Quick Cat Eye To The Rescue!

Hiiiii!

This week at work (day job) has been nuts and it's only Tuesday. Deadlines pushed up, quick presentations thrown together, under the gun cut offs...it's been terribly stressful. So, I've been getting ready extra quick in the mornings so I can get a head start on my day at the office. A cat eye hides the fact that I had 5 minutes to put all my makeup on, plus it lasts all day long (yes after the gym too bc I never take my makeup off to workout, whoops). Here's my quick cat eye breakdown since I'm sure a couple of you are also feeling the pressure around this week and might need a quicker makeup routine too. Here's my go-to look:

Makeup you'll need (all mostly within my makeup capsule too, yay!):

-SPF moisturizer HERE (or get it at Costco for way cheap)

-Under eye concealer (optional, use if you have dark circles) HERE

-BB cream HERE (remember how my skin was all weird and peeling?! Only this works)

-Bronzer HERE

-Blush (use the same brush as your bronzer one for quicker application) HERE (no brush link bc mine's super old)

-Eyebrow brush (angled) HERE and eyebrow shadow HERE

-Pale pink eyeshadow (I used BOOTYCALL in my Naked 2 Palette by Urban Decay) HERE, best investment ever!

-Liquid eyeliner (long wear preferred) HERE

-Mascara (also long wear) HERE (ran out of the one from my capsule, and this one was on super sale, so I got it in Carbon Black for about $3 #score)

Here's my face with all this stuff jammed on it (*apologies for the low quality, I had my flash off since I was at my desk at work, and my hair is still a little damp from washing it this morning. I of course didn't do shit to it ha!). 

Close-up! That eyebrow just wants to lift up for some reason.

Chapstick only, but a lip stain would look great with this look.

Works great with goofy faces too! Tested a few out for ya ;)

Tried to get a side-look shot since my uber hooded eye lids get in the way sometimes. #alsobigforehead

And that's it! Really quick if you've been practicing your cat eyes. Seriously, it used to take me forever to get those right, and now it's like I'm on auto pilot when I apply them. They aren't perfect by any means, but I'm happy enough with them now in the first swipe to wear them for the day. Do it everyday for a week and you'll know what I mean, I promise!

Alright, back to the grind.

xoHM

SLO County Shenanigans

Yesterday and this morning have been spent mostly at the San Luis Obispo County Planning and Building department, and lets just say it's one of the worst places to be. Well, maybe not worst, but definitely on that list of top 10. I think I'd rather be in line at Starbucks at rush hour than spend 3+ hours there again. 

Let me explain: SLO County has the look of an old library, smells like the inside of a fridge with expired leftovers stocking it's shelves, and looks like an entire forest was used to decorate it--wood paneling and furniture galore. The people are usually really nice, from my experience, but when it comes to getting stuff processed, it's nearly impossible. The system they use isn't connected to each department, so someone has to constantly re-enter data just to update it, and it's very frustrating getting a print out of an update on a project with items that should be crossed off but aren't because of that very reason. Sooo, that's basically what I did yesterday--made sure everything was current on a project so the print out looked nice a neat. And it never quite got to that nice and neat look...FAK.

I never want to go back. 

But I'm betting I will be back some time this week. 

AWESOME.


-HM