And For My Next Trick

My Go to Easy-Peasy Morning Routine

katie — Sat, 24 Feb 2018 07:16:32 +0000

It’s either an alarm clock from the iphone, or the shouts of my toddlers, but either way I wake up begrudgingly and wanting that 10 minute snooze button on more time. Tonight, I am going to bed earlier I tell myself. Yup, no Bachelor tonight, no studying, it’s all about sleep. Spoiler alert: Night Katie never does listen to Morning Katie.

First things, first, I take care of my kiddos. Get them up and going for the day, then it’s on to me. Don’t underestimate that last sentence. It is such a simple statement, for such a painful routine…. “No, you’re Minnie dresses are all in the dirty clothes, please stop crying, don’t hit your sister”. Moving on, so for my skin, I use Rodan + Fields’ Redefine regimen. Full disclosure: I am a consultant for them. First, I start with the mask/cleanser, then move to the toner, and then the moisturizer. Moisturizer is equipped with SPF to get me through the day. Lastly, I add the bright eye complex to help me with those black circles and puffy eyes. I am really loving the way my skin is looking and feeling these days, and I am not just saying it. I was always horrible with consistency with skincare, but love the results and the way my skin is feeling. Also let’s be honest, I don’t have the skin of a 25 year old, I have to start working on those wrinkles that are creeping up on me.

Next, I move on to makeup. Now between the kids, the making of the coffee and letting the dog go pee for the 100th time, I need something quick and easy. First I start with a light foundation. I love this Clinique foundation (see below) or this awesome BB creme by Erborian. With the Clinque foundation I use a beauty blender to apply it.

Next, I move on to the under eye area with a quick swipe of prep and prime by MAC and dab that in with the opposite side of the beauty blender. Now it’s a quick swipe of bronzer. Currently, my favorite is this bronzer exclusive to Sephora, or my favorite drug store option here.

Somedays I do blush, somedays I don’t. If I do, I like to use the Mac blushes. They have pretty good staying power and have a great range of colors.

Next I do a quick highlight. All the colors on here are really great and they don’t have any patchy glitter to them. So good news, you won’t look like you came back from the 90s. Then again, that is coming back, right?

Next, I curl my lashes and throw on a coat of mascara and head for the door. If I am feeling especially fancy, I may do my brows.

All in all, this only takes about 10 minutes from start to finish with zero interruptions. ha.ha.

Items mentioned:
Clinique Foundation
Mac Prep + Prime in “radiant rose”
Too Faced Bronzer
Mac Blush: favorites are breath of plum, blush baby, melba
Highlighter quad by Anastasia
Mascara
Brow Definer

Where Have You Been All My Life?

katie — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 22:36:32 +0000

It’s finally, finally that time of year. I, like many, love fall. Honestly, it feels a bit trendy to love fall, but I’ve been loving fall my whole life…and I’m not going to stop now. For the record, I’m not a Pumpkin Spice Latte fan, because, *gasp*, I don’t enjoy pumpkin flavored treats, which goes against the rules of all fall lovers, but I can still be in club, right? Also, while I am admitting breaking of the rules, I don’t wear leggings 24/7 in the fall. In fact, I rarely wear leggings because I feel like I am in a bad dream where I forgot to wear pants. They are too thin, and skin light, and nope.

So here I am in Northern California, where it can still reach 100 degrees in the blessed month of September. I find it hard to bust out the orange leaves and the pumpkin scented candles while my AC is pumping on it’s last leg. But… just when I had lost all hope, I woke up this morning to a 65 degree overcast day! After I changed the diapers, and handed out sippy cups, I skipped into the garage to pull out my “fall” box. I honestly could not have been any happier to have a cup of coffee in my favorite mug, pull on a sweatshirt, and let the kids run around in the yard. The only thing sweeter: football is on tonight. So hello fall, I have missed you so much, even if it’s only for 1 day. What feels like fall for you? Who else is a rebel like me in the “I Love Fall” club?

Is This Thing On?

katie — Sat, 08 Jul 2017 06:26:03 +0000

Hello, hello? This first post will go out to deaf ears, as I haven’t told a soul that I’m doing it. Great starting point, huh? I may or may not have written this several times. The first blog post comes with so much pressure. This is a make or break it scenario. You will read this, and think, “hey, this chick may be worth reading more about”, or you may think, “yah…no”. If you are of the latter, wait before you close that tab and give me a couple more blog posts before you ax me. I mean who really has a brilliant first post anyway?

So I’ll give you the short and sweet. I’m Katie. I am a wife, a twin mom, a graduate student, and I own my own little business. I’m busy…crazy busy. Life is moving oh so fast, except the last 30 minutes before my kids finally fall asleep, which crawls. I have a feeling; you’re busy too. I may be catching you right as you are laying in bed, about to fall asleep, and doing your final FB, IG, email check. Or maybe you’re procrastinating that work call and have fallen down a rabbit hole on the internet. In that case, what keywords led you here? “Crazy”, “Wine”, “Magic Tricks”? And that brings me to my next point…what’s with the name? The thing you should know about me, is that I always have something up my sleeve. I’m not saying it is always the right thing, but it’s never dull. When I come to B and say, “I have an idea”, he holds on to his hat because you can never guess what I’ll come up with. My latest… I’m going to write a blog. We will have to wait and see how that goes, until then, I’d love for you to grab a glass of wine and hang out with me for a bit.