Mauve for Me!

Hola! Remember me?! Well today I am back with a fun look AND an update on my 30 Day Health Kick that I posted about last time. Let’s just start real quickly with the make up today – a really easy and feminine look that tests my comfort zone a little bit. If you know me, you know I’m skeptical about purple eyeshadows, but the Sephora lady talked me into buying a trio eyeshadow palette by Smashbox, and I have to say I am kind of liking it! I’m so bored with browns and it’s kind of predictable so here’s the purple rendition. Nothing garish, even with a smoky eye. I think 3 shadow palettes are a great set up because you know the colors already compliment each other, and all you have to do is put them all on and blend it out like a mofo! On my lips, I am wearing a mauve lipstick by Bobbi Brown, which I think is a great pairing with the shadow color. I wouldn’t like to do something too pink or purple, because I am not trying to look like barbie gone wrong, but a nice mauvey plummy color is a win!

As a nice transition into the health kick, I am pleased to say my skin is looking better (acne-wise) as I currently have no chin volcanoes (YES!!). Obviously I am wearing complexion-enhancing make up here (some tinted moisturizer, setting powder) but I like to think some of the glow is me just getting my health back! I have been trying to cut out processed sugar from my diet, drink lots of water, take fish oil pills and get some level of physical activity going. To be honest, I picked the worst time to be on a health kick because I just got my wisdom teeth removed and it was really hard to eat healthy when I couldn’t really eat anything. I’m really proud of myself for staying away from sugary junk food this whole time (except for two or three my weak moments, sorry!)… as a glutton it’s kind of shocking! But I definitely haven’t been consistent with the other parts of my kick since I was a swollen bloody potato in bed for a whole week. I think I’ll just extend the 30 days because I think not eating sugar is helping my skin and general health. Anyone still on their health kick? Anyone seeing any results?

Anyway, hope everyone is staying heathy and beautiful!

xoxo

Trace