Three weeks from today my kiddos go back to school. It is both an exciting and un-nerving time for all of us. New schools, new teachers, new routines. Saying good-bye to Summer, our favorite time of year. Getting back into homework habits. Getting the kids out of the house for six hours a day. They all have their pros and cons.
The hardest thing I discover about getting back to the going back to school routine is the mornings. No matter how early we get up or how prepared I think I am, we are always rushing and pressed for time.
One of the easiest ways to shave off some time in the morning routine is by lightening up your makeup routine. One of the smartest things to invest in is a makeup palette with products for eyes, cheeks, and lips in one place. Using a palette or kit will not only simplify your makeup application,
it will cut down on the time you spend fishing through your makeup bag
to find the perfect products to go with your daily look.
There are a lot of great palettes out there, but my heart belongs to just a few. While I am just recommending those here, you would be smart to look for your own favorite to help get your look and day off to a great start.
Too Faced The Bronzed & The Beautiful Bronzing Powder palette contains the perfect selection of bronzers to take your look from Summer to Fall with ease. These bronzers and highlighters are not only for your face, they can pull double duty on your eyelids. sephora.com
Pop Beauty Backstage Buzz - No. 1 Natural Soot is available in two color combos: Midnight Soot and Natural Soot.
Natural Soot contains a Duo Bronzer and Duo Cheek & Highlighter in
Dusty Rose, Nude Glow, Cream Glow & Bronze Glow, three Eye Shades
in Jet Black, Platinum Silver, and Nude Cream, and two Lip Glosses in
Peachy Nude and Pinky Nude. sephora.com
Stilas Backstage Beauty Eye Shadow Palette - The Front Row Look has the most beautiful case, doesn't it? I am so loving that flower on the outside, which is detachable to become it's own accessory. Inside is not so bad either with three beautiful shades to create a soft smoky eye look, complete with Stilas famed Kajal eyeliner, this one in Smokey Quartz. stilacosmetics.com
NARS Artist Palette 9941 has the perfect mix of shades for not only a quick and simple look, but a beautiful one at that. This beauty contains four shades of eye shadows, two shades of The Multiple,
and four different lipsticks. The eye shadows include India Song, Night Star, Night
Clubbing and Ondine. The
Multiple shades are Copacabana, the perfect highlighter, and Malibu, the perfect nude pink brown, which anyone can wear. Finally, the lipstick shades in the palette are Honolulu Honey, the popular Dolce Vita, Gipsy and Trans Siberian, one of my new faves.
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Laura Geller Face Folio contains not one, but two palettes with everything you need for a multitude of looks. The eye palette is filled with pressed powder, duo cream concealer, and six
eyeshadows. The Lip and Cheek palette is filled with a bronzer, blush
duo, and six creamy lip colors. The folio also contains lush black mascara and a dual
lip and eye pencil. You see? This kit is complete. sephora.com
Sephora Classic Blockbuster Palette is the ultimate triple tiered palette containing your beauty needs for lips, cheeks and eyes. This must-have palette is loaded with 64 eyeshadows, 32 lip colors, seven cheek
colors, one translucent shimmer powder, four double-ended shadow
applicators, two blush brushes, and two lip brushes.
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