Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Favorite Beauty Products of Fall (so far)

Hey everyone! Fall is one of my favorite seasons for a lot of different reasons. I love the weather, the beautiful changing of the leaves and everything beauty that comes with the fall season. I love the darker lipsticks and of course the clothes. This post will be me sharing some of my favorite with you! Most are beauty products and there are a few that go along with the season that I wanted to share!

First is the darker shades of lipstick, during the summer I really stick to pinks and corals, but I feel like in the fall its ok to go a little darker. I also like to wear a more nude lip in the fall so I'll throw some of those in as well. Here are a few of my favorites  :)


This first one I'm actually not sure if you can get anymore but its the only one like that I promise, the rest are readily available.
Its a lipstick my Aerie and its called Sweet.
Its like a very pretty rose color, very flattering and would look great on nearly all skin types, definitely a top favorite of mine. Its also not drying at all, very creamy and smooth.





The second is an Elizabeth Arden lipstick. Its a dark rose color as well, a little darker than sweet, very pretty.




The third is a clinique lipstick, I'm sure you've all heard of it, Black Honey. It looks scary in the tube how ever it does on kind of like a stain, again its that darker rosy color. I don't have this one with me because I actually finished my tube, I've had it for a long time and need to get another.





The nudes I am loving at the moment are Creme de Nude by Mac, Innocence Beware by Mac and Soft Nude by Revlon. All beautiful nudes and great paired with a gloss.




The last lip product I am loving is a lipgloss. Its by Clinique and is called Fireberry. Its a sheer red color, it is extremely similar to Ornamental by Mac.




As far as blushes go I have been using these two the majority of the time. The first one is NARS Douceur blush, which is a pink brown color. Looks very warm on fair skin. The second is Mac Gentle Mineralized blush, its a dark pink with gold shimmer in it. Both are great choices for fall.






For a fragrance I have been reaching for my PINK body splash in Warm & Cozy. It really smells like what the title says. Its a very warm scent. It just reminds me of fall and winter.



Now when it starts getting cooler I find that I have extremely dry skin. Lush Handy Gurugu Cream brings relief to my hands as they get very dry and cracked, would definitely recommend to any of you that suffer from dry skin like I do.



Two candles I have been burning are from Bath and Body Works. I have been absolutely loving the candles Leaves and Vanilla Carmel. Leaves is such a fall scent, very spicy and the Vanilla Carmel is the perfect vanilla scent, very light.



As far as fashion goes I'm loving boots and scarves at the moment. Its getting pretty cold at night where I live and these two items not only keep me warm but make great accessories.

I didn't make an eyeshadow section because I haven't changed my eye shadows for fall. I mostly use neutrals all the time. I think any neutral colors would do for fall, also cranberry colors would be nice.

I also didn't do a nail polish section because I plan on devoting an entire post to fall/winter polish.  :)

I hope you guys enjoyed this and I hope it gave you some ideas for fall! Hope everyone is enjoying fall and having a great week! Please check back in for more posts this week!


XOXO
Haley
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Covergirl Lash Blast vs Maybelline Falsies Review

Hey everyone! If you haven't checked it out yet I have a new video on my youtube comparing these two mascaras, check it out if you're thinking of picking either one of them up!

Mascara Review


XOXO
Haley

Sunday, November 14, 2010

MAC Tartan Tale and Sephora Haul *swatches*

So here are the promised swatches, sorry my lighting on my video is awful  :(  please suggest something on how to fix it! I am recording on my webcam right now but I'll be using a different camera as soon as I can!


6 Dashing Lassies Eyeshadow with a 213 SE brush



Here's the swatches

Lighter shades are on top, darker on bottom and the line in the middle is Lord it Up Eyeliner


Lipgloss and Lipstick swatches
Lightly Prancing, Baby Sparks, and Creme de Nude





Doucer Blush and Urban Decay YDK Shadow

YDK Shadow on the left and Douceur Blush on the Left

Hope this helped some of you guys!

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XOXO
Haley

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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Sigma Brush Review

Hey everyone! I know I said in my update that I couldn't make any posts until the weekend but I found some time and I want to ahead and do my sigma brush review post! I have a youtube video on my channel which I'll link here : Sigma Brush Review

Basically on my video I review all the brushes individually and let you know what I think about them. On this post I'm going to list the brushes and put up the brushes that they correspond to.

The brushes that I reviewed are:
E25 Blending
E40 Blending
E35 Blending
E50 Large Fluff
F70 Concealer
E30 Pencil
L05 Lip
F15 Duo Powder/Blush

Please go watch my video for an in depth review of all of these brushes! :)
All in all I LOVE these brushes! They are great! I will definitely be getting more and if you guys would like I'll do another review on those  :)
Some that I'm going to try out are the F05, F30, and F35! If you guys want another review please let me know!

Below is the conversion chart. The SS number is the old numbering system and it is also the MAC corresponding number.
I hope you guys found this helpful and also checked out my video!
Check out sigma here: Sigma Beauty
Here's the link to my video again : Sigma Review
Check out the corresponding numbers below!
See you in my next post!

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F05
SMALL CONTOUR
SS109 - INDIVIDUAL
F10
POWDER/BLUSH
SS129 - 15 PREMIUM
F15
DUO FIBRE POWDER/BLUSH
SS131 - 15 PREMIUM
F20
LARGE POWDER
SS134 - 15 PREMIUM
F25
TAPERED FACE
SS138 - 15 PREMIUM
F30
LARGE POWDER
SS150 - 12 PROFESSIONAL
F35
TAPERED HIGHLIGHTER
SS165 - 15 PREMIUM
F40
LARGE ANGLED CONTOUR
SS168 - 12 PROFESSIONAL
F45
BUFFER
SS182 - INDIVIDUAL
F50
DUO FIBRE
SS187 - 12 PROFESSIONAL
F55
SMALL DUO FIBRE
SS188 - INDIVIDUAL
F60
FOUNDATION
SS190 - 12 PROFESSIONAL
F65
LARGE CONCEALER
SS192 - 15 PREMIUM
F70
CONCEALER
SS194 - 12 PROFESSIONAL
F75
CONCEALER
SS195 - 15 PREMIUM
F80
FLAT TOP SYNTHETIC KABUKI
SS197 - INDIVIDUAL
E05
EYE LINER
SS209 - 12 PROFESSIONAL
E10
SMALL EYE LINER
SS210 - 15 PREMIUM
E15
FLAT DEFINER
SS212 - 15 PREMIUM
E20
SHORT SHADER
SS214 - 15 PREMIUM
E25
BLENDING
SS217 - 15 PREMIUM
E30
PENCIL
SS219 -12 PROFESSIONAL
E35
TAPERED BLENDING
SS222 - 15 PREMIUM
E40
TAPERED BLENDING
SS224 - 12 PROFESSIONAL
E45
SMALL TAPERED BLENDING
SS226 - 15 PREMIUM
E50
LARGE FLUFF
SS227 - 15 PREMIUM
E55
EYE SHADING
SS239 - 12 PROFESSIONAL
E60
LARGE SHADER
SS252 - 12 PROFESSIONAL
E65
SMALL ANGLE
SS266 - 12 PROFESSIONAL
E70
MEDIUM ANGLED SHADING
SS275 - 12 PROFESSIONAL


L05
LIP
SS316 - 15 PREMIUM


FTC: All products were purchased with my own money. I am not getting paid for this post.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Things to come...

Hey everyone! I don't have time to do a full on review today but I wanted to post a little update and some things that are coming up. I probably won't be able to post another review until Saturday late afternoon or on Sunday sometime. I have a test tomorrow and a test on Friday that I need to study for. Football game on Saturday so we'll see when I can post another review.

Things coming up:
I have some reviews in mind coming up, I think I'm going to review my Clarisonic, I've had it for about 2 months now so I can give it good, detailed review.

Some other things I have in mind are the Got 2 Be blow dry heat protecting spray, NARS Laguna Bronzer (because I'm loving it) and some sigma brushes. Let me know what you think of those ideas.

Some other things that are coming up and I'm really looking forward to are Mac Venomous Villains collection! Comes out next Thursday here in the states and me and my cousin have appointments to go get our makeup done with the new collection. I also have some permanent items I need to pick up so I'll be doing a haul/review on all those products!
Another thing is my mom is going to Atlantic City this weekend and she's going to Lush to pick me up some things so I'll be doing a haul/initial review on those products!

I hope everyone is having a good week and look at for these posts coming up!

Haley

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Check out the Venomous Villans Collection HERE

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

EOS Lip Balm

Hello everyone! Today's review is all about a product that I'm crazy addicted to at the moment! At the moment I've been addicted to two lip balms, one is Nivea Kiss of Smoothness (LOVE) and the other called EOS Lip Balm and it's a very unique product.



I'm going to review this one because I had never even heard of it until I saw it in my local Walgreen a while ago. (it was around $3) Its a lip balm but it comes in a round sphere, its unlike any lip balm I've ever seen. Its definitely eye catching. The packaging is not the only thing that intrigued me. I love things that are all natural and organic, and this lip balm is just that. Its 95% organic and 100% natural. It really does give my lips a lot of moisture, and they need it, I have very dry lips. It consists of Shea butter and vitamin E, and it goes on clear.

The flavor I picked up is summer fruit. It smells great, just like fruit punch and tastes like it too. They offer many flavors: summer fruit, lemon drop (with SPF 15), honeysuckle honeydew, medicated tangerine, and sweet mint. I would really like to try the lemon drop and sweet mint.

Not only is it moisturizing but I find its very easy to locate when I throw it in my purse, because of its unique shape you can just reach in and find it easily. This is also something I've been loving because I hate having to dig for my chapstick. :)

I'll put some pictures below, I hope you guys find this chapstick as interesting as I do. It really is a great chapstick, I have trouble finding good chapsticks that give my lips the moisture that they need but this one does the trick. I hope you all try it out, you won't regret it.






Thanks and hope you enjoyed this! See you in my next post!
I found my lip balm at Walgreens but I'm sure you can find them at other drugstores, walmart, target, etc.
Check out the products at evolutionofsmooth.com

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FTC: I purchased the above mentioned products with my own money. I am not being paid for this post and I am not affiliated with EOS.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Maybelline Eyeliners

Hey girls (and guys), today my review is on two Maybelline eyeliners that I've been trying out. I use to use Clinique Quickliner, I used it up and decided to go on the hunt for a dupe that was more affordable as the Clinique one is $14.50. Don't get me wrong, its a GREAT eyeliner but I just wanted to find a drugstore one that was a dupe.  (if you would like a review on the Clinique Quickliner let me know)

The two eyeliners that I picked up were the Maybelline liners in Unstoppable, which is a fairly new liner. I also picked up their gel liner because I wanted to see if I liked gel liner before I picked up an expensive one. I got both of these at Walgreens (they were having a buy one get one 50% off) and the Unstoppable was around $5 ($3.50 after 50% off) and the gel liner was around $10.

I tried the gel liner first so I'll start there. The name of the liner is actually Eye Studio™ Lasting Drama™ Gel Eyeliner.  I had never used a gel liner before so I thought this would be a good one to try. I had heard about it from some gurus on youtube. It looks just like a regular gel liner and comes with a little brush to apply it. The color I picked up was just called "Brown."  I always wear dark brown liner, I just think it looks less harsh on my eyes. Anyways, I've been wearing it for a while and my thoughts are this, it was VERY easy to apply. I thought that the consistency might be hard but it was very creamy and went on smoothly. The color was just what I was looking for, a dark brown. The staying power is also great, I did not notice it smudging or wearing off at the end of the day. I would definitely recommend this product and I will be buying more colors.


The next liner I got was the new Unstoppable liner. It is a self sharpening liner that you twist up. I picked this up in the color Espresso which is a very dark brown. To be quite honest I didn't expect much from this liner when I first bought it. I had used a Cover Girl liner that looked similar to it before and I didn't like it, but I thought I'd give it a go. I was very wrong about this liner. I expected it to be hard to work with and not creamy. The application of the liner is VERY smooth. You don't have to press hard at all to apply the color. The staying power on this eyeliner is also great, I didn't notice any smudging or wearing off. I would recommend this product as well.



All in all my experience with Maybelline liners has been a great one! I went into it not expecting much and to my surprise I was very wrong. You should be able to find these liners at your local drugstores. If you're looking for a liner please try these, they are very affordable and you won't be disappointed.

Hope you guys enjoyed this! See you in my next post!

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For the above mentioned products visit maybelline.com

FTC: I purchased these products with my own money, I am not being paid for this post, I am not affiliated with Maybelline and all opinions are 100% my own.