{Belated} Mother’s Day Makeover

I have an awesome friend, Jen.  She is a mom of three boys (including 5-year-old twins!) and she helps me out all. the. time.  She has been known to shovel my snowy driveway and clean my dirty house!  A few weeks ago she texted me and asked me a kind of random question, “What makes you feel beautiful?”  (But that is SO a Jen thing to do!) I texted her back that doing my makeup really makes me feel beautiful.  What can I say, it just gives me a boost and makes me feel like myself.  She texted me back that she really needed some new makeup, and I immediately decided that I wanted to get her some for Mother’s Day, because Jen is one of the most dedicated moms I know.  So, I conspired with my friends at Mary Kay to give Jen a Mother’s Day makeover!

**BUT** life happened, as it has a tendency to do, and Jen spend most of the week of Mother’s Day in the hospital with some health problems.  She got out the Friday before, but due to her being sick I wasn’t able to do her makeover until a couple of days after Mother’s Day. BUT better late than never, right?  I went over to her house one night and did her makeup with all the Mary Kay products I picked out for her.  Here’s Jen before I got ahold of her. Fortunately she takes very good care of her skin so she didn’t have any flaws to cover up!  I just enhanced her beauty.

And here she is after:

Not bad, eh?  She was feeling great, and the next day she got up and did her makeup herself and one of the moms at school told her how great she looked when she was picking up the kids. Woot woot!! How’s that for a confidence-booster??

Here are the Mary Kay products I used on Jen.

To get a smooth canvas: Mary Kay Foundation Primer, TimeWise MatteWear Liquid Foundation in Ivory 2, Concealer in Ivory 2, and Mineral Pressed Powder in Ivory 2.

On her cheeks: Mineral Blush in Sunny Spice and Mineral Highlighting Powder in Pink Stardust.

On her eyes: Mineral Eye Shadow in Crystalline on her browbone and lash line and Granite in the crease.  Eye liner and Ultimate Mascara in Black.

On her lips: Lip liner in Cappucino and Creme Lipstick in Sweet Nectar,with NouriShine Lip Gloss in Fancy Nancy.

My friends at Palmer’s Skin care also sent Jen some of my FAVORITE products to pamper her whole body, including Skin Therapy Oil and Body Wash.  Thanks so much to Mary Kay and Palmer’s for helping me give one of my best friends some pampering on Mother’s Day!

You can get these Mary Kay products through your MK Consultant. If you don’t have one, mine is awesome and she ships for free.  Palmer’s Skin Care can be found at your local drug store!