Blue Eyes and Black Dresses
Early April vlog 🖤💙
Happy Solar Eclipse Day! Will you be watching? This is an NPR podcast I listened to that was super informative and here’s info from NASA on how to do so safely (I love that they mention wearing SPF).
And here’s my latest vlog! Details + additional thoughts written out below.
🎶 Kacey Musgraves Deeper Well Record — One of my favorite albums this year… so we got it on vinyl, which comes with a scented sleeve! She re-collab-ed with Boy Smells on this and I was nervous because I did NOT like the “Slow Burn” candle she made with them — found it to be very overwhelming. But the scent on this is subtle… “an earthy embrace of oakmoss, raspberry and sage” — not really my thing 🤣 but it makes sense (pun intended) for the music, and is not stinking up the vinyl storage section of our living room.
💙 I was gifted a big box from Sweed Beauty recently, a vegan/animal friendly company (founded by makeup artist Gabriella Elio) and couldn’t wait to try the Satin Eyeliner in Diana Blue. I’ve been using it almost daily as a way to perk myself up whenever I look in the mirror. I find that lining both the bottom and top of my eye can be a bit intense, so I stick to just the lid.
🎁 Sweed also sent some other products — not included in the video: the Lash Lift Mascara didn’t do much for me (clumped a lot and my stick-straight lashes got weighed down) but the Cloud Mascara did (lengthened and stayed put all day). And I can’t try on their No Lash Lash falsies yet because they don’t come with glue (would love any easy-to-use lash glue recs for the false-lash-challenged). However, I really like their best-selling Miracle Powder (I got it in Golden Medium) which is similar to Bare Minerals foundation (that I’ve been using for decades) — only, it has a bit of a glow to it, so you don’t look quite as flat/dull.
💄 Other makeup in the vlog:
Rare Beauty Positive Light Under Eye Brightener in Medium — even though it says “eye” I use this around my nose and lips. It’s soooo natural and looks like I’m barely wearing anything. I highly recommend this if you like the no-makeup-makeup look. Depending on when you read this and what your VIB status is, it should be part of the Sephora sale!
Well People Multi-Use Blush in Apricot (gifted) — This is such a pretty shade but I do have to keep reapplying it.
Jane Iredale Pure Pressed Eye Shadow Palette in Naturally Glam — I’ve had this palette for so long I’m surprised they’re still making it! I went through a real Jane Iredale phase years ago — one of the original “clean makeup” brands that actually stays put (see above).
Tarte Tarteist Pro Remix Amazonian Clay Eyeshadow Palette — Another old eyeshadow that I’m shocked is around! The colors are VERY FUN but not something I wear often.
Elf Instant Lift Brow Pencil — This is a $3 eye brow pencil/brush that I reach for so much more than this $25 brow pencil by the brow queen.