Sunday, January 12, 2014

My top 13 Products of 2013


Hi there! Cannot believe its the start of a new year! With that being said today's post is going to be my top 13 products of 2013! Theses are products I found myself grabbing the most often! 

I received this Conair True Glow Facial brush for Christmas! I love it! It has 3 speeds and it comes with the facial head thats attached in the picture and it comes with a body head. You use your daily cleanser with it and it gets all the yuck and dead skin off! 

Seche Vite top coat. This product is a life changer. Being a busy mom of 2, I find it hard to find the time to sit down and paint my nails (it's usually at night when I do) and this top coat dries in seconds making it super convenient to get up and pick up the house, laundry, etc. I got this at Walmart for around $8. 

Next is the Beauty blender. This sponge is amazing at blending your foundation and concealer in! Best $20 I've spent on a sponge ever. Having dry skin it helps put moisture back into my skin and if I were to use a brush (which I've tried before) it would just enhance all the dryness from buffing it into my skin. 

This Lush Mint Julips lip scrub is a miracle worker. Having dry skin, means dry lips for me especially in the Winter! Get a little of the scrub on your finger and just rub in circular motions on your lips and all the dead skin will come off! Perfect for the Fall and Winter when the darker lips are in! 
I have a love/hate with the Maybelline The Falsies Big Eye Mascara. I absolutely loved the lower lash brush (which is pictured) it has the perfect size brush to reach those lower lashes. As for the top lash portion. I hated it. I felt it was patchy on the lashes. It would stick to the base of the lash then skip the middle and leave little balls/flakes of product on the very tips of my lashes. I would buy it again just for the bottom brush part! 
Next is the Rimmel Natural Bronzer in Sun Light. It feels like I've had this bronzer for the longest time and as you can see I've hit pan on it. I use it almost every time I do my make up unless I switch it out with another one. It gives such a nice sun kissed color, perfect for warming up the Winter skin. 

Wet N' Wild Coloricon Bronzer in Reserve Your Cabana. It's called a bronzer but it's super light I use it as a highlighter for my cheek bones, bridge of nose and cuspids bow. Super inexpensive and the perfect amount of glow. 

Oh dry shampoo. I could not live without you. I only wash my hair 2-3 times a week so dry shampoo is a must for me! I really like the Batiste brand. It smelt good and soaked up the oils wonderfully. Only down fall I had was since it's meant for dark and deep brown hair it came out brown and once you worked the product in your hair, your hands were brown and if you aren't careful while spraying it you could spray it on your face and it will be brown as well. So next time I will get a colorless one. 

Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Mauvy Night was definitely my go to color this fall. It was the perfect mauve and I feel like it just went well with a lot of looks. Super moisturizing on the lips


Elf Eyebrow kit. I found myself going back to this when I wanted a bolder brow. For a few bucks at Target you can't beat that! 

As you can tell I showed the color Naked 2 a lot of love, I've hit pan! I loved this color for a crease color in a lot of looks. Helps blend darker colors out better! I'll be super sad when it's completely gone. 

The beloved naked 3 pallete. I've reached for this pallete so many times since I've gotten it. You can do so many bronze looks as well as smokey eyes. 

Last, but not least. This blush. I've worn nothing but this blush for months and months. It's the perfect peachy/bronze color and goes with all looks. It's from the Jenni Rivera palette from BH Cosmetics. I don't know the name of it, I'm sorry, but it's the first blush in the pallete. 

I hope everyone had an amazing journey in 2013, I know I did!! Here's to 2014! :)

Thanks for reading,
Marissa 
XOXO














Thursday, December 19, 2013

December Ipsy Bag



Here is the December Ipsy Bag I received! Seriously $10 a month for a makeup bag with 4-5 beauty products you can't beat! Go sign up! It's like Christmas every month! 


This months little black back! Cute diamond embossed bag!

I received the following in my bag:

Julie G's textured nail polish in Sugar Plum Fairy. I think I'll really like this polish! Purple is my favorite color!


POP beauty Eye Shadow Trio in Smokin' Hot. Cute little trip, but wouldn't have Ben my choice of colors. The white does make a good highlight shade though. 

At dell Natural Lashes in 120- Demi. I've heard great things about these lashes & can't wait to try them out! 

Be a Bombshell The One Stick in Sunset. It's a blush but could easily be used as lip stick or eyeshadow as well.  Never used anything like this so I'm excited to try it. The color is a deep coral, looks really pretty. 

Lastly, NYX lipstick in LSS638 Sunflower. I've tried their lipsticks before and love them. Cannot wait to try this color!


Here are swatches of the lip stick, one stick, and eye shadows. 


Thanks for reading!
XOXO,
Marissa 









Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Naked 3 Palette


It's here!! This beauty arrived on my door step yesterday!! 


LOVE the Rose Gold packaging!! 


Here's swatches of all the colors:


Now here's close ups off all the shadows individually. 

  STRANGE

DUST

  BURNOUT

 LIMIT

BUZZ

  TRICK

 NOONER

LIAR

  FACTORY

 MUGSHOT

  DARKSIDE

   BLACKHEART

LOVE all the swatches of the shadows! Cannot wait to play around with the palette!! 

                 Thanks for reading!
                          XOXO,
                         Marissa













Sunday, November 17, 2013

November Ipsy Bag

I used to be subscribed to Ipsy a while back and then decided to take a break from it. I finally got back into it. Ipsy is a $10 a month subscription. Join me on Ipsy and subscribe to the Glam Bag! You get 4-5 beauty products every month delivered to your door, for just $10. Michelle Phan curates the bags! Check it out here: http://www.ipsy.com/r/28ji

Here is what this month's bag looked like and all the goodies I received:




bhcosmetics Baked Eyeshadow in Sun
I used this shadow the other day and it's a beautiful, bronze perfect for Fall!




Naltini in Champagne



Starlooks Gem Pencil in Amethyst
(The swatch of this is gorgeous) 




.em by Michelle Phan Lash Gallery Clean Volume Mascara in Black




Pixi Beauty Bronzer in Subtly Suntouched

I used this yesterday and it is the perfect shade for my skin tone and blends nicely. 



Be a Bombshell Lip Crayon in Shameless
I used this the past few days and I love it! Perfect Cranberry color for the upcoming Holidays!



Swatches of the Lip Crayon on left and Gem Pencil on right



Hope you guys enjoyed this post! Seriously who can beat all this for $10?! Go sign up!

XOXO,
Marissa


Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Fall Outfits of the Day

Hi there! It's been a long time since I've typed a new post on the blog. October was a busy month for us! 

Today's post will be 3 outfit of the days. I hope you enjoy! :)

First outfit is a Chambray top (target), Sangria colored skinnies (Gordmans) and grey riding boots (Charolette Russe), necklace (Charming Charlie's). 

Second outfit:
Blue faux leather jacket (Target), basic grey tee (Target), scarf (Gordmans), skinnies (Tj Maxx), grey riding boots (Charolette Russe)

Final outfit:
I wore this outfit for our family pictures Orange Cardigan (Target), Skinny jeans ( Forever 21), scarf (Gordmans or Target? It was a gift), brown riding boots (Charolette Russe)

Hope you enjoyed the post! Thank you for reading!!

XOXO,
Marissa






Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Get your feet Winter ready!

Hi lovelies!

The past few years I have suffered from the worst dry skin on my heels. I've tried everything from foot scrubs, to pumice stones, even the Listerine Pinterest pin. You name it ,I've tried it. Nothing's worked until now! I stumbles across this product at my local Walmart a few weeks ago. I try and remember to use it every night, but that doesn't always happen. This has made my heels so much more hydrated! It has a wonderful cooling feeling from the peppermint in it! I figured this would be a great product to feature since the colder weather is amongst us!

It is the Earth Therapeutics Intensive Heel Repair. It was only $4.97!! 


Thanks for reading!
Marissa
XOXO