March 2020 Favorites - Beauty And Bath

March continues with me finding makeup that suits me while my dark tan continues to fade.  Lots of similar tones in eyes and lips.

Hope everyone is well and is taking care during this time.

1.  Makeup Revolution The Emily Edit - The Needs Palettes:

I can wear the Emily Edit Needs palatte again.  Wasn't quite possible with the very dark tan, that I returned with, in the middle of February. I love this palette -- especially when I'm in a hurry.  Almost every thing I need is in there -- hence the name of the palette.  The one thing I wish it had a was a shimmery medium shade shadow.

2.  NYX Professional Makeup Lid Lingerie Shadow Palette:

I need to use this palette more.  As you can see, there are a lot of similarities between this palette and the Needs eyeshadows.  Again, I wish there was a shimmery medium shade for the lid in this palette.

3.  Kat Von D Shade + Light Quad in Rust:

I bought this palette for the same reason I bought the Emily Edit Needs palette.  When you have ADHD, having something that has just about everything you need in it, can help save time.  These colors are wonderful, they apply like a dream.  Again, I wish they could have put a shimmery shade in there.

4.  Kat Von D Lock-It Foundation -- Medium 59 Neutral - tan acorn with neutral undertone:

This was originally the shade I thought would work with my dark tan.  My tan had to fade a little to be able to wear this.  By the end of March I was able to mix my usual shade 52 with this.

5.  Kat Von D Eyeshadow -- Lolita:

I've featured this before.  This has got to be one of the prettiest dusty dried red rose shades.  When I use this with Wet 'n' Wild's Bed of Roses palette, it looks WONDERFUL!!!

6.  Wet 'n' Wild Rebel Rose ColorIcon Eyeshadow Quad -- Bed of Roses:

Bed of Roses has the shimmery shades and darker shades that I like, but lacks a medium matte shade.  KVD's Lolita fits the bill perfectly for that!

7.  Kat Von D 24-Hour Super Brow Long-Wear Pomade in Dark Brown:

I've featured this brow pomade several times.  I've decided that when I am done with my pencils, I want to stick with pomade.  Skinny pencils run out too fast and create a lot of waste that goes in landfills.  With a little practice, the perfect brow brush and some liquid eyeshadow mixing medium, one container of pomade can go a long way.  I've had this pomade for over a year.  It has started to dry out, but with mixing medium I can make it the texture that I like.  One I have, that I really like, and that I've had for ages, is Inglot's Duraline.  You can also place a bunch of drops of Duraline in your pomade before you close the lid.  The next time you open your pomade the Duraline should have been absorbed into the pomade.    

8.  Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed -- Opal:

I had this in February's favorites, as well.  This actually looked better during the month of March.  Not as big of a contrast.  Still glowy, but a little more subtle.

9.  Girlactik Luminous Pressed Powder -- Fair:

By the middle of March, the e.l.f. Bronzer, I was using, as face powder, was a little too much, I started mixing the L.A. Colors mineral powder that I got in Alabama with my Girlactik powder.

10. Kat Von D #70 Pomade Brow Brush:

I've had this brush on my favorites list several times.  This brush is AMAZING!  If you have sparser brows like I do and need a brush to give a defined shape with a clean edge, this is the brush!

11. Colourpop Just A Tint -- Gimme S'more: 

I just love the way these smell -- like passionfruit!!!  I got this in a bundle that emilynoel83 curated for Colourpop.  It's a warm nude color with some gloss to it.

12. Kat Von D Studded Kiss Crème Lipstick -- Cathedral:

I've loved this color for years!  It's the older formula which seems to dry to longer lasting matte finish. It's described as a satin matte coco-rose.  A beautiful color!

13. Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution Lipstick -- Pillow Talk:

I got this during the holiday season.  They were selling the lipstick with a free lip liner.  It's a comfortable formula and goes on with a satin-matte finish.  Pillow talk is a very flattering pinky-beige nude.

14. Black Moon Cosmetics Liquid Lipstick -- Wrath and Harvest:

I've said before that Black Moon Cosmetics makes my favorite formula of liquid lipstick. I also love the flat applicator, which I think makes it easy to define lips.  Wrath, which is a dusty rose color and Harvest with is a muted orange both fit the complexion bill in March.

15. Wet 'n' Wild PhotoFocus Pressed Powder -- Warm Light:

I love, love, love this pressed powder!  It has a satiny finish.  I've mixed this with my darker mineral powder and before my tan, mixed this with Girlactik's powder.  I will use it on its own if my skin is on the oilier side during the month.

16. Milani Baked Powder Blush -- Bellissimo Bronze:

This warmer blush suited my medium tan complexion very nicely in march.  I love Milani's Baked Powder Blushes because there is some shimmer to them.  Really makes the skin look alive.

17. ILNP Nail Lacquer -- The Magician:

ILNP makes some of the most unique nail polish ever!  Per their website: "The Magician effortlessly shifts between intense hues of red, orange, and green once applied over just about any base color."  The effect over dark nail polish is just beautiful!

18. Alba Botanicals Mega Moisture Conditioner -- Coconut Milk:

I got this from Costco.  I was needing a moisturizing conditioner that wasn't a hair mask.  This feels really nice.  The only caveat with this conditioner --  it has a LOT of slip to it.  It can make your shower or bathtub floor a bit slippery.

19. L.A. Colors Mineral Pressed Powder -- Cream Beige:

I bought this when I was in Alabama, and my e.l.f. Sunkissed Bronzer, which had hit major pan, broke while it was in my suitcase.  Argh! I couldn't find it in Target so I bought the L.A. Colors Mineral powder.  I use this with Girlactik's Luminous powder.  It goes good together!

20. China Glaze Nail Polish Liquid Leather 544:

If you like layering certain polishes over a basic black polish, this is THE one!  A YouTuber I watched several years ago tested several black polishes.  This was the only one that was opaque in one coat.

21. Josie Maran Holistic Fragrance -- Courage Vanilla Apricot:

I really love this fragrance.  I wish it was a staple in Josie Maran's line -- but alas! I hadn't worn this in a while.  I decided to use it during March and was in love all over again!

Ta-Ta-For-Now!

November 2019 Favorites - Beauty And Bath

There were a lot of rediscovered favorites in November, as the weather cooled down.  Plus favorites were rediscovered as I perused my vanity and said -- I haven't used this in quite a while.

1.   Milani Baked Blush: Red Vino, Berry Amore, Dolce Pink, Petal Primavera, Corallina, Sunset Passione, Luminoso, Bellissimo Bronze

I've been really into shimmery blushes, lately.  I wanted a bit more variety than my Beauty Bakerie Cotton Candy Champagne Blush Palette provided.  (I do REALLY love the Champagne Blush Palette.)  When I am tan, I feel like I need more of a pop of color.  The blushes really look beautiful on the skin, with the glow and shimmer they provide.

2.   e.l.f. Cosmetics Jelly Pop Watermelon Cleanser

This is essentially the same as their regular "Bounce Back Jelly Cleanser", which I like -- its a cleanser you can either use with water or use with wipes.  This one just happens to smell like Watermelon.

3.   ApHogee Keratin 2 Minute Reconstructor

I love, love, love this conditioner!  It helps to make my long hair more manageable.  For some reason, I always end up straying from this conditioner; and, when I come back, I wonder why I strayed.

4.   SEPHORA COLLECTION MOSCHINO + SEPHORA Bear Eyeshadow Palette

I've had this for two years and I forgot how much I love the warm tones in this palette.  Most of them are fairly unique (although they might not look it).  The texture of the shadows is wonderful too!  Even though this was a limited edition item, I will just use it.  I can still display the teddy bear on my vanity afterwards. 

5.   ApHogee Keratin and Green Tea Restructurizer

This is another hair care item I really love.  It needs to be used with heat.  I think this is why I stray from it at times.  If I get out of heat styling my hair, I don't use this.  But for heat styling, it's amazing!

6.   Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed Highlighter in Moonstone

This is a classic.  I feel like Becca established a benchmark for pressed highlighters.  As more and more companies started coming out with myriads of highlighters, it became easy to forget the classic.  I love this, have hit major pan,  and will probably replace it when it's out.

7.   e.l.f. Cosmetics Bronzer in Sunkissed

I've recently found a new "use" for this and I love it all over again.  The reason I initially fell in love with this bronzer is the fact that it's great for people with lighter skin tones that actually want to put a touch of sunshine on their skin.  I started using this as a "Pre-Contour" over the lower half of my cheeks and it it works beautifully.  In love again!

8.   Josie Maran Whipped Argan Oil Body Butter in Apricot Vanilla

For some reason, the weather changing means, my arms and cuticles have been dry -- particularly my cuticles.  I've used Josie Maran's Body Butter to help heal tattoos.  That plus the fact that this is not a salve or balm means that it works great on skin that needs some moisture.

9.   Lucas Pawpaw Ointment

This was another treatment that I used on my ragged cuticles.  I found this in one of our bathroom drawers.  I had forgotten all about it.  Since I knew it had medicinal properties, I decided to try it on my cuticles.  It seemed to really help.  I'm keeping some on hand, from now on. (No pun intended.)

10.  Prada Candy Gloss

Now that the weather has cooled down a bit, I started wearing this again.  This is quite different than original.  According to Sephora, the original is comprised of: White Musks, Benzoin, Caramel Accord.  Candy Gloss is much sweeter (much more like candy) and is comprised of: Cherry, Peach, Musk.  I don't smell the individual fruits; but, I smell a sweet fruity almost cotton candy smell.  It's a very pleasant and sexy fragrance.

11.  Kat Von D Single Shadow in Lolita

I've had this since not long after it debuted.  It's a beautiful "chestnut rose", a very unique shade of eyeshadow that is very complimentary to every day looks as well as edgier looks.

12.  Physicians Formula The Ultimate Murumuru Butter Collection

Once upon a time, the only thing I liked from Physicians Formula was the EYE BOOSTER™ LASH 2-IN-1 BOOSTING EYELINER & SERUM.  I was not fond of anything else I tried from that line.  It was a bunch of stuff in really cute and attractive packaging that fell short in quality for me.  I stopped paying attention to them.  Then, YouTubers I trust, started raving about the Murumuru Butter line, and then they started raving about other collections Physicians Formula had.  Whatever they started doing differently, I hope they keep it up!  Anyway!  I saw this on emilynoel83's YouTube channel.  I was really intrigued!  I ordered it and have since used it about 4 or 5 times and really loved it.  The textures and colors are fabulous.  I will actually be taking this on my trip to San Jose and San Francisco later this week.

Ta-Ta-For-Now

I'm not sure what Luna's face is about.