Paula’s Choice Fantastic Lash is my new fave mascara. Great length, separation, and thickness, in that order. You can really build this up without many coats, which is super ideal for daily use and my under-2-minutes morning makeup routine. But you can add more layers later and it doesn’t get chunky or clumpy. Perfect for…
The latest haul from Lucky Vitamin—I got to try a ton of new products. FOR 10% OFF ANYTHING, JUST USE MY CODE LYSSA1011! Here are my thoughts: New Faves Orgain – Organic Ready to Drink Grass Fed Protein Shake Creamy Chocolate Fudge – 12 Pack $25.95; $2ish per protein shake. Yes, I could put protein…
Happy International Day of Yoga! A new yoga mat for me has been long overdue, but I finally got this gorgeous purple eKO Lite Manuka mat. Baby’s first nice yoga mat. I almost feel like a real yogi. But what really makes me feel like a real yogi? Yoga mat spray. That you don’t have…
Thank goodness for instructions. I like to think my past as a beauty editor gave me some insight into makeup … But frankly, I’m just wrong. I know nothing like Jon Snow. Urban Decay, however, knows everything. And they share their knowledge with me in this handy card that came with my Naked Smoky palette,…
I can’t believe I’ve been blogging since before 2008? A different topic. (Paula’s Choice circa 2008 here.) But Paula’s Choice tho. Throughout all of my dirty hippie adventures in skincare and beauty, Paula’s Choice has been there. Paula’s Choice has been my go-to for moisturizer, sunscreen, cleanser, and powder for … ever, I think. Their latest…
My squad in Austin last weekend was insane, even if the trip ended in food poisoning that still has some of us down for the count (damn sensitive bellies). I don’t know how it took me so long to come up with the idea, but I’m going to post photo recaps of FGF on instagram…
Delving deeper into this recent makeup mania, I’ve recently been playing with the “contouring”. I haven’t gotten too extreme—because hello have you met me I play sports and sweat all the time?—but I did want to share a great tutorial(!) and a pic of my attempt(*). https://youtube.com/watch?v=8u_hhvwcWhg *side commentary, just a lil FYI: when this blog…
The great thing about Urban Decay is that you don’t even have to title your blog posts when discussing, you simply use their lipstick names. This is the exact same face with different lip colors—how different do the looks look?! (Yes, I know I’m making vastly different faces, and both of them weird. As discussed,…
Y’all remember when I was a beauty editor and did fun makeup posts all the time—think My Chemical Breakup or that time the poor Vermonster had to be my smell tester for my all-natural deodorant quest? Maybe I got a lil lazy out here in Cali (when I wasn’t forced to try new things all…
In this Manuka Secrets giveaway post, commenter Heatherette posted: Why do bees have sticky hair? Because they use honey combs. ? I was recently diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that attacks your secretion glands and causes dryness so I have been looking for something like this. The Texas heat and constant need for AC isn’t…