I've decided that every morning should be like this one.
Getting up early, eating breakfast, drinking many cups of coffee and blogging.
We're only two weeks into January but I feel a bit late on my 2014 Beauty Favorites. And I know I was supposed to blog on Monday but Sunday was busy and yesterday was a strange shift where I didn't get home until almost seven.
Excuses, excuses!
Moving on!
Here are my most loved beauty favorites of 2014. And there are a lot.
I only recently bought the
Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette back in the early fall, but I have been loving it to bits for the all the holiday parties I've attended. And I wear the highlight (middle shade) every day to work.
Oh
Maybelline, I do love your concealers the best. I only tried one new concealer this year because I can't seem to leave my
Maybelline Anti-Aging concealer alone.
I splurged on make up this year.
The
TooFaced Chocolate Bar Palette, I didn't know you could love an eyeshadow palette this much. I've been getting into eyeshadow a lot more recently, you know the whole blending thing, and I just love all the neutral colors in this palette! I've been tempted to get the semi-sweet chocolate one, but that blue color in it is throwing me off.
Next on the far left is a
L'oreal Infallible eyeshadow in Coconut shake, I just really like using this as a base or on it's own with winged liner.
That mysterious black tube that you can't read the label on is the
Dior Addict-It Lash mascara, I just got this in December and I've already pushed all my other mascaras aside for this one. I like a drier formula and this has it and the brush is spiky and perfect for me....
ah, love.
Amope, I just received this at Christmas from my parents and it's one of my favorite gifts. I hate dry, calloused feet. I am a true Pisces and care about my feet immensely. So I use this little foot file thing about twice a week and it's like magic.
The
Shu-uemera Eyelash curler, where have you been all my life? This curls your lashes like no other eye lash curler I have ever tried. It's expensive for what it is, but it lives up to the hype.
L'oreal Lumi Primer, if you like dewy skin this is definitely one for you. Honestly, I hated this product when I first bought it, it separated and I didn't use it for a few weeks. But my skin was looking dull and I decided to give it a go. I gave the product a shake to see if that would help the whole separating thing and it did. It's not sparkly and it just gives a natural glow under your makeup.
Starting from the top left in this picture are
Essie nail polishes in "Recessionista" and "Bahama Mama" , very similar dark burgundy shades and they are my most reached for colors.
Under is the perfume
Alien by Thierry Mugley, I just can't...I love my Prada Candy perfume but a new scent that smells divine? Sorry Prada, I won't be reaching for you for awhile.
TooFaced Shadow Insurance, I love this for canceling out the veins on my eyelids and it does pretty well at keeping my eyeshadow in place.
This was the year I decided to fork out the twenty seven dollars for the
Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz (in dark brown)..well I actually bought two, one in chocolate as well. I don't know what I was doing with my brows before these. I find it's so perfect for natural looking brows. I don't know what I would do without this.
Salon Grafix Play it Big hairspray, I love my L'oreal Elnett hairspray the most, but this Salon Grafix one was on sale and it works, the smell isn't over powering and I find my curls last quite a long time with it.
The Braun Silk7 epilator, I bought this bad boy in the summer after reading a review on a blog. Let me tell you that this thing kind of hurts the first few times you use it. If you don't know what an epilator is it's basically a bunch of tweezers spinning around really fast pulling out your body hair. I refuse to use this on my legs anymore as I received tons of ingrown hairs from in, but this works amazing on the under arm area. I use it 2-3 times a week and I find I don't get that ugly dark shadow under my arms anymore that I was so subconscious about.
Last but not least, I had to add a candle because I am a candle hoarder.
Bath and Body Works Warm Vanilla Sugar, I've always loved this one but this past year my anxiety was so bad and this was the best candle to relax me. I'm always stocked up on this one.
A few extra favorites that aren't pictured are:
Maybelline Baby Lips, I can always rely on this to keep my lips moisturized while I'm at work.
Lush Magnaminty Face Mask, this makes my skin
so soft and has pushed all my other face masks aside.
For a good eye makeup remover I keep going back to the
Neutrogena Oil Free Makeup Remover.
And lastly, a blush.
Benefit's Rockateur, I'm scared I'm going to hit pan on this soon!
What were your favorites of 2014? Have any new favorites for 2015 yet?
Have a great week!
