You know what really calms me down?  Making lists.  And not even To-Do lists or Wish Lists… sometimes that’s too mch thinking.  When I’m feeling really overwhelmed, sometimes it helps calm me down to just make a list of my favorite routines.  Weird, I know.  But whatever works, right?

One of my favorite routines is putting on makeup in the morning.  It’s taken me years to find products that I can really trust to look good, and although I still experiment occasionally, the steps have been the same for years.

That list looks like this…

clip up hair

moisturize

foundation

cream powder

blush

eye shadow

eyeliner

mascara

lipstick

I’m feeling more calm already.

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In case you’re interested, here’s a pic of my current favorite products:

1. Moisturizer – Cerave AM

(not pictured) Burt’s Bees chapstick

2. Foundation – Clinique Acne Solutions liquid foundation

3. Cream Powder – Too Faced Flawless Foundation with SPF (in Warm Vanilla)

4. Blush – Too Faced bronzer (in Snow Bunny)

5. Eye shadow – Clinique (I use the Lucky Penny and Dark Plum shades the most often)

6 Eye liner – Maybelline Define a Line eye liner

7 Mascara – Maybelline Great Lash or L’Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes (not pictured, but a frequent pick if it’s on sale)

8 Lipstick – Clinque Almost Lipstick (in Black Honey) or Maybelline Color Sensation lipstick (in Pink in the Afternoon)

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(Somehow I’ve collected quite a few eyeliners… I keep them in a tin that used to hold chocolates.  Cute storage makes everything better!)