and the pretty things in-between
-and the pretty things in-between-
I'm an everyday consumer, trying to navigate my way through a product rich landscape.
We are fast approaching fall, so things are going to change. No more hot humid sun packed days or warm evening strolls.Like the changes to the season, I want to make some changes in my life.
Since I've started working again a lot of things that I used to keep up with have fallen to the wayside, like my health.
For the past three years, Hourglass as released a holiday palette that combines some of their best selling ambient face powders, blushes, bronzers and highlighters. And for the past three years I’ve passed on each palette because the shade selection wasn’t suitable for my deeper skin tone. I would love to purchase one, but for the price it doesn’t make sense. I’m not paying that much money for minimal product that doesn’t even show up on my skin or looks ashy and doesn’t compliment it in any way. No ma’am, not doing it.
Read MoreIt’s not something that I’ve talked about here on my blog explicitly, though I’ve mentioned in a round about way in various posts. As a woman of colour it’s so frustrating to hear that a new product as launched, get excited about it and then realize that it most likely won’t work with your skin tone. Many of the mainstream brands seem to want to cater to only a select group of people even though you have millions of consumers that don’t fit in the narrow range that they consistently gear products toward.
Read MoreSo after my post on setting parameters for my makeup spending, I decided to look into some companies that I was interested in and see if they had any of the colours that I was interested in. That way if they do have a sale I know exactly what I want and I won’t be overwhelmed or give in to the desire to buy more things or all the things.
Read MoreI’m not sure about you but lately I’ve been struggling with the never ending desire to buy, buy, buy. I’ve said it before, I like things, I like spending my money on items and products that interest me. Lately though I’ve been feeling like I’ve indulged myself too much.
Read MoreI’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Reading a well written book is a pleasure. Now I guess it can be a bit subjective, I mean many people consider the classics to be well written books, I on the other hand find them boring. So you see the definition of well written will vary from person to person.
Read MoreI have a love love relationship with makeup. There’s not much that I dislike about it except maybe high prices, the russian roulette you sometimes play with quality but other than that it’s all love. For the last month and have maybe even two months, ever since Holiday products started being released, which was way back in August, I’ve just been feeling tired.
Read MoreI’m currently on a No-buy, right now. If you’re not familiar with the term it simply means that I’m not purchasing any makeup or skin care at the moment. A No-buy can be applied to other things but for my purposes it’s makeup and skin care. Anyone who’s ever done a No-Buy will tell you that it always seems that the best sales, and the most new product launches seem to happen just when you’ve purposed to not spend any money on new stuff.
Read MoreSo like many of you, I expected to have a blog post about my VIB Sephora sale, from the time I heard about it I was thinking of the items that I might pick up and slowly putting them aside mentally. However as I was working on my wish list post, I realized that even though you got 15% off it didn’t work out to be that much savings after it was all said and done.
Read MoreScheduling My Day Around Makeup
I know this might seem a bit weird but when I’m getting ready to apply my makeup I always think of how and when I’m going to take it off.
Read MoreDo you ever find yourself buying the same type of product over and over again. One or two would do the job, but yet somehow you find yourself making the purchase for this item or that item multiple times. It may be a different brand, different packaging or even a different formula but the job it does still remains the same.There are certain skincare items that I gravitate to more than others.
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I'm an everyday consumer, trying to navigate my way through a product rich landscape. Join me as I explore and indulge in my passion for makeup, skin care and fashion.
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