Home for Christmas

Sorry today's post is going up so late! I've been traveling home most of the day, and it is so good to be back. Finals week was just exhausting, so now I can finally relax and fully enjoy the Christmas season. Don't forget, I'm blogging everyday until Christmas! So come back everyday for more Christmas goodness!

COUNTDOWN: 11 DAYS of BLOGGING!

Everyday Summer Makeup

During summer I like to keep makeup to a minimum. I like to blame it on the heat-- that any effort put into my makeup will quickly become a mess in the humidity-- but I think it's just because I'm lazy. If you actually catch me on a day where I've actually taken a bit of time to get ready, this is probably what I'm wearing.

Revlon's Photoready Concealer is an all time favorite of mine. It works well to cover up my blemishes & under-eye circles. I think this is the third one I've bought!

I've been using Revlon's Nearly Naked Powder (which is alright) & the Real Techniques Multi-Tasking Brush (which is amazing) to try to mattify my skin.

I make sure to brush through my eyebrows with this comb I got in a travel kit & curl my lashes with e.l.f.'s Eyelash Curler.

Then, I use my fingers to apply some shadows from CoverGirl's Shimmering Sands Trio (it varies from day to day). And finally, I add put on some of CoverGirl's LashBlast Mascara.

That's it! 4 products and I'm good to go. I'd love to know what some of your everyday essentials are!

July in Photos

At the beginning of the month I wrote this post, challenging myself to take a photo everyday of the month. I actually did it! Some of the photos were taking a little last minute (ex. a half eaten bagel + watching Tiny Furniture), but I did it. This month flew by, so I'm glad I was able to capture a little moment of each day. There were 31 days in July, so one photo is left out, but you'll see it next week on Photo Friday!

Did any of you take on the challenge? Should I keep going? And of course, have a happy weekend!

New Project

This "New Project" is inspired by Louise from Sprinkle of Glitter. She just finished up her 30 Day Snap series on her blog and posted the final collage of all the pictures yesterday. I thought it would be a fun challenge for myself to take a picture every single day and make a lovely compilation of them all at the end of each month. I won't be uploading a picture on here every day, and I will continue with Photo Fridays, but there will just be a fun collage of all the photos at the end of the month, similar to Louise's in this post... that is if I remember to snap a picture everyday. :)

Wish me luck!