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May Favorites

06/01/2019

May is my favorite month because spring is my favorite season. Everything comes to life, especially baby animals. May is my wedding anniversary month and the official start of wedding season in my freelance makeup artist life. My May beauty favorites are makeup heavy, just the way we like it around here. More makeup, less...

8 Tropical Products that will make Jimmy Buffet Jealous

05/20/2019

I’ve been in a super tropical mood lately.🌴🍍🥥🥭🍉☀️😎For our 10th wedding anniversary, we got I’ve been dreaming about and I’ve managed to create my own tropical oasis on our deck because of it. If I could live in , I would. It’s on sale right now and if you’re considering it at all, 100% ....

How to keep makeup from melting in hot weather

05/18/2019

I lead a double life. When I’m not blogging about makeup here, I am a full-time working makeup artist. Here in the midwest, the weather is finally becoming warmer. This means I’m working outdoors on photo and video shoots and have to keep makeup from melting. When I am working on these shoots, I do...

5 Easy Makeup Tweaks to Make to Look Better

05/08/2019

I could give you a 30 minute makeup tutorial. I’m a beauty chef of sorts and I could serve that right up. But do you have 30 minutes to do your makeup tomorrow morning? I bet most of you don’t. Even if you do, you’d probably rather spend most of that time sleeping. I would....

Great, good and not so hot products from Milk Makeup

05/08/2019

I’ve reviewed products before and despite not loving everything I tried, I was definitely open to trying more. Some brands, you just root for, ya know? I ordered a few more things and spent last a month test driving them all. I’m here to tell you about the good, the great and the it’s a...

April Favorites: SPF & Beyonce

04/30/2019

I always look forward to writing these favorite posts, reflecting back on all the beauty products I’ve enjoyed using during my daily life the past month. This past month, I’ve been doing a lot of prom makeup and wedding makeup. When I haven’t been doing those things, I’ve been trying to spend time with my...