My Makeup Do's!

When I was doing a post on makeup don'ts, I asked my friends what they thought. It was funny how different our opinions were. I think we had a twenty minute conversation on appropriate eyeliner. So, I decided we should come up with our makeup do's. These were mine...

Do try blue eyeshadow!

If your afraid of the crazy neon blues try navy. Navy is very wearable! I always beg my friends to try color!

Do Try A Red Lip

I love wearing a fresh clean face with a red lip. I don't think lipstick is only for special occasions. I will wear it to the grocery store! It makes my teeth feel whiter too.

Do Wear Fake Eyelashes

I don't like the thick, crazy ones with colors and glitter. I love a natural, romantic look. Sometimes I will even cut the ends and just use them.

Do you have any makeup Do's or don'ts?
This is the link to my makeup don'ts :
http://thebeautyfreakjah.blogspot.com/2011/07/five-makeup-donts.html

Trend I love: Hippie Headband

I love hair accessories! I don't like to wear the same hairstyle everyday, and accessories are a great way to switch it up. What do you guys think of the hippie hairbands?

Favorite Products for Pool Days!

I have been at the beach for the past few days! I tried out a few new things while I was there, and I loved them all.

1.) Aveeno Sun Screen for Faces

I am a firm believer in protecting my skin from the sun, and my skin breaks out very easily. It was very hard for me to find a sun screen that worked for me. It is oil free, and my skin doesn't get greasy. No break outs at the beach for me anymore!

2.) SPF for Lips

A lot of people don't realize that your lips can be damaged from the sun. My lips also get very dry from the beach weather. This lip balm did wonders for my lips. It kept them protected, and they never dried out.

3.) Sun Hair Lightener

My roots come in darker and darker every year. I found this at Walmart and decided to give it a try. When I would get out of the pool I would spray this on my roots and lay out for a while. I couldn't believe how well it worked! My roots were blonder than the rest of my hair!

Self Tanner Lotion Reviews!

I have the whitest skin. It's almost glow in the dark! As much as I would love to be tan, I refuse to use tanning beds for the obvious reasons. All of the spray tan products I've tried had two different results: orange skin or streaky skin. I decided to try self tanning lotions, and these are my results.

Jergens Natural Glow Daily Moisturizer

This product comes in two shades: fair to medium and medium to dark. It is a white color like a regular moisturizer, but the smell tells you otherwise. It's not bad at first, but it sneaks up on you. I used to put it on at night before bed, and I had to smell myself all night. Not a fan of the smell. I also feel like it took a while for me to notice a difference in my skin tone. On the plus side, it never streaked or looked orange! It does give you a glow when you use it as well!

Price: $8.79

The smell by itself knocked off a whole star. Haha, but seriously I was a little disappointed the first week I used it. I eventually got some results, but it took a little while.

Banana Boat Summer Color Self-Tanning Lotion

This lotion comes in two different shades, light medium and deep dark. As soon as it comes out of the tube it is already a beautiful bronze color. I love how it gives you a more tanned look immediately. It also has a nice tanning lotion smell to it. It is oil free. I never got any streaks or orange color. If you continue to use this product on a regular basis you will see results! I use the light medium, but a friend of mine uses the dark and swears she gets faster results. It does take some time to see a HUGE difference.

Price:  $7.09

This one is defenitly my favorite. It makes me feel tanner every time I use it! It still takes a little time to see a big change in skin tone though.

Five Products I Regret Buying!

There are plenty of products I would get so excited about that turned out to be busts! These are just a few that angered me in the last month!

1.) Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse Foundation

When I first used the Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse foundation I felt like I had just applied a mask. It was thick, and I felt like I had just frosted my face like a cake! I decided I would give it a fair chance though. This product is a pore clogging monster! It was left to rot in my makeup drawer. I recently had a dry skin problem and decided to try it again during this time. It highlighted every dry patch I had on my face. I heard it wasn't going to be made anymore, and I will not miss it!

2.) Maybelline Eyestudio Gel Liner

I have used liquid liner and pencil liner, but I had never tried gel liner. The next time I was makeup shopping I saw this little tub and decided to give it a try. Well, I was going out with friends one night and decided to create a cat eye look. It did great, and I was excited I could use gel liner. Halfway through the night a friend told me to look in the mirror. I had RACCOON eyes! It had smeared all over my upper eyelid. Well I continued to use it fixing it in place with primer and powder. A week after I bought it this little tube was dried out!! Not worth it! On the plus side, I like the brush it came with.

3.) Neutrogena Acne Stress Control Astringent

One word for this product, STICKY! I want my face to feel clean when it's washed. Not to mention I stuck with it for a little while and saw no results at all. I normally love, love, love Neautrogena's products. Not this time.

4.) Hard Candy Baked Eyeshadow

Let me start off by saying this product has great pigment for a drugstore eyeshadow. Now, I will finish by saying if they packaged it better I might have been able to use mine. It sticks out of the pan like a bubble, and the day I bought it broke of the pan. Then it split right down the middle between the two colors. I tried to use it anyway, but I wasn't able to resurrect it.

5.) Covergirl Mineral Sheers Blush

Another product with great color pigment and wrong packaging. When I would try to use it I would have dark spots of blush on my cheeks because I couldn't distribute it evenly. It would come out of the center of the brush, and I would have the hardest time blending the color. I now prefer my brush and blush separate. I did crack mine open and store the blush powder in an empty tub.

Disagree? Or do you have any purchases you regret?

How to Get Super Curls!

I love bouncey curls! It sorda reminds me of Taylor Swift's hair. It always makes me feel super girly.

I always use my Chi Iron Guard before I using any type of heat on my hair. It protects my hair and keeps me from getting split ends. One bottle has lasted for a long time too.

This is the tool that makes the magic happen! This is the Conair Infiniti curler. It has a small barrel that is perfect for creating ringlet curls. I just twist my hair around the barrel starting from top to bottom. It can go up all the way to 400 degrees, but I use it on the lowest heat setting. My curls always hold. I got mine from Sally Beauty Supply for only $40.00. Anything with a small barrel will do the job though. I don't like for mine to have a clamp either. It makes funny lines on my hair!

Youtube Tutorial Anyone?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3KVOe5p7qI

Candy Makeup: Chocolate!

I decided to start a series of makeup inspired by candy. Of course chocolate is my favorite! My camera really didn't pick up how dark and creamy my makeup was, but I figured why not show it anyway? And it's very wearable!

These are the products I used:

First, I used Urban Decay Primer Potion in Eden all over my lids. I used the darkest, chocolate shades in my Elf Beauty Encyclopedia (The bottom Row). I used the lightest color to cover my entire lids. Then I used  the darker ones in the creases and outer corners. To line my lids I used Maybelline Unstoppable Eyeliner in the color Cinnabar. Then I used Covergirl Lash Blast Fusion in blackbrown on my eyelashes.

Next, I used Bare Minerals Bronzer Warmth all over my cheek bones.

I used Maybelline Colorsensational lipstick in Bronzer Beam. These lipsticks feel so moisturizing!