The Rush Routine

This morning I was set back 30 minutes due to sleeping late. I jolted awake at 6:00 on the dot, without an alarm, though I usually wake up at 5:30, even 5:15. Disoriented, panicked, I knew I would have to cut corners on my daily make up routine. With this in mind, today I learned what I would count as "essential" and "nonessential." Now, realistically, make-up is not essential. At all. I know this. But I knew if I was going to brave the day, I was going to put some color on my face.

On a day in which I am feeling right on time, early even, my routine is as follows:

1. Micellar Water
2. Laura Mercier Illuminating Primer
3. Urban Decay Primer Potion
4. Eyeshadow:
• Base cream powder shade
• Transition
• Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy + Lid shade
• outer corner shade
• eyeliner
• mascara primer
• mascara
5. foundation, which is a mix of:
1. Manic Panic Virgin White
2. La Roche-Posay's BB Blur
3. Japonesque strobing liquid highlighter 
6. setting spray
7. highlight
8. blush
9. contour

This usually takes 20 min. Today, however, that time needed to be cut in half. I knew I wouldn't be able to do my eyes until I got to work and I could be sure I had enough time. So my super abridged makeup routine turned into:

1. cold water
2. Primers, (touch in sol no poreblem, and PP)
3. foundation (no japonesque in the mix)
4. setting spray
5. lipgloss

I stuffed my Z palette, mascara, brushes, and liner into my purse and went to work. At work, I then finished with my eye look, which consisted of five colors in my Z palette:

1. 2 Kat Von D shadows for base and transition color
2. ABHs' Amber for lid
3. fudge for outer corner
4. White Gold for inner corner. 

This is a tried and true eye look that does not take much effort, and I finished in 5 min. 

With that in mind, I learned that for me, lash priming, blush, and contour are non-essential, while foundation, eyes, and lips are. I defaulted to an eye look that I've done countless times before, which I did not mind, but the early morning is such a difficult time to gather my bearings.