What's Been Added to My Makeup Collection?

A few weeks ago I was talking makeup vlogs & products with my niece, Alura & my BFF, Love and it occurred to me that I had not updated you guys on some of my "needed" products. Somebody might want to know if my makeup items have changed. Yes, there have been some.

I was going to do this post last week, then Prince died and like many I was pretty bummed. Oh Prince with his perfect eyeliner. Whoever is getting his unused eyeliners will be blessed. Prince was never seen with running eyeliner, unlike my sinus attack having self. That another reason why I am a makeup free maven most days.

Well, my first makeup changes started about this time last year. ID was preparing us for her wedding. She mentioned that we will be doing our own face foundation for the wedding. Guess who didn't wear foundation? You guess it. The last time I wore foundation had to be my senior prom and I just borrowed my mother's Prescriptives because we are the same skin tone. At the same time, I was running out of face and eye primer and Avon, in its usual fashion had discontinued what I was using.

So, I researched on YouTube what drugstore products my favorite beauty vloggers were wearing (Because I don't wear foundation so, I wasn't going to pay $$$ for it) and I found some real nice gems. Avon's loss became gains for Covergirl, NYX and Rimmel London. I am in love with these products. Paired with my NYX Setting Spray, They are the base of my fabulous bridesmaid look for ID's wedding. Their staying power was great. Here is a little pictorial timeline on how well my makeup stayed on.

It's about 3pm, right before I got dressed.
Makeup was about 3-4 hours old and it still looked fresh. 

Still looks good at 8:30pm as I just danced into the
reception after the wedding ceremony and taking pictures outside.

At 10:30pm, I've had dinner . Now taking pictures with "Ridge" and others.
Oh, what do we see? A shiny forehead!

The only thing I ever touched up once was my lip before outside pictures. And after dinner, I didn't even touch that up any more. See, Avon that could have been you, but no you got rid of the stuff that once worked. Now my heart belongs to others. My next update is a indulgent one. I had been hearing about Beauty Blenders for a while. But the $20 price tag at Sephora was one I could not justify. Then while buying hair supplies on the Sally's website in September 2015, I came across a Beauty Blender dupe from Face Secrets.

Yeah, I just used it
But it is lilac

My Face on New Years Day

They had them 2 for 1 so, I added that to my order and checked out. I gave the other two to my niece & my Bestie, T.T. (Who is a great MUA, whose brain I pick for the makeup trends). I like this sponge. It blends my foundation (the bottom) & concealer (the tip) much better than brushes for me, It also feels better than brushes. I just wash it with hand soap and water after every use. It is a nice inexpensive investment. Now fast forward to this year, 2016.

I was purchasing Queasy Drops for my motion sickness in Target and I saw these eye makeup pencil brushes on clearance. The brand is a popular one called ELF (Eye, Face, Lips) that I hadn't tried yet. So, I indulged. LoL I sent a picture to T.T. and she gave me a thumbs up because of the brand. Then I hit pan on my Revlon blush. Blush is a product I own both an expensive one & an inexpensive one. Now, in a previous post I said I was protesting Revlon until the CEO leaves. And once my Revlon products run out I am buying another brand.

Well, I had to look up another brand of inexpensive blush to buy. Well, highlighting is the trend and I saw that Hard Candy had baked blushes with the highlighter in the same container. I got one in the color, Punch.

It has been a learning adventure with both. I was lining my eyes with what I was suppose to fill my brows with. My cheeks appeared sweaty because of too much highlight.

But, I finally got the hang of the products. I was on my way to a divorce party and I knew I looked extra cute. Well, I did before my sinuses were attacked and my eyeliner smudged. But like seen in that picture next to Prince, I was still cute. And yes, I will be discussing the hair in another post. I like the blush color on me. It give me the right touch of color on my cheeks. And the brushes are really a cool help with my cat eye.

So, that's an update on what new or new-to-me makeup products I have been using. Oh I have new lip & eye colors but I change those often. These products featured are not things I change up often. I might have to look for a new primer or start buying this one in bulk. My sister, A was trying to buy some and the shelves are sometimes empty. Rimmel, don't be like Avon. Do Not Discontinue the Stay Matte Primer, Please. Maybe if I beg for it to stay forever, it will. Keyword is Maybe!!!

As Always, Talking to You in Adult Terms