Weekend Rewind. What's in my Bag?

Happy Monday and start of lent week for those of you who will be

practicing this year.

This will be my last "What's in my Bag" post for about 6 weeks because I have

decided to give up SHOPPING for Lent this year. AGHHH!! It is going to be

SO very challenging and I'm not sure I can do it, but I think it's what I need to do. I'm going

to do a post this week on more details of why I decided to give this up for Lent and my

guidelines for what it will consist of. So, look for that if your interested.

So, a few things I picked up this weekend are as follows:

I had a gift card to Macy's left over from Christmas and decided to finish it off with

a few Clinique items. My pores around the apples of my cheeks have really grossed

me out lately. Maybe I just haven't payed attention before, but I feel like they

have gotten bigger. Anywhoo, talked to the lady at Clinique counter and she

recommended this to me and said it can also serve as a foundation primer.

The good thing about the serum is it not only conceals the size of your pores when

applied , but it actually has ingredients in it that treats the problem as well. So, in

6-8 weeks the sizes of your pores should be reduced. yay!

I have been using the Philosophy skincare line after getting for Christmas and am

loving the Purity facewash along with Hope in a Jar moisturizer. When talking to

the Clinqiue lady about my pores she asked me how often I was exfoliating?! And

I really haven't been. So, she said you need to bump up that to 3-4 times a week.

To keep things consistent with the brand I am already using I decided to jump in

Sephora and grab the Philosophy Exfoliating Wash. OH. MY. WORD. do I

love this wash!! It is one of the most gentle exfoliating scrubs I have ever used

on my face. It feels amazing and has a very light clean smell.

This retails for $25 in the 8 oz container I picked up, but if you aren't interested in

paying that much Aveeno has a Skin Brightening Daily Scrub that I think

is very comparable and can be bought at your drugstore.

Lastly, is the Maybelline Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner in this Eggplant color

called Aubergine. I don't think I have ever used a gel liner and decided to try

this brand after being so impressed with their new Color Tattoo shadows. I thought

this eggplant color would be fun since purple looks so good on brown eyes.

This liner also comes with a brush applicator.

If I like I may grab this is some other shades. (of course after Lent) :(

Have a wonderful day and Happy President's Day!