Wet N Wild Color Icon Trio in Silent Treatment

I have been on a roll with the Wet n Wild  posts lately. What can I say, all of the shadows I've tried have been amazing! With that said, another set of shadows I've been loving is the Silent Treatment trio! These 3 little shadows are extremely pigmented and last all day on your lids. Oh, and this trio runs you $2.99 USD and if you're lucky most drugstores run buy one get one 50% off sales on Wet n Wild all the time so, you can get another trio for around $1.50 USD.

Eyelid shade~ A beautiful purple/grey based taupe with a satin finish

Crease shade~ Cool tone matte deep brown, this shade does have some fall out.

Browbone shade~ A light shimmery shade with a pink champagne tone

Swatched from bottom to top. Eyelid, Crease, Browbone

This trio should be easy to get your hands on. It is part of their regular line and is sold at many drugstores and mas retailers like Wal-mart.

             What do you think of the Wet n Wild Silent Treatment trio? Would you wear it?

Smith's Rose Salve

I have finally purchased the infamous Smith's Rose Salve! Many bloggers have raved about so I decided to pick one up at my local Sephora. I have seen this product at numerous trips to Sephora before but always refrained from buying it until now. I have heard this salve is great for many different things,chapped lips, diaper rash,and as a cuticle cream to name a few. I purchased this product in the hopes that it could help with my dry cuticles. I have been wanting to try the lemony flutter cuticle butter from LUSH for quite some time but since I do not have a lush near me this product was next on my list. My hands are constantly in water due to my job so my cuticles are always a mess and I needed something that would put the lost moisture back.

Yes, I used it before I photographed it, Sorry!

All I have to say is this product is GREAT!!! I have been using this product every night on my cuticles and lips. When I wake up in the morning no dryness or chapped skin anywhere.

Packaging:

Smith's Rosebud Salve comes in a 0.8oz tin that (for me) is easy to open. I love how the packaging is very vintage looking and it looks cute sitting on my nightstand. The only downfall to this tin is traveling, if you are not careful the tin will open and the product will go everywhere( if it is warm and the salve melts). When I went to Ohio last week I put this into a ziplock bag and made sure it was upright to keep the lid from falling off. It worked.

Scent:

Smith's Rosebud Salve has a sweet subtle floral/rose scent. My boyfriend says it smells like an  "old lady" but I don't think it does.

Price: Around $6 USD

HAVE YOU TRIED SMITH'S ROSEBUD SALVE? IF SO, WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE WAY TO USE IT?

XOXO,

Holly

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

Soap and Glory

I know there are tons of hand lotions out there and once you find the perfect one for your skin you tend to stick with it. That's how I feel about my Aveda hand relief lotion. That stuff is amazing, It lasts through at least 3 hand washings! But that is another post all in itself.
   There has been many great reviews about the Soap and Glory hand food lotion, so I put my aveda lotion on  hold for a moment, drove to my local sephora..drove back home because they didn't have it and bought the small 1.7OZ bottle of Soap and Glory hand food on sephora.com. :0)  The 1.7OZ retails for $5 US dollars

This is a creamy, thick lotion that is made from macadamia oil, shea butter and marshmallow. I had no idea what this lotion smelled like so when I saw it had marshmallow in it i was like yeah its going to smell like sugar :)

Well...it doesn't smell like sugar...I think the macadamia oil overpowers any marshmallow in there and I swear there is a hint of a flower scent mixed in. I had my boyfriend smell it and he said it smelled like flowers too. I'm not fond of flower smells but this smell is on the lighter side so I can deal with it.

Since I cut hair for a living right now, my hands are always in water,therefore; they can become dry easily. This lotion feels nice it was applied, it absorbed fast and did not feel greasy. It left my hands feeling silky smooth  but, it only lasted through one hand washing as compared to 3 from my aveda lotion. It also has a large list of ingredients and a few of them are parabens. I have only been using lotions without parabens because they are "supposed" to be bad for you (i don't know if they are, but I'm just taking a precaution). I did not look at the ingredient list prior to purchasing this lotion. 

 If you want your hands to feel silky smooth  than this is a great daily hand lotion to use.If you have a job like mine that you have to wash your hands constantly this can work for you, but you will  have to use it a little more throughout the day. As for paraben free...not so much, so if you are on the hunt for paraben free lotions than this is not the one for you...if you could give two shits less about them then go ahead and try it out. It does make your hands feel super soft. :)

HAVE YOU TRIED THIS PRODUCT? IF SO,WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

What was I thinking Wednesady

So I was rummaging through my photos a few weeks ago and noticed that I have wore some pretty stupid stuff or did my makeup a way that made me say "WHAT WAS I THINKING?" I felt like this would be a perfect thing to blog about because not everyone looks good all the time. I mean come on...can you honestly say you've never wore your hair in a way you thought was cool at the time but looking back it was a total HOT MESS or and outfit or makeup look that just didn't go right? If you can say no to that question then pin a rise on your nose for never having an off moment, for the rest of us, having those oops moments only makes us grow and learn not to do that certain thing again.
Every Wednesday I'll be posting a photo with one of my oops moments, until I run out of photos. I'm going to try and start with ones from when I was a kid up until now. My first one is of me when I was 4 or 5 years old.

HAHA! Look at that stone washed jean outfit!! Really? I guess that one was more  "What was my Mom thinking?" but still...pretty ugly huh? That kid sitting next to me is my younger brother, by the way. He might pop up in photos with me from time to time.

I'm not turning this into a tag but If you have any oops moments Id Love to see them so don't hesitate to send a link back with your post if you decide to do a "what was I thinking?"