Sunday, June 30, 2013

June Favorites!

So another month has gone by, and tomorrow July begins!
I don't have too many favorites this month  but I have been loving a few things.
I've been using this shampoo and conditioner for quite a while now and I've really been enjoying the results. These are the Garnier Fructis Grapefruit Tonic fortifying shampoo and conditioner.
They leave my hair feeling very soft and refreshed and they have lessened the amount of visible damage in my hair. I would definitely repurchase especially since they're only about $2 or $3.
Next is this lotion I purchased at Sally Beauty supply during Christmas time for only $1. I had it hidden away in a drawer for the longest time, and I've finally come about using it again. I love the scent which isn't surprising since vanilla is my favorite. And this really moisturizes either my hands or body. 
 
I apply hand sanitizer everyday before I put on my makeup and the one I've been using is Fresh picked tangerines from bath and body works. I love these because they don't have the awful smell of regular hand sanitizer. I also feel tangerines smell very summery! 
My favorite nail polish of the month is Blue Jeans from urban outfitters. I won't go into too much detail since I have a Mani Monday post on this which you can click HERE to view! I love the color and it's very opaque.
I bought this angled kabuki brush on sale at the body shop. It was normally priced at $30 but it was marked down to $5! I was super excited so of course I bought it. It is so extremely soft and it apply face powders nicely. I normally use it for bronzer. This mascara is the rocket by maybelline and it's time to repurchase it as it's a bit low, but I often wear this a as subtle mascara. It doesn't give too much drama (probably because it's almost finished) and it's a nice look for summer. 
Finally, I've been really into eyeliner lately. I recently purchased the Maybelline gel eyeliner and I really like the look of it. It's very easy to control the line. I have also been tight-lining my eyes a lot. if you're not familiar with this it's lining your upper waterline right below your eyelashes. I have been using the elf black eyeliner which has actually been featured in a post called The Perfect Eyeliner if you'd like to check that out. 
That's all for today, see you next time!


Saturday, June 29, 2013

New drugstore products!

 So I was at the drugstore recently, well, not really. I was at Walmart... 
I saw many new products so I decided to (awkwardly) take some pictures!
The first display that caught my eye was the new Revlon face illuminators. There are four different shades and the two of the right seemed unique and different to me. I swatched the shade on the far left and it was a shimmery neutral color. I didn't buy any but I may try them in the future. They were $14.96.
Just below, I found a display of the new Maybelline color tattoo pure pigments. That's a mouthful! As far as a know they're simply pigments with similar colors to the color tattoo cream shadows.
Just a little close up. These pigments were the same price as the color tattos which are $6.96.
Sorry for the photo quality, I was a bit rushed.
This isn't super new but it came out recently. This display had the new covergirl mascara, which I did a review on. Click here to view it. It also displayed the new eyeshadows and shadow sticks. I honestly don't know much about the eyeshadow products but I think they're pretty simple and basic.
Below that was a messy, half empty nail polish display. These are similar to the covergirl nail polishes but they're actually minis. They're called glosstinis. I don't remember the exact price as I didn't capture it ni the photo, but they were around $3-$4.
More Covergirl! I found these covergirl whipped cream foundation and they seem to be from the clean collection. I don't know the price of these sorry about that.
The last new product display I found was for Revlon lip products. There were a variety of lipsticks and lip glosses in many colors. The purple lip gloss defiantly caught my eye.

That is all of the new products I found at Walmart. I don;t have much to say about each on as I hadn't tried most of them. I just wanted to share some pictures of the new products!

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Sunday, June 23, 2013

New York Palette

Hello everyone!
I thought I would post once more before my busy week (which starts tomorrow). 
I most likely wont have a Mani Monday up tomorrow because I didn't have time to paint my nails today.   
I should be able to upload by Friday at the latest!
Today I was thinking about my City Colors New York palette/book and I thought I would create a post on it. I received this as a Christmas gift and the bright colors intimidated me a bit, but after I played around with it a bit I grew to love it. The colors are super pigmented and there is a beautiful variety.
There are 15 eyeshadows as well as 3 blushes. There are 4 slightly neutral colors and the rest are fairly bold. The blues look beautiful under the eye as a pop of color and the purples look pretty when blended into the crease. There are so many possibilities with this palette. the blushes are also very nice. they give you a subtle flushed look.
If I were to "rate" this palette I would probably give it a 7.5/10. The packaging is too cute as well!
See you next time!
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