My Dry Skin Must Haves!

SO it's finally less humid (yayyy!) which is GREAT for my hair, however can be a tad drying on my skin (especially for me; I have the driest skin everrr!!)

 

In order to keep from becoming a totally flaky mess, here are my current must haves!

 

 

First off; gotta have my oils.  I am currently loving both Tea Tree Oil and Argan & Lavender Oil.  I use the Tea Tree Oil on my hair and dry patches (like my elbows).  I use the Argan & Lavender Oil on my face after I take off my makeup at night.  Both smell GREAT and leave my skin feeling so much better.

 

Next is Mario Badescu Rosewater.  This is my third bottle of this stuff, I honestly don't think I can live without it.  It's sooo cooling, and refreshing, and helps with redness (something I also suffer from #palepeopleproblems).  I use this both at night AND in the AM before I apply my makeup.

 

After I get out of the shower, a good ole body butter is my must have! I've been hooked on Soap & Glory for a while now, but I have others and any body butter will do! I just need it to be super thick and creamy!

 

NOW for my lips, for day to day use I use either Baby Lips or Burts Bees (I have like 5-6 of each so just whatever happens to be in my purse). HOWEVER if they are super chapped, I honestly think this Badger Balm is a complete game changer!  I am not kidding, it cures my chapped lips INSTANTLY.  Like, right before my eyes.  It's almost unbelievable.  I don't think the kind I have is technically for your lips, BUT the ingredients are just: Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Beeswax, Caster Oil, Aloe and essential oil from Wintergreen - all organic.  So I feel like for me it's perfectly safe and fine to use for your lips.  And THANK GOD because like the packaging says, "THIS STUFF WORKS."

Edgy Look for Fall

I met up with Kryssi a few days ago, and I decided to try a little bit more of an edgy look!  And edgy totally isn't my thing but I at least had fun with it!

 

I tried to go kindaaa dramatic and did a heavy winged liner (Kat Von D - obvi) and purply lips (I used a combo of LA Girl and Milani).

 

For my outfit, it was so easy and I loved how it came out!

 

I just wore a basic tee from Old Navy, a black and white flannel from TJ Maxx, black skinny Jeans from Target, and black moto boots from Charlotte Russe and voila! I was done.

 

Oh and to balance it all out, I wore a sparkly statement necklace, also from Charlotte Russe! 

 

Grillin'

I love this time of year! It's finally not sooo rediculously hot out, that when you're outside you can truly enjoy it :)

 

Last week, Nils and I decided to do a little grilling to take advantage of the perfect weather!  We went to a farm stand and got:  peppers, onions, zucchini, corn on the cob and steak tips (for Nils).

 

The corn on the cob was seriously the best thing ever! I LOVED it right on the grill :) The zucchini was delish too...note to self - must use grill more!!!



NEW Lippies!

WELL friends!

 

Sorry I have been MIA - I have been SO busy with work lately...

 

...however not too busy to do a little shopping ;)

 

I got 3 new fun LIPPIES from BH Cosmetics last week.  Since I'm on my fall kick, I decided to go with 2 berry/fall like colors, and then a total nude to balance it all out.

 



These dry totally matte, and really do last a long time! I feel like the berry/purple shades basically stained my lips (which not gonna like, I was sorta into).

 

Now OFF to get my pumpkin iced coffee ;)

 

Fall Makeup Look

So I am totally on my FALL kick.  I've even started to change up my makeup routine to make it more fall-friendly, which means lots of warm colors.

 

For my eyes, I am all about the browns, golds and coppers.  I really have be loving my 35W Warm Palette by Morphe.  These are really great quality and only $20!

 

I don't think they name all their colors in these palettes so I marked my faves here:

 

For lips I have been loving the same warm brown/mauvy colors.  A fave as been MAC Del Rio but really any mauvy color will do.  When picking out lip products for fall, just think to yourself, WWKD (What Would Kylie Do)?  She is the queen of these shades and there are a million of them out there.  NYX has some great ones too (colors like Heather, Hope, Tea Rose, etc).!

 

Tis the Season...for Booties!

This has been such a great summer, HOWEVER I am def ready for fall, anyone with me?

 

I love when the weather gets a little cooler and the humidity goes down.  Plus I live in New England where fall is just about the prettiest thing ever.

 

SO in anticipation of the upcoming season I decided to stock up on some BOOTIES!

 

I am usually a riding boot kinda gal, but this fall I am going to try and switch it up a little!

 

I got ALL these booties at Charolette Russe for just $20 each! Yes - $20!  If you sign up for their emails, they do craaazy good deals.  In fact I just placed another order for 40% of everything.  Awesome for trendy pieces you probably won't like a year or two from now anyways.

 

The first pair I got are a grey chunky heel.  They are faux suede and super neutral so I thought these were perfect!

 

 

The next pair I got are brown faux leather flats.  There is a tiny little heel but they are the flattest version I purchased.  These are so not my norm but I think I can rock them.

 

 

And the last pair I got are some black faux suede booties with a chunky heel.  I thought these would be good for work, and I mean you can never go wrong with black.

 

SO - Bring on the FALL because I am ready!!!

 



Lobster Rolls!

The days of summer and down to nada SO this past weekend Kryssi and I decided to hit the beach!

 

Because we were planning on being outside all day, I decided to try ALL cream product makeup look which I have never done before!

 

Here's what I used:

 

 

I told Krys this was my "natural look" and she said this was in no way natural, but whatever, I make my own rules ;)

 

 

It was an absolutely perfect day!!!! After hanging out on the beach for several hours I was burnt to a crisp AND hungry so we decided to get food.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE restaurants over looking the water!

 

 

We got steamers to start and what else, LOBSTER ROLLS! Krys also got a Greyhound and I had something they called a Pineapple Upside Down drink? Yummmmmmm!

 

 

We decided to grab one more drink before we hit the road! I got a blueberry lemonade and Krys got a corona...best way to send the summer :)