Summer to Fall Beauty Staples

  These are some products that I was into this summer that I believe will carry me through the next season:

Revlon ColorStay Mineral Mousse Foundation

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This foundation was seriously my secret weapon this summer. It is awesome. I wear the Fair/Light shade, which is perfect for my skin when I have a slight tan. The formula is just great; it's this really unique liquid mousse that you can apply with fingers, a sponge or a foundation brush and it's super-easy to blend and dries to a perfect, undetectable, airbrushed finish. It's sheer enough that it never gets cakey or obvious, but it does an incredible job of evening out your skin and neutralizing any redness. In addition, the tube is nice and streamlined and perfect for travel. Love.

Revlon ColorStay Eyeliner

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So apparently I have become a slight Revlon stalker, which is weird because I'm usually more into CoverGirl...anyway. This eyeliner is the shizz. I've been using Black/Brown, and it's a great shade and an even better formula; super pigmented, easy to blend, and then it DOES NOT MOVE. It's great and it really makes your eyelashes look thicker if you put it right at the lashline. I anticipate this becoming my new favorite eyeliner ever...might have to get some more colors...gray perhaps?

Stila Convertible Color in Poppy

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Stila Convertible Color is such a great product; if you haven't tried them, I highly recommend them. I have them in both Petunia and Poppy: Petunia is a really fabulous coral-y pink that is natural and flattering, and Poppy, which is a sheer, buildable true red. Both colors manage to have both warm and cool undertones, so I can imagine them both being flattering on a variety of skintones. Poppy has been my go-to recently - I apply it with a flat-top cream blush brush (mine is Sonia Kashuk) and slowly build the color until there's a nice flush going on. It goes on very well over the Revlon Mineral Mousse foundation, and it really lasts. A great, versatile product.

Chloe Eau de Parfum

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This is a beautiful, rose/peony-based fragrance that I got for my 21st birthday. I got the eau de parfum because the eau de toilette hadn't come out yet, but I just love the fragrance and I knew as soon as I smelled it that I had to have it. Since it's a parfum and is therefore very concentrated, I only need a tiny spritz for it to be noticeable (and it lasts - I put a small amount on last night and I can still smell it on my wrist this morning). Check out this perfume if you like girly, ladylike scents that aren't cupcake-y, coconut-y, or food-y in any way...the scent is both classic and modern, which I love. I could see an Austen heroine wearing it (Emma, of course...it's fit for an English rose), which makes me like it even more!