Friday Purchases- New Makeup!

Let me just begin with how

noncompliant my skin is.

As of recently, I have been taking a lot of extra (and not-so-cheap)

steps to improve my skin.

Mom & Dad gave me a Clarisonic for Christmas and I swear by it.

So much better than using a washcloth- which studies have shown

CAUSE WRINKLES.

Waaaaaahh :/ No thank you!

I have also been a MAC user since high school.

I loved the Studio Fix Pressed Powder and went through about

one compact every 5-6 weeks.

They typically run about $30 a pop which isn't very budget-friendly

but I have been justifying it for years because I loved the coverage.

Once I started seeing my esthetician, Vanessa, she practically

forbid me to continue using MAC. 

MAC is disgusting, it clogs your pores, blahblahblaaahh..

..I still didn't listen.

It's been a few months now and I FINALLY switched my

makeup up yesterday.

I walked into Ulta extremely open-minded and walked out with

TA-DA:

&

Napoleon Perdis pre-foundation skin primer and foundation stick.

Let me fore-warn you:

I sat down with one of the make-up artists

(whom I loved by the way- turns out her daughter lived in

Ocala and she's a major wine-o so I handed her a card and told her to swing

into Brew and I'd buy her a glass!)

for the application process.

The whole time she was explaining how light and oil-free

everything was- even pointing out that the primer

was "Florida-proof." SOLD. 

Anyway back to the fore-warning!

Each product cost about $50 bucks.

BUT she informed me that both should last me about 4-5 MONTHS.

Months? You mean weeks? 

She nearly fell out of her chair when I told her how much

of my MAC compact I went through in a month,

which I firmly believe is due to the fact that it's such loose powder.

I kid you not, powder was flying everywhere anytime I applied makeup.

After laughing at me for attacking my makeup, she confirmed again:

4-5 months.

Allsssoooooo
(as if dropping a hundo on makeup wasn't good enough)
I treated myself to my fave perfume-- I've been out! :/

I was so excited to get ready to go out last night
(we went downtown for Sushi & drinks for
a friend's birthday)
Bryan and I ended up back at Brew like the good bar-owners we are.

The night, in regards to my new face, went well.
But I ended up calling it a night kinda early (ie. home at 1 rather than 3)
so I could be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for football today!
HAPPY GATOR GAME DAY, MY FRIENDS! :):)

Gator Dress: Columbia
Necklace: Bay Studio, Bealls Florida 
Shoes: Apt 9, Kohls 
Bag: Michael Kors

Look at Jake! He is super anti-social and didn't want to join
Mom and Dad for a fam photo =/
See yall Monday!