MOTD: All that glitters

May 16

May 16 MOTD: All that glitters

Guys, I have been OBSESSING over the Stila Magnificent Metals Glitter & Glow Liquid Eye Shadows since they dropped in Sephora last Christmas. My collection is up to SIX shades now (Gold Goddess, Kitten Karma - my FAVE, Rose Gold Retro, Smoldering Satin, Smoky Storm and Violet Vixen.)

I love the formula of these - super pigmented and quick-drying - but also the versatility. They look just as good all over the lid as they do in the inner corner as a little something extra to your eye look.

In this look, I'm wearing Smoldering Satin in the first half of the lid with MAC Omega and Soft Brown as my transition colors. (And yes, I have lash extensions here - I only wish those were my natural lashes!) Full look below:

FACE:

YSL Touche Eclat Blur Primer
Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation in Shade 2

CHEEKS:

Benefit Hoola Lite Matte Bronzer
Benefit Dandelion Box O' Powder Blush
Jouer Cosmetics Powder Highlighter in Citrine

EYES:

MAC Paint Pot in Painterly
Mac Eye Shadow in Omega
MAC Eye Shadow in Soft Brown
Stila Magnificent Metals Glitter & Glow Liquid Eye Shadow in Smoldering Satin
Tom Ford Eye Definer Pen in Deeper
IT Cosmetics Superhero Elastic Stretch Volumizing Mascara in Super Black
Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara in Black

BROWS:

Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz in Auburn
Benefit Gimme Brow in Light

LIPS:

Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Menace

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I could get used to Seattle sunsets. 🛥🌅

Today I leave my beloved NYC after nearly 15 years for a new adventure in Seattle. This Walt Whitman verse seems appropriate - I bid farewell to NYC like an old friend who I will see every now and again and catch up with like I never left - and will greet Seattle with an open heart, excited to start a fresh relationship. It feels so weird leaving but at the same time, peaceful and ready for this next chapter. 💗

There are too many people to count who have been a part of my life in NYC, but here are just a few of my faves. These people have loved me, supported me, gone out on limbs for me, lifted me up, dealt with my shit, gotten drunk with me, played poker with me, celebrated my successes, held my hand through failures, been godparents to my pets, made me laugh, made me better. They have been with me as I've grown up in NYC and have let me be a part of their lives as they have started families, built careers, had good times, had hard times, and taken risks. These are the type of friendships that will pick up where they leave off, will sustain through cross-country distances, and life changes - because they've sustained through so much more during my time knowing them. So beyond happy to each of these friends who took the time to meet up for brunch at the last minute to send me on my way. Taking them in my heart with me all the way to Seattle. 💗

When women support each other, great things happen. 👯‍♀️👯‍♀️👯‍♀️

I have lived in NYC for nearly 15 years. I arrived as an eager but anxious freshman entering NYU, and somehow made it through through lofty lectures (that I usually skipped,) and student ministry, and way too many internships, and roommates who had sex with their boyfriends while I was pretending to be asleep in the bed next to them, and cosmopolitans I ordered at bars with my fake ID. I graduated right after the economy crashed at the end of 2008, and didn't think I would find a job. I did, but it wasn't the right job, but then connections and kindness led me to my first agency, where I learned my strengths and I found mentors (or rather, mentors found me) to help me nurture them. I moved around from Astoria to the UWS to Chelsea to Harlem, where I found community and a sense of belonging that had previously eluded me in other neighborhoods. While I remained single, my career and friendships blossomed, and I slowly but surely came into myself. I am a New Yorker: strong, passionate, driven, and resilient, aware and grateful that it is God, this city, and the wonderful, generous, and beautiful people who have come in and out of my life in my 15 years that have made me this way. In just one week from Monday, I am moving to Seattle for a new adventure. But I will remain a New Yorker through and through, not living in the past but remembering the roots built out of NYC pavement and tears and prayers and determination and love that will guide me in the next chapter of my story. New York, I may be leaving you, but you will never leave me.

I've been dealing with a lot of anxiety recently that's been keeping me up at night and making my body feel really out of it. I didn't think I would make it to brunch today with these beautiful ladies as a result but I pulled myself out of bed, threw on a big cozy sweater and some bright AF lipstick (which I proceeded to get alllll over my teeth, but that’s another story), and made it just a couple minutes late. I am so grateful I did. These women are generous, kind, hilarious, and life-giving and reminded me that being my best self doesn’t mean being perfect, it just means being present. Boy, am I lucky to know these ladies and to have them know me. 💗

OK, Seattle. I see you. 🌄

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