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!

 

 

 

 

Seen Around Town September 2013 : Limited Edition Collections

First Stop Walgreens Pharmacy aka Drugstore

 

Maybelline's Fall 2013 Collection

 

This is the only display I've seen so far. I'm not sure if any others have more or less items! The one at my Florida Walgreens about 6 different eye shadow palettes, these palettes included neutrals, purples, blues, teals, browns and pretty highlight colors. Two nail polishes, a deep plum purple and a light plumy purple. I know that lighter purple had glitter flecks in it that weren't so appealing but that was just by looking in the bottle not on my actual nail. Also their were 4 lipsticks. Three purples from a lighter purple to a darker purple and one pink shade. And last but not least grey, purple, & gold eyeliner. I'm thinking I want the palette on the far left with the purples. We shall see.. comment below and let me know if you've seen this collection anywhere and what it included!

 

Second stop Winn Dixie grocery store...I think up North these stores may be called Krogers? In Florida its Winn Dixie

If you've been looking for any of the Wet N Wild Limited Edition collections look no further than the Grocery Store! I've checked my local drugstores and Walmart and haven't had any luck and I was getting discouraged then as I'm walking through WD I spotted a whole end shelf with nothing but WNW Limeted Edition sets! **

 

The POP bright eye shadow collection

 

The Tough Girl - Beauty Army- collection

The Tombstone Halloween Nail Polishes

Black-Silver-Glow in the Dark - Orange

Ghoulish Glitz

Glitter eye liner - Glitter Gel - Body Glitter

 

 

Hot Rocks Nail Polish collection - Glittered Nail Polish

 

**WD also carried the Wet N Wild Fergie collection but I didn't include that because I've seen it at my local Walgreens and CVS so it doesn't seem as hard to find as some of the others!

 

 

 

Wet N Wild Fantasy Makers collection at KMart.

I looked all over Kmart's beauty department for this collection and didn't see a thing but it was an end cap (behind a pole!) near the Halloween costumes. It seemed to have a little bit of everything and was quite a large display. I didn't buy anything but I'm thinking about going back and getting some glitter eyeliner! Has anyone tried it yet?

 

 

UPDATED: OCT 6 2013

Spotted this Wet N Wild Fall collection at Walgreens this week! Looks like some of the same palettes and colors but also new ones.

 

 

New at CVS week: NYC Disco Inferno Fall collection

 

 

3 different color palettes (I can't remember the names) but I'll update as soon as I find them.

 

 

I already am in LOVE w/ NYC blushes & this is no exception. I love the 3 tone color! Yayy!

 

 

What two tone lipsticks?! I've never seen these before...has NYC had these before? These look cool!

 

They had polish & eye liner in the collection also.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baby Lips Electro Collection

Ok I am a huge fan of the Maybelline Baby Lips lip balm collection so when I seen the new Electro Collection that came out this summer I thought yes I need that !! I kept coming up on empty displays and the collection always being sold out until last week I FIANLLY found them. YAYY! I bought the hot pink ( strike a rose) color and I have been more than satisfied with it ! I cannot wait to expand of collection of Baby Lips Electros ! The color is more intense than regular baby lips ! Def gives you a beautiful pop of color on your lips !

This is my Strike a Rose that I bought !! $2.97 @ Wal-Mart ! What a steal!!!

 

 

 

I am really curious as to how the yellow & green come out on lips?! Has anyone tried those?

I didn't take these pictures, just some that I found online but I wanted you guys to see the whole collection! Look at those colors !! They are beautiful and bright. Great summer colors. I wear mine by themselves and layered with colorful glosses !

 

New Baby Lip product...coming soon!

                                                                      
I spotted this little sign today at Walmart !! Yayy I love baby lips so I'm excited they will be bringing out a new product soon !!





                  Check out my new post >>>>> First Look : Dr. Rescue Baby Lips

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 !!!!

 

 

 

 

May/June Products I've been using

These are a few products I bought back in April, May & some in June I've been using them like crazy so that I could write a review for you guys (: and because I get way too excited to use new products and then buy new products when those run out and then the cycle starts all over ! Enjoy my beautiful people.. !

                                              Hard Candy Sheer Envy Primer - $8 @ Walmart

This is the only primer that I've ever used so I don't have another primer to compare it to but I do love it. I like the way it feels on my skin without making it feel oily. I bought this in April because I was wanting to try out a primer and compared to the prices of higher end ones this is a steal ! I haven't used it all yet but when I do I'll probably try another out just so I have something to compare it too but I would buy this again ! I was very impressed with the coverage and the smooth base it made for my make up !

                                        L'Oreal True Match foundation - $7.99 @ Walgreens
I was looking for a new foundation and I watch Nicole Guerriero on youtube basically everyday and this is what she has been using so I said why not? Her make up looks amazing so there I was in Walgreens picking up my bottle of amazingness and I have to say I LOVE it . I will be buying this again! I'll probably get the next shade up because this one was a little too light for me. But I've been adding color to my face with my bronzer and this foundation builds very well !!

Almay concealer & treatment gel - $8.99 @ Target

I bought this on a whim because it was actually on sale for cheaper when I bought it . Its one big product with a concealer on one end that you roll up like a lipstick and the other end is a blemish clearing gel. At first I was like oh this sounds like a big mess this will never work. Oh how wrong I was. You apply the gel let it sit for a few minutes and dry then apply the concealer over the problem area. It goes on so smooth and the gel keeps the concealer from getting all cakey in your blemish. I don't break out bad but I do have my days when I have acne in a few areas and the spot treatment I use makes my face dry so putting make up on that area is always horrible because its dry but with this stuff its not dry at all and my make up goes on smooth as ever ! Ok so I've worn my make up for 12+ hours that first day that I used this and am washing my face and I notice how small my blemish has gotten !! So I've been using it since and I love it and it really clears my skin up. I need to check into the Almay collection to see if they sell this by its self because it works and doesn't dry my skin out and the concealer color matches my skin tone to a T ! The only complaint I have is the concealer has a funny smell. But I can deal because it blends well and covers well and that treatment gel is amazing! And you can't smell it after you blend it just if you smell the concealer or you are applying it to your nose.

 

Maybelline FIT foundation - $5.94 @ WalMart

My friend Brooke recommended this a few months ago and I finally used it up before I bought the L'Oreal True Match. I liked it a lot at first. The coverage is great, and it blends into your skin easy and looks super natural but after wearing it a few weeks it was making my skin so oily after only wearing it a few hours. I tried to change my moisturizer, my face wash and my powder I was setting this foundation with but it was always oily so after I finished the bottle I decided to try something new. I may go back to it later if my skin happens to be extra dry one day or something but not right now in the middle of this hot Florida summer ! --Maybelline has a whole FIT collection including concealer , blush and powder I haven't tried any of them yet but I defiantly will be!

 

Hard Candy Glamoflauge cream concealer & concealer stick - $6.00 @ Walmart

this stuff will cover anything from acne to a tattoo. Its a GREAT inexpensive full coverage concealer and it only takes a little bit so this tube will last a while. I've had it since April and haven't put a dent in it.

 

L to R : Revlon Super Lustrous Lip Gloss in Pink Pop & Peach Petal -$5.94 @ Walmart,  Milani Crystal Gloss in Raspberry Icing - $3.99 @ Target

 

We'll start with the Revlon glosses. I think these are actually being discontinued and being replaced with something similar...but I like them. I wear them alone & over lipstick. They give off enough color on there own and add a great shine without being sticky and they don't make your lips all peely like some lip glosses do...if that makes sense..?! (: I would have bought more colors except these were marked down since like I said they are being discontinued and I assume everyone had scooped up everything else. Now on to the Milani Raspberry Icing its basically the same color as the Revlon Pink Pop except with small glitter flecks and maybe a little less shine. But I still love it and use it and its not sticky either. I'd defiantly buy these glosses again. So hopefully the new gloss that Revlon is bringing out are basically the same as these because I love them & not really sure why they would discontinue them..!

 

 

 Tone moisturizing body wash with cocoa butter in Mango Splash - $5.00 @ WalMart

This isn't my usual body wash of choice but I had a coupon for it so why not. It smells really good and Josh seems to like it. It lathers up really nice but after I get out of the shower the scent doesn't really stay on my skin and I don't feel any more moisturized than I did before so unless I have any more coupons we will be sticking to our Bath & Body Works because I wasn't impressed with this.

 

Kleancolors American Eyedol Baked eye shadow in Toffee- $1.49 @ Beauty Max

 

The picture does not do this eye shadow justice. The base color is beautiful but once it hits the light it has all of these sparkly fleck of color like silver, blue, gold, grey. Ok that sounds ugly but it just depends how its turned in the light to what color the sparkle is. I've only used it dry but since its a baked eye shadow you can use it wet also which I assume would make it darker..? But I feel like it may crease if I do that. We shall see, I guess I can try that next ! I love how pigmented this shadow is. I've been using it as my crease color in every eye look I've done the past week. LOVE LOVE LOVE can't wait to buy the entire American Eyedol collection , that name? How cute. haha.

 

Rimmel Stay Matte powder - $4.00 @ WalMart

Love it and it keeps my face shine free ! It layers really well with bronzer and blush. I will be buying this again !

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 !