May Favorites

Wow, it seems like just two weeks ago I was posting my April favorites...I guess that's because I got around to posting that around two weeks ago. Oops. Sorry about that. Well here we are now at the beginning of a new month and I've been better about consistently posting so here are the products I've been very happy with this May. This post will be a little different than the other ones because most of the makeup I've been using and liking was in last month's post.

1. paper towels - I had this roll of paper towels saved from my apartment at school so when it came back with my stuff it went in my room. I used a few sheets to get some of the dust off of my desk then I remembered that I heard using paper towels instead of normal towels is a little more sanitary, unless you're washing all of your towels everyday. Well I don't do that and I know you don't either! I think using paper towels instead of the normal towels around my bathroom has helped my skin look a lot better. Well, I feel like it does. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be keeping up this method of drying my face off because it is definitely not environmentally friendly. Curse you, Good Guide!! There is no way paper towels get anything over a 0 rating for environment. 

2. Monistat Chafing Relief Powder Gel - speaking of Good Guide, remember this product got a 10 for health?? Well before I looked up this product I'd been using it a lot as my primer for my foundation. I started to really use it again this month. It is amazing. It is an exact dupe for Smashbox's Photo Finish primer (it has almost all the same ingredients) and Tarte's Clean Slate Poreless primer (it just feels really similar, I don't know if the ingredients are the same). It's kind of a funny product to use because it's for chafing but it's totally safe to put on your face. So if you have oily skin and want your foundation to stay on longer I recommend you try this. It's also like $7.

3. Real Techniques Essential Foundation Brush - I've been loving this brush with my normal Clinique foundation and my Rimmel bb cream I wrote about last time. It just works great! There's not much I can say about this. I apologize for not washing it before I took pictures. 

4. Maybelline Baby Lips in Cherry Me - Wow, I think this lip balm (I don't know if I can exactly call it that, it's more of a sheer tint) has been my most used lip product of all time. Before I kind of put it aside because I wanted to give others a chance (they have feelings too you know) but I've been pulling it out a lot this month. It's so easy to wear and so pretty. There is a swatch below. It gives off a really nice pinkish red color. It goes with almost everything. 

5. YSL Volupté Sheer Candy in Sweet Fig - I've also been loving this color a lot this month. You might look at this in the picture with all the other products and think, "uh, those are the same colors, CAROLINE." Well guess what, THEY'RE NOT. It is a much redder color and is described on the Sephora website as "sheer brick red". These sheer lip tints give about the same amount of color as the Baby Lips which is pretty great because the YSL ones are about 7 times the price. Nope, I did not buy this, it was a birthday gift. Look below, you can see how different they are.  

So that's it everyone! Paper towels and the same lip color! Who knows what will be featured next month. Stay tuned.

Until next time,

Caroline