September Beauty Favorites

Monthly favorites time!  I wanted to get this posted last Monday but I had just moved apartments and I was too flat-out exhausted to even consider it.  I know you've been waiting with baited breath.  Anyway, let's get at it.  

L'Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes Excess
Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Brightener
NYX HD Photogenic Concealer in Glow 
L'Oreal True Match Powder in Deep Cool
Revlon PhotoReady Powder in Light/Medium

Yikes!  That's a mouthful.  I'm lumping all these together because they were just in last month's favorites and they're still going strong.  With the move and all, I really relied on some trusty standbys instead of buying new products that I'd just have to pack up.  However, I have tried one or two new mascaras that still didn't make the cut to a favorites list.  My Million Lashes Excess is a tough one to beat.   

Simple Foaming Cleanser

When it comes to skin, I feel like I'm pretty lucky.  While I certainly get the occasional breakout, I've never had to deal with any major skin issues.  It feels like I'm at an age where perhaps I should start investing a bit more with my skincare but perhaps I'll save that for next month because Simple is an affordable drugstore brand and I've been pleased with it so far.  Since this cleanser is gentle, I tend to use it in the morning for a quick wake-up and to catch any leftover makeup bits that didn't make it off the night before.  It NEVER stings my eyes and I've had zero irritation with it.  This one is a no brainer.  

My Favorite Beauty Bloggers

In keeping with my recent beauty-themed posts, I thought I'd do you all a solid a share a list of my all-time favorite beauty You Tubers.  

So in case you're unfamiliar (because I definitely was), being a beauty You Tuber (YT) is very much a thing.  These women are making a living off of chatting about products, providing reviews, and doing tutorials.  In other words, living the dang dream guys.  Plus, some of the YT-ers I follow have upwards of 1 million followers!  They're legit.   And much in the same way that  there are about a gillion baking blogs I follow (and I become obsessed with them and fancy myself BFFs with the author), I have quite a hefty list of "favorites" in the YT world.

​I've taken the liberty of dividing these into groups based on what the focus of their channel seems to be.  This is in no way official but it's just the way my brain categorizes them like a weirdo.  And warning, I follow a LOT of YTers.