2016 Favorites

Last year I did a "Best in Beauty" for the year.  This year I thought I'd just do an all around favorites that would include beauty, food/supplements, and other misc. items.  These are items I either use daily or almost daily and/or repurchase constantly.  

A lot of these shouldn't be a shocker.  They've almost all been in monthly favorites before.

Victoria's Secret Mango Temptation lotion.  The kid saved the day yesterday!  I haven't been able to re-stock this because it appeared to be discontinued.  She found it at the semi-annual sale and called me asking how many to pick up.  Let's just say the bag broke on her when she took it out of her car.  I was SO excited to get my hands on it.

A close runner up is Bath and Body Works Vanilla Bean Noel.  I like using this one at night.

My must have dry shampoo is the Suave dry shampoo.  Not only smells good but is also budget friendly!

My Advocare supplements are, of course, always on hand.  Advocare reformulated the Cherry Spark and it is MUCH better now.  It tastes like cherry Kool-Aid.  It's a nice change up from my usual Fruit Punch but I think Limeade may be my new favorite flavor ever.  When I repurchase the Limeade I may try mixing it with Cherry and see what happens.

O2 Gold for the win to help me with breathing and running.

These Petite Sweet Potatoes from Wal-Mart are the perfect size as a side for dinner and less than $3 for the bag with around seven potatoes in it.  I buy it almost every Wal-Mart trip.

Skin care products are up next.  The Clinique Repair Wear Serum is one I still love.  I bought one with the Sephora VIB sale discount and also received one for Christmas.  I was waiting impatiently for that VIB sale to come around in order to not pay full price!

The Peter Thomas Roth 24k face mask is awesome!  I use it every weekend.  It makes my skin feel nice and firm.  Hopefully it is doing its anti-aging thing it claims.

My must have lip balm this year is the cute little Vaseline lip balm.  It's $1.99 and when I put it on before bed I still have it on in the morning.

I am never without the Beauty Blender.  I have tried a few different versions of it and still the original pink one is the best.  It is the best makeup sponge I have used.  I try to clean it every other use to keep it in good shape.

My make up essentials that I have used every day include:

Color Pop Swan eyeshadow.  This one is my back up because the one I currently am using is almost gone.  It is a bright, sparkly white which sounds like it would be hard to wear but I when I add the cranberry color from the Make-Up For Ever palette above (Second row, second from left shadow) it helps deepen the color and the white shadow really brightens up the eyes.  I am currently obsessed with this combo.

I can't be without the Stila Stay All Day Liquid Liner in black.  When I did run out I used the brown for a bit (I may have known I'd get the black for Christmas) and the brown was just not the same.

The Revlon Star Wars mascara, even though it was a promotional mascara for the movie last year, has been awesome!  It is waterproof so I always wear it when I go for runs and I've been wearing it daily because I just like it.  At first I wasn't sure about it but it grew on me.

My favorite blush has been Nars Sin.  I love all my blushes, especially Nars.  But I just really love blush.

The Rimmel face powder, which is very much almost gone, has been awesome for setting my make up.  I will most definitely buy this one again because it is $2-3.  Love this stuff!

This year I discovered Orange La Croix water.  It was one of those things I wasn't sure I liked at first but now I love this stuff!  Since I don't want to buy soda but sometimes want something carbonated this is a good option.

One of the best things I did this year was get an alarm system.  I sleep much better and worry much less in general (at least about my home) with this.  It was definitely worth it.  I haven't regretted this at all.

Another favorite has been the Overdrive app.  I use my local library card to download audio books to the Overdrive app.  I listen to them in the car, when I clean the house, when I walk the dog...whenever I can.  I love this app and I love not listening to the radio anymore and getting to "read" more books this way.

Oh, and my workout room...getting that set up and finished is definitely a favorite!  I've been at the gym consistently but having the option to workout at home on days I don't go to the gym is awesome!

Those are my top favorites of the year!  Reaching most of my goals is also a favorite...but more on that in the next post!