Today I’m giving some love to some shadow colors that I rarely use…but that are surprisingly good!
From the permanent line, Mulberry ShadowSense! From the Limited Edition colors, Fiery Coral Shimmer and Wind Shimmer ShadowSense!
They looked a little crazy together on my hand but once they blended together it looked great! And over overlooked Wind Shimmer for way too long—it’s amazing. I’d use it in place of Sandstone Pearl Shimmer in a heartbeat and it has a little bit of duochrome-ality to it!
I saw this at Binny’s yesterday when I was getting stuff for Tom but didn’t grab it. Three boys (Tom and David) went back for more things so I had then grab it… because how could I not?!
It was VERY strong and honestly not my favorite.
OMGGGGGGG!!! I casually mentioned to a client that anytime she wanted to bring me a bouquet of lilacs…
And look what appeared on my porch today?!
My kitchen smells sooooo good!
I haven’t done a red lip in awhile so decided this was the day. I pulled out Brick which OMGWTFBBQ!! is sooooooo good and I always forget it. It’s not super bright red so it’s a little less scary, plus it has glitter in it!
So then I had to do a nice subtle eye—and I am loving Fairy Dust Shimmer with Champagne Pearl Shimmer. It’s the first time I tried it and I’ll definitely be doing it again! (It’s another Limited Edition and I do have a few on hand!)
It did feel like a tiny bit much for an afternoon kid baseball game but who says you can’t look stunning for that?
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Who’d have thought I’d look younger (better!) at age 48 than at 44? Anti-aging skincare and makeup? Yes please and thank you very much.
Also? Way more personal confidence, makeup application confidence, and business confidence.
Also? I just had one of my top five sales months while celebrating my fifth year with SeneGence.
Can I get a whoop whoop?!
I started using the Dry line on October 27, which puts me at just over five months so far for the evening moisturizer…and I just moved the last of it into the pump bottle which means I have at least another month or two! And honestly there’s probably 2-3 days worth left in the original jar!
If I may toot my own horn just a little bit…these are the THREE awards I received during Seminar!
The first was at the dominion awards night (Friday). Technically I don’t belong to this group but the crown princess has adopted me. This is a separate event for just the ladies in the group. Since I’m adopted, my actual numbers don’t show up in her info, but she has a lot of adoptees in her group so she did a Top 10 of everyone…
I was #6 in total sales out of the 6,000+ distributors across the whole group.
The big awards were the next night in front of the entire seminar crowd! Certain awards have you walk across the stage…so had I been there, I’d have gotten to go up twice:
Significant SeneSeller means I sold a minimum of $1500 a month, each month, for the entire year.
Inner Circle Personal Volume is what I’ve sold during the year — and I was #67 out of all distributors in the United States!
And these are the ladies I’d have been standing with:
Thank you to everyone who has supported me over the past five years—whether you made a purchase, liked a post, left a review, talked about LipSense to a friend, helped me brainstorm, posted a selfie, watched a demo, or anything else! I couldn’t have done ANY of this without you!
And if you want to celebrate with me and get some freebies, I can hook you up this month!
As soon as I saw free tickets for Bon Jovi, I had to get them. I mean Bon Jovi WAS high school. And I know there’s been some stuff since then that I’ve liked. And I’m still trying to do more things outside my box.
But let me say right up front that even though this was a bucket list concert, I was not impressed. /cry
From now on, I’m checking the setlist FIRST. I only knew like 1/3 of the songs! And his voice wasn’t great—plus the sound system seemed off and it was like he was screaming to be heard over the music. And holy hell the people that want to stand for the whole damn thing (I know this argument can go on forever). Ughhhh. But then, maybe I’m just old and cranky. But to be honest it wasn’t just me. We all agreed.
Amazingly, the Eagles last week blew this concert out of the park. I guess they can’t all be winners.
So I knew I wanted to wear a red, so what better red than my fave no-longer-available Mojave?! Which then called for a slightly more subdued eye, so I went with more earth tones. And my shirt had to be #runsonlipstickandsarcasm!
There’s definitely a difference between bathroom lighting and natural lighting. I actually don’t think my bathroom lighting is that bad—we replaced all the yucky yellowish bulbs with white—but there’s still a difference.
And then we have natural vs straight:
And then lastly, my full look for the day that totally surprised me and I’m totally in love with!
The new Limited Edition Tranquil Tides ShadowSense Collection has Tumbled Jade which initially scared me (because GREEN) but you guys, it’s sooooo good! Trust me. I’ll definitely be reaching for this again! And I opted for a neutral lip to leave all the attention on the eyes.
The office is a nightmare and I’ve lost track of gift/prize organization so decided today was time. And I convinced Katie to help me.
I debated doing everything from absolutely nothing to a completely full face and ended up in the middle with CCTM, brows, blush, and a very light eye look (skipping mascara).
Wish me luck!
And a few hours later, done! Easy peasy!
And the results?
Based on the size and number of polyps you had, the current guideline recommendation for follow up exam to evaluate your colon for polyps is 10 years.
I promised you the tips my friend shared while helping me with this look, so here they are!
1️⃣ Add a highlight color under brows and blend into main colors.
My first instinct was Sandstone Pearl Shimmer but to be honest, I need a new one and just haven’t thrown away the tube yet…so I grabbed my next favorite Limited Edition Champagne Shimmer.
2️⃣ If the shadows have already dried too much to easily blend, spray your brush with the Hydrating Facial Serum Mist!
I was unsure but it worked! It was just the right amount of moisture to let me blend without ruining the look.
3️⃣ Add more highlight on inside corners and part of lid.
I already had Wind Shimmer on the inner corners so I just brought it in a bit farther onto the lid (don’t go past your pupil).
4️⃣ Add a bit of highlight to the very middle of the lips with a glitter (LipSense or ShadowSense).
If I had wanted a hint of gold, I would have used Chocolate Copper LipSense, but for a hint of silver I opted for Glacier Glitter (but you could use Silver Shimmer).
You know how I’m always telling you to go outside your comfort zone because it’s just makeup? Well, guess what I did today?!
I wanted my eye look to match the LipSense color I created…so grabbed Red and Onyx. That might not sound too crazy but c’mon —STRAIGHT RED? And I have to be careful with Onyx because it tends to get away from me easily.
Truth be told, I had to “phone a friend” because it just wasn’t turning out and I needed her advice before I ruined the whole thing. Turns out I had mostly known what to do but had just been unsure. But! She added some cool bits and had some helpful tips I’ll pass on to you (stay tuned). And I felt better about the look when I was done. Plus we got to catch up for 15 minutes while we finished the look!
I knew it looked better but I still wasn’t sure I truly liked it. She assured me it looked great and it was just a new look for me so I wasn’t used to it yet. (And that’s what I always tell my clients!)
In the end, it did grow on me. And the pictures turned out great. And I will keep practicing…
Today’s look was super simple—one shadow on my eyes (but it looks like two, right?) and I could have used it as blush, too, but I wasn’t paying attention. And I don’t always love Solar Flare Gloss but today it was perfection.
TODAY’S LESSON: Don’t be afraid to try new things with makeup because it’s just makeup. If you fail, just wash it off and try again.
Lesson 2? Yes, orange really will cover dark circles because – think back to elementary school art – orange is opposite purple on the color wheel. 🧡💜
And, today’s third lesson? You need to better match the orange to your skin tone. 😂 It was a little too deep for me and my eyes ended up looking a bit too yellow. But they weren’t purple! 😂🤷🏻♀️
Technically I really don’t belong anywhere in SeneGence—I don’t have any official uplines anymore (the CEO is mine, which sounds cool but doesn’t really do anything for me)…so that Jenna Clark has taken me under her wing in her group fills my heart (logistically I fall under her, but it’s so far below it’s not official).
So I have to admit I love seeing this when I visit her group. I am in the TOP 5 SELLERS of her entire global dominion (you can see her group has 6.2K members). If you would have told me this (almost) five years ago when I started this little side hustle, I would have laughed and laughed and laughed. AND LAUGHED. Yet here we are.
HERE I AM.
Please don’t ever knock your friends’ side gigs because you NEVER know just what it means to them, their families, their mental well-being, or their overall life. Maybe consider celebrating them instead.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
So here’s how my makeup lasted today. I think it’s pretty damn good considering I was legit bawling my eyes out for a good solid two hours plus crying on and off the rest of the day. The mascara does seem to have disappeared a bit, but it’s not all over my face! I didn’t even look at my face once all day to check it.
Soooo I give the waterproof mascara a definite passing grade!
Today was the day, y’all! I delivered all 50 Blessing Bags to A Safe Place/Lake County Crisis Center! They were thrilled and couldn’t wait to hand them out! I told them I will probably do something similar every year so stay tuned…
I am so thankful for everyone who donated!
I didn’t need to do anything crazy but I did want to look nice since I was planning on delivering my Blessing Bags today!
I just looooove all the pinks. And I might have found a good place to take my photos in natural light (if it’s bright out).
I didn’t have high hopes because my lips are very poorly shaped to be a football from the start…and it was indeed a spectacular failure.
Katie helped me get the Blessing Bags started! Now I’m just waiting for a last shipment to arrive so we can finish the last 15 bags!
Edited to add: I just realized I never posted about this. I’ve been wanting to do an event like this for years but I just never could get it going. So this year I just decided to do it! And it was a great success!
So I let her pick the color and apply it herself and she did a great job! But then she didn’t want her picture taken…
Y’all. I did a thing!! I did my first real SMOKY EYE for a date night!
I probably could have made it a bit more smoky but I think I did pretty well considering all of these colors are outside my comfort zone!
Face: #cctmlightmedium
Brows: #smokedtopazshadowsense
Cheeks: #silverrosepowderblush
Lips: #velvetlipsense #sugarcookiegloss
Eyes: #sandstonepearlshimmershadowsense #forestmistshimmershadowsense #onyxshadowsense #silvershimmershadowsense #undersenseprimer #volumeintensemascara
Tonight I did a little shopping from my own stock for things I am running out of… Color Correcting Tinted Moisturizer, Buff Foundation, Rejuvenating Anti-Wrinkle Serum, Advanced SenePlex+ Renewal Serum with Retinol, Digital Age Defense Serum, and Brightening Multi-Vitamin Treatment. Phew! Plus a few extra backups of the Hydrating Mist because SeneGence is getting rid of it and it’s a favorite of mine.
I told him Anna wanted a picture of him with his lunchbox so he did this. (He also grabbed Owen’s sword but you can’t see it very well.)
He had a zoom call first thing then didn’t have to go in until 2…and then was home by 4! He was a little frustrated (people are teleworking so no one he needs to talk to to get started is there!) but I told him to just enjoy it!
His office (top right window):
