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Makeup & Beauty I LOVE!
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items I’ve loved makeup since my childhood when my favorite aunt worked for Estée Lauder in the 80s and 90s. “Playing” with makeup, and now skincare, is still one of my favorite ways to unwind. I believe in a mix of high and low price brands, because produ...
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Lips
Eyes
Face
Cheeks
Lips
I always have a lip product with me…but I like variety. I cannot stand when lip products are sticky and tacky so that your lips stick together.
I am so impressed! This is not sticky, the color is sheer, the texture is smooth, and it has spf. It’s been such an easy way to make sure I’m keeping sunscreen on my lips without the smell and feel of traditional sunscreen lip balms.
C Lip Serum SPF 30
Simply awesome! This lip balm feels so smooth and hydrating!! It isn’t glossy and it’s completely clear. It stays put for a bit and leaves my lips feeling good!
Squalane + Amino Acids Lip Balm
Divine! My favorite variation is the Cocoa Creme, it smells like a cozy hot chocolate, but the color is sheer and works even on my fair skin. Every “color” is the same fantastic formulation that leaves my lips feeling smooth, hydrated, and glossy, bu...
Pout Preserve Peptide Lip Treatment
I'm rather fair skinned, but the PillowTalk shade of this lip liner is so natural looking. This liner defines my lips but blends well into lipstick or glosses rather than maintain a distinct line of liner.
Charlotte Tilbury - Lip Cheat Lip Liner
I love the shade Humble. This liner glides on smoothly. It defines the lips, blends with your other lip products (lipstick or gloss), is retractable, and has a built-in sharpener. Sometimes the top is hard to get off the pencil, but otherwise, I love...
Rare Beauty - Kind Words Lip Liner
I love Rosewood Glow and Petal Glow for my light skin tone. They are both easy colors that look like my lip, but better. The plumping is minimal, honestly, but the coverage is like a lipstick and a gloss had a baby. It's fantastic for on-the-go touch...
Makeup by Mario - MoistureGlow™ Plumping Lip Serum
Eyes
I have hazel-green deepest eyes with hooded eyelids and dark lashes. I had to learn in my 20s what I generally liked didn’t always match what worked on my eyes. So, now I focus on things I like that work for my eye shape, especially with oily/combo s...
I have hooded eyes, so I am careful about mascara choices in the very high humidity of Georgia and Florida. This mascara gives full, feathery, natural-but-better lashes without leaving black marks on my upper eyelid.
get BIG! lashes volume waterproof mascara
This has been my default mascara for many years. It doesn’t leave dark smudges (I call them spider legs) in my upper eyelids. It also comes off easily and doesn’t damage my lashes.
Lash Power™ Mascara Long-Wearing Formula
After hearing about this product for a long time, I finally caved. The 11S color is the perfect no-budge color wash with a little sparkle, but not overdone with either color or sparkle. It’s expensive, but worth it!
Armani Beauty Eye Tint Long-Lasting Liquid Eyeshadow
This is a long-wearing peachy-pink shadow that is an amazing neutral with a lovely champagne shimmer that is not glittery. It's beautiful on all eye colors and a fabulous warmer-toned taupe. I have hazel-green eyes and always get compliments when I w...
Sweet Heat: MAC Cosmetics Extra Dimension Eye Shadow
Don't let the look of this color lead you astray. This is a gorgeous, but understated “champagne gold that reflects pink." It was the first MAC eye shadow I was ever obsessed with. And I still love it over twenty years later. It's a great easy eye, w...
Motif: MAC Cosmetics Eye Shadow
Face
I have oily skin that is only slightly less oily in my 40s. Living in Georgia and Florida means I have tried lots of products in the heat and humidity. Only a few make the cut.
I have oily skin and sweat easily on my face. I find most primers are not a good fit for more. But this primer is truly awesome! If given a few minutes to dry down before makeup application, it will hold everything in place regardless of my sweat in ...
Secure The Sweat Primer | ONE/SIZE by Patrick Starrr
In my experience, living witb oily skin in the hot, humid Southern air, this is a flexible hold setting spray. I love it!!! I used the OG Urban Decay setting spray from the time it came out and recommended it to anyone and everyone. But sometimes tha...
Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray
I don't know how I stumbled on this product, but I really like how it provides light coverage, yet my skin looks like skin. It's not perfect for a 14+ hour day, but it does great up until about that time frame with primer and setting spray. I wear th...
Doll 10 TCE Liquid Filter - Fair/Light
This is an excellent and easy way to apply a touch of coverage at any time. It works especially well to cover discoloration, redness, or spots on-the-go. It’s easy to carry and easy to use as blends so nicely with your fingers or a brush.
The Face Pencil - Jones Road Beauty
Cheeks
I love this blush in the color “Cheer.” It is very similar to NARS Orgasm but a little more pink. It’s perfect for easy daily makeup, as it gives such a nice brightness. The formula really is luminous so I don’t feel like I need a highlight, which is...
Soft Pinch Luminous Powder Blush