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.
