ULTA HAUL!!!

Yes I did!  I went to Ulta and got a whole bunch of stuff!  I'll be posting a video of everything I bought tomorrow, well everything minus the Reebok Nanos I got for Crossfitting lol.  I did no go over them.  So I'm not going to post much on what I bought today.  If you are really interested, go check out the video tomorrow.  I could always use more viewers and subscribers lol.

I will post the one big thing I went to Ulta to buy, and I got it. The Lorac Mega Pro 3 Palette.  Here it is: 

Nice, isn't it!  I swatched a couple of the colors and they are nice.  I will dive into them tomorrow, either for work, or for church.

I had a bit of a splurge eating wise this evening. Nothing to much, but a little bit.  It was kind of nice. I think everyone should lighten up a little but from time to time.  I'm planning on getting a workout in tomorrow.  Probably weights at home.  I'd like to practice pullups, and get some glute training in too.  And maybe I might just do some bench pressing too.  I need to practice double unders.  If I could have done double unders I could have RXed the WOD on Thur. But oh well.  I'll get there. I'm also gonna practice toes to bar.  I want to do those so bad I can taste it.

I really don't want to work Sun, Mon and Tue then go to that stupid meeting on Wed.  Its gonna SUCK.  I hope I can hit Crossfit on Mon and Thus this week.  I miss when I don't get to go.  I just feel better when i go on a regular basis.

I finally got up to double digit numbers of subscribers on my You Tube channel.  Now I just need to get up to the magic number of 50.  When I hit 50, I'm going to go a giveaway.  Some makeup, something for fitness. I'm gonna narrow it down once I get closer to 50.  So keep that in mind.  My You Tube Channel is Barbells and Beauty just like my blog, in case you want to see the videos, and subscribe.  You might be a winner!

I'll chat more later.  Buy!

Well that video was a total fail.

I filmed a video of a review of the Tarte Amazonian Clay foundation   Here it is.

But when I began the filming, I had the camera on the wrong setting, and the picture was grainy and shitty.  So that was 20 mins of my life I won't be getting back.  At least I figured it out before I started editing.  Maybe I'll film it another day.

I got my Kat Von D palette today. I'm going to swatch it today and put it up later today or tomorrow.

I finally got to go to Crossfit tonight.  It felt wonderful!  I miss it when I do go for a few days.  Next week will be crap.  I have stupid crap and classes at work that will be interfere with my days off, and with going to Crossfit. I freaking hate that.  I hope to go 2 days next week. Then maybe I can actually get to my 3 days a week I'm gonna go for.

That's about it for me today.

Why am I so tired today, oh, that's right.

I am so freaking tired today and I couldn't figure out why.  I slept ok, had a nice nap, cause I'm working tonight.  But I still feel like I could sleep another 3 hour.  Then the cramping started.  That's right.   It that dreaded time of the month. Or in my case every 3 months thanks to my birth control pills I take for peri-menopause symptoms.   But OMG.  I have the energy of a sloth.  A tired sloth at that.  Good lord!

I did a little ordering last night.  Ordered more Morphe eye shadows. And I got this!

The Kat Von D Metals eye shadow palette.  OMG!  Its so pretty! Can't wait to get it and try it all out!

Working the next two nights. And thanks to all sorts of other things going on, I won't get to Crossfit until Thur.  Sigh. I might have been able to go today,but man I'd have to really pray everything works out today, and I don't think that's gonna happen.

I think I'll film a new review today.  I'll review this Tarte foundation.

I've had it for a while, used it quite a bit. But not for a full 12 hour shift, so hey, why not not?
So I'd better make my phone calls, and then set up for a new video.   Chat later!

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I got a new ride!!

Yep, I traded in my 2015 Jeep Renegade, which I did like, for a 2017 GMC Acadia. I wanted something with either 4 wheel drive or AWD for driving to and from work this winter.  After driving about 5 different vehicles, a couple more than once, this is what I picked.

I like the color, love how its laid out on the interior.  Over all very very happy!

I filmed a new video, and when I was editing, it really sucked.  So I'm gonna have to refilm it.  Oh well.  Live and learn I guess.  This next one will be better, I hope lol.

Have to work the next two nights.  Hope it goes as smoothly as it did last night.  It was a good night last night overall.

I'll be doing a new video on Wed, and posting on Thur.  A new review of a different foundation.  Still looking for that holy grail foundation.  I'll find it sooner or later.

I'm heading up to the city on Fri, Des Moines is as city as it gets for me lol.   I'm going to do a haul at Ulta, and then when I get home, I'll film what I got.  So I've got a couple more videos planned for the week.  I have no idea what all I'll be getting, but I'm planning on spending a couple hundred in Ulta. So it might be a more impressive haul video.

Maybe I'll pick up the new Anastasia palette that's suppose  to be in stores by then!  Lorac has a few interesting things, as does tarte.  Decisions decision.

I had to miss Crossfit today since I was picking up and signing the paperwork for my new ride!  I guess that's ok.  I'll go tomorrow and Thur.  Maybe Sat morning if I feel like it.

Well, that's about all I have right now.  Post later.

My review of IT Cosmetics CC Cream

I decided to wear it for work, and really give it a good review.  Had a small chink in my plans, as when I was getting ready for work, I got a call from the hospital letting me know I was on call as it was a low census day. So I didn't get to wear it for the normal 14+ hours I would have worn it for a nights work.  Oh well.

This is what it looks like.

It sells on Ulta for $38.   I know you can order it also off the IT Cosmetics website, and I'm fairly soon that you can also buy it from QVC.  Might be able to get it at a better deal off QVC so check it out. 

I put it on the right side of my face with a damp beauty blender, and the left with a rounded top foundation brush.  I think I liked they way it looked with the blender slightly better, but there wasn't much difference in the end.

I checked it out after about 5-6 hours.  It has settled just a little but in my forehead wrinkles, and it fell off my nose into the crease that starts the smile lines.  Now I won't count that against this CC cream, cause for the last couple weeks EVERYTHING I put on my nose, falls off into that crease.  I have no idea why.  I need to maybe switch up my skin care and see if that's it or if this is just some weird change thanks to agings. I am 46 after all.

I then checked it after 8+ hours, and not much had changed.  A little settling into the crease right under my mouth on my chin, but nothing else really happened.  It lasted the 8+ hours pretty well.  I do think it felt just a little heavy on my face, but I really think anything would have felt heavy on my face yesterday.

I filmed a video of this review, with check ins throughout the night.  I'll leave a link here if you want to watch it. My It Cosmetics CC Cream Video

I did give this CC Cream a thumbs up.  It covered well, lasted pretty good, and didn't settle into my lines any worse than anything else I own.  I've got wrinkles, and foundation settles into them. Just a fact of life.

So that's it. Review of the It Cosmetics CC Cream. Hope you enjoyed it.

Happy October everyone

Hope this month gives you everything you need.  For me, slightly cooler weather.  I love summer, but its nice to have the windows open and the air conditioner off.  My hubby is hot blooded and he always wants it so much colder than I do. Now that he's home all the time, our electric bill is so much higher cause he is running the air so much more than I would.

I posted a new video today. I'm going to quit posting the videos to my written blog. No one is watching it from here.   I'll post links if so if you are interested, you can click the link.  Here's the one I just posted a few mins ago. I talk about restarting my fitness journey, and how you can start yours.
My Fitness Journey

I'm planning on getting some new palettes in the next couple weeks and probably a new foundation or two.  I'm on the hunt for the Holy Grail of foundations, and I'm not having much success.   I can find ones that look good for a few hours, but not the 12+ I need them to.  Or they look really good for 12+ hours on part of my face, and fall off my nose, or settle in my wrinkles on my forehead.  It just kind of sucks, this aging crap.

I've got to go to work tonight. I really hope things have quieted down some.  I know the flu season has started, and the allergy season is in full swing.  We have had a rash of people with shortness of breath.  A lot of them have the beginning of pneumonia already so a few days in the hospital is in order.  I hope its quiet. I'd like a nice quiet night.

I think tonight I'll take a book and hope I can actually get a chance to read a chapter or two while I eat.  The last couple weeks I eat my food in a hurry while I try to catch up on charting.  It would be nice to get to have a little down time for a change.

I hope the rest of your day goes wonderful. I've got about 90 min before I get ready for work.  Hope its a good shift.