First Impressions | Avon, Maybelline, and More

I've had a few products I've been meaning to test out, and thought that I would share my first impressions with you! We all know how I am when it comes to rambling so I apologize for the length of the video! Make sure you check the links below so you can find out where to get these! I seriously love the Avon liquid liner! I really cannot say enough good things about it!
 


WHERE TO SHOP
Extra Lasting Foundation HERE

Super Shock Waterproof Mascara HERE

Precise Liquid Eyeliner Pen MY FAVORITE HERE

SSS Bug Guard HERE

L'Oreal Misceller Water HERE

Maybelline Great Lash Mascara HERE

Maybelline Unstoppable Black Eyeliner

Love and Hugs as Always!!

Makeup Storage and Organization

Hey guys! Today I decided to take a break from the house remodel and decor and focus on makeup storage!After i used the KonMari method to declutter and clean out anything that I didn't use I thought I would show you a quick makeup storage tour!

Thanks for watching! Love and hugs as always!

Getting Organized Series

I told you in my last post about my love for organization and planning. If you missed it you can read that here. I have been working on several projects and decided that it may be fun (and hopefully beneficial) to start a series on organization! I love finding new ideas and options for organizing my home, work space, makeup, planners, and everything else!

Below are a few pins and ideas I found via Pinterest. Some of these I currently use and others are just fun options. I will be doing room by room posts for this series in addition to other fun tips and tricks. Check out my pinterest for more ideas!

Fun Ideas!

 

1) Makeup

I'm sure you could guess that I would start here! I love to have my makeup sorted and organized because its much easier to find what I am looking for! I currently use clear acrylic storage from muji and a few other brands I have found along the way. The Muji drawers are my favorite! You can find those on their website here! There are other options available, and you can also find acrylic style storage at your local  Marshalls and Ross!

 

In addition to regular makeup storage I keep my brushes stored in clear glass containers with colorfill (they are almost bead like) that I picked up at either Michaels or AC Moore. Mine are similar to the one pictured (I just have several containers lol). This will give you an idea!

 

(The brushes are not mine, the storage picture is mine. This is before I rearranged and finished everything. Stay posted for that tour!)

 

2) Closet

 

 

 

 

Ever since I was young I liked to keep my clothes organized by color. Not only does it look pretty and clean, but it is much easier to find what you are looking for! If you know you want to wear a specific pink top then you go to the area that is pink and there it is! I use the retail color method (roygbiv). You can do this for books displayed on shelves too. 

 

 

 

3) Drawers

Drawers sometimes tend to get cluttered. We all have that one junk drawer, but not all drawers need to look like the one containing every random and unused item . There are some great drawer organizers, or you can be crafty and use shoe boxes for storage! Here are a few ideas! I also like the idea of folding t-shirts like the picture below! This makes it easier to find what you are looking for compared to traditional folding and stacking.

 

4) Bathroom Storage

 

There are so many ways to organize a bathroom! I'm not going to go into full detail here because we are currently remodeling our bathroom, but here are a few ideas from pinterest! It is really all about the storage in my opinion! Stay updated for a full post.

 

 

5) Kitchen

This is another room we just recently renovated. The organization part is still not quite finished. There are several ideas we are still working on. I did do a "café" theme similar to the one pictured. I didn't display the coffee cups like this, but it is a great idea! Here are a few fun storage and organization ideas.

 

 

6) Laundry

The laundry room is another room we need to attack! This area in our house is the worst currently. We have been going room by room and this area will be last. We have an older house, so there isn't a specific room designated as a laundry room. Our laundry area is in the garage by the kitchen door. I am still debating doing a mud room style area, but shelves and storage are a must! Here are a few cute laundry room ideas. I love the use of several similar baskets for sorting. That makes laundry loads much easier!

 

 

The Rest of the House

Since I decided to start a series on organizing I will be going room by room. This will include bedrooms, closets, the kitchen, kitchen drawers, linen closets, etc. We have a lot of work to do! Stay tuned for these posts and all the other ones I have planned!

 

Love and Hugs!

 

 

Back at It

Wow! I think this is the longest I've gone without posting! I know I always tell you guys how busy life has been, but the past seven months have been beyond that! I started another blog and that will tell you a lot about where my time has been and what has been going on in my life! You can check that out here!

I thought I would do my usual insta update and then tell you a little about the posts I have planned!
Here are a few shots from the past several months!





















Whew! There were many more pictures, but I didn't want to overwhelm you! So far we have worked like crazy, been to a few awards ceremonies, I got my hair colored and trimmed, more awards dinners, bible studies, planning, took care of my grandmother (who suffered from dementia), planned school for the kids, and unfortunately the last two pictures were from the flowers we had at my grandmothers funeral. I cannot explain how very much I miss her. She passed away two weeks ago (Thursday).

I hope everyone has enjoyed the past several months! The good news is I have several posts planned!
Some will include :
* Reviews
*Videos
*Planning
*Recipies
*Our Current DIY and Remodel situation
*Helpful tips
*and more!!

Love and Hugs to all of you! I have missed you!! Don't forget to follow me on social media to stay up to date and not miss anything!!

Love,

On My Christmas List

I usually don't make a Christmas list, but lately I haven't done much shopping for myself. I also tend to feel guilty for making "selfish" purchases...meaning ones I don't really need! This year I decided that a few things that have been on my shopping list would be great to transfer to my "Christmas List".  Here are a few of the items and a description below!

shopping by flairbybrandi featuring Muji

1) Muji large 2 drawer acrylic makeup storage
2) Muju 5 drawer acrylic makeup storage
3) acrylic lipstick organizer
4) Makeup Geek shadow
5) Storage cubes (I am getting the 9 cube and then adding a customized shoe storage at the bottom)
6) Anastasia dip bow
7) Anastasia contour kit
8) a Z palette (in leopard)

What is on your Christmas list? Beauty items, storage solutions, or other fun stuff? Let me know!

Love and hugs!

 

Fall Makeup Look and New Series!

With my crazy schedule I haven't taken the time to post any makeup looks. It has definitely been a long time. I pulled out the camera yesterday and thought I would snap a few pictures while I got ready. Halfway through my camera died, so I switched to my phone.

After rushing through this look I started thinking that it would be fun to do a series on several wearable fall looks! I plan to include daytime and evening looks for the Fall Makeup Series! Here are the step by step photos with details below!

There is no set way I apply my makeup. Some days I will apply foundation first and some days I apply it last. It usually depends. Today I waited because some of the shadows cause a good bit of fallout and I don't like all the touchups. So here is what I did today:

1) I grabbed my Urban Decay eye primer  and 2) applied it to my lids.3) Then I grabbed my Urban Decay book of Shadows and patted "Sin" on my lids. 5) Using the UD Electric Palette I opted for the orange shade called "Burnout" and put it along the crease and outer corner. Then added some lighter shimmery orange with "Freelove". 8) Freelove application. 9) I decided to darken the orange with the two purple shades "Flash" and "Tornado". 10) I kept these more on the outer area and crease. 11) I used my Vice Palette and put 12) "Toxic" all over the lid and crease to add shimmer. Then I used "Rewind" 14) to deepen and 15)started to blend. 16) More deepening with "Derailed" 17) more blending 18) Time to clean up the fallout 19) I used my Avon Glimmerstick liner and then (not shown) went over the liner with "Blackout". 20) Foundation time. 21) I buffed the two together 22) Then grabbed my Maybelline Age Rewind Concealer and 23) put it under my eyes. 24) Time to add shadow to the bottom. These were Derailed and Rewind shadows. 25)lashes curled 26) pulled out the UD Perversion (They sent me a trial before it launched and I loved it so much I have a full size that I haven't opened)27) Upper lashes 28) Lower lashes 29) Avon Glimmersticks brow pencil in Blonde. 30) filling in before I grab my favorite 31) Too Faced Brow Envy then 32) Filling in and 33) using the spooly. 34) This picture looks crazy the way the flash showed up, but this is Too Faced Chocolate Solei bronzer 35) applying and then 36) blush from elf. 37) on the apples . I did highlight but that isn't pictured either lol. 38)Time for setting powder. This is a mix of two powders. 39) Elf matte nude lip with 40)Smashbox gloss on top.

 

Love and hugs!

 

Makeup Shopping List from Makeup Geek

It has been a while since I shared one of my shopping lists with you! I have been working on another list that I plan to get soon! I am always finding new products I want to try out, and the Makeup Geek brand is on my list. I loaded my online cart and thought I would share the items I've added so far. Here is my list!

The shadows:

Sea Mist and Moondust:

Cupcake and Burlesque: 

Stealth and Ice Queen:

Purely Naked and Preppy:

Latte and Razzleberry: 

Beaches and Cream and Hipster:

Blush:

Empty Palette for Storage of tins:

The price of the shadow tins is $5.99 and the blush is $9.99. The empty palette I picked is the large Z palette and is $19.99. You can check out the Makeup Geek website by clicking HERE! You can also follow my shopping list as I go on my pinterest board by clicking HERE!

Love and Hugs!!