CVS & Target haul: lip gloss, blush, shirt, dress, flats

so i'm at my mother-in-law's house now and we're enjoying our time here! we laid out on the hammock for a while and had a delicious dinner, desert, and cappuccinos. now we're settling in for the night... it's only 11:23pm here, but it's only 10:23pm where we live... and we're dead tired!

i uploaded this video early this morning so i could get it out of the way, but based on the signal here at the house, i might have issues uploading videos like i had planned. i might have to do this early in the morning again... or right after midnight. i plan on doing a quick OOTD or FOTD or even try to record in the bathroom putting on an easy look with a little bit of vlogging. we'll see how that goes.

i didn't take a lot of video today because i had a HUGE headache on the plane and it continued after we got picked up and then it just became a dull headache by the time we had dinner... but i took an Aleve and it almost went completely away. i'm sure a good night's sleep will take care of the rest. i hope you're all doing well! i miss y'all already... xoxo Kathleen

collective haul! Sally Beauty Supply, Walgreens, Ulta (Hunger Games polishes)

this is another pre-recorded video from March... i'm going to try to upload the rest of the videos that i recorded in March really soon because they're already over a month old! yikes! this is what happens when i record too many videos at once and then only upload once a day. i just don't want to spam your subscription box!

after this video, i think i've only purchased 2 more nail polishes in the last month... can you believe that? i believe i already showed them, but i might not have... i can't remember what videos have already been recorded and not uploaded... so you'll eventually see them... and the only new nail polishes i'll purchase will be the ones from Hello Kitty at Sephora and possibly any high end dupes from Revlon. Revlon is so good at releasing dupes! i think i have 4 of them already but not all of them...

but yeah, this was my last biggest nail polish haul... no more hauling like this! the last makeup item i purchased was on the 16th and it was one of the L'Oreal Infallible cream eyeshadows (the black sparkly one). i'm dying to get my hands on the eleventhgorgeous Palladio lipgloss but the last time i checked my local Sally Beauty Supply, they didn't have it. i haven't checked ULTA either... but at least i'm being upfront on what i'm looking to buy... and not just buying in bulk. LOL (that's how i'm justifying my future purchases.) let's see how long that goes... xoxo Kathleen

FOTD featuring bareMinerals/Bare Escentuals (and a small CVS haul)

so this is what i have planned for March... to use all my bareMinerals / Bare Escentuals makeup. i will not be mixing in any other brands. i think i can do it all 31 days. of course, i probably won't wear makeup all 31 days because i might not be in the mood, but i'll try my best. at least i'm feeling well enough to put makeup on myself again. i've had no energy the past few days because of being sick. i actually had to get out of the house this morning to put money in the bank to cover and overdraft because i paid a credit card using the wrong bank account (thus overdrawing it) and then it started incurring insufficient fund fees ($5/day). i received something in the mail from my bank but never opened it and it didn't dawn on me when i tried to pay for Starbucks with my debit card and it was denied. i thought the magnetic strip was dead. at least it's fixed now. i just feel so dumb for letting that happen.

anyway, i hope you'll enjoy this month's videos. even though i'll be using only Bare Escentuals makeup, you can most likely adopt these looks with what you have in your stash. i'll try to come up with dupes as well to help you along. if you know of anyone who likes Bare Escentuals makeup, please send them my way. i hope they'll like what they see. 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

collective haul MAC, Target, Sally Beauty Supply, CVS

so i did a little damage yesterday and today but i still didn't go crazy with the makeup. only 2 cream eye shadows and 1 lipstick. :)

i wish we (as non-partners) can choose our own thumbnails... i can't stand the random ones they come up with.

i tried the bun maker and my hair is too layered for it to work! i might have to make my own bun maker because the one i bought at Sally Beauty is a bit too thick. i won't return it because i'm sure i can make it work when my layers grow out. but i wanted to make it work today. oh, well...

also i tried that nail polish remover pad HandsDown Ultra that i found out from Jen/OrganizedLikeJen and wow, it works! i was able to remove all my nail polish with just one pad. it also feels like felt, which is what you need to remove glitter nail polish, too. you can use the foil method, but i think felt is a lot less messier and you don't have to mess with foil and pure acetone. i have a bottle of pure acetone but oh boy, does it stink and not safe to use with my jaggedy cuticles. ouch.

i mentioned yesterday that i was going to talk more about what happened on Sunday but i think i'm going to just make a video of it showing you how i applied the makeup on my friend. it really came out so nice. i wish i took pictures! but the lighting was rather horrible and so it really wouldn't come out true to color. so i'm just going to try to recreate it on myself. she has less lid space than i and hardly a crease so i was actually happy that i was able to make a look on someone who almost has a monolid.

well, i think i'm going to start making dinner... it's just 4:00 but i'm starving and the spaghetti sauce probably won't be ready for another hour to two. see you tomorrow! xoxo Kathleen

FOTD show & tell February 4th

when i originally filmed this video, it was almost 20 minutes long. i cut out a lot of stuff (like whatever else i did on half of my face) and sped it up and then it was less than 5 minutes. holy moly! i only learned how to speed up a video in iMovie when i started my channel over. i never knew how to do this before! there are a lot of new effects i have yet to implement in my videos...

thank you so much for all your support for yesterday's video... it was hard for me to do, but i'm glad i did it because i know i'm not alone. maybe in a future video, i'll show you the more hideous pictures. maybe...

btw, i can't believe i haven't skipped a day since January 1st! i still have so much to share with you... thank you for watching my videos and commenting! i appreciate your feedback so much. if you know of anyone else who might like my video style and topics, please feel free to share my YouTube channel. xoxo Kathleen

Aveeno, baby wipes, WnW nail polish haul (and lots of rambling)

so it was yet another rainy, gloomy day here... and i didn't feel like making a show & tell video or any other video like that so i just had a tiny haul to share with you.

i used the baby wipes to spot clean my brushes and i must say that they work! it worked well with my eye brushes since they don't have a lot of bristles, but when i tried to clean my face brushes, especially my foundation brush, it was still discolored from the foundation. i'm not too bothered by it (since i didn't really spot clean my brushes before today), but i'm impressed with how clean my eye brushes got with just one baby wipe. i think, for the most part, the eye brushes need to be as clean as possible since they are used very close to the eye and you don't want to get an infection due to pure negligence. so with this realization (better late than never), i will continue spot cleaning my brushes with these baby wipes. sheesh. that was a rather long-winded explanation just about baby wipes. LOL xoxo Kathleen