Remember a few months ago when I took Meghan to the Benefit Brow Bar to get an eyebrow makeover? Ever since, she’s been patiently waiting for her brows to grow in fuller. A few weeks ago she went back to get them reshaped. Look at her results below!
Before: November 2013
After: February 2014
Meghan and her sister, Colleen.
She went down to DC and couldn’t wait to show off her new brows to her sister (the eyebrow perfectionist!). Beautiful brows must run in the family! Remember that a great pair of eyebrows are sisters, not twins.
There’s the old saying that “beauty fades,” but some women certainly only get more beautiful with age. Taking care of yourself when you’re young plays a huge part in how you’ll look when you’re older. As a young woman in today’s society, it can be easy to become bombarded by the media telling us how we should look. Take it from these women, though – looking young doesn’t have to involve surgery and injectables. These 9 women have aged gracefully and are more beautiful now than they ever were. If I could look half as good as these women one day, I’ll be thrilled!
Faith Hill, 46; Connie Britton, 46; Connie Nielsen, 48.
Jerry Hall, 57; Julianne Moore, 53; Vanessa Williams, 50.
I hope by now you gals know that I only post about things I use and truly love on here! I’m not paid to write about any of the products I feature. With that being said, you need to go buy this conditioner. My hair is almost always parched (frizziness being a nasty side effect of dryness), but this conditioner has been a lifesaver. I used to just leave it in for a few minutes in the shower and then rinse it out. Ever since moving to San Francisco, however, I’ve upped my game and I’ve started using as a leave-in conditioner. It’s perfect for dry, damaged, color-treated strands and doesn’t leave a heavy or greasy residue. If you’re looking for a heavy-duty WORKHORSE of a hair product, this conditioner is it. It also smells delicious… I consider that a bonus ;).
I feel like there’s a fine line between looking fresh-faced and looking too “done.” In my opinion, it’s all in the products you choose to use. This is my usual weekend makeup routine when I’m running around town! This tutorial is for those days where you want to feel put-together but not overly made-up. Keep reading for step-by-step directions below (including my product recommendations)!
Apply a BB cream to your entire face, focusing the majority of the product on your forehead, nose, upper cheeks, and chin. Use your fingers to sheer it out towards your jawline and hairline. I like M.A.C. Prep + Prime BB Cream because it evens out my skin tone without covering up my freckles.
Using a large, fluffy powder brush, apply a non-shimmery powder bronzer to underneath your cheekbones, temples, hairline, jawline, and down the bridge of your nose. Make sure to gently blow off excess product before touching it to your face. I use NYC Smooth Skin Bronzer in Sunny.
Tame and lightly define your brows with a fiber gel like Benefit Gimme Brow. It adds thickness and volume to your brows while still making them appear very natural.
Curl your eyelashes. I recently upgraded my drugstore eyelash curler to this one from Shiseido and WHAT a difference! No more weird crimped lashes in the corner of my eyes and my lashes stay curled all day!
Apply a defining mascara. I really like Maybelline Great Lash Lots of Lashes because it gives definition and length without looking clumpy or fake.
Slick on a lipstain. I just recently discovered Clinique Almost Lipstick in Black Honey and it’s become my go-to product. Just the tiniest bit gives the most gorgeous, natural stain which lasts all day. It also looks good on everyone! TRUST.
Set everything with a facial spray like Mario Badescu Facial Spray with Aloe, Herbs, and Rosewater. It gives your makeup staying power and still allows everything to look glowy and natural (instead of powder, which can look mannequin-esque).
I’d love to know what your “no makeup” makeup routine consists of! Does it looks anything like mine?
I remember the day I bought my old makeup bag at Sephora. I was thinking that since it was clear plastic that it would help keep me organized and I’d easily be able to find things in it. HA! As you can see from the sad, heaping mess below, that was hardly the case. When I finally cleaned it out, I found good, expensive, barely used products in the bottom that hadn’t seen the light of day in months. What? I desperately needed a new system. I did some research online and found what turned out to be the best makeup organization of my life! Check out the before and after pictures below.
The solution (yet again) came from Ye Olde Container Store. I bought the Large Acrylic Makeup Organizer. It is large enough to hold my entire makeup collection (yup, it holds a lot more than it looks!) and still manages to look sleek on my dresser. I’m so happy to be able to see ALL of my makeup at once without having to dig through a messy bag. The saying “out of sight, out of mind” applies here, especially to me. I’m rediscovering old favorites that had gotten buried beneath the clutter of my old makeup bag.
There’s few things more frustrating than spending your hard-earned dollars on a pricey foundation, only to realize that it’s the wrong shade. Maybe you realize it’s wrong the moment you get home. Maybe you see a horrifying picture of your orange face two weeks after using it every.single.day (no? just me?). How many bottles of barely used foundation are sitting in the bottom of our makeup bags because we’re too busy/lazy to return them? Stop wasting your money and time and buy the right shade the first time.
Enter Findation.com. Input a foundation shade that you’ve used in the past which you know to be a good match (enter two or more for even better results). Findation uses data from over 500,000 users to give you the perfect foundation match in hundreds of brands and price points, from drugstore to department store.
Here are my results after entering a MAC foundation and Benefit foundation that I’ve used and liked in the past. Findation recommended over 80 perfect matches for me, from Rimmel to Guerlain.
Give Findation.com a whirl and shop with confidence. Let me know what you think in the comments section below!
