Fall Inspired Makeup Look {DrugStore}

Today I am sharing my Fall Inspired Makeup Look, this is my current go to look and I love it for this time of year, with the heat still in full swing here and yet we are technically in autumn I like have the bronze shadows with the berry lip.

The products used for this look are as follows:

Rimmel Clean Finish Foundation

NYX Eyebrow Cake Powder

Maybelline Color Tattoo in Bad To The Bronze

L'Oreal eyeshadow in Satin Tutu

NYX eyeshadow in Sensual

L'Oreal Voluminous Smoldering Eyeliner in black

Maybelline The Falsies Big Eyes Mascara

Maybelline Fit Me Concealer in #15 Fair Clair

Rimmel Stay Matte Powder in 004 Sandstorm

Maybelline Master Hi-Light Bronzer in #50 Light Bronze

Revlon Lip Butter in 050 Berry Smoothie

The brushes used for this look are as follows:

Zoeva 104 Buffer

Real Techniques Base Shadow Brush

MAC 266 Angled Brush

Real Techniques Setting Brush 

Sigma F40 Large Angled Contour Brush

Real Techniques Blush Brush 

Real Techniques Powder Brush 

This is what the makeup looks like up close. You can see the Maybelline Color Tattoo and the L'Oreal Satin Tutu blend really well together creating a gorgeous bronzy-pink thats really soft and neutral, the Berry lipstick adds just the right amount of color pop to keep this a fall look.

If you would like to see my step-by-step tutorial for this its here: 

   

Weight Loss Vlog Week 1

I have decided to start vlogging my weight loss journey as a way of staying more accountable, and hopefully inspiring any of you amazing people out there. So we all know I have been gaining rather than losing this year, but that is all about to change!! I have to be bikini ready by the end of January in order to take the most amazing vacation EVER!!! Don and I are celebrating our 10 year anniversary this November (I can't believe it has been that long already), so we have decided to treat ourselves to a way over-priced but amazing vacation to Bora Bora. We decided to go in January because we wanted to give ourselves 5 months to try to get in shape, so here we go....

SUNDAY

I started my day off with a cup of iced coffee, and a bowl of quaker oats instant oatmeal mixed with Almond Milk.

Later that day I had some SPLASH2O which is a sugar free zero calorie drink.

I had a very late lunch which was a Costco hotdog with onions, ketchup, mustard, and relish, with a very berry smoothie.

For dinner I just had an apple as I had had such a late lunch. 

MONDAY

Once again starting off with my coffee and oatmeal, I then had a grilled pastrami sandwich with a tiny amount of potato salad, and for dinner I had seafood brodetto, and a garden salad with garlic toast. 

I ALSO WENT TO THE GYM AND DID THE ELIPTICAL MACHINE, I DID 7,875 STEPS, AS WELL AS 1,860 AEROBIC STEPS.

I ALSO SWAM A FEW LAPS IN THE POOL.

TUESDAY

Starting of with my oatmeal and coffee, then I needed a snack to go to the gym so I had an apple and a mini bay bell cheese. When I got back I had a veggie snack pack and for dinner we had roasted vegetables, and a Marscapone cake with blackberries, mandarins, and strawberries on top.

I went to the gym and as usual I did the elliptical, I took 3,710 Aerobic steps and 11,622 regular steps.

WEDNESDAY

Again with the coffee and oatmeal, but this time I added a handful of blueberries and 6 raspberries. For lunch I did 1 apple 1 mini bay bell, 5 broccoli trees, and 8 cherry tomatoes. For dinner I had leftover roasted vegetables and a roast chicken.

I once again did the elliptical doing 2,867 aerobic steps and 6,811 normal steps. 

THURSDAY

I was getting bored with the oatmeal so I had my normal coffee and then thought I would have a cream cheese and jam sandwich but it wasn't very good so I had an attain shake instead. For lunch I did 1/2 a pastrami sandwich, and for dinner I had Caprese salad, steamed root vegetable (parsnips, carrots, potatoes, and fennel), Tapanade, Aioli, and French Bagette. 

FRIDAY

I didn't film or take pictures of todays meals as I had to rush out the door very early, but I had a starbucks protein plate, an Iced vanilla latte, and left overs for dinner.

SATURDAY

Today I was down one pound and wanted to have a fun night with Don who wanted OutBack for diner so I started the day with coffee and 2 poached eggs with pesto on leftover baguette and 1 sliced tomato. we then got dinner about 3pm and I had a house salad, chicken wings, and i ordered ribs as well but I didn't eat them.

Here is the picture of my weight:

If you would like to watch my full vlog, you can see it here:

   

August Favorites

Sei Bella Night Firming Cream, Clinique Makeup Remover, MAC Green Gel Cleanser

Michael Kors Very Hollywood Set 

Bobbi Brown Gel Liner Ink Black

     

Bourjois Bronzer (aka Chocolate Bronzer)

Maybelline Hi-lighting Bronzer

Urban Decay Galinda Palette 

Zoeva Buffing Brush, Zoeva Eye set.

Jaqklynn Hill, Revenge, Alex Boye, Lemonade, and Frozen.

FitBug Orb Review

As you guys know I have been trying to get my weight issues under control, so far this year I have gained about 20 pounds, but I am seriously goal oriented now so I recently purchased the FitBug. After about 4 weeks of use I feel I can give you a honest and thorough review, so lets dive in.

Wristband & Pant Clip

FitBug Orb offers 3 different colors to choose from Pink, White, and Black, I chose the white because i thought it would go better with different outfits as well as fit with more formal wear. When you receive your FitBug Orb you get a wrist band, a pant clip, and a wrist string (I lost it in Las Vegas but I show it in the video below). 

The wristband and pocket clip is made of a matte rubber material, in a way I'm not 100% onboard with this, I find it slightly annoying when the wristband moves against the skin on your arm as it pulls the hair where a traditional wristband doesn't, as well as the pant slip is really difficult to clip on to your clothes as the rubber doesn't slide very well. 

The first day I wore the FitBug Orb I used the wristband, at the end of the day it said I had walked 22,000 steps, I was actually quite proud of myself because 10,000 steps is equal to 5 miles, then I thought it might be to good to be true because I thought it might be tracking my arm movements rather than my steps. The next day I used the pocket clip and at the end of the day I had taken 11,000 steps, thats with me doing everything the same as the day before including vacuuming, walking the dogs, cleaning the kitchen etc. So I would recommend you only use the wristband when actually walking, but for m sits really hard to move the orb from one cover to another so I strictly use the pocket clip.

The pocket clip works much better at tracking steps as well as not irritating your skin, but as I mentioned before it is hard to attach to your clothing because of the rubber material. 

The face of the Orb has 1 button on it you press it once it will update the app on your smartphone to tell you your stats so far, you press it 3 times in under 2 seconds to tell it you are sleeping so it can track your sleep pattern, I find this extremely annoying as it would have been just as easy to put 2 buttons on the face of the orb, one saying "sleep" and one saying "update", if you are trying to put it into sleep mode but don't do it fast enough it lights up red and sometimes green for like 5 minutes and I have no idea how to get out of that so I just wait until it goes away.

The stats that it tells you are your total steps taken, arobic steps taken, calories burned, hours slept, how many times you awoke, and for ho long. You can also manually add in your weight or purchase the FitBug scale and it will update it for you. ( I did purchase the scale and will review that next week). 

I also own a heart rate monitor so I wore that as well as my FitBug and at the end of the day compared the calorie count and it was only off by about 10-20 calories which is really good as most calorie counters typically way over estimate the calories burned.

The sleep tracker is interesting, I like knowing how many hours of sleep I get and how often I wake up but after about 2 weeks of everything basically being the same I have stopped wearing it at night. 

As for color options I wish I could buy just a wristband or pocket clip so that I could change the colors to correlate with my outfits or moods, also as it is called a FitBug I thought it would be cool if they had a ladybug, dragonfly, or bee painted one or even if you could buy a pocket clip in the shape of a flower, I would also like a less matte rubber feel to the product so its more comfortable and easier to apply.

At the end of the day I would recommend it, in fact I love mine and wear it all day everyday, I love sitting down at the end of the night and waiting to see what my numbers are, somedays I feel really proud and accomplished, others I feel down that I didn't do as well, but it does motivate me to want to do better. When I first started with the FitBug my goal was 10,000 steps a day (according to Dr. Oz thats minimum everyone should take), now after one month I do about 14,000 a day and working towards 20,000 by the end of the year. 

If you would like to see my full video review it is below. 

Flower Kiss Stick Velvet Color Review

Flower is a new(er) makeup brand by Drew Barrymore that is sold exclusively at Wal-Mart, I recently bought my first Flower lipsticks and completely fell in love.

They not only have an amazing color selection, but these lipsticks are long lasting, creamy and moisturizing, as well as the matte colors are not drying. It has a high end feel with a drugstore price, which I think is something we all love. Also the packaging is so beautiful, I love the white with gold as well as the fact that you can see the color from the sides and the bottom, so no matter how you choose to store it, you can see what color it is without having to remove the top.

Also all Flower products are made in the USA and are never tested on animals.
Here is my full video review, and if you have tried Flower comment below with your favorite product from them.