A Matte Red Lip at Every Price Point

Tis the season of the red lip!

Now I love me a red lip all year round. As such I have amassed and embarrassingly large assortment of red lip options at all pice points. 

The only caveat here is that ALL and I do mean ALL of my red lip colors are matte. 

I have said this before and I stand by it now but when you wear a bold lip, matte is your friend. 

No bleeding, minimal transferring and no strands of hair stuck to your lips.
What's not to love?

The Makeup Bag: Home For Thanksgiving|TheUnanimousMolly

Yay for all of the food and drink and treats!

Last night I was packing up my beauty bits to take home for Thanksgiving and whipped up this quick little video for you. 

So if you were wondering what I pop in my purse for a quick holiday jaunt to the folks then take two quick minutes and press play below ;)

Happy Thanksgiving Guys!!!

Me Time Tag|TheUnanimousMolly

So this is a little ditty all about how...I spend time by myself. Yay me time!

Whether you are curling up to tea and Netfllix or, in my case, chowing down on Football and snacks me time is healthy and neccesary. 

So prepare for 17 plus minutes of me haranging on about my relaxation preferences and habits.

Ed Note:Party Season Basics

 With the festive season fast approaching the beauty community is going to be inundated with posts and videos about the best red lips and how to force a little extra sparkle into your nights. 

Don't worry it's coming from me too.

...but first I want to talk about those Monday mornings.

The ones you were really hoping would miraculously never come. 

Well come they do and I have a few products set aside for when I really need a pick me up.

So go ahead, have one more.* I've got your morning covered.

It's Officially Candle Season

 Now I love me some home fragrance all year round but there is nothing quite like a good flickering candles come Autumn. 

I always especially love candles in the colder months because I tend to gravitate towards stronger, woodier, incense-y smells that just seem to suit the cold so much better. 

I've found a couple new scents that are really tickling my pickle..and some that I am dying to try.

The Winter Highlight

I never understand why people always champion fuller coverage and powder products in the colder months.

When my skin is feeling parched and dry I love to reach for cream products and cream highlights in particular. They just seem to make the skin come to life in a way that other products can't and highlight is my favorite beauty defense against the cold!

 It may not help with chill chapped skin but when used correctly they certainly can hide it!

H&M Home Sings to my Soul

Since discovering H&M Home my wallet has wept. The only saving grace is that the only store in New York that carries home goods is not terribly convenient to my routine.

If it were I would be broke. 

In addition to a beautiful soap (or in my case lotion) dispenser I picked up this lovey, quirky, catchall eyelash dish for my bedside table.

Vampy Lips-Mirror Selfie Style

 Along my makeup journey I have come to really love myself in a vampy lip.

I think it happened around the same time I "embraced the pale".

The high contrast of my paper white complexion against a deep bloody brown red or purple shade just adds to the long list of reasons why the colder months are my favorite.

So in classic Sunday bathroom selfie style I am going to walk you through four stellar choices if you're looking to add a more goth girl options to your lip color lineup.

Confessions| Lotioning for the Lazy

When it comes to the different areas of personal grooming there are definitely areas where we all falter.

Now not the important things (showers, teeth brushing, deodorant, etc... hopefully.) but, some of the extra things are known to go by the wayside around these parts. 

Nothing is easier for me to skip than lotion although, now that I'm getting older it seems more and more like a necessity.

I think I may have found a way to make lotion easy on myself.

HAUL:Sephora VIB Sale and More!|TheUnanimousMolly

Sunday Bonus Jonas!

If you haven't already seen it I posted my Sephora VIB sale haul today!

I definitely picked up some more fun things this time than I did in my Friends & Family haul especially with all of the Holiday goodies and gift sets lining the shelves at Sephora this time of year.

It was a hard one to resist!
Check out the footage behind the cut!

The Surprise Handbag Staple|NARS Barbarella

We all cave and buy products on the recommendation of someone, sometimes.

 Friend, magazine, blog...we have all, at one point or another, picked something up because we heard it through the grapevine.

Now these purchases can be kind of crap shoot. Sometimes you love them and sometimes they sit on your vanity they collect dust and every time you look at it you wonder what made you think that was a good idea in the first place.

NARS Barbarella is definitely the latter

Empties #13|TheUnanimousMolly

I know I have been on a video roll lately!

What can I say? I like the sound of my own voice.

Empties videos are some of my favorite. I think it gives you great insight into the things I'm really using as well as giving me a chance once every few months to scour my collection for things that are collecting dust or going bad.

Win, win, win!

I hope you guys enjoy this and let me know what you've used up lately.

Are you going to repurchase?

Check out life behind the cut to see what gets tossed and what gets a second(or third, or fourth) lap!

In The Bag

I have had such a hard time lately'; finding a bag that I like that I can rely on and that looks sleek and professional. 

After scouring the internet and searching high and low in store I finally decided on a piece that I thought would work. 

Ladies and gentlemen, the Zara TRF Doctor Bag.

HAUL: Sephora F&F and More|TheUnanimousMolly

I did some serious damage this month.

 Serious.

Since it is sale season for all things makeup and beauty I thought a haul video might be a good idea.

This way you can see some of the things I've picked up and maybe narrow down some choices of your own!

Let me know what you picked up or, what you're planning on picking up! 

As of tonight I am done shopping for me until Christmas. 

I swear!

Ed Note: DIY Brow Grooming

I have been a long time advocate of do it yourself eyebrow grooming. 

I know every time I say this I can see the shock on people's faces.

What?! 

Do them yourself?

Yes.

Do them yourself. 

With a few simple tools, about twenty minutes and a good magnifying mirror your brows will be back with no appointment and no botched jobs.

Too Good To Be True

Upon finishing up my two previous under eye concealer options (Origins Plantscription and  NARS Radiant Creamy respectively) I decided it was time to branch out and try something new.

The promise of the Perricone MD cosmetic line is simply "No Makeup Makeup." 

What makeup loving lady can say no to a branding promise like that?!

No one, that's who so, when the Friends and Family sale came around at Sephora I decided it was time to dive into the Perricone range.

A.M. Skincare for People Who Hate Mornings

Ok, I don't hate mornings but I'm not very good at them.

I try so hard but that shit just hasn't come together for me yet. 

For a long time I have been forgoing this step completely. 

I know. The shame...

So over the last month I've decided  it's time to lady-up and pick a few simple products that I can use quickly everyday.

So far this skincare quartet has really been working. It's quick and easy to do and so far my skin has been seeing some major benefits.

October Favorites 2014|TheUnanimousMolly

Happy November!

I hope everyone had an exciting and safe Halloween.

I definitely went for it this year and had SO.MUCH.FUN!

But alas, the best month of the year is now behind us and it's time to brace your buns for the oncoming assault of Holiday themed commercials before you've even had a single forkful of stuffing.

Marketing is fab right?

Soapbox aside I thought I would take a moment to share my monthly favorites including a sneaky peek at one of my Halloween costumes :)

What did you guys love this month?