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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Perfume Review: Vera Wang Lovestruck * Feat. V-Day gifts!

This is one of those fragrances that I would wear year round. It's fruity in a mature way. The bottle is super cute & looks nice on my perfume tray. At first I wasn't sure if I was going to like Lovestruck or not because my 17 year old Brother bought it for his younger girlfriend. On recent trips to both Ulta & Sephora I gave this a try & realized that I really liked it, but didn't wanna pay full prize for it. My Husband wanted to get me this for Valentine's Day because he said the name "Lovestruck" fit. We were recently in T.J. Maxx & he spotted the box & it was at a steal. The 1.7 oz is originally $68 & we found it for $30! The scent lingers all Day. I spray it in the Morning and in the evening I can still smell this on my clothes. Its not strong so I will be wearing this into the Spring & Summer. If you get a chance go smell this!

Notes:

Pink Guava, Mandarin, Tuberose, Lotus Blossom, Precious Woods, Sheer Musk.
Style:
Feminine. Romantic. Spontaneous.

For Special Occasions/ Holidays we usually always tell each other what we want, sometimes its a secret.

He knew how much I really wanted a Coach wristlet to take the place of my bulky wallet so he also picked me up this for Valentine's Day...

We found this at Dillards onsale for $33 originally $58!

What can I say I taught my Hubby how to bargain shop!

What are you Ladies doing for Valentine's Day?
My Husband & I are going out to Dinner & then going watch "Safe Haven". I read the book by Nicholas Sparks & it's amazing! Can't wait to see the movie =)

Living Proof Primer Style Extender

I received this sample in the mail so of course I had to give it a try.

My hair is naturally very wavy & frizzy. If I know I'm going to wear my hair down I'll put this in the night before (after I wash my hair). This stuff keeps my hair straight all Day & it doesn't frizz!

In order to show how long it works I'm going to do a timeline:

Thursday night: wash my hair, while still damp I apply the hair primer.

I don't blow dry which you can I just like to use as less heat in my hair as possible.

Friday morning: Straighten my hair as normal & spray a little hair spray.

Saturday morning: hair is still straight, except for the very ends. So I just straighten that a lil bit.

I wash my hair every other Day so I can't say if this would last another Day.

Without this stuff my hair would of frizzed up by Friday afternoon. I would recommend this to anyone! I plan on buying the bigger tube once I'm done with my sample.

-A little goes along way

-Doesn't make my hair feel or look greasy

-Has a grapefruit scent that I really do like. The scent doesn't linger tho.

Sephora carries it for $20

Makeup & Nail Polish storage & organization

I finally got around to getting new storage & organizing my makeup so I thought I'd share it with you ladies.

**Note: Right click each picture to make larger**

I found this cute little rolling drawer at Walmart for $20.

I also picked up the little white plastic bins at Walmart in the kitchen section.

The longer ones were a 2 pack for around 2 bucks

& the smaller ones were in a 3 pack for around 2 bucks.

Left: 1st drawer has all my foundations, powders, beauty blender, Highlighter, bronzer, & the little basket in the back has my concealers, sample size primers, & eyelash curler.

Right: 2nd drawer has all my blushes! On the left is all my drugstore blushes & in the very back is two bronzers I'm not using at the moment, a face powder, & WNW highlighter. In the plastic bin on the right is all my higher end blushes.

Left: 3rd drawer has all my lip products. On the left is most of my lipglosses, in the back is chapsticks & other random glosses. The plastic bin on the right is lipsticks, lipbutters, & a few more glosses.

Right: 4th drawer. In the first bin is my L'Oreal Infalliables, Maybelline Color Tattoos, NYX eyeshadow singles & a few cream shadows. In the second bin is all mascaras & eyeliners. I still have a good bit of room left over in this one.

Left: 5th drawer has all my eyeshadow palettes, which are mostly wet n wild. & in the back on the left are a few single shadows that I barely use.

Right: 6th drawer is all my samples that I need to use up & my face primer for the Summer.

After I use up my samples I might use this drawer for my Flat irons & curling wand.

Now onto my polishes!

I got this cute little box at T.J. Maxx for $12.99. They have the cutest organization stuff.

I'm moving soon so once we get settled in the new place I'm going back to get more boxes to organize my hair stuff & lotions.

If you would like to see a post about anything specific in my collection (Ex. blush, eyeshadow, etc.) just let me know =)

Beauty Blender My Thoughts!

Left: Brand new Right: Damp

I've wanted to try this little sponge for awhile now, but didn't think it would be worth $20. I finally gave in & went on sephora.com & ordered it.

Just like many others I thought this was just another sponge. I even tried taking one of those white wedge sponges & wetting it before applying my foundation... that was a major fail!

Okay now on to the sponge itself...

Before using you must wet it & then twist it a bit to get some of the water out. It works best damp. This little pink sponge really worked wonders & made my foundation look amazing! I like that there's the pointy tip that would work amazing around the nose, mouth, & eye area. But I prefer to just squeeze the sponge to get in the smaller areas of my face. Also if you give the beauty blender don't rub the foundation in. Bounce the bigger part all over your face. Also I like to dot the foundation on my face using my finger then go back & blend it out with the beauty blender.

It also works amazing at blending in concealer, for that I like to use the small tip on the top.

It washes clean with baby shampoo.

On Sephora.com you can order one for 20 bucks or get a 2 pack for 25 bucks, which I think is a great value.