April 2013 Beauty Favorites

Products
-Mayballine Illigal Lengths Mascara
-Essie Grow Faster Base Coat
-Super Goop
-Burts Bees Cuticle Cream
-Cover Girl 3 in 1 foundation
-Vichy NormaDerm Matte Mostirizer
-Sinful Profeassionals Nail Color "Easy Going"

KEEP IT OR TOSS IT: ULTA Double Duty Concealer

As you guys know, I am ALWAYS on the hunt for the worlds greatest concealer! So when ULTA was running a sale on their brand of makeup …of course, I had to give the concealer a run!

 

Description (From ULTA’s website)

Available in three shades

Experience an adaptable base that perfectly prepares eyes, fixes flaws and diminishes discoloration to revitalize and brighten eyes.

Powerful Peptides help banish bags and diminish under eye discoloration while a beneficial blend of Traditional Chinese Medicinal Herbs act in synergy to stimulate circulation, reduce blood and fluid accumulation, strengthen capillaries to decrease persistent puff.

Skin perfecting pigments enhance natural color and even skin tone while silica scatters light to create a soft focus effect minimizing imperfection

 

I cant say that I LOVED anything about this product, but here’s what I didn‘t hate:

Blends well

No creasing

Coverage is full

Unfortunately this product for me has more cons than pros. Here’s what I don’t like:

Packaging is TERIABLE. The metal roller ball is poorly constructed and doesn’t allow a sufficient flow of product.

 

 

Consistency is too drying making the skin around my eyes appear dry and aging. Even on my ultra oily skin!

Limited colors avaliable

While this product will not break the bank at $12.50 there are much better products on the market in this price point. Unfortunately for me this product is not a keeper.

TUTORIAL: MAC Blue Brown Pigment

 

FACE
-Revlon Photo Ready Foundation
-MAC Blush "Sweet As Coco"

 

EYES
-MAC Paint pot "Ground work"
-MAC e/s 'Shroom"
-MAC e/s "Texture"
-Maybilline Color Tattoo "Tenacious Teal"
-MAC e/s "Shadowy Lady"
-MAC e/s "Club"
-MAC pigmint "Blue Brown"
-ELF gel liner "Black"
-ELF naural Lashes

 

 

LIPS
-MAC lipliner "Cork"
-MAC lipstick

3 Ways to Wear White Nails

 This Season everywhere you look we spot this bright white nail polish, which I love. My friend joked that it looks like White Out, but it feels so fresh and modern for spring. Here are three ways to make this new trend work for you!

Go Short and Chic
Since white nails make a statement, this is a great option to downplay the color's boldness.

Try A Trendy Shape
If you want to go a little edgier, choose a long almond nail shape

Play It Up With Subtle Nail Art
The subtle addition of nail art will break up the white and really make the nail pop.

My Favorite White right now
China Glaze Avant Garden DANDY LYIN' AROUND   ($7), has a very soft shimmer for a playful take on the hue.


Photo Credits: Sephora, Essie

Dupe ALERT: MAC Blue Brown Pigmet

From the first time I laid eyes in the Wet N Wild Comfort Zone Pallet, I knew that the deep blue greenish color screamed familiarity, but I could put my finger on where I had seen the color before.

Well today,  while working on a blue and green eye tutorial (which will be up next week!) , it suddenly came to me…The blue green color from the Wet N’ Wild Comfort is an almost dead on Dupe for MAC Blue Brown Pigment!

　

Comfort Zone Pallet $4.99 (BTW its 40% off at RiteAide this week)

MAC pigment $21.00

 

Review: CoverGirl Outlast Stay Fab Foundation

 

When I purchased this product from ULTA and, it was literally love as first swipe. I wanted to write this review immediately after trying it, but that wouldn't be accurate or reliable. So, I waited. I tried it with different moisturizers underneath. I tried it with different concealers and setting powders. I just had to make sure that what I was experiencing wasn't a fluke. Before wildly raving about this product, I wanted to be absolutely certain that this product worked in all occasions. Now that I've put it through the most thorough testing that I can possibly give to a foundation. I am officially declaring this my new Holy Grail Foundation. Keep reading to find out why!

This foundation comes in

14 Shades. From the CoverGirl website:

All-in-one foundation with a long-lasting formula that fuses primer, concealer, and foundation in one easy step! The 3-in-1 formula provides a flawless look that lasts all day long. 

All day, longwear formula

Primer, concealer, and foundation in one

Smooth, flawless finish

I love, love, love that this product comes with a pump applicator.

Unlike other long-wear foundations, the consistency of this product is much lighter. It spreads easily across the skin, and you have a nice amount of time to blend before it sets. After it sets, you can still go back and build for more coverage without it becoming cakey. Reminds me of the Makeup Forever Matte Velvet Plus foundation but with only a fraction of the price tag.

Covergirl claims that this is a foundation and primer in once leading you to belive an additional primer was not needed. However, I did experience some oxidation with this product on its own. But once I added my normal primer with the foundation that was no longer an issue.

This product is my new Holy Grail foundation. If you're looking for true, all-day wear and excellent coverage, I would certainly considering giving this one a shot. I give it my highest recommendation.

My Nail Polish Collection and Storage

This video is done at the request of one of my lovely subscribers!

ULTA Gift With Purchase

 

ULTA is having the most amazing Gift with Purchase.  10-pc ULTA Set with any $19.50 purchase of ULTA Brand Cosmetics, Beauty Tools or skin care.

And I must say as Gifts with ppurchases go this is a pretty good one!

Keep It Or Toss It: Beauty Box 5 Review

Few things excite me more than knowing that waiting for me when I get home is a brand spanking new beauty subscription box! Each month a parade of about five or six beauty boxes grace my mail box. Yes, I have become addicted to beauty box subscriptions. So it was no surprise that I succumbed to the temptation of adding yet another box to my ever growing collection.

Enters Beauty Box five! At $12 dollars a month it is one of my more expensive subscriptions (Most of my subscriptions are under $10). There is no option to skip so with Beauty Box 5 its all or nothing.

Today I headed to the mailbox with that amazing feeling of anticipation knowing that inside my mail box would be a small tiffany blue box filled with beauty samples customized just for me!

First let me say shipping with BB5 was SLOW. It took three weeks from the time that I received my confirmation email to the time this baby arrived at my home. I am far too impatient for that.

Inside we find five products….

La Fresh Nail Polish Remover Wipes Retail: $3.99

Brazen Cosmetics Eye shadow: $7.49

Tree Hut Moisturizing lotion/Body Butter: Retail $6.49

H2O Plus Spa Sea Salt Body Wash Retail: $1700

H2o Plus Eyelift Concentrate Retail: $38.00

So far I am not impressed with BB5. I don’t think it was worth the $12, I have never heard of the brands and I am not too sure about the quality of the products. And I definitely don’t think it was worth the three week wait.

Sad to say but I don’t think BB5 will stay apart of my monthly Beauty Box Parade.

 

Beginner Looks: Soft Smokey Bronze Eye



Face:
-Clinque Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel
-ELF Mineralized Primer
-Revlon Color Stay Foundation
-Revlon Nearly Naked Pressed Powder
-MAC Select Cover “NW 40”
-NYX HD Concealer “CW08”
-MAC Blush “Mocha”

Eyes:-MAC Groundwork Paint Pot
-Maybelline Color Tattoo “Bronze”
-MAC Eye Shadow “Cork”
-MAC Eye Shadow “Kid”
-MAC Eye Shadow “Carbon”
-Urban Decay Eyeliner Pencil “Perversion”
-L’Oreal Illegal Lengths Black Mascara

Lips:-MAC Lipstick “Speed Dial”
-MAC Lipstick ‘Gaga 2”
-Bare Escentuals Buxxom Lip gloss “Pink Lady”

 
 

March Favorites

It’s the beginning of the month which means its time for monthly favorites!!! I can not believe it’s April already! This year is going by way too fast. But none the less I am happy Spring is finally here!!!

March Favorites
-Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream
-Revlon Nearly Naked Pressed Powder
-MAC cream Blush "Florida"
-True Blue Spa Paraffin Hand Lotion
-Nail Tex Ridge filling Base Coat
-Maybelline Illegal lengths Mascara
-NYX Mega Shine Lip gloss "Beige"
-NYX HD Concealer
-Revlon Lip Butter "Cream Brulee"

NOTD: Orange Cream

 

Essie Set in Stone

Sinful Color professionals Cream Orange

Top 10 Spring Nail Polishes

Okay, I think there’s a possibility that I am experiencing what some refer to as “spring fever”. It’s hard not to feel the fresh new aura of spring with new buds on trees, grass starting to green up, and the warmer temperatures we’ve been having!

So today I will be sharing with you beauties my favorite spring colors!
 

 

 

 

Get Ready With Me

Products Used

Face:-Clinque Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel
-ELF Mineralized Primer
-Revlon Nearly Naked Foundation
-Revlon Nearly Naked Pressed Powder
-MAC Select Cover “NW 40”
-NYX HD Concealer “CW08”
-MAC Blush “Pink Swoon”

Eyes:-MAC Groundwork Paint Pot
-MAC Eye Shadow “Atlantic Blue”
-Urban Decay Naked Basics Pallet “Naked 2” and “Faint”
-ELF Gel Liner in Black
-L’Oreal Voluminous False Fiber Lash Black Mascara

Lips:-NYX Lip gloss “Beige”

Brushes:-MAC 239 Brush
-MAC 217 Brush 
-Essence of Beauty Crease Brush Duo
-MAC 168 Brush
-Sonia Kashuk Angled Liner Brush

Music:Esta-“Falling in Love”

　

　

　

QUICK REVIEW: Maybelline Baby Lips

I have a major obsession with lip products! If you saw yesterdays “What’s In My Purse” post you saw that I have at least five lip products in my bag at any given time! I know, I might need an intervention. So as soon as Maybelline released their Baby Lips line, I knew it would be love at first use! As a woman with fuller lips I am often times reluctant to wear full color lip products. And sometimes I just don’t want anything as glossy as a gloss.

Baby Lips leaves your lips feeling moisturized and smooth all while giving you a hint of color. Some of the shades have a heavier tint while others are strictly for moisture. I could not be happier with the product.

 

Whats in My Purse?

I love to watch all the “What’s in My Purse” videos that are all over YouTube, mostly because I am nosy but also because I find it interesting. I love to see what other girls cant leave the house without, weird I know, but hey what can I say? So today I am going to show you all what’s in my purse.

Disclaimer: I considered cleaning my purse before doing this post but I decided it would be more fun to just dive right it, but I must warn you, deep down in side I am totally a hoarder!

So here we go, lets take a look inside my purse and see just how serious my problem really is!

The bag I am currently carrying is the Penthouse bag from JustFab. If you remember I did a full review on this bag a few post back as well as on my YouTube channel Saprina D tv, If your interested be sure to check it out!

Everyday I hoard around with me;

2 pairs of sun glasses

2 note pads (one for My Youtube/Blog and one for my Home Managment)

My phone

Keys

6...yes 6 lip products (Dont judge the madness)

A compact for touch ups

Bobby Pins

My nook

A spare charger, because I am a freak who is afraid of my battery dying

Ear buds

A nail file and nail polish

A lint roller

An airline boarding pass (Not sure why I still have it, its the hoarder in me)

Hand lotion

Check book

Old mail

I am not sure why but it seems the larger my bag the more crap I seem to toss inside it.

 

Wet N' Wild Smokey Green Eyes

Face:
-ELF Mineralized Primer

-Revlon Color Stay Foundation

-NARS loose powder

-NYX Blush “Cinnamon”

Eyes:

-MAC Groundwork Paint Pot

-Wet N’ Wild Palette “Comfort Zone”

-NYX Eye Shadow “Saddle” (Anything close to your own skin tone)

-ELF Gel Liner in Black

-L’Oreal Voluminous False Fiber Lash Black Mascara

Lips:
-MAC Lip gloss “C-Thu You”

Brushes:
-MAC 239 Brush

-MAC 217 Brush
-Essence of Beauty Crease Brush

-MAC 168 Brush

-Sonia Kashuk Angled Liner Brush

My Basic Foundation Routine

Hello beauties! I wanted to make a video to show my basic foundation routine. This is my routine for when I want to look a little more polished, special occasions, or for a night out. This is not my everyday routine. Most days I wear very minimal foundation or a tinted moisturizer because even though full face make-up looks great, its also important to allow your skin to breath now and then J

And most important, you can apply all the makeup in the world but you need to start with a good canvas which means eating right, drinking lots of water and taking care of your skin. This is the most important! Makeup then just comes in to enhance your beauty.

Products info: (order of use)
-Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel
-Elf Mineralized primer
-Revlon Color Stay (Rich Ginger)
-Revlon Naked (Mahogany)
-MAC Select Cover up (NW 40)
-MAC blush (Blunt)
-Nars Loose Powder (Mountain)
-Urban Decay De-Slick setting Spray

 

Tools
-Sonia Kashuk Blending sponge
-ELF concealer brush
-MAC 109 Small Contour brush

 

JustFab Review-My first order

I recently discovered a great new web site called JustFab! Ya’ll know I love my subscription sites! Just Fab is a fashion subscription site with the option to skip months anytime. They have a great selection, competitive prices and best of all Free Shipping…as much as I love online shopping, I hate paying for shipping!

I recently placed my first order and I am very happy with it.

 The Naples Shoe...I used my 50% off so I paid $19.95

 

ThePenthouse bag $39.95

 

50% off your first purchase. http://www.justfab.com/invite/11521570/

Be sure to check out my you tube review of my first order!

 

 

SaprinaD tv is Born

So I finally did it, I finally ventured off into the world of YouTube. I have wanted to start my own YouTube channel for a really long time, but it just never seemed like the right time, well I decided its never going to be the right time and I might as well just do it! So that's what I spent yesterday doing!

Let me tell you I had no idea making videos was so much work! I spent my entire Sunday recording and editing. I have a whole new level of respect for all the Gurus out their. But after much blood sweat and tears, SaprinaD tv was born! It's is finally up! This morning I posted my first video. Its just a simple introduction video, but I am super excited about it none the less.

I have two more videos in the work and plan to have at least one of them up this week. If there’s any topics or tutorials that you guys want to see let me know and Be sure to check out Saprina D tv and tell me what you think!

Ipsy March Glam Bag Review

Some girls like flowers or candies delivered to their doors. Me, I like beauty boxes! There's something magical about a package arriving in the mail stocked with teeny-tiny products that makes me feel like it's my birthday, once every month. This review will be for my March Ipsy Glam bag.

This months theme was The Great Escape.

It was supposed to be filled with travel friendly items. I thought the theme was executed well.

Lets start with the good; I loved this months bag. Up until now all of my bags have been solid colors. The blue and white nautical print was super cute and just right for spring break!

Lets move on to what’s inside…

 

 

Juice Beauty Hydrating Mist: This is a good size mist that is great for hydrating your skin when it's warm outside. The bottle I received is 1 oz. The full size is 6.75 oz.
This contains rosehip, ylang ylang, grapeseed oil and antioxidant rich organic juices.
The full size retails for $22. The value of this is ~$3.50.

L.A. Fresh Travel-lite Makeup Remover wipes.
Cool. I can always use some make-up remover wipes. These come with 8 in a travel pack. They are supposed to dissolve even heavy duty makeup. I haven’t used them yet, I plan on taking them on vacation with me at the end of the month.
These retail for $1.99

Yaby Eye shadow refill
This is a brand I've never heard of before, and these are the tiniest eye shadows.
I received an Emerald Green shade called So Vein as well as a beige shade called Sand. Unfortunately, the eye shadows aren't that pigmented and are actually kind of chalky. I can work with them though. A good primer may help.
Dune. Full size eye shadows are 3 grams and retail for $3.15.

Glamrx Mini Freestyle Palette
Love this! It's a cute palette that you can add little eye shadows/blushes etc. Having so many monthly subscriptions I have a fair share of sample shadows, this little pallet is perfect for storing them! It will also be great for storing a single blush from my blush pallets when I travel.


The Verdict:
There were definitely some hits and misses in this bag. Up until now Ipsy has not disappointed, but this months bag was just ok. Honestly, I don't expect this company to please everyone all the time. It's impossible.

Overall I’d guess this months bag was worth about $19.