My Move Into Minimalism 05: I've Hit Silver...

As I continue on my journey towards a more minimal, simplified life, one of my ongoing goals has been to be sure to use up the makeup products I already currently own rather than buying backups or excess. This has resulted in some of, what I feel to be, victorious pan hitting. Here's a breakdown of this small accomplishment...

A Belated Haul and Product Review

  

I have returned! With a bit of a Sephora haul and my opinions on the products I purchased.

My Move Into Minimalism 04: Project Pan Conclusion and Thoughts

   Hey there strangers. I know, it's been a while. Life happens.

   Though I didn't post the update when intended, I was faithfully working away at my Project Pan items and came to a happy end with that endeavor. I thought I'd share the results and a few thoughts regarding the entire Project Panning-process. To see the start of this Project Pan, click here.

   First, the conclusion...in pictures.

Why I Need Concealer in My Life

   Several months ago, I wrote a long winded post on my obsessive hunt for the perfect concealer. After reading Into The Gloss' post on their favorite concealers, I thought it might be good to share an update on not only what concealers work for me but what techniques I've found to be most effective.

   I have (sadly) noticed that as I age, the skin under my eyes not only has more fine lines, but has become a lot drier. I have to be really careful what I use, because one false step can easily make me look like an absolute mess.  So let me get on with what I do to prevent that hot mess from happening.

My Move Into Minimalism 03: Project Pan Update and Good-Bye to You

   
It has been an extremely crazy, busy month or so. It seems that every weekend has been packed full of events to the point that I've been completely swamped and overwhelmed. 

   Despite all of this, I've been faithfully keeping up with my Project Pan items, and I have made exciting progress in working through these products. Additionally, I finished up and decluttered a few more products that I thought I'd include in this post as well.

A Very Belated Post on My November and December Favorites

   Belated yes, but my feelings towards the tangible and intangible items I'm going to talk about are still just as strong. So let's get into them, shall we? This is going to be quite a wordy post, so prepare yourself.

Boxycharm 12.15

   I had every intention of getting this post up sooner rather than later, but I actually am glad I'm not getting to it until now because it gave me a good amount of time to test out a few of the products and formulate some solid opinions. So let's get into it!

My Move Into Minimalism Update 02: Project Pan Endeavor

   I know it's been at least a month since I last posted anything to the blog. Again. It's been difficult to give a lot of attention to the blog when I work so much later in the day than I used to. There just never seems to be enough down time for my hobbies anymore.

   In the last few months, I've really been working on moving unneeded, less-loved material things from my possession. I wrote quite a bit more about it in a previous post, and I just wanted to talk a little bit about the progress I've made and what some of my goals are now. This is quite a long-winded post, so prepare yourself.

Boxycharm 11.15

   So I've been negligent in sharing what I've been receiving in my Boxycharm the last couple of months. Honestly, I have been going back and forth trying to decide whether I should keep my subscription to Boxycharm or if I should cancel it. I've been talking so much here on my blog about trying to minimize the amount of things I own, and it just feels as though having a monthly subscription box packed with products that I don't necessarily need to own or even wish to own seems counter-intuitive to that decision. So I may very soon be cancelling my subscription to Boxycharm. 

   We shall see. As for now, I just received this month's box in the mail today, so I thought I'd share what it included and my initial thoughts on the products. 

On the Darkside

   I have always found it humorous that darker colors are viewed as more "appropriate" or easier to wear during autumn, especially because I love wearing darker, richly saturated colors year round. I am always happy to wear a bold lip color, nearly black nails, and deep red eyeshadows at any time of year. However, there is something really fun about pairing it all together during the autumn. So I thought I'd share my most loved and new-found loved products/colors that I'll be turning to this autumn and winter.

September and October Favorites

   It's been far too long since my last post. Even though I haven't been very active here on the blog, I've been trying out some new things and rekindling my love for long-time favorite items. So without any further ado, here a my favorite things from the months of September and October. 

Good-Bye to You 02: Skincare Edition (and a little makeup)

   It's been quite a while since I posted another edition of Good-Bye to You; where we take a look at all my trash and I give some wordy opinion on each product. I probably won't be so wordy this time around, because nobody has time for that. Am I right?

Let's dig in...

Boxycharm 08.15

   This month's box was a really, really good one. Let's jump in!

Boxycharm 07.15

   So even though we're in August, I wanted to share my thoughts on what I received in my Boxycharm subscription last month. My box arrived around the 20th of July, so I've been able to try a few of the products out and have some well-formulated opinions.

    Let's get into it, shall we?

June Favorites

   
   Favorites time! Let's talk about what I was in love with last month.

I Have a Problem...(A Confession/Beauty Haul)

   So this is beauty haul, but it's also a sad, sad confession. Clearly, I have a serious problem. I mean, did I really need eight new nail polishes and eye shadows, or two new liquid lipsticks? No not at all, and yet, here we are. Do I regret these purchases? No, not so much. Especially because this is more of a collective beauty hall; things I accumulated over the course of a few weeks. So let's shamelessly talk about my binging-beauty-shopaholic-disorder.

Boxycharm 06.15

   This month's Boxycharm arrived earlier this afternoon, and it had some real goodies packed in it. Let's check it out!

Face of the Day 04: Rainbow Eyes

   
   I typically prefer to use neutral colors for my eyes because I almost always wear a bright, bold lip color. However, this past weekend I was really inspired to do a very bright, colorful eyeshadow look to pair with a really simple black dress. I really loved how this look turned out! I have no-where near as much skill as a makeup artist, so I was shocked that this came out looking so clean and well blended. It's not perfect of course, but it's better than I'd hoped for. This look is really not something I can recreate or wear often, but it was fun for the day and definitely got a lot of attention.

Good-Bye to You 01: Beauty Edition

   I decided to start this new series, "Good-Bye to You," on my blog. It will focus on my decluttering efforts and my review of used/empty products, without being the generic "empties" type of post. I plan to hopefully have an edition up once a month. As I'd mentioned previously, one of my goals this Spring/Summer was to make a concerted effort to declutter my life. I've diligently been rooting out items that just are no longer useful to me and sorting them out into groups of things to sell, give-away, or toss.

   This month, I'll be focusing on the beauty products that didn't make the cut when it comes to staying in my collection. Or the ones that I've completely used up and have some opinions on. Let's take a look at and talk about the good, the meh, and the downright ugly...or just useless.

Boxycharm 05.15

   Yay for another awesome Boxycharm! This month's box was filled with lots of wonderful goodness, so let's jump in.