Let’s chat about everyday beauty.

*She says while wearing a metallic leopard dress and bright red lipstick.*

You know I love a good full-glam beauty moment, preferably paired with some sort of dramatic, sweeping gown that wouldn’t be out of place were I to attend the Emmys, but there’s really something to be said for finding and perfecting your everyday beauty routine, too. I’m long overdue in sharing my current routine with you, so am excited to give you the step-by-step details on the makeup products I’m using and loving right now.

Momentarily putting aside the metallic leopard dress and bold red lip (it’s the holiday season, after all), what we’re looking at here is my everyday, happy medium beauty routine—somewhere between full-glam for an event, and gym face. This is the go-to makeup routine I deploy when I want to look put-together and polished but not necessarily over-the-top. Every product in the routine was picked up at Nordstrom, and any site that lets me one-cart my entire beauty situation gets top marks from me. Especially during the holiday season when life is, essentially, a zoo.