I've changed up my make up routine over the last several months, and I'm trying to play around with a few different brands. I've used Young Living's Savvy Minerals since it came out, and I've loved it. But, since the Fall when I found out they were discontinuing the line, I started grabbing a few of my old go-to brands, and now I'm slowly working back toward cleaner brands and just figuring out what works for me.
I love make up, but I tend to keep my look really simple and easy. I also really want to use as many clean brands as possible, but I also want to give myself some grace because sometimes it is easier to run to the store than it is to wait patiently for an order.
I received Charlotte Tilbury's moisturizer for Christmas and I really love it. It's more than I'd spend on msyelf so I had never given it a try, but I could immediately tell a difference under my eyes within a few days of using it. I alternate between it, and the Sandalwood moisturizer from Young Living.
Last Fall I started hearing a lot about Toups & Co and I'm really impressed with how clean this brand is. I ordered their sample pack of foundation to find my shade. I wear almond. The medium pack came with 4-5 color options that I could try. I went online, and ordered the larger size foundation that I color matched to. Pro- it's definitely a clean brand and super similar to Savvy Minerals. Con- the size is only 1 ounce, so I'm not sure how fast I'll go through a bottle. I do tend to wear foundation daily. Their shipping was super fast though, and they do have a rewards program.
I plan on slowly tossing out what I currently have and trying more products from Toups & Co.
I'm currently using Tarte pressed powder in the Medium shade.
I'm obsessed with Savvy Minerals dark multi-tasker. Honestly, this is a product that I'm going to be really sad when I can't get it anymore. (I need to stock up because this small container does last about a year for me.) I use it to fill in my eye brows.
I went back to my old favorite- Nars orgasm blush.
When this is gone, I will try some Toups & Co blush though, but I do love this color.
I ordered Toups & Co neutral eye shadow to try out, and I do like it! It just comes as a refill and not in a real container. I plan on buying their larger eye shadow compact but wanted to start with a small one to see what I thought before splurging on a bigger size and more colors.
I use Tarte's bronzer. I actually use this on my eyelids, and then cheeks, and anywhere else I need to contour.
Honestly, I regret buying it. As soon as I brought it home, I could smell that it has fragrance in it. It was one of those products I grabbed because I wa sout of my Savvy Minerals bronzer and just needed something quick.
It's not a horrible product, but since I really want clean ingredients- I don't prefer it. If you don't care about that, then it's a really great product- ha!
The Tula eye balm is a product I use when I need a little under eye lift. I don't use this daily. I'll use it when I need to refresh my make up for a night out. I kind of have a love/hate relationship with this too. If I use it daily, then I notice that my skin turns a little red, but it also works and gives the illumination of a lift.
I'm using Nars concealer. I don't hate it- it just doesn't have clean ingredients. I'll be making a switch over to Toups & Co as soon as this bottle runs out!
Okay, this mascara is amazing and it's super cheap. I've used "clean" mascara's for years and just get frustrated with them. I ordered this on a whim, it's not clean, and I don't even care- it works so well! I use it with my heated eye lash curler and love it!
Okay, I hope that was helpful! I actually love all of the products! I just don't love all of the ingredients! I feel like this post was half helpful and half not, but it's something I wanted to share and I want to be honest with you guys, as I slowly switch back over to cleaner brands, I'll share more!
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