I hope everyone had a great weekend!  We celebrated birthdays of friends (both for a one year old and 30 year old) and started getting ready for Samuel’s birthday party which is this Sunday, all the while Sam was finishing up his first cold.  Fun!  We also got to catch up on our DVR with the return of some Fall shows.  Heads up, Modern Family and New Girl are as funny as ever and we didn’t laugh once during SNL.  Sorry Chris Pratt, but it was beyond dull.

To remove my makeup every night I use good old Neutrogena makeup remover wipes and then wash up.  The wipes are great, cheap, and a cult classic but sometimes I have to scrub a little too hard than I’d like depending on how much makeup I’m wearing.  When I read about Shiseido’s new makeup remover, The Skincare Instant Eye and Lip Makeup Remover, I was beyond intrigued.  It’s an easy and gentle formula geared to remove even the trickiest of makeups: waterproof and long-wearing eye makeup as well as lipsticks.  The fact that it’s specifically meant for lipstick is amazing because they can sometimes feel near impossible to completely remove.  It also protects skin against dehydrations, and yet doesn’t leave the skin feeling oily.  I’m so excited to try it!

Cheers to a fabulous week!

Xo,
Leah

I hope everyone had a great weekend!  We had a pretty chill weekend, dodging some crappy weather, but the real highlight was that my best friend gave birth to the most beautiful baby boy on Friday!  I was able to meet him on Saturday and I of course fell in love instantly! Even though Sam’s almost one (turned 11 months on Friday which makes the boys exactly 11 months apart!), it was like I forgot how tiny they are when born!  And Sam’s not even a big boy!  All my love to both families and baby Mason!

Moving on to the makeup…

You’d be shocked (or not) to know how many mascaras are currently living in my bathroom.  I’m not even going to count.  It’s like Melrose Place of mascaras.  But of course once I hear of another good one, it’s move-in day!  So last weekend my good friend Julie told me how she’s loving her new L’Oreal Voluminous Butterfly Mascara.  That it’s so good it almost makes her mad that it’s so cheap while she owns other pricey ones.  Obvi I had to check it out for myself!

So the “butterfly brush” is pretty intense!  Its asymmetrical lash line is intended to extend and lift outer corner lashes to give you a winged-out effect, volumizing lashes at the roots and stretching lashes outward.  It also contains Cocoon Fibers that are meant to wrap lashes to create silky and spectacular lashes that flutter.  Feel like Mariah Carey yet?!

I have to say I really did like it!  Especially for drugstore mascara!  I of course used my Dior Diorshow Maximizer Lash Plumping Serum primer underneath (I’m not kidding when I say I ALWAYS use it underneath EVERY mascara!) and I loved the formula of the mascara itself (I went with Blackest Black) and the brush is pretty cool!  A bit funny to use at first but definitely easy once you get the hang of it.  I just had to make sure I wasn’t going to poke myself or anything.  All in all, a great find!  Thanks Jules!!

Cheers to a great week and go Noles!

Xo,

Leah

I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend!  Ours was filled with friends and family, celebrating birthdays and graduations.  It was of course finished by watching RHONJ (umm seriously Rino?? Gross.) and the VMAs.  As we were cringing/watching, Jared asked how old we can be until we stop watching because I think we’re almost there.  For reals.  I was beyond embarrassed for T-Swift and her performance. What’s worse than watching her dance on stage?  Watching her dance in the audience, gag.  And yet, we’re still the morons watching teenagers win a moon man.

So I know I talked about some items I was dying to try last week including the Givenchy Noir Couture Volume Mascara and I had every intention of trying that when I walked into Sephora the other day, but that was until I heard that they had the new Marc Jacobs O!Mega Lash Volumizing Mascara.  I’m actually not a fan of the first mascara that Marc (obvi on a first name basis) put out, Lash Lifter, because I personally don’t like gel mascaras, but I had heard such great things about this new one that I was still curious.  And then my fav Sephora makeup artist dropped the bomb on me that this was her new.favorite.mascara.  Woah.  Seconds later I was on line purchasing…

So I of course pair this with Dior’s Diorshow Maximizer Lash Plumping Serum and I love it!!  It gives me great dramatic lashes, without the clumping.  The secret (besides the fab formula) is the double brush that features an innovative design that stitches two different brushes together; one that separates lashes and one that provides mega-volume and curl.  And I’m seriously digging the sleek design.  I highly recommend checking out O!Mega!

Cheers to a great week!

Xo,

Leah