Fall Favorites Tag
/ Lauren
It's officially Fall and pumpkin spice, apple cider, changing of leaves time and I am full of the excite! Sure, the leaves don't change so prettily in the Bay Area and cool Fall days can be far and few between, but I will get a bit of autumnal weather in England so there we are.
As it is now Fall, I decided to play along with Jaclyn Hill's Fall Favorite Tag. Make sure to check out her video!
Favorite Candle
Pumpkin Cupcake. I think it's by Slakin and definitely sold at Bath and Body Works. It just smells so yummy and Fall. Runner up is the Leaves candle.
Favorite Lip Color
This Fall, I'm really liking NYX Butter Lip Gloss in Devil's Food Cake.
Favorite Drink
Tie! Pumpkin Spice Latte, because I really am a basic white girl sometimes, and an Iced Apple Chai Latte with Coconut Milk and littttttle bit of caramel swirl.
Favorite Blush
Revlon Photo Ready Cream Blush in Charmed.
Favorite Clothing Item
Scarves. I have an embarrassingly large and growing collection of scarves.
Favorite Fall Movie
Here's the thing, I really like horror movies, so picking one favorite is so, SO hard. But if I were to go with consistency, I suppose John Carpenter's Halloween.
Favorite Fall TV Show
I think the only thing I'm watching so far is Doctor Who.
Favorite Thanksgiving Food
None. I actually really don't like Thanksgiving.
Favorite Halloween Costume
I don't have photos, but I was Xena one year when I was 14. I liked that costume.
Oh Deciem. Oh Brandon. Just why? To say I'm disappointed by the very public social media actions of Deciem founder Brandon Truaxe and him firing his co-founder and the company CFO is putting it quite mildly.
For when a shortie over size 12 needs more wardrobe options...oh look! There's an app for that.
I put my hair stylist in the hot seat while I was in the chair recently to answer my questions on how to get gorgeous hair, what products she loves and her best hair tips.
In my twenties I was a full coverage fan; the thicker, the less of my real skin showing, the BLOCK EVERYTHING the better. And my skin still probably hates me for it. And looking back, it wasn't that I always needed the cake I just let my self-conscious, low-esteem riddled brain think so. You could swipe a finger down my face and have enough to conceal spots. I would have made NikkieTutorials proud.
The SPF 50 Skin Shielding Primer intrigued me on one my last pilgrimages to Target, so I picked it up. At $12, it's a bit steep for the usual e.l.f. pricing. Does it give the bang for its buck?
Does Glossier live up to its hype?
I got inspired as most things happen these days, in the bathroom sitting down and staring at my shelves aimlessly. As I noticed that I have a tendency to line up my skincare there fairly neatly (one of the only times I'm that organized with my home), I thought it would make more a neat Instagram photo. Then I thought, "well, I need more blog content so why don't I do a sporadic bathroom shelfie series?"
I love me some ColourPop, with their super affordable range and quality cosmetics. I've loved their Super Shock shadow formula that's like squishy meets powder, but sometimes you just want a standard pressed shadow. And ColourPop delivered with a range of pressed shadows that I can only assume will keep growing.
I picked up 7 of them, 3 singles in a custom kit (Secrets, Take a Break, Labyrinth) and 1 curated palette called Blow Me Away. How do these eye shadows stack up? Keep on reading!
The weather here in the Bay Area has gone from rainy and a bit cold to the ever ubiquitous sunny overnight, and as we traverse more into Spring and the air is beginning to dry more so is my face. I don't have dry skin per se, more combo leaning midway, but enough where as I've entered my 30s I've learned to appreciate the need to treat dehydrated skin more and more.
As I've gotten older and fallen into minimizing certain areas of my routine into a more French Girl-like approach, like every day makeup, it made sense to do the same with my hair. Here are some of the hair secrets I've pick up through extensive research aka Googling "French Girl Hair Secrets" and through my own trial and error.