FMM: Makeup Favorites

If you’ve taken part in FMM then you know the rules. If you’re new, please take a moment to answer this week’s question on your own blog then add your link in the comments section here at: www.alltheweigh.com so we can all see your FMM questions and answers. Please invite your blog readers to add their links here too so everyone has to opportunity to be seen. The idea is to connect with other awesome bloggers so take a moment to post your own FMM post and comment on a couple of other posts. Now it’s time for this week’s topic!

Friend Makin’ Mondays:  Makeup Favorites

1.  Do you wear makeup everyday?  I generally wear makeup every day, but I tend to give my skin a break on the weekends unless we have plans with friends or something else going on.  If we’re just hanging out or running errands, no makeup. 

2.  Does your routine change if you’re going out with friends/on a date/to a party?  Sometimes I try to me more playful with my makeup if we’re going to a special event or something fun, but I I often end up hating it and start over and use my normal routine.  Yawn.

3.  Are you loyal to one brand, or do you use different brands for different things?  When I used to make a ton of money, I was a MAC purist, but now I settle for anything I can buy at Target.  I tend to think that it’s more important to invetst in your skin care regimine instead of makeup.

4.  Do you wear primer/concealer? If so, what’s your favorite kind?  I don’t.

5.  What’s your favorite brand of foundation?  I love MAC, but I currently use Cover Girl crap.

6.  Do you use blush and/or bronzer?   I have ulta blush and some random bronzer from Target.  Nothing exciting.

7.  Do you wear eye shadow/eye liner?  I still have a ton of eyeshadow from Mac, but it’s all bright party colors from when I used to bartend and go out all the time.  Now I still with much more neutrals and either buy Loreal or Revlon. 

8.  What’s your favorite kind of mascara?  I don’t have one.  I’m always on the lookout for the best mascara, ever, but I have yet to find it.  The closest I ever came was a Chanel mascara.

10.  Lipstick? Lip gloss? Both? Favorite?  Aquaphor.  I can’t stand any kind of lipstick, lipgloss or lip stain.  I like clear and natural. 

11.  Do you wear nail polish regularly?  If so, share a few of your favorite brands/colors.   Yes!  I love nail polish!  In the last few months, I’ve become obsessed with Butter London and Deborah Lippman!  My sister-in-law got me hooked and now I can’t stop.  I got “Marquee Moon” for my birthday and painted my nails last night.  Silver with sequins?!  Yes, please!

12.  How do you remove your makeup at the end of the day?  I use Ponds Evening Sooth with Chamomile.  They’re super gentle and don’t dry my skin out at all. 

13.  Do you feel prettier when you’re wearing makeup? Not necessarily.  I have a husband who prefers me with little to no makeup, so it doesn’t really make me feel better or worse about myself. 

14.  Do you have any beauty tips that you could pass along?  Invest in your skin care line!  I started using Kiehls a few years ago and recommend it to anyone I come in contact with!  I’m obsessed with their Rare Earth Deep Pore Clay Foaming Cleanser, Ultra Facial SPF15 Moisturizer, and their Line-Reducing Eye-Brightening Concentrate (filled with tons of vitamin C which helps with fine lines, dark circles and puffiness!). 

 Another tip I have is to use Aquaphor for everything!  Dry lips?  Dry elbows?  Forget your eye cream?  Aquaphor!

Now it’s your turn to answer the questions!    And also be sure to come back and leave a link to your FMM post in the comments!  Happy Monday friends!

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Birthday Celebrations x4

I can not believe the weekend has already flown by.  Blah!!  I can’t complain too much, though – it was a fun and productive few days.

On Friday, my sweet cousin, Tracy Strawberry trekked out to Leesburg to spend part of the weekend with Chris and me.  We relaxed, cooked dinner and played monopoly til it was time to go to bed.  :)  Now that’s what I call a Friday night!

On Saturday, Tracy and I had a girls day.  We got our hair done, went shopping and just had some great fun together.  Saturday evening, we headed down to Crystal City for a little birthday celebration for me, my dad, Linds and Kev.  I love when birthday celebrations just keep going.  :)

Apparently the silliness was contagious.  It must run in the family.  :)

Dinner was fun, but I will say that when we left, I hadn’t successfully transformed Chris into a tapas fan.  I really wanted him to love it, but it’s just not his thing which is totally fine.  A for effort, right?!

I got some pretty rad stuff for my bday from Linds and Chris’ parents.  So exciting.  Birchbox, luxury nailpolish, Britto art!  So fun!

We were productive today – menu planning, tons of laundry (the bane of my existence, seriously, how two people can produce so much effing laundry is beyond me), grocery shopping and a little bit of relaxation tossed in as well.  We made some really delicious jambalaya for dinner tonight and I was psyched that we had a ton of leftovers because I think it will be even more delish reheated when the spices have had even more time to soak into the meal.  Yum, yum.

I can’t believe the weekend is over.  Sad.

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Smoothie Action

Tonight’s dinner was a repeat of the delicious noodle bake I made a few weeks ago, blah, blah, blah, but more importantly, after dinner, we had smoothies!

Seriously, you guys, this was so easy!

  • 2 frozen bananas
  • 10 medium strawberries
  • 1 cup of skim milk
  • 1 handful of ice

Last night,  I threw a bunch of bananas in the freezer (oops, didn’t peel them before freezing, but the Wusthof knives fixed that pretty quickly), and I swear that made the biggest difference in the texture of the smoothies.  I might add a few extra strawberries next time (the color was pink but the taste was overwhelmingly banana – not bad, just really banana), but otherwise it was a nice, sweet after dinner treat.  :)

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Free Stuff is Fun

I love free stuff and in this past week I’ve gotten a few pretty cool things.

Zoya was running a promo for 2 free high-end nail polishes (you just had to pay $6 for shipping which was worth it considering each bottle of polish is $8)!  With over 400 colors to choose from, it was a hard decision and even though I got almost identical colors, I love, love, love them and can’t wait to use them!

Oh, and remember that photo contest I was in a few weeks ago?  I won second place, and my prize arrived in the mail yesterday!

The camera is valued at almost $400, and I’m not sure what I’m going to do with it quite yet since I already have a point and shoot camera that I love.  I’m contemplating selling it and putting the money towards a more fancy camera.   Decisions, decisions….

Winning stuff is fun, y’all!  :)

Oh, and can I just tell how pissed disappointed I am that picnik is closing in April.  Devastation.

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Spinach + Chicken Enchilladas

Yum, yum.  Last night’s dinner was quick, easy and tasty!  We had spinach and chicken enchiladas with a little bit of spanish rice on the side, and it was a hit.  You can find the recipe here.  One thing that helped make this recipe all that much easier is that I cooked chicken in my BFF, the crock pot, the night before, so I just had to reheat it last night.

I’ve made homemade enchiladas before, but I feel like these were a much healthier version.  In that past, I’d stuff flour tortillas with chicken and cheese, smother it in enchilada sauce and then cover with more cheese.  This version was used with whole wheat tortillas, and a mixture of chicken, onion, spinach and tomatoes.  Much better.  :)  The only thing I’d change in the future is maybe adding more tomatoes on top as it’s baking – it looked dry, but really wasn’t because the mixture inside was so juicy, but I’d personally just prefer a little something more on top.  All in all, it was super yummy and filling and it’s going on the list of favs!

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