My fave self tanner!

This is my favorite self tanner that i have tried so far. I have heard about it last year from the beautiful TiffanyD, and decided that i wanted one. I wasn't really big on self tanners, i mean im not pale, but i didnt really care about the whole tan thing, im fine with the way i look :) besides i get tan either way in the summer lol. I did use to go tan, not too often, but if i did i would go like everyday for a week. I always knew tanning was bad, but i guess i never cared enough. Until a relative told me about how horrible it is to tan and how skin gets wrinkly in the long run and how its worse than smoking!! Im like jeez, i should just quit going tanning then. So yea then i came across TiffanyD's blog about self tanners and which she felt worked best and all and this one was at the top of her list. I decided to get one and see how it goes. Its a daily moisturizer, i apply it on my face and body. Since i see myself all day everyday, i didnt feel like i was seeing results until my friends saw me and where like WHOA! Lol i knew immediately that they were surprised about my "tan", they thought it was some expensive product or something and im like nope, its good ol' Jergens. I would say in about 3-5 days you will see results. I have it in the shade medium and it works very well for my NW20 skin. I get up to NW25 during summer even without this product. But with this i still look darker regardless lol. This is also great for winter, but becareful if you dont want that "TAN" look, i recommend using it once every 2 days then or every other day. And no it does not turn you or your palms orange, and the smell is quite pleasant :)

Clarins Instant Smooth perfecting touch

I have been wanting this product for quite a while since i heard amazing reviews on it and that it made people's foundations look 10x better. HUGE fail for me. I finally got it about 2 weeks ago or so, been testing it out and it isnt all that its cracked up to be, well at least for not me. It didnt do anything for me, my foundation looked exactly the same as if i didnt even put a primer, or just used a different primer. It primes your face and thats about it, it doesnt make you look "flawless" it still makes you look normal and to me its just a normal primer. Its wayy too much $$$ for a tiny jar that does nothing a regular primer cant do. In my opinion, i think theres better primers out there. For me what really works is just using my daily moisturizer as a base for my foundation. I think the results are best with me when its done that way, but remember that what may work for me might not work for you, or the opposite. But i personally will not repurchase, its a waste of money, and i can get better results with something cheaper.

My fave hair products

These are my fave hair products that i love to use over and over to style and take care of my hair. They have proven to me that they are the best out of the bunch for my hair and they really do what they say they do, well at least for me they do.

These 2 are awesom. the small one is the tresemme no frizz shine spray. And the tall one is rave hairspray. Both as you can see are in spray cap form. The tresemme shine spray is awesome, after you blow dry your hair it might get a bit frizzy for some, i know my hair frizzes out a bit after blow drying so i just spray this all over my head, not to get it wet but just to tame my hair and then i rub my fingers through it to make it straighter and less frizzy :) The rave hairspray is THE BEST hair spray i have ever used. I used so many but none like this. I never even knew about this one, until a lady did my hair for a wedding and made me an up do with like locked curls, i dunno what they are called lol. Anyway she sprayed this on top, omg my hair was hard as a rock, nothing could have ruined it, it did not look sticky or nasty like its been hairsprayed for hours. It looked very nice and was super hard and my updo held up perfectly throught the wedding with much dancing and moving around. Any other hairspray, my curls were straight in the next hour or so, i really recommend the rave hairspray. I got mines at Walgreens.

This is my fave heat tamer spray. Any kind of heat on your hair will damage your hair, whether its blow drying, curling, or straightening. The heat tamer spray "adds" a layer to your hair so instead, that gets damaged before your hair does, so it protects your hair in a way. After the shower i comb my hair spray this all over especially on the ends and i blow dry. This can be sprayed on wet or dry hair. And it smells soo good!

You know, i just realized i have the whole tresemme family lol. This is my favorite mousse! I have straight hair naturally, and just a bit wavy at the ends, so its hard for my hair to keep a curl without using the right tools. This mousse is awesome, smells great and holds up my curls great! Have been using it for a couple of years and it has never failed me. I never even use to know about mousse until i saw this girl with very pretty curls but they were like hard. I was like did she hairspray it or how did she do that? So then she explained to me what she used and stuff and so i bought my mousse and wanted to see how it looked like on me and i loved it! Keeps curles on stubborn hair like mine, even until the next day!

Amazing finds at Target! Go Now!

This is what i found at my local target, i dont know if this is happening to all of them but mine had SOOOO much stuff on clearance! Essie nail polishes for like $1 sumthing. I already have enough makeup, i went to buy some make up for a friend and did manage to get a few pieces for myself. You guys will be shocked at how low these prices were, or maybe not, but i totally was lol

This is such a cute milky pink shimmery eye shadow. Was $8.49 and is now for $2.12!

This is a highlighter/bronzer, gorgeous color when combined. As you can see it was super cheap!

$1.62!!! OMG posting these pics makes me wanna go back and get more lol.

concealer for $2.48!! And it also has like vitamins or sumthing good for your under eye bags.

This polish was like $5.69 or sumthing. I thought it was such an awesome summer color. Bright and fun :)

Feb Faves!

Last months products that i been loving :)

Love this stila eye kajal in topaz! I saw how the utube gurus have been using this to line their waterline. I was using white liner to make my eyes pop but it looks kinda harsh at times so a flesh toned color like this is better, looks natural, and oh so gorgeous :)

It is SO creamy, i cant imagine how smudgy the black one must be, the stila eye kajal in onyx. Thats why i never bothered to buy it, hate smudgy liners :( But this is flesh toned color, so even if it does smudge you cant even notice.

Great buy at Avon! This is like a primer, it "erases" pores and lines and makes your face appear flawless. Its the Avon magix face perfector, cant say i have been loving the smell. I just got the Clarins smooth perfecting touch that i have been wanting for a long time, so i will be using it this month to give you my opinion in March :)

Its a thickish consistency.

Unblended

Blended. It also keeps your face totally matte and shine free.

HG foundation!!!! LOVE it!! I love this so much more than the revlon colorstay, it dried so much quicker and made the application look cakey. This one doesnt dry as quick which gives me time to work in and buff out my foundation. There are people that have been complaining about the shimmer in this foundation, well there is slight shimmer which is kinda nice, it gives a dewy finish and it looks like you have a nice glow to your face, its not discoey at all. I wear this in the color 004 nude, i might have to go a shade or 2 darker for the summer :)

My lovely MSF natural in medium. Great setting powder, at first i hated it cuz it made me look cakey. But with a bad primer or foundation, your powder might look cakey. Now that im satisfied with my foundation routine, this powder is perfect!

It showed up too light when i took the pic with flash, and this is how it actually looks like, this is no flash but it really does look this way.

MAC blacktrack fluidline gel liner, yup you can tell i been only using a little :) I love everything about this liner! The consistency, the way it applies, how long it lasts, how dark it is, i think its perfect! I might also try the bobbi brown, but not sure yet, $22 is a bit much for a gel liner.

I love this! Mario Badescu is a skincare line, they have their website and they also have their products at Nordstrom, not sure where else they might offer their products. They have all kinds of amazing gels, face creams, cleansers, toners, treatment creams and so on. This is buffering lotion, it looks and feels like milk, but its not! Dont drink it lol. Its like a watery substance on top and the white part sits on the bottom. Before you use it, shake it up real good and apply on you break out area or just one pimple. Im telling you guys, this stuff works WONDERS, well at least for me it does. It even cleared up like old pimple scars i had around my chin. I mean it was no big deal they werent even THAT noticable but they are lighter now which is always a plus. I recommend this for acne people or acne prone or if you just get a lot of pimples.

I have so been loving this lipstick this month. Its called nude attitude by revlon. Some people say its a MAC freckletone dupe, but i dont know since i dont have that lipstick. Its a nice orangy nude, not too orangy but not too pale, just right. With some clear gloss, or i use MAC underage, it looks great!

I hope you enjoyed my Feb Faves!

Swap, MAC, & Marshalls Haul

A little swap i wanted to share with y'all :)

I told u guys ill be getting the smooth merge soon! OMG i can't believe i finally have it, i have been looking left and right for this and i didnt rlly want to fork out $40 for it plus shipping from ebay and other sites. But i was willing to sadly lol. I swapped it for perfect topping, since it was so alike to my perfect topping msf. I love that it has some color and its not only shimmer.

Here are the famous NARS blushes, mata hari and deep throat which i also recieved in a swap. I love them both, u can apply as heavily or as softly as you would like. I love how you can build the intensity of these blushes and still not look like a clown. The daft pink blush i bought at MAC, it was my FIRST MAC item and my first time in the store in general, sux i didnt buy smooth merge then but hey at least i have it now :)

Its a bit more intense in reality, the lighting and the flash make it look a bit sheer but its more pigmented than that. In a way it depends on how you want to apply it like the NARS blushes, sheer or heavy. But if you apply heavy, you might look weird since these have shimmers like crazy!

Gorgeous!!

I rubbed my fingers in there and swirled them around and swatched so it wont come up on ur cheeks like this, it applies much nicer and sheerer ( dunno if thats a word) with a brush. I use teh Sigma ss168 for blush.

These are my first NARS lipglosses, and they were my first NARS purchase. I got them at marshalls during the holidays. I got them all in a pack for like $24.99 or $29.99 I dont remember. I remember putting them back cuz i said i dont need them but a few seconds later i changed my mind and said i def need these and it was a great bargain! The colors are rose birman, chihuahua, sweet dreams, harlow, giza and boogie nights. They arent in teh order as in the pic. I love how they all worked with my face and skintone except that rlly weird dark one :(

I have been eyeing Ben Nye for a while now and have been wanting something from there. So i swapped with a girl for something and she added this along. It can be used anywhere on the face, as an eyeshadow, liner or watever u think of. Its like this in the beginning, the product settles on the bottom and you just have to shake well before using :)

After its been shook up it should look like this and is ready to apply.

So sparkly!! I love glitter and shimmery things, im a total girly girl :) I havent tried it yet but i will soon :)

YSL Haul & swatches!!

Here are some of the items i have accumulated over the past few weeks. Im super happy and proud of my growing collection of ysl cosmetics :)

They have the most luxurious packaging, i know it gets smudgy with the fingertips but you still cant resist a ysl product, well at least i cant :p

This is a lipstick i recieved in a swap on makeupalley. Its such a cute color plus the adorable pink packaging, i just couldnt say no. This might seem like really pink and all but it is a nice sparkly sheer pink, can be used as an everyday color. Its called pink diamond #11.

As you can tell it goes on pretty sheer. It might look like its loaded with sparkles but fear not, its only the reflection of my light lol.

My next item is this matte foundation i have been wanting to try. I also really want to try their teint resist and im going to splurge on it pretty soon :) This is the second lightest shade they had in #2 blonde. It has an spf of 10, not much i know but you can always apply your sunscreen before it or mix it with the foundation. It is also oil free so it wont clog your pores. This shade isnt really light, i mean im not tan but no where near pale or white. Im nw20 in winter and nw25-30 in summer. I got this for the winter days but it has such a nice color, it wouldnt look white at all in the summer. But i will update you guys on that. I keep getting off track lol sorry, anyways, i feel this is kind of like too matte. I tried it once but i dont feel like it gave me a dewy finish and i feel like if i applied powder it would make me look dried up. Im gonna give it a second try since im always switching foundations and will try it out in a couple of days and update you on how i have been liking it.

This is the consistency, its like a thick creamy texture. More thicker than creamy, but it doesnt feel heavy at all on your skin. The key to making your foundation appear flawless is the right tool (brush) and blending blending blending! Lots of people prefer the MAC or Sigma ss187. I feel that the 187 doesnt do me justice so i tried another brush the ss109. This is THE best brush i have EVER used for liquid foundation. It might not work on everyone but im saying on me its awesome, other beauty gurus on youtube love it as well such as fafinettex3. Also another thing is moisturize and prime before applying your foundation!! This also helps in making your foundation look airbrushed. I might have been tired that day, not blended enough or didnt use the right moisturizer. Different moisturizers do make a difference in how your make up looks. Some make it look better than others.

As you can see it looks pretty thick and not dewy. This is probably not good for dry skin :(

And this is the foundation blended out. As you see, its not that bad, it looks pretty good but like i said its all about technique.

The one on the left is an eyeshadow quad kinda since it does have 4 colors. Its called absinthe green #3. And the one on the right is a powder mixed with the highlighter, bronzer, and blush all together. I have no idea what it is called, all it says is palette collection. Its a limited edition item and was around for the celebration of 30 years of ysl. These babies would have cost me $54 -$60. Thanks to the best site ever called beautyisrelative.com They cost me $15 each!! Isnt that an awesome deal!! I was so happy that i found this site like 3 weeks ago, and it was perfect since i have just gotten into this line. So yay for that! They also carry bobbi brown, MAC, chanel, Lancome, and more :)

Here are some swatches of the wonderful powder. It can also be used as a setting powder for lighter skin tones.

And here are the swatches of the shadows. They are really pigmented and you can tell the quality isnt cheap. I think they are really nice shadows and im planning on getting more very soon, later lovelys :)