Ramblings of the Left-Handed

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...

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...

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...