Ipsy May Bag Reveal

I apologize that this is so late. I have been suffering from some pretty severe back pain for the last week, and it's pretty much had me laid up. It still hurts like hell, but I am pushing through to bring you this very late post. I received my ipsy bag last week, and as always, wanted to share it's contents with you all!

The theme this month was Fresh picks, and it seemed to focus less on makeup and more on skincare. The contents of this bag were not the most exciting ever, in my opinion, but the bag itself is just beautiful. It's a sturdy canvas bag with a green leaf design. Very nice, and I will get a lot of use out of it.

Now for the actual products. In my bag I received:

Avene Thermal Spring Water: This is basically spring water made for misting your face or irritated skin, from what I can tell. It's basically water in a can. Let me tell you, this might just be the most useless item I have ever gotten in an ipsy bag. I suppose it would be handy to have on a really hot day outside to help cool off or something, but I am just not at all impressed.

Eva Nyc Therapy session hair mask: I was pretty excited to see this in my bag. I've never heard of the brand before, but I am always anxious to try hair products. This smells nice and it's a fairly large sample. However, I have already tried this and it does nothing for my hair. It really seemed to leave my hair looking dull and flat. I am glad I got to try it, but bummed that it didn't work for me.

Jersey Shore Sun Sans Tan Anti-aging sunscreen SPF 35: Sunscreen isn't exactly the most fun product ever, but as a woman with very fair skin that tends to burn easily I was pleased to see this. It will definitely get some use!

Pacifica Mineral eyeshadow duo #2: I have so many eyeshadows I will never in a lifetime use them all up, but I hadn't tried pacifica's eyeshadows before so I was psyched to get the opportunity. The duo I got comes with a shimmery white eyeshadow and a purple shadow. I love purple shadows on my eyes because they really bring out my green eyes in my opinion. However, the purple shadow does not seem very pigmented, and the white shadow is incredibly powdery. I haven't tried these on my eyes yet, but I wasn't impressed with the quality of these when I swatched them.

Calvin Klein Endless Euphoria: Lastly was this little sample size of the calvin klein endless euphoria perfume. It's a little rollerball, and is easily my favorite product this month. It's a light floral scent that I find very pleasant. I wasn't expecting this to be the favorite product. I have so many perfumes. But it's a great little size that I can toss in my purse if I want to take it with me throughout the day, and the scent is quite lovely.

So that's it. That's my ipsy bag for this month. As you can see, it wasn't the best bag ever but I will get use out of most of the products, and I am always excited to try new things. If you are interested in signing up for ipsy, you can feel free to use my link. If you sign up through my link, I get points that can be saved up and used to redeem extra goodies for my ipsy bag, so I would really appreciate it! http://www.ipsy.com/r/1cwc

Ipsy April Bag Reveal

Thought I would share with you what I got in my April Ipsy bag, which finally arrived today. It felt like it took forever to arrive this month. But I'm psyched to finally have it. I'll give you a quick overview of what I received, and then later on this month, you'll see more in-depth looks at each of these products including my review!

The theme for this month's bag is Beauty Rocks! The bag itself is a super cute, square shaped bag in a pretty purple color that has a cute record detail on it. I like the bag a lot. I also quite like the products inside! I received:

Dr. Brandt Microdermabrasion skin exfoliant. I honestly wasn't too thrilled about this product. Skincare just isn't as much fun as pretty makeup products. But, I've heard good things about this product, so i'll give it a whirl!

Cailyn Tinted Lip Balm in Apple Pink. Ipsy has sent out cailyn lip balms in the past but I've never received one before. This is a really pretty pale neutral pink, that seems pretty pigmented. I'll have to try it out for a bit before I decide how I like it. I do like that the packaging comes with it's own little brush. And the color looks pretty nice. So we'll see.

Big Sexy Hair Root Pump Volumizing Spray Mousse. I love big sexy hair products. So I was excited to see this in my bag. Not sure how I feel about spray mousse though. I've never used anything like it. I'm interested to see how this will work on my hair! One thing I do know is that it smells amazing!

Elizabeth Mott Pop Goes the Shadow premium eyeshadow in champagne. I need another single eyeshadow like I need a hole in my head. But, this is a beautiful color and it swatches beautifully, so while it's not the most unique item ever I am certain I will get some use out of it.

Urban Decay 24/7 Velvet Glide-On Eye Pencil in Black Velvet. This is the item I am most excited about. It's just a black eyeliner- another thing I have a zillion of- but the urban decay liners are my absolute favorite. And this is a new formula that is a matte black that is formulated specifically for smokey eyes. What's not to love. Can't wait to test this out!

So that's my April bag! Be sure to check back later on this month for a full review on all the products in the bag as well as close up photos and swatches!

September Ipsy Review

From now on you will be seeing reviews of my ipsy bags each month on my blog. I usually film a reveal video where I share with you the items I got in my ipsy bag for the month, and at the same time review the items from the previous months bag. It has occurred to me recently that people don't necessarily watch my ipsy videos to hear about past products, but just to see what comes in my bag each month. So from now on, the reviews will be here. So without further ado, let's go over my bag from September.

Last Month's bag theme was Classic Beauty and the items I received in the bag were all classic items that I was sure to get a lot of use out of, and for the most part, I did. When I first got my bag, I was actually pretty disappointed with items in the bag, but I did find after using them for the month that I liked a few of them quite a lot! 

-Nyx eyeshadow in the color in Morrocco. I really loved this eyeshadow. It's a gorgeous deep purple color that is not at all powdery, very easy to blend and quite pigmented. I used this color a lot over top of the my Mac painterly paint pot as a sort of one color eyeshadow look and I liked it a lot. It was really pretty especially with my green eyes. 

John Frieda Full repair full body Shampoo and Conditioner- I was really disappointed with these samples. While it was a good size sample for me to be able to try out this shampoo and conditioner, but I found that this did nothing for my hair. It cleaned my hair, but I felt like it dried it out and didn't leave it soft or healthy looking like I like. So I only used these samples twice. :(

Elizabeth Mott It's so Big volumizing mascara in black- I was not at all excited to see yet another mascara sample in my ipsy bag, because I have a ton of mascaras, and generally don't like the samples I receive. However, I LOVED this mascara. It is a super wet formula which I generally do not like, but this mascara gives my lashes so much length and volume. It doesn't flake or smudge on me at all, and it's just one of those miracle worker mascaras. I have no idea how much a full size of this mascara costs, but I am assuming it's quite expensive. If that's the case I probably won't re-purchase it, but I am definitely going to use up every bit of the sample size provided! 

Starlooks Kohl Eyeliner Pencil in the color Obsidian- This is another product I wasn't super excited about. How many black eyeliner pencils can one girl have? But I used it a lot this month and I did like it. It doesn't drag or pull when being applied and it's super easy to smudge for the perfect smokey look. It's not my favorite black kohl eyeliner ever but I will defenitely get a lot of use out of it, so that's great! 

So, while it wasn't my favorite bag ever, and I wasn't initially excited about a lot of the products, I did get a lot of use out of them all, except for the shampoo and conditioner, which I will pass on to a friend who I think will like them better. All in all, I am pleased with the bag overall. If you are interested in subscribing to ipsy and receiving 4-5 full size or deluxe size samples of awesome products each month, I highly reccomend that you sign up! There's a waiting list at the moment so the faster you sign up the faster you will get your goodies! You can sign up here! http://www.ipsy.com/?refer=u-h050i4dtdcr313k3

And if you're interested in seeing what I got in my October Ipsy Bag, you can check out my video below! 

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September Favorites and 1 un-favorite

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September Ipsy Glam Bag!

Hey guys! It's that time of the month again! Ipsy time! If you are not familiar with ipsy, it is a beauty subscritption service that, for ten dollars a month, send you a makeup bag full of 4-5 deluxe size samples and full size products. Products range from cosmetics, to skincare to haircare and nail polish. It's always such a great surprise to dig into a new ipsy bag, and I was excited to get the bag this month!

The heme this month is classic beauty. The bag itself is a really pretty blue color with a black abstract pattern printed on it. The ipsy logo is on the zipper pull. It's really cute! I have to say I am a little disappointed with the contents of my bag. Don't get me wrong, I definitely got my money's worth! My bag value is over the ten dollars I paid, so I really can't complain. I just really like some of the other products they sent out in other bags more than some of the items I got. Still. I will definitely use all of the products I received. So let's go ahead and go over each item!

John Frieda Full Repair Full Body Shampoo and Conditioner- Since these are the items I am least excited about, let's get them out of the way first. They are each 1.5 oz so it's a really great sample size. There is plenty of product in the bottles to let me know whether or not I like this shampoo and conditioner. Thing is, I JUST got rid of all my shampoo samples, literally the day before my bag arrived in the mail. And I gave away quite a few foil packets of this very shampoo and conditioner, because it's just not my favorite. Don't get me wrong, It's a decent shampoo, but it doesn't do anything extraordinary for my hair. And since the full size of this product is very affordable, that makes the value of this sample very low. Still, I will use these, and who knows, maybe I will like them more than the last time I tried them.

Nyx eyeshadow in Morrocco- This is am really excited to try. I haven't ever tried a pressed eyeshadow from nyx before, and this is a full size product. Morrocco is a really nice deep purple and the shadow itself seems very pigmented and soft. So I am excited to try it out and if I like it, I know my target just put in a huge display of nyx products, which is nice because that means I don't have to go all the way to ulta to purchase more nyx goodies!

Starlooks Obsidian eye kohl pencil- I have a TON of black eyeliners, so this really didn't wow me, to be honest. But, I have never tried an eyeliner pencil from starlooks, so at least I get to try out a new brand. And, the pencil itself seems very soft, and very pigmented, so I am sure I will get use out of it. Plus, it's another full size product, so you can't beat that!

Elizabeth Mott It's so Big Volumizing Mascara- this is another product that I wasn't really wowed with upon first inspection. I have a ton of black mascaras. I already know my favorite mascaras. Still, it's a nice sample size, and who knows, maybe this will be an amazing mascara and I will be blown away.

So that's it for the products in my ipsy bag for the month of September. The bag also came with a little card sample of products from Michelle Phan's new line of cosmetics, Em. So that's a neat little addition. The coupon codes this month are really good as well. I've already taken advantage of the butter london coupon code which allowed me to take 30% off my order. Right up my alley, considering how much I love polish! I would have really liked to receive the butter london polish they sent out in some bags, over what I got, but at least I Was able to purchase a few polishes to try, so that's not too bad.

Despite my disappointment this month, in general, I really love ipsy. It's a great service that allows me to try out lots of new products for a great price! If you are interested in joining ipsy, I would love it if you would use my refferal link. For each person that signs up for a bag through my link, I get points that can be used towards bonus items! http://www.ipsy.com/?refer=u-h050i4dtdcr313k3

And if you'd like to see a closer look at the items I received in this month's bag as well as a review on the products from last month, check out my video!




So there ya have it. That's my bag for the month of September. Are you subscribed to Ipsy? How did you like your bag for the month of September? I would love to hear from you! Leave me a comment and let me know, or else use the contact card down below to get in touch!

August Ipsy Glam Bag

Hey guys! Today I am going to be sharing with you all the contents of my August Ipsy Bag. The theme for August's Glam Bag is Glamour Academy. The bag is Ipsy's standard bag shape, and it's a sort of bright purple, with insignia, a crest, and the words, "glamour academy" on it gold.It's not my favorite bag ever, I will be honest. I find the design to be a little tacky, but I love the color, since purple is my favorite, and since I already have tons of bags from ipsy, I am not all the disappointed.

Let's go ahead and move on the most exciting part! The actual contents of the bag!!

The first product I received is actually an extra. With your subscription to ipsy, you get your own personalized referral link to share with your friends. If two people subscribe to ipsy through your referral link, you get an extra product in your bag. The extra this month was a nail polish from Lime Crime in the color Cream de Limon. I love the lime crime bottle. It's a really nice, frosted glass bottle, and the lime crime logo is a purple unicorn, which is pretty much perfect for me, since I adore unicorns and purple is my favorite color. haha. The actual color of the polish is a pale yellow, which I am excited to try. Yellow is one of the least represented color in my polish collection, and I am always on the lookout for a good one!

The next product I got is a Michael Todd True Organics Jojoba Charcoal Facial Scrub. Michael Todd is a pretty high end expensive brand if I am not mistaken, and I have heard good things about his line of skincare products. I know that the other product that they sent out from Michael Todd was a pumpkin face mask, and I was really hoping to get that because I love pumpkin products. But, I got the scrub, and I will definitely give it a try and share with you all my review of this product, as well as all the others in my video next month. The scrub contains 1 fl oz of product. And the coupon code gets you 30% off of Michael Todd Products, so that's fantastic!

Next up is a Mica Beauty Cosmetics Shimmer Powder in the color Bronze. I am fairly certain this is a full size product. It contains 2.5 grams of product, which is a huge amount! This product has a sifter lid, and it's loose pigment in a pretty bronze shade. I am generally not a fan of loose shadows, since they tend to be messy and get all over the place, but I will definitely give this one a shot! The coupon code for Mica Beauty offers is 25% off.

Another product in the bag is the pixi lash booster mascara. It's a deluxe sample size that contains 3.0 g of product. It is in the color blackest black. Pixi products, if I am not mistaken, are sold at Target, and are quite expensive for a drugstore brand. I've tried a primer from them previously, and enjoyed it so I am interested in trying out this mascara as well. The coupon code offers 20% off pixi products, so if I enjoy this mascara, I can use that code to get a discount on the full size!

Next is the pacifica alight multi-mineral BB Cream. This is another deluxe sized sample and contains 10 ML of product. So not a huge amount, but definitely enough for me to decide whether or not I like this product. This B cream claims to have shade matching technology, so we shall see how well it matches my skin. In genreal I love BB creams, so I am anxious to give this one a try! And the coupon code for pacifica is 20% off, and I have lots of much loved products from pacifica that I can purchase with that code, so yay!

Lastly is a sample size of the new Urban Decay Revolution lipstick. I got mine in the color Anarchy. It's a gorgeous bright in your face pink that is going to take some guts to wear and pull off, but I think I can manage. I love bright lip colors, and I am always up to try new Urban Decay products! Even though it's just a sample size of the lipstick, there's enough product in here to last me a good long time. Lipstick takes forever to go through, and I was just telling my husband I wanted to try out their new line of lipsticks, since I was a bag fan of their old lipstick line. So, I am quite pleased! The coupon code for urban decay snags you free shipping, which is great because Urban decay's shipping can be quite pricey. I am definitely going to be perusing UD's website to see what I can pick up. UD is one of my fave high end brands!!

So that's it! That's what I got in my August Ipsy bag. I am super excited to try everything out and I will definitely share with you all my thoughts on these products as well as the contents of my September bag next month! Can't wait!!  If you're interested in seeing a review on my July bag, as well as a closer look at the contents of my August bag, I recommend that you take a peek at my most recent youtube video!




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Makeup for a day at the pool!

Hi guys! Today I thought I would share with you the type of makeup that I do when I am headed for a day at the pool. Now, obviously it's not at all a heavy look. No one wears a full face of makeup when going swimming., But, since I don't generally put my head under water, I do wear a bit! Here's what I'm wearing!

Face Products:
Equate Naturally Beaming daily moisturizer
Coola Mineral Sunscreen Rose Essence tinted moisturizer
Covergirl Fresh Complexion pocket powder foundation in medium light

Eye Products:
Mac paint pot in painterly
Maybelline the rocket waterproof mascara

Lip products:
Maybelline baby lips tinted lip balm in Melon Mania

The Coola tinted moisturizer is a great source of protection from the sun for my skin. I got it in my latest ipsy bag and I LOVE it! It gives a tiny bit of coverage and adds spf 20! I used my regular daily mosturizer in conjunction with it to make sure my skin is nice and hydrated before going out in the hot sun! I used just a light dusting of powder just to set it and add a bit more coverage.

The paint pot in painterly just mutes out the veins in my eyes without adding any dramatic color or shadow. Maybelline's the rocket mascara is a fantastic waterproof mascara! I wear this to the pool, and even if the kiddos splash me in the face with water, it doesn't budge.

The baby lips lip balm is a gorgeous subtle melon color that provides tons of moisture for my lips. I love it!

So there ya have it. My typical pool day makeup. This would be great for the beach or for a light no makeup makeup look for a lunch time date or picnic as well. Hopefully you enjoyed this and got some helpful tips! Thanks for reading!

July Ipsy Glam Bag

Hey guys! In case you can't tell, I have been trying really hard to get back into blogging lately. I have been devoting a lot of time and energy into my youtube channel (Which you can, and should, check out here) and it's caused me to sort of move away from blogging. But I've been missing it a lot, so I am definitely making strides toward getting back into it.

Today I am going to be sharing with you all the contents of my July Ipsy Glam Bag. For those of you not familiar, Ipsy is a monthly beauty subscription site. You pay just 10 dollars a month, and that gets you 4-5 full size and/or deluxe sized sample beauty products each month in a super nice reuseable makeup bag. It's a great service. The products that I receive each month are always generously sized samples (and often full sized products) and I am never disappointed with what I get, especially at the 10 dollar price point! So, let's check out what I received in my July bag!

 Each month, the ipsy bag is created around a certain theme. The theme for the month of July was Beach Beauty. So all the products in the bag are perfect for the beach!! The bag itself is super cute! It's a bright pink, transparent bag that is going to be fantastic for tossing into my bag when I am headed to the beach or pool. It's going to be water resistant, and the fact that I can see everything inside is super convenient. The bag is a great shape and I love the ipsy logo on it. So cute! Now let's move on to the more exciting aspect of the bag- the contents!!

In my bag, I recieved 5 products that are percect for beach going.

 I got a travel size can of the big sexy hair weather proof humidity resistant spray. This little guy is perfect for me. My hair is very frizzy naturally and when you add in humidity? Forget about it. If this product works it will be a life saver for me this summer! The cap on this product is the kind that you twist to lock/unlock so it's going to be perfect for tossing into my bag and not having to worry about a cap coming off and the product spraying everywhere (that has happened to me before, it's not pleasant) The full size product costs about 19 dollars. I would never pay that kind of money on a product I have never tried before. I'm glad to be able to test this product out because if I do like it, I will definitely pay full price to have this product in my haircare routine! Another great thing about ipsy is, along with the products, they also have coupon codes that they give you to use on the brands that they work with each month. So if you try a product and fall in love with it, you can buy it at a discount! The big sexy hair coupon code is worth $5 off a purchase of $25 or more at ulta.

The next product I received in my ipsy bag is a sample of the coola mineral sunscreen Rose essence tinted moisturizer. I have never heard of this brand before, but I am always anxious to try out new things. This is one of the smallest samples that Ipsy has ever sent. Generally the samples are quite a bit larger. But, there's plenty enough product in here for me to test it out and see if I like it! The rose scent of this tinted moisturizer is nice, and I think the color will be okay for my skintone! The coupon code they sent for Coola is 30% off any purchase at coolasuncare.com so that's a great little savings if I love this product and want the full size.

Next up is a product I have always wanted to try but have never been willing to shell out the money for it. It's Benitint from benefit! One of my favorite parts about my ipsy subscription is that they send a lot of samples form higher end brands. Benetint is a rose scented cheek and lip stain and the full size of this product retails for 30 dollars! There's no way I would ever drop that kind of money on a product that I didn't know for sure I was going to love, so getting this little sample is great! This is a fairly small sized sample, but a little bit of this product goes such a long way that this little guy will last a good long time! The deal that ipsy sent me gets me a free gift with purchase of a benefit product, so that's awesome too, should I decide to make use of that.

Next up is a full sized product! It's a Pop Beauty pouty pop crayon in the color coral crush. It's a goreous lip product that is just fantastic! Pop Beauty is another brand that I had never heard of before I started my ipsy subscription. They have sent out a mascara from this brand in a previous bag and now this lip crayon and I gotta say, I am really liking this brand. I swatched the lip color and it's a gorgeous pink. The swatch lasted on my hand for ages, so something tells me this product is going to last quite some time on the lips as well. If Id decide I want to try out more of these in different colors, Ipsy was kind enough to include an offer for 20% off a purchase from pop beauty as well!

And the very last thing in my bag this month is a selection of sample eyeshadows from BH cosmetics. Apparently, BH Cosmetics has a line of eyeshadow palettes called the Califonia Collection. This sample includes 3 eyeshadows. One each from their BH Hollywood, BH san francisco and BH Malibu palettes. The Hollywood shade is a gorgeous royal purple, the San Francisco shade is a nice brown, and Malibu is a golden shade. Each of the eyeshadows is nice and smooth and pigmented. And this little trio of samples could create an awesome look, or be worn separately. And if I decide I like the samples enough to try one of the full size palettes, I can use the coupon code and receive 10% off my purchase.

So that's everything that is in my bag this month. If you want to see more of my thoughts on each of the products as well as my swatches you can check out my video on my youtube channel, which I will be posting shortly and will then include a link to here. But overall, I really love my ipsy bag this month!!

The bag is always worth so much more than 10 dollars! I highly recommend you check it out! It's a fantastic way to try out new brands and beauty products. If you are interested in signing up, and you use my referral code, I can an extra product in my upcoming bag. And once you're a member, you get your own unique referral code so you can start recommending the site to others as well! Click here for more information on ipsy and for the chance to sign up through my unique code!

April Polish Picks!

It's time again to share with you the nail polishes I wore for the month! I really enjoy these posts. I am totally obsessed with nail polish, in case you haven't noticed, so I love sharing with you all the polishes I chose to wear each month! So let's just go right ahead and get started.

I started out the month wearing a really cool color combination. A Coral color and a blue color, and I really enjoyed the way this color combo looked. What I did was painted my middle finger and thumb on each hand with the Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear nail polish in the color in Blue me away. It's a bright blue cream finish polish that I just love. And then on my pointer finger, ring finger and pinkie I went with one of my all time favorite nail polishes, Elf's Coral Dream. Then, to sort of tie the whole look together I did a random little dotted pattern on my ring finger over the coral with the bright blue. It was a fun little mani! Coral and bright blue are some of my favorite colors, and I liked the color combination a ton! I wasn't crazy about the random design I did, but I still liked this manicure a lot.

After I was through with the coral and blue look, I went for something quite a bit more understated. I painted all of my nails with another one of my all time favorite nail polishes, Wet n Wild Megalast in the color I need a refresh-mint. It's just a gorgeous, tiffany box blue color. Very light and pretty. I love the megalast polishes a lot, because they are super easy to apply. I love the formula and I especially love the brush. Then, to add a bit more interest, I did a subtle glitter accent nail on my ring finger and thumb. I just applied one thin coat of Revlon's whimsical which is a sheer milky blue base with large, sparse chunks of pink and blue glitter. It was a very pretty combo!

Next, I went with yet another of the Wet n Wild Megalast polishes. This time I chose the super subtle, demure 2% milk. It's a sheer milky cream colored polish. It took about 3 coast to be opaque. I actually wore this polish alone for a day, and just got bored with how plain jane it was (in case you can't tell I like fun accents!) so I went ahead and did some free hand tips using the New York Color nail polish in the color High Line Green. It's one of NYC's quick dry polishes that I love in a bright green color that is perfect for spring. I didn't use any tape or special tools to do the tips so they are a little messily done, but I liked the overall look!

Right around the time I was ready to take that polish off, I received in the mail my very first Julep Maven box. If you aren't familiar with Julep, it's a monthly subscription nail polish service, for 20 dollars a month! I got my introductory box, and was anxious to try out the formula, so I went with one of the polishes from the box, Eileen which is a bright white, cream finish polish. Then, on top, I added a China Glaze polish in Whirled away, which is a clear base with large chunks of black and white hexagonal glitter as well as black bar glitter. I loved the way this looked. So whimsical and funky and fun! And, added bonus, it fit right in with the black and white trend! This was a pain the butt to apply. Whirled away is not my favorite glitter polish ever. You have to place the glitters exactly where you want them, you can't just brush them on. But I find that to be the case with a lot of polishes with large chunks of glitter, so it wasn't too much of a bother. The overall finished look was worth it! It was even worth the pain it was to remove (Thank God for the foil method of polish removal!)

Next, I went for another glitter-centric manicure. Apparently I am a glutton for nail polish removal punishment. But this was another one of those that made the removal process so worth it. I started out with a Sally hansen Xtreme WEar polish in the color Lacey Lilac. It's one of my all time favorite Xtreme WEar polishes at the moment. It's just a nice, pretty lilac color. Then I added the glitter! I went with REvlon's nail polish in the color Girly which is a pinky-puple sheer base with a ton of large pieces of indigo, fuchsia and purple glitter as well as smaller lilac and pink glitters. I loved the way this looked. It was definitely a very girly mani! It reminded me, for some reason, of a gumdrop! Not entirely sure why. But I really lovesd this manicure. I love REvlon's glitter polishes and this one might just be my favorite!

After that, I was ready to take a bit of a break from all the glitter and crazy color combinations. And luckily, right around that time, my Ipsy bag for the month of April was delivered and one of the products inside was a nail polish so I decided to give it a try. It's the Sation nail lacquer in the color Love at First Byte. It's a very sheer formula peachy color. I did three coats of this on my nails and it was still pretty sheer. That's just the nature of the polish. I actually liked it a lot, I thought it was a nice change from some of the crazier things I had been wearing so far this month. I really liked the formula of this polish a lot.

At the same time that I did that sheer, pretty mani, I went ahead and did my pedi for the month. I only paint my toe nails about once or twice a month. This time, I chose a Julep polish that I also received in my introductory box. It's a bright coral shade in the color Sasha. You can't really tell in the photo below, but this color made me look so tan! I could hardly believe it! My feet almost looked dirty at first they looked so tan! So this is a polish I will most definitely be wearing around the pool in the summer time! I liked the formula, okay, it was a bit thick, so not the easiest to work with. As I am using more and more Julep polishes I am finding that no two polishes is exactly alike as far as application goes. But I am having fun trying them out!

A couple days after I did the sation manicure, I received my second Julep box in the mail, which was the sea salt mystery box. One of the polishes inside was so pretty that I immediately took off what I was wearing and applied it. The color is Julep's Maria and it is a gorgeous rose gold metallic polish with a really high shine. I put this on, and I swear it looked like liquid metal. Almost like I had coated my nails in pink tin foil. I LOVED it. This is another one that was a bit thick and harder to work with than I would like, but it was just absolutely stunning. I felt like it went really well with my skin tone and matched everything in my wardrobe. I think this is definitely my favorite of the Julep's I have tried so far.

And the very last manicure that I want to share with you today is another super fun glitter one. I always come back to this type of mani I guess! This time, I chose one of the newest polishes in my collection. It's from Hard Candy and it's the color  Gummy Green. It's a milky mint green base with tons, and I mean tons of silver and black glitter. This seriously was like mint chocolate chip ice cream for the nails. And mint chocolate chip is my favorite. I LOVED this polish so much. Well, the look of it anyway. Not crazy about the application. It was pretty thick, but then again, with the huge amount of glitter in it, I guess it's to be expected.

And that's it for my polish picks for the month of April! I am so ready for lots more fun mani's and pedis in the month of May and you can bet I will be back to share them with you! Hope you guys enjoyed this and I will see ya later!

Natural, pretty Face of the day!

Hey guys, so I thought I would just share with you my face of the day! I did a neutral look using the urban decay naked basics palette and I was quite pleased with how it turned out! I took the photos with my phone, so the quality isn't the greatest, but you can get the idea!

Products used:
Pixi flawless and poreless face primer from the february ipsy bag
Rimmel Lasting Finish 25 hour Foundation in Ivory
Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circles Treatment and Concealer in Fair
L'oreal True Match super-blendable crayon concealer in fair/light
NYC Smooth skin pressed powder in Translucent
Physicians Formula Happy Booster Blush in Natural
NYC smooth skin bronzing face powder in sunny
Elf Golden Bronzer (highlight)
Mac Painterly Paint Pot
Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette (W.O.S. All over the lid, Naked 2 as a blending out color in my crease, Faint in my crease and outer corner, as well as under my bottom lash line and Venus as a brow bone and inner corner highlight)
Elf eyebrow Kit in Medium
Antastasia Beverly Hills brow gel
Mica beauty black gel eyeliner from the february ipsy bag
Benefit They're Real Mascara
Fresh sugar lip balm
Revlon colorburst lip butter in creamsicle
Palladio herbal lip gloss in pink candy

I also curled my hair using the remington clipless curling wand in the 1-1.5 inch barrel size for some nice loose waves.

December 2012 IPSY bag!

Hi guys! Today I am going to share with you what I got in my December 2012 Ipsy bag. If you aren't familiar with Ipsy, it's a monthly subscription plan that you can sign up for. It costs 10 dollars a month, and each month you get a bag filled with 4-5 full size or deulxe sample size beauty products. It could be makeup, haircare or skincare from what I understand. Or a mix of both. I just signed p at the beginning of December and was thrilled to see the pretty pink bubble mailer show up in my mail box yesterday. And even more excited when I pulled out the beautiful grey satin makeup bag with it's adorable pink lining. The company name, ipsy is also on the lining of the bag.

Then I moved on to what was inside the bag. It's a great bag this month! It contained 3 full size products and 2 deluxe sample sized products. All of which were makeup items. It also came with a 20 dollars off of the ipsy line of shoes and accessories from justfab.com which is pretty exciting.

The bag contained a full sized mirabella eye and face primer, a be a bombshell lip gloss in the shade hot mess, which was also full size. The third full size product is the Nyx ulra pearl mania loose eyeshadow in Charcoal Pearl. I also got a deluxe sample size of the mai couture highlighter paper. This came with 35 sheets of highlighter paper and if I am not mistaken the full size of this product contains 50 sheets. The last item is a travel size Urban Decay 24/7 glide on eye pencil in zero.


I am so excited to try all of these products! The mirabella face/eye primer really intrigues me. I have never had a primer that I could use both under my eyeshadow and under my foundation before, and I am interested to see how that will work out. Hopefully I love it because it's a full size product and it's quite a lot of product to get through! Plus, I looked it up and this product retails for a whopping 29 dollars. So with the first product my bag has already more than paid for itself!

Be a bombshell is a cosmetics company that I have never even heard of but I am loving the look of this red lip gloss! It's so pretty. And as you all know I have been on a Red lips kick lately, so one more red lip product is always a good thing in my opinion!And at 14 dollars each, I never would have purchased this gloss for myself, so I am glad it came in my bag so I can try it out!

 

Nyx is a brand that I have heard a ton about on youtube but suprisingly enough have never had the opportunity to try, so I am totally excited to have a product from this line! Loose eyeshadows are not usually my favorite since they tend to be messy to apply, but the charcoal color of this one looks like it would be pretty with a smokey eye, so I will give it a try. This product retails for $3 so it's not the most expensive item in the bag by far. But I am still very glad to have it to try out!

Mai Cotoure highlighter paper.  What a unique concept! This is a highlighter for your face, but rather than being a powder or liquid form like I am used to, the product is contained on a sheet similar to a blotting paper. I guess you just pat and rub the sheet wherever you want the product to go! I am interested to see how this works! The full size of this product costs 28 dollars! That is for 50 sheets. My deluxe sized sample contains 25 sheets, so this is a 14 dollar value! This bag is awesome so far considering it only cost me 10 dollars! I've definitely gotten my money's worth and then some, as long as I like and use even one or two of these products!

And last but definitely not least we have the Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on eyeliner pencil in Zero. I LOVE the Urban Decay eyeliner pencils. I already have quite a few of them. All of the ones I own are travel size that I have gotten with palettes or else in a set. And this one, too, seems to be a travel size. I don't actually have the one in zero yet (It's black, but not quite as dark black as their pencil in perversion which I also own) so it was great that I got one I haven't tried yet! I am excited! The full size of this eyeliner pencil is 19 dollars on urban decay's website. I am not sure if you can buy these travel sized ones individually or not. But i'd say it's around an 8 dollar value.

mai couture highlighter, be a bombshell lip gloss in hot mess, urban decay eyeliner in zero and nyx charcoal pearl eyeshadow

So adding everything up, I got about 68 dollars worth of products, all for 10 dollars. Plus, I also got the 20 dollar off coupon, should I decide to use that. And a super cute little cosmetics bag to boot! All in all I think that this Ipsy subscription is a fantastic value. Are you interested in getting your own Ipsy bag every month? You can sign up for a subscription at http://www.ipsy.com/  I think it's a great value and an awesome way to try out a variety of products that you maybe wouldn't normally buy for yourself!

So, so far I highly recommend ipsy! I hope you all enjoyed this blog post and I will talk to you all soon!