April 2016 Favorites

Hi guys, it's been a while! I have moved since my last post and have been very busy with my planner sticker Etsy shop, Whimsical Plans! I haven't stopped playing with makeup and indie makeup in the interim, and I've been wanting to come back and write some smaller review posts. I had a few favorites from April I also wanted to share, so here I am! I can't say if I will be posting regularly, or even irregularly, but I do want to try to post when the mood strikes. I have a different lighting set up, and I will preface this review by saying I am not going to be doing swatches. I know that sucks, but if I just don't have the time or the place to do swatches, so I am sorry. I have been really into perfume these past few months, so I have been thinking about doing some one-off indie perfume reviews. Let me know in the comments if that's something you'd like to see!

Here are my favorites for April, in no particular order!

August 2015 Favorites

Hi everyone, it's been a while! I've had a busy month, so had to take a little break from blog posts for a bit. If you saw my Facebook post, you know I'm hoping to get back into the semi-regular post groove this month. It definitely won't be as frequent as I was doing, and I have canceled some of my indie subscriptions. Not for any other reason other than I was just not as excited about a few of them, and they were the ones that are pretty easy to sign back up for. And honestly, I don't even know if I'll be able to review all of my subscriptions like I was, so just a heads up.

Now to my favorites for August! Despite not writing reviews, I did actually wear makeup and perfume quite a bit. For some reason, traveling actually makes me wear my makeup everyday because I know I'll be going out and about, and I have a bit more time in the morning to do it each day. I tried a bunch of my products I had purchased before going on a strict no-buy, and I'm already working on my September favorites list. Also, I need to majorly destash! I'm planning on getting a sell post up on the Indie Makeup And More subreddit this Sunday, so if you are there look out for that. It will be a lot of duplicates I have, tons of bath and body, eyeshadow, and perfume.

July 2015 Favorites

I'm a bit late on my July Favorites, but I had some great products this month that I just had to share! I've been slowing my roll on buying up all the things lately, got to save for some trips and other fun things coming up. And I've just been feeling unmotivated to get blog posts done. :( I'm just trying not to beat myself up too much if I don't get done what I wanted to get done, and just focus on getting done what I can. Sorry if you've been wondering what happened to the almost daily posts, but I just have other things that I need/want to do. You know, life stuff! On to the favorites!

June 2015 Favorites

I actually had a hard time this month narrowing down my favorites as there was a lot I really liked. I think the most difficult is picking one of my indie subscriptions, as they've all been really great lately. But there were a few new brands this month with some of my favorite products, and I think a good variety!

May 2015 Favorites

It's almost the end of May, and we're almost into June! I can't believe how fast this year is flying by. But I'm back with another month's worth of my favorite products. I had to make sure I had my favorites locked down kind of early this month because I wouldn't be home to take photos of anything in the last week here. But I managed it, and had a good variety of products this month. Well sort of, but there were just so many good perfumes/lip products/blushes this month!

April 2015 Favorites

I'm finally doing my favorites post in the month it's for! I never got around to doing last month's video, but I'm hoping I can get up a combined March/April video this week. April...ah, one of my favorite months. Not only because it's my birthday month, but also because there's still a bit of rain, it's not too hot, it's not too cold, at least here in California. And my favorites this month felt so appropriate for spring.

March 2015 Favorites

Finally, my late March Favorites post! I've been putting this off too long, and I still haven't done my video, but I'll attach it here when it's done. I've been just picking about 9 of my favorite things each month, usually at least one indie subscription, and I try to pick a variety of kinds of products. What do you guys think about having categories each month? Like favorite bath and body product, favorite eyeshadow, favorite perfume, etc? Let me know in the comments, and maybe I'll add categories for April! I feel like I barely wore makeup in March, but I still managed to have some eye and lip favorites!

February 2015 Favorites

Here are my February Favorites! There's really no method to this madness, I usually just try to pick about 9 products each month that I really loved, or found myself grabbing for more than other products, or something in my collection I rediscovered. Usually I try to go for products in a few different categories, but the favorites don't always land that way. 

January 2015 Favorites

I finally got to my January Favorites post! It was delayed a little because I wanted to film it as a YouTube video, which I've linked below, but then I went back and forth about whether or not to do a blog post too. I came to the conclusion that I should for anyone who doesn't like videos, and prefers a blog post format. Plus, you can get the close up photos for the products, and better formatted links for everything!

Monthly Favorites November 2014

For some reason or another I actually thought I missed a month of favorites because it seems like it was so long since I did October's! But nope, apparently November just felt really long to me. Another month jam-packed with indie favorites, but that's probably because I've almost exclusively switched over to indie cosmetics, with the exception of my skincare products.

Monthly Favorites October 2014

Wow October flew by didn't it!? Normally, I would have an Indie Weekends post today, but since I had a whole week of indie reviews, I figured I ought to get my favorites post up for today. And also since if you missed it, I had two Halloween specific indie collections not show up before Halloween...yeah a little irked about that.

But, it's all in the past, and I'm here with my monthly favorites for October! A good variety this month, at least I think so, some mainstream items, some indies, some Korean skincare...what more could a girl want!?

September Favorites

I'm really excited about these products for my September favorites...like really excited. When life's got me down, I try to think about how happy these little things can make me. Sometimes the little things can be a saving grace, and I'm definitely feeling that way today. Just looking at this photo makes me happy, and when it's one of those days where everything seems to go wrong, I know I try to find solace in some of my favorite things. Whether it be a tiny vial of perfume, a glittery eyeshadow, or just a yummy scented product, this is my little reminder to try to find joy and happiness in the little things.

Now to be less depressing, how is September already over!? I swear it just started! I received lots of happy packages this month, and discovered some new gems. And some of my favorites were rediscovered as I already had them in my stash. I also included a bonus favorite!

August Favorites

August was an interesting month for favorites, as many of mine weren't just one single product, but groups of them. And one group of products that I don't actually own, but am wanting so badly! Let's dig into the awesome stuff I've been loving for August!

July Favorites

It's already time for my July favorites, and it seems like I just did my June favorites, mostly because I did those pretty late into July. But I'm on time for this month! A surprising number of nail polish related favorites for July, I didn't really paint my nails at all in June, but I've been back at it! There are a few themes this month that are my favorites, including nail polish, but also Indie products in general. They are way more interesting to me than mainstream products lately, and way cheaper to get into! Lots of great stuff being made by one or two people teams. I highly recommend checking them out, and trying some Indies!

June Favorites

This is a little (ok, a lot) late, but I still wanted to give you my June favorites! Not as many beauty products this month, but July will have some more I can already tell! And my current favorite book and TV show!

May Favorites

Here were my favorite things and products from the month of May! Most of them came from a subscription, but they're all things I've been enjoying all month long!

April Favorites

I've seen a few of these kinds of posts floating around, and wanted to start doing one of my own! Here are a few of my favorite things from the month of April!

March Favorites

I've seen a few of these kinds of posts floating around, and wanted to start doing one of my own! Here are a few of my favorite things from the month of March!