August Birchbox

This Month’s BirchBox theme was beauty innovations. “These are products that are hopping boundaries rethinking the compact and shaking things up.”

 In my BirchBox

1.       -June Jacobs/ Papaya Purifying Enzyme Masque

2.      - Ouidad/ Climate Control Heat & Humidity Gel

3.       -Shaveworks/ The cool Fix

4.       -Smaskbox Cosmetics/ Photo Finish Foundation Primer

5.       -(Extra) Twistband/ Hair Tie

So far I have tried the Shaveworks, and the Smashbox primer. I really liked the Shaveworks after shaving lotion “stuff”, at first when I applied it burned slightly as most things with alcohol on them but soon after it took the little red bumps that I always get from shaving. As for the Smashbox primer it worked amazing! It left my skin feeling smooth and helped make my foundation look flawless.

June Jacobs/ Papaya Purifying Enzyme Masque

Ouidad/ Climate Control Heat & Humidity Gel

Shaveworks/ The cool Fix

Smaskbox Cosmetics/ Photo Finish Foundation Primer

(Extra) Twistband/ Hair Tie

10 Minuet Neutral Look

If you’re like me you have to get up supper early in the morning and want to sleep in as late as possible.  Cause let’s face it we could all use some beauty sleep. I also want to go to work looking my best. I decided to see how long a neutral look would take me in the morning, and after timing myself, it was a little less than 10 minutes. This means no having to get up any earlier to do makeup, yeah for sleep. I also have plans for the future to show you how to make little changes and add to your neutral look to give a pop and some flare and get many different looks from the one basic face.

Products Used

Eyes

-          -Urban Decay Primer Potion

-          -Inglot, light skin tone matte, medium brown matte, light pink pearl, shimmery white, Matte black (as liner)

-         - CoverGirl Lash Blast Fusion

Face

-          -Garnier Nutritioniste Skin Renewal Anti-Dark Circle Roller

-          -CoverGirl Clean press powder 225 buff beige

-          -Maybelline Fit Me Blush Light Mauve

-          -Benefit 10 Box High light

Lips

-         - Revlon Matte lipstick 002 Pink Pout

-          -CoverGirls Wet Slicks Fruit Spritzers 505 Guava Splash

Peacock Eyes ( National Nikki Day)

So yesterday was National Nikki day A.K.A My birthday. It was a pretty good day I didn't do much. I'm waiting for Tuesday to celebrate with some friends from out of town. Yeah Olive garden and Jello shooters! But any way I dolled my face up and played with makeup and came up with this Peacock eye look.

NOTD Illamasqua Nail Varnish in Rare (part 2), with Barry M Crackle.

yes I am quite possibly the worlds worst manicurist.

So decided to try out the neon yellow Illamasqua with the black crackle. I added a maroony purple with silver crackle as an accent. I think it gives that 80's feel.

Lush Ocean Salt Face and Body Scrub Review

If you’re like me your new to Lush too. On my recent trip to New York City I was able to visit a Lush store and try out some products. Lush is a Fresh Handmade Cosmetic Company. Their products are made by hand which they tell you where and who made the product. Products are made with fresh and organic fruits and vegetables. They are made with little to no preservatives and packaging and they also don’t test on animals.

Ocean Salt Face and Body Scrub-

We take the lime and the coconut (plus grapefruit and sea salt) and mix them together in our stimulating vodka-based face scrub. For a complexion that glows.

The antibacterial effects of lime and the trace of alcohol in the product is ideal for blocked pores, blackheads or blemishes. The minerals in sea salt soften as the salt scrubs away dirt and blockages. Fresh avocado and coconut give hydration back to thirsty skin, while violet leaf absolute calms and nurtures. The fruit contains unsaturated oil that rehydrates skin. Both avocado and coconut soothe the upper layers of skin and are very good for dryness.

(description taken from the container and Lush.com) 

 

I have been using this out for a few weeks now and I have fallen in love with it. I think it has taken top spot for my favorite scrub. First off it smells exactly like a margarita, my favorite drink with the lime and a bit of alcohol.  The scrub exfoliated my face extremely well yet leaves my skin feeling moisturized and not tight. The scrub isn’t only limited to the face. It works well as a foot scrub and I also like it for my elbows and any other places on the skin that might feel rough.  

One thing that I thought was unique was that they have the Date the product was made and who made it with a little cartoon caricature of the person on the side of the jar.

July Favorites

It’s the beginning of August, and aside from National Nikki Day being only 4 more days away (A.K.A. My birthday), it’s time for July Favorites. So here’s what I was really digging from July.

-Lemon Zing from Fortune Cookie Soaps

-Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics, Pigment in Wasabi

-Inglot Gel liner #85 (lime green)

-Inglot Freedom system 10 pallet eye shadows

What were you really loving in July?

NOTD Illamasqua Nail Varnish in Rare

While In New Your City last week I picked up some things at Sephora. I had never tried anything from Illamasqua and then I saw this color and couldn't resist. I was immediately draw to the bright neon construction worker yellow. The color however looks best in white or daylight, it doesn't look as neon under incandescent light bulbs, but out in the sun light it is full neon day glow.

The finish of the polish is a satin finish, which i wasn't too much of a fan of so I just added a glossy topcoat. I have been wearing the polish for about 4 days now and it wears very well, with little peeling or chipping, and I am hard on my polish with my hands in dish water a lot at work, and home.

I tried the polish with an accent nail with white crackle over it but it only seemed to wash out the bright vibrancy of the yellow. I think next time I will try it with a black or deep blue crackle.