Get Ready with me- Busy Day 10 Minute All Day Look

When I started keeping the boys a couple of months ago I had been used to having an hour to be able to get ready and having to be up at 5:45 a few mornings a week I fell into a slump and found myself not caring about how I looked.  I still have those days, yesterday was definitely one of them, but I am really trying to find ways to still look good and feel good about myself even if i am just hanging out with the kiddos. Obviously Crumbs, sticky fingers, and runny noses do not mix with a business casual wardrobe, but I truly believe how you allow others to see you is how often times you see yourself.  A few months ago i did 2 images put together ... half my face without makeup and half my face with makeup.  It was astonishing how different i looked and how different I felt about each side of the picture.  

I have talked to several moms of little ones recently who say that they have fallen into the same slump... I find that when i take the extra 10 minutes in the morning ( and sometimes ... it doesn't happen until naptime) that I am more productive in the afternoon and evenings, and I feel better about who I am .  Moms also have said that on a budget with kids that they just cant afford good makeup, and i will be the first to tell you there is a difference between good makeup and cheap makeup but anything will make you feel better.  Almost all the makeup I used.. and what I have used for years has been purchased from the Dollar Store.

With all the changes in my life in the last few months I have been trying to adjust to life of living by myself again, and finding ways of getting back into the routine.  Blogs and Youtube Vlogs have been so helpful in this, and so I share my Get Ready with Me blog as well as my morning routine and others, in hopes that it can help someone else.

1....2...3..... Lets get venerable.... NO MAKEUP FOR ME ... on the internet... think that's pretty venerable.

So to make things easier, I try almost always to shower at night, most of the time the boys don't get up till later in the morning but I can not count on that, and it always fails the mornings I say oh ill just shower in the morning I oversleep and the boys are up at the crack of dawn.  I also lay my clothes out the night before.  This includes shoes and jewelry.  Seeing "Real" clothes laying out helps me to not want to stay in yoga pants and a tshirt all day long, not that that doesn't also happen some days.  

So here's me ... no makeup, just out of bed.

A little curl always makes long hair look styled so i take my hair down and brush it and put i back up in a pony tail, then i take small sections and curl away from my face and hold it for about 15 seconds... there are times when I'm in a hurry that i will take larger chunks it just makes for looser curls and needs more hairspray.

The Curls do not have to be perfect... you can go back and touch up once you take your hair down. Continue curling sections until all the sections are curled.

 

Then I take my hair down and spray all over with the highest hold hairspray I have.  This will ensure that it lasts all day.

 

I know a lot of people would disagree with me but i feel like there are one or two products that can make or break a makeup look and help your makeup stay all day long, for me this is THE one.    This Mary Kay Foundation Primer is amazing.  It is a gel that drys more like the feel of a powder.  When you put immediately put it on it feels slick but with in just a couple of seconds it dries out and gives  your foundation a smooth surface on your face to be applied to .

I have fairly uneven skin tone so i tend to use concealer more for highlighting. I draw these lines on my face with a concealer stick and blend in with my fingers. It covers blemishes, evens out the texture of my skin and keeps my foundation from wearing off. (ignore the blurryness of the picture haha this was harder than it looked)

 

Then I use CoverGirl Liquid  Foundation and apply it with my fingers or a sponge.. A brush or a sponge create a more even look but i find when im in a hurry my fingers do the trick.  Then i finish off my face with pressed powder and brush it especially through my Tzone to avoid shine.  

 Then I add a little bit of blush to the apples of my cheeks and just a tiny bit to the c shape around my eyebrow from my cheekbone to my temple.

I use the Too faced Country Eye-shadow Pallate I got it at Ulta.

With this look i cover the eyelid  a little lower with each darker color

You can tell which colors i use most... I start with the pale peach, then the cream, then the champagne, the  rosey pink, and the brown ... just a couple of quick swipes of each and blend in completely.

peach

cream

champagne/pink

brown

$1 eyeliner pencil.

$2 Mascara

best stuff ever !!!! 

Couple More touch up curls in the front.

10 minutes later final look... It makes a huge difference in how i feel about myself during the day.  Every woman needs and can figure out how to take that 10 minutes for herself.