Outfit of the Day and Face of the Day

OOTD
Plaid Shirt from Target
Tank top: Mossimo Long and Lean
Jalate Jeggings (I was wearing a super long sweater over this when I was outside, I realize it they need long layers over them. I just took sweater off for pictures.)
Blowfish Hobbit Flannel Boots







FOTD
Inner Corner/Half of Eye: Barestudy Paint Pot
Outer Corner/Half of Eye: L'Oreal HIP Pigment #124 Fiery
Gel Eyeliner by ELF in Midnight
Lumene Blueberry Curl Mascara
Nars Laguna Bronzer
Studio Finish Concealer
MAC MSF Natural
Tiny bit of MAC Stereo Rose MSF
Tiny bit of Lavendar side of MAC Hang Loose as highlighter
MAC Viva Glam V
Tiny bit of Nars Turkish Delight Lip Gloss

Nails
Ciale in Dangerous Affair (sample in this months Marie Claire)
Glitter nails are OPI Mad as a Hatter

Makeup Playing, Shopping My Stash, Face of the Day

I'm not sure which lighting is better so I did both. You can judge.

Eyes:
Naked Palette (Sin and Sidecar) + Bare Study Paint Pot
A little 24/7 liner in whatever they call the brown color
L'Oreal Telescopic Explosion (which is hard to use so I'm practicing)

Cheeks:
Mac Hang Loose

Lips:
Natural Nymph (ELF)
Revlon Colorburst LS Lilac
A tiny Turkish Delight (Nars)

I've been playing with makeup a lot lately. Yesterday's creation I would never wear outside. Well maybe at night in a dark smokey club. Let me know if I need to be less creative or institutionalized. I think it came out nice.

Tiny Lush Haul and Review

I stopped into Lush thinking of buying Angels on Bare Skin. I ended up buying Dark Angels and Snow Fairy Lip Tint. I asked the woman at Lush about the best option for very oily skin and she said that Dark Angels was supposed to be the best cleanser. So obviously because I'm so impulsive and sick of my skin I bought it. I was a little afraid to use it because it looks exactly like moist charcoal and the thought of it turning my face grey or black was a little scary (it didn't) I really like it. It leaves my skin feeling really soft and clean. But it really does nothing to stop the oil. I get oily and have to use my oil absorbing sheets within a couple hours. I seriously have no idea how to curb this. An astringent maybe? I have pretty oily skin to start with but I recently moved to England and for some reason my oily skin turned into mega oily skin over night. It's really bad. I even had to stop using my oil free for oily skin moisturizer.

I also bought Snow Fairy Lip Tint on impulse. It makes my lips so smooth and moisturizers amazingly. The only problem is I don't really like the color. I figured the color pay off wouldn't be that great and it turns out I was very wrong. It's cotton candy pink. Not even the pretty baby pink you would imagine. So I wear it at night while I study but not out and about. But it has definitely made my lips a lot better. I tend to really like smells in the store and then I get it home to wear it and they bother me. I guess I'm really smell sensitive. So that's a bit of an issue for me but it works so well I'm trying to overlook it. They have more than just Snow Fairy scent and this color so maybe I will check out some of the others.

Have you bought either of these? Thoughts? And any oily skin suggestions would be great.

"A woman who doesn't wear perfume has no future." - Coco Chanel

I like this quote from Coco Chanel. (Btw if you haven't seen Coco Avant Chanel you really should, it's quite a film) I feel like perfume is possibly more expressive of a woman's personality then makeup or clothing. I have many more scent memories than I do any other. I can remember exactly what my mom smelled like every special occasion. (Paul Sebastian's Design, if anyone was wondering) I can still remember my Aunt's perfume, which is special because she recently passed away. I just feel like perfume is a way to present your age, your personality, or your desires.

I tend not to be very exploratory when it comes to perfumes and I never buy them sight unseen. My signature scent for a few years has been Vera Wang (the original). (Before that it was Escada and even before that it was Lucky Brand) I have really liked it and I felt it was pretty appropriate for every season. (although maybe a little heavy for the summer) I think I either had my last bottle for too long or I shouldn't have stored it where I did but it sort of went sour and I was in the market for something new.

I had picked up the two scents I previously blogged about. (I don't have the link off hand but it's under my posts) And I was quite happy about them and a little leery of the cologne. Nonetheless I moved to England about a week ago and decided that I needed the Jennifer Aniston perfume only sold at Harrod's in the UK. I am not living in London so sight unseen I ordered it. (Too much youtube and hype mongering for me, haha.)

I was so excited when it came and tore it opened and sprayed my arm. My first thought was, hmm this could be something my mom would wear. That's not necessarily my preference when it comes to perfume. As wonderful as my mom is and as similar as we are she's still 30 or so years older than me. Now smelling like someone in their 30s I could do. (I'm 22) But smelling like someone in their 50s, not so much. I was a little shocked that everyone kept saying it was scented so fresh and was supposed to be like warm sun and pacific breezes. Not so much. It's a little musky, which is okay but there is something aging about it. I understand Jen is 40 and if it's something she basically designed for herself that makes sense, but because she's just so youthful I thought she smell different. I feel like maybe this doesn't fit her personality. Although I don't know her personally so maybe it does.

Am I making too much out of nothing? Should I give this to my mom before she leaves from her vacation to go back to the states? I kinda of like the smell but I'm just not sure it suits me. Do I suck it up and layer it? What are your thoughts on the topic? You can generalize if you like.