In my make-up drawer…plus a giveaway

I hate buying make-up.  It's just not my thing.  I like the way make-up looks on me, most of the time, but it never looks quite as good as I think it should.  There's plenty of bloggers out there who live and breathe make-up.  Some, like Joey, are cool about it.  Some people, however, lost me when they started posting about make-up because I really don't care about it.  As long as it makes me look okay, I'll wear it.

You know how some girls are "shoe people"?  Or "purse people"? I'm finding that there's "make-up people" too.  I will never be one of them.

A brush.  For powder.  This is my 2nd brush in 2 years.  I wash it occasionally.

Powder.  The most important part of stuff that covers my face is that it cannot be Cover Girl.  I may already be breakout-prone, but I'm convinced that Cover Girl would make even my dog breakout.

Blush.  Also not Cover Girl.  I remember to put blush on about 3 days a week.  Using the same brush, obviously, that I use for powder.

Eyeshadow.  I like the palettes of different colors, but I usually stick to browns/tans/shimmery stuff.

I use this brush to put it on.

I don't like the little wands.  Brushes really help me achieve maximum eyeshadow coverage.  I don't follow the instructions on the palette.  I just mesh the colors together until it looks good.  My eyeshadow, I guarantee, never looks the same two days in a row.

Eyeliner.  Always in dark brown.  I put it on after the eyeshadow, and it makes a nice little outline this way (kind of like when you were a kid and you'd color in the picture with a lighter crayon and outline it with a darker one).

Highlighter.  This is recent.  I was out of eyeliner.  Buying eyeliner is an absolutely necessary thing, but it's also annoying.  $7 every 2 months is hard.  When I went to buy my usual, I found this one.  2-in-1? It will make me look more awake?  Like I actually spent time on make-up?  Sure thing!  I really do like it.  I smudge some on after I do the eyeliner (whether that's how it's supposed to be used, I know not).

Mascara.  Ah, conundrums: my favorite mascara is Cover Girl.  The one in the red tube.  I've gone through many mascaras over the years because I always did like experimenting with that.  This one is the best for me.  I'd never tell you it's the best for you, because plenty of people (*cough* bloggers) have said a particular mascara is the best and it's definitely not been.

Lips.  I use Carmex multiple times a day, and I swear by it.  I carry lipstain to add a little color if necessary (I usually forget) and I have some lipgloss, but I think my mom gave that to me last Christmas.  It's Clinique, so clearly I didn't buy it.

There you are.  Now, please tell me what I need to do/buy/try.  My ears are open!

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High Five for Friday (with a giveaway!)

1. I'm having trouble with the 52 Weeks of Kindness.  It's really easy to DO something kind.  It's harder to BE kind, think kind thoughts, and not run the slow people in Wal-Mart over with your cart because they are, in fact, so slow.  I think that if I'm gritting my teeth at someone's presumed idiocy, it automatically undos any act of kindness I've committed that day.

This week, I bought a kid a backpack because his was broken and it was sad to watch him drag it around.

2.  Our DVR is in the living room. The other night, we were struggling to stay awake on the couch while watching Justified in real time (not DVR'd).  On a commercial break 20 minutes in, I said, "Why are we not watching this upstairs?"  Scott:  "I could be asleep already! Let's go!".

We're so dumb.  And overworked.  That's what I blame the dumbness on.

3.  This is one of the best things I've ever eaten.  I'm not a sandwich person by any means.  I don't like sandwiches at all, actually.  But this Spinach Pesto Wrap from a local restaurant knocks my socks off.  It's spinach, pesto, roasted red peppers, fresh red peppers, black olives, and feta. I don't even like feta.  This wrap is the exception to every food rule I've ever made.

4.  My favorite scene from Mad Men is in Season 4.  Don and Peggy are fighting in Don's office about who should get credit for the Cleo Award.
Don: You give me ideas, I give you money!
Peggy: You didn't even say thank you!  
Don:  That's what the money is for!

Emmy worthy.

Plus this:

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5.  Last year, my husband got it in his head that some Tiffany jewelry would make me happy.  When I responded well to that, he got me some earrings.  While jewelry alone wasn't going to make the deployment go away, it did help.  And he earned himself quite a few friends in blogland by being such a doting husband.

So, when Mallory and Jen decided to giveaway a Tiffany necklace for their (joint) Valentine's Day birthday, I wanted to be a part of it.

You want to win a Tiffany necklace???  You should enter this giveaway that is being hosted by the following fabulous bloggers...

Ashley at First Came Baby

Lanaya at Reagan's Toy Chest

Brie at Wine Fueled Girls

Jess at Tooth N Nails

Kristin at Kristin's kNook

Amanda at A Beautiful Mess

Sarah at Love Sarah K

Jennifer at Part of That World

Dara at Not in Jersey

Stefani at Simply Stefani 

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