Sharing with you guys some of my top favorites and go-to’s when it comes to beauty. I gotta be honest I have been using the same products for years and while I have tried different things and switched it up a little bit this are my tried + true picks overall. The basics – just like fashion I like to keep my basics solid and work off of them by adding accessories, layers, and jewelry. Same goes for beauty I like to start with my basics and stack on top of it with fun blush colors, beautiful hues of lipstick, and fun eyeshadow. Nordstrom is and has always been my one stop shop for beauty. I remember being a young girl and just drooling at my mom at the makeup counter. I could not wait for the day they would “color match” me or find the perfect shade of lipstick. Well now the day has come and I’m the one at the beauty counter still loving every second of it. I love going to Nordstrom for my beauty products because they have everything I have every needed and it’s so convenient. Nordstrom also launched a huge movement for recycling beauty packages called BEAUTYCYCLE where you can now take your empty beauty products to any Nordstrom and recycle them regardless of where you purchased them. I LOVE this so much! You all know 2020 has been my year to go greener and this is right up that alley. Talking a little more about my beauty picks below!      

BEAUTY LINE UP

Estee Lauder Double Wear : This has been my holy grail foundation for years now. For starts it lasts all day and night – it does not budge! The coverage in unmatched and I love that it’s buildable. Somedays I go for a more subtle look with a thin layer and others I am able to use a little more for more coverage. I’m in the shade HoneyBronze. I love that they have so many shades to choose from to find the perfect match! Too Faced Bronzer : Love this bronzer so much! I’m never without it. I love the medium shade. It blends well and gives a nice matte bronze look. Not to mention it smells like heaven! Too Faced Born This Way Concealer: I have only been using this concealer for the past year now but I’m never looking back. So many things I love about it! I love the coverage, how easily it blends, and the variety of shades they have. I wear Golden Beige and love it! CreamCup Lipstick : This is a go-to neutral color! Perfect for any season! I love creamcup for any occasion. It is a mix of nude/pink and so flattering on every skin tone. Pillowtalk Lipliner: This lipliner is a little on the pricey side but oh so worth it. Just like creamcup it is the pink/nude hue and this specific lipliner is such a great on to make your lips appear a little fuller than they are. Monsieur Big Mascara : This is what I like to call an OG mascara! It is a rich black color that not only gives you lashes extra volume but so easy to apply! Cils Booster XL Vitamin-Infused Mascara Primer: If you’re looking to giving your lashes a little extra volume and length you this is your primer. It is so good at giving your lashes extra length, volume, and helps your lashes stay curled longer, all while infusing your lashes with vitamins. Also, I have tried many lash primers and nothing compares to this one – worth the money. Mac Mineralize Skinfinish Powder Highlighter: I love all of the MAC highlighters but I especially love this one to give your face an extra glow! Especially for the cooler months it gives you skin a moisturized warm glow. Mac Studio Fix Powder: Another OG I have been using since high school friends. YES high school! It’s coverage is unreal and the consistency is so great! It stays all day and can be worn alone or on top of foundation. I’m in the shade C4 Brow Dip: I love brow dip! I have tried so many products and always come back to this brow dip. it is so easy to use and creates such a great brow. I wear the color chocolate. Single Pass Curl 1.25: This curling iron is a little splurge but boy is it good! The curl it gives is so consistent and last so long. I can go 3-4 days without recurling my hair. I also love the 1.25 barrel to give you that loose curl after it falls.     Thank you Nordstrom for sponsoring this post all opinions are my own.

 

Nordstrom Beauty Fall Must-Haves!

It’s been way too long since I did a beauty roundup on here! Nordstrom Beauty is having an amazing beauty sale right now that I had to fill my girls in on. Some of these products are staples for me, especially through the fall months, and some are new brands I can’t wait to try! I’m also so excited for Nordstrom Beauty’s new Beautycycle program that started this month! The goal is to help beauty lovers to reduce their packaging waste. From now on, anytime you finish a beauty product, you can just drop it in a Beautycycle bin at Nordstrom! All of the packagings will be recycled into brand new products – it’s so awesome. I’m planning on keeping a bag under my sink and just filling it up with empties (omg, who remembers empties videos?!) so I can drop them off the next time I head to the hallowed halls (aka, Nordstrom

International recycling leader TerraCycle recently announced a new partnership with leading fashion retailer Nordstrom to help divert hard-to-recycle beauty packaging waste from landfills through the Nordstrom Beautycycle recycling program. With less than 2 percent of the 120 billion plastic packaging units produced annually by the beauty industry being recycled, Nordstrom and TerraCycle are teaming to intercept and properly recycle these hard-to-recycle items and ensure that they will never be landfilled, littered or incinerated. Customers are invited to bring any brand of beauty packaging waste to the Beauty Department at participating Nordstrom locations and dispose of them in the provided TerraCycle Zero Waste Boxes. When full, the boxes will be returned to TerraCycle for processing and the collected waste will be cleaned, melted and remolded to make new products. Participation in the Nordstrom Beautycycle recycling program is completely free and is open to anyone. Using the interactive map found on the recycling program’s dedicated landing page at www.terracycle.com/nordstrom consumers can find the closest participating Nordstrom location where they can bring their empty beauty products to be recycled. One of the locations listed is the Nordstrom store in the Village of Merrick Park shopping center. “TerraCycle’s mission has always been to ‘Eliminate the Idea of Waste’ and we’ve proven that solutions do exist for items that may seem difficult to recycle,” said Tom Szaky, founder and CEO of TerraCycle. “Nordstrom not only shares our commitment but has taken it to the next level by spearheading the Nordstrom Beautycycle recycling program to reduce the impact of beauty packaging waste on the environment and help pave the way for a greener future.” TerraCycle works with major manufacturers and retailers to recycle products and packaging that would normally be thrown away. To learn more about TerraCycle and its innovative recycling solutions, visit www.terracycle.com.

This post is sponsored by Nordstrom. All content and opinions are my own. Happy Friday friends! I hope you guys are excited and ready for the weekend! We have lots of fun things planned that I can’t wait to share with you guys next week. As for today I’m excited to share some of my Nordstrom Beauty favorites! Nordstrom is a one stop shop for all things beauty including a lot of my everyday beauty favorites. They have all kinds of amazing brands and exclusives. I have everything from eyeshadow palettes, to skincare, and hair tools! Below I’ve linked all of my beauty favorites that are available at Nordstrom.

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  Some of my absolute favorites are my Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray, Ilia’s Mascara (the whole makeup brand is wonderful), and my newest obsession Charlotte Tilbury’s Pillow Talk lipstick & lipliner. If you are looking for the perfect pinky nude then this one is for you! I’m also excited to announce that Nordstrom has recently introduced Beautycycle which is going to help us all create a zero waste beauty routine! Starting this month, you can take your all your empty packaging like mascara tubes, spray bottles, etc to Nordstrom to recycle. In turn they will use the empty products to make new products like watering cans or park benches! How amazing is that! I hope you guys enjoyed this post and were able to find some brand new beauty favorites. Make sure to check out Nordstrom for all your beauty needs as well as to recycling your empty packaging!

Each year, more than 120 billion units of plastic packaging are used by the beauty industry to protect its products, but a minority of that packaging gets recycled. Nordstrom aims to change that with the nationwide launch of BeautyCycle in October 2020. Customers can now bring in their empty beauty product packaging to be recycled at any of Nordstrom's full-line stores or Nordstrom Local service hubs in the continental United States. Through this program, Nordstrom aims to take back 100 tons of beauty packaging by 2025 to ensure it's recycled.

Nordstrom and TerraCycle partnered to create BeautyCycle, an in-store depository that makes it easier for empty beauty product packaging to be properly recycled. With many parts and pieces, beauty packaging is often incredibly difficult to collect, separate and recycle—if it even makes it to the proper facilities or a third-party solution like TerraCycle. With BeautyCycle, Nordstrom customers can now bring their empties to a store and drop them off in one of the designated bins, so that the packaging can be forwarded to TerraCycle, which weighs and sorts the material so that it can be turned into a useable raw material. At these in-store stations, customers can turn in everything from shampoo and conditioner bottles to lip balm and gloss tubes, eyeliner pencils, lotion bottles, hairspray bottles and much more.

The cosmetics industry has a single-use plastics problem. Not only does the beauty and personal care industry produce around 120 billion units of packaging annually, but the packaging, though often made of recyclable materials, can feature individual components that are too small to get processed by curbside collectors. Even worse, it might come comprised of mixed materials, like a mirrored compact, and god luck trying to recycle that. To reduce the impact of plastic packaging from the cosmetics industry, New Jersey-based recycling specialist TerraCycle and retailer Nordstrom have announced a partnership that will make 94 of the department store chain’s outlets BeautyCycle drop-off locations. Now, the merchant will accept the beauty and personal care items from any brand, no matter where the customer purchased it.

As you know, I have a penchant for luxury things. And yet, at the same time, I have a strong passion for sustainable living. I’ve been thinking a lot about the relationship between experiencing and enjoying the luxury lifestyle and being a more conscious consumer lately. The more I think about it, the more I believe living a sustainable luxury lifestyle is possible. And as as time goes on, my goal to continue to share with you how to live a luxury lifestyle while still caring for our planet becomes stronger and stronger. To live a life of luxury while being mindful at the same time? It can absolutely happen.