Hey guys! I am so excited for it to be the weekend. I don’t have any real big plans but to chill out at home…but that’s how you know you’re an adult…when you’re excited to stay home all day. 😉
So I recently did a challenge called the Fresh in Fifteen. I found this challenge on YouTube and I wasn’t for sure I could actually fully get ready in just 15 minutes. I mean skin care, hair care, make up and all. But I did it, and I’m actually really glad I did.
As I’ve grown older I’ve notice getting ready doesn’t take me as long. I don’t have to always wear eye shadow or have perfectly straight hair. I’m learning to love my look of no make up and just letting my hair do its natural thing.
In this challenge I share with you everything I use from my skin care to make up. Click here if you would like to watch it on YouTube!
So I always start getting ready by making sure my face is washed, and I have religiously been using the first aid beauty face wash. I LOVE this stuff, I have repurchased this probably 4 times by now. I love how gentle it is on my skin and how clean it makes my face feel. It is about $20 but each bottle usually lasts a couple of months.
Next, I have to have to moisturize, if I don’t my skin feels so irritated. I have been using the Belif True Cream – Aqua Bomb (make sure you get the gel not the cream if you have oily skin!) I also love this stuff; I have been using this for months just like the first aid beauty cleanser. While using this stuff and watching what all I eat, my skin has never been clearer! I believe this moisturizer is about $40 and also lasts a couple of months.
My make up products have been the same for months too, once you find something that works great, its hard to change… So let me go through this part quickly.
- Benefit Porefessional Primer – Love! Sometimes I wear it even when I’m not wearing makeup.
- Cover FX Pressed Mineral Foundation – color N10 – Now that I’ve been wearing powder foundation so much, I don’t know if I could ever go back to liquid. But my favorite liquid foundation is the Covergirl 3-in-1; I’m the lightest shade 😉
- LAQA & CO. Blush Highlighter- Got this in a Birch box (I have a video if you want to check it out, CLICK HERE ! ) I’ve been using this since I’ve gotten it and I am really enjoying it.
- Maybelline Brow Drama – shade: soft brown- I like simple eye browns, don’t have the patience to pencil my brows all in. 😉
- Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes – This is the mascara I use when I want my lashes to be noticeable but still look natural. Also my eyelashes have a real bad clumping problem, but with this they do great and look more spread out!
- Arrow Boost Color Enhancing Lip Balm – Berry Busy – My last blog post was actually about this, go check it out! Love how simple it is with a good color payoff.
- L’Oreal Infallible Make up extender Spray – I don’t know if this is just a mind game or this stuff actually really helps my make up last longer… but it makes me feel better when I use it. I would love to find a more natural one if y’all have any suggestions!
So I can apply all that (I actually think I did my whole make up part in just 6-7 minutes alone!) and curl my hair with a curling wand in just 15 minutes. Pretty proud of myself, and it makes my husband happy that I can get ready that quick. 😉
I don’t want this blog post to get too long but I do want to end it on more of an important lesson I think I have learned. Growing up I have always loved the beauty world and spending time getting ready. There is nothing wrong with that. But like I said, as I have aged simple, natural, and easy have become what I look for. I think a lot of that has to do with my faith.
I was created by a creator that loves me and loves me just the way I am. Make up, mascara, and lip gloss doesn’t truly make me beautiful. Reflecting the character of Christ does.
The Bible says in Proverbs 31:30 “Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.”
I do not think fear here is used that we should be afraid of the Lord, but rather that we should honor and respect Him.
The world is going to tell you that you need all these extra products to tell you that you are beautiful. But the Bible tells us that beauty is passing, it isn’t always going to be with us. That is earthly beauty of course. But true beauty kindness, gentleness, patience, and faith those are with us forever, as we try to continue working on them.
So that is what I have learned, that I enjoy my outwardly look being simple and easy… And I want people to look at my heart and see beauty by reflecting character of Christ.