Trying New Things: Cosmetics Addition

Okay, it's been a crazy few weeks.

Not making excuses, not focusing on the negative, but a few weeks ago, I was in a pretty crazy car accident.  I was rear-ended on my way to work. It totaled out the car I had, the one that was completely paid off, that I paid off in one payment to my grandmother. So I researched cars and picked one with a good safety rating and that was good for me (woooo Nissan Versa Note!) and I used my money from my insurance for a down payment, and I can now say, as a full-blown, panicking adult, I have car payments. And I live in Colorado and I am about to have to renew my lease. And I'm still working on leaving work at work, especially with work getting busy, it feels a bit chaotic. So I'm presently feeling anxiety over these things, but I'm working on it. Definitely need to yoga tomorrow. Because it works, and I never thought it would change my life.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHY I'M HERE.

It's NY Fashion Week. SPRING NYFW. It's the most wonderful time of the year. M Missoni, Baby Ghost (see side picture, thanks Vogue), and Thakoon are my favorites so far. I'm really excited about Whitney Eve Port and Lauren Conrad (because they actually are working for it, and it looks good.) So I've been thinking a lot about fashion and style lately. Which leads to my current obsession: Cosmetics.

But right now, I'm even more into makeup and skin care. After a few years working in the cosmetics industry, I was disenchanted with it. I was really struggling with how things "had" to be done, and that I needed to do things a certain way. Fortunately, cool-girl cosmetics and some good friends have really turned everything around for me.

A few months ago, my boyfriend, Jason, and I took a trip to New York. While riding the subway everywhere, I began noticing ads for a company claiming a 10,000 person waiting list for their brow product. I took down the name, and began looking into what I assumed was a ridiculous claim. And I kept reading about Glossier, about it's cool-girl feel and culture. Their take on cosmetics seems to be take care of your skin, and you don't need full coverage anything. Multiple-use products, like Balm-Dot-Com are intriguing to me. After months of looking and researching, I finally ordered. I couldn't say no to the cleanser, claiming good for sensitive skin, but reading review after review of how amazing it was for pH balancing and oil. I also loved the idea that it would break down makeup. And then there's Boy Brow, the 10,000 person wait-listed product that lives up to that claim. I never want to use another brow product again. I am about to put the cleanser on a monthly reoccurring order (and whoever came up with auto-renew for cosmetics is a GENIUS).
Also, they send cute stickers and amazing packaging, and the best part is the pink bubble wrap bag. I need 10,000 of them.


The one thing about this discovery: it's making me challenge my own preconceived notions about skin care. So I'll probably be posting more about other lines that I'm finding.

Part 2 of this is dedicated to my friends Alicia and Jessica at MAC. I had never really been interested in MAC before, but going to see these ladies, I started getting curious about some lip colors. Earlier this year, I started to try some products, lip color, lip liners, and even one gloss. I love the lipsticks. I am obsessive over the matte colors. And these girls know me, we worked together for a couple of years, and became friends. So Alicia shot me a text about some a vintage line they had come in, so I went in and picked out the best lipstick ever, and a bowling highlighter (no, really it has pins and a bowling ball on it, I'm not sorry). Alicia
also told me about the upcoming 50th Anniversary Star Trek line. Which I fangirled over, immediately.

So I decided to come in and grab some of the items and I needed a foundation, because the line that I normally use decided to not call me back when they didn't have my shade in stock. But I really love the foundation, but not as much as the Star Trek bronzer "Highly Illogical" and the "Skin of Evil" nail polish. I never buy nail color, because I have 10,000 colors, but a super chunky green glitter nail color stole my heart. The bronzer is rosey but not pink, and it is the best contouring shade I've ever used, either on myself or someone else.

Moral of these stories are try something new, different, and that you haven't heard of. You never know what's going to win your heart. But if it's named after a Spock quote and comes with stickers, there's a good chance  it's going to be a life-changing product.