Beauty Regimen Part 3 - Disclaimer I am no expert!

I technically have three make up routines. The I am going to be a total mom today and go almost commando in the makeup department. The I have to leave the house and be presentable makeup look. Finally, the family picture day or I have to get in front of a ton of people day and have lots of pictures taken makeup.

I guess I have to the the one thing that I am really big on when it comes to my make up is the quality of it. I look for skin care in my "everyday" type makeup. Things that are not going to damage my skin but rather help heal it and give me the true youthful glow. I tend to go for natural oil based makeups, mineral make ups and organic makeups over the traditional really popular stuff.  Now I want to add in my typical disclaimer: I have my preferences in make up and there are some makeup I just don't like that tend to be very popular. These are all based on personal experiences with how my skin reacted to such brands. 

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Lets start with most of my days Mom Days..... This consists of me being lucky to take a shower (lets be real if your a mom and reading this you just shock your head yes). On these glorious mornings I get up have a glass of water, follow my morning beauty regimen. I then use my tinted moisturizer made by Natura Bisse, The Cure Sheer Oil-Free Fluid SPF 20 Hydrating Color Detox. I love this stuff it gives a light coverage to my skin and evens everything out. Its intended purpose is to detoxify and purify your skin with a nice natural glow. I then take a large powdered foundation brush and I put a little of  Jane Iredales Pure Pressed Base over my forehead and the creases of my nose to prevent oil. This also has an SPF of 20 and is a nice weightless good for you mineral foundation. I place it in these areas so that as my skin gets oily it helps control that oil. I am not one for touch ups during the day. Now I love the whole innocent dewy look so on these Mom makeup days. I use a Free People highlighter on the top of my nose, my eyes, cheekbones, above my lips and my chin. Again this product is all natural based with healthy oils and softens my skin and helps keep it moisturized. I then top it off with a mascara ( I tons and its whatever I grab out of the drawer) and a blush stick made by Tarte that my sister-in-law gave me for Family Day which I happen to love. A little Savannah Bee lip balm (earl grey flavor is my favorite) and I am out the door. All in all make up time under ten-minuets! Not bad for mom makeup.

I have really struggled with this one and have tried tons and tons of them some natural and some that everybody swears by..... I hated them all. Tarte was way to heavy and almost impossible to match my skin color. MAC, where do I start? I seriously thing that stuff causes acne. I know the gals at the counter say that it doesn't clog your pores but hello acne city. That stuff is almost impossible to wash off your face. It always leaves a film that feels like it will never come off. it destroys your Clairsonic brushes. There are several that I can list off, the list is so long.

I do have an all time favorite mineral based foundation. Its a loose powder by La Bella Donna, it is almost impossible to find. Living in New Mexico there was on retailer in Downtown Santa Fe and I always got a parking ticket (mostly their fault because parking doesn't exist there).

To start the, I have to be more presentable look I do start with my tinted moisturizer and then move onto a liquid foundation...... I have recently discovered another Jane Iredale product called Liquid Mineral Foundation. The beads and spheres are visible in an airless pump. They are actually lipsomes encapsulating liposomes. The active ingredients time release into the skin. It literally feels like you are wearing nothing at all. The coverage is light/medium but mixing the two really gives my skin a glow that lasts all day long. I still powder my forehead and creases of my nose. Again, not to sound like a broken record, I do love the dewy look so I highlight away. Now the key to this is making sure you don't look oily or like a stripper with a ton of glitter all over your face...... ;) I accent my cheek bones with a blush either my Tarte or another by Jane Iredale called the Quad Bronzer.  I just use it and flow the pattern on my face that I should be applying blush. for my eyes I tend to stick to the brown family and thanks again to my sister-in-law I am now hooked and fully stocked on all the best eyes shadows. I love the neutral lines from Benifit. I line my lower and upper lid with a medium brown pencil and then use a light base shadow and a darker to medium brown for the natural smokey effect." Is that even a real makeup term? Probably not. I typically use my go to lip balm as listed above or a clear lip gloss. Its rare I do a color on my lips. It not my thing. I just like them to shine.

When I need something a little heavier I use a foundation stick from Benifit and my Beauty Blender.  Ladies that thing is a makeup tool sent from God! I also do heavier on the blush and highlighting as well as a dark smokey eye. Mascara is definitely not something I have major preferences about other then I have water proof mascara, it is clumpy and gross. I also line my inner lower eye lid with a Laura Mercier dark blue liner. It was a trick taught to me by one of the original Clinque makeup artists from the 1960's. Every time my eyes are done this way I get tons and tons of compliments about how beautiful my eyes are. Lets be real I have boring brown eyes.

Last but not least keep your tools and make up clean. Again its all about keeping our skin as healthy and ageless as possible. I do keep a small kit in my purse by Jane Iredale, Starter Kits. Always great for touch ups and emergencies. Love the hydration spray!

I know now that as of now I am officially THIRTY! I would like to be confused for low twenties as much as possible. Wishful thinking I know....... hopefully thanks to all this great makeup I can still fool a couple people for a few more years. Although my three kids usually give it away!

Have fun playing makeup.

Love - N

PS- If you are interested in my body skin care my top product is Savannah Bee Body Butter. I sell this if you want to know more about it.

My external beauty routine to try and stay young.

Step two - let's care for our skin people!

As promised the second process of my insane skins care regimain. I have a daily and nightly routine that is included in all my internal supplements and dietary craziness. 

Let's start with morning: 

Wash your face - say it with me I need a claisonic. Please repeat I also need to keep it clean. I prepare my face by wiping off my make-up with an argon oil towlelt. I then use CereVe foaming face wash (the only thing my dermatologist said to use) on my Clairisonic and hot water to wash. I run two cycles for god exfoliation. Let's be real by this time my face is clean but my mascara is making art on my face. I use a gentle eye makeup remover to finish it off. This is super important, pat, I repeat pat your face dry.

Product time baby-  I start with a prescribed medication when I have it or remember called a zone. I don't use it often as I have been able to keep my skin under control most of the time. I give it a sec to sink in. 

Next up is a .5% retinol based serum. Retinol is the only medically proven fountain if youth. Most say only use it at night but my skin is able to tolerate the use of it twice daily with out peeling or redness. Again, let it sink into your skin. 

Then come a stem cell peptide based serum. Glorious stuff. Two pumps bolted onto my face and neck and it is so magical, I stem cells help rejuvenate your skin and cell turn overs. 

Then your eyes. I use an eye serum that makes me look rested. 

Now here is the funky part for most..... I go straight to a tinted moisturizer instead of moistruizer and then some sort of tint. My favorite is NutraBesse. It's expensive but work it. From there I add minimal make-up most days unless I have somewhere to go. We will cover make-up on a separate post....

Ready for my evening routine? -  basically repeat! I also add in a prescription retinol. Fountain youth remember?! Now instead of the tinted moisturizer I use my Savannah Bee Body Butter! Yes you are reading this right, body butter. This stuff has worked wonders on my entire body include ping my face! When my skin needs it it breaths like back into it. When I model I will use it as a base so my skin will glow! It contains something called "royal jelly" this keeps a queen bee alive four times longer then her worker bees! 

Weekly regimen-  You so deserve this part! I take a bath put in my favorite oils and soak. I wash my face first using my everyday cleanser. The I apply mychelle enzyme exfoliation to start. I rub in circular motions and leave on my face for five minuets. I then apply an apple chemical peel (sometimes twice to get a deep peel). Following all that a nice moisturizing mask with AHA. I have done this upto twice a week. 

Whenever you feel you need it- go to the spa and get a facial! You need me time and I always do this for special events! 

Love -N

The most important part of my beauty regimen!

As scary as this is for me, this is me. The real me. Not the photos you see of me with makeup, filters or when I modeled and was retouched. This is me right before bed. As many iof you know I have struggled with acne my entire life and with pregnancy it made me look like a monster (I never had a pregnancy glow)! I have spent years and countless amounts of money trying to figure it all out. 

After seeing a dermotologist to get things under control I learned about the internal causes of acne. I'm a reader and a researcher and I quickly went to work. The first thing I discovered was Face Mapping. What it does is take specific areas of your face and give you a road map if you will what the internal cause to the problem area is. 

We all hear consume water! Hydrate! I have also learned our digestive systems play a huge role in our appearance. We turly are what me eat. Let's start from top to bottom. 

The small intestine- this is where our nutrients are absorbed and if it becomes backed up we have problems.... It's important to eat heathly and avoid things such as caffeine and alcohol. Fast food, just say NO! If you are having breakouts in this area it's important to first start cleansing. Please be aware you will be flushing toxins from your body and drink plenty of water so you do not dehydrate yourself!!!! There are supplements and a pink sea salt cleanse you can try. This will only  work if you make a commitment to yourself to eat healthier. 

The bladder- water, water and more water. Don't hold it and if your retaining water I have found a watermelon seed supplement is magical. Make sure you're moving your body so you don't retain water in your legs. For me I am prone to UTI's and I take a cranberry supplement. 

Your heart- it's so important to be a little active. I chase children all day eat a healthy diet and still try and go to the gym. It's so important to move your body to help cleanse and pump your blood. By no means am I in tip top shape :/

Your liver- it can't filter toxins if it's full of toxins..... Don't put toxic things into your body! Help keep you liver in tip top shape with a liver cleanse. Make sure you are cleansing your colon at the same time :)

Stomach- again I cannot stress this enough. Eat as clean as possible. Cleanse your body regularly. 

Large intestine- say this with me, "probiotics are my best friend!" Along with that are regular colon cleanses. I have learned the more build up the more likely breakouts will occur. I take a colon cleanser regularly. 

Gynecological- you know those pesky mountains that remind you the one thing you hate the most is about to happen. Primrose oil helps this by balancing hormones. If the acne is spreading to your haw line, GET HELP! Yes that's right you more then likely have a sever hormonal problem and need help from a dermotogist! 

Our bodies are our temples and instead of covering it up in makeup try and solve the problem... Once you have solved the internal problem you can work on your external skin care and then on to the fun stuff, MAKEUP (I'm no expert)!

Love -N