Chit Chat Wednesday | New Review Series You Need To Know About!

Hey, guys! Sorry I have been absent for so long, my father-in-law came to visit a while. I really wanted to blog, but he seriously took up all of my time. No worries though, I'm back and with a new review series at that! 

From this point forward you may notice some of my reviews say "one minute review". That means the review will have 250 words or less, which basically means everyone can read it in a minute or so. 

Most of the reviews will be products that I don't have much to say about. Maybe, a lipgloss or eyeliner, whatever. I may even do this for items that are new, because I feel like anyone who reads a new review will be reading it because they're fixing to make a purchase. 

I will have two up this week for two new lip products from the drugstore. Let me know if you like both posts!

This should be handy for you busy gals out there or for when you need a quick reference while you're standing in the middle of the makeup isle. Who has times to read a terribly long review while shopping?! 

However, You'll still get everything you need to know from each review.  

So how long did it take you to read this post? Probably about a minute right? Well, that's what I was aiming for. If you see reviews with "one minute review" in the title, it will be approximately the size of this post. 

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Chit Chat Wednesday | The Best And Worst Thing About Your Makeup Routine

Chit Chat Topic: The Best And Worst Thing About Your Makeup Routine

I know we all love makeup, but is there a part of your beauty routine you dread doing? Maybe it's Eye liner, mascara, eyeshadow, lipstick or even brows? 

First we'll start of on a positive note, is there anything you love doing? My favorite thing to do is foundation. There's really nothing fun about it but I love seeing the before and after comparison of my coverage. One minute I have acne plastered all over my face and the next, I have an even appearance. It's enjoyable to see the difference foundation can make. Sometimes I sit in the mirror and think to myself, this is what I would look like without acne... Not bad, not bad at all. Haha, just kidding, I'm not that full of myself. But seriously, it would be nice to not have acne. I would definitely feel more confident if it was clear. 

The worst thing for me is contouring. I know a lot of people love contouring, and I do too, to some degree. It's just hard to achieve a nice contour when I have to worry about blending away coverage from my foundation. When I chisel my cheek bones I just move around my full coverage foundation and everything ends up looking muddy and uneven. So if I do contour, I really have to pack on my powder to prevent my foundation from moving. It's really no big deal, it's more of a nuisance. Most of the time I end of using bronzer, unless I'm testing out a new contour powder. 

So what is your best and worst step of your makeup routine? Let us know in the comments below! 

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Chit Chat Wednesday | Using Tape For Contouring?

Not too long ago a famous Instagram user, HudaBeauty, uploaded a video of her using tape to cream contour. Supposedly, the tape is used to help place your contour to make it more symmetrical. 

Ok, now that my head is finally out of the palm of my hands and my eyes are tired of rolling, let's chit chat about this. 

I get that contouring can be tricky and I know it can be hard to get your contour even but I just don't see why this would be a good idea. I love HudaBeauty, don't get me wrong, she's great with makeup. ..However, I think this is a little gimmicky. 

I'm sure the tape pulls off foundation and messes up your base. It sure would suck to lift up a $45 foundation and lose coverage. It just seems like too much work for the same look without tape. I do, however, think this may be handy for nose contouring. Sometimes it can be hard to get those lines symmetrical and I'm sure most people don't need much coverage on their nose. 

Personally I'm not going to try this. It would be a nightmare to lift the tape just to reveal irritated acne. 😖 I feel like it would take forever to get the tape just right. And I'm sure the bill for tape would dramatically increase, haha. Surely it's just a silly trend that will pass soon but still, I'm sure the beauty community can come up with a better hack... Like, I don't know, baking! 

If you do try this let me know how it works out! Maybe it does work, who knows. I'm sure those of you with decent skin might enjoy testing it out. 

Reminder: this is a bad idea if you have allergies to any kind of adhesives, etc. 

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