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Beauty Bag: Barbara, Hodge:Podge

Being a long time follower of Wallpaper, I am very flattered to participate in the Beauty Bag series. Come, take a peek at what I have stored in my bathroom drawer. I am not a huge makeup person but I love Clinique and can't resist Clinique bonus sales, hence the collection of Clinique lipsticks. My favourite ones are in my purse, I can't leave the car without touching up my lipstick. I also love lotion, I have bottles all over the house, just ask my husband! The rest of my beauty bag of tricks comes from the drugstore.

Let me take you through my daily routine as I glam up for the day.

{1} In the shower I use Clinique's 7 Day Scrub. This scrub is amazing, makes my skin feels so soft and smooth.

{2} Next I put on Oil of Olay Complete All-Day Moisturizer with SPF 15

{3} After I slather on Lubriderm body lotion in Shea&Cocoa Butter

{4} Herbacin kamille Hand Cream is my go-to all day hand cream. I love this stuff!

{5} Under my eyes I use L'Oreal Age Perfect eye cream, a girl needs to keep those wrinkles at bay!

{6} Next I use Cover Girl's neutralizer concealer to hide any dark circles or {gasp} blemishes.

{7} My favourite eye liner is Physician's Formula eye definer in ultra black

{8} Using my Revlon eyelash curler I give my very sad eyelashes a lift.

{9} Next goes on whatever mascara I find on sale, today I have Cover Girl's professional all-in-one mascara in black

{10} If I am in the mood then I will brush on eyeshadow using my eye shadow brush {11}from Annabelle. My latest favourite is Clinique's colour surge eye shadow quad in various shades of plum.

{12}Love my Revlon's tweezer to pluck out any stray hairs.

{13}To help my perfume last longer I use Clinique's Happy Heart body cream.

{14}A girl can't leave the house without a spritz of perfume, my scent is Clinique's Happy Heart

{15}Before heading out the door, or leaving my car I apply some lipstick. My latest favourites are Clinique's Angelic moisturizing lipstick and glittery lipgloss in Whisper. Underneath I will use Alba's coconut lip balm to moisturize and condition my lips.

{16} At the end of the day after I wash my face with Pear's glycerin soap I take my makeup off with Clinique's Take the Day Off make up remover.

{17} Before moisturizing I use Clinique's Clarifying Lotion.

{18} & {19) Cotton balls and Q-tips, a must have in every beauty bag, useful for applying and removing makeup.

{20} I slather on Burt's Bees Hand Salve along with Body Shop's Peppermint Foot Lotion (no photo because a certain 16 year old borrowed it and has yet to return it) before climbing under the covers.

{21} I am never without my trusty nail trimmer, have them stashed in my car, purse and bathroom! Help keep my nails and cuticles looking tidy.

{22} After wearing braces for 2 years along with my teenage daughters I LOVE to use floss to keep my pearly whites clean and fresh. I am loving Glide's Deep Clean floss.

the beautiful Barbara

It is hard to pick one item I can't live without - hmm.. I would say that I can't live without my mascara but I also can't live without lotion, especially hand lotion.

Hope you enjoyed peeking into my beauty drawer! Thanks Liz for having me share my stash of beauty goodies!

Thanks to Barbara from Hodge:Podge for giving us a peek into your great beauty finds!

Stay tuned more beauty bags coming up next week...

My Dream Home...

I love black and white decor. I love very neutral decor as is evident from my home and my bedroom. I love that I can always add hints of colour in my accessories. I love adding details of brass, gold and silver to an all black and white house. I love Kelly's 1300 square foot home with her beau Greg and I love that it looks expensive but that it's actually not (well not all of it!) have a look...

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE

New Table...

Thanks to a tip form Kerry I ordered this beautiful accordion style side table from HOMESAV and it finally arrived in the mail! I've been playing around with where it should go, and I finally decided on a small vingette in the entrance hall. It may end up somewhere else in the new year but for now it works!

My Holiday Wishlist...one of many!

This is my first set of things on my holiday wishlist! Stay tuned I have way more things on my wish list...

1. Jilly Small Candleholder

2. Illume Monogrammed Votive

3. Ball Of Yarn Candle

4.Allure

5. Limited-Edition Hope in a Jar

6. RHINESTONE FLORAL NECKLACE

7. JEWELED PEEP-TOE PUMP

8. Mountain Peaks Cosmetics Bag

Zebra print coasters...diy

Okay so I've been on a DIY kick lately. I had bought some fabric from Tonic Living a while ago and it's literally been sitting in my closet waiting to be used so I came up with two DIY's.

First are these coasters, they are super easy to make...

I bought the cork in a round shape from the dollar store, the fabric is from Tonic Living and the laminating sheets are from Walmart. You will also need a glue gun and glue sticks.

(I forgot to take pictures of the process) you basically trace your round cork onto the fabric, then cut out the shape you just traced. Then take your laminating sheets and laminate your fabric! Yes you need to do this to protect the fabric from the condensation from the drinks. You can also use heavy duty specialty printed paper and skip the laminating step, either way just make sure if your coaster gets wet that it doesn't get ruined! Final step is to cut out the round piece of fabric that you just laminated this will detach it from the laminating sheet, hot glue it onto the circular pieces of cork and voila instant chic!

The second DIY is some table runners in the same fabric. All I really did was decide on a length I liked then I cut and used a no sew tape ( also found at the dollar store) to make my clean edges, although you could also fray the edges for a less polished look.

And that's all, now I have some great new accessories for the holiday season and year round!

Faux croc tray... diy

I have been wanting to do this type of DIY for a while now. The problem was I could never find any croc fabric... until now! I was at my neighbourhood dollar store and came across these great faux croc print placemats that came in tons of colours and the DIY was born. I had an old tray and the rest is pretty easy. All you need is to cut your placemat to fit into your tray and then hot glue the placemat into place. The best part about the placemats as opposed to croc printed paper is that you can wipe them down if they get dirty.

the before

the material

the process

the after!

I just recently saw Nate Berkus try his own version here

What do you think, is this not the easiest DIY ever? Looks fab right!

More Christmas decor

It's December 1st!! It's also snowing today in my neighbourhood, well light flurries anyway. Christmas will be here before we know it, so I better get to enjoying all the decor my family and I have worked hard on. Here are just a few more pics of some holiday decor at my home...