Purples & Pinks All Spring Long

I know that I love pink eyeshadow. It is a weakness of mine. Give me pink all day, every day. But I did not realize how much I secretly love purple eyeshadow as well, until I realized that every other day I am wearing a combination of pink and purple on my lids. After church last night I decided to kick up my shadow a notch and just played around: adding a brighter pink; some blue glitter to my bottom lash line; and MAC's 'Vex' as an intense brow bone highlight.

Here is the result:

#onebyonebeautytag

I was tagged on Instagram to do the #onebyonebeautytag. Because I did not want to have a huge description on IG, I am moving it to this source.

• Skincare item I can't be without -  Cleanser! This dermalogica one has quickly rose to holy grail status for me. It removes everything without being ridiculously foamy.
• Makeup product I always splurge on - Blush. Blush is my weakness. I want to cover myself in pink shimmery goodness every time I see blush...and I probably should so my hoard can get used up.
• Beauty must have when traveling - Any sort of lip balm. I rarely wear lipstick when I road trip. This is my 2nd tube of the Bite Agave Lip Mask, but I am currently using an old school Carmex (which I honestly like better than the Agave Mask).
• Beauty tool that's a total necessity - MAC 224 blending brush. Before this, my eyeshadow was a hot unblended mess. Best brush purchase of life!
• Beauty product I never purchase - Eyeliners! I have so many that I have not purchased an eyeliner in over a year.

No-buy Hiatus

I started a no-buy at the beginning of this year. I was doing well up until a month or so ago. I am not sure if it is because I am feeling lonely, or seeing all this new makeup come out, that I broke my no-buy with a $40 Bobbi Brown blush in the most gorgeous coral I've ever seen. It has spiraled downwards from there. I just purchased 8 nail polishes and have had 2 ColourPop orders come in within the last two weeks.

I am hereby taking myself off said no-buy, as suggested by a friend. I am not going to go crazy and haul makeup, but if there is something that I absolutely want, I refuse to make myself feel guilty about it; which is what has happened. I feel like I have been lying to myself, and that's not good.

"Finish 5 by Cinco de Mayo" Intro

I am jumping into the "Finish 5 by Cinco de Mayo" challenge a little late, but I have exactly two months to make some serious progress on these five items:

Empties #4

February 17th was the last time I posted my empties, and I have a ten more to finish up the month of February and going into March. This brings my total up to 27 empty beauty containers that I have used since January 1, 2015. 27!!! That is a lot. To me anyways...

Project Pan/Use It Up Finale

I started the beginning of this Project Use It Up with the following items:

Pop of Blue - Sephora Collection 'Stormy Seas'

I fell in love with Sephora's Duo Reflects Single Eyeshadow in 'Stormy Seas'. I am normally not a fan of blue eyeshadow, honestly I do not know how to wear it properly. The nice lady at my local Sephora suggested I put it on the outer "V" and then use a champagne color for the rest of the lid. Keep it simple. So, that's what I did today.

Here is the result: