My Every Day Makeup Routine - 10 minutes, tops!

​Hi friends! Hope you all had a super fun and safe Labor Day weekend! I'm trying to be better about posting frequently so y'all stop teasing me about my random spurts of posts... so today I thought I'd post a lil somethin' somethin' about my every day makeup routine as of late (OK it's more like MOST DAYS guys let's be real)! If you know me you know that I am constantly trying out new products and switching it up and am ALL ABOUT finding cheap CVS products that do their thaaang better than any $50+ designer product ever could. However, MAC has always been a staple in my personal box of beauty faves and so I thought I'd share what I've been doin' to this face of mine lately! Keep in mind although this LOOKS like quite a few products, I swear to fruit snacks it takes me no more than 10 minutes to do this. You know me; I'm not tryna miss out on any extra snoozes just to do some crazy complicated makeup, people!  

P.S. I'm thinking about *MAYBE* doing a video to show you how easy/fast this is slash how exactly I do it, but for now, I'll give you a blog post with an awkward picture of my face with scary lines pointing to everything for ya! :p 

BB/Foundation: Diorskin Nude BB Creme in Medium 003 (or Fair 002 when I'm due for an airbrush) 

Blush: MAC Mineralize Blush in Warm Soul 

Concealer: MAC Studio Finish Concealer  in NW20 

Mascara: Diorshow in Catwalk Black

Top Liner: Maybelline Line Stiletto Ultimate Precision Liquid Eyeliner in Blackest Black

Bottom Liner: MAC Eye Kohl pencil in Fascinating 

Brows: Sigma Brow Powder Duo in Medium 

Lips: MAC Pro Longwear Lip Colour in Clingpeach 

Highlight: NARS Highlighting Blush in Albatross

Everyday Makeup Routine

My routine is pretty standard when it comes to everyday makeup application (I'll save my 'going out' makeup routine for another post!). When I find a product I love, I tend to use it for a long time. The only beauty product that I am continually experimenting with is mascara, which you can read about my current obsessions here. Other than mascara and the seasonal foundation color change my naturally fair skin forces me to make come fall; I stick to the products that I know & love.... aka products that don't make me break out, look like a grease ball, or like I just dipped my face in baby powder or tanning solution. Not hot, you guys.

Step 1. YSL TOUCHE ECLAT - Radiant Touch in color 2 Luminous Ivory, $40

Step 2. Too Faced Absolutely Flawless Concealer in color Perfect Nude, $20

Step 3. Chanel VITALUMIERE Makeup in color 20 Clair, $55 

            Bobbi Brown Makeup Brush , $38

Step 4. NARS Bronzing Powder in color Laguna, $36

            Bobbi Brown Bronzer Brush, $52

Step 5. Lancome Blush Subtil in color Sheer Amourose, $30

            MAC 188 Small Duo Fibre Face Brush, $35

Step 6. Lancome Definicils High Definition Mascara in color Deep Black, $27

Step 7. YSL 'Rouge Pur Couture Glossy Stain in color 18 Rose Pastelle, $34

Wake Up With Mascara

Let's face it - I never get enough sleep. I'm pretty sure I could sleep for 37 hours straight if the opportunity presented itself. Unfortunately, that is just not going to happen and I've come to terms with the fact that coffee dependency isn't so bad considering I stopped growing in like.... seventh grade. BUT, while an espresso shot or five undoubtedly wakes my brain up; my "tired eyes" typically don't wake up until around noon. In my defense I work east coast hours so am up at an ungodly hour anyways - but tired, droopy, glazed over eyes? That's not a good look no matter what time you're waking up. But guess what? HOLY MASCARA! Honestly if there was one cosmetic product I actually could not live without it's mascara. Hands down. I mean... talk about a product that can make you look 17x more awake, put together AND give off the look-into-my-sultry-eyes-I'm-so-mysterious vibe all at the same time. Seriously, go from "OMG you look sick are you okay?" to your confident, sexy, wide awake self with just a few swipes of a mascara wand.

Although I'm blonde with blue eyes and naturally fair skin; I'm absolutely a dark black mascara lover. Screw the beauty mags that say brown eye makeup makes blue eyes pop. I think long, thick, dark black lashes are super fabulous on EVERY eye color as long as you're confident rocking a less natural look. I would rather be borderline too much than not enough in most aspects of my life anyways. For work or a casual day I typically apply 2 coats on the top and 1 on the bottom with a lengthening mascara that has more comb-like bristles like Lancome's Definicils-High Definition in Deep Black or Benefit's They're Real! in Black. For going out I use Sephora Collection eye lash curler BEFORE applying 2-3 coats of mascara on top with a more dramatic/volumizing mascara that has more densly packed bristles like Diorshow or BADgal Lash. Remember, there's no mascara clump a clean wand can't smooth out for ya before it dries, so if you want to go extra bold - do it! I will say that forgoing your go-to CVS mascara for a bit more expensive mascara really will make all the difference in the world in terms of clumpiness & stiffness of the lashes. BUT, I do absolutely love Maybelline's Volum' Express Falsies mascara in Very Black and suggest it over any other drugstore chain mascara purchase.