Makeup Bag Monday

Welcome to the Makeup Bag Monday!

As you'll know (or will come to find out), I'm a collector of things.  Way too many things. Too many of certain things to use regularly. Especially when it comes to makeup and cookbooks.

Something I've been experimenting with for the last couple of months is taking an hour or two on Sundays (usually) to rotate makeup items in and out of my weekly makeup bag, and choosing one or two cookbooks, and meal planning 3-4 meals to make. In practice, I've found that, because I live by myself, 3-4 meals, and then the leftovers work well for the amount of food I consume weekly.  I also like to eat out 1-2 times a week (#singlegirllife #drinksandappiesFTW).  For myself (and anyone else who eventually reads this...maybe...), I also wanted to take pictures/write some reviews of the things I liked/disliked, which I'm thinking I would post the following week

So far, I've been loving the makeup part, and failing a little bit at the cooking part.  (see previous paragraph about eating out - sometimes that turns into #lazygirleatsouteveryday...or mooches dinner off relatives #agirldoeswhatshesgottado)

Thoughts?

*crickets chirping*

Great!  Let's do it!!

Again, I'm planning to take pictures of each of the things, and share my thoughts on each meal/makeup item.  If I learn how to take the pictures off of my phone onto my computer...

So, this is obviously the makeup post (see previous paragraphs about the meal planning fails), so lets dive in....

Typically, what I rotate out are eyeshadows, blushes, bronzers, and highlights.  Everything else I keep at my disposal in my bathroom, and choose based on how my skin is doing that day/what colours I do with my eyeshadow look.

So for eyeshadow this week, I'm playing with these palettes/singles.

Singles: ColourPop Supershock Shadows in Sugar and Belladonna Lily

Pur Minerals Eye Polish in Satin

L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadow in Always Pearly Pink

Maybelline Color Tattoo in Inked in Pink

Urban Decay Liquid Moondust Cream Eyeshadow in Recharged

Palettes: Urban Decay Naked Smoky

Too Faced Sweet Peach

The Balm Meet Matt(e) Nude

Dose of Colors EyesCream

Too Faced Peanut Butter and Jelly

Some would probably suggest this is too many to choose from.  This is a very small selection of my eyeshadows (I know, I know - I have a problem), and I feel very bored/trapped with only one or two options.  

For other face powders/products, I'm playing with these.

Blush: Tarte Tarteist 2016 Clay Blush Palette

The Balm shadow/blush in Hot Mama!

Urban Decay Afterglow blush in Rapture

Burberry Light Glow Natural Blush in Earthy

Bronzer: Too Faced Sweetheart Bronzer in Sweet Tea

Highlighters: Becca Shimmering Skin Perfectors in Pearl and Champagne Pop

For the record, last week, I used all Makeup Geek products (blush, eye shadow, and highlight palettes shown below)

I mixed those in with a few single shadows/bronzers.

You'll notice the eye polish continued on for a week.... I didn't end up using it last week, but I really love it, so wanted to try it again.  It's great for fast, pretty, subtle looks (really great for 445 am shifts!). I only managed to take pic of a makeup look last week :( (again, 445 am, I'm not really thinking about the pics, you know?) but I really enjoyed all of the products in the rotation last week.  The CoverFX custom bronze drops are amazing - one of my favourite bronzers - everyone talks about the highlight drops (which I love too) but the bronzer just blends in sooo smoothly and beautifully.

Next Monday, I'll have some new products in my cute little Parisian tray/palette holder, and we'll talk about how this week's products stacked up.

<3 <3

Week OFF!!

So, end of the summer, my birthday?  Why not take a week off.

I decided not to go anywhere too crazy (#lazyovercrazy) and decided to just do whatever I felt like.

So, in no particular order, here's what went down...

The local fair... (complete with a ride (???!!! what??)  It was so fast, and I spent my whole time thinking my head was going to hit the pole, so I kept tensing my neck.  So, I didn't barf (#victory) but I did end up needing a massage (#fail)



Making applesauce...  My aunt and uncle have a beautiful property out in the country, so my Gramma, aunt and I cut up windfall apples (full of earwigs ewww...) to make into applesauce.  Very peaceful, great visiting time, and time seemed to go by so slowly (which, to be clear, I'm thinking is a good thing :))



Dinner with a friend - homemade tzatziki for our own souvlaki feast.

I go these cute little containers a couple of years ago for Christmas and they were fun to actually bring out.

Someone special and I had an adventure day...



Where did we go???  We had some choices, and we couldn't decide, so we put all the choices in my dashboard lipgloss holder, and picked...



And the zoo it is!!!



Neither of us had been before, so it was fun for both of us.  It was raining, so some of the animals were harder to find/less willing to play with us.  However, the flip side is that no one was there, so we had the zoo to ourselves basically.

The tiger was one of our favourites.


I also decluttered/organized/cleaned my place, and now I have several bags full of shoes and clothes, and I might be all like Monica on Friends and label them what were you thinking??? lol

Welcome/Intro

So, I just turned 34.

Which seems sooo much older than 33.  Because it's close to 35, which is almost 40.  I sense those of you who are closer to 40 (or beyond it) rolling your eyes.  In fact, I can see future 39 year old me reading this and rolling my eyes.  Stop that right now!!

I used to blog a lot (I'd link the blog, but it's now private, so that would just be annoying), and I loved it.  I know blogging is less popular now, and the kids of today are using Snapchat, Youtube, and I'm sure some other things I've never even heard of.  But, I'm not a kid, so I'll do what makes me happy, thankyouverymuch.

Speaking of that, that's the reason I started this blog in the first place.  I was being all introspective on 'the big day', and realized that the last few years have been rather, blah.  Gray, if you will.  

I looked back at old blog posts and thought about how much more exciting I was.  And then realized that it wasn't really true - I just spent a lot more time doing things that made me happy.  And I don't do that anymore.  Or if I do, I'm not intentional about preserving the memories.  So, this year, the year of 34, I'm going to do that.  And capture the memories here.  And if it only serves to interest me, and to galvanize me into doing things that make me happy, so be it.  

If it serves to inspire/interest/amuse anyone else in the process? Icing on the cake.

So who am I?

I'm Rebecca.  34.  Single.  Christian.  Trying to love myself just as I am, while daily improving my imperfections (and dear Lord, is that difficult - I find it very challenging to love something that I think desperately needs to change *cough* extra 30 pounds *cough* *cough*).

I tend to fall for something, and fall hard.  I'll obsess over something for a couple of weeks/months, and then drop it like it never existed - probably because I've found something new to obsess over.  So, I will chronicle these things here.  Perhaps this will allow me to be more balanced in my likes/obsessions.  Perhaps not.

So what are these obsessions/likes/habits/adventures that make me happy?

Disclaimer: these are subject to change/total abandonment at any moment

- Reading

- Shopping

- Meal planning/cooking

- Teaching Sunday School

- Singing (in the car, in a choir, at church; in the shower, at work...basically, anywhere)

- Shoes

- Makeup (and watching beauty channels on Youtube)

- Netflix

- Road trips

- Going on adventures with my almost 11-year-old niece

- Writing

- Wine

- Foodtrucks

- Coffee

- Buying magazines (but not necessarily reading them - I have a problem...)

My plan for this blog is to do anything I want.  Really descriptive, I know.  I will probably attempt many things before I find my groove.  Or my groove might be randomly posting whatever I want.  We shall see.

Want to join in on the fun?  Please stay.  Comment. Or don't.  Whatever :)

Think I'm boring/annoying/ugly/weird/talk about "insert word here" too much/any other unflattering/critical word you can think of?  Please leave.  

The internet is a vast, weird, quirky, and very free space.  I'm sure you can find some other corner of the interwebs that meets your approval, and leave me to mine.

I am planning on having pictures on this blog, but the technical dunce in me is having a very hard time importing photos from her iPhone (which is currently my only camera).  One day, when I have the time and/or motivation, I will figure it out.  Or buy a real camera (let's be real, this is probably what will happen...)