I am terrible about washing my face every night, I'm lazy and I don't like to get my whole face wet. So I use face wipes. I know, I know they don't do enough. I'll take off my makeup with the wipes as soon as I know I'm not leaving my house again for the night. This month I tried out a new brand for me the Neutrogena Makeup Remover Towelettes. I had been a loyal fan of my Up and Up green packaged exfoliating wipes for years but these were on sale so I snatched them up. I really like these, I feel like they don't dry out my skin as much and I don't have to put moisturizer on immediately after I use them. I've already repurchased my second bag. But I do follow up the makeup wipes now with another newish product my Simple Micellar Water that I wrote about a while ago here. I just use this on a cotton pad and it gets off all the other makeup that was left behind from the wipe. I usually use just one cotton pad on both side, but if I have lots of eye makeup on then I'll use two. I love this stuff I've already bought a backup. I'm probably about a 3rd of the way through my first bottle.
Right now I'm finishing up a tub of Neutrogena Deep Moisture Night Cream I've been working on this stuff for about a year probably. I use so very little of it and I was really bad for a while and didn't use it every night. A little bit goes a long way and it is super deep moisture. I have already purchased a different night cream to try after this is gone, but if it's a dud I will totally go back to the Deep Moisture. It has a nice old lady powdery smell, is super thick and lasts a really long time. What's not to love.
In the morning before I put on my makeup I've been using Olay Age Defying Classic Daily Renewal Cream. I love Oil of Olay, but this day cream does not impress me. I switched from the Beauty Fluid which I'd be an avid user of for years because I wanted something a little more targeted to those fine lines I seem peeking under my eyes, but it's not cutting it. I'm not shy when I use this so I'm going through it quickly. But I will not be repurchasing it. I bought a big tub or Pond's Dry Skin Cream and have been cheating on my Olay with it. It does a much better job, the tub is twice the size and half the price. We'll see how it fairs in March.
Face Base:
I've started calling all my allover face stuff Face Base lately because it makes me giggle. These are all the prep/foundation layers I've been using. After my moisturizer I've been using the Maybelline Master Prime just in the center of my face. I'm not sure it's actually doing anything. Like all primers I never see my pores shrunk or blurred. So whatever. It was on sale, it's not as drying as some primers but you can't convince me it does anything. Probably wont repurchase. Next I tackle under my eyes. I use the ELF Undereye Primer I'm on my second tube of this stuff. I also don't know if it's working but I notice when I forget to use it. It's great at hydrating my under eyes and I feel like it makes me look more awake than if I just go in straight with concealer. The last priming I do is for my eyes. I use the Wet n Wild Fergie Take on the Day. It's cheap and it works. It definitely helps my eye shadow stay on all day without creasing. I love it. The only other primer I've tried for my eyes is from ELF and it didn't work so Fergie wins!
Now that everything is "primed" lets add some color! This month I was trying out the Benefit Lemon Aid that I heard was good for color correcting your lids and under your eyes. So I agree it color corrects my eye lids great. I love that it works as a great eye primer in addition to my actual eye primer. But for a concealer under the eye I just don't think it was the bees knees as I was sold it would be. It's pretty dry and my under eyes don't need that torture forever. Probably wont repurchase, but I'll use it. After this I would use my It Cosmetics Bye Bye Undereye and pat it all over my under eye gently with my ring finger. This stuff is awesome. Talk about moisturizing and full coverage this stuff is great. I've been using it for about 6 months, however in the last month it hasn't been covering up those dark circles as much as I'd like. So I'm in search of something better. Or something else to add with this to make it as good as I remember it. It's expensive but lasts a long time and a little goes a long way.
I'm a pretty loyal BB Cream and CC Cream user and it's really a toss up to which one I used more this month. But I'll give it to my It Cosmetics CC Cream because it's the only foundation I took home on both my SA trips. I love this stuff, it color corrects like no one's business. It has a little bit of moisturizer in it. And it has stuff that's good for your skin in it- like Snail Secretion... I'll probably repurchase this as some point. I use about a pump and a half to get all over my face. I apply it with my fingers and it gives a pretty velvety finish. Love it.
I was lucky in February not to have any major breakouts that needed concealing. Go face! So the last step is just setting my under eye concealer with a little Rice Powder from Palladio.
While all my concealers and eye primers are sitting I like to do my brows. This month I started using a product I've had for a bit but am only just now really using. Maybelline Define a Brow is an automatic brow pencil with a little comb on the end. I love this stuff too! This is great for when I'm looking for a really natural brow sort of look. It's quick and I don't really need to set it with anything. I've purchased a product like it so I don't need this, but it's perfectly decent and I wouldn't be against repurchasing.
For eye shadows I have really been loving my Tartelette Palette. I haven't completely changed my mind about it but I have definitely figured out some tricks for using it. I'm going to do an updated post about it soon. So the trick with these shadows is having a good powdery base. I use the light nude tone allover the lid and really go to town with it. As long as there's something between my primer and the shadows I'm trying to blend then it works fine. I mostly stuck to the top row this month but I did try the middle row for Valentine's and it was lovely. These are great shadows and I can't imagine I'll need to repurchase this but if I need to I will. I really am enjoying it.
For liner I've been using my NYX Gel Liner in Dark Brown. Love this stuff it's great. I use it pretty much daily. It's dark, it's brown and it stays on like no bodies business but comes off at the end of the day. I will totally repurchase it. Then I wasn't curling my lashes most of the month because the mascara I use curls them for me. Benefit They're Real! I loooove this mascara. Yes it's a bitch to get off my lashes but it makes them so so so long. It really makes my lashes gorgeous. I have a hard time going through mascara it usually dries out first so I already bought a back up of this and will probably start using it in the next few weeks.
Where are my cheeks?
So the last step of my face is to give it back some color. I used my NYC Sunny Bronzer daily. This is what I use everyday to carve out my cheek and make it look like I have cheekbones. I use it around my hair line and under my jaw. Love this stuff it works great. I've already mentioned in my Bronzer Maddness post that I wont repurchase this right away because I have other bronzer to use, but I will probably finish using this one up in March because I've hit major major pan on it.
For highlighter I use my ELF Baked Highlighter in Moonlight Pearls. This stuff is beautiful. And I will never be rid of it! It lasts forever. So I may not need to repurchase it. Also I want to see other highlighters in the future so I may not right away with this either. I use it on my non-existent cheekbones, bridge of my nose and inner eye corner. Hardest to screw up makeup step for sure.
The for blush I jumped around at the end, but I'd say for most of the month my Nars Orgasm was the blush I used. This is just a great blush that goes with everything and always looks good. It stays all day really brings life back into my face. I'm just not sure if I'll repurchase, it's super expensive. Mine came in a kit so I may look for dupes. I also have loads of blushes I love see my Blush Maddness.
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So that's what I did to my face in February. Geesh it's a lot to write out. You may notice that lips were missing, because I wasn't really wearing a lot of lipstick in February. I tried some new chap sticks but nothing special. I'm kinda addicted to Selfies so here are a few of the looks that happened in February. (Also I figuring out my eye brows...don't judge)
