Monday Blues Blog Hop

It's Monday!

And time for an awesome blog hop -



Check it out and make your Monday more fun with a few fun new blogs to read!

I'm also doing the BlogLove Therapy Blog Hop so this post is a 2fer -

Blog hops are seriously the best way to find blogs you'll love to read I know I already found some!


Jasmine

Inglot's AMC Cream Foundation

Hello!

Today I'm going to review one of the products I got in my recent "haul" that you can read about Here.  I needed a winter foundation  - my blog is www.formosacandidus for a reason (it means pale beauty in Latin).  And now that summer is over I am only getting lighter. 

When I was at Inglot their AMC Cream foundation in LW100 matched really well and it's a nice medium coverage.  Inglot describes it as : Vitamin E, peptides and special polyesters are combined with a unique silicone and gel base to keep all skin types (especially dry) illuminated and moisturized.  Price $21.

You can check thier color selection Here.
As you can see below when swatched this foundation looks warmer, but blends into my lovely, fair flesh quite nicely :)

You can barely see where I blended it in above the foundation blob on my arm.

And here I am before work looking slightly tired but with lovely matching foundation.

I think that Inglot's AMC Cream Foundation is a good choice if you are having a hard time finding a match for you skin tone and don't want to spend a lot.  At $21 it's not that much more than a drugstore foundation and they have a large selection of shades.  I think it also provides a nice medium coverage and though the description says it's ideal for dry skin, I have combination skin and had no problems. 

Anyone tried any of Inglot's foundation?

Jasmine

10 day you challenge continued...

I'm back again to continue my list




Now onto my nine loves...
1) I love croissants, love, love, love
2) I love rainy days in bed with a good book, hot apple cider and my precious kitty Tank


That's 16 pounds of love right there - he's so precious!
 

3) I love "crafts" almost as much as makeup, I make cards, and quilts and cross stitch and just DIY in general
4) I love books.  I can't go a day without reading.
5) I love Martha Stewart, I just think she is bad a$$

source: bing images

6) I love helping people with projects (like building IKEA furniture for them, or painting a room) whatever, just to make some one's day easier
7) I love baths (a good soak + super exfoliation + full body lotion = heaven
8) I love sitting in a shady but warm area by the sea and just watching the waves

Ruby Beach - WA state

9) I love Diet Coke...just for the taste of it!

Good thing there not a section about things that piss me off...we would be here all day.

Jasmine

But Everbody's doing it...10 Day You Challenge

Hello!

I know I love to read about other people ( it makes me feel less weird) so since EVERBODY's doing it I decided to link up with BlogLove Theapy and do the 10 day You Challenge:


You can link up with them Here.

On to the List - Ten Secrets...not so much secrets but things I keep to myself or those that know me really well.
1) I think I'm smarter than most people I know (but in my defense I have been told I know a crazy amount of stuff)
2) I am VERY vain about my skin, I love my beautiful paleness :)
3) I am very upset I gained 30 lbs in the last year and I NEED to lose it, and I am so lazy that it's going to be a battle of my vanity versus my laziness.
4) I am super anti-social, because I just can't deal with other people's s#*t
5) I think society today is just awful, people are so disrespectful and overly self involved
6) I can sleep 15 to 16 hours a day no problem
7) I want to make a difference in the world and I feel like the clock is ticking and I haven't found my way yet
8) I don't have any close friends, too many moves, and being over 30 in a new town makes me a total loner.
9) If I had the body I had 10 years ago (24) I would be rocking so pretty slutty stuff I'm sure.
10) I am scared people will judge me badly from this list but it''s who I am and I didn't want to write just fluff.

So there you have it...any secrets you want to share?

Jasmine

Inner Beauty Friday - Book Club

Hello!

It's Book Club Friday again yea!  Click on the link below to check out all the reviews.



This week I read The Quickening by Michelle Hoover.

Here is the synopsis from Goodreads.com:

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          Enidina Current and Mary Morrow live on neighboring farms in the flat, hard country of the upper Midwest during the early 1900s. This hardscrabble life comes easily to some, like Eddie, who has never wanted more than the land she works and the animals she raises on it with her husband, Frank. But for the deeply religious Mary, farming is an awkward living and at odds with her more cosmopolitan inclinations. Still, Mary creates a clean and orderly home life for her stormy husband, Jack, and her sons, while she adapts to the isolation of a rural town through the inspiration of a local preacher. She is the first to befriend Eddie in a relationship that will prove as rugged as the ground they walk on. Despite having little in common, Eddie and Mary need one another for survival and companionship. But as the Great Depression threatens, the delicate balance of their reliance on one another tips, pitting neighbor against neighbor, exposing the dark secrets they hide from one another, and triggering a series of disquieting events that threaten to unravel not only their friendship but their families as well.
My thoughts: Good premise but...I hate when a book is so vague, wordy and fluttery that you aren't actually really sure what actually happened. The author uses a lot of vague imagery "The moon fell on our family that night. Wheat bent it's head in sorrow." to put the story together. So you are left thinking - "That's beautiful and all, but what the heck happened here?" I'd like to think that I'm good at interpreting.  I can handle some literary gymnastics, and I found this book murky and vague. I didn't really get a sense of finality out of this book.

I'm currently reading "The Birth House" and so far, so good!

Jasmine

Fall Makeup Goodies

Hello:

I went on a beauty shopping spree last weekend and got tons of great stuff that I will be reviewing over the next few weeks!

I got an Inglot Freedom Palette and 10 new shadows!  Yeah!!!  Plus they gave me three mini shadows in their new fall color line.  So excited about this!

OCC Lip Tars in NSFW and Strumpet - nuf said.

Nars Lipstick Pencil in Damned (it may just be the burgundy I was searching for!)

Lorac Pro Palette - nudes in both matte and shimmer, yes please!

Random Urban Decay Palette

Inglot AMC Foundation - because I just keep getting paler and I'm starting to run out of options.

NYX Caribbean Collection Palette - bright primary colors

Stila Palette - this thing has been out for like 2 years and was on sale for $9! 

So much fun stuff to show you soon!

Jasmine

September Favorites

Hello:

I have been wanting to post this for 2 days but Blogger went weird on me and kept blocking me out of my blog :(  I was like I want to BLOG now!!  It's funny how relaxing I find it. 
Anywhoo...

 

 

Above are the items I found myself using daily in September. 

 

 

Milani Coralina Blush - I love this color it's not too pink and it actually last all day.  Also it is flattering in pictures :) I have a review of it here.

 

Lancome Definicils mascara - There are a lot of drug store mascara I like, but this mascara always delivers and so it is worth the $26.  No clumps, No flakes, just longer, prettier lashes.

 

Dolce & Gabbana The One Rose perfume - I'm not usually one for rose scented perfumes but this is such alovely warm, dare I say sexy scent - that I find myself choosing it day after day.  And I get lots of compliments so that doesn't hurt :)

 

ROC Deep Wrinkle Night Cream - I got a deep wrinkle for my 30th birthday and my dermatalogist said only Botox would fix it.  4 years later I have tried a multitude of things, but this works wonderfully, my wrinkle isn't gone but it is much less noticeable and my crows feet are all smoothed out. 

 

I always love other people favorites, so let me know what you have been loving!

 

Jasmine

 

 

 

 



Monday Blues Blog Hop!

Hello!

I found a wonderful new blog hop with so many amazing blogs to read!



There's the link now go have a good read!

Jasmine