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!
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!
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!
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
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 :)
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!
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!
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..
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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!
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
