Week 29: Face Faves

With my belly growing at an amazingly rapid pace, it’s becoming increasingly harder to feel cute when I feel like a beached whale …. sooo I’ve been focusing my attention to the top and bottom of my overall look (top being makeup and bottom being shoes). This week I’m going to highlight some of my favorite bronzers, eyeliners, eye shadows, etc. Next week I’m going to talk about SHOES!!!! (Thank goodness my feet haven’t swollen up like little sausages yet.)

Eyeliner: right now I’m really into liquid eyeliner for a number of reasons. One, it is too hot in the summer for a pencil; the color just seems to melt right off my face. Two, a little goes a long way and three, once you learn how to put it on correctly it works great for day or evening looks. The downside is that it is a challenge to put it on without looking like you applied it during an earthquake. My favorite brand (and I’ve tried LOTS) is Chanel. A lot of the cheaper choices dry and crack but this one goes on super smooth and stays until you wash it off.


Bronzer: A must must must have for summer. Yes, tanning beds are bad for you. Yes, spray tans stink (literally). But that doesn’t mean you have to look pasty all summer – pregnant or not. My favorite, most natural looking bronzer is by NARS; it’s called The Multiple in South Beach. It’s a color stick that has a great shimmer to it and glides on very smoothly. It gives the most beautiful, dimensional color to your skin, I use it everywhere … eyes, lips cheeks. !


Eye shadow: The BEST summer colors, hands down are brought to you by Christian Dior in Tropical Light. This is a pretty pricey pallete but I’m here to tell you, it’s worth it. The colors are bright, beautiful, shimmery and can light up any face. It also stays all day without primer and can be applied darker for evening if desired. I get so many compliments on my eye shadow every time I wear it and I just cannot say enough good things about it.


Lip Gloss: The best plumping lip gloss is Buxom by Bare Escentuals in Bambi. I’ve looked high and low for the perfect petal pink color and this is it. The texture is also fabulous; it’s not sticky and it doesn’t sting so much that it dries your lips out after it wears off.


Weekly Womb Workings:

Having a baby prematurely is frightening, no doubt. But due to the impressive advancements of medical technology, if Rob was born this week, he'd have a 9 out of 10 chance of survival, which is seriously great news. Other awesome developments:

His brain can now control his breathing and body temperature. He can also cough and yawn (as evidenced in the 3d ultrasound pictures)!

His skin is looking less wrinkled as he packs on the pounds. He’s now storing up on the energizing and insulating “white fat” he'll be born with (unfortunately, white fat is not energizing and insulating for Mom!).

And speaking of energy, my little meatball is on fire these days. I’m feeling all sorts of kicks, punches and elbows, especially when I’m lying down. It’s an amazing feeling except when I'm trying to sleep at 3 a.m.
This week Rob is a little over 15 inches long—about the length of a loaf of bread—and weighs about 3 pounds, as much as a Macbook Air laptop, which I’ve had my eye on since my computer crashed last week.