Katie Marie, Author at From My Vanity

YSL Touche Eclat Blur Duo Review & Pictures #YSLToucheEclat

August 3, 2015 Katie Marie 2 Comments

* * * UPDATE: I just found out that you can get the same deluxe sample primer that I received right now on Sephora! All you have to do is place a $25 order and use the code TRENDS at checkout! You’re welcome!! 😉 * * *

Good morning, y’all!! It feels like forever since I disappeared from the blogging world. Lots has been going on in my life, and I feel like every time I would decide to jump back into blogging again, something would come up and I would have to post-pone again.

However, I am now officially back! And will be back, at least until my due date in November. I’m currently almost 23 weeks pregnant (yay, halfway over!). If you all want to hear an update on what’s been going on since I disappeared, let me know and I’ll consider writing up a little post. I typically prefer not to ramble on about my personal life here —- you’re all here for beauty, right? — but I can make exceptions.

Okay, so enough about me, lets dive into the post. Influenster sent me a few new products from Yves Saint Laurent to try out a few weeks ago and I’ve been putting it to the test!

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BoxyCharm’s April Unboxing!

May 5, 2015 Katie Marie 1 Comment

This week I will be 11 weeks pregnant and while the morning sickness hasn’t left me (by any means), I am feeling much more normal and like my old self in the evenings. Which means I can get back into the swing of things: a.k.a. my life! This morning sickness grew to be a lot more severe than I ever anticipated, knocking me out for days at a time, so I am very grateful to be past the worst of it and that I’m finally able to “see the light at the end of the tunnel”. 🙂

So for today’s post it’s a late unboxing of BoxyCharm‘s April box! 😀 Because, while it IS a bit late….who doesn’t love unboxings, right?!

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BeautySpin – A New Beauty Shopping Website that Saves You MONEY!

April 23, 2015 Katie Marie 3 Comments

I’m sorry I’ve been absent recently. I’m currently 9 weeks pregnant and feeling the morning sickness AAALLLLLL day long! I was feeling better this week, thankfully, so am trying to get back on top of things. I appreciate your patience with me during this time. I promise I will be back in full swing sometime soon….just as soon as this morning sickness is done and over with. 🙂

Today is all about the online beauty shopping life. We all do it, don’t we, and I was recently contacted by BeautySpin.com and asked to explore their site and share with you my experiences and thoughts about this new online beauty shopping experience.

BeautySpin.com doesn’t have a wide variety of brands, but they do have several well known brands such a Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Estee Lauder, Giorgio Armani, and many others.

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5 Ways I Use #MyDataMyWay in my Beauty Routine

April 15, 2015 Katie Marie 7 Comments

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and Walmart Family Mobile. All opinions are mine alone. #MyDataMyWay #CollectiveBias

I am really, really excited to bring you today’s post! Wal-Mart has challenged me to share the different ways I use my data plan in my daily life — my daily beauty life, that is — and I was totally up for the task! I am constantly using my phone in my day-to-day life for both beauty inspiration and beauty shopping…because you can never have too much makeup, right? Right! 🙂

Before we dive into today’s post, I just wanted to let you know that I’m going to be writing on My Newest Addiction‘s blog once a month. *happy dance* 🙂 Today was my first post (which you can view HERE) and was a tutorial. Please check it out and let me know what you think. And if you don’t already follow My Newest Addiction…..what have you been doing?? Haha, click over and follow her. You won’t regret it!

So with all that said, just keep reading…. 🙂

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My Top 5 Drugstore Makeup Brushes

April 13, 2015 Katie Marie 12 Comments

Because everyone has those brushes in their makeup collection that they use day in and day out, right? You know those brushes I’m talking about — the ones you always make sure you keep clean so you can use them every time you do your makeup. 🙂

I have 5 brushes that stand out the most for me, in my collection. I use these every time I go to put on my makeup and they’ve held up really well with washing and maintaining. And they’re all drugstore-priced items! Just keep reading to discover which brushes I HIGHLY recommend!

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The NEW Benefit Roller Lash Mascara Review

April 9, 2015 Katie Marie 11 Comments

If you follow me on any of my social media’s (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram…) then you’ve probably noticed how quiet I’ve been. I apologize so much for this and while I haven’t fallen off the face of the planet, I have been rather ill. I found out I was pregnant (Yay, we’re so excited! Our first!! 😀 ) about 2-3 weeks ago, and morning sickness (or….24/7 sickness, as I think is the more appropriate name) really hit me hard this past week.

I will try to continue to be active, whenever I am feeling well enough to function like a normal human being. But if there are long gaps where I am quiet….you can safely assume I am fighting for me life (okay, so it’s more like fighting to keep my food….but it all feels the same). 😛

So, with that all explained, let’s dive into today’s post. If you haven’t heard of this mascara (though I am sure you have, unless you’ve been living under a rock), I’m going into all the details — the good, the bad, you know what I mean — right after the jump. 🙂

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Top 5 Spring Makeup Products (Collab with The Beauty Section)

April 6, 2015 Katie Marie 12 Comments

Good Monday morning! I know it’s the start of another long week….*sigh*….but I hope my post brightens your day, because we’re talking all about Spring today.

And to make it even better, my friend Anna from The Beauty Section is collaborating with me on this post! We’ve both selected our top 5 spring makeup products that we have been wearing. So if you want to see what 5 products I picked, keep reading!

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