Carolyn Braden says "Make-up that lasts!"

Want your wedding day make-up to last? What about the make-up that slides off your face on humid summer days?

Here are some products that I've found to stick around all day long:

Start with spraying your face with De Slick by Urban Decay.

Prep your skin with Primed and Poreless by Too Faced. Try their Eye Insurance for your eyelid primer.

Use Make Up For Ever's Aqua Cream for blush and lip stain. (I love 7.) Also try their Aqua Eyes.

Use Laura Mercier's Secret Camouflage with a brush for coverage wherever you want.

I use Stila eyeshadow, Too Faced Foundation, Benefit Shellac, Maybelline mascara (the Falsies),


Bare Minerals Mineral Veil and Warmth along with the products I listed above. I spray De Slick over my face to set my make-up to last all day. I usually touch up with Mineral Veil around 1:00 and 6:00 if I am needing it to last from 7:30 am- 8:00 pm. (a typical weekday).

I am a product junkie but when I find products that work, they stick around in my routine for a long time. Try some of these products and I know you'll be glad you did.




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Carolyn Braden asks "Lauren Hill?"

I've been wondering what happened to Lauren Hill for a while. I loved the Fugees in the 90's. Maybe she's planning some sort of come back.

Also Morrocco and New York have been standing out a lot lately. I never know why I get feelings about a place, item, music, or whatever sometimes. I guess it's just my brain telling me those things should be inspirations for me at the time.


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Carolyn Braden says Target's Calypso St. Barth Rocks!

Here are two purchases I made from the new Calypso St. Barth collection at Target. The clothes make me long for my upcoming annual trip to Sanibel Island, FL. (Such a perfect vacation spot!)
I will have to get the red dress hemmed because I'm short 5'1", just petite!) but I love it. I added the belt to the skirt combination. The green tank top is not from the collection but it is from Target. I had the belt already. It came from T.J. Maxx.
With prices seeming to go up on everything right now, I am happy to say Target is getting it right. While their designer collections are a little more expensive than their regular stuff, it's a perfect fit for me. Sometimes I just wait until certain clothing items reach the clearance rack and stock up. I get so many compliments on my clothes all the time and I think it's funny because I get a lot of it from Target.

Now I have to get those neutral colored wedges I've wanted for so long.











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Carolyn Braden's CND Shellac Negligee

Here are my nails painted with Shellac color Negligee. It's such a nice baby pink color with an iridescent shine. My nails have grown so long (well, long for me) since using Shellac. Buying the whole system to do myself has paid off!


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Carolyn Braden's CND layering Red Baroness and Negligee

Layering these two colors gave me a pretty purple-pink. It looks like a tumbled rock I got at the Grand Canyon a couple of years ago. I layered two coats of Red Baroness and two coats of Negligee. Each coat was very thin to prevent wrinkling.



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