Swing of Things

I MISSED YOU.

Coat: Gap

Blouse: Old Navy

Skirt: H&M

Shoes: Seychelles

Lipstick: Revlon Lip Butter in Sugar Plum 

Where do I begin?!?  I am ecstatic to be back!  So much has happened in the past year, and I can't wait to catch up with you.  I've had an adorable baby boy after a horrific pregnancy, started a new job as a junior high youth minister, Darin lost his job, got a better one, and I am now obsessed with makeup.  Here's the makeup I wore today:

Odd picture, but you get the point:

Face: 

Garnier BB Cream

Benefit Bella Bamba blush

Benefit Hoola bronzer

TheBalm Mary-Loumanizer highlighter

Pixi Correction Concentrate in Brightening Peach

Benefit Stay Don't Stray (as under eye primer)

Eyes:

Tarte Clean Slate Creaseless Eye Primer

Urban Decay Psychedelic Sister, Woodstock, and Sin eyeshadows

TheBalm 'Matt Smith'

Benefit Bad Gal mascara

Lips:

Revlon Colorburst lipstick in Soft Nude

Korres Lip Butter in Jasmine

Perfume:
Taylor Swift Wonderstruck (It was FREE, okay?)

When I was pregnant, nothing fit, and anything that did fit made me feel worse.  Gone were the days of my fun hats, colorful tights, and sky-high shoes!  To make myself feel better, I did my makeup every day, whether I went out of the house or not.  I watched many hours of YouTube tutorials throughout the sleepless nights of vomiting and hip/sciatic pain, and learned a lot!  I am no makeup expert, but I am having a wonderful time playing with it.  Cosmetics are a great way of expressing yourself when your clothes don't fit.  I will incorporate some 'beauty' into this ghost of a blog, in hopes to inspire those of you who are interested in makeup but don't know where to start.  

Here goes nothing, everybody.  Thank you for coming back!