Products I Don't Use Enough #2

Hey guys! So today I am doing my second 'Products I Don't Use Enough' post. These are products that are really great and that I love, but I just hardly use them!

First, at the top left, is my elf duo eyeshadow cream in Butter Pecan. These make great bases for eyeshadow.

At the top right is my ULTA whipped eyeshadow in tiramisu. I absolutely love this. It stays on all day without a primer and has great pigmentation

Last, my NYX lip glosses. These are so pigmented and nice looking, but I just don't wear gloss all that often. Top is french kiss, middle is beige, and bottom is nude peach.



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Ombre Lips!♥

A Note Before Reading: Sorry about the lack of posts for like a month! Not only did my dog chew up my camera's memory card, but i've also been super busy. I haven't gotten a new memory card yet, but I found these posts that I never published!

Hey guys! So if you're daring and spontaneous, you should totally try out the ombre lip trend! Here's my version of it.

elf essential lipstick in fearless: $1

l'oreal paris lipstick in perpetual peach: $7

NYX mega shine lipgloss in french kiss: $5

Eyeshadow Look: Natural Smokey

First 3 Pictures With Flash

Last 3 Pictures Without Flash

First I applied NYX Eyeshadow Base

Next, I applied Sidecar with my elf eyeshadow brush to my inner half.

After that I took Smog on the outer half. 

Then, I used buck in the crease with my crease brush.

To add a little more darkness, I used the crease brush and patted some of Darkhorse onto my outer third.

I used Urban Decay's 24/7 Zero Eyeliner and Covergirl Lashblast Mascara.

August Favorites

Hey guys! So today I have my august favorites! Sorry for not posting much this week, I had trouble uploading pictures to blogger, but I found a way to upload them until it's fixed.


Maybelline Dreamfresh BB Cream: my new favorite face product because I don't like foundation, but i looove this

Maybelline MegaPlush Volume Mascara: lengthens, volumizes, separates, and doesn't clump. that's all i have to say

Sugar Rose Lip Treatment: the perfect sheer red tint to your lips, plus moisture

Benefit Some Kinda Gorgeous Foundation Faker: i love how it transforms to a silky finish. I really love this

NYX Beige Lipgloss: my go to color, and it lasts a long time and smells like candy.

Covergirl Shimmering Sands Trio: I used this eyeshadow a lot this month, it's very nice

Products I Don't Use Enough

Before I get to the post, I have some news to share!

I created a youtube channel and I'm going to start making videos about beauty and fashion.

If you want to check it out, here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/user/beautyaddictx811

I just posted my first video now. I'm so excited!!

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Hey guys! So I wiped my hard drive and now the virus is gone, so I'm back to blogging now! This post is about products I don't use enough, meaning they're great products, but I rarely use them.

 Revlon Lip Butters: Strawberry Shortcake, Frutti Tutti
*I love the formula of these products, but the colors don't work for me. I'll have to try different colors.
NYX: Liquid Crystal Liner
*This is so easy to apply because it's not as intense as black where you notice every mistake, but I don't wear glitter on my eyes often, so that's why it's in this post.
Maybelline Color Tattoo: Tough as Taupe
*as you all have probably heard, this is an amazing cream eyeshadow, but I don't find uses for it because it's so dark and I don't know, I really never use it. Ever. It's too dark for all over your lid but it's difficult to use it in specific areas.
Wet n Wild Trio: I'm Getting Sunburned
These colors are gorgeous and pigmented, I just need to figure out how I want to use them.

Products I Regret Buying

So today I'm doing a post about products I regret buying. These are products I definitely wouldn't repurchase. I do have a lot of things I regret buying, but I felt like they all needed to be included. These range from nail polishes, to makeup, and a hair product. I'll put why I won't repurchase them also.

ULTA Nail Polish in Peach Parfait: too streaky

Funky Fingers Nail Polishes: streaky, messy, terrible quality

L.A. Colors Shimmering Loose Eyeshadow: inconvenient packaging, hard to get to the product, the brush it comes with gets smashed and messed up

Covergirl Lipstick in Sugar Almond: too much shimmer, shows the lines in your lips 

NYX Lipstick in Vitamin: too much sparkle

Wet N Wild Lipgloss in Cherish: basically pure shimmer

aussie anti-frizz cream: didn't do anything

Maybelline ultra liner waterproof: I don't like the brush, crumbles when you wear it too long and gets stuck in your eyelashes

elf liquid liner in silver: too liquidy, doesn't apply well

NYC pencil liner: hard to get any color on your waterline, too waxy not creamy enough

elf clarifying pressed powder in ivory: too powdery, too much fall-out, makes you look cakey, you can see the powder on your face

ULTA extreme wear cream eyeshadow in Creme Puff: I have one of these in tiramisu cream that I love, but this one doesn't have as much pigmentation and is hard to find uses for. It's light pink in the packaging but turns to a extremely sheer white shimmery color.

elf duo cream eyeshadow in butter pecan: barely any pigmentation, feels sort of greasy

covergirl quad in pure romance: don't use it much, pigmentation isn't great, shadows aren't easy to work with

revlon quad in neutral khaki's: pigmentation isn't great, lots of fallout when used to much, kind of powdery and messy

elf stipple brush: bristles aren't dense at all

So those are all of the products I regret buying, keep in mind a lot of them were inexpensive, and that's really what you could expect out of some of the products. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this post! 

NYX Mega Shine Lip Gloss Review!

I'm always up for trying out new lipglosses, and since I have 3 of these, I figured I could review them! These are the NYX Mega Shine Lip Glosses! They can be found at ULTA, and NYX has prices similar to drugstore brands. You can also find them online at cherryculture.com for great prices! I don't have a picture on here that shows the lid, but the packaging is adorable! They have cute little bows on the top! I have them in 3 shades, and I love them all!

top: french kiss, a natural berry color with sparkle

middle: nude peach, a lighter pink with sparkle

bottom: beige, a matte natural berry  color (basically the matte version of french kiss)

Pro's: a little goes a long way, smells like candy, inexpensive, not too sticky but stays on for a good amount of time, good color selection, good pigmentation

Con's: some have too much sparkle in them and if you use too much it tends to gather around the edges of your lips (as I said, a little goes a long way!)

Overall rating: 4.5/5
I totally recommend these!

Eyeshadow Look: Teal & Purple

So after watching emilynoel83's newest tutorial on youtube, I decided that I wanted to give the teal/purple look a try, and I really do love it. It's really simple and really glamorous, perfect for a party or a dinner.

What I Used:

elf 100 color pro palette 

ULTA pencil eyeliner in peacock

NYX eyeshadow base

1. Apply a primer or a base all over your lid and a little bit into your crease. I used NYX's eyeshadow base in white.

2. Take a medium teal color and place that all over your lid.

3. Take a darker teal color and lightly pat that on your outer corner.

4. Lightly fluff a dark purple into your crease

5. Apply a teal eyeliner on your waterline. I used one from ULTA. 

6. Curl your lashes really well and really build up that mascara to give the look it's finishing touch.

Inspiration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k_ggNIwAjU&feature=g-user-u

Eyeshadow Look: Neutral Sparkle

Today I did an eyeshadow look that pulled colors from many different brands of shadows.

What I used:

NYX Eyeshadow Base in White

Mac Shadow: Honey Lust

Maybelline Eyestudio quad in Taupe Temptress (top quad)

Revlon Colorstay 12 Hour Eyeshadow Quad in Neutral Khakis (bottom quad)

Hard Candy Kal-eye-descope Baked Eyeshadow Duo in High Maintenance

What I did first was use NYX Eyeshadow Base  all over my lid. Then I used the cream color out of the Hard Candy Duo Baked Shadow all over my lid. Then, I went back in with my Revlon eyeshadow palette in  and used the golden brown color on my outer corner. Next I mixed the second Hard Candy Duo brown shadow mixed in with the darkest brown from the Revlon palette in my crease. Then, I took Mac's Honey Lust and patted that in the center of my eyelid. Finally, I took the white sparkly color from my Maybelline palette and used it on my inner corner. Although it did show up pretty well on camera, I think my flash toned down the brown golden colors that were present.

Since this look is so shimmery, I would recommend using makeup remover to swipe under your eyes to make sure the glitter that fell doesn't stay. (I didn't for this picture however). No one wants to look shimmery all over their face! 

Eyeshadow Look

Today I felt like creating an eyeshadow look, so I decided to use some eyeshadow I don't use often. All the products used were extremely affordable, and I love them all. 

What I Used:
NYX Eyeshadow Base in White
NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Yogurt
ULTA Baked Eyeshadow in Sweet Dreams
Maybelline Eyeshadow Quad in Taupe Temptress

First I applied the NYX Eyeshadow base all over the lid, then applied the NYX jumbo eye pencil over top of that. I took the multi-colored half of the ulta eyeshadow with an eyeshadow brush and put that right over top of everything else. Then, I took the taupe color in the Maybelline quad and put that in the outer corner and the crease very lightly. I blended it out a bit, then I went back and put the NYX jumbo eye pencil in yogurt on my inner corner as the highlight.