Five Favorites: February 2013

Sorry , I know this post is a little late, but to be honest with you this month flew by so quick and I forgot to pick my favorites for the month. I know, I'm horrible lol. Well, better late than never, right? Here are my 5 most used and favorite products from February.

Beauty Blender

I kept hearing so many great things about this product so I first bought a knock off version at CVS a few months ago. I wasn't impressed with it at all so I finally gave in and bought the real thing this month and now I understand what all the hype is about. My foundation is so much easier to apply with this and I can see a big difference in how my foundation looks too. Its really easy to clean and I can't see myself using anything other than the beauty blender to apply my foundation. I purchased the beauty blender set for $35 on Sephora's website. The set comes with the beauty blender sponge and the beauty blender cleaner. It was worth every penny!

Burt's Bees Garden Tomato Toner

I started adding a toner to my skin regimen over the summer and I would try different kinds from drugstores and didn't see much results. So for Christmas my mom surprised me with this product. Mostly every Burt and Bee's product I've tried hasn't disappointed me so I was hoping this would be the same. I've never used any skin products with tomato in it but I guess there really good for your skin. Within a week or two of using this daily I noticed that my skin stopped getting oily towards the end of the day and I also noticed less breakouts. I've read a lot of mixed reviews, some people hate it, some people love it. I guess it depends on your skin type. I have combination skin, more dry than oily and I love it. They sell this at my local Target for around $20.

Remington T-Studio Pearl Ceramic Curling Wand

I've never bought one of those expensive curling wands, for example,the Enzo and after using this curling wand I would never spend that much money on one. This Remington Ceramic Curling Wand gives me really pretty curls that actually last. It comes with a wide variety of temperature settings and one of those heat resistant gloves so you don't burn your fingers. I really like that you can achieve different types of curls; tight ringlets, bouncy curls, beachy waves, etc. If I didn't already know how much I paid for this I would have guessed it cost a lot more than $25! I highly recommend this if your looking for a good curling wand but don't want to spend a lot of money. I got mine at Walgreen's but have also seen it at other drugstores. 

Tweezerman Stainless Steel Clippers

My nails tend to grow very quickly so I need to cut them down almost every 3 weeks. I don't like to use a nail file to cut them down because I feel like it weakens them so I use a nail clipper. I've been looking everywhere for a nail clipper that has a flat straight edge instead of the usual slight curve edge. When I use the regular nail clippers it makes it a lot harder to keep the shape of my nails square. So I finally came across a pair by Tweezerman on Amazon for only $5 that have a complete straight edge. These are actually toe nail clippers but I use them on my nails so I get a nice even straight cut and not a curve. It makes it so much easier to shape my nails the way I want them now.  If you're looking for a pair like this and haven't found them at a store, go on Amazon.


e.l.f Studio Powder Brush

I bought this brush before I bought the beauty blender, but I wanted to add it to my favorites because it really is a great brush. I've used this brush to apply powder and liquid foundation and it works really well with both. I was surprised at how soft and dense the brush was and that it doesn't shed. I have brushes like this that cost way more that shed everytime I use them. Even more, it always picks up the right amount of foundation and deposits the pigment evenly and flawlessly! For only $3 this brush is definitely worth it!! I found this brush at Target with all the other elf products.

Have you tried any of these products? What were your most used products of February?

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Monday March 4 2013 BLOG HOP!

Monday Beauties Blog Hop March 4 2013

Hello Beauty Lovers and Bloggers! :) Welcome back to Monday Beauties blog hop! Where I hope to create a place where bloggers can come together and share their links in a friendly and supportive manner! If you are saying "What the hell is a blog hop?" just click here and it will explain EVERYTHING:)


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Sharing is Loving! My Weekly Roundup

Last week was my first time linking up with My So-Called Chaos and High-Heeled Love in there weekly share the love round up. I really enjoyed it and said I was going to start doing this weekly. So here I am with the posts I really enjoyed this week. It's hard to just pick a few because there are a lot more I really liked but these are the 5 I picked this week.

- Sal from Little girl, big thoughts wrote a post this week about how to make your own nude lipstick/lipgloss. It was perfect, especially for me since the only color lipstick I will wear is nude. It's such a great how-to, tutorial. I tried it right after and loved it!

- Elle from Miss Nail Polish is one of the other participants in the ABC Nail Challenge and I absolutely loved her nails this week. If those were my nails I probably wouldn't be able to stop staring at them all day.

- This is another nail post but I had to add it because it was one of my favorites. Ange from Hairspray and High Heels is awesome at nail art . She shared a post on 20 of her easy DIY nail art & tutorials.

- Brittany from Brittany's Secret wrote a really good review on Nars Lugana Bronzer. I trust Brittany's opinion so she just saved me from wasting my money on a product I was going to buy eventually. Thank you Brittany!!

- I can always count on Silvia at GlitzGlamBudget to let me know about new products and sales. I never tried blush by elf but after reading her post I'm definitely going to. These $3 blushes look so pretty! Take a look :)

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My 7 Favorite Beauty Apps...

Hey Dolls!!!
So ever since I got my iPhone a few months ago, ( I know it took me a while to give up my crackberry). I'm so glad I did though for many reasons. I had apps on my blackberry but nothing compared to the amount and different types of apps the iPhone has to offer. Some of my favs are of course beauty related, surprise, surprise! lol

I thought I would share with you my favorite beauty apps downloaded on my phone right now. If you have a smartphone and are beauty obsessed  like me you should try these out if you haven't already.

Photo Credit: NY Times

I included a few screenshots from my phone for some of the apps so you can see what I'm talking about. 

1. Pretty in my Pocket (aka) PRIMP:  

This has become a recent fav of mine. My favorite feature is the mobile bar scanner. If I'm at the store and not sure about a product, all I have to do is scan the barcode on the product and it will bring up reviews, store locations, and beauty perks. You can also connect with other PRIMP members by following them and if you enter your location they will look for beauty perks in your area. I also love the the top PRIMP products!

2. ModiFace:  

I don't know about you but I love trying on different hairstyles and makeup. This app lets you either upload a picture of yourself or use a standard face model. You can adjust the points on your face features (shown below) to get the best results. They have face, eyes, lips and hair features with different styles, colors and brands that you can try on. I've had the most fun with the hairstyle option so far. The three pictures below show how you adjust the features on your face, me with a dark hairstyle and bangs (haha) and the different eyeliner options you can choose from. 

3. Nail Polish Book:

This is an app that helps you keep your nail polish collection in order on the go. I didn't think I was going to like it at first because you have to take your own picture of each nail polish to add it to the directory. I didn't take all the pictures at once, I did a few a day or whenever I felt like it and before I knew it all my bottles were added. Once you add the picture, you enter the name of the polish, the brand, the collection and the color. Then you have the option of adding comments. The pictures below shows what the polishes look like when you scroll through your book, and then the details you can add. I think its pretty cool, especially if you're a nail polish junkie like me :)

4. Beautylish:

I know that most of you are familiar with the online beauty site, Beautylish. There app is just as great as there website. You can browse there articles, watch there video tutorials, join in on the many different conversations that are going on, follow your friends, read product reviews and much more!

5. Nail Designs:  

Another nail app! This one is cool if you need inspiration for your next nail art look or you just want to browse some gorgeous designs. They have 22 different categories; colorful, popular, taped, holiday, etc. Those are just a few. Each category has about 15-50 different pictures of real nail art. If you see a look that you like you can favorite it so you can come back to it. The (left) picture shows a few of there looks under the popular category and the (right) picture shows a few from there holiday category. 

6. Check Your Cosmetic:  

I hardly remember when I buy most of my beauty products, so this app is very helpful.  They have over fifty brands of cosmetic companies in there data bank. All you have to do is enter the batch code of your product and it shows you the production date, shelf life and expiration date! It also gives you a "must know" list of different types of products and what there shelf life is. (left picture). I used L'Oreal's HIP Metallic Duo Eyeshadow (right picture).  All I had to do was enter the batch code that was on the back of the product and it told me that the production date was 6-20-10, the shelf life was 36 months and that it is valid until 5-2013. 

7. Daily Glow:

I've been a fan of this website for a long time so I had to download the app. There are so many fun things you can do on this app; like take a pic of your hand and try on different nail polishes, access lots of beauty tips, hair care and styling tips, tons of how-to tutorials and DIY beauty recipes. I use this app more than the website now. 

I would love to know what your favorite beauty related apps are!  Have you downloaded any of these? 

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ABC Nail Challenge: H is for Half Moon

This week we are on the letter H for the ABC Nail Challenge and I was hoping to use a nail polish that's name began with a H but I only had a few and they weren't my favs. This was kinda a rushed mani and that's why I didn't get the post up last night  :(  Anyway, I chose to do a half moon manicure even though this isn't a look I love. I only tried it once last year because it was required in the other nail challenge I participated in. I remember not liking the outcome at all and it being hard to get all the moon shapes equal in size. I wouldn't say these came out great but I guess there not too horrible.

Radiant by Revlon

The colors I used for this look were: Snow me white by Sinful Colors for the moon and Fashionista by Revlon for the top color. Fashionista is a dark saturated teal cream shade and the consistency is almost perfect making it very easy to apply. This color always looks better in person than it does in the pictures; it doesn't look as patchy. I added a coat of Radiant by Revlon to my accent nail. Radiant has a blue clear tinted base with blue glitter and larger green and silver hexagon shaped glitter. It's perfect for layering over Fashionista since the colors are so similar. Then of course used Seche Vite for my top coat.

Fashionista by Revlon-Sorry for the blurry pic :(

Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

I used those hole reinforcement stickers for the first few nails but those things don't like to stick too well to your nail so then I used french manicure guides for the rest of the nails. That's why some of them have a neater line than others. If I wasn't in a rush I probably would have started over again.

Now I'm off to see what the rest of the ladies came up with this week. Make sure to check them out too, they always come up with great looks :)

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Monday February 25 2013 BLOG HOP!

Monday Beauties Blog Hop February 25 2013

Hello Beauty Lovers and Bloggers! :) Welcome back to Monday Beauties blog hop! Where I hope to create a place where bloggers can come together and share their links in a friendly and supportive manner! If you are saying "What the hell is a blog hop?" just click here and it will explain EVERYTHING:)


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Sharing is Loving! My Weekly Round Up!

Hey Beauties!!

So I decided to link up with My So-Called Chaos and High-Heeled Love in there weekly round up. I think it's such a great idea to give love to other bloggers and share what they have posted.

The whole idea of the weekly round up is to share the posts that you really liked or inspired you in some sort of way during the week and list them for your readers to see. I'm going to do this every Sunday from now on!! 

Here are some of my favorite posts I read over the week, these are just some, there were a lot more. 

* Janna from Gloss and Glitz who is one of my best blogger friends had a huge announcement to share in her post. She was MIA for a bit and had a really good reason for it. She told us that she is having a baby!!! I was extremely happy for her and you could just tell how happy she was in her video. I told her that not only is she going to be a terrific mom, she's also going to be a huge MILF!!! lol :)

* One of my other best blogger friends, Nykki from  Nykki-Talks-Beauty wrote a funny post on her love for monkeys and her day at the zoo with her niece and nephew. I loved the part when she said she really wanted to take the monkey home and her 5 yr. old niece said no! lol

* If you know me then you know that I'm a nail polish junkie so I love reading anything nail polish related. I came across a post on Makeup Savvy.co.uk called Favorite Nail Polish Essentials. She shared her favorite base coats, top coats, matte top coats and black and white polishes. I now have a few new nail polishes on my shopping list thank to her post!

* Beautyqueenuk wrote a post this week on the Yes To Carrots Feel the C Pampering hand and nail spa product.  Just like her I always feel like my hands and nails are dry so I'm always looking out for moisturizers that will actually help. I like reading product reviews by bloggers I trust. Not only does she tell you what the product is and what it does, she also goes into detail on how and why you should use it. Another product added to my shopping list!!

* I've heard very little about the new Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation and haven't seen it in any stores here yet. I've still been very curious about it though because I really like Rimmel's Lasting Finish 25 hour foundation.  Kimberley's Blog had a really thorough review on this product. She gave some pros and cons which really helped determine if this foundation is a good fit for my skin type. I think I will give it a try when it comes over to the U.S.

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