October Makeup Challenge!

"Why did you buy that? You never wear makeup anyway!"

This is a sentence I hear all the time, or some variation of it. Apparently some folks think that if you don't wear makeup everyday, that you shouldn't own any at all! Alright fine, I admit it. While I love makeup, I very rarely wear it. I do have a good excuse for this, at least good in my mind.

I'm lazy.

I like to get every possible minute of sleep I can in the mornings. I shower at night, I dry my hair before bed, and dresses are my friend. I've never been a morning person, and Amanda can confirm that. A good chunk of our friendship was formed somewhere between the hours of 10pm and 3am. 

So most of the time when I do my makeup it's late in the day, after work, and when most people I interact with on a daily basis won't see it. This works for me. I do my makeup when I want, and people can bite me. Admittedly this is not all that often, only when I actually have somewhere to be, which is less often lately.

Sadly they do have a point. So this month I'm going to challenge myself. The rules are as follows:

1. Wear makeup AT LEAST every weekday in October. If I go somewhere on the weekend, wear makeup then too. Lately my weekends involve my couch and Netflix so it seems silly to get all dolled up. I mean it's not like Jensen Ackles can see me through the screen.

2. Attempt to use as many products as possible. I'm really bad about rotating products in my collection and tend to stick to using my favorites.

3. Post weekly updates on my challenge status. Also, in the process, get back to that two posts a week goal I set for myself.

Wish me luck! If you want, join me on this challenge. Tomorrow is the first day so here's to hoping my first day includes more then just a hurried application of BB cream.... But that counts right?! ;-)

<3 Ashleigh

Blog Wars - Primer Edition

Welcome to our first blog wars post!

As we're at the beginning it's only fitting to start with primers. Primers can make or break your entire look, and there are quite a few out there. We'll be going over both face and eye primers in this post as they are both equally important.

At the end of each blog wars post we will tell you which product we love most.

Ready to find out which primers are worth the praise?

Quick Blast From the Past and Blog Wars Note

When I say makeup from the 90's what images pop into your head?

I instantly think of two major lip trends. 

First, the ever shimmery frosted lip. I confess to being one of the ones with blue and purple in my 90's lip collection. Though the bright frosted pink of Garden Botanica's Frangipani was my favorite.

Second, was the ever popular Black Honey by Clinique. Deep wine lips were seen everywhere in my school regardless of "school hierarchy"

Well I am glad to say...

THEY'RE BACK!

5 Fall Trends That Prove The 90's Are Here To Stay 

Black Honey Beauty 

Love to Shimmer? 

There are many other products out there I could link to, but I did say this would be quick!

As for blog wars, we are continuing to sample the many "holy grail" products that we wish to review. The first post is on primers, and one I sampled I was highly allergic to even though it came from an ingredient savvy brand. It delayed progress for a while. I had planned on having the post series started by now, so apologies!

~Amanda

Part 2 of 2 - There can be only one...

What can I say...

 Welcome to Part 2! Did Part 1 get you thinking about what your own choices would be?

I have to admit, Part 2 was MUCH more difficult to determine. How did I find a way to pick out just one mascara and lipstick? Keep going and you'll find out!

Top Two Tuesday - Highlighters

Sorry for the long hiatus... I've never pretended to be good at this blogging thing!

So welcome to the highlighter edition of....

Last time we went over their opposite, the bronzer. I always... ALWAYS use a light hand with highlighters. I get oily fast, so all that extra shimmer along with oil shine... yuck.

Let's get down to it!

Part 1 of 2 - There can be only one...

Please ignore my movie geek post title. I just couldn't help it! Apologies for being away from blogging for so long. We've had a series of storms and power was becoming a luxury!

I couldn't help doing this either...

As I was reorganizing my makeup area my spouse walked in and asked me a question.

"What would you do if you could only have one of each?"

That got me thinking. What WOULD I do if I could only have one of each product category? I thought about it and decided it would make a great blog post. Something like Ashleigh's Top Two Tuesdays, but different and from me.

Part 1 will cover skincare and foundation, while Part 2 will cover eyes, lips, and cheeks.

Without further delay, Part 1...