Review: Revlon ColorStay Overtime Lip Color

16 hour ColorStay Overtime Lip Color with Soft Flex Moisturizing Top Coat in Neverending Nude

This is one of those lipstick’s and clear top coat in one deal. Whenever I buy lipstick or lipgloss, which isn’t too often I always buy one that promises to stay on for a long time. One of the main reasons why I don’t usually wear anything but chapstick is because I hate how you apply it then ten seconds later you have to re-apply it. Or when you're wearing lipgloss and you go outside and your hair blows in your face and sticks to you lips. I don’t know that just really bothers me lol.



I saw this at Walgreens and really liked the color, plus it promises to stay on for 16 hours so I figured I would give it a try. Oh and plus it was 50% off so it only came to $5. It’s lighter on your lips then it looks in the swatch I did.

“Advanced ColorStay formula with SoftFlex Technology provides 16 hours of comfortable color. No touch-ups needed-even after meals.TopCoat enriched with 99% moisture, chamomile and soy extract keeps lips comfortable and delivers the shiniest shine.”

-Revlon



PROS

- It does stay on your lips for a good 8 hrs. (maybe even 16 hrs. but I couldn’t wait that long)

- The color including the top coat looks exactly the same hours later

- The color is really pretty and the top coat is shiny but not too shiny. Subtle

- It doesn’t stick to your hair when the wind blows outside (a plus for me)



CONS

- The color isn’t very easy to apply evenly

- Even though the color lasts a while, it doesn’t feel as comfortable on your lips as they said it would

- I don’t like how the lip color gets on the top coat brush every time you use it. I feel like it can ruin the top coat application

- The moisture only lasts for about an hour or two.

Overall I don’t think this is a bad product but I don’t think its great either. It does stay on like they promised. But I feel like it should go on more evenly. I don’t think I would recommend this product to anyone unless it was 50% off or you got a really good deal for it. Besides all the cons the color is very pretty. Personally I wouldn’t buy it again. But you live and learn lol

Review: Elemis Fresh Skin Products

I won!!!  

Thanks to one of my favorite beauty sites, Daily Glow.com  I am so lucky to be able to do a review on this new skin line that’s specially designed for woman in their teens and twenties called Elemis FreshSkin.

This line was created by Noella Gabriel, Elemis' Director of Product & Treatment  Development, she was not only inspired by her three younger nieces to create this line but also driven by her young team of beauty therapists. 

“Being in your teens and twenties is all about having a busy packed life, and that’s the way it should be. So it is important to have a trusted skin care regimen, which is more than just basic cleaning, it should nurture your skin, help prevent premature aging and brighten tired, dull and lifeless days…and of course those late nights! As the leading British skincare brand, we believe that skincare begins with Elemis FreshSkin. Each product is formulated with active raw ingredients such as elder flower, rosehip seed oil, apple, blackcurrant, goji berry, and geranium combined with skin kind bases specially chosen for their ability to help cleanse, exfoliate, prevent damage, moisturize, and boost skin’s elasticity to keep it youthful for longer”

-Elemis FreshSkin

I was so excited when I found out just a few days ago that I was chosen as the winner of this great giveaway and even more excited yesterday when I received the package in the mail which included:

- Peachy Perfect Gentle Face Wash

-Skin Glow Exfoliating Skin Wash

-Dreamy Sleep night-time moisturizer

-Tired eyes soothing eye rescue

-Softly Softly daily moisturizer

-Loving Lips quenching lip balm

-Deep Clean & Magical Moisture face mask duo

-Makeup-Away cleansing wipes

I was only able to try out 3 products so far; the makeup-away cleansing wipes, the peachy perfect everyday facial wash and the dreamy sleep night time moisturizer.

So far I like all 3, the makeup wipes took off my eye makeup easily as well as my face make up, the smell of the face wash was yummy and it seems gentle enough to use day and night, the night time moisturizer also smelt good and when I woke up my face looked brighter and felt very smooth.

I wanted to post this now even though I haven’t tried every product yet, but I will come back and fill you in on all the others once I’ve tried them.

Thank you Daily Glow!!!!

Wednesday’s Beauty Tip

Beauty Tip of The Week

FILING NAILS!!

 I like to file my nails with nail polish still on; not when freshly painted but before I remove the old polish. I do this because I find it the easiest way to shape them evenly and the way I want them.  When I file them without any polish on I tend to follow my nail beds and the white tip of the nail (that are not always even), then I end up having uneven lengths and different shapes.  I know this is different from the way most of you probably have been taught to file your nails, but if you give it a try you might see a difference  

Try to use a glass nail file as opposed to the regular ones. Glass files cause less tears and chips in your nails. Always file in one direction only and don’t over file your nails.

Review: Hard Candy Glamazon Glow

I couldn’t resist when I saw this cute little package filled with golden goodies by Hard Candy. I had to run to Wal-Mart yesterday to get one thing, but I knew I couldn’t leave without checking out the beauty isles. They had a few different other combos; a pink blush set and a smokey eye package. I just thought this was so cute for $8. I always wanted to try their baked bronzer and the 24 karat glow all the way face & body luminizer, I just recently ran out of their primer too so that’s one of the major reasons I bought it.

The size of each product are equal to travel sizes, it came with:

 Glow All They Way Face & Body Luminizer infused with 24 karat gold

Plexi Gloss Glossy Lip Shine in Genie 

So Baked Bronzer in Tropics

Sheer Envy Face Primer

I did a swatch of each product except for the face primer because there’s no color to it. When looking at the swatches keep in mind that my camera combined with the lighting didn’t do the best job at showing their true colors. I have to work on adjusting the lighting but you’ll get the idea, this is also my first time swatching colors, I know right? lol

I’ve never seen these packages before, maybe it’s something new they came out with or maybe its just a random product they are selling for a short time because there were only 2 other packages left. I'm happy I bought it though, I need to try more of Hard Candy’s products.

How do you guys feel about Hard Candy’s products, have you tried a lot of them, like them or no?

Teeth Tattoos: Yay or Nay?

TOOTH TATOOS- JAPANESSE FASHION

Notice anything different on this woman’s face? Yup, that’s right she has a decal on her tooth, which is matched perfectly with her lipstick and nails.

I was on the internet  looking at different Japanese trends when I came across Tattoos for Teeth!  Am I the only one who’s never heard of this until now?

Apparently these have been around for years now, but just recently have they become the latest trend among Japanese woman. Some even match there nail art to there tooth art! Tooth decals do exist here in the U.S but haven’t caught on…yet. Who knows, we’ve seen big hip hop artists from men to woman sport grills to add some bling so why not tooth art. These temporary tattoos are applied with a special glue and last up to a few days.

There’s a man named Steven Heward who is a professional tooth artist, he actually does hand drawn paintings on your teeth, you can get a picture of your favorite celeb to any artwork you might want (painted on your tooth)!. Here are some examples of his work.

George Washington, Amy Winehouse, Elvis, Tiger Woods are just a few examples in this pic.

If you only want to try this for a day or two, they sell decals that last for only 24 hours. They come in smiley faces, emotions and other symbols. They sell these at  www.smileshop.com,  each sheet of decals are priced at $3.99.

Talk about adding some BLING to your smile, they also have gemstones, colored crystals, diamonds (real or fake) which are known as dental jewelry. You would have to go to a dentist to get these put on, they supposedly don’t damage your teeth bc there isn't any drilling or holes. They are placed usually on one of your front teeth with adhesive and will last until you’re ready to take them off, they say if you have oral habits such as chewing on pens then it might not be for you.

So what do you guys think, would you ever consider getting anything tattooed on your teeth? I was surprised to find out that people actually do this, but hey who am I to judge. Personally, I can’t see myself ever trying this. I guess its just not me, I don’t even have any regular tattoos! lol.

Cheap Swaps for High-End Products

I was reading one of my favorite beauty sites, Total Beauty.com and they had a really good article with nine different high end makeup products and with each high end product they had a cheap drugstore product that is supposed to be just as good. I had to post this so you guys would read it, I really think you’ll enjoy it.

Example, they compared three different MAC eyeshadows in carbon, all that glitters and Brule with NXY in champagne, Wet n Wild MegaEyes Shadow Pot in Brule and Milani in black. I never thought about it until now but I had MAC’s eyeshadow in carbon and lost it a while ago then not too long ago I picked up Milani’s black eyeshadow. I knew there was a reason why I loved it so much, now I know because it really is just as good as MAC’s carbon.

They compare other great products to affordable brands, its crazy how much extra money will spend sometimes just because of the name on the product.

Click here to read this article Total Beauty.com         



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Review: Face Secrets Makeup Brush Cleaner

Believe it or not this is the first brush cleaner I’ve ever bought, I’ve always washed my brushes with baby shampoo and never had a problem. I purchased Face Secrets Professional Brush Cleaner about a month ago and I’ve been meaning to try it and do a review. The only reason why I bought it was because it was 50% off at Sally’s Beauty Supplies, I think I only paid $4.99 for it. I have never heard of this brand so I figured I would clean a few of my older brushes that I don’t use that often, just in case. .


For this review, I cleaned three different brushes, eyeshadow, concealer and a medium sized powder brush. They were all spot cleaned and I have to say I’m happy with the results. The brushes I used for this need to be deep cleaned so I wasn’t expecting them to be 100% makeup free, they had a lot of built up makeup on them. I ‘m surprised at how quick they dried, I guess I'm used to using baby shampoo and water so that’s why. All I did was pour a little bit of the cleaner into a small plastic bowl and dipped the bristles in for a second then wiped them on a paper towel until I couldn’t see anymore makeup on the paper towel. For my powder brush I poured some in an empty spray bottle, I learned that tip from YouTube guru EnKore, he said its better to use a spray bottle on your bigger brushes. There is one con to this product,  I don’t like the fact that its blue only because when I cleaned one of my lighter brushes I noticed that it stained a small part of my brush. It could have been worse and stained all the bristles. I did have low expectations for this product mainly because I’ve never heard of the brand. I am glad I bought it though. That just shows you cant judge a beauty product by its cover..lol

How do you guys clean your makeup brushes and what products do you use?