In Search Of. . . Beauty: Fave Beauty products

So, I still wanted to do my Ipsy bag review this month without adding an extra post to my work load. It worked out well with the favorite beauty products theme for the day. 

So we begin with the bag. This month was all about alter egos, so the bag was a bit two faced. 

I think there was too much contrast on the black bag, or maybe I deleted the background. Anyway, one side was black patent leather and the other side was a nice shiny gold. It's a square bag. I don't feel like it fits a lot of make up that well. I actually use it as a little wallet for my phone and work stuff. I keep my lipstick of the day in there. 

When I tell people that I do Ipsy, they often ask me if it's worth it. I can't say yes or no for you. I think it is so far. To help people decide I'm going to add the price range if I can. Some of these don't have a price/size range available.

So we'll go in order of least to greatest. 

The Aromachology .12 oz Exotic and Spicy

 

I'm picky about perfumes. I only like specific smells, and this wasn't one of them. It kind of reminded me of an old lady. In fact, I gave it to an old lady who really liked it. 

I tried to find the travel size on the Aromachology website, but it only listed the full size one for $70.

The Emite Makeup Tweezers

For the life of me, I couldn't seem to get these right side up. 

These are tweezers. They're pretty good, but they're tweezers, nothing special. 

If you buy them from the Emite Make up website, they cost $25.

Meet Matt(e) Hughes Matte Lipstick .04 oz

I got the color Committed, which is a great natural lip color. This lipstick smells like mint chocolate which is amazing, but it takes forever to dry. 

When it does dry, it has a consistently sticky texture around the inner part of your lips. The outer part however, is so dry you can't rub your lips together. 

It does last a lot longer compared to most regular non-matte formulas I've tried, but don't put any kind of oil on top of it. If you do that, it becomes exactly the same and comes of immediately. 

A full size goes from 13-17 depending on where you buy it. 

MicaBeauty Cosmetics Cream Eye shadow .14oz

This is actually an Ipsy exclusive, which means you can only get the formula from an Ipsy bag. That is actually one really cool thing about Ipsy. Some of there things you can't get anywhere else. 

I got the color bronze, which is the lid color in pictures. It spreads pretty well, and lasts pretty well. It will stay put if you have an eye primer. It goes on just like a regular eye shadow despite being a cream. 

A MicaBeauty Cosmetics sells for roughly $15 for a full size pot. Even with this one, little one it's still going to last a while. 

Lastly, my favorite thing in the bag. 

Vasanti Brighten Up! Face Rejuvenator Travel Size 

This is manna from heaven, only I know what it is. (Manna means "what is it?) It's a enzymatic facial scrub and it works wonders. 

I exfoliate nearly every night, just because if I don't my body freaks out. I have a good one from Ulta, but I want to buy this in a full size next time I'm ready to. It leaves my skin baby soft and gets it really clean. The beads are extra fine which is really good for your face, since the skin there is delicate. 

This one costs 10.00 for this size, a full size costs 34.00. In my opinion, this one makes it worth the 10.00 cost, and the bag. Those things are really nifty, and I'll probably use them as gift bags in the future once I've accumulated a fair stock. 

So that's my review of the October Ipsy Bag. 

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In Search Of. . Beauty: Past Costumes

I don't celebrate Halloween. LE GASP. The whole world is ending. I swear to cow. The Horror! THE HORROR. 

Totally, kidding. It's a personal preference. It's not the dressing up. I don't think there's anything wrong with dressing up. It's about celebrating demons.

Before you decide that you hate me, remember, I'm not saying you can't celebrate Halloween, I'm just saying that I don't. 

So I decided that you guys could be Twiggy for a costume party. 

Obviously it's not exact. But it's as close as an amateur can get. So, first you start with the blank face.

Then do your color correct, concealer, foundation, and powder. 

This is actually a simple look to complete. You prime your eyes if you're going to wear it for a while. I didn't because I was washing it off immediately. 

I used my Maybeline Brights Pallete for this whole thing. 

First, take a black. 

Take a small pointed brush and load it up. Place it slightly above your crease and apply it darkly.

Next you take a white on a flat brush. 

Apply it to the lid and up into the black. Again, apply it thickly. You can also apply a light, bright blue, but I had white on hand. 

This is kind of what it looks like when you're done.

Next, you apply your eye liner. You'll need a black liquid black liner. I used NYC liquid liner. 

Do a thick line and flick it down at the end. The next part is the hardest. Twiggy always had the bottom eyelashes drawn on. This takes practice.

I drew little triangles under my eye. Like I said, it takes practice. Even this is a little messy. You can always wipe away and begin again. If your eye liner brush is too thick, you can put some eye liner on  your hand and get a skinnier brush.

Now, you can either buy a nude lipstick or make your own. I took the concealer and put it on my lips until they were a light white. I have an old Mally peach lip gloss that I put it over.

It turned out like this. I feel like that looked about right for the 60's Mod looked. You don't have to do this nude kind of color. Sometimes I saw pictures of her with brighter make up. So it's up to you. 

Next, hair. Again, here's another video. Still working on quality. 

And we're done: