Hello from windy Chicago! We left New York and New Jersey (with a sprinkling of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania)… and now we’re hitting SF, LA and Las Vegas in the next few weeks, so if you wanna tag along, here be my Instagram (hint: it’s @presidents!).
I intended on cataloging the looks I wear on vacation, but it turns out that that’s much harder to do than I thought, so there are quite a bit of gaps here. I’ll post information as I remember them, and I’ll try looking through my folks’ and siblings’ cameras for possible look photos I can put on the days that I didn’t take a photo (which is most days).
SEPTEMBER 15: Urban Decay Naked 3, Happy Skin Gel Liner (Brown), Physician’s Formula Organic Wear Fake Out! Mascara (pink tube), ILIA Beauty Multi-Stick (All of Me), ILIA Beauty Tinted Lip Conditioner (Shell Shock)
SEPTEMBER 16: I DON’T REMEMBER ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR NARS Pure Matte Lipstick (Mascate)
SEPTEMBER 17: Urban Decay Naked 3, MAKE Eyeshadow (Khaki)*, Happy Skin Gel Liner (Brown), Physician’s Formula Organic Wear Fake Out! Mascara (pink tube), Kjaer Weis Cream Blush (Abundance), ILIA Beauty Lipstick (Funnel of Love)
SEPTEMBER 23: MAKE Soft Focus Foundation (Cool #4), Urban Decay Naked 3, ILIA Multi-Stick (All of Me), Happy Skin Gel Liner (Brown), NARS Pure Matte Lipstick (Tonkin)
SEPTEMBER 24: Le Métier de Beauté Total Look Kaleidoscope (After Dark), K-Palette 1 Day Magic Liquid Liner*, Happy Skin Gel Liner (Peppermint), Jordana Best Lash Extreme Mascara, Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette (Dim & Radiant Used), BITE Beauty Lipstick (Lychee)
SEPTEMBER 25: MAKE Soft Focus Foundation (Cool #4), Sonia Kashuk Precious Gems Palette, Happy Skin Gel Liner (Brown), ILIA Beauty Mascara (Shadow of a Doubt/Brown), BECCA Beach Tint (Raspberry), ILIA Tinted Lip Conditioner (Dizzy)
SEPTEMBER 26: MAKE Soft Focus Foundation (Cool #4), MAC Paint Pot (Groundwork), K-Palette 24H Real Lasting 2-Way Eyebrow Liner*, Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder Palette (Dim, Incandescent, Radiant), Kjaer Weis Cream Blush (Abundance), MAKE Matte Lipstick (Jakarta)
OCTOBER 1: MAKE Soft Focus Foundation (Cool #4), bareMinerals 5-in-1 BB Advanced Performance Cream Eyeshadow (Barely Nude), MAKE New Medieval Palette (Ultramarine Eyeshadow for liner, Putty Lipstick for lips, Magma Lipstick for blush), Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette (Dim and Radiant), ILIA Beauty Mascara (Shadow of a Doubt/Brown)
OCTOBER 2: MAKE Soft Focus Foundation (Cool #4), Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette, K-Palette 24H Real Lasting 2-Way Eyebrow Liner*, Physician’s Formula Organic Wear Fake Out! Mascara (pink tube), Happy Skin Eye Am Here to Stay Gel Liner (Brown), MAKE Colour Eyeshadow (Khaki)*, Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder Palette (Dim, Incandescent, Radiant), Kjaer Weis Cream Blush (Abundance), ILIA Beauty Lipstick (Funnel of Love)
We’re about halfway through our trip and I will try to be more diligent at capturing my face looks, but to be honest, I haven’t been all that playful just because we usually rush out every morning to make the most of our day! The change of lip color is actually the easiest way to not get bored. 🙂
Sorry this was a post… full of my face. (LAME!) I hope y’all are doing rill, rill well.
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I love Chicago. Ever since this graduate school thing became not a thing, I’ve been toying with the idea of saying “Fuck it! I’m moving to Chicago.”
NARS Mascate looks amazeballs on you. And I really really like the last look, it’s so soft and pretty!
HAHAHA trust me, I’ve said that, too. Chicago is awesome. The last time I was there before this trip, it was 1993 so it doesn’t count.
Thank you so much! x
Hey Carina, you’re having quite a trip! I’ve been following your adventures on Instagram. So many wonderful photos! Have fun on the West Coast! xx
Eep, thank you Sunny! x
These are fabulous looks, girl. You’re making me want to care about makeup again. (I brought a VERY limited amount with me to the UK)
PS. I love you and your pretty face. Just so you know.
Aww, there are so many great brands there! I am a little disappointed in myself for not looking when I was in the UK.
P.S. D’aww, I love you and yours, too. ❤