Bare Minerals and Primer Review!

Okay, so I have ALWAYS been a drug store make up girl. I have thinking of branching out and trying a more expensive brand after receiving a sample of Smashbox foundation in one of my ULTA orders. So last weekend I took the plunge, after researching for about a week online I decided on Bare Minerals. I also bought a Sephora Primer and a Sephora foundation (in medium). I have never used a primer before but a friend of mine recommended if you are using Bare Minerals to use a primer to make it last longer. I also got a Covergirl Trumagic Skin Perfecter tester from work, and also Maybelline Baby Skin pore eraser too.

Okay so let me start off by saying, of ALL the 3 primers, I like the baby skin the most! And it was the cheapest of all 3. I have HUGE pores, it sucks, and it covers the best. The Sephora is nice, but it feels like it takes at least 2 pumps to cover my face, almost like it evaporates before I can get it on. At $15 bucks a pop, I will not be buying it again. I have not tried the Sephora foundation yet, I hope it works well. 

Now for my favorite, Bare Minerals! I bought the Real Technique brushes to use with my Bare Minerals and love it. I bought my foundation and mineral veil at Sephora and I was on the fence about if I should get medium or medium beige, well I went with medium, which has a cooler tone. When I got home and used it for the first time with the plain mineral veil I felt like it left me a little white, so I pulled out the free sample sephora gave me of the tinted mineral veil and it is PERFECT! I love it. I also have the Medium Beige coming in too, so we will have to see how the warmer color goes with the veils. Overall I love it, and will stick with Bare Minerals!

My eyeshadows are also Bare Minerals. bareMinerals Smoky & Sultry and Bare Minerals Meteorite. 

Here is the finished product! 

 Happy Friday Eve!

Smoothie Madness

Good morning everyone! Now that the holidays are over it's time to get back on track, I know it was for me, I gained about 4 pounds over the last few weeks of December, and lost it and 2 more pounds, in just 9 days.

One of the only things I asked my husband for for Christmas was a Ninja system, it has the single serve, blender, and food processor. I have been using it daily since December 26th! I drink a smoothie a morning along with a few egg whites on a piece of bread (omitted the bread this am for a cleaner breakfast).

Anyways, back to the point! SO many people have asked me for recipes, and the truth is, I don't follow not near one! I literally just throw stuff into my single serve and blend away! I do have a base for every smoothie I make, which is

1 cup of unsweetened vanilla almond milk -30 calories

1 to 1 & 1/2 tsps of coconut sugar - 15 calories PER TEAspoon

A handful of spinach -like 5 calories? lol

Then add your frozen fruit! (1 to 1.5 cups)

(also if you want a chocolate kick, add raw cacao)

My favorite so far is anything with frozen pineapple! So delicious! I have also pre packaged all of my smoothies fruit wise. I buy the big bags from Sams Club and then get the quart size freezer bags and measure out different fruits in each bag, like this morning it was blackberries with a little bit of mango. You just grab the bag and throw it in your blender! Also, I like to nuke mine for 30 seconds just to thaw it a bit! 

I will try to keep with my favorite smoothies of the week on here! Hope everyone has an amazing Tuesday!