raise your perfectly manicured paw! — which mine is absolutely NOT at the moment because I’m long overdue for a manicure…

Anyways…raise your perfectly manicured paw if you’ll be heading out of town this weekend.

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مرحبًا؟ Bueller?

Well, I’m one of those people. Tabs and has crack team of pet stylists, professional pet sitters and Michelin star-rated gravy preparers will be holding down the fort while I go visit my parents and in-laws, and if history has taught me absolutely anything, it’s that I better finish my packing ideal now because if I don’t, I’ll end up running late and randomly throwing stuff into a bag, and depend on me, this rarely works out the way I want it to, like the time I forgot all of my makeup brushes at home (NO, SERIOUSLY, all of THEM) or the time I packed mismatched shoes…

To stop this from happening, my plan calls for condensation.

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Wait, no — not condensation. Condensing! My plan calls for condensing. I have to condense the contents of my makeup bag.

I mean, I wasn’t going to be bringing everything and the kitchen sink with me anyway because I’m still going through a minimalist makeup phase, and I already have all of my minimalist stuff in my MAC Mia Moretti bag ideal now.

Here, let me show ya…

I’m also trying to think of things I can do to save time when I do my makeup today and tomorrow, like using products in different ways.

Like bronzer. I wear bronzer nearly daily, and did you know that your bronzer can also double as an eyeshadow?

نعم! To deepen your eyes a little, just swirl your favorite crease brush into your bronzer, and sweep that into your crease.

Same goes for using blush as an eyeshadow. often I’ll take whatever blush I have with me, and after applying it on my cheeks, I’ll also apply it on my lids. Or, if the blush happens to be a little sparkly, I’ll wet a domed blending brush with MAC Fix+, and then use that on my lids for a a lot more intense contrast with the bronzer in my crease (which is normally a matte for أنا).

I really like the NARS dual intensity Blushes for this (particularly Fervor).

Highlighters can also double as eyeshadows. using your finger or a pencil brush, dab some into the inner corners of your lids to brighten your eyes a little. You can also use a teeny, tiny bit under your brow bone to give your brows a lift.

I used all of these tricks last Saturday before going to the mall — using a bronzer, blush and highlighter as eyeshadows. It was one of those things where I told El Hub that I’ll be ready in five minutes (although it ended up being closer to 15).

I had to put on my makeup, get dressed, do my hair, moisturize my body (which is no easy feat when you’re 29 weeks pregnant), and I observed my Mia Moretti makeup bag with all of my products in it. When I saw my bronzer, blush and highlighter in there, I thought, “Huh. I’ll use these as eyeshadows.”

And it absolutely worked.

It’s kind of like multitasking. It just takes thinking about products in different ways.

For years I filled in my eyebrows with an eyeshadow (MAC Concrete) instead of a brow powder. I still do sometimes. often I’ll also use Concrete as an eyeliner.

Necessity is the mother of invention, after all. You can do a lot with a few products when you have to.

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Merry Christmas and safe travels.

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