Thursday, March 31, 2016
March Beauty Box 5
So here's a review of the Beauty Box for March. Like I said, I had to stop the Ipsy bag subscription temporarily to save, but I had already paid for this month when I got the subscription in December.
Glamour Dolls Lip Gloss
Fat Free Cupcake
I liked this one. It's a gloss so it doesn't stay on, and it's sheer. I like the color though. It costs $3.99.
Mai Couture
Prettyful and Sunset Blvd
Eh, not a full size and these don't make a lot of sense to me either. I feel like it's just as easy to have a blush compact and then just apply it with a brush. These you kind of rub on your face. It doesn't really give any control over the application. Anyway, I got one sheet in each package.
If you were to buy a full size it's $15.00 for 50 sheets.
It's Personail Polish Strips Pattern La Chiq Atia
Nail polish strips. These smell like the old Hello Kitty Store. Super plastic. I would put my hands close to my face and smell them. So yeah.
These are cute, and probably if I did my entire hand I'd think they were cuter, but I'm not big for patterns. I know they're all the rage, but still not my cup of tea.
Anyway, this is a full size product with 16 strips. It costs $12.99, which means it covers the cost of the box. I just put them on today, maybe I'll paint my nails and update you guys in a few days on Instagram. lol.
Pur-Lisse Blue Lotus.
This is a repeat prodcut for me, but not from Beauty Box, but Ipsy. I like this stuff. It really does take good care of your eyes. If I put it on, the puffiness around my eyes goes away.
It's 10.00 roughly depending on where you buy it from.
Sample size perfume
I haven't tried it yet. I'm not really ever excited for perfume. I don't think sample cost anyone anything. I can go to Sephora and get a sample perfume thing.
Bonus Jonas temporary tattoo
I'm going to wear this to work on Monday just to freak my co workers out. lol. It's a cute design that will probably stay unused for a long time to come.
Friday, March 18, 2016
Green and Gold St. Patrick's Day Eye Shadow
A Day late and dollar short, but here is a Green and Gold Make up look for St. Patrick's Day. You don't necessarily have to wear it for St. Patrick's Day. I think it works well for any other day.
I'm wearing Smashbox Primer Oil, Makeup forever concealer pallete, Sephora foundation and powder, NYX wonder stick
Thank Me Later eye shadow primer
Palladio brow pencil taupe
Ulta pallete:
Bone as base
Good girl as transition
Verdigris as crease
Mica cream eyeshadow on lid
Moss outer corner and under eye
LA colors in gold on lid
Sage on lid and under eye
Manna Kadar in fantasty on inner corner
NYC Liquid liner
Hard Candy Ginormous lash mascara
Cover girl blush triad
ELF Golden Bronzer highlight
MAC ruby woo
Pascifica Nudie Red
NYX 511 it's either African queen and chaos
NYX Matte Setting Spray
Check out some other videos
Green Christmas Music https://youtu.be/qPJT14raSa8
Faux Faux Hawk https://youtu.be/tNAIMoIWjdA
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
February Ipsy Bag vs Beauty Box 5
One thing Ipsy will always have over Beauty Box 5 is the bag. I really love this month's bag too. It's pretty roomy and really cute. It's got a raised look and the back is pink patent leather.
I think this was my least used product this month. It's really a nice thing too. Crystal nail files are better for your nails as far as splitting.
This one costs 12.00 euros, so roughly 13.03 in American according to Google.
Again, not another favorite. It's a pretty color, but I haven't sat down to play with it. I'm not a huge fan of loose powders because they go EVERYWHERE!
To buy this from the website is $14.00, but I couldn't figure out if that was a different size. It's a mica pigment which means it's more a long the lines of a mineral makeup.
I think I need to play with it some and see what I can do.
I actually like this color. It has pretty decent staying power, even on my nails. It dries quickly and one coat does the job. It's a nice pink too. I will probably wear this on my toes come summer time.
To buy it from the site costs $15.00 for this size. So even if nothing else in the bag is a full size, this makes it worth it.
(Here it's pictured over Tresique Florence Fig from a previous bag.)
I like this lip gloss. It's not gross and sticky as lip glosses go. It's kind of moisturizing, and I think it has a little bit of plumping. At least, it did for me. It looks pretty alone, and from what I can tell has really great staying power.
A full size costs $21.00. I would actually be tempted to buy other colors. I'll have to see how often I use this and then decide.
The last thing is the Smashbox primer oil
Ok, so this is a premier product, I think. A full size is $42.00, I think. I used it a few times. I think it's supposed to prime your skin before you have your make up on. So you use it day and night before make up and bed. I guess the idea is to moisturize your skin so you'll more naturally have a better finish.
I used it a few times, and it made my makeup go on smoothly, but I got oily really quickly. I have naturally oily skin. I'd probably have to do a tester using it for a while before I made a final verdict though.
That's the IPSY bag.
Now, for the Beauty Box 5.
This isn't a full size despite what my little sheet told me. It's a a full travel size, but anyway. I didn't really care for this. It smells like a nail salon to me. I kind of pick up the kiwi-mango scent, but not really. It mostly smells like acrlyic, because of that I'm less inclined to use it except when I travel.
A full size costs $7.99, so this would probably be around $4.00? something like that. It's 2 fl. oz.
Starlooks lip liner in Sultry Sangria
So, this is actually a custom creation that Beauty Box 5 did with Starlooks to celebrate their 4th birthday. It's a pretty natural lip color. I don't wear much lip liner. I should, but I don't unfortunately, so this doesn't get as much use as it should. I do like to wear it with my more natural colors.
It's $16.00 for the mechanical pencil.
Manna Kadar Beauty 3 in 1 Shadow, Highlight, and Blush in Fantasy
I really like this as a highlight and a think for inner corner of my eye. That's one swipe. I know it doesn't translate as well in the full make up picture above, but I'm wearing it there. It's a really great formula. It's got staying power and great color pay off. I know I'll be using this one a lot. I would buy this one too.
It costs $19.00, but it's worth it. You get a lot of product and it seems like it's going to last a long time.
Primer is always appreciated. I have an Elizabeth Mott product I got from my ipsy bag a few months ago. I like this one. Again, I was wearing it in the above picture and nearly after 6 hours everything was in place. I want to test it out some more, but I think it would be something I would buy again.
This is a sample size, you get 5g in the box. If you want a full size it's $20.00 for 10g. Doing a cost to product ratio, this one could cost $10.00.
Epic Blend Hemp Lip Balm in flavor coconut
This is actually my favorite thing in between the two honestly. I love this stuff. I normally can't keep chapstick, but I'm holding on to this one for dear life. It's really moisturizing and smells amazing.
It's $3.49, which is ironic because it is my favorite.
So verdict, Ipsy was too gimmicky this moth and Beauty Box was 5. So it's two for two. I'll probably revisit this again one day once I'm done going to weddings. lol.
Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed this.
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