Hopefully Spring is around the Corner...

As an East Coaster, this weather is starting to take a toll, and with no tropical vacation in site.... my getaway is through the vibrant colors of Spring Time makeup.

With amazingly pigmented colors and shades upon shades of glosses, shadows, blushes and eyeliners... Spring has Sprung.

Drug store brands are great for a girl on a budget and also very convenient, . Here are a few trends I think will help to brighten those winter blues, I don't recommend wearing all these trends together. Pick one that you think you can wear, and by wear I mean strut ....  Life Is A Runway 
show everyone what you've got
& never let them see you fall...

Big and Bold is the theme...
Orange lips are sure to pop and turn heads... with a satiny finish and super hydrating these new elixirs will rock your world and you won't even have to pick up your chap stick for the rest of the day...
Bold and beautiful: Orange

Emerald Green is the spring time sexy statement to make on your eyes. It reminds us that the green leaves are making a comeback and the snow is on its way out...  with Emerald Green, yellows, electrics blues, and violet pinks will also make an impact on the next season to come... This Palette is perfect and great for the woman on the go.... Emerald City of color

I know a cat eye with black liner is an oldie but a goody, but a cat eye with a bright color will help you hit the streets in style.... use these vivacious liners to brighten your eyes, affordable and similar to a liquid liner, you can buy as many as you need to match your spring accessories... Powerful and to the Point

Could those rosey cheeks of winter need a little warmth? Smooth pinks and corals will help bronze those apples just in time for the sun to shine a little more. With your skin still recovering from the harsh winter conditions cream blushes are to your rescue... Soft and Subtle

Make up makes me happy and I share my smiles with you...

Obsession at an early age...

In the 6th grade I remember telling my mom how I hated my pale skin. Not knowing that in reality what my mother saw was porcelain and a border line perfect complexion. But taking my complaints to heart she drove down the local drug store and purchased me two things. These two things, looking back are what started up my obsession with the wonderful world of makeup.
A CoverGirl powder foundation compact in light/fair, and a small blush compact in  light rose pink.
LIFE CHANGERS!
She taught me how to apply the foundation with the small sponge it came with, a little on my forehead, around my nose, mouth and on my chin (the T-zone). And then how to concentrate the small blush brush on the apples of my cheeks for just a hint of color. Other than the makeup that was caked on my face when I was younger for Ice Shows, this was the first makeup that was mine that I wore on a daily basis.
Those two small packages were my world... I carried them with me everywhere, like Linus with his blanket.
Now some might think that 6th grade might be a little young but it was just enough product to boost my confidence to a whole nother level. Never leaving home with either of these from then on.
I got my first black pencil eye liner my senior year.... right around Halloween, again a CoverGirl product in "black" that my mom had bought at the same drug store.
From then on I had my signature look through the rest of high school and in college start broadening my horizon with products...
I think for the most part every woman remembers their first makeup experience: what brand, the product, the colors and shades, who bought it or if we saved enough money to buy ourselves... and from that moment, game over... we have all been hooked since.

What started it all...