Put On a Little Makeup - Makeup
/Put on a little Makeup - Makeup who remembers this great lyric from the 1982 Adam Ant song Goody Two Shoes - I do and this week I’m sharing what’s in my make-up bag. As a 60 year old.(Yikes!) I’m asked what I use and if I’m honest friends I’m sure I could use way more than I do… but, without Botox, peels or other interventions this is as good as I’m going to look with my wrinkles, hooded eyes, and neck. I mean I think I look pretty good - but there are times I would love to address those areas for sure!
My face wash is Aveeno Positively Radiant Brightening Scrub. I use Palmers Cocoa Butter Formula Lotion, Amlactin Daily Nourish Body Lotion, Neutrogena Norwegian Formula hand cream on my hands and sometimes my feet. Our family all use Babyganics Mineral-Based Baby Sunscreen Spray SPF 50.
I use e.l.f. Eye Cream, The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid, Cetaphil Hydrating & Firming Cream on my neck, and finish with Weleda Skin Food Light Moisturizer Cream.
Here is everything I use on a daily basis: The e.l.f. curler, two products on my eyebrows: e.l.f. Ultra Precise Brow Pencil and L’Oreal Paris Faux Brow Eyebrow Tint Double Brush Brow Pen (this dual tip works wonderfully). I use two shades of Maybelline Instant Age Rewind under my eyes and spot concealing around my face. My favorite powder is Lancome Dual Finish Powder Foundation. I recently started using the Maybelline Cloudtopia Lip and Cheek Mousse Blush - a little goes a long way and I love that its multi-use. Then I add a bit of Maybelline FitMe Blush. Once my face is complete I move onto my favorite mascara - essence Lash Princess False Lash Effect Waterproof Mascara. Addressing my lips I start with Burt's Bees Origin Beeswax Lip Balm then onto the make-up I always always use and have been since I was 10 years old - LIPSTICK. I recently started using Maybelline Serum Lipstick with Hyaluronic Acid I also use L'Oreal Paris Colour Riche Original Satin Lipstick and Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick - (I am always buying new tubes of lipstick) and I love to finish my lips with e.l.f. Glow Reviver Lip Oil. So that’s my everyday - I’m leaving the house for anything - lunch, shopping, a meeting, dinner.
Of course if I’m going to an event I do add a bit more make-up - some eye shadow e.l.f. Bite-Size Eyeshadow and a bit of eye liner e.l.f. No Budge Retractable Waterproof Eyeliner.
All these items with the exception of the Lancome powder are Drug Store products. I’m not fancy friends and I prefer to not overpay. Although I will share the most luscious lipstick I have ever owned was Dior - which I bought on a discount - it was the creamiest and smelled heavenly. I popped over to the Dior site to check out their lipsticks and wowzers the least expensive was $48.00. Good Grief! That I would never pay for a lipstick no matter how super.
I hope you enjoyed a peek at what I use.
My birthday was this past weekend and as I shared I’m 60 - it’s truly mind-blowing! I don’t feel 60! It’s crazy… but, that’s an article for another day. I was blessed to spend time with family and friends.
Do you buy gifts for yourself? Well I do and I thought I’d share what I labeled “gifts to myself.”
When I was in Lenox, MA I picked up the Daffodils book. I already have the Hydrangeas and Peonies books in the Chalet. And below is an image of our dining room with our new wool Safavieh rug. There were parties when I turned 40 and 50 but for my 60th I decided on travel. This fall I’m visiting Paris for the first time and I am tellement excitée!
Til next time friends be well and I’ll see you over on the Gram!
