What's In My Makeup Bag? (As of October 7th, 2014)

Face products! (same as last month!)


Single eye products (Here Kitty, Kitty and Queen Phyllis by bareminerals and Bad to the Bronze eye tattoo)


See something new in my palettes?! My Ulta haul will be up on Friday, and a review of it will be up on the 16th.


I really love this cheek product, and wanted to break out my coastal scents palette and this Too Faced palette again- it's been too long.


Going lighter on the mascara this month.


And, finally, eyeliners, primers, etc.

What's In My Makeup Bag? (As of September 4th, 2014)

Face products!



Mascaras and eye shadow pencils!



Eyeshadow palettes!



I got the Jouer palette from birchbox- it's the Little Black Dress palette. I believe I received it because I reviewed the other one? I'm not exactly sure because it just showed up in my mailbox. But I really, really love it!
The pink eyeshadow is so gorgeous, I almost have been exclusively using it.



I really love this Tarte cheek stain, and I added in some additional single shadows for good measure.

What's In My Makeup Bag? (As of August 7th, 2014)

My primers and liners for the month. That Coola Tinted Matte moisturizer is almost completely gone, so I just shoved it in there to make sure I finish using it. And I would like to keep trying to use that bareMinerals 5-in-1 that I received in my ipsy bag last month.



All new mascaras! And I have to say, I have used that CKone mascara so much since receiving it from Ulta as a birthday gift! It is quickly becoming one of my favorites!



I decided I wanted to keep playing with my Lorac Pro 2 palette. And I figured I'd play some more with Naked 2 as well. The Glamour To Go palette is more out for the blush and bronzer, and I'm still really, really loving the Jouer palette, and wanted to keep that handy.



While in San Diego, my sister-in-law gifted me that Tarte Exposed blush, which I believe she received in a Pop Sugar box. I've used it a couple of times and I like it! It's a really pretty color! The blush is an old favorite, and the bronzer, which I really like, is also from last month's ipsy bag.



And finally... face! I am almost done with that lumene time freeze, so I decided to try and finish it off this month. And I really need to use that concealer more!


I'm pretty excited about my choices this month! I've used the Lorac Pro 2 and the Naked 2 together, and some of the colors just look so pretty blended together!

What's In My Makeup Bag? (As of July 1st, 2014)

So, I did something...
I bought the Lorac Pro Palette 2.


So, of course, I have to use it this month! I have a post coming next week with swatches and my review, but I've been using it a couple of days, and I'm pretty in love with it! I figured what better to use it with than the original pro palette, and I'm throwing in a sephora palette that has eight eyeshadows and a blush that I really like to use, as well. (It also has four lipglosses, but I'm not a fan of those.)



For face, I'm sticking with bareminerals, but I'm going back to the Ponds BB cream.



For blushes, I'm back to my Ulta blush in Exposed, and my Avon smooth minerals blush. Both tried and true shades that I just love so much!



In moving and going through my makeup, I found a totally unopened bottle of Urban Decay Primer Potion, and although it's never been a favorite of mine, I decided to give it a try again. I also have to have out my Too Faced, as usual, and I'm also pretty obsessed with this Urban Decay Anti-Aging Primer Potion, so I decided to keep that out, too.



And finally, mascara. I had a picture of my eyeliners (I just have a brown and silver, as well as an eyebrightener), but it apparently got eaten up somehow . I'm keeping it simple this month for mascara, but I did get this L'oreal Voluminous Manga mascara to try. I'm still deciding how I feel about it, mostly I feel pretty positive!



And thats it for this month! As you can tell, my lighting set up is still not great, and these pictures are actually taken on my new makeup set up, which you guys will also be seeing next week!

What's In My Makeup Bag? (As of June 5th, 2014)

It's that time again!

Foundations- the same as last month. It's working for me!

I've been wanting to break all three of these babies out since the last time I used them, so here they are! I actually cheated and used the blush in the Lorac Pro palette twice last month. So I knew this month I needed it out.



I also really wanted this Tarte blush out- it will be PERFECT for summer! And the elf blush is staying out because I wore it probably 5 out of 7 days of the week last month.



I decided to keep the CKone mascara out because it's really been working this last month- I wore it on the day of my grandma's funeral with just a little of the lash blast on top, and there was no smudging at all. I think that's the sign of a pretty good mascara!
I also wanted to give the butterfly and the lash domination mascara another go now that their a little more dry.


That's everything in my makeup bag this month! I still need to do an update on what I use for eyeliners and such- I just need to get it scheduled and show you guys!

What's in my makeup bag? (As of May 8th, 2014)

It's a new month, time to change it up again!

(Old background- I wasn't in the mood (read: too lazy) to get out my photo studio.)

Foundations- pretty much the same as last month, but I'm adding the Revlon BB Cream. I really need to use this up, so I'm going to try to focus on that more than the others.



I hit pan on a couple of these blushes, as you can see, so they are well loved. Eventually I need to pick up a new Ulta blush in Exposed, because it's one of my favorite that I own. 
And I can't buy Pink Glow by Physician's Formula anymore (as far as I can tell, it's been discontinued), but I'm honestly sick of saying that to myself, and I should just enjoy it, so I am!



Time to give up being Naked and get out my Lorac Pro! To complement them, I am bringing two old Tarte Eyeshadows in Sweet Valley High (which is also discontinued and almost dead) and West Egg (which has some severe pan-hittage). Also I'm using a Too Faced Duo, and two Bareminerals shades. 



And mascaras- all really good staying power formulas, because it's starting to get warm here!



What are you all liking for this month??

A What's In My Makeup Bag update!

So, remember my post from yesterday where I raved about that CoverFX foundation and powder?


Well, I write my posts usually the weekend before they go up. And at that time, I did really love the foundation. But I used it all of last week with no problems. Until I started breaking out. And the foundation started wearing funny.
I didn't do anything different, and I didn't change up a moisturizer at all. But it did start doing weird things, and considering I paid $72.00 for both of these? I really couldn't afford to just let the foundation sit there and me not use it.
(Today was the last straw- I sit at a desk all day for my job, and I went to the bathroom about 10am (which is about 4 1/2 to 5 hours after I put on my makeup, and my foundation was just gone. Melted right off my face. And it was just a little streaky. Not cute.)


So I decided to go to Sephora to exchange the foundation. But since I'm a genius, I didn't keep my receipt, so I had to do an exchange. And I decided to get the Naked 2 Palette, and Too Faced Glitter Glue.



I now own all the Naked palettes!



The casing is pretty much the same as the Naked 3, only a different shade.



And it also came with these primer pods, and a brush.



I never really wanted this before, but I have been looking at a lot of swatches and tutorials lately for it. And since I had to exchange the foundation for something anyway (and walked around for over an hour looking for something), I decided to just go ahead! And I actually really, really love the colors. So in my makeup bag it goes to play!



This is also a product I've been wanting to try!



I really, really hate fallout, so hopefully this helps!



It's a little thicker, and tackier, than regular Too Faced Shadow Insurance, and it does appear that it works! I tried it with Urban Decay's Sidecar from the Naked palette (infamous for it's fallout), and while it didn't help during application, after removing the fallout from under my eyes, there was no more fallout, at all. Usually with that particular shade, I get fallout all day long. But no more!



Not sure how you can see that, but it blends in extremely well!


So that's what's additional in my makeup bag now! Happy Friday!

What's in my makeup bag? (As of April 3rd, 2014)

New month, new makeup!





I got a new foundation and powder! I was hanging out at Sephora looking around, because I wanted to try a liquid foundation. The girl at my Sephora was super nice, and did one of those color matching things, and helped me decide on the CoverFX Natural Finish Oil Free Foundation and the Cover FX Illuminating Setting Powder. I've been using this for about a week, and I really, really like it! It's been so long since I've used a liquid foundation on a regular basis, and I'm surprised how much I am enjoying it. Definitely worth the price I paid.
(I also like that the Color thing matched me with a Dior and a Lancome foundation, and she steered me toward this anyway. I know they don't work off of commission at Sephora, but it's rare that they don't always recommend the most expensive thing.)



I'm also going to be trying to use these babies from Geek Chic more. 


Let me know if you guys like this way of me showing you what I'll be using for the month, or the old way. This way obviously takes me less time, but I'll definitely go back to the other way if you guys like it more.


FTC: All products were gifts or purchased by me with my own money. Everything else was purchased by me with my own money. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

What's in my makeup bag? (As of March 6th, 2014)

I was so ready for a change!


So, I ran out of mineral veil, and got suckered into this pretty little thing when I decided to go ahead and get more foundation as well. 


Like... I'm not usually one for stuff like this, but SO PRETTY!



And for size reference, this is a standard size and the deluxe side by side. I'm not sure how long it's going to be available, but as of this post, you can purchase your own here.



For eye shadows, I decided to use my newest palette, the Tarte Be MATTEnificient palette, the Urban Decay Ammo Palette, and the Urban Decay Naked Palette.
I really love the Tarte palette, and I'm going to have a review up on it in next week.



I'm also breaking out color tattoos, and I got two new ones! From Left to Right: Bad To The Bronze, Audacious Asphalt (this is new to my collection), and Tough as Taupe (also new).



Because I'm a member of the Bare Minerals Friends and Benefits Program, I received a free birthday eye shadow in Queen Phyllis.





It's really pretty- very neutral, but nice. It's becoming a new favorite lid color!





I got the Make Up For Ever Smokey Lash mascara in my birthday order with Sephora (I also ordered the Tarte Palette), and this is becoming a definite must have!



And the other mascara's I'm using. One of the Lash Blasts is Black Brown, all the others are black or Very Black.



And of course I'm keeping this. I cannot live without it!



For blushes, one is included in the Tarte palette, but I wanted to use this one by ELF (the contouring blush and bronzer palette), and this one by Ulta called Exposed.


So this is what will be on my face for the next month!


FTC: All products were gifts or purchased by me with my own money. Everything else was purchased by me with my own money. All thoughts and opinions are my own.