On Sale NOW at Sephora - My Recommendations

No one loves a good sale more than me. Especially when it comes to makeup. Because makeup is my crack. I love that Sephora has been doing their "weekly wow" and featuring products once a week at a discounted price. I'd highly recommend checking them out and also follow Trendmood and Trendmood deals on Instagram so you can stay up to date on all new makeup releases, steals and deals.

So if you don't know, now ya know. Below are the products that are currently on sale that I would grab while ya can!!

Beca Liquid Crystal Glow Gloss

https://www.sephora.com/product/liquid-crystal-lip-topper-glow-gloss-P420606?skuId=1936624&icid2=products%20grid:p420606

These aren't everyone's cup of tea, but I think they are stunning. They are on trend with the whole holographic thing, but they are subtle and give your lips a really pretty crystal, juicy, duo-chrome look.

UD X Kristen Leanne Kaleidoscope Palette 

https://www.sephora.com/product/kristen-leanne-kaleidoscope-dream-eyeshadow-palette-P428609?skuId=2039402&icid2=products%20grid:p428609

I was surprised to see this one on sale because it came out pretty recently. Quite honestly, I had no intention of picking this one up because the bright colors looked a little intimidating. Then I saw all my favorite Youtubers creating such gorgeous looks with this palette (I'll insert some links below) and giving it such great reviews, that at $20, I decided to grab it. If you are looking for a more neutral palette, her Daydream palette is on sale for $13. I passed over it only because I have so much like it in my collection, but if you are in the market for an everyday shadow palette, I've heard great things. These are limited edition so I'd say get them asap if you likey.

 Awesome Tutorials Using This Palette for Inspo

Atleeeey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djTowyMPSwk

Raw Beauty Kristi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4eCr2MISLc


Becca Light Chaser Highlighter 

https://www.sephora.com/product/light-chaser-highlighter-P420604?skuId=1936574&icid2=products%20grid:p420604

Becca makes some of my all time favorite highlights. The light chaser highlights are a little different than their regular ones, but still gorgeous. For $17 I'd say try yourself some champagne flashes Bellini.

Bite Beauty High Pigment Lip Pencil 

https://www.sephora.com/product/high-pigment-matte-pencil-P283905?skuId=1488253&icid2=products%20grid:p283905

I'm obsessed with Bite Beauty lip products. Their lipstick in honeycomb is in my top five lipsticks ever in life. The lip pencils are so creamy, they last long and glide on like a dream. At $10 so you should probably just get all of them.

Natasha Denona 

https://www.sephora.com/product/lip-color-matte-P417344?skuId=1909829&icid2=products%20grid:p417344

While on the lipstick train, this weeks Weekly Wow has some Natasha Denona lipsticks. So I'm going to be honest, I've never tried her lipsticks. But I love her makeup. It's super expensive, but they eyeshadows are incredible. She also has some beautiful blushes, highlights, foundations so I'd imagine her lip products are good too. There are some matte options as well as some shiny options. Anytime you can get Natasha Denona on sale, I'd say go for it.

Kat Von D - Lock It Brightening Powder 

https://www.sephora.com/product/lock-it-brightening-powder-P415231?skuId=1885268&icid2=products%20grid:p415231


I love this powder!! It really does set and brighten my undereyes. I'm actually so upset because they are sold out of my shade. But if you have medium to deep skin tones, I'd highly, highly recommend this powder.

FAB Trilogy 



https://www.sephora.com/product/fab-trilogy-P423674?skuId=1971456&icid2=products%20grid:p423674

First  Aid Beauty has been a lifesaver for my dry skin. I love their moisturizers and primers so much. I think this kit is a great way to check out some of their products if you are in the market for some great skincare.

Kat Von D Shade + Light Contour Brush

https://www.sephora.com/product/shade-light-contour-brush-P392128?skuId=1654128&icid2=products%20grid:p392128

This is such a great brush.  I love that it's double sided because it's great for travel and can be used for bronzing, contour, blush and powder.
 
 While I'm here, I figured I'd share a few non-sephora deals while I'm at it. Hautelook often has some great make up deals. Currently they Kevyn Aucoin. I think the Neo-Trio Palette is an amazing steal.

https://www.hautelook.com/events/216610/products/2409030/kevyn-aucoin-neo-trio-palette?color=NO%20COLOR

TJ Maxx is also a fun place to find amazing makeup deals. They also have Kevyn Aucoin, Burberry, Milk Makeup, Nars and more!

https://tjmaxx.tjx.com/store/jump/product/women-beauty-makeup/Duo-Cream-Eyeshadow/1000335854?colorId=NS4373423&pos=1:11&N=4099689032

What are you picking up? Or are you saving for Ulta 21 days of beauty? I'll be sure to post some recommendations for that one as well! 

Just Like The Bachelor Arie...I've Had A Change of Heart

So when I was in elementary school, Dylan McKay had a choice to make. He had to choose between Brenda Walsh and Kelly Taylor. Brenda was the strong, somewhat bitchy brunette from Minnesota. Kelly was the blonde bombshell from Beverly Hills who everyone wanted to be. She ended up joining a cult. Getting engaged multiple times. Getting shot and having amnesia. Almost dying in a fire.

Yes, I'm talking about fictional characters on Beverly Hills 90210. And yes, Dylan chose Kelly, the blonde bombshell with the baby voice. This girl in my class named Megan proudly announced that Dylan obviously chose Kelly because she was blonde. Megan was also blonde. I remember standing up and shouting "NO, Dylan chose Kelly because he had been with Brenda forever and they needed a new storyline!" I was in like fourth grade and clearly wise beyond my years and already well versed in screenwriting, even if I didn't know it.

Yet a part of me has always wondered, did Dylan choose Kelly because she was blonde? It's not really a blonde/brunette thing. I guess I just wonder, why was Becca safe? Because she put her entire heart out there? Because she had more personality? Because she was brunette? It pisses me off that he called her safe, but this is a little bit personal. #TEAMBRENDA clearly.

Brunettes sometimes lose the battle. But we often win the war.

On another note, I'm such a hypocrite. Lately, I've been preaching about people who make Youtube videos and tweet about public figures they don't know. I'm all, who has time for that, it's so sad, if I was tweeting rude things to random celebrities I'd hope someone would intervene and tell me to re-evaluate my life. Yet, here I am. Blogging and tweeting about The Bachelor. So I acknowledge this and I'm going to try to be nicer in this one. No one deserves to be bullied online, not even sociopaths. Sorry that just came out.

I guess it's just that we've all been Becca at some point. We've all had our hearts broken, been blindsided and had to mourn the loss of an important person in our lives and the future we dreamed of with them in our minds. It sucks under the best of circumstances and I can't imagine having it be on camera. But some good points were made. Having Ari be so cold and so final, being able to watch your heart be broken and having a really tangible reason as to why (Lauren), makes getting over it so much easier. It's so much harder when they are nice and can't give you an explanation because you still have hope, you still think of them fondly, you still wonder what could have been. It didn't take long for Becca to realize that Arie gave her the greatest gift of all. He made her the Bachelorette. He made people feel the need to venmo her money so she could buy wine. Instead of mourning a grey haired man who has panic attacks in wool sweaters, Becca gets to wear sequined designer dresses while 25 hot men fight over her. So if that meant Becca would have to look at some pictures and journal entries while being filmed and crying then so be it. And I don't blame her one bit. I don't know if she handled herself so well because she knew she'd be the Bachelorette, because she's a publicist or because she's simply the nicest and classiest person ever, but I gotta give it to her. I've handled myself less well after like one date.

I don't know Arie Lyundek Jr. He could be the nicest guy on the planet and rescue puppies from mills and feed orphans in his spare time. I don't agree with how he handled things, but I've never been The Bachelorette. Though if we are being honest, I've imagined what I would say to my runner up. And since I'm 36 and way too old for this show (cause THAT is the reason I'll never be the Bachelorette) I'm going to share my speech with you. Ready?

"In another time and another place, I truly believe we could have something amazing. But in this time, in this place and on this journey...my heart has led me in another direction."

That's all I got, but I made sure to include the word "journey." I don't know what I'd do. Maybe I'd get swept up in the moment and accept a proposal. I'd definitely sleep with at least two of the guys in the fantasy suites because you gotta try before you buy. I guess it just seemed like Arie really should not have proposed. But he did. And then it seemed like he really should have talked to Becca in private. But maybe their breakup did need to be seen by everyone, including Becca, for all of us to move on. He definitely should have left when she asked him to leave. He could have shown a little more empathy and been more careful about his choice of words (saying he was 1000 percent over her and he chose her because she was safe seemed pretty insensitive). Proposing to Lauren so soon after all this also seems crazy. Perhaps they should have some coffee with coconut milk first and take some time to let all of this blow over. But at the end of the day, who am I to judge? Lauren and Arie seem happy together and that's swell. Becca is the true winner of this situation and she's ready to do the damn thing. And in the wise words of Jason Mesnick, there are more important things going on in the world and even sociopaths deserve happiness. Oops I did it again! I'm kidding. I honestly wish Arie and Lauren happiness. I hope they prove us all wrong and become the next Jason and Molly.

I loved seeing all the girls be genuinely happy for Becca. Usually they plaster on fake smiles thinking they should have been The Bachelorette, but you could tell they really thought she deserved it. I believe that Tia will follow in Raven's footsteps and find love in Paradise. Young Bekka has found love...with huge statement earrings. Caroline has had more airtime then anyone could ever have imagined. Kendall will find a quirky man or bond with a raccoon in Paradise. And then when it dies she will stuff it. And Sienne will marry an intellectual and handsome gentleman who I'd like to name Hans.

Chris Harrison FINALLY got to say with absolute conviction that this was the most dramatic finale ever. And I believe it was. And as I predicted. Becca actually got a pony. OK, it was a horse. You people are so picky. This blog was a little all over the place just like Arie's heart. And that's OK because the heart is a tricky little bugger. I guess all we can do is follow our own the best we can and try not to shatter the hearts of others whenever we can help it. So I'm going to go back to blogging about makeup and trying only to judge others for judging others. For now anyway. Becca's season starts in May...


Editors Note: I'm the editor, but I've always wanted to do that. I love my blonde friends. If I could be blonde, I totally would be for a month or two, but I was informed I look like a Disney princess gone bad. This has just always been a fascinating subject for me. I once even did a science fair project. Blondes.Vs.Brunettes and we placed an actual personal ad in the newspaper because that's how we did things back in the dark ages. But we also had to record a voicemail. So the ads were basically the same except for the hair color and we did different age brackets. But to be totally honest, I can't even remember what hair color won. All I can remember is that my grandma recorded a couple of the voicemails (we needed some different voices). My Mom Mom always prided herself on her sexy hoarse smoker voice. But a couple of the men called the newspaper and complained that she sounded too old. So we had to take them down and my grandma was really insulted. Don't get me wrong, I love being a brunette. I'm in good company (Angelina, Adriana Lima, Megan Fox, Kelly Kapowski), but I can't deny the blonde thing. At the end of the day, Arie really just needed a delusional passive pushover whatever her hair color might be. OMG I'm done now. For real. Just because their proposal made me nauseous doesn't mean I don't wish happiness to all.

I do NOT love that - Arie is the Worst Bachelor Ever

I started this blog to write about make up, which is different for me. I'm used to writing about relationships. I even did some Bachelor recaps for The Blow Off. Make-up is certainly a safer form of expression. It makes people feel beautiful and I'm not exposing my soul. If anything, I'm covering up all my flaws with some foundation and concealer. But I can't keep these emotions inside.

I've watched every season of the Bachelor/The Bachelorette. Every.Single.Season. I watched Brad Womack choose no one, I watched Trista fall in love with Ryan, I watched Jerry O'Connell's brother Charlie make the most rational decision of any person ever on this franchise. He asked if he could date both women in real life before making such a big decision. I watched this show before it was about Instagram followers and gummy vitamins and it seemed like people really wanted to fall in love.

Arie is a needle dick!

Please excuse me, I can't control myself. I'm so mad, I was literally screaming at my television and scaring my dog. Every season, I honestly want the couple to last. I want to believe their beautiful proposals are real. I take comfort seeing the beautiful girls with perfectly curled hair, crying in the limo after being dumped because if they can get dumped, anyone can. For all the heartbreaks and returned Neil Lane diamonds, there are the Ashley's and JP's, Sean and Catherine's. Heck, even Jason and Molly. We want to believe that love can still be a fairy tale. Arie Lyenduk Jr. is here to tell ya...sometimes the prince is really a frog. A frog in Mr. Roger's sweaters.

I believe that you can be in love with two different people especially in that situation. You meet amazing people who offer different things, bring out different things in you and challenge you in different ways.  It's OK to feel that way. Ess not OK to do what Arie did. (a little Juan Pablo reference for ya. Somewhere Juan Pablo is a happy camper knowing he is no longer the worst Bachelor in history. It's how I imagine George W. Bush feels in the wake of Trump. Like see, I wasn't so bad now was I? Sorry, I went off on a tangent).

I am pretty sure that 99.9 percent of the leads pretend to be conflicted up until the final day, but they really have known for a while who they want to be with. At least, one would hope that would be the case because proposing marriage to someone when you are completely torn between two people mere minutes ago seems silly no? Jason Mesnick was clearly an exception to this rule. I also didn't understand how Desiree could be so devastated about Brooks and then accept Chris's proposal. Or how Rachel could have that emotional conversation with Peter and then end up with Bryan. Still, those couples have all proved me wrong and are still together so...I don't fucking know. I just feel like when in doubt...don't propose. Be Charlie O'Connell!

I had a psychologist once tell me that "should" is not a word that should be in one's vocabulary. When you make a decision based on what you think others want you to do or what is normal for our society, you probably won't be happy. I feel like Arie felt like he should choose Becca. His family wanted him to choose Becca. America wanted him to choose to Becca. Like he said, logically she was the best choice. She's smart, she actually speaks, she's different from the blonde barbie's he usually dates (ie: Lauren). How could America think he was the worst bachelor when he picked such a great girl?

Should is Arie's worst enemy. He should see my psychologist. Arie, if you're reading this...I'll hook you up,. She's fantastic.

I'm all for following your heart. If Arie felt pressure to propose, to make his family happy, to make America happy...I can sort of understand. I still don't think he should have proposed. I don't think he should have robbed Becca of that precious and once in a lifetime moment that she can never get back. But he didn't stop there. He decided that the best way to dump her for another girl would be to blindside her. On camera. For all of America to watch.

ARIE IS A NEEDLE DICK!!!

Was he paid to do this? Held up at gun point? Did Jason Mesnick not get an opportunity to warn him and stop the madness? Why on earth would he break her heart into a million pieces on camera? Becca handled it like a champ. I would have thrown things. Hell, I was throwing things and i don't even know these people. And then she asks him to leave and he just sits there staring at her like a sociopath. LEAVE! I screamed. My dog started barking. Even Scott Foley from Felicity is tweeting for him to let the poor girl cry in peace. He kept waiting for her to tell him it was OK. That he wouldn't be the most hated man in America. Where was Chris Harrison to break this up? Why wasn't anyone like this is really, really wrong? Are ratings really worth doing this to some sweet girl?

Getting your heart broken sucks. I can't imagine getting my heart broken in front of the world. My mom was like she signed up for this and I'm like no, no she did not. Before a one on one date or a rose ceremony, the girls know there is a chance they could be going home. This was just cruel. Do you think Sean Lowe would do this? Do you think Ben Higgins would do this? Even Jason Mesnick wishes that he had handled things differently and how he handled things was better than this.


WANTED: For being a needle dick

Now you may be asking yourself why I care so much. This is a good question. Speaking of my therapist, it may be time for a tune up. But this strikes a personal cord with me because I've been strung along. I was a guy who was too much of a needle dick to let me go. He knew I wasn't the one, he knew he wasn't sure about me, but it was easier to just be with me then to be an asshole. However in trying to be the "good guy," he was actually the biggest asshole of them all.

The thing is, Becca is going to be the Bachelorette. She's going to end up with someone who is a gazillion times better than Arie because the Bachelorette always does. She will find the Jordan to her Jojo, The JP to her Ashley, the Ryan to her Trista. Six months from now, Arie and Lauren will be broken up and he will be sliding into the DM's of the girls from Peter's season (because Peter WILL be the next Bachelor). He will be trolling Paradise like the old creepy Uncle, while Becca is married to someone who looks like Channing Tatum and loves her like Channing Tatum loved Rachel McAdams in The Vow.

So the moral of this tale? Well, it's not over. There is more tomorrow when Becca gets to sit with Lauren and Arie live on stage. I hope they give her a million dollars and a pony for enduring all of this. So I'll probably write more, but for now I will leave you with this. Take the word "should" out of your vocabulary. Follow your heart, but try not to hurt people in the process. And if you're forced to hurt people in the process, don't bring a camera crew with you to record the damage. Don't propose to someone if you're not sure about her. Don't string someone along if you're not sure. Don't be selfish. Don't be a needle dick. No one loves that.

PS: I thought I should say something about makeup. So go buy the Latte palette from Dominique cosmetics and the Pillow Talk highlight from Ofra.