Black Lives Matter

Like many other creators, influencers, brands, etc., I stepped back in promoting and creating my own material and such over the past week. Instead, I've been sharing Black-owned businesses, helpful info, Black creators, and more on my Instagram Stories and Twitter. I created a "Support" tab on my Instagram to start sharing more support to BLM, but also to other causes close to my heart. It's not much, but it gets the word out and that's something.

While doing and talking about things in real life, I don't really show that side of me online aside from likes/faves/saves/reshares. Still, I can be louder. I just haven't truly talked, mainly because my channels are mostly about beauty, fashion, and lifestyle. Somewhere along the line, I forgot that this is very much under "lifestyle". I'm still not vocal about everything, but I'll be working on doing a better job at showing that side of me a little more and using what platform I have for supporting and spreading awareness. On this blog, I'm going to make more of an effort at making sure BIPOC brands are showcased when I can.

I've spent this last week putting together a list to share. This isn't about me, but the latter part was very difficult for me to write and open up about. I'm usually pretty private about those things. I have been putting in the emotional work and it shouldn't be easy for any of us. And I really hope you have been looking at ways to help, ways to change, and ways to grow. We each have room to grow and no one promised it would be easy.

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Bite Beauty's 2017 Mauvember Amuse Bouche Liquified Lip

To those who celebrate, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! This is a scheduled post, so I'm still off enjoying my holiday vacation. I have one more scheduled post coming on Friday! You can keep up with me on my various social media accounts or message me, if you'd like. I just wanted to use this week to enjoy some time off with my husband! So I might be a little more MIA than usual. I'll be back to my usual routine when 2018 comes around- WHOA! 2018?! Goodness gracious.

I'm going to keep this rather short and sweet, as I've already raved several times over about my love of Bite Beauty's Amuse Bouche Liquified Lip formula. You can see my original review and swatches of Eclair, Demi-Glace, and Flambe here. I purchased this during the VIB Sale and you can see the rest of that haul here. Here are my thoughts and swatches!

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NKLA x ColourPop Puppy Love and Cat Nap Super Shock Shadows

I had to get these in my latest order. Had to. I missed out on the first batch and I did not want to miss out again. Cat Nap and Puppy Love are from ColourPop's collaboration with NKLA. Working with Best Friends Animal Society, all proceeds from these shadows go to their fight to end the killing of dogs and cats in America's shelters. They are working to make Los Angeles a no-kill city in 2017 with the NKLA initiative. #SaveThemAll

Getting one or both of these shadows at $5 US each means you're helping with a donation of $5 or $10 US and you get a pretty eyeshadow in the deal. It's a win-win for your conscience and your vanity drawer. Both Cat Nap and Puppy Love are still available for purchase at the time of this post. Below are my swatches. To read further thoughts on the ColourPop formula, I went into more detail on this post.

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Giving Back & Blogger Rant!

I don't think there is a greater feeling than giving. Sure getting is great, but giving is good for the soul. I just feel like it sticks with you longer. With that said, I was cleaning my bathroom and I came across plenty of products that I never got around to opening or using. Some are backups, some were bought during sales to be future gifts, and some I just completely forgot about.

I'll be giving all of the above to a girls' home and hopefully they will benefit a lot of younger girls. I know that these items will get the love that I never got around to showing them. :) If you are a beauty product hoarder like me, think about giving some of the products to those that it could truly benefit. Every little thing counts!

Now on to the superficial part of my post- Blogger's new interface! It is horrible, flat out horrible. I switched a month or so ago to try it out and switched back to the old one right away. Pictures were always formatted differently, code was being added to my entries, text was all over the place, and the dashboard was hideous. I even hate editing my pages because I know they use the new format!

I loved that Blogger had it where you could choose between the two, but now they are taking the old one away completely. I feel like they are going from something that is easy on the eyes and to use to something the complete opposite. Who does Blogger think it is? Facebook? Perhaps I'm in the minority to say that I hate the changes, but I can't say one good thing about it. Oh Blogger, how could you?

How do you feel about the new interface?