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Free for Haul Friday, Volume #140

Free for Haul Friday, Volume #140

Welcome to Free For Haul Friday!

  • Haul:  More fall products!
  • Weekend plans:  Catch up on EVERYTHING! We took our first vacation in YEARS this past week (I hope you didn't notice) - we left Sunday morning and came back Thursday evening.  It was pretty good for me, considering I was about 70%...

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5 Stormy Gray Eyeshadows to Tempt You

5 Stormy Gray Eyeshadows to Tempt You

5 Stormy Gray Eyeshadows to Tempt You

I love a good gray!  What's really cool about gray is it can be easily tinted, so there are lots of possibilities.  I'm partial to blue-tinted grays myself :)

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Have you ever realized that you were doing your makeup wrong?

Have you ever realized that you were doing your makeup wrong?

Have you ever realized that you were doing your makeup wrong? Like you kept making the same mistake for awhile, because you never realized it was wrong until much later?

When I first started using MAC pigments (which is what made me fall in love with makeup), I used them dry and slapped them on the...

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How do you keep your makeup looking fresh during the heat?

How do you keep your makeup looking fresh during the heat?

How do you keep your makeup looking fresh during the heat? How do you keep everything from sliding off?

Primers are always good, and then using a product that's long-wearing is another good step to take. From there, you can either approach makeup as layers, or you can try to use less rather than more....

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What's the worst beauty blunder you've committed?

What's the worst beauty blunder you've committed?

What's the worst beauty blunder you've committed? Over-plucked brows? Major sunburn/tan lines? Partied way too hard and it showed? How did you fix it?

I'd say over-plucked brows for me, and the only way to fix it was to take a deep breath and let them grow back. I plucked any totally stray hairs but...

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Beautiful Beginnings with Lancome

Beautiful Beginnings with Lancome

Beautiful Beginnings with Lancome

What was the first Lancome product you ever tried?  Did it pave way for a real romance or did it put you off the brand entirely?  What was the first product you purchased?  Did you love it? Hate it? Still own it?

my answer: The first product I tried by Lancome was...

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What do you do when you find a holy grail beauty product?

What do you do when you find a holy grail beauty product?

What do you do when you find a holy grail beauty product? Do you stop looking for anything else?

I stop actively looking for the most part - assuming I feel like I've REALLY, truly found the most amazing product in that category for all time. I don't usually feel that way, so I usually do keep at...

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Rant & Rave: Green Eyeshadow

Rant & Rave: Green Eyeshadow

This Week's Topic: GREEN EYESHADOW!

Your Mission: Tell us what you love, hate, or are otherwise indifferent to about green eyeshadow. What drives you bananas? What makes them necessary?

my answer: I'm a huge fan of green eyeshadow--it's definitely one of my go-tos, particularly because I think it's more...

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