Face of the day 2/28/14

      Here is the makeup I wore today :) 

•Cover Girl 3in1 Foundation in number 832 nude beige

•MAC Pro Longwear Concelear in NC20

•MAC Paint Pot in Painterly (not pictured)

•Naked Basics palette: foxy on lid, naked2 in crease, Venus on browbone and in inner corners.

•Jordana Easyliner in seagreen on top and bottom lash lines and waterlines.

•Maybelline The Mega Plush Volume Express Mascara in blackest black

•Arbonne FC5 Mattifying Powder

•Elf Studio Blush in Mellow Mauve

•Nyx Lipliner in Rose

•Paulas Choice Liquid Lipstick in Watermelon Pink

Hope you had a great last day of Feburary! 

My 2012 Makeup Favorites!!

Since 2012 is now over it is time to recap the makeup products that I have loved the most. I kept a list that has 1 product for each month of the year. As I was searching in my blog posts I realized I did not do blog posts on many of the products. This wil be something I will change for this year. If I love a product I am going to blog about it.

                            2012 Makeup Favorites!

 JANUARY: Maybelline Babylips Chapstick in Grapevine

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FEBURARY: Smashbox BB Cream

MARCH: Arbonne FC5 Mattifying Powder

APRIL: Revlon Colorstay Addictive Palette

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MAY: Revlon Lipbutter in Strawberry Shortcake

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JUNE: NYX Lipstick in Power

JULY: E.L.F. Blush in Pink Passion (FOTD)

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AUGUST: Soleil Tan De Chanel

SEPTEMBER: MAC Lipstick in Creme Cup

OCTOBER: NYX Nude on Nude Palette (blog post in the works)

NOVEMBER: Laura Geller Blush 'n' Brighten

DECEMBER: ELF Baked Blush in Rich Rose (blog post in the works)

                 ARE ANY OF THESE YOUR FAVORITES? 


                                                                                              

Arbonne RE9 Advanced Corrective Eye Creme

I always have problems with eye creams, they never work out in my favor, they either make my under eyes puffier than before I used the cream or they don't do anything at all! I have even had a few cause Milia like bumps under my eyes. I thought I was never going to find something that worked. For the longest time I never used an eye cream because of the weird reactions I always had, The main ones Ive used that caused problems were the Clinique all about eyes rich and Aveda Green Science Firming Eye Creme. I was in the process of getting a sample of Kiehls eye creme ( not sure which one) when my boyfriends aunt invited me an Arbonne party to play in the face products I decided to go because I really liked the mattifying powder I purchased a few months back and wanted to see how the face products were. When realized that I would be putting on an eye cream with my mini facial I thought,

"Ok, whatever, lets see what it does." "It cant be any worse than the others Ive tried."

Well...I think I have found an eye cream that actually works on me! *does happy dance* It is the Arbonne RE9 Advanced Corrective Eye Creme. This stuff is a wonder product. Not only do I have reactions to eye creams but I also have bad under eye bags and dark circles that never seem to go away. With one use of this product my darkness and puffiness dramatically decreased. All I did was apply a small amount under each eye at night and when I woke up, NO MORE PUFFINESS OR DARKNESS!! That's pretty good in my book :) I have not encountered and milia while using this product so hopefully they don't show up tomorrow or something :/

(Ingredients list)

The key ingredients in the RE9 advanced corrective eye creme are: algae extract, stabilized vitamin C, marine lavender, yeast, alfalfa seed extract, hydrolyzed lupine protein and peptides.

 Their site gives a breakdown of each ingredient and what its function is, if interested you can read about the RE9 line HERE.

It comes in a pump top, which I like, Then I don't have to worry about sticking my fingers in a jar or squeezing down on a tube and making product splatter all over my sink.

The product (to me) is a mixture of a cream and a lotion, its not as thick as some eye creams tend to be and not as light as a lotion. I think the reason I got milia from other eye cremes was the thickness of it, my eyes cannot take those really thick heavy cremes yet. This one is alot thinner but still gives the under eye area enough moisture it needs. It has a citrus scent (as with almost all products I have used containing Vitamin C) and feels silky going onto the skin and absorbs fast. A little goes a long way with this product so even though it is only a half an ounce of product it should last a good 4 or 5 months.

The RE9 Advanced Corrective eye creme is $55 USD and you can purchase it from:

arbonne.com

amazon

Ebay

HAVE YOU USED ARBONNE RE9 CORRECTIVE EYE CREME?

XoXo

Arbonne FC5 Mattifying Powder

This is my very first Arbonne purchase and I am loving it. The only thing about getting ahold of these products is that you have to purchase them through a beauty consultant. No going to the closest department store for this stuff. Lucky for me, my boyfriends aunt sells it! Its pretty much like ordering products through Avon or Mary Kay only Arbonnes products are more environmentally friendly than the others. A little bit about Arbonne as stated on their website:

"At Arbonne, beauty begins with premium botanical ingredients, innovative scientific discovery, and an unwavering commitment to pure, safe and beneficial products. Arbonne creates personal care and wellness products that preserve and enhance the skin, body and mind for an integrative approach to beauty. Working closely with scientists around the world and our Arbonne Institute of Research and Development (AIRD^®) facility in Switzerland, we continually explore and develop scientifically advanced, botanically based proprietary formulas that meet our exacting standards for quality, safety and sustainability."

I have been using this FC5 powder for about two months now and it is one of my favorite setting powders for use oily/combination skin girls.

When you open up the compact it comes with a powder puff just like most other powders.Im not really into the puffs so I usually just toss them or put them in one of my makeup drawers in case I need it for something. It has an attached mirror on the top part of the compact. Now when you look at the actual pressed powder, its a little different than your normal translucent setting powders because this one is...

Light green. Not only does this powder mattify your face wonderfully but it also takes away any redness you may have and blends seamlessly into the skin. No green cast at all. Another odd thing about this powder is that instead of applying it on top of your makeup you can also use it on your face before you put your moisturizer on to help matte your face from the get go. So if your extremely oily you can have a layer under your makeup and a layer on top of your makeup for extra "matte-ness". Honestly, I forget to apply it on my face before I put on foundation but I have used this stuff alone on days that I do not feel like wearing makeup, but do not want to walk around looking like a grease ball.

This is a heavy swatch of the powder on my hand. Top portion is the powder swiped on from my finger to my hand and the bottom portion is it blended in.

  Even with the heavier swatch it blends into the skin very nicely. This powder feels smooth on the skin and practically lasts all day. I think I touched it up once. But mind you, I do live in a very humid climate so getting shiny happens fast around this place. Im sure if I put it on under my foundation I would not have needed to touch up.
This powder retails for $26USD and you can purchase it through your local Arbonne consultant or HERE.


HAVE YOU TRIED ARBONNE PRODUCTS? HOW DID YOU LIKE THEM?
                                             
                                       XOXO