November Photo Challenge Day 30: Favorite Book

November Photo Challenge Day 30: Favorite Book

I love this book, as you can see. If you were to open it, you'd see all my old school notes too. 

As Always, 

November Photo Challenge Days Something: 2'O clock, and Day 29 Map

November Photo Challenge Days Something: 2 O'clock, and Day 29 Map

2  o'clock

Day 29 Map

Not really, but oh well, you'll all live. 

As always,

November Photo Challenge Day 28: Pet

November Photo Challenge Day 28: Pet

There's the little diva herself. Yes, my dog is a diva. She's also needy and neurotic. But more than once she's been my partner in crime. 

November Photo Challenge: Day 27 Thankful: Ipsy Bag Makeup Review

November Photo Challenge

Thankful

Make up… so thankful for money for my Ipsy bag.

I don’t really have a favorite this month. I haven’t really used them this month as much as I normally would. So I’ll just do swatch samples and things.

Bag

Tresique Mini Matte Lip Crayon

 Color Florence Fig

This one is pretty nice, doesn’t last any longer than any other lipstick. It’s not particularly matte for me, and it’s another natural lip color, which I hope the next one isn’t the same color as my lip, I now have three of them.

This one isn’t sold separately. It comes in the color trios. Those run $32.00 for three which means the lip mini is $10.67 for one alone, if you could buy it that way.

Dermelect nail polish

Color : Commando Terra cotta

These colors are Peptide infused strength, formaldehyde and toluene free. I haven’t worn it yet to attest to color lasting. It goes on smoothly.  One coat covers pretty well, and it dries pretty quickly too.

It’s $14.00 for a .4 fl oz bottle, which is what I got. I like this color for the most part. It’s a nice skin color.

  

Beaute Basics and Smashbox Mascara

Beaute Basics Gel Eyeliner and brush

This is a nice navy color and it’s pretty creamy when it goes on. I haven’t worn much blue eyeshadow lately so I can’t say how long it stays on. It’s really pigmented so you only have to do one or two swipes.

It costs 9.99 for the size I got and the brush which isn’t bad at all.

Smashbox Mascara

It’s all right. I mean it’s a mascara, nothing special. This is a travel size, and it runs about $9.00.

It had a standard brush that was huge. It had pretty good application.

Tucker Ashley Perfecting Skin Moisturizer.

I think this is my favorite thing. I’ve used it a few times, and it does pretty well. It doesn’t leave my skin dry or tight feeling like some do. It dries nicely on the skin and is smooth under makeup.

Of course it’s the most expensive, to buy it from the sight, it’s 19.95. 

Any questions e-mail me at insearchofwonderment@gmail.com

November Photo Challenge Days 25 Baking and 26 My Plate

November Photo Challenge Days 25 Baking and 26 My Plate

Day 25: Baking

I was getting ready to make some pecan pie crust. 

Day 26 My Plate

This was plate number one minus dessert. Stuffing, turkey, ham, candid yams, green bean casserole, corn stuff... other stuff. 

As always, 

November Photo Challenge Day 23: Rocks

November Photo Challenge Day 23: Rocks

You can tell I'm getting desperate. lol. I kind of liked the line this created and the lights and shadows. 

As always, 

November Photo Challenge Day 22: Rusty

November Photo Challenge Day 22: Rusty

I love this elephant. It's old and rusty outside of our city zoo. 

November Photo Challenge Day 20 and 21: Cozy and Freedom

November Photo Challenge Day 20 and 21: Cozy and Freedom

Apparently, I don't know how to count, so when I was doing this I had bumped everything down one. 

That's my poodle dog. She's asking for belly rubs, but she's all comfy. 

Day 21: Freedom

These planes are kept up at all times to defend the freedom we've fought so hard to keep.

As always

As always, 

November Photo Challenge Photo Dump Days 12-19

November Photo Challenge Photo Dump Days 13-20

Sorry for another photo dump. My life has been so hectic this month. I take it back. My life is always hectic. 

Day 12 Football

Roll Tide Roll!

Day 13 Prickly

Day 14 Local

Wild sunflowers that grow in the washes. 

Day 15 Orange

I liked them both. That was a random orange tree I found and the top one is a bridesmaids gift from the Philippines.

Day 16 Handwriting

The pyro in me decided to come out one night. But I needed a reason to burn something. 

Day 17 Motion

I love to take pictures of water with a fast shutter speed. I should have fiddled with it more.

Day 18 Angle

The ducks were chasing me. MY FOOD!

Day 19 Leaves

I was attempting Bokah. I didn't get it, but it still looks pretty. 

All right, hopefully I'll be able to keep up with it for the next 10 days. I should I have most of the pictures taken. 

Then we can gear up for 25 days of beauty. 

As always,

November Photo Challenge: Day 11 Blue

November Photo Challenge: Day 11 Blue

I'm obviously not doing this in any order any more. 

I made this glass for a bachelorette party as a party favor. I put matching nail polish lotion and hand sanitizer in there. 

This is a left over one 

As always, 

November Photo Challenge: Day 8 Apples, Day 9 Mug, Day 10 Weather

November Photo Challenge: Day 8 Apples, Day 9 Mug, Day 10 Weather

So yet another photo dump. :/

I'm a horrible blogger. But here they are anyway

Day 8 Apples

Day 9 Mug

My mug from Disney World. Little Mermaid is my spirit animal. 

Day 10 Weather

Cloudy day at home. 

As always,

November Photo Challenge: Days 5 Phone case, 6 Keepsake, and 7 Outfit of the Day

November Photo Challenge: Days 5, 6, and 7

This week has been crazy, and I wasn't as a head as I wanted to be, so here's a little bit of a photo dump. 

Day 5: Phone case 

I love this phone case. It's so me. Kind of decayed, but girly and theirs a bird. I love birds. It was my first big girl phone case too. When I got my I-phone last year, I literally took a week and hunted the exact right phone case for me. 

I got it from CreateIt Your Way on Etsy.

Day 6: Keepsake

So, on Halloween night, I went to see Phantom of the Opera with some family and friends. At the end, they were selling a whole bunch of promotional things and among them were signed notes from the Phantom of the Opera along with his head shot. 

Since they were the notes that were used in the play, there were a limited number of the notes, and my roommate and I got two.

So that's my playbill, note and his head shot. The two little owls are from Israel. I may start an owl collection one day. 

Day 7: Outfit of the Day

Well if that don't just look like a mug shot. Here's my outfit today and sorry no make up close ups. Again, you see the obsession with owls coming out. Actually, it's with most all birds except crows. That and it's one of two long sleeved shirts I own.

 I don't really know where any of this stuff came from any more. The pants were given to me, I think the shirt is from target and the boots... I don't remember. I bought them years ago. 

Hopefully I don't have to do another dump update, but this one is to catch me up. 

As Always, 

November Photo Challenge Day 4: Juicy

Day 4: Juicy

STEAK!!!! For those who are carnivores at heart.

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As always, 

Starbucks Secret Menu: Spice Cake

Starbucks Secret Menu: Spice Cake

For some reason, I can't deviate from the seasonal ones right now. Just as well. The secret menu updates regularly. Today was my first real day off, not even because I had to go in for additional training. 

I did some wandering around Tucson today and ended up at Starbucks. I decided to get the spice cake frappuccino. 

Order: 

A vanilla bean frappuccino

Add caramel lining

Add chocolate chips

1 Pump of cinnamon dolce syrup

add vanilla whiped cream topped with Caramel crunchies. (I didn't have them.)

This one was really good. I don't know how to describe the taste, but it's really delicious. Especially once it all mixes together. It doesn't have the bite that I normally associate with spice cake. 

I recommend it.   

As always, 

November Photo Challenge: Day 3 A Smell You Adore

November Photo Challenge: Day 3 A Smell You Adore

Novemember Photo Challenge Day 2: Pumpkins

November Photo Challenge Day 2: Pumpkins

Some of these are pre-taken and scheduled. Most for me, it's about uplaoding on a regular basis. To see the complete challenge go here 

Remember, if you decide to take part, use #searchforpictures

Halloween Costume:Flapper

For the last theme, it's Halloween Costume. Since I'm not big on Halloween, this is just a costume that you don't need to buy anything for, maybe bobby pins.

Yes, I know I'm late, but it's done and that's all that counts. 

So, I didn't record audio on the makeup because I couldn't figure it out. 

But I'll put everything I used below.

Moisturize 

I applied  Rimmel Long lasting Primer

Using Makeup Forever Color Corrector, I covered my blemishes and Rudolph nose with green, and then blended that with a skin tone. 

I used a salmon color under the eyes then went over that with the lightest color. 

I did the triangle under my eyes with the Covergirl ready set, gorgeous concealer under my eyes. I blended that out with a flat top brush. 

I put my foundation over that using the Maybeline Fit Me! Matte Poreless and covered that with my Rimmel Powder. 

I primed my eyes with the Original Urban Decay Primer potion.

All my colors are from my Ulta Pallet, but mostly you just need a light grey, mid tone grey, and black.

Using a fluffy brush, I used the mid tone grey, sterling, to hollow out my eye. I brought it on the lid and in the crease following the shape of my eyeball under the lid. 

Next I took an angled fluffy brush with black, sin city and put it in the crease following the same curve of my eye, really trying to get it hollowed out.

I packed the light grey on the lid with an eye shadow brush.  

 I used NYC CityProof 24hr black liner pencil. In the 1920's the round eyes were still popular so I didn't do any cat, and pulled the line down. Under my eye, I put a few little dots along the lower lash line. I used a smudge brush to blend all that out. Then I applied my Lights Camera Flashes mascara from Tarte. 

In the 1920's eyebrows were drawn down to roughly about the middle of the eye. I took an angled brush and a brown creme eye liner, perfection and carried the edge of my eyebrow down in a thin line. I tried it with a powder and I had to do too much correcting. 

I applied brush in circular motions on the apple of my cheeks. I used the orange because that's all I have for the most part. 

Next the fun part. The lips. There was an obsession with the cupid's bow and red lips. Pale skin was in and they really wanted the contrast.

I took my NYX  Chaos Lipstick. I took a lipstick brush and lined my cupids bow and lower lip ignoring the outer edges. I filled it in and took the concealer

to cover the edges.

Lastly, I took my black eye liner and gave myself a beauty mark. 

November Photo Challenge Day 1: Shoes

I'm going to try to keep this up. I kind of made this one up, so if you decide to join me, make sure to #searchforpictures on Instagram. 

Theme One:

Shoes

As always,