Sunday, February 10, 2013

NOTW: Valentine's Day

 Hey guys! I know it has been a little bit since my last NOTW, but I come to you today with a little design for Valentine's Day. (I love designs!!!!)

This week's nails feature Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in I Pink I Can, and the little design heart is Ulta Baby Doll. I used a dotting tool to create the heart on my ring finger.

I Pink I Can looks like a pretty pink in the bottle, but once it dries on the nails, it becomes darker and brighter. It is always a disappointment to me whenever I reach for this polish because I expect it to be one color, but when it dries, I remember why I don't use it often.

Here it is indoors, and I would LOVE if it actually was that color, but it is not. In addition, my camera could not pick up the true color of the polish with indoor lighting.


Here is what the polish actually dries too. I was able to capture the true color outdoors. It looks to me like a Barbie kind of color. (I took this picture a while ago, hence the nails are just a wee bit shorter.)

 And....here is the matte version! You can choose to leave it shiny or mattify it, depending on the look you are going for.

Saturday, February 9, 2013

FOTD - Valentine's Day: Sweet or Sexy

Hey everyone!

I had a crazy week due to having 4 exams in a period of two days, but that is the life of a bio major! Due to barely sleeping, trying to study for those exams, I got very sick and right now am recuperating. So since I was bored at home, I decided to do my Valentine's FOTD!

I bring to you two different looks. One is sweet and the other is a more sexy version. The main difference of the two looks is the cheeks, lips, and eyeshadow. Everything else is the same! The sweet seems to be more of a day look, whereas the sexy seems more of a night look.


Sweet                                           or                            sexy?


Sweet Look

  • Face
    • Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation
    • Tarte Smooth Operator Amazonian clay waterproof concealer
    • Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circles concealer
    • Maybelline Shine Free Loose Powder
    • Too Faced Chocolate Soleil matte bronzer
    • Tarte Amazonian clay Blissful blush
  • Eyes
    • Covergirl Eye Enhancers Brown Smolder (for eyebrows)
    • Maybelline Great Lash clear mascara (for eyebrows)
    • Too Faced Romantic Eye Shadow Palette
      • Kiss the Bride
      • Cut the Cake
      • First Dance
    • Revlon Colorstay liquid eyeliner
    • Maybelline Lash Stiletto mascara
  • Lips
    • Clinique Chubby Stick - Mighty Mimosa
    • Korres Cherry Full Color Gloss - Buff
Sexy Look 
*everything is the same as above except what is noted below

  • Face
    • Nars blush - Lovejoy
  • Eyes
    • Too Faced Romantic Eye Shadow Palette - *applied more heavily
      • Kiss the Bride
      • Cut the Cake
      • First Dance
      • Un-Veil 
  • Lips
    • L'Oreal Colour Riche Lipstick - Fairest Nude 

 What would you wear for Valentine's Day? Sweet or Sexy?


Thursday, February 7, 2013

Maybelline Great Lash Lots of Lashes

 Today's review is about Maybelline Great Lash Lots of Lashes. This mascara is from the same line as their famous Great Lash original formula. It is around $5 at a drugstore, so it is fairly cheap.


The packaging is actually  kind of cute; it has pink and green and a little heart! (I love hearts). The bristles of the brush are made out of plastic. I found this to be weird because all of my other mascaras I've had, had a different material for the brush. 


before mascara

after mascara (with some eyeliner)

The mascara lengthened my eyelashes, but it did not really volumize them. It also grouped some of my lashes together instead of separating them. Overall, I think this is a good mascara for everyday, but not something to wear if you are trying to play up the eyes or have a more dramatic eyelash look. 

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Clarisonic Brush Heads

I just recently changed my Clarisonic Mia brush head for the first time. I started off with the Acne brush head, and now am using the Sensitive brush head. Clarisonic suggests to change the brushes every 3 months. The sensitive brush head is actually the one that came in my Clarisonic set, and I bought the acne one separately, but now I'm trying the sensitive one. 

Left is the acne one, and on the right is the sensitive one. A key difference between the two is that the acne brush's bristles are more compact together yet separate, and the sensitive one has fuller bristles, thus making it more dense. (note the difference below). It is still to early to tell which one I like better, but as of right now, I think I'm leaning more towards the sensitive one. 



Sunday, February 3, 2013

FOTD: feat. Tarte

When I woke up this morning, I decided to do a face of the day featuring a cosmetic company. Since I have several products from Tarte, I chose it to be featured today! Not every product used in this FOTD is from Tarte, but majority of it is. Products I still have yet to try from Tarte is their bronzer, mascara, eyeliners and eyeshadows.

Products used:
-Tarte Clean Slate Poreless 12-hour perfecting primer
-Tarte Amazonian clay 12-hour full coverage foundation (I used a sample from Sephora, which is in the mini clear tub) in Light
-Tarte Smooth Operator Amazonian clay waterproof concealer in Fair
-Tarte Smooth Operator Amazonian clay finishing powder (a deluxe sample from Sephora 100 point perk)
-Benefit Hoola bronzer
-Tarte Amazonian clay 12-hour blush in Blissful
-Cover Girl Eye Enhancers in Brown Smolder
- Revlon Colorstay Liquid Liner in Black Brown
- Maybelline Lash Stiletto mascara in Very Black
- Tarte Lipsurgence natural lip tint in Joy


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