First of all, Happy Halloween!

I am a huge make-up person. Ever since my sister-in-law came into my life & I worked at Ulta the summer after high school, I’ve been hooked.

I’m not a guru at all, but I just enjoy it and have been complimented on my skills, so I figured if anyone wanted so simple motivation or tips, that I’d be your make-up SupermANNA.

Like I said, I am no expert, I just dabble. Some days I don’t even wanna touch it. (tbh, I sometimes get lazy and throw some concealer and mascara on and call it a day. BUT when I decide not to be a potato, this is my routine!)

If you’ve never heard of Ipsy, thank goodness you’re reading this, and you’re welcome 😉

I wish I could be like an Ipsy spokesperson because I am a HUGE Ipsy advocate!

Ipsy is one of the best things that ever happened to my wallet, my time, & my face, hair, and skin.

• Ipsy is $10 a month for easily over $40 of product
• Comes in a cute lil travel bag that’s different every month.

All you have to do is:

1. Go to Ipsy.com
2. Take a personalized quiz & it sends you make-up, skincare, haircare, brushes, nail products, etc. all based on that quiz.
3. Sign up
4. Get your “glam bags” filled with 5 BOMB products
5. At the end of the month, rate your products & they will send you stuff with the updated reviews.

I’ll mark everything I received from Ipsy with a star (*) & bold it so you get an idea of how much awesome stuff I got & use literally everyday (and this is just the make-up. No skincare or haircare.)

Let me know if you want me to send you a free Ipsy bag for a test run in the comments below!

I get to send 5 of them. Every Ipsy member does! So I’ll share the love since I think this is an amazing company!

NOW THE ~~MAKE-UP~~ PART

Primer:

• L’Oreal Paris Magic Lumi Light Infusing Liquid Facial Primer (^$12⁴⁹ at Walgreens)
• * Elizabeth Mott Face Primer
  • I’m not too educated on primers, but the L’Oreal is the best drug-store find I have used! 

Foundation:

• L’oreal True Match Lumi (natural beige) – drugstore ($7.29 at Target)
• Tarte Amazonian Clay – neutral light-medium – high-end ($39.00 at Ulta)
  • Honestly, I’ve caught myself going for the L’Oreal more frequently than the Tarte if that tells ya anything! 

Concealer:

• Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Concealer (light)– drugstore ($5.29 at Target)
• * Tarte Shape Tape Concealer (light-medium)– high end
  • both of these are equally as magical

Loose Setting Powder:

• Dermablend Loose Setting Powder ($27.00 at Ulta)
• * Tarte Smooth Operator Amazonian Clay Finishing Powder

If anyone uses the Laura Mercier loose translucent or RCM podwer, lmk

Compact Powder:

• Physicians Formula Super BB All-in-1 Beauty Balm Powder (light/medium) ($8.06 at Walmart)
• * Manna Kadar Cosmetics Flawless Finish Dual Powder in C3 – Flawless Linen

Bronzer:

• *Tarte Amazonian Clay Waterproof Bronzer
• *Elizabeth Mott Whatup Beaches Matte Bronzer

Blush:

• *Kaleido Cosmetics in Primadonna  —>   
  • I usually go for peachy, sublet blushes

Highlight:

• *Morphe High Impact Highlighter in Spark
• *Urban Decay Afterglow In Sin
  • I go for a less blinding look, so if that’s not your jam, sorry 

Mascara:

• Too Faced Better Then Sex Mascara ($24 at Ulta)
  • If you’ve never used this, save up your pennies and get it. I promise it’s worth it! 
• L’oreal Voluminous Lash Paradise ($7.49 at Target)
  • such a good dupe for the Better Than Sex

Favorite Lip Products:

• *Steve Laurent Beauty Lip Gloss in Café
• Kopari Lip Gloppy (a Chapstick on steroids) ($12.00 at Ulta)
  • literally the most soothing thing that has ever touched my lips
    

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Setting Spray:

• Morphe Setting Mist ($15 on Morphe.com)
  • I live by this stuff. Never going back to any other setting spray! (Thank you, Jaclyn Hill) 

I didn’t cover contour or eyeshadow since I don’t usually do that on days that I do my full everyday makeup.

I love love love make-up, skincare, and haircare, so if that is something you would be interested in reading about, comment below and like this post!

Currently:

Listening to: Haunt Me by Molly Coleman

( a new and rising artist and friend of mine! Check her out on Spotify!)

Watching: The Resident on Hulu, on NBC

Drinking: water & coffee w/ a lil cream (what I usually drink when I’m teaching)

Excited About: getting to trick or treat w/ my niece after school

Planning: on how to expand this blog! Feel free to leave any suggestions in the comments or message me privately!

“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” 

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