I love August! My skin is tanner and while I don’t bake out in the sun with baby oil (stupid stupid stupid) like my teenage years, my skin looks sun-kissed and I feel like putting on bold and bright colors. I love this fun “Barbie Pink” color, as I call it. I put this shirt on and headed to San Francisco for a couple of days with my kiddos to show them the city that I loved to play in as a kid. Soooo many great memories! Wearing a few of my new favorite things so I thought I’d share!
I purchased the shirt from Old Navy and it’s the perfect light-weight cotton button-up shirt so that I could keep cool. The lipstick is one of my all-time faves by MAC called “St. Germain”. I only wear it in the summer when I have some color 🙂 My earrings were gifted to me by Heather, my very best friend, and are the Kate Spade Multi-color Irradescant Faceted Square Stud Earrings. Ummm…can I tell you how obsessed I am with them?!!! They are soooo sparkly, which you don’t see in the picture, and look fabulous with so many of my bright shirts. Of course, I still love my Juicy Couture Crown Gold Chain Necklace from my friends as a going away gift when we left Texas. I have the matching bracelet and they are such a fun staple in my wardrobe. This Dutch Braid across my forehead was the perfect way to keep my hair out of my face in that windy city, while riding bikes cable cars up and down the steep roads.
As for the rest of my makeup…I have found some new favorites that have been life-changing!! I’m not exaggerating. While the summer allows me the chance to be more bronzed, my white spots on my face come out of hibernation and are noticable. Sun damage. It’s an ugly thing. And turning 37 this summer has introduced some new fine lines. Fun stuff {insert sarcasm}. But my sister convinced me, after working for Shiseido many years, that the Japanese know skin care better than anyone and I needed to try their products. So I finally I purchased their water-resistant foundation and WOW! I was already sold after that. But it gets better…. Then I applied the pressed powder and I looked almost flawless. Make sure to use the wedges to apply the powder because it s you the best coverage when applied. Dab it on. Their new concealer is like a magic wand! I dab it on the white spots on my face where I’ve lost The melanin in my skin where I have lost my melanin. I follow it up with dad being the foundation sponge just over those spots again, as to not caking on too much powder. I’m telling you… It’s like magic! The best coverage I’ve had in a long time!
Now, their skin care is out of this world and worth every penny so I highly recommending starting with that. They also introduced a new ice year and just recently that has made all the difference for me. Between my age and moving to Las Vegas last year where it is very dry, I feel like my eyes are full of fine lines that I have not seen before and need the moisture so badly. I have not found an eye serum or cream that I have loved until now. There eye serum feels like velvet and just hydrates and feels heavenly. Their facial serum is also to die for. Again, worth every penny! Even if you love what you are using now, it’s probably not that great for your skin. Just because it has good coverage doesn’t mean it’s good for your skin. But Shiseido is a product that will give you both good skin and good coverage. (NOTE: Shiseido is not sponsoring or paying me to write this article. It is totally written from heart and because of my own experience with it.)
My all-time favorite eyebrow kit is the Anastasia Dip Brow (blonde) with the brow powder. Love it!! Especially since my eyebrows no longer grow and I have to fill them in and create the shape each day.
What are your favorite things you’ve found lately? I wanna hear them! We usually don’t find our favorite things on accident… It’s because someone has told them about their new obsession. I want to know what I’m missing out on! Share, share, share! 🙂
Xoxo,
Summer
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