April Ipsy Bag Review

First off I have to say that again I am disappointed that I did not get the Rainbow Honey nail polish!!! I do not understand why Ipsy does not pay attention to the types of looks that you post, yes I have been doing more makeup posts lately, mostly because of the Ipsy bag, and Influenster, but still the majority of my posts, and looks on Ipsy are of nail polish!!!! Okay rant over, I did get some awesome stuff this month, lots of pics!

Here's the stuff I got this month....

 Here's the stuff I used...

I was excited to get the Sexy Hair Root Pump Volumizing Spray Mousse, I have been curling my hair a lot lately, and wanted to get something to pump it up when I'm going out, and this works great did exactly what I wanted it to do, and it smelled good too!

An outside shot so you can see it really well....

I used  the City Color White Gold Shadow/Highlight Mousse all over my eye, then applied Urban Decay Black Dog, which is a plain matte black eyeshadow, no shimmer or glitter, and then put it over that, and in the corners of my eye. A little goes a long way, it worked well in the corner of my eyes, and over other eyeshadow, but not as an eyeshadow by itself, there are bare spots where i used it alone on my browbone, which I applied with my finger, I used a brush everywhere else, and it was sticky enough that it made a bristle stick to my eyelid. *:/ I also used the Urban Decay 24/7 Velvet Eyeliner,  which I loved of course, I love Urban Decay, this velvet liner seems to have a matte finish, and was easy to use. I have on the Kiss Eyelashes even though I didn't get them from Ipsy this month, they WERE in some of the bags, and I love them! They are my favorite lashes!

Uuuuugh, Ick, this is is the Cailyn Tinted Lip Balm in Apple Pink, AKA the ugliest color ever! I did not like this at all, so much so that I took lip glosses off of products I like in my Ipsy survey, I have not liked ANY of the Lip Glosses Ipsy has sent me, they have all been pretty similar, and have smelled/tasted weird, I don't need them to taste like Lip Smakers, but I don't want them to be bitter either, this was drying, and just weird, I put my Concrete Minerals Sexy Lips in Gold-Plated over it in the last picture to make it wearable, but it is already in a drawer in my vanity instead of my lipstick bag.

much better....

I also got another tube of Dr. Brandt Microdermabrasion, I'm still not really impressed, it works okay, I had already gotten a sample in a HauteLook sample bag so I've used it a few times already, it helps with the blackheads on my nose, and my face feels clean, but doesn't shrink my pores at all, I have other products that work better, and cost less.

Geek Chic Be Excellent To Each Other

Finally getting around to using some of my Geek Chic Button Masher Lacquer that I got at Christmas, and I have to say I am disappointed I waited so long! In really like this polish, the formula is great, I didn't thin it, and it applied great, and they are a great price!

I used 1 coat of Geek Chic Be Excellent to Each Other over 2 coats of China Glaze Bizarre Blurple, and topped it off with 2 coats of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.

Check Out: Geek Chic Cosmetics on Facebook or Geek Chic Cosmetics' Website
China Glaze Official Facebook or China Glaze's Website
Seche Nails on Facebook or Seche's Website

Happy Easter!!!

Happy Easter! I did bunnies, and polka dots! Hope you guys have a wonderful holiday!

.....and the bunny bottom

Outside so you can see the bunny better....

I used 1 coat of Loaded Lacquer Fluffy Macaroons over 3 coats of Hard Candy Crush on Gold except for my pinky, I used China Glaze Something Sweet and Sweet Hook and white acrylic paint for the polka dots, white acrylic paint and Something Sweet over China Glaze Travel in Colour for the bunny, Topped with 2 coats of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.

Check Out: Loaded Lacquer on Facebook or Loaded Lacquer's Website
China Glaze Official Facebook  or China Glaze's Website
Hard Candy Life on Facebook or Hard Candy's Website
Seche Nails on Facebook or Seche's Website

HauteLook Beauty Bag Review

 I won a giveaway from BiohazardousBeauty for an extra beauty bag she got from HauteLook, and an extra goodie thrown in, a Medusa's Makeup eye dust in Helter Skelter that I have wanted for awhile now, I had a lot of fun trying out all this new stuff, I loved my extra of course, here's what I thought of everything....

I received Clarins Body Firming Cream, Clarins Total Double Serum, Crown Brush Kabuki Brush, NYX Glam Lipstick Aqua Luxe in Glory, Blow Pro Blow Out Serious Non-Stick Light Hold Hair Spray, China Glaze in Browstone, Laura Geller Waterproof Eye Spackle Hues in Mauve Majesty, Betsey Johnson Too Too Pretty Eau de Parfum sample, France Luxe Silver Headband, Dr. Brandt Microdermabrasion. Peter Thomas Roth CC Cream, Good Genes Treatment, *Urban Decay Sin Eye Primer Potion, * Medusa's Makeup Eye Dust in Helter Skelter.
*These were extra's that Tori threw into the giveaway bag.

This is the stuff I used for my face... I've listed what I used on my eyes below, if you have any questions about anything else I used just ask. *;)

I used Urban Decay Strange on my browbone, Medusa's Makeup Helter Skelter in crease, and outer corner of undereye, Urban Decay Dust blended above that, on the rest of my undereye, an in inner corner, the Laura Geller Waterproof Eye Spackle Hues in Mauve Majesty on my lid, and LIT Cosmetics in Wonder Woman over that, NYX Doll Eye Mascara, and Urban Decay Big Fatty Lash

NYX Glam Lipstick Aqua Luxe in Glory

Really quickly, because I know this is a long post, I noticed how yellow my teeth are in this post when I was writing it, (I oil-pull, and that really helps whiten them, but I've been slacking) So I tried brushing them with activated charcoal which I saw on Pinterest, and I was surprised how much just doing it once helped!

I used 1 coat of CrowsToes Too F'N Cold over 2 coats of China Glaze Brickstone, topped with 2 coats of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.

Okay onto what I thought, I haven't used the Clarins stuff yet, but to me it's really hard to tell how these types of products are going to work because the sample size is only good for one or two uses, I have a Kabuki brush just like this that I carry in my purse I love it, and am glad to have a new one. I can never find the NYX Glam Lipsticks in any of my stores, I love ALL of my NYX Lippies, and this one is great too! I used up all of the Blow Pro Hairspray in three or four uses, but it is a small can, it smelled really good, like perfume, strong like perfume, you guys know I'm a huge fan of China Glaze, so I was happy to get that, I don't have Brownstone already, but that is because I don't have a lot of browns, it has enough red in it that I think I'll wear it. I didn't care too much for the Laura Geller Waterproof Eye Spackle Hues in Mauve Majesty, I don't really like cream eyeshadows, and when I use them it's to make glitter stick, but this didn't work very well for that, it almost dried too fast for the glitter to stick, so it made the glitter patchy, but went on too thick and gloopy to wear alone. The Betsey Johnson Too Too Pretty sample is nice, I normally don't like perfume samples, so this was a pleasant surprise. I use the headband constantly, I have been meaning to pick one up forever, but keep forgetting, so it was great to get one. I got the Dr. Brandt Microdermabrasion in this bag, and my April Ipsy bag as well,  so I've used it a couple times know, my face feels soft, smooth, and really clean after using it, and it is helping the blackheads on my nose, but I'm not noticing any pore shrinkage, but maybe that will change before I review my Ipsy bag, I'll let you guys know. *;)  I liked the Peter Thomas Roth CC Cream, It had great coverage, went on smoothly no beading, I used it instead of base, and was able to get a few uses out of the sample. The Good Genes treatment was Just enough for two uses, not really enough to tell if it did anything. I love Urban Decay Eye Primer potion, and there is actually a lot in this sample, but Sin is weird because it is a pinkish nude shimmery color, so it's great under The Naked 3 palette, but not good under say white, which I use on my browbone a lot, I'm not complaining, but I think I would have been disappointed if I had bought it, because it doesn't work under some colors, and lastly Medusa's Makeup Eye Dust in Helter Skelter, I have wanted this color for awhile, and was so happy to have it as a little extra thrown in! It's a black eye dust with blue shimmer, gorgeous applied great, and stayed on incredibly well! I had a blast playing around with all of this stuff, and was really happy to get the opportunity to play around with a HauteLook Beauty Bag for free, because honestly, I think I will purchase them in the future, there was more than $20 worth of stuff in it, and there was $20 worth of stuff in it, that I really like using *;) 

Chirality

Chirality had a little giveaway, and I won a prototype of one of the polishes from their latest collection "The Duality of Existence" which takes one polish off of my gigantic wishlist from them, Chirality is one of my very favorite indie polish brands, and I think this polish is AWESOME!!!

I used 1 coat of the Chirality prototype polish over 2 coats of Salon Perfect Mint Julep topped off with 2 coats of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.

Check Out: Chirality Polish on Instagram or Chirality Polish's Website
Salon Perfect on Facebook or Salon Perfect's Website
Seche Nails on Facebook or Seche's Website

Siren Cosmetics

I won a Giveaway on Instagram from Siren Cosmetics, I got samples of the new "Spark" collection of eyeshadows, so I decided to do a couple of looks, and a little review, I received some really pretty colors, one look I used primer, and I didn't for the other, you definitely need to use a primer for it to stick right, but it's worth it with most of the colors, I love Shut it Down, it reminds me of Dark City, and I don't have any other colors like it (check out the pink and teal glitter in the pic of both my eyes when they are closed below)he red (Astro) had an incredible payoff, but the black (Frantic) was disappointing, these pics are right after application using a primer, and it started fading in the crease right away. The only other thing I didn't like was that neither shadow I used in either look, on my waterline worked, they both ended up under my eye very quickly. I wish I had used eye primer on the 2nd look, but I was in a hurry, Bel Air is absolutely gorgeous, and glittery, and I think the glitter would have stayed on better if I had used primer, I wish that the pics showed this look better, it was so much prettier in person. Overall I'm pretty happy with the shadows, and with sample size baggies only being 50 cents, you can try out the colors you want, and make sure you like them before spending full price on the full size.

Here are all my samples....

All the stuff I used in the first look...

Siren Cosmetics Eyeshadow, Venus on browbone, Frantic in crease, Shut it Down Blended above that, and on waterline, and Astro on lid and underneath my eye.

A little blurry, so you can see that glitter.....

Here's the stuff I used in the 2nd look...

I used Siren Cosmetics Eyeshadow in Diamond Girl on my browbone, Bel Air in crease, and under eye, and Heart Breaker on lid, and in waterline.

Check Out: Siren Cosmetics on Facebook or Siren Cosmetics' Website

 I focused on what I used from Siren Cosmetics in this post because it was a review, I pretty much use the same stuff over and over again, and am way behind on posts since I've been sick, so I didn't list all of it, but if you are wondering about anything, you see pictured, please don't hesitate to ask!

A Few From China Glaze

Sorry, please bear with me, I got behind on my posts again! I have had some back issues, and was laid up for a few days which put me way behind, but I was so excited to pick up some of the new Spring colors from China Glaze on sale at Sally's, there are some really awesome colors in the Spring Collections!

I used China Glaze Petal to the Metal, and Glimmer More, my pinky is China Glaze Wish On a Starfish, and Travel in Colour is the base on my accent nail. The cherry is Salon Perfect Plum Sorbet, and a green Striper for the stem, and the nude color is OPI My Vampire is buff, 2 coats of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat over everything but my pinky.

I used 1 coat of China Glaze Create A Spark over 2 coats of Below Deck and 2 coats of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.

Check Out: China Glaze Official Facebook or China Glaze's Website
Seche Nails on Facebook or Seche's Website