the fear of color

before aviano

before a toddler

i was a professional

i wore makeup daily

rewind a few years 

prior

to 

"professional"

and 

i was a college student

who lived with a girl

who 

LOVED 

makeup 

and was GOOD at it

lucky me!

she did my make up for EVERYTHING

even my wedding!!

while i never 

loved makeup

i did enjoy it

and 

wasn't scared per say to wear it

then aviano happened

and

lack of conveniences

mixed with a toddler

made for a 

bad bad bad 

makeup situation

let me paint you a picture

first aviano's bx

carries limited amount of makeup

there's

clinique, estee lauder, lancome

and 

your main drugstore brands

covergirl, almay, revlon, maybelline, and loreal

(no neutrogena which prior to aviano is what i wore)

 and 

there are very rarely any reps to help you color match 

at 

the higher end makeup counters

so options are

the bx

a sephora 30 minutes away

or 

online

but 

when you have a two year old in tow

you don't dare walk into to sephora

trust me i have

it's a disaster!

so

i mainly dealt with the bx selection

still

with a two year old in tow

which means very very little time to look

second

time to apply makeup 

changed drastically

after having a child

(mom's you know what i am talking about)

given the circumstances

and 

the fact i wasn't a professional anymore

and 

didn't have a true need to wear makeup daily

my makeup situation

was 

well honestly

very sad.....

enter

morgan

from 

{face on face off}

 

 

  isn't she adorable!!

and

she's an okie!

not just any okie 

but

she's an okie 

that through multiple people

knows me

and 

my family 

she was one of the

"lucky" 

ones to be transplanted to aviano

and 

she is a licensed make up artist!!!

i proposed 

because i knew my sad makeup situation

and 

was kinda sacred to buy the wrong color

that we do 

a bx make up makeover

(thinking this professional make up artist would LAUGH in my face)

she agreed!!! 

and it made shopping so much easier

i took care of the kid

she grabbed a few colors

asked what i liked and then we checked out

went back to her place

and 

she demonstrated on half my face how to apply

then 

let me apply

but i am getting ahead of myself

so 

first here are the contents of my make up bag before our shopping spree

 

i know 

it's sad

AND 

the foundation bottle is empty

the fact is 

i had not bought any makeup 

since christmas 2013.

the lipstick was from christmas party 2011

the rest of the makeup 

well 

i really don't want to date it....

so

morgan had her hands full

or 

a blank slate

however you want to look at it

she asked me

"what look do you want to go with"

i said

"easy" 

haha

but after 3 minutes with my wonderfully energetic daughter 

she understood!

we grabbed some more foundation

then headed to the drug store side

after asking my budget

she started to grab

she would bring two or three colors 

of one product 

such as eye makeup 

to me 

while i was entertaining my tot

and 

she would explain why she picked each one

then

i made the decision which to keep

or 

to keep them all

we left with my make up bag filled with these wonderful products!

 it is exactly what i need 

to have a 

day look

and a 

night look

that i can transition to easily

and quickly

and it's a wonderful foundation

for me to start building back my inventory

when we get back to the states

and

i have more choices

the best part though

was having her show me

how to put on the make up

while it sounds silly

shouldn't i 

a thirty year old woman

know how to put on makeup?

yes

i do

know the basics

but

despite the lessons on pinterest

i wanted to know a few tricks/tips/etc

and she walked me through everything

even while my toddler was tormenting her house and her cute dog blondie

(again, morgan, i apologize for that!) 

so without further adieu

a before and after pic

 

i can not tell you how the couple of hours spent with her

boosted my confidence in trying new colors

(like coral on the lips or gold on the eyes)

and 

gave me confidence in application techniques in general

knowing i will reenter the professional world soon

i feel that i will go with a fresh look

and

one that i can manage 

every day!

in fact i was able to put on make up today and feel comforatable with it!

aviano folks take advantage of having her here!!!

even if you don't have a special event to go to

she can teach you SO much!!

 

 

and hurlburt field folks...

you are lucky to get her! 

thank you morgan!!!

love love from aviano! 

 

because there was no link....

 

i found this post on 

{pinterest}

but it didn’t have a link

so i thought

why the heck not

it looks simple enough

and it was

prep was easy

especially since i used all prepackaged goods

hey i am not ashamed with a 8 month old

i needs simple and quick

hence why i choose this recipe

line the bottom of your muffin tin with cookies

then add your reesee cups

make your brownie mix according to box directions

then add to the reese/cookie mix

 

cook time was simple

18 minutes at 350*f

and it comes out looking delicious

 

 

but i must have done something wrong

or

the recipe just sounds good

because the taste was mediocre

getting the brownie cookie mix out of the muffin tin was hard

i let it cool 

but still it was difficult 

and didn’t come out pretty

maybe in the future I will use cupcake tins

the bottom cookie tasted slightly burnt

and the peanut butter didn’t help the burnt taste either

so that is my review

try the recipe for yourself

let me know tips to making it better