The Skin I'm In?

My younger twin, Kelton, has heat rash all over his body :( Although he and his brother get slathered in sunscreen/bug repellant cream each day, this heat rash was unavoidable other than keeping him out of the sun and he loves the outdoors. The doctor prescribed to him Benedryl(a mother's fav) and Calamine lotion.As I was bathing hm in Aveeno Oatmeal Bath,I thought about my daily skin care regimen. I started to question was what I doing was enough. Now I know that the heat rash will eventually go away and he won't die of it but I thought of daily prevention skincare. Did I need to step it up even though I'm still under 30? Let's see, My mornings consist of:

Philosophy's Purity Made Simple
mark.vita surge moisterizer with SPF 7
mark.I be good eye cream( When I remember)

Body:
I switch the moisterizers and cleansers around. None that I know of have sunscreen( okay! I know!)

Specialities:I alternate with a face scrub and masks.It depends on what my skin is" feeling" like is what I will used sometimes four times a week. I only scrub with Lumene Arctic Touch Exfoliating Cream once a week.My masks are mark.Healthy Shots in Carrot Hydrating and Cucumber Balancing,Lumene Arctic Touch Purifying Peat Facial Mask,Lumene Body Activa Honey Birch Face Mask, and Coryse Salome Firming Cream Mask( found at Marshall's)

Night:I used Purity and CVS Night Cream( a comparsion to Olay Regenerist Night Cream)

Lips: I scrub with Smashbox Emulsion Lip Exfoiliant

Problem Stuff: Acne Free Acne and Blackhead Terminator

Insides:Plenty of Water but no vitamins or supplements

Now, doesn't that sound like ENOUGH! Yet, I think not.

Suggestions?

Love,
J

Face Forward

Okay.It's not the clearest picture of my face but I thought I would do a "Face of the Day" as we call it over at the MUA.

Face- Maybelline Ever Fresh Foundation in Caramel and Wet N Wild Bronzer in Medium/Dark

Eyes- mark. e/s in Fairy Dust and Tiki
Cover Girl e/l in Espresso
Maybelline Shadow Effects in Bone fx
Bourjois Lengthening and Curving Mascara

Cheeks- mark. blush in ripe glo and Loreal LE Touch On Color in Golden Amplifier

Brows-Mally Brow Gel

Lips-Urban Decay XXXSlick in Carney


I also went to CVS to buy another piece of Revlon Star Style. Unfortunetly I got to buy it by one piece at time because its pricey.I'm waiting on BOGO 1/2 or free at CVS or Walgreens on the Revlon. Here's my haul:

Maybelline Shinylicious in the NEW Raiz'n Razzle( It's looks just like Estee Lauder's Ametheyst) and NEW Banana Pudding

HIP e/s in NEW Bright Shadow Duo in Flashy

Revlon Star Style Halle Berry e/s in Midnight Kohl

Wet N Wild Ultimate Brow in Chocolate Brow

HIP High Drama Volumizing Mascara in NEW Blue Black

Peace!

J

Treasure Hunting Part II

This morning I found myself in a smoky eye mood and here are some MORE random findings in my collection that ran across. Sometimes my own makeup collection is like shopping at a M/U counter because I have tons of stuff I 've never even used.

MAC Dark Soul Pigment...Ebay win that was still in the box that I applied with my new Sonia Kashuk sponge applicator brush... I also like her special edition brushes with her signature on them... Maybe I'll treat myself to one... I used Maybelline Dream Mousse Shadow in Lilac Cloud from the crease to the brow bone and blended it in the with Dark Soul... After three coats of Bourjois Lengthing and Curving Mascara, I found ,still in the box, Smashbox I Prime Concelor in Smashing 7...I used it to brighten under my eyes...Blush- Loreal Blush Remix in Retro Rose... Lips -a mini sample of Stila Lip Glaze in Watermelon. All products I forgot that I had:).

I currently working on my ultimate fall fashion/beauty/home/lifestyle wishlist to post. Working it the list is like a mental shopping spree!

Love,

J

"Bey" informed...

picture source:beyonceworld.net

-Am I the only one that thinks that House of Dereon is little too much "Beyonce" and not enough about the fashion? It's hard look past her and see couture fashion.

- Random make-up collection finding: MAC lipglass in pop mode and MAC lip liner in Current. My throwback look from Fall 1997 when more lipliner, less lipgloss.

-My first mark. disapointment was today. Luxe Fever eau de toilette is a major stink!

-Panera Bread's Crispani is delicious. I had the 3 cheese one with one the best,crisp salads on the planet.

-Fresh Market's exclusive Brownie Pillow Cookies are amazing!

-Beyonce's video for DeJaVu is ridiculous! The fashion is fabulous but the non-story line video is a little weak.

-Revlon Star Style. awesome collections but pricey for the drugstore. I mean 10.58 for a lipgloss that they normally charge 5.99 for? I got ONE piece.


Bye!

J

Mouth Stuffing and Makeup Application

Whew!

That GRE is behind me. I did my best and I felt confident.Or maybe it was that Venti Caramel Macchiato with a triple shot of espresso I had before I tested. I stayed up studying and talking to E-dub til about 3am and I had to be at the test at 7:00am. I got my verbal and quantitative back immediately and I'm waiting for analytical.

The night before we ate dinner at Rock Bottom in uptown Charlotte( they call it Uptown not downtown for some "classier" reason they say...) I had been there before and I had the best appetizer sampler for dinner. It was called a Savannah Sampler and it consisted of Barbeque Sliders(barbeque pork and slaw on mini buns) Asiago Crab and Shrimp Dip with crusty toasted bread and oh.... batter fried chicken strips.:) It was fabulous.

After taking the test we planned another resturant takeover at Red Rock Cafe'. We called this the hideout spot because if you don't live on that side of Charlotte you'll never know it's there cause it's back behind a Shopping Center.I had again an amazing entree',Will O'd's Quattro Formaggio(penne pasta in a four cheese blend sauce with chicken,bacon, roma tomatoes,mushrooms, and scallions) Oooooh, so amazing. After lunch we took off to Southpark Mall so that I can set up camp in Sephora. I saw all of fav salespeople including Val who used to help me at the Bobbi Brown counter in Belk Southpark. She asked if I would like "play" and I said"sure!" and I would like a really pretty pink gloss,not a raspberry-ish and no frosty looking ones. She sat me down and brought over Stila's Lip Glaze in Guava, Papaya and Watermelon. We played around and found that Guava was the number one pick.I absolutely love it! Val also turn me on to the Cargo Coco Palette. The colors are beautiful but most important that Cargo's eyeshadows are super smooth to put on and have a beautiful colors. This is my best buy in eyeshadow yet. I also pick up Sephora's Super Sheen Bronzing Mist.

I admit I miss Charlotte and Rock Hill but not enough to move back to Charlotte. Maybe Rock Hill. But I was glad to get home to see my bam bams and go to church. peace!

J