long hair don't care !

It's been raining the past two days here in sunny Florida so I've had a lot of time on my hands and the house is completely clean soooo what better to do than review my new products and some old ones (: This particular one will be geared towards hair products ! Most of these I've been using for a couple weeks or more .

Suave Professionals $2.88 @ Walmart 

If you want salon quality shampoo at a fraction of the cost this is your product! I paid $2.88 for this huge pump bottle and I love it ! It smells great and leaves my hair so silky smooth ! I've noticed a difference in my hair in just two weeks of using this product. It's not as frizzy as usual and even when it rains my hair doesn't poof up at the first drop of rain. I will be buying this product again !  

L'Oreal Color Vibrancy Dual Protect Spray $6 @ WalMart 

 

I think this spray was supposed to be more of a product to help keep colored hair vibrant but what caught my eye is that it is a heat protectant up for 450 degrees, perfect since I use a blow dryer, flat iron, curling wand and hair curlers daily. I used to use nothing on my hair when I was using heat and in the month I've been using this I can tell a major difference ! I'm sure you can it onto dry hair just be careful not to use too much or it may get oily. But after I get out of the shower and towel dry my hair I spray a decent amount on my hair and kind of run my hands through it to make sure it coats all my hair. I don't directly spray on my roots since my hair is a little oily. I don't need anything triggering an oily mess during the day. But I let it sit while I do my make up then blow dry it and style as usual or just go to bed and let it air dry then in the morning style as usual. I will be buying this again and I defiantly will be trying more hair products from this line !

 

Biolage Protective Hair Oil about $14 at hair salons

 

This is a protective oil that protects hair against sun, pool water & ocean water. Its the best one that I've found and it last a really long time. I usually spray it in after I've gone in the pool or beach water and I spray it all over including my roots. It keeps my hair soft and keeps it from tangling up so that when I get home I don't have gross knotty hair and its not all dried out. I'll be buying this as long as they make it.

 

 

Not Your Mothers Beach Babe Sea Salt Spray $5.99 @ Walgreens

Not Your Mothers Clean Freak Dry Shampoo $5.99 @ Walgreens

 

I've heard of NYM brand before but never used it and at Walgreens they had Buy 1 get 1 50% off so I thought what a better time to try them. I had really high hopes for these products especially the dry shampoo because that's what I was really wanting to try and I bought the Sea Salt Spray because they didn't have any other NYM products to try and I thought might as well. I've used the Sea Salt Spray twice and its alright. I won't buy another bottle...If I even finish this bottle. I'll probably end up giving it away. Kelsey also used this and I don't think she had great results either so thumbs down on that one. The dry shampoo also disappointed me . I feel like I spray a ton of it and my hair looks just as oily as it did to start with. I'm not using it on like week old hair or something its hair that was just washed the day before and is a little oily. So I'm still on the search for a good dry shampoo ! If you have any suggestions send them my way ! As for the Not Your Mothers Products I won't be just randomly buying these anymore until I do a full review on them !

 

 

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 !

CVS beauty haul 6-2-13

I went into CVS today to get make-up, I'm usually a Walgreens girl but I had a beauty coupon & body wash coupon plus CVS carries Milani make up and my friend Brooke just bought Milani baked blush and she loves it so I had to try it myself ! Also if you get to CVS on the right day you will notice beauty products with neon pink stickers (50% off!) or lime green stickers (75% off!!!!) I've gotten $10.00 lip gloss for under $2 before !!! So check frequently and stock up when you find them !

 

                                                     This is my little haul from last night !

• Tone bodywash in Mango Splash
• Almay 2 in 1 concealer stick & blemish gel
• Milani crystal gloss in Raspberry Icing
• 2 Revlon lip glosses in Pink Pop & Peach Petal
• Wet N Wild lip color in Dollhouse Pink ( Mac Dupe for Pink Friday) I bought 2 !
• Milani Baked Blush in Berry Amore

The only product I've used before is the WNW lip color and I love it . I am really excited to add the new finds into my beauty routine the next couple of weeks so that I can give you guys a review! Leave me a comment and let me know if you have used any of these products before and how they worked for you ! Or let me know what you find with a clearance sticker on it from your CVS !

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 !!!

 

Beating the Heat !

I recently purchased this bottle of magic online from Ulta. I've seen several YouTube vlogs where they finish their make up with a "setting spray" so I decided I'd give it a try. So began the research on finding the one right for me. A lot of the ones I looked into seemed a bit pricey and I really didn't want to spend the cash on something I've never tried before so that brought me to NYX Cosmetics . With the price tag of $7.99 ...a BARGIN compared to the others I had looked at running about $40.00+ for the same size bottle ! Once my jewel came in the mail I couldn't wait to apply a full face and spray away. The first week or two I was applying it and then heading to work and was aww like yayy it works then I got to thinking I really want to test this stuff out so the past two days I've been off work & Josh (fiancé) and I have taken the boat to the lake. Sun, water, sand, wind, heat & sweat. What a better way to test the working power of a finishing spray that promise to keep your full face on. So with full face applied and bikini on we were off to the lake ! Two days in a row of 5+ hours in the sun, on a boat fishing and tanning and even a little swimming and I still had a full face of make up to wash off in the shower ! So ladies and gentlemen this product is amazing ! I will be purchasing another bottle and they have a dewy finish so we will have to try that one. But the matte is amazing and I would recommend it to anyone ! It was great on the boat so I imagine it would be great for other summer outdoor activities BBQ's, baseball games, theme parks, hiking, biking...use it and let me know where you wore your NYX setting spray and how it worked for you!