Beauty Talk - Part 2

See? I said I'd be back! Of course I'm back...we're talking Make up!!! Those who know me, knows that it's one of my favorite topics!

As I've mentioned before, my old love Prescriptives was discontinued earlier this year. This was a great opportunity to start switching makeup as well and I've found quite a few items that I love more than even my old love.

First thing I put on is always foundation. Unless they discontinue this, I anticipate I will be buying this for years to come. I am talking about Korres' Wild Rose Foundation. It goes on smoothly, have a good amount of coverage and the matte finish is beautiful. I am really lucky they had a color that matches my skin closely!

I use a powder on top to set it but it's totally not necessary. Unfortunately for me, the powder I use and love from Korres is already discontinued. Luckily, I found another one by Dr Hauschka. It is way more fragrant than I like so I will keep on searching while continuing to use this. If you know of a good one, let me know! One thing I don't like is mineral makeup (for no particular reason as I've had good results from Bare Escentual) so...yeah, I'll leave it at that.

After foundation, I put on a cream blush. This blush was part of Josie Maran's Earth Day Kit and came into my makeup bag by total fluke. I had purchased the Earth Day Kit for the other stuff (got an awesome deal at Sephora for less than half retail) but this ended up becoming my favorite. I normally hate cream blush but this one is too good to pass up. The color is called Sunrise and it is the perfect natural looking blush.

The mascara that came in the kit is also a star. It doesn't clump and goes on the lashes nicely. The eyeliner on the other hand smudges too fast on me so I am on the look out for a new one while I continue on using MAC's fluidline. The lipgloss is almost identical in color as one of my old favs from Prescriptives but I hate that it's a plumping formula so it stings every time I put it on. Ouch! As a result, most of the time, I just use my Alba Botanica Pineapple Quench Clear Lip Gloss.

I also have a few eye shadows from Josie Maran. They're great but made with Lanolin Oil (therefore not Vegan). I don't consider myself a full Vegan (although I practically am!) but I'd like to look more into the production of Lanolin Oil before I can decide if I am comfortable with buying more products that are made with it. And yes, I like to question everything and make my decisions this way rather than just blindly following the vegan/not vegan label.

I guess that's it! Short and sweet but these are basically all the products that I use.