Valentine's Day & Beauty Product Love

Hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day! Ours started out in the most unromantic of fashions:

• Matt left home at 3:30 am to go to work for a crazy early shift;
• I got up early to take Neil Young to the SPCA for his 8 am neutering appointment;
• I went to babysit Milo & Jude (and gave Milo a V-Day makeover)

Seriously: I was getting ready for a little date Matt had planned for that evening, and when Milo saw me putting on my makeup, he was very interested. He wanted to try some himself, and he chose all his own colors, from bronzer to eye shadow:

He went to karate sporting this look.

After I was done babysitting, I jetted home to meet Matt, who arranged an incredibly sweet, low-key Valentine's Day for us. He grabbed a backpack and drove us to the place where we met (& later shared our first kiss! Well, second kiss, but that's a long story), where we sat on a bench outside. From his backpack he produced: wine, cheese, crackers, a gift card for me to buy clothes (!!), a beautiful Reinaldo Arenas poem that made me tear up, and a stuffed caveman that says "ME LOVE YOU! ME WANT YOU! ME TAKE YOU NOW!" heehee.

Wasn't that so thoughtful & understated? I am so not the dozen roses, balloons, 5-star restaurant on V-Day kinda girl. He knows me well. :)

On another note, one of my favorite things is when bloggers share the products they've been loving. I looooove beauty recommendations especially, so I thought I'd share what's got me smitten these days:

Source: makeupalley.com via Thomasina on Pinterest

OMG. This foundation is so amazing. While it isn't the consistency I thought it would be (it is designed and labeled to look like my favorite foundation ever that I can't afford)--it comes out like a mousse--the coverage is even better than I imagined. It's SO GOOD & totally worth your dime(s). Go get you some! 

Source: Uploaded by user via Laura on Pinterest

I've blogged about these before but it's worth reiterating: These Maybelline Color Tattoo cream shadows are out of this world. They stay on forever! I have four colors now and frankly, I want the rest of them. I'm way into eye shadow these days. I've been using all kinds of colors: the Naked 2 palette my sister gave me, an old Dior holiday palette I'd forgotten about, and three e.l.f. mineral shadows that are so impressive: deeply pigmented & with pretty incredible lasting power. 

And while I can't say that I personally love this product (cause I haven't tried it yet), I'm very much coveting this Sigma angled flat kabuki brush:

Source: sigmabeauty.com via Claire on Pinterest

Do any of you have that one? I also have my eyes on the Sigma Performance Eyes kit, thanks to my favorite YouTube beauty guru. Seriously, I cannot stop watching her videos: check them out here if you're into makeup tutorials. 

Happy weekend! And if there are any beauty products you're loving these days, tell me in the comments!