Happy Friday everyone! I’m very happy it’s friday 
Yay for the weekend!
1. What’s on your tips?
My nails are naked right now! I need to paint them.
2. What skincare products are you currently using?
Cleanser: Yes to Blueberries Cream Cleanser
Clarisonic Mia
Daytime Moisturizer: mark For Goodness Face Antioxidant Skin Moisturizing Lotion SPF 30
Nighttime Moisturizer: Oil of Olay Regenerist Night Recovery Moisturizer (still trying to find one that my skin doesn’t hate.)
Serum: Subversive Apothecary’s Anti-Aging Serum
Makeup Remover: Nyx Eye & Lip Makeup Remover
Lipbalm: Epically Epic Mango Lychee lip balm
3. What are you looking forward to this weekend?
Spending time with friends. Saturday afternoon I get to see a very good friend I haven’t seen in forever, then Saturday evening we’re going to a wine tasting at another friend’s house.
4. What are you currently reading?
The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa
5. What are your three colors of choice for this Spring?
I think it’s no surprise that Orange is one of my three colors. I’ll probably choose pinky-coral and purple, too.
Some links to check out…
Grey picks some of my favorite brushes for her pick of the week. Yay!
Izzy shows you another salmon concealer powder, this time it’s from Sonia Kashuk.
Lillian has lots of Illamasqua lipgloss swatches.
The Mineraloholic does a wonderful comprehensive review on Meow’s face products.
Don’t forget that you can enter my Apothica.com Giveaway.
Grey has an Aromaleigh giveaway going on here, too.
1. What’s on your tips?
My nails are naked right now! I need to paint them.
2. What skincare products are you currently using?
Cleanser:
Clarisonic Mia
Daytime Moisturizer:
Nighttime Moisturizer:
Makeup Remover:
Lipbalm:
3. What are you looking forward to this weekend?
4. What are you currently reading?
5. What are your three colors of choice for this Spring?
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1. What’s on your tips?
Essie Pama, a deep pomegranate red. OPI So Hot It Berns on my toes
2. What skincare products are you currently using?
Cleanser: Natura Bisse cream cleanser with AHA in the morning. It varies at night from Purely Beauty Simply Clear face wash to Dermalogica Special Cleansing Gel. Every 3 days or so I’ll exfoliate – usually with Dermalogica Microfoliant
Daytime Moisturizer: Purely Moisture Organic Alpha Hydroxy Acid Moisturizing Cream with spf 30 by Purely Beauty
Nighttime Moisturizer: Like Phyrra, I’m still trying to find one. Lately, it’s been Amarte Aqua Veil, which is a serum. I have to put so many things on my face, I usually fall asleep at this point
Eye cream: Natura Bisse Diamond Extreme Eye Cream. When this runs out, Kinerase Intensive Eye Cream
As I have adult – and obviously incurable! – acne, I also put on a topical antibiotic and Retin-A before moisturizer
Eye makeup remover: Lierac Diopti Demaq – excellent!
Makeup Remover: Physician’s Formula Organic Wear makeup remover towelettes (phew!) These are fantastic and different and I like them better than the creamy lotion in a pump bottle. Now if only they came in better packaging than that metal canister!
Lipbalm: Pangaea Organics Pyrenees Lavender with Cardamom lip balm
3. What are you looking forward to this weekend?
Might see a movie. Or go up to the North Shore for the Saturday farmers’ market
4. What are you currently reading? “50 ideas about philosophy you really need to know” by Ben Dupre, and “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak
5. What are your three colors of choice for this Spring? Aqua, cyan, red.
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I know what you mean! I hate the idea of having to use a ton of products and would prefer a simpler routine, which is what I always strive towards.
A “simpler routine” may be an impossible dream!
It was hideously voggy when we went to the North Shore on Saturday – to Waialua and Haleiwa. But we forgot the vog because the veggies at the farmer’s market were wonderful, and we ate sushi near the beach. We saw green sea turtles feeding on the limu (seaweed)! It was a lovely day!!!
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1. What’s on your tips?
Mode Cosmetics Nail Enamel in Cool As. It’s a really pretty mint green :3
2. What skincare products are you currently using?
Cleanser: The pink L’oreal cleanser with the scrublet, I think it’s called 360 Clean? In the sensitive skin formula.
Daytime Moisturizer: I just use sunscreen in lieu of moisturizer during the day.
Nighttime Moisturizer: Some Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Lotion. I’m really bad with names XD
Serum: None
Makeup Remover: Baby Shampoo
Lipbalm: OHWTO balm in Fudge Brownie. I also use a Nivea SPF30 balm when I first put on my makeup.
3. What are you looking forward to this weekend?
Relaxing! I’ve been really busy at work so I’m looking forward to a sleep in. Also looking forward to catching up on blogs, and then having coffee with friends on Sunday. May need to do some work from home though, which I’m not looking forward to
4. What are you currently reading?
Confessions, #4 in the Private series by Kate Brian. It’s a YA murder mystery that I sought out after reading Pretty Little Liars
5. What are your three colors of choice for this Spring?
Mint and lilac for nails, orange for lips, and pinky peach colours for cheeks like NARS Deep Throat. I’m also obsessed with magenta and purple lips lately, though I dont think that’s necessarily to do with Spring!
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Fudge brownie sounds awesome! Magenta and purple are perfect for lips!
1. What’s on your tips?
Wet n Wild Caribbean Frost
2. What skincare products are you currently using?
Cleanser: St. Ives Apricot Scrub
Moisturizer: This winter has really caused my eczema to act up. My face is super scaly and flaky so I’ve been using Eucerin morning and night
Makeup Remover: Equate Makeup wipes
Lipbalm: Epically Epic’s lip balm in Turkish Coffee
3. What are you looking forward to this weekend? It’s the end of my semester and I’m looking forward to taking my finals on Saturday and not having to sit for classes all weekend! Also going to go out to breakfast with the kids and their father in between finals on Saturday.
4. What are you currently reading?
Invisible by Lorena McCourtney
5. What are your three colors of choice for this Spring? Minty greens, purples, yellow
Sounds like a wonderful weekend
1. What’s on your tips?
Nothing again lol
2. What skincare products are you currently using?
Cleanser: La Roche Posay Effaclar and Mey Vital Liquid Soap
Daytime Moisturizer: La Roche Posay Effaclar M
Nighttime Moisturizer: Bio Oil
Mask : Queen Helene Mint Julep Masque
Scrub : Fresh lemon juice mixed with sugar
Makeup Remover: L’Oreal Demaq’ Expert Wipes (trying to use them up), Avene Micellar Lotion and Garnier Clean Sensitive Eye & Lip Makeup Remover for waterproof makeup (eyes)
Lipbalm: Garnier Repair
Sunscreen : La Roche Posay Anthelios Extreme Fluid SPF 20
3. What are you looking forward to this weekend?
Hanging out with my best friend and my boyfriend
4. What are you currently reading?
I’m about to start The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
5. What are your three colors of choice for this Spring?
x
Coral, pink and light purple
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I love your spring color choices!
1. What’s on your lips?
A lip treatment by Murad. It fixes up chapping like nothing else.
2. What skincare products are you currently using?
Cleanser: CeraVe’s hydrating cleanser.
Daytime Moisturizer: CeraVe
Nighttime Moisturizer: CeraVe PM
Makeup Remover: I’ve just been using the cleanser, because it works great for me!
Lipbalm: The Murad lip treatment.
3. What are you looking forward to this weekend?
Getting some new piercings with a friend of mine, who’s getting her first tattoo!
4. What are you currently reading?
Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
5. What are your three colors of choice for this Spring?
Purple, which is my favorite color, as well as yellow and green, which are new obsessions.
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What do you think of the CeraVe line?
1. Later I’m going to paint my nails with Cyberspace by China Glaze
2. I’m using the entire Yes to Tomatoes regimen, plus Kiehl’s blue toner. In the shower I use OHWTO’s Black Magic soap.
3. I’m not looking forward to anything, really, since my mom just had shoulder surgery and I can’t leave her alone or I’ll get chewed-out by my stepdad.
4. “Bad Seed”, Ian Johnstone’s biography of Nick Cave. Really thorough and it’s got a lot of great pictures!
5. I don’t really bother much with specifics, but I’ll be wearing more bright colors.
Oh cool! I’ve heard good thing about Nick Cave’s biography
1. What’s on your tips?
Rimmel lasting finish pro in Burgundy. I love it!
2. What skincare products are you currently using?
Cleanser: Boots Expert Anti-Blemish cleansing foam
Daytime/Nighttime Moisturizer: Boots Botanics EYe and Lip Correcting Serum for around the eyes, and Boots Expert Sensitive Hydrating Serum for the rest of the face
Makeup Remover: Boots Expert Sensitive Makeup Remover pads.
Lipbalm: Neosporin Lip Health Daily hydration therapy, SPF 20
3. What are you looking forward to this weekend?
My Birthday, woo!
4. What are you currently reading?
“The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” by Stieg Larrson. 3rd book in the series and it is awesome!
5. What are your three colors of choice for this Spring?
Coral, lavender and gold.
Happy Birthday! I hope it was lovely :>
1. What’s on your tips? OPI’s DS Opulence, but I have plans to paint my nails with Orly’s Space Cadet later today.
2. What skincare products are you currently using?
Cleanser: Clarisonic. My face is doing the ‘initial purge’ thing, which is one of the reasons I haven’t been posting EoTDs. When people say “I wish my skin looked like it did when I was 15!” I think they’ve selectively forgotten all the acne.
Daytime and Nighttime Moisturizer: Olay Regenerist Serum (face/neck), Body Shop Spiced Vanilla body butter (hands, elbows, feet). I don’t know why people use different products for day and night (there’s got to be a good reason), but this particular combination seems to work for me.
Makeup Remover: Almay Oil-Free for my eye makeup/mascara, Walgreen’s Make-up Remover Wipes for general face
Lipbalm: not using one. I don’t know why so much of my skin seems to dry and crack like a shedding snake, but my lips don’t have that problem.
3. What are you looking forward to this weekend? Re-reading Downbelow Station (or starting it), rewatching Caprica (just finished rewatching Jericho), and swatching. More swatching. Always more swatching…
4. What are you currently reading? I’m just finishing up the Chanur saga, by C J Cherryh. Next I’ll be starting Downbelow Station, by the same author.
5. What are your three colors of choice for this Spring? Fuchsia, turquoise, and silver. (I’ve got a whole Miami-Vice-esque thing going on. But no pet alligator.)
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Fuchsia and turqouise are 2 of my favorites :>
1. What’s on your tips? Deborah Lippmann’s Glitter in the Air
2. What skincare products are you currently using?
I’m currently in a ‘clean-up’ mode, so I’m using a bunch of half-used items I own.
Makeup Remover: Lancome’s eye makeup remover, whatever that’s called, as needed.
Lipbalm: Blistex Deep Renewal
3. What are you looking forward to this weekend?
My cousin and his GF are in from Chicago, we’re going to a wedding in Redondo Beach. Also going to hit the Inglot store in Newport, so that should be fun.
4. What are you currently reading?
No time for reading any books right now, trying to organize for a (hopeful) move soon. Mostly reading magazines that I haven’t gotten to yet.
5. What are your three colors of choice for this Spring?
Hmm… I don’t usually change my color palette too much by season, but I have been wearing a bit more pink than usual. Otherwise, my three favorite colors are blue, purple and green. Lighter or brighter versions of all of them will likely be in high use.
Have a great weekend!
I know clean up mode
If my skin doesn’t like it, I either offer it to friends who want it, or Ray or Dave finish it off.
1. What’s on your tips?
Luxedo by essie.
2. What skincare products are you currently using?
Cleanser: Wexler acne stuff
Daytime Moisturizer: Wexler skin brightening daily moisturizer
Nighttime Moisturizer: Wexler intensive night reversal and repair cream
Makeup Remover: olive oil and victoria’s secret makeup remover
Lipbalm: either CO Bigalow mentha lip shine or Jack Black Intense therapy lip balm
3. What are you looking forward to this weekend?
Nothing really…I have nothing planned.
4. What are you currently reading?
Lately i have been listening to audiobooks I don’t know if it still counts as reading. I have been listening to Harry Potter series, the British version.
5. What are your three colors of choice for this Spring?
teals, magenta and greens.
I would say audio books count
1. What’s on your tips?
Zoya Tallulah
2. What skincare products are you currently using?
Cleanser: Dr. Bronner’s unscented liquid soap(diluted 1/2 and 1/2 with water) mixed with baking soda for exfoliation. It works awesomely and it’s ridiculously cheap.
Daytime Moisturizer: Everyday Shea unscented lotion
Nighttime Moisturizer: Everyday Shea unscented lotion mixed with a tiny bit of virgin coconut oil.
Makeup Remover: I don’t use one, just my face soap.
Lipbalm: Dr. Bronner’s Naked(unscented) lip balm
3. What are you looking forward to this weekend? Dinner with some good friends that are coming into town:-)
4. What are you currently reading?
-Chariots of the Gods by Erich von Daniken
-Breakthrough: The Next Step by Whitley Strieber (third book in a nonfiction series of four)
-The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
- The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft
5. What are your three colors of choice for this Spring? Greens, yellows and blues…but I really love all kinds of bright colors, so it mostly depends on my mood hehe.
Hope you have a good weekend!
Oh! I use the Dr Bronner’s to clean my brushes. I’ve never tried it as an exfoliant.
I love Lovecraft, by the way. Excellent stories
1. What’s on your tips? China Glaze Zombie Zest over Wagon Trail. Looks awesome zombie green sparkle
I put a lil pic of it on my blog.
2. What skincare products are you currently using?
I use SK2 cleanser, treatment essence and cellumination essence
Makeup Remover: garnier 2 in 1
Lipbalm: Blistex
3. What are you looking forward to this weekend?
My sister and are I going snorkeling
4. What are you currently reading?
Horus Rising by Dan Abnett (warhammer 40k fiction)
5. What are your three colors of choice for this Spring? Well it’s coming into autumn here so I don’t know about spring but my colours for autumn are deep purples and oranges I think. I have been getting into Hot Pinks for a while but that might fade with the summer heat here, we shall see.
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I hope snorkeling was a blast
Thank you for the link!
But there wasn’t much to look forward to anyway!
1. What’s on your tips?:
Nothing on my toenails, my fingernails are Dream On by Sinful Colours
2. What skincare products are you currently using?
Cleanser: The Body Shop passionfruit cleanser, it’s heavenly!
Daytime Moisturizer: Simple light moisturiser
Nighttime Moisturizer: simple light moisturiser
Makeup Remover: various makeup wipes
Lipbalm: some nivea one
3. What are you looking forward to this weekend? Well now I’m finally doing this the weekend is practically over
4. What are you currently reading? The Game of Thrones the first book in the Song of Fire and Ice series.
5. What are your three colors of choice for this Spring?
Pink, silver, green
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I’m equal parts dreading and eager for the Game of Thrones tv series.