Origins Just Browsing, Brow Shaping Color in Soft Brown $16.00
I’ve been using Anastasia Brow Powder Duo, for what seems like an eternity, since 2007. Even though you are supposed to or are encouraged to throw out beauty products on the regular, I’ve kept this one mini compact for the entire time. Continue reading
Coffee Bean Caffeine Eye Cream $19.00 & $10.00
I’ve had this eye cream for a while, but never consistently used it. I was trying to finish up my current eye cream first. But last week, after a few really late nights, poor eating and generally putting my body through the worst of it, I really needed something to work on the under eye puffiness and bags that were beginning to develop. Continue reading
While, these posts get OLD super fast I am so surprised by IPSY this month that I just had to share my haul from this month. Ipsy can be hit or miss, this month is exception, it was just awesome.
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Eye Pencil
Mai Couture Highlighter Papier
Mirabella Primer for Face & Eyes
NYX Loose Pearl Shadow
and the standout this month is Be a Bombshell Hot Mess Lip Gloss this is the perfect shade of cherry apple red. Super clear, super glossy, not so much moisturizing but definitely not drying. It provides a deep wash of red that is both bold and understated, its not a deeply saturated pigment its definitely a gloss so you avoid that overdone red lip look one can accidentally get. With this gloss you just get a deep wash of sheer color. I was totally about to purchase some red lip gloss and this came just in time.
Again, IPSY just nails it.
Ipsy, is one of the many subscription style monthly beauty clubs, similar to the very popular (and my fave) BirchBox. While I do get a BirchBox every month, a beauty addict like myself needs more to stave off the desire to spend all my time in Sephora, online shopping and in Whole Food Beauty, really I do, and of course I love getting mail. Continue reading
So, I am in a bit of jam. I have my little cousins wedding in one hour, and my hotel room is not ready. Ugh, like a Girl Scout or MacGuyver, here are the products I am about to use in the hotel lobby to get ready!
A dash of eyeliner (maybe, it is the afternoon)
Also, CONGRATS Colleen & Shawn!!!!!
Desert Essence Jojoba Oil
$13.99
Jojoba oil is the haps. This stuff is amazing, I’ve been using it for years and I am always coming up with new ways to put it to use.
First, I keep a bottle in the shower and use this instead of moisturizer. It does not travel in your hand too much so you don’t end up with a slippery shower. This keeps winter dry skin at bay, and you save time by moisturizing in the shower.
Second, I put some of this on a cotton ball/pad and use it to remove eye makeup. Unlike so many other eye make up removers, this does not sting and takes off even waterproof mascara.
Third, I put this on the bottom portion of my hair, wrap it in a bun, sleep with it over night and wash it out in the morning and bam, awesome hair.
Fourth, I put this on my face as a spot treatment for dry patches. Yes, my face, oil on my face, everyone is doing it, no really they are, it seems like every company right now has their own magic oil. The molecular structure of jojoba oil is almost the same as your sebum, so it does not clog pores and does a great job of moisturizing in the dead of winter. You can even put this on as a mask, and wash it off, leaving your face super smooth.
Jojoba Oil, is so often used in fancy face oils, and its so basic, you can add other oils together with jojoba oil to make your own blend and save a ton of money. Jojoba oil though, on its own, is super rad, its basically liquid gold.
*Above image used without permission from HERE
Sunday Morning Round Up…
Awesome, super fun things from around the interwebs this week to enjoy over some coffee on Sunday morning.
The most adorable costumes for Halloween!
How to fix chipped polish and have a super dope manicure too!
Even though we share the same name, Ilana Kohn’s Spring ’13 Lookbook is pretty amazing
*Above image used without permission from HERE
All You Need Gift Box from 100% Pure Cosmetics, $59.00
More info HERE
I am in the process of making my beauty routine non-toxic by eliminating all of the products with sketchy ingredients and this kit seemed like a great start. I am really skeptical about sets in general. Often in these sets some of the colors are good but some are not and you end up loosing out on one or two products. I decided to go for the kit because I was already purchasing the mascara and the Naked Trio. So I decided to just go for it to try some more products, as I am new to the brand. I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised.
Here is what I thought….
Mascara: amazing, really lengthens, is inky black and is totally shocking at how much it works. I have tried so many mascaras and this really is great. However, after extended use it does leave some serious flake under the eye but nothing you cant move away with your fingers. The flake was bad enough that I had to stop using the mascara. One product lost.
The Pretty Naked Trio is also really great. The blush is perfect, it is the barely there, the I just ran/was outside gardening or something and I am flushed for my light to medium skin tone it really worked well. Really great. I usually use just bronzer and this gives me a healthy flush that I am comfortable with not using bronzer. Breaking up with my bronzer is so sad, I really loved my standby bronzer and was on my third purchase of it. I have to say that the blush gives such a great glow that I am no longer using it. The eye shadows in the trio are wonderful, super subtle, barely there, they just make your eyes look a little bit better, you certainly look more awake. Just a really nice wash of subtle color. The trio worked out really nicely.
The Berry Lip Cream Stick is awesome. The color is subtle berry nude (is a berry nude even possible) that just makes my lips pop and is just the best consistency. I have been using Nars Velvet Gloss lip Pencil and this is quite comparable in both effect and product form. It is a little dark, very mid-90s, but with a bit of clear gloss is super nice for pulling a low key look together. I often put this on when I don’t have time for make up really, it makes me look pulled together without really trying, aka something I am always on the hunt for.
The lip-glosses are very nude and neutral without washing me out. Again a very nice color. One is a perfect match for my lips and looks just like my lips but better, like a whole lot better. The other side of the gloss is a bit of a darker berry, perfect for when you want just a hint of more color. This product is my favorite part of the kit, I even emailed the company to see what the color was so I could replace it, but it only comes in this kit, so sad. I might try there other double-ended lip gloss and see if it’s a close match. I really can’t live without the light color.
The crème stick eyeliner I was most skeptical about. I really thought before getting the kit that this would be one product I gave to a friend. I was so wrong, although it looks silver online and in the package the effect on is more like the perfect grey black eyeliner. Very easy to put on, has a nice glide, does not tug and really looks subtle and not harsh at all. I hate eyeliner but this made me a bit of a convert for special occasions, I have been to a bunch of weddings and used this product and it held up for the whole event. Pretty awesome.
Overall, I have to say that this kit is really great. Every product except for the mascara is just pretty amazing for a kit and all of the products really hold up in terms of color, consistency and performance.
One Product at a Time 