Recently I bought the BH Cosmetics Liquid Matte Lipsticks. If you want to watch an audio swatch test go to my YouTube Channel here.
Now, the reason I purchased these colors specifically was they were named after 60's TV show characters. Most of them are from the show Bewitched, except one. It's from the show I Dream of Jeannie.
Here is a swatch and review of 9 of the BH Cosmetics colors. I hope to get more in the future so I can do the entire set.
Jeannie
Dusty Mauve
Clara
A dusty red brown, darkest color in the set
Endora
Mauve pink.
Samantha
Pale light pink almost a skin tone color. Really light against my skin on my mouth.
Serena
Coral, or a pink-orange (Personal favorite)
Tabitha
Light, Bright Pink. Another one that is almost too light for my skin tone.
Gladys
Bright Purple
So as far as a wear test, they aren't transfer proof even after they've dried. Now, they won't rub off per se once they're dry, but they don't hold up very well against eating. I was always left with the outer edge intact, but that was about it.
I like the range of the colors I got. (I will be getting more hopefully soon.) However, the colors in the tube aren't as accurate as what actually goes on your mouth. Especially with the lighter colors. Some of them are kind of patchy--Tabitha, Samantha, and Gladys. They kind of dry hard on the lips, but I think it's kind of that way with all matte lipsticks, but they aren't sticky around the mouth.
They come in a 0.12 oz tube and a doe foot applicator. Currently they're on sale for
$8.50, but I think they're originally $11.00 per tube.
I like the formula enough because it just doesn't wear away even with licking your lips. It even can withstand lip balm, which I have to put on because I can't stand the thought craggy lips.
So, I'm going to try to start a new series where I attempt to do some of the things you see on Pinterest and figure out if it's fact or fiction.
So to start us out, we're going to go on the journey to see if Jillian Michael's Detox Tea actually works. If you don't know who Jillian Michael's is, she's a health and fitness trainer on the Biggest Looser. She's known for being tough and pushing people past their limits. Well, apparently if you chum the health and fitness waters on Pinterest, it won't be very long before you attract this 7 day Detox Drink.
The premise is, you'll loose 5 lbs of water weight in 7 days. Now granted, you're supposed to be eating healthy and drinking water already. (No More Big Macs. Sad Panda) Part of this is to be speed up the detox process.
Here's the bit where Jillian Michaels actually details the drink plan. You only need to watch the first minute for the recipes. The rest are her fitness tips.
ON to the actual experiment.
You'll need
60 oz of distilled water
1 Dandelion Tea Bag
1 Tbsp of Cranberry Juice
2 Tbsp of Lemon Juice
Make the Tea with the water and let it cool to room temperature. Add the rest of the ingredients.
That Part done.
You're supposed to drink 60 oz of the tea every day. So like 7 1/2 cups of water. So basically your entire water intake for the day. Obviously you're supposed to be healthy and what not when you're drinking this or it doesn't work. That will be a bigger part of the challenge.
So as I was looking for the ingredients listed, I found it extremely hard to find a natural sugar free cranberry Juice. I got R.W. Kunderson's just cranberry juice. It's 100% juice from concentrate, which I don't like. Although, as I was searching it seems like all the juices are from concentrate. This one seemed to be me the most healthy.
Honestly, I think to get the full affect of the cranberry juice, you would almost need a juicer and have straight cranberry juice that way.
Another thing I noticed a lot of people doing is using the prepackaged lemon juice. A lot of that is from concentrate as well. A thing to keep in mind, is you want it to be as natural as possible and concentrate has a lot of extra stuff. It's better to just buy the lemon and squeeze it yourself.
Ok, so the drink is a diuretic to help you loose water weight. Drinking 8 glasses of water or tea or whatever will make you go to the bathroom every twelve seconds. And drinking lemon water is an old weight loss trick. The Cranberry and the Dandelion tea are antioxidants.
It doesn't have a bad taste. For me the lemon over powers a lot of the other flavors. Tea
Here's a picture of me on Day 1. Well see if my skin looks any different on day 7.
So Day 1: I feel really full. I don't know if it's because I'm actually eating like a normal person. (I also started taking this raw organic veggie supplement.) I also have to pee every 30 seconds.
Day 3-4 I kind of fell off the wagon, because I don't like the taste of the lemon juice after it's been sitting for a while. So I got busy one night and didn't make it for the next day. I was still drinking a fair amount of water, but I did notice my coffee intake went up to it's normal rate. But that's because I will look for something to drink and will lean towards coffee.
Day 5-6 I swear I'm peeing every three seconds. I figured out that my water bottle holds 4 cups of liquid. so I can fill it up twice. I take the bottle with me to work and just keep it in the fridge there. I don't know if I'm feeling the full effect because while I haven't been eating fast foods, I have been eating regularly.
So no, as of yet I have not lost 5 lbs. I just pee every three seconds.
Day 7: So I don't really feel any different. I haven't lost any weight, not like she promised. I think maybe if I were eating exactly right, I might loos some weight, but who knows. I may give this another go.
So final verdict.
I didn't notice any difference in myself other than I felt more full than normal, but other than that. I broke out some on my face, which I read could happen, but it wasn't anything out of the common way. I'll check back in a week to see if I feel a difference between the time I was drinking the tea and the time I wasn't.
So yeah, I feel like this Pintresting thing is a fail.
Start by putting tape at an angle from the corner of your eyes. This keeps shadow from going everywhere, and acts as guide to keep the lines nice and sharp.
Next, take a black pencil eyeliner and cover your entire lid with it, blending it what a dense flat brush up to your crease.
I used my Ulta "Black Out" eye pencil.
Next, take the yellow color on a fluffy eye shadow brush and put it in the crease and up to the transition area.
Take the red color on another blending brush and apply that to crease. Blend until your hands bleed.
Next take the dark color at the bottom on an angled blending brush and apply that to the "Outer V" area.
Now take the duo chrome on a packing brush and pack that onto the lid area. You can stop here or you can add white shimmer over top on the inner to middle third of the eye.
Then take a small packing brush and place the shimmer on the inner corner and on the brow bone.
Again, take the yellow and a fluffy brush and diffuse the around the eye to get a good transition between the colors.
Take your eyeliner and wing it out as far as you like. Take the tape off and start on the under eye. Fill in the water line with a black pencil liner.
Take the darkest last shade on an eyeliner brush and blend out the eyeliner on the lid.
Then take another angle brush and put the yellow under the eye. Then apply the red color, but place the brush hairs flat against the face rather than at an angle. This will bring the eye shadow down more and give it a smokey look. Do the same with the dark charcoal shade.
Add Mascara and Done.
For the lip colors first apply dark red shade that's at the bottom middle of the palette. Then over it apply the first shade in the middle row.
So every year when my birthday rolls around, I always remember the Milton poem
Sonnet VII On His Being Arrived at the Age of 23
Now, here I am, just having had my 27th birthday, and I've realized nothing really turns out how you plan it to. My life certainly hasn't. We all remember that high school paper about where you saw yourself in so many years.
I'm not any of those things. I'm not even remotely close to any of those things.
Sometimes I think 17 year-old me had it more together than 27 year old me.
My life has had so many twists and turns. It's like a labyrinth complete with booby traps and false paths. And now, being 27 I have no clear vision of my future. I don't really know where it is that I'm going any more.
I mean, sure, I know some things. Like I'm going to work tomorrow. I'm going on a trip in November. I know things, but I don't have any big picture ideas. Nothing earth shattering or life altering. Just more of trying not to fall in the booby traps and avoiding dead end paths. I think those are the worst. The dead ends. Booby traps aren't too terrible, but a dead end path means you have to walk all the way back to the beginning and start again.
Ok, I can't be utterly depressing. I've picked up a few life lessons along the way. And, for being a single 27 year old, I think I'm doing all right. I've moved out of one career for something else. It's not what I want to do for the rest of my life, but I'm no longer working in call centers.
Still though.
Nothing earth shattering.
Now don't get me wrong. I enjoyed my birthday. It was a great day filled with family and birthday happies. To me birthdays are kind of like a Christmas of sorts. You eat a lot of food with family, get some presents, and have a good time.
Anyway, this has no real point, just me rambling to myself about the way things went. Would I change it.
Yeah.
I'd change a lot. So when someone invents a time machine, let me know first so I can go back and fix some things.
So for roughly a year now I've been watching Shannxo on Youtube. She's one of my favorite Beauty Youtubers. A while ago, she came out with her own palette in compilation with BH Cosmetics. It's a really nice palette that comes with 9 eye shadows and 9 lipsticks.
Normally it retails for roughly $22.00, but I bought it on sale on $14.50. I felt like it was a pretty good buy, even if I had paid $22.00 it would still only be $1.23 per color. Buying it on sale, I only paid $0.81 per color.
They're clinically and allergy tested. Non-irritating and paraben free. I want to say, she says it's not tested on animals; but I don't remember. To see her debut palette video click here.
It comes in a dual sided compact with the lipsticks on one side and lipsticks on the other. I like how small it is, which makes it easy to take with you in a purse. (That's what I did as I was doing my 10 Looks.)
First well talk about the lipsticks.
The lipsticks come in a wide variety colors. Pretty much all the colors general you need for nearly every look, unless you're doing something wild, but even then. They have almost a gloss texture to me; rather, it's not like an actual lipstick. You can use your finger or a brush to put it on. Personally, I prefer a brush, just because my I don't like to stain my fingers. (95% of the time I get anything on my fingers on my clothes.)
The colors don't necessarily have staying power, but they work a lot like a lip stain. They do have a lot of transfer, but you will still retain the color on your lips, especially the darker ones. The lipsticks are supposed to be moisturizing, and I will say yes, they feel really good on the lips and have a nice shine.
Next the Eye shadows.
These are all pretty pigmented. They're all pretty colors, but I wish there were a little more variety. There are a lot of shimmers and browns. It does have one due chrome. The 8th shadow either has a rust color or a green color, depending on the light and if you have another color under it. This is good for doing a lot of neutral looks. You can get a few more dramatic looks, but I feel like all the warm browns just naturally lend themselves to neutrals, at least they do to me.
Another nice thing is you can use the second color as a highlight. It's really pretty that way too. So I either use it for that or for the inner corner. So that's a neat little two-for.
They have really good staying power. I can wear them nearly all day with little wear off--and that's with out a primer.
So I'm pretty satisfied with this buy. I like how easy it is to transport nearly your entire face with you. I intend to take it when I travel.
If you want to buy the palette yourself, you can go here.
