The extent of my knowledge of makeup in my adolescent/teenage years was my mother's hand-me-downs. The first time I ever put eye-liner on, my dad told me that my eyes looked like snake-eyes. I still can't put lipstick on properly, I even forgot to include the two tubes of lipstick that I own here, whoops. 

Over the past few months however, I have been experimenting a little. My friend Jen started a blog back in January, and one of the first things that she posted was about makeup. So after much deliberation, I headed out to Target to check out one of the brands she was raving about; Pixie by Petra. I ended up really liking both the foundation and the mascara a lot! I want to try more products by that brand, but I am really big on using what I have on hand before buying new things, so alas, I must wait.

I recently did a purge on my makeup stash (which wasn't very large to begin with), and manged to get everything that I use to fit into the little bag you see there, simplifying FTW! This is what I am left with:

1) Eye shadow by Rimmel, and Covergirl- I really like their eye shadows, and they are pretty cheap!
2) Powdered blush by Pixie- This one was on sale, and although it looks dark, it is pretty light.
3) Face powder by Rimmel. This powder is just a translucent one to dab around my hair line where my skin tends to get a little oily (sexy!).
4) Moisturizer & Foundation by Pixie. I was skeptical about this because I have been making my own moisturizer, but I have been just dabbing bits of this in the spots that need it and it works pretty great!
5) Mascara by Pixie- Goes on like any average mascara that I have used, only it doesn't clump like the cheap stuff.
6) Liquid eye liner by Cynthia Rowley- This came in one of my Birch Boxes, and I ended up really liking it! It lasts a long time compared to the Rimmel liquid eyeliner that I normally use.
7) Brown eyeliner pencil, by Rimmel- I bought this to touch up my eyebrows, and it worked a lot better than I thought it would. Plus there is a little brush on the end, which is awesome.

I also occasionally will wear lippy, when I don't get it all over my teeth (which never happens, tbh). I have found that as much as red lipstick is sexy and classic, I can't pull it off. I blame my crooked smile, and the fact that I have almost no upper lip. Instead, I wear a coral shade by Rimmel, as well as a peachy-nude shade from Covergirl. I also use an eyelash curler when I remember I have it, but it is in a box in my bathroom with the rest of the little samples I keep acquiring from Birch Box.

Well there you have it, makeup! I haven't made it very far yet, but, I think I like where I am at with the simplicity of what I am putting on my face.

Miss, soon to be Mrs, Jennifer over at The Golden Days, tagged me in the Golden Blog Award, so that is what you are getting today.  As well as photos from our engagement and wedding photo shoots, because they are awesome pictures and I will never stop wanting to look at them.

1) This month has given us the most snow that we’ve had all winter, and it was barely nothing. Louie is definitely a snow-puppy though, he never gets tired of running around in the yard, trying to eat snow, and tracking it into the house.

2) I have been addicted to making green smoothies ever since I read Kate’s post. I experiment with different fruits and veggies each time, so good! Don’t leave it in the fridge though, it does not taste (or look) the same the next day.

Yesterdays breakfast: Dairy-free Banana Jiffy muffins made with coconut milk & honey. Fresh pineapple and strawberries, yum. 

Look at that mess! He also looks like a creeper with that goatee so I told him to go shower off so we could work on the finishing touches. Thankfully he decided to shave his facial hair, which made everything easier when I went back for some final trimming. I think in the end, it came out a little shorter than I had hoped but I think that he results were pretty good! Especially since I had no idea what I was doing. 

I also indulge in magazines, but really, who doesn't? I started subscribing to Nylon a little over a year ago and I love it. I love the music sections, the random features, and of course the fashion. I even find some of the advertising inspirational, some of the ideas these people come up with are so crazy! I also renew Kyle's subscription to National Geographic as part of his birthday present every year but I love to paw through it when it comes in the mail. My Great Uncle Lenny actually gave me a huge stack of some old issues when I was in elementary school and I loved them. We still have most of them actually, and Kyle still collects the maps that occasionally come with them.