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Empties Round 2

So this post has been a bit delayed. My round 2 empties are from June 27th and here it is already November 2nd! So I have a huge bag of empties to review as well as update my project pan (which is also a post I need to make). So this round of empties were some of my favorite items, new favorites, and new items I'm on the fence about. Not Your Mother's Double Take Dry Finish Spray Thayers Witch Haze - Rose Petal Urban Decay deSlick Setting Spray Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray Bobbi Brown Make-up Remover Sephora Make-up Remover Beauty Blender Liquid Cleanser Not Your Mothers Double Take Dry Finish Spray I've been using this product for quite some time now. It is one of my favorite hairsprays because it is a very natural hold. My only complaint with this is sometimes it comes out a bit powdery on the hair if you use too much.  Thayers Witch Hazel - Rose Petal This was a new item I picked up. I was trying to find a toner that was reaso

Empties - Round 1

 I've been back to work from maternity leave for a little over six weeks and I've been crazy busy at work trying to remember everything and get back into the swing of things. As well as we have had a lot of org changes so I've needed to step it up and really try and take on as much as I can. But I've been plotting this post for awhile (as well as some other ideas) as I've been saving some of the products I've recently finished or almost finished up to write about and whether or not I would repurchase. I see some YouTuber's make videos so that's where the inspiration came from. So the first items on my list are my brow pencils. I have recently finished up two of them. First up was my desert island brow pencil from Colourpop in the shade Dope Taupe .  I loved the color of this item because it isn't too dark. Sometimes when I use a brunette colored pencil my eyebrows look like I took a sharpie to them. This pencil was just the right color to fill eve

A few of my favorite items for my kids....

So Owen just turned 4. Lilly is almost 2.5. And Evan will be 3 months in a couple of weeks. I think I kind of have this baby stuff figured out. LOL. Maybe just a little...and still each kid is different as I'm discovering with Evan. He is definitely more cranky and not an easy going baby like the other two. But as I've now been through the newborn phase three times I have a decent handle on what stuff is really important versus rather useless. (Insert the typical disclaimer here - this is what worked for me and these are my opinions before anyone gets butthurt). With Owen, being my first, we went crazy on the baby stuff. Had a ton of gadgets and clothes that we never even made use of.  With Lilly we knew what we hadn't used so we made sure to play it a little smarter. And with Evan. Well Evan was a bit different. After Lilly we said we were done having kids. Imagine my surprise when I got pregnant with him while having an IUD. As Lilly outgrew toys and clothes I sold/do

The palette that started it all....

I've mentioned in past ramblings that I really only got into makeup after my daughter was born in 2014. Prior to that I rarely ever used foundation (never found anything that didn't break me out) and my eye shadow consisted of a few Wet 'n' Wild and Almay trios if that even. And forget about blush, bronzer, or highlighter or even a brow pencil. And primer - what was that?! LOL. But the palette that started my obsession with "high" end makeup was this.... The Urban Decay Smoked palette. I believe I bought it off someone in a swap group and it was brand new. But I was hooked after that. The colors were awesome. And it came with essentially an instruction booklet which was perfect for a noob like myself. For myself, the palette contains an entire look. My favorite color out of the whole bunch is Barlust. It is such a beautiful brown shade. And it's only in this palette. I have yet to find a good dupe for it. I hope Urban Decay makes a sin

An Update of Sorts...

So I decided to a little update to the blog. I didn't want to start completely over as I love my title.  So I just revamped everything a little bit. I plan on rambling about anything and everything. The first post after recreating my blog is always the hardest. But a quick little summation is that I am - as my About Me says - very eclectic. I have diverse interests and hobbies and hope to share a little bit of everything. I'm a busy mom. I work full-time. I have 3 children under the age of 4. I have a lot of hobbies/interest/obsessions and not enough time. I'm a chameleon. I adapt and change depending on who I'm hanging out with.  I'm a gamer, nerd, geek, and  a lover of history. (I've actually had a paper published). I like to collect things. I have a fairly large book collection as I love to read. I do prefer an actual book over an eBook but sometimes the eBooks are just more convenient.  I love to play World of Warcraft and Diablo 3. I love music. I

My Everyday Face

As I was talking with a good friend a week or so ago - we were talking and the topic came up about blogging. We are both makeup lovers and I mentioned that I always wanted to blog about makeup and she told me I should. She runs a small makeup page and thought it would be fun to post it there as well. So here I am! Thank you, Janel, for giving me this push to blog about make-up and the first topic! :) So the topic of today is my holy grail (aka My Everyday Face) items that if I were stranded on an island with only these I could survive. (Even though if I was on a desert island I doubt makeup would be one of the things I would be worried about LOL). So this is my everyday look that I do for work more or less - and these are the products I use: Benefit Cosmetics - Porefessional Primer Kat Von D - Lock-it Powder Foundation in shade Light 46 Becca - Afterglow Palette Urban Decay 24/7 Eyeliner in Perversion Urban Decay Primer Potion in Enigma Kat Von D - Shade and Light Eye P