Miss Jessie's Sample Pots

Curly Pudding, Rapid Recovery Treatment, Curly Meringue

In my search for the best curly hair product of all time, I hauled some sample sizes of Miss Jessie's products. I got two hair styling balms, the Curly Pudding (left) and the Curly Meringue (right). I also purchased a small jar of the Rapid Recovery Treatment (middle). A full size Miss Jessie's product costs about 20 to 30 dollars so I wanted to try out a few before I bought the full size. The little sample jars range from 7 to 9 dollars. Three sample jars costs about the same amount as one full size product. 

Curly Pudding

Rapid Repair Treatment

Curly Meringue

Each of the small sample jars contains 2 oz worth of product. Depending on how much hair you have, the jars worth could last you a few weeks. When I have thoroughly used and tried each of the products I will do a full review of all of them. You can find Miss Jessie's at Ricky's NYC and Target.

Back To School Makeup #2

Eyes

1.  Prime lids with a primer (Urban Decay Primer Potion is my favorite)
2. With a fluffy shader brush apply the creamy vanilla color all over the lid. You can go up on to the crease and brow bone
3. With a crease brush apply the medium brown color to the outer corner and lightly blend into the crease
4. Line the upper lash line with the darkest brown using an angled eyeliner brush
5. Apply Mascara with Covergirl's Clump Crusher

Face

1. Using Covergirl + Olay Concealer Balm Stick conceal any redness around the nose and mouth areas. Also apply this under the eyes, and on any blemishes or dark spots. 
2. Set the concealer with Rimmel's Stay Matte Powder. Concentrate on the under eye area to prevent creasing.
3. Rub Maybellines Dream Bouncey Blush in Satin Peach on the apples yours cheeks using your fingers
4. Swipe Maybelline's Color Whisper over your lips in Lust For Blush

Cosmetic Ban September 2013

Over the past month or so I have been buying a lot of cosmetics for back to school season and I need to take a break. So for 1 month I am doing a cosmetic purchase ban. That is right, 30 days, no spending money on cosmetics (unless it is to replace an essential something that I'm out of). So for the whole month of September no more purchasing, which really sucks because drugstores are coming out with fall collections. Hopefully this ban will inspire me to take more face of the day photos, and photographing tutorials.

September goals:

• school bag/purse makeup pouch essentials 
• neutral eye tutorials 
• whats in my shower
• makeup storage
• 5 minuet makeup tutorial  

Those are my goals for September lets see which ones actually happen.

FOTD 8/25/13

 

Eyes

• Covergirl Clump Crusher Mascara (brown) 
• NYX The Curve Liner (black)
• Urban Decay Primer Potion in Eden
• Mac Paint Pot in Painterly 
• NYC Sparkle Eye Dust in Pink Topaz (881) 

 Face

• Revlon Color Stay Foundation (normal/dry skin) in Buff
• NYX blush in Dusty Rose
• Kiko Compact Mineral Powder in 100
• Mac Mineralize Skinfinish in Soft and Gentle

 

NYX The Curve Liner (review)

I was recently given a gift and it was the NYX The Curve Liner. The Curve Liner is your average liquid liner but, hold on it has a HUGE handle. The thing that sets this liner apart from other liners is the special handle. The Curve liner is designed to make application easier by giving you a steady hand and grip.

 

I Love Bows

Shea Mositure Coconut & Hibiscus Curl & Shine Shampoo (review)

I usually don't use traditional shampoo to wash my hair, I like to co-wash with conditioner. I wanted to start using and trying out cleansing creams and sulfate free shampoos. With that in mind I went to the drugstore a while back and I purchase Shea Moisture Coconut & Hibiscus shampoo. Shea Moisture is a great brand I love their Coconut and Hibiscus Curl & Style Milk, so I figured that I would like their shampoo. The shampoo is no sulfates, parabens, phthalates, paraffin, gluten, propylene glycol, mineral oil, synthetic fragrance, PABA, synthetic color, DEA, animal testing. Basically this stuff has no bad stuff in it, and is advertised on the packaging to be THE BOMB.