October Empties & Favorites

I didn't have a lot of October empties so I decided to combine my empties/favorites all into one for October!

My empties for October:

Revlon Beyond Natural false lashes : 91169 - omg I am so obsessed with how these make my whole face look ! Seriously I wore these for a Halloween but they would look amazing for an extra glammed up day look or a night out!

 

Equate beauty Night Time soothing makeup remover towelettes - I use these over & over I am obsessed with them. I've already repurchased. These things are huge so you only need one and I can take off an entire days worth of makeup or even a full face of Halloween makeup. Also removes eye makeup like a charm.

 

Maybelline FITme liquid foundation-  I really like this foundation, it gives me flawless skin, I don't always get to wear it when my skin is being extra oily because then I am a grease pit but if I am having a normal or dry day I'm good. Yes I would repurchase this! (I've recently bought the Maybelline FITme foundation stick so we will see how this compares!)

 

Benefit Hello Flawless foundation - This was a sample from Sephora I do believe and I was kinda on the fence about trying it because I seen a few reviews and people said it sucked but I LOVED it. I ended up getting two & a half uses out of it and I will be purchasing a full size bottle, it makes my face look good, really flawless and its oil free so that is helpful.

 

October Favorites!

 

Naughty & Nice body spray in Sweet Seduction (Walmart) - This is a dead ringer for Pure Seduction from Victoria Secret seriously it smells just like it and its under $5, I may go back and get the body wash!

 

Coola - matte tint Natural BB cream with spf 30 - Coola sent me this to try out and I am in love. It goes on translucent and I use it as a primer under my makeup and it last for hours. If you guys haven't tried any Coola products you should! I also use their tinted moisturizer and its amazing as well.

 

Sephora instant radiance foundation - I bought this on a whim because it was on sale and I was pleasantly surprised at how much I like it and the coverage it gives!

 

Equate beauty - Nail polish remover pads - I bought these on the road to an event when I realized I didn't touch up my toes so I had to just remove the polish and go with it , I ran in the store grabbed these (I didn't even know they existed! Where have I been?) but one pad per packet and it removes all your polish. I love these! Quick & easy and travel friendly.

 

NYX Butter Gloss in Merengue - I bought a 3 pack of Butter Gloss and this pink is my favorite! It smells amazing, like candy. I wear it alone or over lipstick. I can't wait to try out all of them!

 

Rimmel scandaleyes flex mascara- I'm not particularly fond of this mascara on bare lashes by itself but I do like to layer it over other mascaras and it does amazing things when I'm wearing my false lashes! LOVE LOVE LOVE for merging false lashes and my real lashes together. I used it with my Revlon lashes and people were like hey I love your lashes and I was all like I know right(: haha but really they looked great.

 

e.l.f. matte lip color in Rich Red - The pencil type shape is so easy to work with and goes on super smooth. I'm not a fan of matte red lips so I put a gloss over it and it works out perfect. No bleeding and being messy. I have 4 color total and the pinky color is nice too.

 

Maybelline 24 hour Color Tattoo cream eye shadow in Barely Branded - I love this shadow for a million reasons ! It's a great color to use as a highlight, or sometimes when I'm in a hurry I just swipe it across my lids and  it looks nice alone but I almost always use it as an eye shadow primer. It rocks! It give better staying power than my elf or urban decay eye shadow primer and it really makes the colors pop!

 

 

 

 

September 2013 Ipsy My Glam Bag

My Ipsy bag has FINALLY arrived & according to the tracking code they sent me it sat in Georgia for a week...why? I understand the free shipping but that irks me. I checked my Glam Room as soon as it opened up because I can't help myself , so I knew what I was getting.

If you don't know what Ipsy is its a monthly makeup/beauty subscription program. Its $10 a month and you will receive 4-5 full size or deluxe size products based on the beauty quiz you take.

My first look.

This month's theme is Classic Beauty.

Loving the blue bag!

 

This is the sample card from Michelle Phan;s new make up line, she' s the creator behind Ipsy/Glam bag. The blush & eyeshadows in the bottom right corner are the samples, I don't ever have too much luck with sample cards like this but we shall see !

 

Since I peeked at the Glam Room I knew what I was getting.

 

In the glam room my nyx eye shadow was grey and I was excited but it came and it was blue so that wasn't a good surprise for me, I'd rather have the grey or something more neutral. In my last month's Ipsy bag I received an eyebrow pencil so getting another one wasn't too impressive and another mascara, its my favorite product but this will stay closed for a while because I have too many open right now. I was happy with the tinted balm because I needed a new red lip color!

 

 

                                                          NYX Single eye shadow - 4.50
                                                  Cailyn Cosmetics Tinted Lip Balm - 19.00
                                                       Elizabeth Its so Big mascara 19.99
                                                        Star Looks Kohl eyeliner 12.00
                                                    Victoria Jackson Brow Pencil 14.95

 

Swatches from L to R : Cailyn tinted lip balm in Big Apple, VJ taupe brow pencil, Star Look Kohl eyeliner in Obsidian & NYX eyeshadow in velvet suede (I wasn't impressed with the sheer blue color but the texture of this eye shadow is amazing. I am so in love with the smooth buttery way this shadow glides across my skin!)

 

 

Not counting my super cute makeup bag the total in cosmetic products is $70.44! Um wow defiantly worth the $10!! So if you are interested and want to sign up >> Join Ipsy Now!<<

Mascara Combinations - *Updated Often*

Mascara is my favorite beauty product and after I've tried a ton of them and start getting bored with them I start layering and combining them to see what I can get them to do and see if I can maximize their ability to make my eye lashes look like they have been touched by the beauty gods themselves ! This will be a post I continually update as I come up with more combinations good & bad. Because not all combinations come out great.

Today I appled Million Lashes first on top & bottom then Max on top & bottom also then finished up with some instant lash on the bottom to fill in some of the places that I couldn't get to with the bigger brushes. AMAZING lashes. But really ! I curled my lashes before hand like always applied a few coats and let it dry then lightly curled them again and another layer of Max on the top lashes and they were beautiful and lasted over 10 hours. So I was very satisfied with this combo and will be using it again!

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Rimmel Max Bold Curves - WNW Mega Protein - Maybelline Falsies volume express

-Rimmel Scandaleyes - NYC Sky Rise (in order)

Ok I know 5 mascaras seems like a lot but I'll explain. I layered the top & bottom lashes with the Rimmel Max Bold & WNW Mega Protein. Falsies on the top lashes then I lightly recurled my lashes then scandal eyes on the top then sky rise on the bottom.

 

My 5 mascara eye lashes !

 

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NYC Instant Lash - Rimmel Scandaleyes - Kleancolors Baby got high definition

 

Today before my nephews birthday party with my NYC,Rimmel & Kleancolors eyes...I'm still wearing them right now and that was at 4 this afternoon (:

 

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L'Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes - Rimmel Max Bold Curves

I apply the Rimmel first then finish up with the Million Lashes. Amazing lashes everytime !

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Maybelline Great Lash - Maybelline Falsies Volume Express - Covergirl Lash Blast Volume

 This is the order I apply them in. And my eye lashes always look great. This is my "goto" combo !

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ELF 3 in 1 Mascara - WNW Mega Protein - NYC Instant Lash

I just tried this trio out today & I am in LOVE. And I even took a picture which I forget to do most of the time . This is the order I use these in also.

Pay no attention to the crazy face. You should see all the other pictures lol! But these are the lashes that the ELF,Wet N Wild & NYC produced. Um beautiful !!!!

 

 

 

 

Drugstore Mascara Review 6-6-13

My favorite product of all time is Mascara ! So I thought I'd do a mini mascara review on a few that I've been using the past few months, all of these are drugstore mascaras so you guys should be able to find them pretty easy! I never use just one mascara at a time I combine them up to 4 at a time usually, which I'm trying to make a list of all my combinations to share with you guys !

 

 

 

Big Bold mascara - NYC $4.47 @ Wal-mart

The brush on this mascara is way bigger than I thought so its good for top lashes but I wouldn't recommend it for bottom lashes its too messy for that. The actual mascara is Ok. Its not spectacular and I probably won't be buying it again.

 

 



Baby Got High Definition - Kleancolors $1.99 @ Beauty Max

I've only used this a few times since I bought it on Tuesday and so far so good ! I like the size of brush and how clean the mascara goes on! I can't wait to try the other mascaras from Kleancolors !

 

 

Rimmel ScandalEyes $7.00

I was so excited to buy this because I always have really good luck with Rimmel products & I heard that this is the stuff for long full eye lashes ! Well I haven't had that much luck with it . I've been layering it with a few different mascaras to get the look I want and its working out but I was really hoping that it was going to be the only one I had to use but not really. They have a few varieties of this one and I'm sure I'll try it because I'm very curious to see (:

 

 

 

Max Bold Curves - Rimmel $7 @ Walgreens

I LOVE this mascara ! LOVE LOVE. This is one of the only ones I can wear alone and still love the way my lashes look. But I do use it as a base for most of my combinations . Also I like to use this with false lashes to combine my real lashes with the false ones for a seamless look!

 

 Falsies volume express mascara -Maybelline $6 @ Drugstores

I really am a fan of this. I use it almost everyday I will be purchasing it again !! I love the curve in the brush and it never goes on clumpy ! Its easy to apply to bottom lashes too!

Sky Rise lengthening mascara - NYC - $2 @ Walmart

This mascara surprised me. Its another that I use almost everyday and for $2 it does its job! I love using this on my top side lashes and bottom lashes, any lash that's hard to reach this mascara brush can do it and its not messy at all !  I will be buying another tube of this !

Beauty Max haul 6-4-12

Kelsey & I were visiting the new Krispy Kreme in Jacksonville today & across the street they had Beauty Max...I've never heard of this but I HAD to go check it out...because we all know I can't say no to new make up . Its a huge building that's purple and yellow and from what I can tell its a Jacksonville chain...but I'm not 100% sure.. I'll look more into this later but when you walk in the first thing you notice is how big it is and how many products are in it. Like seriously if you wanted to look at everything you'd be there a couple hours ! A lot of it seems to be hair products and wigs, hair pieces and salon supplies , nail supplies, make up, hair tools, even clothes and jewelry. Some brands I've heard of like Biolage & Chi but others I've never heard of. But really if you are in the Jacksonville Florida area I would suggest you atleast go in and browse. Since we went in the store 30 minutes until closing we didn't get to really look so I went straight to the make up and bought a few things to try , also did I mention that they have great prices!!

• Kleancolor shimmer eye shadow primer - $1.99
• Kleancolor Baked Eyeshadow in Toffee - $1.49
• Kleancolor Mascara Baby Got High Definiton in Black- $1.99
• Ruby Kisses Bronzer in Light Glow - $3.99
• Dante's Flower Blush in 03 - $1.99

I've never used any of these products but they all seemed really nice quality for the price I paid. I did play in them a little when I got home though. I did a swatch of the primer on my hand then went over it with eye shadow. I love it already ! It makes my matte eye shadows shimmer ! Its beautiful . I also did a swatch of the Toffee eye shadow which is a dark sheer shimmery grey. Its beautiful !! I cannot wait to go back and buy more colors ! And then I dusted the blush on to see how pigmented it was. Trust me a little goes along ways . You should see how cute the blush is. It has a flower design with a light pink, dark pink and small amount of bronze . I alsmost don't want to use it because its so cute !! I will be using this products asap so that I can give you guys a review !

I dropped it before I even got home but its still cute ! Can't wait to get the other colors because they all have this super cute flower design !

The color on the label says Toffee which makes me think brownish but this is a dark grey and it goes on as a dark sheer with tons of shimmer and layered over the primer I bought its beautiful ! Can't wait to create an eye look with this !

& my Krispy Kreme doughnuts (: I love glazed but Josh loves the chocolate cake ones !

Comment below and let me know if you guys have ever shopped at a Beauty Max or used any of these brands !

2 New Mascaras !

Yesterday I was browsing around Wal-Mart and of course ended up in the make-up aisle ! And mascara being my FAVORITE product I always pick up a tube or two !

I picked up Rimmel's ScandalEyes Flex & NYC Instant Lash the Rimmel is around $6 bucks and the NYC is $1 ! I've heard GREAT things about ScandalEyes so I've been dying to try it. So I'm really excited to try these two out ! Comment below and let me know your experience with either of these !

Wet - N- Wild Review

I'm not sure if anyone has used the Wet N Wild brand lately but can I say wowww have they improved since the days of middle school . They even have a line with Fergie . So I had been hearing all this good feedback so I hit up my local Walgreens and bought a little of everything...I've been using these products for about a month & a half and I use almost all of them everyday and for the amazing low prices they are great products that are highly pigmented and long lasting ! So here goes....

Let's start with mascara since its my favorite make-up product of all time !

 

 

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This is actually a green tube but I think the light made it look yellow for some reason but the Mega Protein mascara is at Walgreens for $1.99 and I am obsessed with it. I use this mascara everyday and I will be buying more of it. I always use 3-4 mascaras to get the look I want and this is the mascara I start with every time.

 

 

 

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I use this one a lot also. Its waterproof so I use it a lot when we go out on the boat or to the pool. The wand is smaller than I thought it was going to be but I ended up liking it better than I thought I would and its great for those small areas that the bigger brush can't go. The Mega Length is $2.99 at Walgreens.

                                     

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Mega Volume is right ! A few coats of this and my lashes are full and beautiful and ready for a long day of work without worrying about my lashes smudging or loosing volume ! I also mix this with my WNW mega length to have lashes that are long & voluminous !

 

 

( 832E Heather Silk )

 

I love this blush and its super pigmented ! I mix this with a deeper wine colored blush and I just tap my brush into this WNW Heather Silk color which is a little more pink than the picture shows. But it really doesn't take a lot of this to go a long way. $1.99 @ Walgreens

 

 

( 380B Walking on Eggshells)

 

So WNW has tons of these 3 eye shadow palettes and they are $1.99 and as you can see they have an eyelid color, crease and brow bone color...um these babies are amazing . I use this particular one probably 95% of the time. These colors go with everything. They are super neutral and I really love a neutral eye but WNW offers a few neutral palettes like this one and others that are full of color.

 

( L: Walking on Eggshells & R: 335 Silent Treatment)

 

 

 

 

Photo courtesy of Wet N Wild

 

I use the ColorIcon bronzer in 739 Ticket to Brazil its the middle tone of the three that they offer its just a basic tan bronzer its not the kind that has 5 different shades of browns and tans just the one solid shade and its a huge compact I feel like this will last me the summer because you get a ton of it for about $3.99 and a little goes a long way. Its great for an all over sun kissed bronze look or great for contouring your face with ! Very blendable and stays put ! & also its SPF 15

 

 

WNW lipcolors are some of my favorite. They have a wide range of colors, most of which are $1.99, long lasting colors, I've been able to layer most of these and make myself a custom color to get the look I'm looking for, most are SPF 15 and I've never had any of them dry out my lips

 

Nouveau Pink 511B - Its a hot pink color !

It's a Girl 371S - A bright light pink if that makes sense lol .

Salsa Lessons 369S - a bright orangey-red coral color

Pink Champagne 373S - a light nude/pink color that has shimmer

Dollhouse Pink 967 - A color so pink it has purple undertones like a Barbie pink.

 

Nouveau Pink, It's a Girl, Salsa lessons, & Dollhouse Pink (Pink Champagne not shown)

This is one swipe ! Look how pigmented they are !!!