My fellow beauty blogger, Lianne of The Makeup Girl, tagged me! So here goes with a list of my beauty secrets:
My Foundation: I've grown so use to my freckles over the years that I don't like seeing them covered up, so I prefer a natural look ( I was so excited when I realized that Tamia has freckles and also keeps her look natural!). Right now I'm using MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Medium (alone) or MAC Select Tint SPF 15. If I need more coverage, I use MAC Mineralize Satinfinish SPF 15.
My Mascara: Diorshow- hands down! The runner-up would be L'Oreal Voluminous.
My Blush: Too many to name! But, I just fell in love with MAC's Cream Colour Base in Improper Cooper. I get soooooooo many compliments when I wear it!
My Eye Shadow: Again- way too many to name! Right now I'm loving NARS, Make Up Forever, Givenchy, Chanel, MAC and Dior.
My Day Cream: I use these three for the day: REN's Mayblossom and Konjac Balancing Moisturizer, REN's Lipovector Peptide Anti-Wrinkle Eye Cream and Dermalogica's Super Sensitive Faceblock SPF 30.
My Lipstick: Again, too many to name- but this is what's in the makeup bag I carry everyday (I have a huge purse - LOL!). MAC Slimshine Lipstick in Bare & Funshine, MAC Fafi Lipstick in Not So Innocent, NARS Lipstick in Promiscuous, Chanel Glossimer in Bronze Crystal, MAC Lipstick Lacquer in Poco Pink, MAC Lustreglass in Instant Gold (just to name a few).
My Beauty Product Brand: Not a fair question! LOL! There's something I like from just about every brand and I'm sure there are fabulous brands I haven't tried yet!
My Essential Beauty Product: It's not a product, it's a beauty treament! FACIALS! My skin really loves me for it! :)
My Favorite Makeup Product: My eyebrow pencil (thank you Sam Fine for introducing me to Maybelline's Twin Brow & Eye Pencils) I can't leave home without my eyebrows! LOL!
My Perfume: Right now I'm wearing either Gucci's Rush, Marc Jacobs' Blush or Kate Spade.
My Nails: Rescue Beauty Lounge, OPI, Chanel and MAC
My Feet: Lucky for me I still have a lot of my supplies left over from cosmetology school, so right now I'm using: Creative Nails' Foaming Sea Soak, Sea Rocks Soak, Sea Salt Glow and Marine Masque. I'm also using Rescue Beauty Lounge's Citrus Vert Exfoliationg Body Wash and Aveda's Foot Relief.
My Hands: Kiehl's Ultimate Strength Hand Salve.
Three Products To Bring On A Deserted Island: Sunscreen, Jojoba oil (I can use it on my hair, skin and nails!) and toothpaste/toothbrush.
Woman I Adore For Their Beauty: My mother and grandmother, who both are phenomenal women!
Woman With The Best Sense Of Style: Diana Ross of the "60's/70's".
My Ultimate Dream (but I do not believe in selling my soul to the devil for it): Marriage, children, successful business endeavors, giving back to the community and traveling to see the Seven Wonders of the World!
How Do I Define Womanhood: Love, Respect, Talent, Devotion, Brilliance, Strength and so much more!
My Favorite Fashion Publication: Vogue (US, British, French & Spanish), Elle (US, French & British) and Harper's Bazaar.
The rules are that I have to tag 5 other bloggers (but I'm tagging 6!)- so:
Beauty in Real Life, The Makeup Daily, Yummy 411, Spoiled Pretty, Product Junkie Diva and Virtuous Blue are it!
P.S. Aren't you all loving the photo of Lola Falana above? She was so AMAZING in the 60's!!
Mischo Beauty's Been Tagged: My Beauty Secrets
Mischo Beauty Has Been Tagged!
I've been tagged by "Beauty In Real Life" and "The Style Page"! Here are the rules:
1. Link the person who tagged you.
2. Mention the rules in your blog.
3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.
4. Tag 6 random bloggers by linking them at the end of your post.
5. Leave a comment on each of the tagged bloggers' blogs letting them know they've been tagged.
6. Once your post is up, notify the person who tagged you.
Here are my boring quirks (LOL!):
1. I, like The Style Page, love foreign fashion magazines! I buy French Vogue every month and can't speak or read French (though I'm teaching myself with Coffee Break French!)...
2. Because I'm always up late working, I have a fear of oversleeping. I set 2 alarm clocks every morning for 5:30am and never get up until 7:00am...
3. I still watch "Sex and the City" like the reruns are new episodes on the CW Network and I set my DVR to tape the reruns on TBS...
4. I take the same congested route to work everyday, telling myself I'm going to take a better route tomorrow...
5. I love the "Daily News" e-blasts I receive from British Vogue, but I never have time to read them- hence I have about 100 of them sitting in my email in-box...
6. I have a ton of canvas bags that can be used for shopping. Each and every time I go to the grocery store I forget them at home. This has got to stop!
I'm tagging All About The Pretty, Brown Girl Gumbo, Beauty 365, Shop With A Vengeance, The Makeup Daily, and BeautyLogic.
(photo courtesy of vogue.fr)
Mischo Beauty: Let's Play Tag! (Courtesy of The Beauty of Life)
I just noticed that Jamie of The Beauty of Life tagged me in her Let's Play Tag post! So I’ve responded to the two top five posts below:
My Five Must-NOT Have Items:
1) Luster’s Pink Hair Lotion: Defeats the point of having a relaxer because it made my hair frizz and I never experienced the results of it’s conditioning ingredients.
2) Aveda Shampure Shampoo: I know this is an all time favorite for many, but its fragrance just doesn’t agree with me.
3) Cuticle Clippers: I had a nail infection that took about a year to work itself out of my body, and I almost lost a nail. Yikes! The cuticle is your protection against bacteria. I would suggest gently and carefully pushing them back and keeping them conditioned and moisturized.
4) YSL Volume Effect Faux Cils Luxurious Mascara: This was too clumpy for me and really didn’t give me the “faux lash” effect I’d hoped for.
5) B. Kamins Diatomamus Earth Masque: This is for oily skin and that’s the key! My skin is normal with an occasional oily t-zone, so this was just too intense and caused a slight irritation.
My Five Biggest Makeup Crimes:
1) Waxing my own eyebrows!: What can I say! I'm an esthetician- LOL! The first few times left lots to be desired, but I had to learn from my mistakes. I’m happy to report that I’ve perfected it!
2) Not wearing sunscreen consistently!: My mother has been telling me to do this for years. It took my studying esthetics and working on clients with skin damaged by the sun, before I really understood how much the sun damages your skin and ages you.
3) Long airbrushed nails in college!: Yikes! Yes, I thought I was the bomb, well up until I headed to
4) Relaxing my own hair!: I know this isn’t makeup – but I had to share this one! Don’t do it- just don’t! I’ve seen clumps of hair both in my hands and going down the drain too many times. I had to learn the hard way. And yes, this is before I went to cosmetology school! You can’t see the top and back of your hair. If you can’t afford to see a stylist, ask a friend to help you.
5) Wearing lipstick to match my Chanel Vamp nail polish!: Yes, this was back during my college days and it was so wrong! I have nothing else to say about this one. LOL!
Thanks Jamie! I’m now going to tag Jennifer of Beauty In Real Life, Julia of All About The Pretty and Fuzkittie of The Makeup Daily. Can’t wait to see your posts!
P.S. I'm loving the Leona Lewis' February cover of UK Harper's Bazaar!
