Mac Makeup Haul

Hey all! So I finally got a huge order from MAC for Christmas. I don't usually get MAC products because they are so expensive but I do really like them. I just can't afford them all the time. My MAC collection has grown quite a bit and I am excited for these products that I purchased recently. This may not seem like a lot of products but trust me this cost a lot of money so less was better.

1) I finally went ahead and bought Fix+. I feel like every beauty blogger/beauty You Tuber talks about this stuff and I just never took the plunge. I always used Elf Mist and Set or another brand for a setting spray. So far I really like Fix+ and I feel like its a very versatile product.

2) I also finally splurged on MAC mineralized Skin Finish in Light Plus. This is a setting powder that I use to set my foundation and I just like the effect it gives me. It doesn't make my face look cakey and I really like the new packaging.

  
3) MAC blush in Dame. Just look at this color, I love the little flecks of silver/gold you get in the mix as well. 

4) Another MAC blush in Melba. Again a popular blush and for good reason, check out the swatch, its very pretty.

5) I bought a couple of lipsticks this time around. This is MAC Patisserie a very pretty pink.

The next lipstick is MAC syrup a very pretty mauve color which would be good for everyday wear. 

6) Last thing I bought was a quad with 4 eyeshadows. I got Nylon, Patina, Satin Taupe, and Sable.

Left to Right: Nylon, Patina, Satin Taupe, Sable

So there you have it, not many products but I am super happy with all of them, especially the blushes and I will probably wear them all month.

What are some of your favorite MAC products?
XO
Caitlin

BOOK CLUB 2015

How it works:

Every month we will read a book, at the end of the month on a selected day we will have a discussion via the internet. If you have a blog you can post a review on your blog and link it up to the book club review for that month. If you just have Facebook you can go to my blog's Facebook page and post your opinions there. I know I was not good will book club at all this year but 2015 will be totally different. 

BOOKS 

January: Unbroken  by Laura Hillenbrand. An amazing WWII novel about how resilient the human spirit is. I may have already read this book but it is so good I am going to read it again. It is inspiring and I think it will help us stay motivated throughout 2015. 

February: Letters from Skye by Jessica Brockmole. March 1912: Twenty-four-year-old Elspeth Dunn, a published poet, has never seen the world beyond her home on Scotland’s remote Isle of Skye. So she is astonished when her first fan letter arrives, from a college student, David Graham, in far-away America. As the two strike up a correspondence—sharing their favorite books, wildest hopes, and deepest secrets—their exchanges blossom into friendship, and eventually into love. But as World War I engulfs Europe and David volunteers as an ambulance driver on the Western front, Elspeth can only wait for him on Skye, hoping he’ll survive.

 June 1940: At the start of World War II, Elspeth’s daughter, Margaret, has fallen for a pilot in the Royal Air Force. Her mother warns her against seeking love in wartime, an admonition Margaret doesn’t understand. Then, after a bomb rocks Elspeth’s house, and letters that were hidden in a wall come raining down, Elspeth disappears. Only a single letter remains as a clue to Elspeth’s whereabouts. As Margaret sets out to discover where her mother has gone, she must also face the truth of what happened to her family long ago.

Seems like an interesting love story intertwined with self discovery, plus I love war novels so I hope everyone else likes this book too. 

March: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. I think all of us can relate to this novel in one way or another. It's about a girl in college who blogs about her favorite TV show. The show is her life and she's having a hard time letting it go. 

April: Me Before You by JoJo Moyes. Another love story set in modern times about putting another person's happines above your own. Seems like it will be a quick read. 

May: The Guernesy Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows.

Another WWII novel (what can I say) about the Channel Islands. The Channel Islands were occupied by the Germans who made the inhabitants stay on the island the duration of the war. It's actually a very interesting situation and I know many anthropologists have studied the behavior that happened on the islands during occupation. This book is about a book club that existed on the island, and about the man who ran it. Without going into too much detail the book is based on the man writing a letter to a woman off the island, she began corresponding with him and eventually went to Guernsey to see what it was about. 

June: Blackmoore by Julianne Donaldson. A light read, perfect for a day by the pool in summer. This is a sweet  love story between childhood friends and how the two came to realize their love. 

July: The Paris Wife by Paula McLain. The story about Ernest Hemingway (author) and his wife Hadley. I'm excited to read about how they met and feel in love, from excerpts I have seen it is clear that Ernest thought the world of Hadley and I love it when love stories are like that. 

August: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Derr. Another WWII love story emphasizing the ways people are generally good, even during hard times. 

September: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling. Just because I miss reading about Harry and sometimes we can use a little bit of magic in our lives. 

October: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. What better book to read during Octoboer? Jane Eyre is rather gloomy and can be dry at times but I love the story and the characters. 

November: A book of your choice! This month will be busy so I think it will be fun to have everyone choose a book they love/ haven't read and have been wanting to. That way I can get more ideas for book club in 2016 and I can add more books to my list. 

December: Yes Please by Amy Poehler. I love her, so I know this will be a good read and pretty light for December. 

Well there you have it! I hope you join in and you have fun reading.

XO 

Caitlin

How to stay motivated to work out

Hey guys!

So lately I have lost some of my motivation to work out. I dunno at the end of the day I just come home and want to be lazy, making the gym sound like the last place I want to be. I am going to try and wake up early tomorrow and start working out in the mornings, I think that would help me out the most, it just means I would have to wake up at 5:30 am. So early, I don't like waking up early but since I work at 8:00 in the morning it would be the best time. Part of motivation includes making sure I have all my work out clothes set aside the night before. This is such a huge time saver when I wake up that I don't have to search for my clothes. I am also going to start establishing a bed time routine so that my body gets used to going to bed at a certain time, this will help with the early morning hours. Well wish me luck, hopefully these tricks will work this week. 

XO

Caitlin

Princesses workout to! 

Christmas Wishlist

Sorry about last week, it was a little crazy and I wasn't able to get a third blog post up. On Friday I worked a double shift at work and ended up staying until 8:00 pm, by the time I got home blogging was the last thing on my mind so this week you will get an extra post! Today I am posting my Christmas wishlist, on this list I have items that are $5.00 up to $170.00, so if you are looking to get me a gift, or anyone else a gift within this price range this is for you.

1. Maurices Sweater Dress found HERE $54.00: I would love to get a great holiday sweater dress, pair this with leggings, a red scarf, and boots and you are good to go for any party. This would be a perfect all around gift.

2. Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Palette found HERE $58.00: A total luxury item that I would absolutely adore. I have other hourglass powders and I love them. I know I would wear these colors all the time and any beauty lover would enjoy these.

3 & 4. Where Beauty Lies and Beneath the Glitter found Here $14.54 & $7.50: I would need the hardcover versions because I am a book collector. I love books and I love reading. These books are probably full of fluff and nonsensical jargon which will totally melt my brain but I think they would be a fun read. The authors have YouTube channels which I have watched on occasion. Again a great gift for beauty lovers.

5. A nice pair of black tights from Target found HERE $5.00 - $6.00. Tights are a great addition to any outfit in the winter time and I know that I would get a lot of use out of these during the colder months. Especially on Sundays for church.

6. Urban Decay Naked On The Run Palette found HERE $54.00: This is a great purchase. It includes mascara, eye liner, lip gloss, 6 eye shadows, a blush and a bronzer. This is great value for your money and perfect for traveling, you can get an entire look with this one palette. It's very versatile and makes a great gift for beauty lovers.

7. Harry Potter hardcover box set found HERE  $117.00:  A total splurge item but I would love to own the entire set. I will forever love Harry Potter, the first book was published in 1998 when I was 10 and the last book was published in 2007 when I was 19.  The books are an iconic part of my childhood and I would love to get a set.

8 & 9. This blouse and sequin shirt can be found HERE for $78.00: The cutest outfit ever and Maurices is one of my favorite stores. I feel that I could wear this all winter long, that sequin skirt is to die for, I'm in love.

10. Girl Online. This book can be found HERE for $11.12. Another book written by a You Tuber but I heard that it's really good. It seems like a cute plot line and a light fun read. I would love to get this.

11. Slippers. These are ugg slippers and I don't necessarily need these ones I just need slippers. I would love cute ones that are also functional, cozy and warm.

12. Hot Cocoa Mug. Found HERE at Target for $24.99. I love Hot Cocoa. I have an entire pin board on Pinterest dedicated to hot cocoa. These mugs are so cute and would just make me smile.

13. Malm bed frame from Ikea found HERE for $179.99. I am going to start to update my master bedroom little by little and this would be the first start. I really like this bed frame and I could work a lot of great designs into the room with a piece like this.

There you have it, my wishlist for this year. Hopefully you got some great ideas for other people in your life. This post was just for fun and if I don't get anything from this list I wont be disappointed at all, besides Christmas isn't about just the gifts.
XO
Caitlin

November Beauty Favorites

Hello Loves!

I was going to do a post showing you the inside of my planner but I decided to go ahead and do my November beauty favorites instead. I feel like everyone on YouTube did this post today so it got my mind rolling of what my favorites were this month. On Wednesday check back for my lifestyle/everyday favorites that aren't related to beauty items, things like books, etc. I decided to split them up into two posts so you guys can see a wide variety of my favorites for the month. 

First up: The Sonia Kashuk matte palette. 

I love this palette. I bought it a week or so ago and I have used it everyday since. The white (upper left hand corner) is the perfect brow bone highlight for me and I am about to hit pan on it, already! I use it that much! This palette was 20 dollars at Target and its making me want to go buy its sister palette, the shimmer version. This are great every day shades that make any other palette you own wearable because it can add the matte shades to the look. 

Here are the swatches and after looking at them I am going to have to try that third lightest color as my next brow bone highlight once I am done with the white. These shadows blend easily and make other shadows blend out nicely too. I love it. 

Next: Makeup Geek Vegas Lights Palette

That color Roulette you guys! Its so incredibly pigmented. Its a beautiful rose gold shade and I have used it on many looks. I actually wore it on thanksgiving and received a lot of compliments. I highly recommend this palette, the colors are in the warm family but I like doing warm looks so they fit me well. 

Another makeup geek product! This is the makeup geek pigment in Afterglow. This is the perfect champagne highlight color that adds a fun glow to any look you put together. I wore this on the center of my eyelid when I was wearing Roulette, it really made the whole look pop. The only downside is this pigment is messy, it gets everywhere, so be prepared. 

Next is the eyeliner I have been wearing, its the maybelline eye studio gel liner. It's really good. This is my first time using a gel liner and its a really forgiving product, meaning if I make a mistake the formula of this product makes it easier to clean up. I am a beginner when it comes to winged liner but I feel with this I can accomplish this look easily. 

I finally found a primer I love. The Baby Skin pore eraser primer from Maybelline. I love it! I have a lot of imperfections on my face but this primer really helps to even out my skin tone. Now it doesn't take those imperfections away but it definitely helps it look flawless. If you are looking for a dupe for the benefit porefessional primer, I heard this one works great for that too. 

For brushes this month I have been loving my new makeup geek brushes. I have the foundation stippling brush (first one pictured) and the face buffer brush (second one pictured). The foundation stippling brush blends out my foundation so smoothly, the bristles are soft and the perfect size. I highly recommend either brush.

Last but not least, I loved my ipsy bag for this month! The bag was silver and sparkly with a pink zipper, right up my alley! If you want to sign up for ipsy go HERE. Its a subscription service where you get makeup samples for $10.00 a month, I have only done it for the last three months but so far I love it. 

What are some of your beauty favorites?
XO
Caitlin

Whats in my Bag!

I love watching these videos on YouTube and reading blog posts about them. I don't know what it is about it, probably because I am nosy and like to know what other people carry with them. 

The reason for this post is because I am switching up my bags right now. I do this about every two months, I just get sick of using a particular bag after a while and I want to change it out. Up until this point I was using the above bag all the time. I love this bag! Its awesome. Its by Mark New York and I got it at Ross for about $45.00, which was a steal because I know this bag usually is about $200.00. Yay for a good find at Ross. I used this bag for about 3 months so it was worth my money. I figure if I spent $1.00 a day using the bag and I used it for 3 months, that means I surpassed my goal of using it at least 45 times to get my money worth. Anyway lets check it out. 

This is the inside of the above bag, everything fit nicely with extra room left over. 

The first thing in there is obviously my planner: 

It's an Erin Condren Life Planner which I have talked about here on my blog a bunch of times. If you are interested in purchasing one click this link HERE and sign up, once you do you receive a $10.00 off code to your email so that you can get your first order a little cheaper. 

The next thing is this pencil case from Staples. 

I got this last year and it holds my feminine products, you know for that time when Aunt Flow comes to visit. 

Next is this glasses case from Target:

This holds my glasses. I recently had to get some for driving at night and watching movies later during the day. I noticed my eyes were getting worse and worse over time and I am so glad I went into the doctor, these help me see great at night. During the day I don't have to wear them which is good. 

Next up is my wallet:

Its a Kate Spade Wellesley wallet, and I love it. It serves as a finance tracker as well/has extra note pages in the rings so that I can jot down notes without having to pull out my planner. 

Here are all the card slots that it comes with, I just love using it for a wallet. 

Next I have some lip products and a library card and a random Harry Potter charm from Etsy that was on my planner. 

This lip gloss is NYX butter gloss in Tiramisu. It's basically a MLBB (My lips but better) shade and it's perfect for days I forget to put lip products on. And the egg shaped thing is an EOS lip balm in sweet mint, my favorite. In fact I'm going to pause for a minute and put some on. It feels so good on my lips and its important to keep them moisturized during these dry months. 

My library card, also did you know that most libraries offer an online system so you can check out books and read them on your iPad/Kindle etc. Make sure and check out your local library so you can take advantage of that awesome feature. 

Everything that is in my bag on a daily basis:

My new bag. This is from www.markkit.com and it's from Belinda Selene's collection. She is a YouTuber and I love her videos and I love this bag, it was totally worth it. 

Here is the inside, and everything fit nicely, I was actually surprised. I was worried that the glasses case wouldn't fit but it does and it doesn't make it look bulky from the side. In the front pocket I have my phone in there. 

INSIDE VIEW:

SIDE VIEW: 

FRONT VIEW:

There you have it. Hope you liked this post and let me know what you carry in your bag. 

XO 

Caitlin