Skincare

1)How many times do you wash your face daily? I use Murad Clarifying Cleanser twice a day, and I precleanse my skin at night with Boscia’s Makeup Breakup Cleansing Oil to remove my makeup.

2)What skin type do you have? Dry with a moderately oil tzone!

3)What is your current facial wash? Oops I said this earlier!  Murad Clarifying Cleanser

4)Do you exfoliate? Yes!  I think it’s important to smooth out my skin once or twice a week – however I prefer smooth microscrubs like Dr. Brandt Microexfoliating Cream to scratchy, large particled products.

5)What brand do you use? Dr. Brandt Microexfolating Cream

6)What moisturizer do you use? Dermalogica Active Moist

7)Do you have freckles? Yes

8)Do you use eye cream? Yes – I use it everyday.  I use Kinerase C8 Peptide Eye and Dermalogica Multivitamin Power Firm

9)Do you or did you have acne prone skin? Unfortunately yes – I’m hitting my adolescence in my mid-twenties apparently…

10)Did you ever have to use Pro-Activ? No

Make-up

11)What foundation do you use? Depending on my mood/the look I’m going for, Make Up For Ever HD Foundation, OCD Airbrush Foundation, or Make Up For Ever Matte Velvet Foundation

12)How about concealer? Benefit Erase Paste under my eyes and Amazing Cosmetics Concealer on blemishes

13)Do you know your undertone color? I’m neutral – I can wear pink or yellow tones (as long as they are not ORANGE!)

14)What do you think of fake eyelashes? I love them but wish I was better at application!

15)Did you know you were supposed to change your mascara every 3 months? Yea!

16)What brand of mascara do you use? Make Up For Ever Smoky Lash – it is AMAZING and I haven’t used anything else since I tried it! 17)Sephora or Mac? I like having the option of both but I find myself gravitating towards Sephora more often these days

18)Do you have a Mac Pro card? Yes

19)What makeup tools do you use in makeup application? I use MAC brushes and a few good dupes that I got from Coastal Scents

20)Do you use makeup base/primer for the eyes? I normally use two – Too Faced Shadow Insurance and a MAC Paintpot

21)For the face? I use Dermalogica Oil Control Lotion to prime my skin

22)What is your favourite eyeshadow?colour or shade? Favorite???  How do you choose?  I would probably say that my MAC Satin Taupe is one of my favorites because it’s so easy to pop on and get a great look everytime.

23)Do you use pencil or liquid liner? Liquid liner on the upper lashes and pencil on the lower lashline and waterline.

24)How often do you poke your eyes with an eyeliner pencil? Haven’t we all?  Isn’t that one of the supreme joys of applying makeup?

25)What do you think of pigment eyeshadows? Pigment eyeshadows?  Is this supposed to mean loose pigments?  If so, I do have quite a few but they don’t get a lot of use – I’m not sure why – maybe I’m’ just too lazy to open that drawer and maybe they do take a bit more effort to work into a look.

26)Do you use mineral makeup? I have but I don’t feel they have enough coverage

27)What is your favourite lipstick? MAC Nude Pink, Viva Glam Gaga, and Blankety

28?How about lipgloss? Not a huge gloss girl…

29)What is your favourite blush to use? MAC Instant Chic or Melba

30)Do you buy your makeup on Ebay? I have bought some limited edition items there but I don’t make a habit of it

31)Do you like drugstore makeup? No.

32)Do you go to CCO’s?Cosmetic Company Outlet? I have never been but I would like to!

33)Did you ever consider taking makeup classes? Yes I have considered it.

34)Are you clumsy in putting on makeup? No I wouldn’t say that… I’m probably more meticulous at my makeup application than anything else I do.

35)Name a makeup crime that you hate? Orangey overdosed bronzer, under eye concealer that is five shades lighter than the rest of the face, and pencil eyeliner that is weirdly placed only on the lower lash line!

36)Do you like colorful shades of makeup (lipstick or eyeshadow) or neutral ones? I do mainly neutral looks, but I try to switch it up!  And bright lipstick of course.

37)Which celebrity always has great makeup? Kim Kardashian

38)If you could leave the house using just ONE makeup item, what would you use? Omg, ONE item??  I guess I would choose foundation.

39)Could you leave the house without any makeup on? I really don’t – I just don’t feel confident unless I have at least minimal makeup (tinted moisturizer, eyebrows, mascara).

40)Do you think you look good even without any makeup on? I don’t think I look like a monster but I definitely prefer to be out with something on

41)In your opinion what is the BEST makeup line? Make Up For Ever and MAC

42)What do you think of makeup? I think it’s a form of art – and something that has changed my life and allowed me to express myself daily.  I think makeup can make you feel confident and beautiful on the worst days and completely transform your look.

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I took this at the dog park yesterday…  My dog Shea always thinks this statue is a real dog and runs up to it.  She did the same on this occasion despite the fact the “dog” was wearing a motorcycle helmet for some reason. LOL

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These are chicken feet, all nicely packaged and ready to buy at the asian market we went to today. Unfortunately I didn’t get the label in the photo that says “Rooster Paws.”

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I took this one a little earlier. My dog loves to stretch out on top of the couch and I think it’s adorable. I wish I had her life!

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Clearly I’ve already been lax on the project 365 thing lol…  I guess I’m going to be doing this on an as-I-can basis… so here goes!

I went to a BBQ yesterday with a few of my friends.  This is my friend’s gorgeous daughter playing slaps with my boyfriend.  I think this picture came out so beautiful!

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And this picture is from today…  I spent hours cleaning and organizing my makeup room and this is the result.  I feel so centered now that I have my work space cleared!

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So I’ve seen a few bloggers doing this and I think it’s a GREAT idea – project 365…  The basic idea is that I will take on the ambitious task of posting a picture everyday for a year – no particular subject necessary – in the effort to make a kind of photo album of my year.  I’m looking forward to it and I decided to go ahead and start today!  Of course the difficult part is figuring out what exactly you’re going to take a picture of… as I was taking my makeup off tonight I had an idea…

No matter how much time I spend in the morning on my makeup making sure everything is perfect and in place and every flaw is perfectly covered, at the end of the day, it always ends up in this stage shortly before it’s washed away…

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2. Attractive right!?  I use Boscia’s Makeup Breakup Cleansing Oil (absolute HG product) and it melts everything on my face to this greasy, slippery stage, and with water, it turns to a milky fluid and washes right away.  Pretty cool!