had to bust my butt to get new people in to my group and then try to get them active and keep them.
Honestly I was in a bad spot mentally since this is the first month in maybe EVER that I literally have zero sales as of the 15th. Zero. Not one. Nothing. Even after my $6000 sale month last year I made sales the next month. And my seneversary month was good…. so who knows what’s going on. And I hoped this party would pull it out for me. So I was following every. single. step. And today’s work was creating a collage of suggested products for each person that joined or posted a selfie. Here are some of the ones I did!
So it’s time to go work by the fire. And the kids are out riding bikes so it’s quiet…..
After a full day of working on my big scary plan !!!EEEEEEEEK!!! this is well-deserved. (Yes I worked on mother’s day. My gift was the kids leaving me alone in peace and quiet.)
