beauty

The latest Sephora catalog arrived about a week ago and I’ve been drooling over it ever since. I was instantly drawn to how much pink is going on for spring. Wish as I might for ever more new makeup, I’ve got plenty and can make do with my existing stash. So I dug through what I have and pulled out some of my favorite pink makeup items that I’ll be embracing this spring season.

Eyes

To make sure pink eyes don’t look like pink eye, pair pink eyeshadow with a generous dose of black eyeliner and black mascara.

	Stila Precious Pearl Palette This palette came out last spring and contains two lovely pink shades. These eyeshadows are silky smooth and amazing.
	Estee Lauder Pure Pops in Chameleon Glow This is one of the items I got at Look Good, Feel Better and it’s super easy to just dab on and go.
	Stila Bronze Glow Eyeshadow Trio Now I realize the name is bronze, but this bronze trio goes on very pink. These are baked mineral makeup which I find much less messy than the typical loose powder mineral makeup.

Cheeks

	Too Faced Snow Bunny Bronzer This pink based bronzer is perfect for pale people like me who look just plain dirty in brown based bronzers. Some days I wear just this and black mascara.
	Stila Convertible Color in Lillium This is one of my favorite blushes of all time, it’s the perfect nude-pink. To make cream blushes go on easily and look super natural, I’ll mix it on my fingertips with a bit of moisturizer and then apply to my cheeks.
	Stila Jasmine Rouge Pot This is a mousse texture blush in a fresher and brighter shade than the Lillium Convertible color above. If you’re looking for a pop of color on your cheeks this is just right.

Lips

	Urban Decay XXX Shine in Quickie Urban Decay’s XXX Shine lipglosses have a wonderful fresh mint flavor. Quickie is a frightening hot pink in the tube but sheers out once applied and is a ton of fun.
	Clinique Butter Shine in Berry Blush Butter Shine’s are my favorite lipsticks because they’re moist and shiny and feel more like a lipbalm when you’re wearing them. Berry Blush matches the natural pink color of my lips quite well.
	Stila Sweet It Gloss It Glosses are vanilla flavored and glittery and Sweet is a fun medium pink shade that’ll go with everything.

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I haven’t been buying much in the way of makeup for a few years now, but after attending Look Good, Feel Better, I’m starting to get back into it. Taking a few extra minutes decorating your face in the morning really does make you feel better when you’re hair is falling out and you’re feeling less than awesome.

I needed an eyebrow pencil since I didn’t have one and I’m starting to get hairless patches in my brows. I picked up MAC’s eyebrow pencil in Spiked. Also at MAC, I picked up Viva Glam V lipstick. The lipgloss version of this color has been my absolute favorite for ages so I thought it’d be nice to have the lipstick as well.

At Sephora, I got Urban Decay’s 24/7 eyeliner in Bourbon. I’m losing eyelashes quickly and apparently if you have no eyelashes then eyeliner becomes an absolute essential so I thought it’d be fun to have a new one for that.

I also wanted to get Stila’s Kitten Smudge Pot, which Product Girl says is the best of the whole Kitten line and I love everything else in the line, but it was sold out at Sephora. Today I was ordering flea medicine for my cat from drugstore.com so I also ordered the Kitten Smudge Pot from beauty.com to get up to the free shipping threshold.

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