I love products! There's nothing more exciting than wandering the makeup aisles at target or a great department store makeup haul! Getting everything home opening it up and trying it for the first time...I just love it! As most of you know I'm a "Mary-Kay" representative and while I do LOVE many of their products I just can't help trying a new product or makeup line whenever I can. Product whore, makeup addict, whatever you wanna call it, that's me!
That being said, there are a number of products I have become completely loyal to. It's fun to try a new eye-shadow or liner but experimenting with a new foundation or concealer can be so frustrating! Here's what I use almost everyday and would recommend to any of you!
This moisturizer fights fine lines and wrinkles while it moisturizes. It is super light weight and absorbs fast. My skin feels and looks fantastic every time I use it! It also improves skins tone and texture over time...i've seen it work! Especially on "mature skin."
This little pot has three awesome things: 1 a thick creamy concealer to cover blemishes and redness, 2 a darker thinner concealer for under-eye, and 3 a translucent powder in the bottom to set all the beautiful concealing you've done! The thick concealer is AMAZING for covering any redness anywhere. Its thick enough that you don't have to put a ton on and it blends beautifully and stays put without looking cakey! The under-eye concealer is good too. I liked it while it lasted but I will say that I ran out of it MUCH faster than the thicker one...probably my only complaint.
I am a liquid foundation kind of girl. This is Mary-Kay's newest foundation and I have to say maybe my favorite product of all time! It covers and blends beautifully without having to cake it on. The colors are easy to match and this foundation leaves your skin looking glowy and fabulous! It's not shimmery or glittery, don't worry! It moisturizes and fights signs of aging while you wear it. BONUS! For those of you with oily skin this foundation also comes in a matte finish but you just wont get the glowy fabulousness.
Mary-Kay Cream Highlighter
I know there are a lot of awesome cream highlighters out there (shell by Mac, for example, is a very popular one) but being "a mark-kay lady" I had access to this one before it came out to the general public last summer. It was a seasonal item and so is no longer available, sadly, but I do want to express how I love a good cream highlighter wherever you can get it. When looking for a cream highlighter make sure to get with with a satiny finish not a super sparkly one. This one glides on and picks up JUST the right amount of light. I use it every day!
I would like to take this time to make a quick disclaimer: I did NOT intend for this post to be all about Mary-Kay! Nor was it meant to boost my sales as a Mary-Kay consultant! I didn't even realize how many MK products I use and love every day :)
This comes in two shades, cranberry, a dark rich purply red, or sheer bliss (SHOWN). I use sheer bliss and I suspect that this color would look good on just about everybody save the very dark skinned. Like most all of their other products it blends beautifully and never gives that tacky "rouged" look. Just a pretty, natural flush. For those of us dry skinned ladies, especially in the winter, this blush is the best!
To put on top of the sheer bliss cream blush to lock it in place and for a little extra color when needed. This, again, is a color that looks good on just about everyone...my fair skinned blonde cousin and I both use and love this color. Stays put too!
I picked this up at the store the other day just hoping for a cheap bronzer that "would do." HA! Like almost every other e.l.f. products I have picked up I was more than impressed. Most bronzers I've tried are too dark, or too shimmery, don't blend well, or end up making my face look dirty. This stuff does none of the above. It isn't matte, there is some shimmer to it, but it's a great product to buff all over the face to give a little extra summery glow. Not a contouring bronzer, just great to use every day for a little touch of summer.
and lastly my newest and most favorite product....
My wonderful boyfriend got me this for Valentine's day last week and I have used it every day since. IT IS AWESOME! There are 30 gorgeous eye-shadows, 5 lip glosses, 5 lipsticks, an eyeliner, a lip-liner, 4 blushes, a highlighting powder, a translucent powder, a bronzer, a mascara, and 5 applicator/brushes. The eye-shadows are just spectacular! They blend, they are pigmented, they STAY PUT longer than any other brand I have tried and the colors are so so so pretty! I have done a different look with them every day and hope to put some of them up here soon. I definitely recommend this one!
So thats it, guys! Those are some of my favorite products right now. I will always continue to experiment and play but I think these are staples I will come back to for a long time.
What are your favorite products? I can't wait to try them!
love love love, Katie
