what's in my travel makeup bag? volume 2 (plus what's to come for the rest of May)

first off, i hit 300 subscribers today! w00t w00t! it feels like it took forever this time around. last time i started making videos for YouTube, i think i hit 300 after 4 months... this time i hit it after 5.5 months. i don't like to pimp myself because i find that bragging. i just like it for people to find me. if they like me, they'll sub. i've also been trying to see how i can incorporate a giveaway on my channel without looking like i'm fishing for subscribers... because let's face it... everyone says "you have to be subscribed to my channel" if you want to quality for a giveaway. that always attracts trolls and sore losers, i think, and drive-by subscribers... those who subscribe for the giveaway, never comment, and then unsubscribe when they didn't win.

so i am not sure what to do just yet. i have an idea, but i think it would be hard to accomplish... we'll just have to see. i still haven't hit that certain milestone yet.

so when i'm away on vacation, i'll actually only have to upload 5 new videos. we get to my parents' house on Saturday so i can upload a video when i'm there. they have DSL but their upload speed is way faster than ours! we have AT&T U-Verse with super-fast download but crappy upload. then we don't fly out until Sunday so i can upload a short video before we head to the airport. i have a couple of pre-recorded videos that are very short so i'm going to transfer them to my MacBook which is what i'm taking with me on vacation. if i wasn't uploading anything, i would just take my iPad, but since i want to edit and i'm not familiar with iMovie on the iPad yet, i'm bringing my MacBook. then from M-F, i'll upload short videos like FOTD or OOTD and other life stuff (that you'll see on my other channel: hellodaysies). we'll be back on Saturday sometime in the late afternoon so i'll be uploading a video around that time when we get back to my parents' house. i just don't want to skip any days in 2012. i want to fulfill my goal of uploading every single day in 2012. i know that's silly... but it's what i want to do.

i've gotta get a move on with packing... i have laundry to do, too... i always wait until the last minute to pack because i just don't know what to bring ahead of time. i just want to go on vacation! xoxo Kathleen

quick EOTD show & tell featuring Smashbox Beauty Exposed palette

i'm starting a new type of video to my channel where i only show you what i've done with my eyes. the show & tell will start after i have already put on my eyelid primer. if i use a colored base, like in this video, i will show you that as my first step.

i think these types of videos are much easier to film and edit and will be shorter than other videos. i won't have to be redundant with regards to telling you what i already did on my face. so i'll just jump ahead to the eyes. i hope you like these types of videos. once in a while i'll do a full-face makeup especially when i finally finished this Clinique Even Better makeup and move onto another foundation. so in the meantime, the face routine will be the same until all these items are finished. mucho kudos to those who are sticking to the stringent Project X Pan... in a way i am, too. i don't have 10 products and i'm switching it up sometimes... but the only difference is that i'm still buying makeup! when you're on PXP, you can NOT buy any new makeup until you've finished 10 products. i can NOT do that. there is just no way and who am i kidding? i'm obviously not fooling you when i say that i'm not buying any more makeup for such & such time. it's like i have to say that after feeling guilty for buying these things. oh, well! i'm only human! LOL xoxo Kathleen

makeup basket of the month: May 2012

i think i'll have fun with this makeup basket for May. i picked some good stuff that i've only looked at and never used! spoken like a true makeup collector, right?

when i picked up my hubby today from work, i asked him to look at my makeup, which i sometimes do, and he said he liked it, which he always does. i asked him if my lip was too bold and he said no. i was like, "really? it's not too hot pink or bright for you?" he still said no. so what looks bold and bright to me definitely doesn't look bold and bright to him, and since i value his opinion, it just gave me an extra boost of courage to wear more bold and bright lip colors. it's a good thing since i've been so drawn to them lately and i don't want to waste my money (his money) on makeup that'll never be used.

i've also been getting more comments and compliments on my videos where i wear a bolder lip so that's definitely helping my self-esteem some more, too! i picked up a couple more bold lip products from Revlon that i have already filmed in a haul video today and you'll be seeing that soon. i'm back up to 8 pre-recorded videos because i just can't stop! i just want to film and edit and film and edit. i'm also so behind on tag videos so maybe i'll run through some of those when i'm on vacation because i'll be doing a lot of relaxing and to me, making videos and editing them are relaxing! i know, i'm weird. xoxo Kathleen

just a quick FOTD February 23rd

so i put a little bit more effort into my makeup today... i didn't go overboard, but i look put together. in case you didn't catch it, i didn't even use concealer! LOL well, it's only because i skipped it, but i still need it... just not in so many places anymore. you don't know how happy this makes me.

in the video, i teased a bit of what's going on Saturday... well, not so much, but if you follow me on Twitter (lazydaysies) and you read the tweets on my profile, you'll see why. SO EXCITED! i still don't know what to wear! i can't wait! i'll tell you more tomorrow or Saturday itself. xoxo Kathleen

Mally Beauty Fierce Face in Five Minutes FOTD show & tell

so my video is currently exporting and the time remaining is 28 minutes and my iMac clock says 11:24pm. most likely, i won't be able to date/timestamp my video for the 19th... i'm totally bummed because i didn't want to miss a single day. i didn't miss creating a video, i just missed uploading it the same day. it'll probably appear in your subscriptions around 1-2 in the morning because it's a super long video at around 25 minutes... which means it'll take about 1-2 hours to upload. it's a good thing i'm not exporting it in HD because that would be a nightmare to upload and totally suck up all the bandwidth in the house and piss off my husband. LOL

i did have a lot of fun with my friend today. she and her fiance and i went out for hibachi for lunch and then she and i went to the mall to go shopping. i picked up one thing from the mall (and gorged myself on Auntie Annie's pretzel bites - so yummy) and then we went to Target to pick up a few more things. i'll show you what i got tomorrow and talk a little bit more about what we did today. i gave her a makeup trial in the comfort of her own bathroom using her NAKED palette which was UNTOUCHED! OMG i can't believe she hadn't touched it once since she bought it last summer, i believe. that's just crazy! LOL we filmed the makeup application, but i didn't take the footage back home with me. i don't even know if it's watchable because the video camera was on a tripod and i was putting on her makeup and neither of us was checking the camera. so we could've been completely out of frame. DOH! nah, i think i got it all... except towards the end when we were playing with the eyeliner and trying to figure out if she would look best in pencil or liquid. i had only used eyeshadow as a liner... but we settled on pencil for the final look. she is only like the third person i've ever applied makeup to. all i can say is that using neutral eyeshadows is a safe bet. you really can't mess it up... too much.

anyway, that was pretty much my day. my makeup lasted pretty well... i really didn't check myself in the mirror too much. i was clearly shiny when i got home, but i only had to smear away the smudgy eyeliner once while we were out... but that's typical because whenever i put eyeliner on the lower lash line, it always smudges without fail. i should've set the liner with powder or put some powder below my lower lash line to soak up the oil. oh, well... it just doesn't matter that much to me. anyway, it looks like i still have 15 more minutes to go and then i'll start the upload. i'm getting really tired all of a sudden. i'll be back tomorrow. xoxo Kathleen

FOTD watch me get ready February 13th

it's really much harder than it looks... to talk about whatever is on your mind to a camera while putting on your makeup. i'm sure i'll get better at it, but it was pretty awkward because i'm trying to have a conversation with you. LOL

i really want to get some eyebrow gel... i think that'll be the easiest way for me to do my eyebrows. i have a few pencils, but i just don't know how to use them properly despite watching so many videos on how to fill in your eyebrows. i think brow gel will help keep the brow hair in place and some of the gel will transfer to the skin to give it some color. hmmm... now that i think about it, will brown mascara work? i mostly have black mascara, but i do have a couple tubes of brown mascara in my stash... i might try that! xoxo Kathleen

jewelry haul! (charming CHARLIE, francesca's, Brighton)

i really need to find a better way to store and display my necklaces. right now, i have them hanging from pushpins on a bulletin board, and the board is sitting on the floor. i've already knocked it over a few times... and what a pain it is to hang all the necklaces back up! i really need to find actual hooks with pushpin backs so the chains don't slip off easily.

in other news, i'm trying my hardest not to order tonight's TSV on QVC for Mally's newest collection. i really want her to try her new liquid foundation. it debuted on its own a few months ago, but you can't buy it individually on QVC at this moment. i'm not really interested in the liquid blush because i prefer powder/pressed blushes, but i really like her mascara, eyeliner, and shadow sticks. they are really bulletproof! however, what's holding me back is that i really don't need another foundation as i'm trying to phase that out of my makeup routine. i would really like to wear a tinted moisturizer or a light-weight liquid foundation or just go back to using Bare Minerals. i'm still holding out for them to release a pressed foundation. i'm crossing my fingers and toes! LOL

anyway, i can't wait until that day where i no longer have to wear concealer because that means i have no more spots to cover up! for the first time in a few days, i wore makeup today and i used my Clinique almost powder makeup. after that, i only had to cover up a few spots with my MAC studio sculpt concealer. i'll watch QVC tonight to see the demonstration before i make my final decision, but i'm leaning towards not buying it because i simply do not need it. this "no buy 2012" is so much harder than it looks! LOL xoxo Kathleen

FOTD, Mally Evercolor Poreless Face Defender, and some rambling

i had a nice lunch today with some friends... my friend C and i are going to try to make it a more regular thing, like once a week or every other week on a specific day. we've been friends since 2000 (when we first worked together) and she lives about 45 minutes away, but we both have been slacking in keeping up with each other. my friend A and i keep in touch all the time (though we do have our hermit moments) because we live across the street from each other. we both have keys to each other's houses and we text all the time and even FaceTime as well when we're too lazy to get out of the house.

my friend C is going to be married at the end of this month and i asked to do her makeup. well, i wanted her to look nice (she also has the NAKED palette) even though it's going to be really low key since they're just going to the courthouse. so i'm excited for that! i've only done the makeup for my youngest sister and our friend  (who was her other matron of honor) for my sister's wedding. i'm going to ask C if i could film her so you can see me apply makeup on someone else. i think that would be cool. xoxo Kathleen

Mally Beauty Defend Your Beauty #2

i didn't have enough daylight left when i filmed this video (as it got gloomy in the afternoon) and so i had to turn on a few lights. i think i still looked pretty decent in this lighting.

anyway, here's another "look at what i got!" video, where i show you what i got in the mail... this is the second installment of the Mally Beauty Defend Your Beauty collection. i believe there is one or two more left to go.

i have been enjoying Mally's products for a while now, ever since i saw Emily/EmilyNoel83 and Heidi/Jalapena2007 speak about them on their channels. since Mally is a Filipina and so am i, i thought i would try them out. i have only bought the sets and have been happy with what i have received. i am really enjoying the liners and the shadow sticks and her volumizing mascara is one of my favorites. there will be a video showcasing all the Mally products i have purchased. i hope you like this video. thanks for watching. xoxo Kathleen

QVC/NewBeauty testtube Winter-Spring 2012

so here's the 3rd installment of the auto-delivery order from QVC for the NewBeauty testtube. i'm usually pretty happy with the deluxe samples i get in the testtubes. this one was no exception as i got full sizes of the tarte emphasEYES aqua gel eyeliner (in teal) and the famous volumizing mascara from Mally Beauty (my favorite!). those 2 products together cost way more than the $29.95 quarterly fee (as you get a new testtube every quarter). if i end up trying any of the products, you'll see them in an upcoming video.

i hope you have a good Friday! i'll be back again tomorrow! xoxo Kathleen