Emerald and Gold FOTD

Today I wanted to try something out of my comfort zone. My usual eye makeup tends to err on the conservative side, lots of browns and tans and sometimes pink. Lately I have been absolutely OBSESSED with emerald green. Emerald dresses, shirts, dresses, jewelry, and makeup. So I dug out my bh Cosmetics 122 Color palette (third edition) and make a colorful FOTD. Of course, the emerald green caught my eye and I had to use that!

Face: L'Oreal True Match Lumi; Benefit's Hoola; Revlon Powder Blush in Mauvelous

Eyes: Lorac Eye Primer; BH Cosmetics 122 Color Palette Third Edition; Lorac Pro Palette; L'Oreal Telescopic Waterproof Eyeliner in Black; L'Oreal Voluminous Butterfly Intenza Mascara in Black

Eyebrows: e.l.f Eyebrow Kit in Medium; Revlon Photoready Concealer in Fair; Benefit's Watts Up Highlighter

Lips: NYX Lipliner Pencil in Ever; NYX Matte Lipstick in Whipped Caviar

I was a little disappointed with how the green turned out. It was a tad lighter than I had hoped/expected. It looks pretty dark in pan and even with eye primer. The eyeshadows are a tad on the chalky side as well. They don't blend that great, and can be hard to work with. It does vary color to color, though.  Some are pigmented and beautiful, some blend just fine, and some don't seem as chalky. It's hit or miss. The gold is from the Lorac Pro palette. I adore the Lorac palette. The colors are buttery, blend-able, pigmented, and just all around gorgeous. 

CVS Beauty Club Twitter Giveaway Review

Hey Beauties!

The CVS Beauty Club Twitter had a #WINthelook giveaway about a month or so ago. There were several winners and each one received a Maybelline Brow Drama Sculpting Brow Mascara (I received it in light brown), a OGX Kukui Hydrating Oil, a Makeup Academy Intense Moisture Balm (I received Red), and a L'Oreal Voluminous Butterfly Intense Mascara.

It took four weeks for the package to arrive and I couldn't wait! I can't even pick one product I was most excited for. I have been obsessed with lip products lately and I have been experimenting with brow products, but I was also running low on mascara and my hair is super damaged. So pretty much I needed everything that I won! 

The first product I tried immediately when I brought the package in from my mailbox, was the brow mascara.  I'm glad I got it in light brown since I have pretty dark eyebrows considering my natural hair color is blonde.  Right away, I was skeptical of the brush. The end of the wand features ball-shaped bristles and then has regular, short bristles immediately after.  My biggest concern was how large the ball of bristles are. It seemed too big to have enough control for brushing your brows.  How big the ball of bristles are compared to the short bristles seemed awkward and hard to manage.  That is definitely what I found when I actually tried using the brush.  Very awkward at first but I'm sure it's something that comes with practice.  As far as the gel, it was not as pigmented as I anticipated but that's not necessarily a bad thing.  It would be good for those "natural" make up days.  When the gel dried my brows did feel a little crunchy, but I don't really mind that because I know my brows will stay put. 

A lot of beauty blogs have been raving about the Makeup Academy line that recently came to CVS.  No one particularly mentioned specific products, but the way people talked about the line, I had pretty high expectations for this lip balm. 

Top swatch: Multiple Swipes

Bottom swatch: One Swipe

The color is more pink than red, but I don't mind. It's a pretty shade. My problem with it is it smears very easily and then stains your skin. I'm someone very low maintenance and I wouldn't want to have to worry constantly over if it is staying in place. It smells faintly of peppermint and feels moisturizing. 

I have been on the hunt for oil moisturizers for not only my face, but also my hair.  The prospect of these hydrating powers intrigued me and I couldn't wait to get my hands on this Kukui Oil by OGX.  I did a test spray on my arm just to see how heavy it sprayed and I was so pleased when it was a light mist.  It'd be very hard to over oil your hair with this spray. You have complete control and would be great to use even on dry hair to help control frizz. Not only was the spray perfectly light and misty, but the oil smelled amazing, too. It doesn't have a heavy scent, but just enough that you get a nice whiff of it every now and then when your hair brushes your face.  I haven't used it enough on my hair to give a valid review on its healing powers, but the one time I did use it, it seemed to have worked great!




There has been a lot of talk lately about the L'Oreal Voluminous Butterfly Intense Mascara. I have seen nothing but reviews raving about how well it works, especially for a drugstore mascara, and I definitely agree! It doesn't take a lot to get long, dark, full lashes.  The brush is a little odd, which I'm sure is what they named the mascara after (or why they designed the wand like that). One side of the wand is more flat, while the other is thin. I do find that the bristles on the wand aren't long enough and I had a little bit of trouble with clumping, but a few more swipes and they mostly went away. I really do love this mascara, and I think it will become my new go-to drugstore mascara.

I'm wearing the Brow Mascara and MUA lip balm in this picture.

Deans List Voxbox Review

Hey guys!

Last month I was chosen to receive one of Influenster's Voxbox's! This one was the 'Deans List' Voxbox which featured products good to use for school. 

If you don't know what Influenster is, it's basically a review website where you join, connect your social media accounts and review products! The more accounts/followers you have, the higher your 'impact score', and the more perks you receive. You review products you already use, and once in awhile, depending on your impact score, they will send you complimentary, FULL SIZED products to test and review. Pretty awesome, right?

In this box I received:

Playtex Sport Fresh Balance

Pilot FriXion Clicker Erasable Pen

AirHeads bites

Kiss Looks So Natural Lashes

Luden's Watermelon Throat Drops

softlips Cube in Pomegranate Blueberry

*I was also supposed to receive Sinful Colors No Text Red but that was missing from my box.

I loved pretty much all of the products in this box. I am not a usual tampon user but I'm glad I had these because they ended up saving me in an early 'surprise' this month. They worked wonderfully and kept me smelling fresh! The Pilot pens are AMAZING. They write SO smoothly and the eraser works so well. Forget all of your previous hesitations about the usual erasable pen, these actually work! The airheads taste just like the original so of course, super yummy! I wasn't a huge fan of the lashes I got because they were just SO long. I like my lashes looking full and long, but not to the point of the tips touching the TOPS of my eyebrows. They have tapered ends which do make them look more natural, so I would just rather have gotten a shorter pair. The throat drops taste like candy and I haven't had a sore throat since I've gotten them, only my husband has, but I'm sure they work just fine. And lastly, the softlips. OMG. I am in LOVE with this lip balm. I was already in love with the classic softlips lip balms, they immediately make my lips feel so smooth, and moisturized and this cube just took it to the next level! The packaging is adorable, and the scent is soooooo good. I seriously cannot get enough! I will for sure be buying the other flavors. I am super bummed I didn't end up getting the nail polish like i was supposed to. It looked like such a pretty red! 

*These products were given to me free of charge for testing and reviewing purposes. All reviews are my own honest opinion.

Giveaway Winnings!

Hey Guys!

I just got home from spending two weeks at my parents house and I have been waiting to get home to write this post! I am so excited to finally be doing it, though it technically won't be "complete" for a couple more weeks (I'll talk about why...).

For the past couple of months I have been absolutely OBSESSED with enteAring into online (I stick with Twitter, Instagram and Facebook) giveaways. Since I follow a ton of beauty pages they are constantly doing giveaways and how can I not enter? What if I won (though totally unlikely, I know)?! As my mom says, for every 100 giveaways you enter, you might win 1 thing LOL! Well, the stars must have aligned just right for me this month because I have won 4 in the last couple of weeks!!! I am absolutely out of my mind excited and I could not wait to get home because most of them had already arrived.

The first giveaway that I won, was the Milani Cosmetics 30 Shades in 30 days giveaway. Basically everyday, you had to go onto their website and answer a color question that had to do with the featured color that day.  They selected up to 300 winners a day to win their new Bella Eyes Gel Powder Eyeshadow, and I happened to win one of the days! Thankfully, because I only entered 2-3 times.  The shade I won is called "Bella Silver".

Then I won a Twitter Giveaway from CVS Beauty Club! You just had to retweet one of their #winthelook tweets and they chose 25 people to win a pack that has a Maybelline Brow Drama Sculpting Brow Mascara, an Organix Kukui Hydrating Oil, a Makeup Academy Intense Color Moisture Balm, and a L'Oreal Voluminous Butterfly Intenza Mascara! That prize package won't arrive until near the end of the month, though.

and Finally I won TWO giveaways from Birchbox!! One was a facebook giveaway and the other was an Instagram giveaway.  The Facebook was to comment on their picture to win one of Smashbox Cosmetics Always Sharp Lipliner! I won the shade 'Nude Light'. Then, the Instagram Giveaway you had to comment on their picture to win a BeautyBlender Original beautyblender, the Fantastic Four pack (featuring an Original beautyblender, a Pro beautyblender, a micro mini beautyblender and a blendercleanser solid mini), and/or the beautyblender Surface Pro. I wasn't one of the initial winners but since 9 of the original winners did not respond in the allotted amount of time, I was one of the second round winners! I won the fantastic four pack AND the surface pro!! 

I am just over the moon and SO thankful for all of the giveaways I have won and encourage everyone to enter any and all giveaways you want! You can never win unless you enter and you never know when it will be your turn :)

*I also included the Mary Kay true dimensions lipstick in sizzling red in the pictures that I received, not from a giveaway, but from a free sample they were giving away on their website.