Recent Favorites

 

Hey there. It's been awhile eh? I know, I'm terrible.

Urban Decay Electric Palette Review

I'm so excited for this palette! I didn't even want it until I saw it in person. I can't even believe I said that because hello, I love color! So if you want to see swatches and all that jazz click below!

 

Products I'm Not Feelin'

Hello there. Today's post is going to be about some products that just haven't impressed me. I usually try to find a way to like everything I buy.. But these things, no. Can't happen. If you'd like to see why I'm not having it with these babies, click below!

Bite Beauty Agave Lip Mask Review

Hi there! Today I wanted to do a review on a product I've been using, the Bite Beauty Agave Lip Mask. Bite Beauty was just recently brought to my Sephora and I knew I wanted to try this when I first heard about it. If you want to see what I think about it, click below.

Collective Drugstore Haul

 

I'm back! I figured out my camera issues, thank god. So I'm here to show you some stuff I've bought at the drugstore over the past couple weeks. Some hits and some misses in here! Click below to see :)

Meh!

So I don't have a computer. 

I blog with my Ipad. I use my Cannon for my photos and I have a memory card that connects to my Wifi so I can get the pictures on my ipad. My memory card just stopped connecting to my wifi so I haven't been able to get any of my pictures onto my Ipad. No pictures = no blogging really. SO LAME.. I can't figure out why it won't connect but I'm going to keep trying. I just wanted to update you all on whats going on. I think I may have a couple backup posts until I can figure this out. I really do not want to buy a  new memory card because it was kind of stupidly expensive imo and I have other things sucking the money out of me currently! 

So hopefully I can get this bad boy working again. I have not forgotten about my blog, just technical difficulties! :(

--Nicole xox

Urban Decay Heavy Metal Glitter Liner "Glam Rock" Review

 

Hello hello! Today I want to do a quick review on an impulse purchase I made at Sephora. I haven't been to sephora all year, holy crap right? Well my cousin from the UP (Upper Penninsula to you non-Michiganders) was in town and had never been. So we took her on her first Sephora trip and had so much fun! She picked out this liner and when I saw it on her I knew I had to have it. If you want to see what I think of it, click below :)

Hair Care Haul+Review

 

Hi remember me? Probably not. I haven't blogged in probably.. A month. I've been super sucky at that. I've been in kind of a funk..but I'm getting out of it. I got a haircut which I think helped. Honestly my hair was so long it was getting difficult to function. I felt so frumpy..t's still really long, I just added some layers and got some actual style back to it. So in honor of my new haircut, I needed some new products. I'm going to do a mini review on these also, so if you'd like to know more.. Click below!

Sigma Brush Review

 

About a month ago I bought some new Sigma brushes. I have 2 full sets and they're hands down my favorite brushes. They're amazing quality, I've had my first set for close to four years and they're still in amazing shape. I decided to pick up some new brushes that I don't have anything similar to. If you'd like to see my review, click below!

NYX Butter Gloss- Eclair & Creme Brulee Review

 

Hi there! Today I wanted to tell you about two new glosses I got, the NYX Butter Glosses in Eclair and Creme Brulee. These came out forever ago, and everyone loves them.. I just put off trying them. I can't believe I did, I really love them! If you want to see swatches and my review, click below!

Valentines Makeup Look- Naked 3 Palette

Rimmel Stay Matte Primer Review

 

Hey everyone! Today I wanted to review a new primer I've been trying out, Rimmel Stay Matte Primer. Rimmel has a lot of products in their Stay Matte line, some good and some bad. I wanted to try the new Stay Matte Foundation but couldn't figure out which shade to get, so I went with the primer. If you want to know my feelings on this primer, click below!

Best Face Scrub-- Freeman Facial Polishing Scrub Charcoal & Black Sugar

 

Hi there. Today I wanted to tell you about a new face mask/scrub I've been using. It's by Freeman, which you can find at any CVS. It's the facial polishing charcoal and black sugar mask. What first caught my attention was 'charcoal' which is suppose to draw out impurities. Anyway, I gave it a shot and ended up really liking it.

That's probably the weirdest picture I have on my blog so far. But this is what it looks like. It's a black gel like consistency with little exfoliating beads. This stuff exfoliates amazingly, but it's not rough at all. How I use it: I Apply all over my face. Let it sit about five minutes then massage to exfoliate for a minute, rinse and pat dry! My skin is left super smooth and clean feeling. This is one of the best face scrubs I've used, it's so gentle but gives great results. The only thing I'm not crazy about is the lid is hard to snap shut. But besides that, it's awesome. AND it's only about 3$! If you're looking for a great, purifying face scrub this is your answer. Even if you're not, I still recommend you give this a try!

One of my goals this year is to take better care of my skin. My goal last year was to be consistent with removing my makeup and washing my face at night, and I did great with that! Now it's time to step it up. So I'm experimenting with more skincare products and I'm hoping to see improvements. I'll keep you guys updated :)

I hope you enjoyed this quick review, thank you so much for reading!! I appreciate you all :)

--Nicole xox

 

January Favorites

Hello everyone. It's time for my January Favorites! I have a lot of good ones this month! If you want to see what products I picked, click below :)

Naked 3 Everyday Rose Gold Smoky Eye

Hey there! Today I wanted to show you a quick look I put together with my new Naked 3 Palette! I'm totally in love with it, I've used it everyday since I bought it! If you'd like to see my post with swatches, click here. If you want to see how I got this look, click below!

AMAZING Mascara Alert!-- L'Oreal Voluminous False Fiber Lashes Black Lacquer Review

 

Hi! Today I'm going to tell you all about a new drugstore gem that I found. L'Oreal Voluminous False Fiber Lashes Mascara in Black Lacquer. I like trying new mascaras, it's always fun to see how different brushes and formulas work differently for me. Personally, I like my mascaras to have a drier formula, and a smaller brush. I have thin, not so impressive lashes. If you're in the same boat I am, I think you'll like this too. If you want to see my review, click below!

Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette Review

 

Yes I've gone and done it. I said I wouldn't buy it but lookey here. I remember when I first saw the pictures floating around Instagram of this, I didn't like it. I thought it was tacky looking. Obviously I was quite wrong. It's completely amazing and beautiful.

My only gripe with this palette, I wish they would have changed the packaging. I mean, I can dig the metal case it's quite secure and everything. But I think it would have been neat if it differed from Naked 2. It's just not my favorite. But that's just me. The first Naked palette was warm toned, second was cool, and this is more rose-gold toned shadows. This of course comes with 12 new awesome shadows. All excellent quality, highly pigmented. A mixture of shimmer, mattes and sparkles. A dual ended brush, and samples of all their eyeshadow primer potions. A crowd pleaser all around.

Strange, Dust, Burnout, Limit, Buzz, Trick.

Nooner, Liar, Factory, Mugshot, Darkside, Blackheart

I also thought it might have been nice if they named the shadows something with more of a romantic theme.. Idk just spitballing here.. I still love this with all my being..

 

Click picture to make it bigger!

The only shadow I'm not so sure about is dust. It felt a little chalky to me. But none the less, it's pretty.

My favorites: Limit, Buzz, Nooner, Liar and Blackheart. Blackheart is like no shadow I've seen.. Black with tons of red sparkle. Amazing. Something else I noticed about these shadows, I didn't get a ton of fallout! I usually do get fallout with the shimmery UD shadows but from what I've seen, I have a lot less with this particular palette.

The brush included is the one on the bottom. I wanted to show you a comparison between the other brushes they've included in palettes. On top we have the vice 2 brush and the middle is Naked 2. As you can see, the right side has a small shader brush pretty much identical to the Naked 2 brush. The left side is more of a flat blending brush / large shader. It's really multipurpose if you ask me. I really like the fact that they changed the brush up! These brushes are always amazing quality!

So this palette is a definite winner in my book. I'm so glad I bought it, when I was checking out at Ulta, the lady behind me said she loved it so much! I was so excited to get home and play with it! I was not disappointed. I'm hoping to get a tutorial up with this palette soon, if the lighting cooperates with me! I hope you all enjoyed this post, thank you so much for reading!!

--Nicole xox

 

Stress Relief Lotion -- Best Scent EVER!

This isn't going to be my typical "beauty" post, but I love this lotion so so much and you all need to know about it. As you may know, I'm a big Bath and Body Works fan. However, I never really ventured into their aromatherapy line. For Christmas I got a little trio of aromatherapy shower gels and lotions. The stress relief scent was one of them. I fell in love!

This lotion is eucalyptus and spearmint scented. It's not particularly a "light" scent, but it's not too overpowering either. It honestly DOES make me feel less stressed when I smell it. I swear, the first time I applied this lotion I absolutely melted. It was just so calming. I immediately got online and ordered two bottles of it. It has very herbal scent and I know not everyone likes that, but I really enjoy it. Not only that, it's actually a good lotion too. It moisturizes very well and doesn't leave me greasy!

For someone who has a pretty stressful life at times, little things like this lotion make me happy! It's important to have little pick me ups here and there. I highly recommend it if you want a nice lotion to pamper yourself with. Maybe with a nice manicure and a glass of wine? I definately want to see what else the aromatherapy line has to offer :) I got this big 6.5oz bottle for 7 dollars. They were having some kind of sale though.

I hope you enjoyed this post, even though it was a quick one! I just knew I wanted to blog about this lovely lotion. Thank you all so much for reading!

--Nicole xox

 

Sleek Pout Paint Review

 

Hi! Third day in a row posting! I'm keeping it up! Today I wanted to tell you about Sleek Pout Paints. I've wanted to try Sleek Makeup for some time now. They have a lot of beautiful eyeshadow palettes and blushes, but I have so many colorful eyeshadows and blushes.I decided to go with something I don't have anything like. Enter Pout Paints. If you want to see what I think of these, click below!

Such A Tease Lashes

 

2 days in a row! This is what I'm aiming for.. So today I wanted to show you some lashes I recently bought. I see beautiful lashes all over Instagram and I wanted to branch out from my regular drugstore lashes. Some of the more fancy ones I've come across are mink lashes and are about 40$ a pair, I'm just not digging that. I'm sure they're great but meh.. I found Such A Tease Lashes and thought they were so cute and wanted to give them a try! If you want to see more about these lashes, click below!

My Muji Drawers

Hi, remember me? No? That's ok I've been gone forever. I about peed when I realized the last time I blogged was January 5th, what the hell Nicole. So hey, I'm back! I have a ridiculous amount of stuff to blog about but I just keep..not blogging. I've been doing a lot of sleeping and eating so that's nice..anyway enough about me. Let's talk about my Muji drawers. I bought them just before Christmas and I'm in love. I also bought a new desk and it's seriously so beauty blogger cliche but once I get that organized ill be doing a post on it! But for now, if you want to see how I organized my lovely Muji drawers, click below!

Makeup Geek Utopia Pigment Review

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good weekend. Were currently snowed in with almost a foot of snow! So what better time to blog. Today I want to review Makeup Geek Pigment in Utopia. I've seen so many people using it lately and it looked so beautiful I knew i needed it. I've loved Marlenas videos on youtube for so long and was excited to try her products out! I'm happy to say this did not dissapoint :)

Packaging: Plastic pot with a screw off black lid. You get about 2 grams of product. There is no sifter.

This particular pigment is one like I've never tried before. It's not a traditional loose powder pigment but more of a flaky shimmery glittery pigment. It's very light and fluffy to the touch. I'm not very accustomed to using pigments, so had to work with this a bit to get it. I found a method that works for me though.

Utopia without flash

Utopia with flash.

 

Gorgeous, right? I can't even.

I had such a hard time photographing the swatches. They really don't do this pigment justice but my eye look shows it better. So the swatch in the far left is done using nothing but the pigment itself. It kinda just went everywhere, not very effective. The next swatch is done by wetting the brush with the pigment on it. Much more effective but left a couple bumps where the pigment collected. The next swatch is done on top of a primer. It basically did the same thing as the wet method, clumped up a bit. They were easy to smooth out but I wouldn't want to deal with that on my lids. Which brings me to my last method. Eyelash glue. I spread a thin layer of lash glue down then applied the pigment. It came out much smoother, and lasted much longer. So in my opinion, lash glue is the way to go. Unless you have some kind of mixing medium, I however do not.

Here is the look I created! I used it on my lid only, the lower lashline is half baked by Urban Decay. You can really see just how beautiful this pigment is! I love it so much. I did get quite a bit of fallout with this but I expected that. If I plan on using this Ill just do my eyes first. I'm really happy with this product and can't wait to purchase some other MakeupGeek products! I paid 6.99 for this for Makeupgeek.com

Have you tried any makeup geek products? What should I pick up next?? :) I hope you all enjoyed this review and thank you so much for reading!

--Nicole xox

 

2013 Best in Beauty

It's the end of the year! This year was such a good year in terms of finding great beauty finds. I found some amazing products, and some not so amazing products. Today I'd like to go over some of my favorites from the past year! I know some people narrow it down to like ten products, but I just wanted to include everything. Also, I don't have a favorite for every category.. Like I don't have a favorite concealer or foundation because honestly I didn't use one for long enough to consider it the best of the year. If you'd like to see what products helped make my 2013 beautiful, click below :)