Empties: Products I've Used Up! August 2014

Hello beauties! Normally I do empties on my youtube channel, but I felt this time, I didn't have that many products to talk about. Also, I've been sick for a week and lost my voice. So I thought I'd do a blog post and talk about these products. Let me know if you like this format, and maybe I'll do it more often!

 First I used up a shaving cream. I love the Skintimate line and this month I picked up a different scent to try, which was a citrus scent. I didn't particularly care for this scent, it smelled too much like cleaning product. But the formula is great :)

 Next, I tried a new deodorant. This is the Secret Clinical Strength and I thought that this would help prevent some serious sweat issues that I've been having. Time for some information overload! I sweat. A lot! Like, even if it's not hot out and I'm not hot, I will still sweat in my underarms and will have pit stains. Gross!! I can't find a deodorant that prevents that, do you have any recommendations? This didn't do what I was hoping so I will not be repurchasing it.  

 Ok, time for some dry shampoo. This is the Treseme Fresh Start Dry Shampoo. I have had this for a very long time and I'm glad to be done with it. Like, it's been a year or so. I didn't really like it. I felt like it just made my hair greasier and you could see grey powder for this. I don't know if I will try another dry shampoo, if I do I might try the Sauve next because I've heard really good things about it.

 This is the second tube of L'Oreal Miss Manga Eyes I've used up. I simply love this mascara!! It's nice and black and really defines my eyelashes! Repurchased already.

 Ah, the Queen Helen Mint Julep Mud Mask. I love this. I used this once a week or every other week as a way to pamper myself and my skin. I have dry skin but this didn't dry it out. It helped removed impurities from my skin and if I had a break out, it helped shrink the pimple. Definitely going to repurchase.

 I tried a new shampoo and conditioner system and I've already went and repurchased it. This is the L'Oreal Total Repair Restoring system. I love this!! My hair feels so soft and silky now. I have bleached hair and use a lot of heat so it's pretty damaged. But I think this system is helping improve the health of my hair :)

I picked up this soap at the Bath and Body Works semi annual sale this summer. It's Aloha Orchid and it smelled like summery goodness. I really enjoyed this scent!

Yay, I used up a candle! And fun fact: I used up this candle in only a month! I could not stop burning it, it smelled so good. This was Hawaiian Hibiscus and this also smelled very summery. Soo good, I miss this candle a lot!  

 These Covergirl makeup wipes are amazing!! I never thought I'd find another makeup wipe that worked as good as the Neutragena wipes but these are right up there, maybe even better. I love them!

 I used up another pack of Bic Soleil Razors. I go through a lot of these.

 And finally, I used up this sample of Coach Poppy. I loved it, but I don't think I will by the full size because it's kind of expensive.

Ok, so there all of the products I've used up. I'm very proud of working through some of these and I have several more I'm almost done with :) It's so satisfying to use up a product, isn't it? What have you used up lately? Let me know in a comment below and I will see you all next time!

Daily Tidbits
1. I started school last week and it's already stressing me out to the max.
2. I've been sick with a cold and I really just want to be better.
3. Its not even 50 degrees here in Wisconsin today and I was very happy to bust out leggings and a sweater today! :)

Brand Highlight: Favorite NYX Products!

Hey beauties. I just wanted to post my latest video on my youtube channel, featuring my favorite NYX products. I've been really loving this brand lately, featuring its products in several of my past videos. I figured it was time to do a video dedicated to my favorite products, the ones I could not live with out. Check it out and tell me what you think!

 

Thanks and have a great memorial day!

Wish List Wednesday: NYX Butter Lipsticks

Hello beauties! Hurray for a new blogpost! I haven't written one in a long time. I'm super busy with school as I'm taking several education classes that require so many of observation hours for each. And hours of homework on top of that. I'm tired and burnt out but hey only 17 more days till spring break!!

Anyway, I've been super good with not buying any makeup, haven't bought a single product since November, go me! I'm paying for school currently and so my budget is super tight.  So because I haven't been able to go buy new products to try and review, I thought I'd do a Wish List Wednesday and talk about a product I'm currently pining after.

The product I really want to try is actually from the drugstore, so it's super affordable. NYX has been putting out a ton of new products, new eyeshadows, baked blushes(I might cave and buy one, they are only $5 and I have a coupon for Ulta) and these new butter lipsticks. They came out with butter glosses awhile back and I really like those. So when I saw the lipstick display at Ulta, it took every ounce of will power I had not to buy some. As I do not have any to swatch I will link a blog post by pursebuzz who did a great job swatching all the lipsticks. I really want to try Gum Drop, Taffy and, because I love a bright fun lip, Hunk.

This line seems to have a color for everyone and looks simply beautiful. I really hope to find some extra cash to buy a few of these as well as some of the other new products from NYX, which is probably my favorite drugstore brand ever. Are there any new products from the drugstore you've been dying to try? Let me know in a comment below! Thanks for reading, stay gorgeous!

Latest Video: September Favorites! Urban Decay, Benefit, and More!

Hello there beauties! ITS FRIDAY!!! TGIF! I'm so happy its the weekend, I finally get some time off, two whole days.  Very excited! Anyway, I wanted to post my lastest video, which was my September Favorites, sharing with you my top products in September.

September was full of rediscoveries and new products! I rediscovered my love for the Urban Decay Naked palette as well as fell in love with multiple Benefit products I won through a contest with Benefit and Ipsy. I also found a new favorite foundation from L'Oreal.

 



Also, if you haven't yet, go enter my fall giveaway for a chance to win these awesome goodies! That's it for today, what products did you love this past month, let me know in a comment below. Thanks for reading! Stay gorgeous!

Daily Tidbits:
1. I'm so tired, I worked 26 hours this week. It may not seem like much, but in retail...its a lot!
2. I finally have a weekend off, 2 days off in a row! I'm going out of town to the community college I attended for the homecoming football game and to see all my friends. I'm also visiting my brother who is attending there now. Lot's of fun shall ensue!
3. I'm watching Finding Nemo now. "I'm gonna go touch the butt!"

Maybelline Color Tattoo Pure Pigments Reveiw & Swatches

Hello beauties! I bring this review from my sickbed. I've been sick and decided to crank out some blog posts while stuck in bed. This review has been a long time coming! I've had these pictures sitting on my memory card for over 2 months now, it's time to post them. The blogosphere was a buzz with these Maybelline Color Tattoo Pure Pigments a few months ago and I had happened upon them at Walmart at chance but I do know they are available at Target, Ulta, Walgreens, and other drugstores. They run $5-7 depending on where you buy them, which is an amazing price for the quality product your getting. Swatches of all four shadows will be at the end of the post.

 First up is Forest Fatal, which is a beautiful deep green color. I don't know what possessed me to buy a green shadow, it's not normally a color I go for but I'm so happy I did because it's simply stunning! It's got a lot of shimmer to it, as do almost all of the shadows, and its a great stand alone shadow for a simple look. I can also see using it for a colorful smokey eye.

 Breaking Bronze is a very dark, bronze color. I was very surprised at how intense and dark it was in the container but applied it's more golden bronze. It's another great stand alone shadow for a one shadow look but I also like to apply it over a Maybelline Color Tattoo cream shadow such as Bad to the Bronze and use some cooler, darker colors in the crease. This shade is very, very shimmery!

 



 

 

Buff and Tuff is a nice skin tone shade that's nice for highlighting or all over the lid. This is more of a satin finish with not as much shimmer as the rest.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

 

Last is my favorite and most used shade, Barely Brazen. It's almost exactly like the Color Tattoo cream shadow in Barely Beige. This is one of the most shimmery of the four I have. It's a very nice pearl color with just a hint of simony pink under tone. I love using this in my inner corner as a highlight. I have had a hard time using anything else, unless the look called for a matte highlight.



Here are some swatches of the four pigments. Left to right, Breaking Bronze, Buff and Tuff, Barely Brazen and Forest Fatal.  All the shadows are very buttery, pigmented, and as you can see, very shimmery. If you like matte shadows, I suggest staying away from these pigments. If you want to intensify them further, spritz a little Mac Fix Plus or even just some water on a eyeshadow brush and apply for a foiled effect.

 

All in all, I love these pigments. I think I have all the colors I want from this line, but there are some really pretty blues and purples as well. You can find these at most drugstores for $5-7, but can usually find Maybelline on BOGO. Let me know if you have any questions :) Stay gorgeous!