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MAKEUP MONDAY

And here it is...it's the second Monday in February and the first Makeup Monday of 2023. I was doing so good with my consistency right? I know. Life ummmm🤔 became a little unpredictable for me for the last stretch of 2022 and to be completely honest with you it was all I could do to get washed and dressed and go to work. I will talk about all that has happened at some point but maybe not today. I've had to adjust and I wasn't going to do this anymore but ....I just refuse to be lifes victim #nocap. So alas here we are.

Life has been unpredictably eventful and it has taken its toll on my face. While I am still a huge fan of Gods good work that is my face I must admit that the one area where the last year and 5 months has taken its toll is my eyes. I've always had bags under my eyes but now I also have dark circles that would make you think I'm straight out of a horror film. So there are some days where I have to do a little more as it pertains to coverage. The extra brown helps to add some much needed color. What I do not like about that "beauty blender" is the more you use it the harder it is to focus the blending to where you need it, another words, the more you use it, the concealer gets all over it and it will be on you your nose and cheeks etc I miss my brush from "ILMAKIAGE" but thanks to moving I have no clue where it is 🙄 .

A side effect of all that I've been through is also it shifts your emotions which also effects what you wear or what you feel like wearing. I'm in this weird space and a lot of days I don't feel like eyeshadow. I already don't do "full face" makeup because it does not enhance me but now I'm in this emotional state where I don't feel like "doing" a lot. And you would think stress would make you want to do more to cover how you feel but true to form I am the exception to every freakin rule so I've just been like "dusting" the corner of my eyes and for some odd reason it works. Now I'm finding the key to this minimalist approach to makeup is the blush. If you pick a rosey kind of a color and by rosey I don't mean red. I'm talking like peach, purple, pink or red it adds enough color to your face and for some reason that evades me, it also makes the "dusting" of color in the corner of your eye pop. I'm usually a bronze on cheeks girl but I guess that is more for when you're loud on your eyes. Anyway I know you can't see real good. The chord to my ring light also got lost in the move so I don't have a way to make it brighter for you to really see yet, I apologize for that. I guess I'll just have to breakdown and buy another one 🙄 . Positive it will show up as soon I buy the new one but I'll do it anyway. The video is below and listen to me 👂

Adjust to life as you have to but don't ever give up! Edit what you must but don't give up. This version of Makeup Monday is a good example of an"edit"!

See You Friday For The Inaugural edition of "Fashion Fridays"!