Beauty Lust List

Yeah, yeah. I know. Should be writing ending to that damn novel. I will. Just let me babble some inane thoughts first. Clean out the brain pipes, so to speak.

Clear throat* Anyways....



I love make up. I didn't used to, but I think that was because I didn't know what the hell I was doing. Okay, let me modify that, I knew somethings, like eyeliner b/c my mom used to put surma (kohl) on me as a kid. She put that around my eyes and even on the back of my ears ("To protect you from the evil eye!").

But thanks to YouTube and the thousands of beauty vloggers out there, I now know what a transition shade is, what the correct order is to put on (face primer, color corrector, foundation, concealer, under eye powder, blush highlight,  bronzer, setting powder and setting spray) is, and that a good brow game can change your entire life.

You already know I judge. I fully admit that is one of my worst flaws; I'm working on lessening its frequency. But anyways, as a teenager, I used to judge girls who wore make-up as being desperate for attention. I thought it was a shame they couldn't be bare faced and accept their beauty. Now, I'm sure I'm correct about this surmise for a few people, but it's not like you can apply it to everyone.

Make-up is a frickin art form, and I guess once I realized it to be art, it changed the game for me. That's how the hobby turned to an addiction. And in the past five years, after so much practice and videos, I've turned into a hardcore make up know-it-all.

It's bad, y'all. Like, really bad.  I can't walk past a Sephora without trembling a little. I freaking crave products now.

I haven't been able to by much lately. We on a budget cuz I'm tired of living paycheck to paycheck.

Here are my top 10 wants.

1. Makeup Geek Kathleen Highlighter Palette or the AB palette. Either one works for me. My cheekbones don't care.

2. Kat Von Dee foundation. I already have it but I want -no, need-another one.

3. Morphe brushes, the entire Elite line. Because your tools matter. That made all the difference in how things blended. Oh, yeah, that's like the best advice I learned when it comes to make up. Blend. Blend. Blend! Blend until it feels like your arms are about to fall off.

4. Smashbox "Bawse". This red shade is life. It's flattering on EVERY skin color. Do you  know how hard that is to do? And it's liquid lipstick!  I hate the way liquid lipsticks feel but I would suck it up just to have this on my face.

5. RCMA No Color Powder. Across the board, I've heard nothing but love for this thing.

6. Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette. Soon, my love, we shall be together. It's an unrequited love sort of thing. You don't know it, but I've already decided you shall be my favorite palette.

7. Elizabeth and James Dry Shampoo. Man, I hear you're pricey but sooo worth it.

8. Ouidad Ultra Nourishing Cleansing Oil.  I have very curly hair. And curly hair is a thirsty sumbitch. But you can't drench it or it'll look matted up. That means you gotta get some of the high end shit, but some high end shit ain't even worth it. But this is not one of them.

9. Rosarco Milk Spray. Again, b/c the hair is thirsty. It's the only thing in my body that isn't lactose intolerant. Ha! But yeah, this one is pricey too.

10. Charlotte Tilburry Goddess Skin Clay Mask. I hear she puts this on every client before she puts make up on them and they look like they came from heaven. Me, want. Ooga booga.

There's more, of course. This is just the topcoat to a layered desire.

If you end up buying these, let me know what you thought.