JULY IPSY BAG

Hi there! It's time for July's Ipsy Bag!

Here's the bag and the products I received. 

First up- Be fine daily moisturizer with SPF 15. A little bit goes a long way, it's a thin somewhat watery formula and has a strong sunscreen scent. Absorbs nicely into the skin. 

Second is Bare Minerals 5 in 1 cream eyeshadow in Divine Wine. It has a nice texture, blends easily, good coverage. Would have liked a lighter color. Might have to buy more. 

Next is the Pixi Tinted Brilliance Balm in Unique Pink. It's super sheer, but hydrating. 

Next is Hang Ten Dark Tanning Oil. Not sure I will be using this any time soon since I am pregnant and don't lay out. 

Last is Whet Nail Polish in Facetious. Super pretty cobalt blue perfect for the Fall. Love this color. 

Overall I am pretty happy with this bag. 

Thanks for reading

BE YOUR OWN KIND OF BEAUTIFUL

XOXO,

Marissa 

Maybelline The Nudes Palette & Dupes

Hi there pretties!

I was at my local Walmart and came across the Maybelline The Nudes Palette. I picked it up and thought this could possibly be a dupe for a palette I have back at home. So why not pick it up for $9.98. 

Here's the palette 

Super pretty colors for an everyday neutral eye. 

Here's the swatches of the top row:

Bottom row:

Now here's for the dupe part. I have the Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette. I used it in my Valentine's Day Tutorial. 

They're not exact dupes, but pretty close and you get even more shadows in the Maybelline Palette and for less. The Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette is $28. 

Here's the Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette to compare to the Maybelline The Nudes. 

The swatches on the left are the Urban Decay Palette and the right is the Maybelline the Nudes. 

First two swatches is Venus from UD & the right is the close dupe from Maybelline. The one from The Nudes has a more gold undertone than Venus.  

The middle swatches are Foxy from UD & the right is from The Nudes, pretty spot on. 

The last swatches are W.O.S from UD & the shade from The Nudes. The Nudes color has a shimmer and more pink undertone. 

Next is the swatch for Urban Decay's color Naked 2 and the Maybelline shadow. The UD is a little lighter. 

The middle swatches is UD Faint & The Nudes color, again pretty spot on. 

The last swatch is UD Crave & The Nides color, both matte blacks. The UD is just a little bit more pigmented. 

All in all I think they're pretty comparable palettes and if you don't want to fork out the $28 for the Urban Decay Naked Basics, go spend the $10 & get more shades as well ;). 

Thanks for reading!

BE YOUR OWN KIND OF BEAUTIFUL,

XOXO,

Marissa 

MAKE UP EXPIRATION GUIDELINE

HI LOVELIES!!

This post is all about when to toss that make up! Let's all be real, we all keep that eyeshadow because it's so pretty or I'm sure I'll use this soon and never end up doing so. Now's the time to go through your make up & start tossing the old stuff. It just makes room for you to go out and buy new make up or rediscover things you forgot you had ;)

This is all a guideline & recommendations. You can choose to go by it or not. :) 

Your make up will have a container with the recommended expiration date on it. Most will be a container with a number (months/year). 

PRIMER: 12 MONTHS

FOUNDATION & CONCEALER: 6-12 MONTHS. If it has separated or the color has lightened toss it. 

BRONZER: 12-18 MONTHS. If it starts to be flaky, toss it.

POWDER EYESHADOW/ BLUSH: 2 YEARS. Again,if it is flaky, toss it.

LIQUID EYELINER & MASCARA: 3 MONTHS. If mascara is clumpy or starts to smell bad, toss it. Liquid liner will usually dry out. 

PENCIL LINER: 9-12 MONTHS, some 24 MONTHS. I would toss around 6 months since it is touch  eye and can contain bacteria that causes eye infections. 

LIP STICK: 2 YEARS. Toss if it starts to get dry

LIP GLOSS: 1 YEAR. Toss if super sticky or smells bad.

NAIL POLISH: 1-2 YEARS. If it turns goopy or separates & wont form back after a good shaking, toss it.

Hope this makes you go through your make up & get rid of the old. I mean who doesn't love new make up :) 

BE YOUR OWN KIND OF BEAUTIFUL

XOXO,

MARISSA

JUNE IPSY BAG

Hi there!! Back with this months Ipsy bag! I was so excited when I opened this bag!! I loved everything in it!!

I received the Laneige BB Cushion. It's exclusively sold at Target. It came with a puff and three shades to choose from. 

Next is the Be a Bombshell Lash Out mascara in black. Always love trying out mascaras. 

Up next. The Jesse's girl liquid eyeliner. I've been wanting to try this for a long long time. 

The next item is NYX bitter gloss in apple strudel. I love their butter glosses ! 

Last but not least is the Marc Anthony Beach Spray. I haven't ever tried a texturizing spray before so I'm excited to try this one out. I've heard great things about it! Perfect just for summer :). 

Like I said I'm in love with this bag and cannot wait to try it out!! Thanks for reading!!

BE YOUR OWN KIND OF BEAUTIFUL

XOXO,

Marissa

PRODUCTS NOT WORTH BUYING

Hi loves! Back with another post. This time it's all about products I tried and didn't think were worth the money spent. 

1. Neutrogena Ultra Gentle Hydratingg Cleanser-$7.99. This cleanser just didn't cut it for me. It didn't  sud up and felt my face feeling tight and dry afterwards. I decided to use it on my make up brushes  just to use it up and ended up just tossing it because again it didn't sud up or get any of the make up out of the brushes. This product was a dud or me. 

2. Clear scalp & hair therapy shampoo-$5.99. Again a product I didn't like. It didn't foam up, left my hair feeling dry. Just didn't feel like it cleaned my hair one bit. 

3. Jordana Best length extreme lengthening mascara. $3.99. This mascara didn't lengthen my lashes one bit. I felt like it gave more volume than anything. It was clumpy and once it dried on the lashes it felt very rubber like. 

4. ELF lip exfoliator-$3.99. This product is just like a lipstick but has brown sugar and an oil in it. It broke the first time I used it. It did do an okay job of getting the dead skin off, but I prefer my Lush Mint Julip lip scrub over this one. 

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BE YOUR OWN KIND OF BEAUTIFUL

XOXO, 

Marissa 

MAY FAVORITES

Hi there!

Today's post is all about the products that I have been reaching for a lot this month and am loving!!

First is this Helen of Troy Blow Dryer. My blow dryer stopped shooting out warm air a few months back and so I decided to check out Marshall's because they usually have great brands for cheap. Well I saw this dryer, purple being my favorite color I decided to grab it. It's originally $59.99 and I got it for $19.99. I absolutely love this dryer. It cuts drying time in half with my thick hair and leaves it super silky and shiny! 

Next is the Loreal True Match Lumi Primer and Foundation. I've tried this once before and I hated it. I'm not sure if it was a bad bottle or what, but you could just see it sitting on my skin. I decided to give it a go again and I am in LOVE with this. I have dry skin so the primer and foundation together gives me the most natural glow and it super natural looking on the skin. 

Mac Pro Longwear Concealer is next. I haven't had to use a corrector first since I've started using this concealer. Anyone who knows me knows I have bad dark circles, thanks to genetics. This is $20 a bottle, but I've had it for almost 6 months I believe and still have tons left. This will last a long time and a little bit goes a long way. I don't have to set it with a powder or anything. 

Next two products are the Elf Concealer Brush and the Real Techniques Beauty Sponge. I use the Elf Concealer Brush as a contour brush, it fits perfectly in the hallows of my cheeks. It's $3 at Target, can't beat that. The Real Techniques Beauty Sponge is $6 at Kohls or Ulta. I love this thing and I love it so much more than the popular Beauty Blender that is $20. Save yourself the money and go get the Real Techniques Beauty Sponge. 

Those are my favorites for the month of May!

Thank you for reading and let me know what posts you'd like to see.

BE YOUR OWN KIND OF BEAUTIFUL

XOXO,

MARISSA 

MAY IPSY BAG

Hi there!! It's been forever since I last posted. Now that school is over with and I'm done watching kids, I will have a lot more time to do posts! :)

This post is May's Ipsy Bag!

Here's the contents of this months bag. I wasn't too impressed with the items I received. I did like a few of them which I will let you know. For the bag itself, it's not really my style. 

First is the Endless Euphoria perfume by Calvin Klein. I really love this perfume. It has a great scent and it is perfect to throw in your purse. 

Next is the Eau Thermal Avene Spring Water. I wasn't too excited to see this in my bag. I don't really refresh my face at any point of the day so it's not something I see myself using a lot. I did however use it after coming inside from being in the sun and it was refreshing. Has a light fresh scent and dries pretty fast. It did feel good on my dry skin, just not something I would personally go out and buy. 

Next product is a hair mask by Eva-Nyc. It's the therapy session hair mask. I always like to try out new hair masks to see if there's one that I like before buying the big container of it. This had a fresh scent. I used about half of the bottle for one use since I do have thick, long hair. I felt like I needed to use the whole bottle in one use to get a really good feel as if I liked it or not. I like my masks to not only hydrate, but to be able to de tangle as well and it didn't do that.I'm not sure I would purchase a full size as there are other masks I like a lot better. 

Next was the Sans Tan Sunscreen. I don't really use sunscreen all that often, but I do already have some that I need to get through first. It was super light weight and I used it on my face and it didn't break me out or anything like that. 

Last was the Pacifica Duo Eyeshadow.  The colors are Moonbean and Unicorn. These were very dry and chalky. They had an okay pigmentation when swatched. Not sure I would buy this brand of eyeshadow. 

Like I said I wasn't impressed with this bag. Hopefully next month's will be better. 

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BE YOUR OWN KIND OF BEAUTIFUL

XOXO,

MARISSA