What's in My Makeup Bag

I don't know if I've done one of these but if I have here is an updated version :)
So I'll start with my organization of makeup because this is like a three step process. First, I have drawer organizers with drawers of foundations, lipsticks, eyeshadows, concealers, etc.  (I believe I have a past post about that). These are the things I will switch out and into my makeup bag depending on the season, my mood, the occasion. And then I have a "to-go" bag that I will pull to take with me on the go for everyday. There will be a follow up "What's in My 'to-go' Makeup Bag" at some point.
I hope that wasn't confusing! But today you'll be seeing the bag that sits on my counter with my most used items right this minute.

Okay! So now I'll just list what's in there kind of in order pictured from left to right- 

Bare Minerals Touch Up Veil in Medium 

Sonia Nashik Randiant + Tinted Moisturizer in Linen 

ELF Powder Brush 

Beauty Blender Sponge 

Paula's Choice Clear Ultra-Light Daily Mattifying Fluid 

Urban Decay Perversion Mascara 

Make Up For Ever Smoky Extravagant Mascara 

City Color Be Matte Lipstick in M7 Cappuccino 

Instant Age Rewind Dark Circle Eraser in 20 Light Pale 

NYC Sun 'n' Bronze Bronzing Powder in 706 

Hamptons Radiance  

Clinique Moisturizing Gel 

ELF Small Stipple Brush 

ELF Small Angled Brush 

Too Faced Chocolate Soleil Matte Bronzer in Medium/Deep

Crown Brush C476 Crease/Shadow Brush 

Senna Mineral Eyes Shadow Trio in Cocoa Nudes (I use one of the colors here for my brows) 

Bare Minerals 5 in 1 BB Advanced Cream Eyeshadow (Don't know the color. I recieved it in an Ipsy bag. I use it as a eye lid primer)

Crown Brush Powder Brush 

Revlon Photoready Eyeshadow in Impressionist 

Clinique Pore Refining Solution 

MAC Pro Longwear Concealer in NW20 

Benefit High Beam 

Skyn Glacial Cleansing Cloths 

These are the things I reach for most often when doing full makeup so I leave the bag on the counter. Again, I take specific things out when I'm on the go. If you have any questions about anything please leave a comment. 

Thank you for reading, 

Samantha 

Current Makeup Collection + Storage!

Hello Friends!

I recently bought a couple organizers and wanted to post my current makeup collection and storage.

I don't have too much but I love reading/ seeing these kinds of things because it gives me ideas so I thought I'd post mine! 

I store all of my makeup related items and get ready every morning in my bathroom. Above is a picture of my makeup and brushes on my bathroom counter. 

I store my Scentsy with current wax melt Cranberry Pear from the new Febreze Home Collection line, two storage containers, the 100 piece eyeshadow palette from ELF and the 21 piece eyeshadow palette in Brown/ Taupe from Forever 21, and two brush holders I created myself using the 3 wick candle jars from Bath and Body Works and scrapbook paper (you can see in a past blog post titled "DIY Weekend") containing face and eye brushes. 

Below are more detailed pictures of everything on my counter and in my organizers.

On my counter!

The Nature's Haven Mid Size Scensty Warmer.
Not sure if they still have this warmer. I recieved it as a gift a couple of years ago.
The wax melt is the Cranberry Pear scent from the Fabreze Home collection.
I bought the melts at Walmart.

The ELF 100 piece palette and the Forever 21 21 piece palette in Brown/ Taupe.
I use both of these palettes regularly and they both are amazing quality with great color payoff. 

ELF palette

Forever 21 palette

Left: Face Brushes
Right: Eye Brushes
Still need little marbles or something to put at the bottom
to make the brushes stand up nice!

And that's about it for the counter!

Everything behind and off to the right are my leave-in conditioners and face lotions and toners. If you'd like a detailed blog post about those things please ask! :)

Now for the organizers!

LIQUID FOUNDATIONS
Top:
 MAC Studio Tinted Moisturizer with SPC 15
From left to right:
Revlon ColorStay
NYX Stay Matte Not Flat
Make Up For Ever HD Foundation
Revlon Photo Ready BB Cream

EYESHADOWS
You can't see everything in here because it's so packed but here it goes!
In the BACK:
Wet and Wild 3 pan palettes in Walking on Eggshells, I'm Getting Sunburned, and Knock On Wood
Under those I have:
Revlon PhotoReady Palette in Impressionist
A Senna 3 pan palette in Cocoa Nudes
3 ELF Baked eyeshadows in Bark, Toasted, and Pixie
FRONT LEFT SIDE:
Hard Candy palette in Naturally Gorgeous
Physicians Formula palette in Nude
MIDDLE:
4 NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils in Black Bean, Iced Mocha, Milk, and Yogurt
3 Maybelline Color Tattoos in Tough as Taupe, Too Cool, and Bad to the Bronze
FRONT RIGHT SIDE:
2 NYX Shadow Singles in Flamingo and Leather and Lace

BLUSHES AND BRONZERS
STARTING FROM BACK LEFT:
Rimmel Match Perfection Blush in Light
2 LA Color Blushes that have no color name
NYX Blush in Pinched
 2 NYC Bronzing Powders in Hamptons Radiance and Fire Island Tan
ELF Contouring Blush and Bonzer in Blushed/ Bronzed
The Balm Bronzer in Bahama Mama
The Balm Blush in Hot Mama

LIP PRODUCTS
VERY BACK:
Lush Sweet Lips Lip Scrub
MIDDLE LEFT TO RIGHT:
Revlon Lip Butters in Strawberry Shortcake and Creme Brulee
Maybelline Baby Lips in Pink Punch, Quenched, and Peach Kiss
NYX Lipsticks in Minimalism and Papparazzi
FRONT LEFT TO RIGHT:
Maybelline Color Whispers in A Plum Prospect, Mad For Magenta,
Made-It Mauve, Rose Of Attraction, Coral Ambition, Berry Ready,
and Some Like It Taupe
Revlon Lipstick in Skyline Pink

CONCEALERS AND POWDERS
BACK 3 POWDERS FROM LEFT:
Covergirl Clean Pressed Powder, ELF Tone Correcting Powder,
Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay In Place Powder
CONCEALERS FROM LEFT:
Covergirl Cover Stick in Fair
Maybelline Age Rewind Dark Circles Eraser in Light Pale
Maybelline Dream Lumi Touch Highlighting Concealer in Radiant
ELF Eyelid Primer in Sheer
ELF Concealer and Highlighter in Light/ Glow
Covergirl Cover Stick Corrector Concealer in Green

EYE BROWS AND LASHES
FROM TOP LEFT:
ELF Eyebrow Kit in Light
Garnier Skin Renew Dark Spot Corrector
NYX Matte Finishing Spray
Revlon Brow Fantasy in Brunette
Revlon Eyelash Curler
Maybelline Colassal Volum' Cat Eyes
Maybelline The Rocket
Maybelline Mega Plush
Maybelline One by One

I also have a small carrying makeup bag that I keep with me at all times in my purse..

Maybelline Pure Stay Powder Foundation SPF 15 in Buff
EOS in the Raspberry kind
Nivea Lip Butter Vanilla and Macadamia Kiss

Woo! That was a long post and took forever! I hope you all enjoyed and leave comments if you have any questions :)

Until next time-

Samantha

Target Beauty Haul!



Hello All!

As some of you may know, I am a preschool teacher. This past week has been teacher appreciation WEEK (not good for a lady on Weight Watchers...) and I recieved a Target gift card at the end of the week from our wonderful parents. They take such good care of us teachers! I couldn't decide what to spend it on but ultimately decided on some beauty products I've been wanting to try that I've seen my favorite beauty gurus talking about on YouTube and Instagram.

Below is what I picked up!

Hair Products:



Organix Cocunut Milk Shampoo and Conditioner and
Organix Moroccan Argan Oil Intensive Moisture Treatment.
I am so excited to try these out! I've been meaning to pick them up for a while!

Face Products:



St. Ives Blemish Control Apricot Scrub and
Up & Up Maximum Stength Acne Medication.
I've needed some new face wash and I've heard great things about the Apricot Scrub.
I have also needed a spot treatment and even though I would love Lush's Grease Lightning,
Lush isn't so close to home so I decided to try this Target Brand spot treatment out!
It has 10% Benzoyl Peroxide.



Makeup Products:



First, the brush you can't see (sorry about that!) is an ELF Small Stipple Brush,
Revlon Photo Ready BB Cream in Light Medium,
EOS Lip Balm Pomegranate Raspberry,
and Maybelline The Rocket Waterproof Mascara.
Super excited about all of these products because I have been
putting them all off for quite a while!



Please if you want a more detailed post about a certain product either leave a comment or find me on Instagram @sksinatra. I want to do a before and after/review of the Revlon BB Cream soon so keep an eye out for it!

Until next time,

Samantha

Long Overdue Update AGAIN

I can never just come back for good can I? I really want to seriously stay. I like sharing new products and things I`ve done/seen.
UPDATE on the Corgi: There wasn't a girl for us in the December 11 litter. We do have a girl who was born December 28 though :D she is 4 weeks old as of yesterday. We pick her up the last weekend in February. And I took the whole following week off. HOPING to get her potty trained before I have to head back to work! No name decision but the list has come down to Ellie and Clementine (Clem, Clemmy). I would love your input on both those names so please feel free to leave a comment!
Also, back to school on Monday. So far I'm registered for Communications and waitlisted for English and a Child Dev. Working toward my Child Dev permit! So close, yet still a bit far.
This post is probably all over the place. Here are some recent pics :)

Collective Haul Part 2: New Makeup I've Been LOVING + Swatches!

Part 2 is here! These are the new products I've been collecting over the past month or so and are my favorites. The ones I reach for the most out of my collection.

 

Below I have included pictures and swatches of almost everything!

Maybelline Age Rewind Dark Circles in 20 Light Pale, Maybelline Coverstick in Fair, 

Revlon Colorstay 240 Medium Beige for Combination/ Oily Skin. 

                    

These three items are my face! I start off with the Revlon Colorstay all over, use the Maybelline stick to cover any "problem areas" and use the dark circle eraser last under my eyes. I picked up all three of these on three different trips to Ulta. I bought the Colorstay on a recent trip because my Makeup Forever HD Foundation was getting too dark for me. It was the summer makeup! I had heard really good things about Colorstay and mixed reviews on the Colorstay Whipped. I ended up purchasing the original and I am so glad I did! I really love this foundation. It does have a strong smell whenever you open it but it quickly fades after applying. I have considered doing a full review with before and after pictures of this in another blog post. If you would like to see that please Tweet me @sksinatra or comment on my Instagram @sksinatra. 

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in 601 Black Bean, Physicians Formula Palette Nude.

I didn't swatch either of these because the palette would have simply been a pain to swatch and the Jumbo Eye Pencil is a black NYX pencil! I bought both of these at Ulta online during the 40% off NYX, Physicians Formula, Revlon, and something else sale. I bought three other Jumbo Eye Pencils but I don't reach for them as often so they aren't in this post ;) I'm a really neutral eye kind of girl and when I saw this palette I knew I had to have it! So far I use it almost every day. I use the Jumbo Eye 

pencil to line my top eyelashes. I enjoy a darker lash line on top. 

The Balm Hot Mama! and Bahama Mama

Both of these I picked up off The Balm website. I watch many beauty gurus on YouTube and these two have been mentioned a few times and I was in need of a new blush and bronzer. Also, I wanted to try these out against the ELF blush and bronzer duo. I like these better! Maybe its the shimmery blush or the way the bronzer goes on better. The ELF bronzer goes on a little too dark and it takes a bit to thin it out. I definitely want to try other Balm products. 

Maybelline Baby Lips in 30 Peach Kiss and Revlon Lip Butter in 095 Creme Brulee

These two I wear every day! Sometimes together, sometimes separately but I always have one on. Like my eye shadow, I like a neutral lip also. I love the Baby Lips because it's basically a lip balm with a color tint. It keeps my lips hydrated and adds a little color. It's not at all sticky and it smells and tastes amazing! The Lip Butter I think was a genius idea. It's a lipstick with a body butter like quality. Also very hydrating but in a lipstick! I have almost all of the Baby Lips (I think there are 5) and I have 4 of the Lip Butters. These two are very similar colors but the Baby Lips is a little pinker.  

Maybelline Falsies Flared Mascara.

For some strange reason I didn't take a picture of this LOL. I'm sure everyone has seen this mascara somewhere anyway. Or maybe you even have it! It is my absolute favorite mascara right now and I have yet to find another that makes me lashes as pretty. This mascara lengthens and thickens. It really does look like I have applied false lashes! 

Until next time!

-Samantha