What I'm Loving Right Now

It's been a long time since I did a "What I'm Loving Right Now" post, so I thought I'd revisit this feature and tell you what I'm absolutely obsessed with at the moment!

(All links will take you to my original review unless otherwise noted)

Milani Illuminiating Face Powder in Hermosa Rose ($9.49) - I'm addicted to highlighters, and my favorite for months now has been Hermosa Rose. I apply it with a dense kabuki brush, and it gives the tops of my cheeks and the area above my brows the prettiest, most subtle glow. I'm not big on lots of shimmer or sparkle in my highlighters, and this one's just perfect for a soft, natural-looking glow. Plus, it works well with the neutral and earthtone colors I usually wear on the rest of my face and my oily skin loves that it's a powder instead of a cream or liquid highlighter.

Milani Shadow Eyez 12HR Wear Eyeshadow Pencil in Champagne Toast ($6.99) - another rave for Milani! I honestly wish that I could buy one of these pencils and send it each and every one of you. The way that Champagne Toast highlights the inside corners of my eyes, and also under my lower lashline, is so beautiful, and so incredibly long -wearing that I honestly don't know what I did before this pencil came into my life. It's a great multi-tasker too, because you can use it as a lid shade, brow-bone shade and also as a base for other shadows. Heck, I've even swiped it on the tops of my cheeks and blended it out for extra "glow" at night. LOVE. THIS. PENCIL.

Real Techniques Dome Shadow Brush ($17.99 as part of a set) - who can resist a shadow brush with a purple metallic handle, right? But the thing is, this brush not only looks great, it feels great too. I reviewed this brush over a year ago, and since that time, it's become the ONLY brush I use for serious blending. It is silky soft, super dense and it blends my shadows like no other. I love the powder brush in this set a well, but I admit I don't get much action from the foundation brush because I tend to use a stippling brush or my fingers for liquid foundations.

Wet n Wild Mega Last Nail Color In Break The Ice (retail: $1.99) - I don't know what's up with me lately (maybe it's an overdose of crackles, magnetics, neons, glitters, etc.) but I've recently returned to wearing Break The Ice, which is an old favorite of mine. I love the micro-glitter in this polish, which is subtle but still visible, and it gives this work-friendly color a bit more excitement. I can't explain it really, but Break The Ice and I have a long-standing love affair and it isn't going to end anytime soon.

Revlon Just Bitten Balm Stain in Smitten (retail: $8.99) - It's been so hot lately that when Mr. G and I go out at night, about the only thing I can do is slap some vibrant lipcolor on and say: "OK, here's my nighttime face!". Luckily, Smitten seems to work quite nicely when I want to spice up a nighttime look without much effort, and the fact that Mr. G always says, "Oooh, I love your lips" every time I wear this means I DEFINITELY love it and will continued to wear it...often!

Sebamed Moisturizing Body Lotion for Sensitive Skin ($14.95) - When it's hot, I want my skin to feel smooth, but I don't want to feel any type of greasy, waxy or sticky residue left behind after I've applied my body lotion. Just like I said in my original review, Sebamed lotion makes my skin feel like..skin. Just softer and more hydrated. I love this stuff, and I especially love that it smells like a bar of vintage bath soap. I can't recommend it enough (especially when it goes on sale at CVS!).

Auric Blends Water Goddess ($7.50) - Auric Blends is one of my little secrets that I don't like to tell many people about in my "real life". People always think I'm wearing some exotic, expensive and hard-to-find fragrance, when I'm actually wearing a roller-ball fragrance that costs less than $10. But don't let the price tag of Auric Blends fragrances fool you--these are high-quality fragrances that I've been wearing for going on twenty years now (seriously!), and I still can't understand how they can offer them at such budget-friendly price tags. In the summer, Water Goddess has a permanent place on my vanity because, to my nose, it smells like sparkling ice water, fresh lemon wedges and fresh mint leaves. Aaaaah. (By the way, I didn't link to my original Auric Blends review from 2009 because their URL has changed and I haven't had a chance to update my posts yet. I didn't want you to click a bunch of dead links, so that's why I linked directly to the Auric Blends website).

What are YOU loving right now? 

Some of the products featured in this post were given to Nouveau Cheap for previous reviews.