Brooke Moinet

 I am always looking for the perfect shade of nude lipstick. I feel what might read as “nude” on  the tube may really come out as “mauve”, “pink”,or just plain “muddy”.  So, the other day when I needed a quick pick-me-up for my lips I decided to grab a random Maybelline lip-plumping lipstick that said it was “In The Nude”, I thought, “if its too pink, I don’t care because it was cheap anyway”.

Well, to my surprise it was actually what it said it was, NUDE.  Who knew? And as an added bonus it had a slight tingle, that gave my lips a little plump.  It moisturized them nicely too, and in the winter that’s a major plus.

So, thank you Maybelline for being affordable and honest, and for doing right by my lips!

Change is good. This is something I tend to forget when I am too busy keeping up with my baby to  even bother washing my face in the morning. I admit,  life has changed this year, quite dramatically, and I love every messy hair, no makeup,  moment. Funny, I always pictured life as as a mother as being “over”.  But life has become more than colorful, and more meaningful.  In fact there was a moment where I became sick of the flakey beauty industry, full of phonies, and pretentious and boring repeats. I was ready to move on.  Then I realized something, I am fabulous at what I do. I know what I am talking about and I know better than the newbee’s coming in  to the industry to try their hand at a “trendy career”… 

So, where am I going with this? I’m going to continue to bless you with the honest knowledge and advice about skincare and beauty, in 2010.

Happy Holidays!

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