November 2013 IPSY bag REVIEW!!!

Here my review on my ipsy products for this month:

Pixi Bronzer Summertime

I honestly did not care for this bronzer compared to my rimmel london and too faced bronzers. I'm really pale and this took a lot of product to show up and did not last long. I loved the subtle honey scent though! I would recommend this one as a highlighter or contouring for forehead and jawline, while using another one for my cheekbones to get the bronzey color I want.

Pros- Does not show up orangey is matte and not shimmery! Works well for winter weather, as its super light and just gives you a touch of color. It smells like honey, I kept smelling the light scent throughout the day. I loved that!

Cons- Doesn't last long, needs applied heavily.

Nailtini Champange

First off I don't use a base coat or top coat to rate nail polish,because I want to see how well it is alone.

This nail polish is wonderful, it's lasted a week without any chips and I'm hard on my nails!!! It also dried super fast, I did two coats and it was dry in 20 minutes. I know that sounds like a lot of time but without a speed drying coat on thats pretty great and no smearing.I will be buying other colors of nailtini because of the dry time and durability.

Pros- Lasts long, no chipping! Fast drying!

Cons- Has a strong smell but I have had worse (seche vite)

Em Michelle Phan Lip Balm pillow plush vanilla

I honestly gave this to my daughter as it's a great lip gloss and has no stickness but is very sheen and had no color to it. It made my lips soft, it would be a great lipstick base. I own multiple lip glosses and this was nothing special to me.

Pros: Not sticky, Applies smooth and leaves lips silky, smells pleasant and no taste

Cons: Very sheen and the price is crazy for this color, I would not pay 15.00 for a lip balm without tint... I have my tried and true cake batter chapstick for .99

Be a Bombshell HOT DAMN lip crayon!

Pros: Very nice color, very pigmented and moisturizing.

Cons: It's so moisturizing it starts bleeding off your lips even with a lip primer or lip pencil, I even applied it lightly and I still ended up with lipstick on the outside of my lips!

I won't be buying more in the future, for such a deep color and it not stay in place is dreadful and not useful to me. I'm thinking of letting it sit out without the cap for a few days and trying it again!

Starlooks Amethyst eyeliner

Pros: This goes on so well, with no pulling/ tugging at all. The metallic purple is a very pretty color and goes so well with my light complexion. This also lasts all day without smudging!

Cons: It's a pencil, so it needs sharpened and I hate doing that. Lol 

Cailyn Mineral Eyeshadow Champagne

Pros: Very pretty color, I used this with a shadow brush and primer as its a must for this!

Cons:  Horrible concept with the sponge tip to apply eyeshadow on. It's like a lip gloss sponge and none of the product sets right on your eye using it. Without a good primer this doesn't last long, after 4 hours it wasn't even visible.

I won't be repurchasing and its mainly because of the packaging.

Well all and all it was a good ipsy haul!!!

The nailtini and the starlooks pencil were definately my favs this month

Acne? Makeup solutions.

I have acne. Can you tell? I feel like yesterday I was having a terrible breakout. (heres some pics of me with my natural, got up late makeup) I have some zits on my forehead, my cheeks, chin and lip area.

But with contouring and shading you can literally hide any flaws!
I'm wearing:
Grapeseed oil as a moisturizer,Smashbox primer,Boi-ing concealer 01 light and Revlon photo ready powder 05 fair, Bombshell blush Just beachy, anastasia brow pencil brunette, Jane. rose gold eyeliner, benefit mascara and buxom dolly lip gloss. I also used my samantha chapman brushes to apply my foundation and blush.

Review on Jane. water resistant eyeliner.

So I recently decided to try this brand of eyeliner, I was always hesitant as it's a cheaper brand. 

$6.00 dollars and you can get it at walmart, kohls and amazon.

I found two that I really like that are pigmented and last a long time, They also don't flake while putting on, they are very creamy and don't tug your eye either like dry ones do. Those two are the ones pictured ROSE GOLD and AQUA

I tried out 15 of the 19 colors and I have to say some are duds and some are amazing! So you definately need to find a place who has the testers for these. I got mine at kohls and they have almost every color and testers for it!

I wore the Aqua one today and literally every girl who saw my eyeliner asked me where I got it.

 

My ipsy bag came today!

I will be reviewing, after trying all of them out this weekend! 

Heres what came in my bag this month~ November

1. Pixi Bronzer SummerTime

2.Nailtini Champagne

3. EM Michelle Phan Lip Balm Pillow Plush Vanilla

4.Cailyn Mineral Eyeshadow Champagne

5.Starlooks Eyeliner Amethyst

6. Be a Bombshell Hot Damn

My New Earrings by lauren conrad from kohls. OWL!!!

I love owls...  and duckies, as my tattoo shows. Also at one point of my life, I pierced my ears all the way up!
 So you can get these beauties at kohls by lauren conrad.

Real Techniques by Samantha Chapman Lash-Brow groomer ~Review~

Today at work (kohls) we got in some real techniques brushes in our new beauty department!! I'm so excited to test them all out, this will be my first review on real techniques for the eyelash/ brow brush. I have several makeup brushes by real techniques but decided this one had to be reviewed first. I've been dying to find a metal eyelash comb and found this one for 6 bucks I got it for 3.50 with my coupon and employee discount. heres the link

http://www.kohls.com/product/prd-1508509/real-techniques-makeup-lash-brow-groomer-brush.jsp

Pros: The handles for real techniques are light aluminium and the length is just perfect 4 1/2 inches long and its super easy to hold.They have rubber grips at the end but I usually hold my brushes in the middle right above the grip so this isn't as useful for me. The Eyelash comb on this is wonderful and seperates your eyelashes, wayyyy better then normal plastic ones. When used after application of ANY mascara it gets the clumps out amazingly and helps make your lashes look super long,This has made my trial size mascaras that I didn't care for actually useful! This handy tool has made my yucky clumpy mascaras pull off the long lushish lashes YAY!

 Now the brow brush, I have only used a couple times. I used it after I applied my eyebrow pencil or eyebrow powder and it blends in my eyebrow makeup very well, Its perfect for that. I also used it for shaping those brows for a trim and tweeze!

Cons: The only thing I can say bad about this is it has metal pins on it and you could poke your eye!!! So if your shaky and clumsy stay away and get a plastic one and coat that with a little hair gel/eyelash primer to unclump your mascara. The eyebrow brush is a little bigger then usual eyebrow brushes just a tad and not a life changer but I like mine smaller for more precision.

Overall, I recommend this eyelash-brow brush it does its job very well and I'm glad I bought it!!! For the price and quality, this is amazing and will be a top tool for makeup gurus everywhere!