A fast whats up

Hello, candy pal. I’ve been having a tough time sitting down to put in writing recently, so please get pleasure from this repost from October 2018 that includes Charlotte Tilbury merchandise and plenty of discuss Starbuck’s legendary Pumpkin Spice Latte.

I must cheer myself up as we speak, so I’ll be headed to Starbuck’s shortly to select up my first PSL of the season. Right here’s to the ability of straightforward pleasures, like scrumptious fall espresso drinks.

Hope every little thing in your finish has been regular and peaceable. Hugs to you.

Pumpkin Spice Jewels

I don’t need you to assume I’ve been neglecting my pumpkin spice devotion, seeing as the way it’s now October, and due to this fact formally pumpkin season.

SO MANY PUMPKINS EVERYWHERE. One can’t even whip her excessive pony with out bumping into one, and I nonetheless have mad love for pumpkin spice, as demonstrated by this look, which I name “Pumpkin Spice Jewels.”

Just a few issues I discovered within the means of doing my make-up…

1. This Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino will shake you to the core

Or, ought to I say, “shake your core”? As a result of once I’d completed about half of it my physique actually began shaking from all of the caffeine.

I’d by no means had one in all these earlier than. It’s only a pumpkin model of a daily frap (like the opposite drinks I’ve tried on this collection, I acquired the recipe from theMacroBarista on Instagram).

I might solely end half of it as a result of I couldn’t take any extra caffeine. I dunno… Possibly you’re product of stronger stuff than I’m, but when not and also you’re additionally a wimp in terms of caffeine, you possibly can nonetheless admire it from afar (as a result of it’s actually good to take a look at).

2. I could must construct an alter to worship Charlotte Tilbury

Her stuff is so spendy, however in terms of that easy, dewy skin-that-looks-like-skin, C.T. has that sport on lock. I’m sporting her new Magic Away Liquid Concealer ($32) and Genius Magic Powder ($45) on this look, and I didn’t actually should do any of the buffing, mixing and dabbing that’s normally concerned in attaining a no-makeup make-up look.

I simply swiped a concealer wand on my face (I’m sporting shade 8 beneath my eyes and shade 9 on the remainder of my face), blended with my fingers, then dusted a sheer veil of the powder with a fluffy brush, which took all of two minutes.

I really like how my pores and skin seems once I put on C.T.’s stuff. Like, I can’t even inform I’m sporting make-up, and it doesn’t budge. Not one bit.

3. Inexperienced liner + Purple lips + Gold glitter = completely works

Word to self: Bear in mind this jewel-toned combo, as a result of it completely works with heat orange-brown shadows (I’m sporting the City Decay Born to Run palette, by the way in which).

I performed with shimmery inexperienced liner, purple metallic lips, and gold glitter on the lids right here as a result of I actually wished to “go for it” and do extra of a LEWK, but when I have been to translate this into one thing I’d put on to, say, the moms membership potluck I went to final night time (aspect word: The Dealer Joe’s Salted Caramel Brownies have been successful), then I’d swap the metallic lipstick for a sheer purple gloss, line simply my higher lash line with the inexperienced (so no water strains), and do a tiny dot of the glitter within the inside corners.

If ya wanna recreate this look, I additionally used MAC Retro Matte Liquid Lip Color in Atomized on my lips, rimmed my eyes with City Decay 24/7 Glide-On Pencil in Overdrive, and dabbed City Decay Moondust Eyeshadow in Stargazer within the middle of my lids.

Your pleasant neighborhood magnificence addict,

Karen