Iope Air cushion Foundation!!

Hey loves its Nina again, back to tell you about the best thing since makeup was created!! Okay so over Christmas I went to California with my husband and his family (who are Taiwanese) and my mother in law was telling me about my foundation and said she wanted to give me something little did I know that it was going to be the best present ever!! 

So we get into the car all of us and go to this market in town and we head over to this Korean beauty store, it was so cool and interesting to look at all the products. My mother in law took me up to the sales lady and she told her what she wanted and then we went through some questions about my skin such as if I had oily skin or dry skin or combination if I wore makeup every day or some times and what other products had I used before. She was very helpful then she took me to the counter to try on the foundation that my mother in law has suggested, and then made a little joke about how pale I am, and that of course I would be the lightest shade, which is c21 vanilla. So then she proceeded to put the foundation all over my face and when I looked in the mirror I was so amazed there wasn't any kind of imperfection on my skin I looked like a doll!! Well like a ghost until she put some blush on me! After we decided on what type to finally get my mother in law went to the counter and paid for it which it is well worth the cost which at the time was $48 after tax. However you do get a free refill with it and an extra cushion. This is the same product that she wears and all of her friends and she is one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen!! 

So anyway when I got back to the hotel I had to get ready to go meet some of his family for dinner, that was the first time that I actually got to apply it my self and it was the best experience with a foundation ever it was so easy to apply and to blend out to the most flawless finish and it didn't crease or cake or anything that you usually see when applying foundation. It is also light enough and comfortable enough to wear long term, it also lasts for twelve hours! You can touch your face and it won't wear off, you can even sweat and work out in it and it still won't budge! Also you do NOT have to wear a primer with this it covers up everything and doesn't clog your pores. I was so impressed with this foundation I went to Chicago and went to Chinatown there and walked into a cosmetics store and bought one more and a blusher and lipstick! Altogether it was about $100 but I also bought some other things because it was a package deal.
The thing that separates this foundation from the others is the packaging of it and the way that the foundation is contained in a sponge inside the compact that lets it breath and go on smoothly like if you were to use an airbrush foundation. The blush is also the same way it is light and you can easily build it up. When I bought it the sales lady told me that it would probably only last me 30 days, 15 on the first side and then you are supposed to flip the sponge over and then another 15 days on that side, however I am still on the first side and it's been since December and I wear it almost every day!! So this product will last you along time. I encourage you all to go and find this on Amazon or eBay where ever you can find it, it is well worth every penny spent. I am normally not a spender on high quality foundations normally I go for drug store brand but never again.

This is me with out any makeup on, as you can see my skin is not perfect!!

This is me with half of my face done.

This is my full foundation.

The final result! 

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How to Organize your makeup desk/vanity!

Hey loves Nina here! So I have been doing a little early spring cleaning when it comes to my makeup and my whole bedroom actually. I thought I would share with you some things that I did that actually made a difference in my life by making it just a little more organized and also made it easier to find exactly what I am looking for. 

First it does depend on the size of your makeup collection/ beauty products.(I have a lot of hair care products and extra shampoos and things like that) The first thing that I did when I started this whole process, which took me almost a day to do, was go through all of the products that I had and anything that I had not worn in over a year I would put in one pile, anything that was new but I knew I would never use I put into another pile, and anything that I wanted to keep/ used on a daily basis I put into my final pile. 

The next thing I did was determine what was expired in the products that I had. Which how I determine if it has expired or not is by smell, the look (if it has separated, lost pigment, clumpy, ect.),and then by seeing if there is a date on the product that I am looking at. This normally is the best way that I cut down on all of the makeup that I never use or have used to much. The next pile that is stuff that is new that I would never use I give to my sisters, I recently gave away all the foundation that I had purchased before I found the one I love which I will be making a post on that so I am not going to go into too much detail, I also gave her some of the perfume that I had and some eyeshadow that I knew would look beautiful on her hazel eyes!! 

The final pile I put aside to be organized later. I then began to move things off of my desk and out of these plastic dressers that I had originally put some of my clothes in, however I also went through those and didn't need as big of a dresser so I put them in a smaller one. I then stacked them next to my desk and started to sort my products into categories. 

The first was perfume and lotion and deodorant. Then next was hair spray, then it was hair products such as oils or leave in conditioner, the next was just a drawer full of my nail polish and razors and then some lip scrubs that I had gotten from Victoria's Secret, the next drawer was full of shampoos and shower stuff. And then the last two were for random stuff.

The next thing that I did was organize the top of my vanity and decide what I would put on top to make it look nice. You can do this with anything that you have be it pictures or a fancy mirror or something that means something special to you that makes you feel happy. I have my grandmothers music box on mine along with my wedding bouquet and pictures of my family and the first flowers my husband ever bought for me. 

Then start to organize the rest of your makeup I like to keep my everyday go to makeup in a little container on the top so that I don't have to rush around to look for something if I am in a hurry and need to do a look fast. Then you just need to organize the rest in the order that meets your needs and then that's all you have a beautiful desk that you can be excited to work at!