Almay One Coat Mega Volume Mascara

For about the last month I have been trying out the new Almay One Coat Mega Volume Mascara.

You know the one with the megaphone wand that is supposed to give you crazy volume to your lashes.

So I personally was interested in this mascara because of the wand. Plus I don't ever remember trying a Almay mascara. Well let me give you some information about this mascara. The formula of the mascara is great. I don't think it is to wet or dry. I don't seem to personally have issues with smudging or flaking. My only issue with this mascara is the gimmicky wand. The thing that made me wanna try it was also the biggest issues, for me at least. 

The megaphone design made it hard to use on both eyes, because I use the same hand to apply mascara to both eyes. I use my right hand so my left eye is super easy to apply the mascara to and use the wand design to my advantage. Then I do my right eye and the wand design just gets in the way. I can still apply it but it just is a pain. I really wanna try this formula out with just a standard brush that is one size all around.

Over all I would give this mascara a 3 out of 5. I would defiantly say try it but know the wand is a hassle.

I was provided this mascara from Crowdtap and Almay to try. I am not being paid for this post. All thoughts are my own and not influenced by anything other than my personal experience with the mascara. 

Let's talk about skincare basics.

Skincare, one of the most important things; in my opinion the most important thing; when it comes to makeup. So many times when I talk with people they are upset that their makeup doesn't look the way they want and they don't know why. I hear "I do everything <insert beauty influenser here> did and I don't think my makeup looks as good as theirs." "I'm young I don't need to worry about skincare." "I have good skin, I don't need to use anything."

Skincare is for everyone. The young, old, good skin, bad skin, skin with no concerns, skin with lots of concerns, people who wear "tons" (this is a relative term since tons to everyone is different), and people who wear no make.

Everyone person I would say who has reached puberty in my opinion needs to have a basic skincare regime. When you are younger you need to be washing, toning, and moisturizing, along with SPF everyday, morning and night, with the exception of SPF you don't need it at night. If you suffer from dry skin or dry patches, at in a face scrub every 3 days. No need to do it more or you can cause more "issues" and skin concerns. If you use a device like the Clinique Sonic brush, you don't want to use this on days you use your face scrub. 

Then when you start wearing makeup, or feel like at the end of the day you need a little extra help having your face feeling clean, you can add in a pre-cleansing step. This will help breakdown all your makeup, SPF, pollution, daily oils, moisturizer you put on in the morning. Taking this step will actually help you cleanser work better at cleaning your skin because it doesn't have to work through all the extra stuff on your skin from the day.

To me these are the basics of skincare. There is plenty more that can be add to any skincare regime and we will talk about those later.

Thanks for reading.

BYE!

Update from a Small Town

Well it has been one long time since I have written anything on this blog. 

I had originally started this blog when I had quit a job to become a stay at home wife. The being a stay at home wife lifestyle just was not for me so within 2 weeks I began looking for work again. Luckily for me I was able to find work quickly and this blog kind of went on the back burner because I was focused on doing well at my job.

Then I applied for a job at a new store in my town, HELLO ULTA BEAUTY, and got a job as their Clinique Counter Manager. I was so excited, 2 weeks later I found out that I was finally going to become a Mommy (something that we honestly didn't think was ever going to happen).

Then as a couple we experienced some trials and downs. We attempted a move, that didn't work out, I had left my job at Ulta Beauty and became a stay at home Mommy.

Now that my baby is a bit more independent, and I wanna play around with makeup and start talking about it again. I remembered I had this blog.

Basically I'm hoping that I have an outlet for my want to talk about all things makeup, that I'm still trying out.

So here is to a fresh start and hopefully I successful blog run.