[ ♡ ] Daily Routine

Xti did a routine makeup post at her blog: http://beatificcaptures.blogspot.com/ and I decided cool, I'll do a response post! My routine is a lot longer than hers unfortunately because I wear more make up but here goes: 1.) Wash face with Origins Checks and Balance Cleanser 2.) Pat face down with towel then tone with Origins Purifying Toner 3.) Moisturize and Protect with Neutregena Visibily Even Moisturizer with age defying helioplex and spf 30! ***bonus step (just started doing again): use Murad eye cream in spf15 4.) Use either Vasceline lipblam or eos lipbalm in Honeydew 5.) Prime face with Smashbox Photofinish face primer 6.) Use a lighter concealer under my eyes to brighten them up 7.) Put on Foundation (Revlon Photoready in 007) 8.) Conceal spots with Mac concealer in NC30 9.) Put on blush on the apples of my cheeks 10.) Define my cheekbones a bit with bronzer under the blush 11.) Use BareEssentuals Mineral Veil to set all my makeup 12.) Prime my eyelid with Smashbox or NYX primer 13.) use an angle brush to fill in my eyebrows using a brown shadow 14.) highlight my lid all over with a vanilla or light color 15.) use a color on the lid 16.) color on the crease 17.) color on the outer corner 18.) eyeliner on top and bottom if desired 19.) do hair for 30 mins 20.) curl eye lashes with Shu Uemura curler and put on mascara (I do this after hair because I don't want my curler to touch my liner when its still fresh) 21.) line lips with nude liner on the outside 22.) and finally liptstick! wheww, that was long. Maybe I'll do a post with actual pictures one day!

[ ♡ ] Skin Care – Origins Cleanser & Toner

As far as makeup goes, I like to try new products and I’m always searching for something better. For a while I was on the hunt for the darkest black eyeshadow. I tried several before I found a winner. I tried Sonia Kashuk in storm, MAC in Carbon and a few others and finally settled on Urban Decay’s P---. Last year I was on the hunt for a perfect drugstore mascara to replace my Makeup Professionals Smokey Lash and have now settled on Maybellene Falsies and Loreal’s Volumnous Mascaras. For skincare, however, I’m more wary because I don’t want to mess up my skin’s equilibrium. I’ve only ever used Neutregna cleansers and products. By the way my skin type is oily combination. Earlier I used this Acne scrub in the orange tube and it was nice but it became a little too strong for my skin for the twice daily cleansing. so I switched to the more liquidy foamy formula of the same line in grapefruit and I ilked it a lot. Here is my empty bottle: It kept my skin mostly clear but in July I ran out and decided to try something different and got the Biore Ice cleanser and for a little over a month, it broke me out like crazy! My sister uses whatever I use and it broke her out too! I finally tossed it and went back to my Neutregena one and then Just last week I ran out again and decided to try the Origins Zero cleanser & Toner set that I saw in a magazine and actually I took a picture of it on my phone to remind me lol But after talking to the sales people, I decided to buy this balancing cleanser & purifying toner line instead. The sales lady told me the cleanser would leave me literately squeaky clean and surprisingly it does! I got both for $45 total Here are some pictures of the cleanser: Pros: • Nice creamy texture • Leaves your face squeaky clean • Its organic • So far its not breaking me out Cons: • The price is around $20 a piece • The toner smells strong • There is alcohol in the toner though its stripped • it left my hands chapped and peeling like what happens if you glue your fingers together or the after affects of a sunburn…look below for the picture of it: ♡ PaNhia