All Gone! - Products I've Used Up

Hey guys! I'm back again with another beauty empties post. The last one of these I did was back in February. If you wanna check that one out, I'll put the link here. If you've never seen an empties video on YouTube or read an empties blog post, it's basically just me tell you what products I've used up and how I liked them. Let's get started!

Equate Makeup Remover Cleansing Towelettes
As you guys know, I'm an avid makeup user. So I'm constantly going through makeup wipes. I picked these up one day while shopping at Wal-Mart, mainly because every time I buy new wipes, I try a different brand. These are super cheap! They retail for less than 4$ and you get 40 wipes, which is insane. That being said, I liked these pretty well. The size of the actual cloth covers my face, and they take off just about everything. I don't remember them being super wet, but that wasn't a big deal to me because they did what they were supposed to do.
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La Fresh Eco-Beauty Oil-Free Face Cleanser Wipes
Like I said before, I go through a lot of makeup wipes. These I got a while ago in an Ipsy bag. They smell like heaven. They have a really nice scent. You can get them in a variety of sizes, ranging from a 10 pack up to a 75 pack. They're prices pretty well, too, especially for a natural beauty product. 
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[]Pass [x]Buy

Clean & Clear Essentials Deep Cleaning Astringent
Whoa baby! This stuff kicks oils ass! It will literally take anything off of your face, neck, and body. When you think you have a really clean face, think again. Use this after you wash and you will see a buttload of dirt, oil, and dead skin come off. No Joke. A+ product!
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[]Pass [x]Buy

Anastasia Beverly Hills Clear Brow Gel
I don't even think I have to say anything about this. I'm sure everyone knows how amazing her brow products are. I got this about a year ago in an Ipsy bag. At the time I wasn't as into shaping my brows as I am now, but I would use this occasionally to hold them in place. They didn't budge. I desperately need to pick up some more!
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[]Pass [x]Buy

Only four products this time, but I really don't use up things very often and I hate hoarding too many, haha. Until next time...

Kiss, Kiss.
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Then & Now!: A Nailart Recreation Pictorial

Hey guys. Welcome back! Today I've got a pictorial for you on a really basic design that I first did about 16 months ago. I've seen a lot of "then & now" posts on IG lately, so I decided I should do one myself just to see how much I've improved. So let's get started.

Supplies:
Base Coat
Dusty Purple Polish
Olive Green Polish
Black Polish
Dotting Tool
Top Coat

Step 1: Apply your favorite base coat to all of your nails.

Step 2: Paint all of your nails, except your ring finger, with 2 coats of the dusty purple polish. On your ring finger, use the olive green color.

Step 3: Using your dotting tool (or a toothpick or a bobbypin), make irregular spots on the outside edge of your middle and pinky finger nails with the green polish. Make green spots over the entirety of your thumb nail.

Step 4: With a slightly smaller dotting tool, dot around the edges of the green spots you just made, to make a leopard print pattern. Use the black nail polish for this.

Step 5: Apply your favorite top coat to all of your nails.

Step 6: Clean up any excess polish around the nail, and apply cuticle oil, if you'd like.

For comparison, here is what this mani looked like the first time I did it.

I think I've made a bit of progress, haha. Thanks for stopping by. If you like post like this, please share, or leave me comments down below if there are any specific designs or post ideas you'd like me to do.

Kiss, Kiss.
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Target Beauty Box March 2014

Occasionally, Target will have a beauty box listed on their website. I haven't seen one in a while. This one, I only caught because someone had posted a video about it on YouTube. Being me, I had to purchase one since they were only 5$! The box included 5 products, 2 of which were full size, and the other 3 being deluxe sample/travel size.

When the box arrived in the mail, it just came wrapped in plastic with a mailing label on the top. I took that off so you can see the box by itself. You can take the sleeve off and just have a plain white box to store things in. It's pretty sturdy. The contents come wrapped in red tissue paper.

The box came with a card detailing what was inside. It also came with a Target coupon as well as coupon codes to a few online stores! SCORE!

I immediately gravitated towards the lipgloss. It's the Covergirl Lipslicks Smoochies in the shade Date Night. The gloss is in a squeeze tube. Slightly problematic, but not awful. It smells like a dream though! It does have glitter flakes, but they aren't chunky or bothersome on the lips. The lipgloss isn't super sticky, either. It has a bit of tackiness to it, but that makes it last longer to me.

The next thing I pulled out is the Herbal Essenses Naked Dry Shampoo. I have never used this before. I have used dry shampoo, just not this brand. It won't get a whole lot of use until it gets really hot outside. I'm glad I have it though.

Up next is the Toni & Guy Casual Sea Salt Texturising Spray. I love love love texturizing sprays! I got one in an Ipsy bag a while back and fell in love. I love using these to set my curls since my hair is so soft and doesn't hold a curl well. It smells good and comes with a standard spray cap. I can't argue with that.

I also got the L'Oreal Voluminous Butterfly Mascara. I've been wanting to try this out since it came out just to see about the want. I love different mascara wands and seeing how the application differs. I haven't opened this yet, though, since I have like 9 other open mascaras.

Lastly, is the Jergens BB Body Cream in Light. I've seen this all over the place lately, and I was never going to purchase it. It just isn't a product that appeals to me. But since I have it, I'll use it. I'll just end up using it as a hand cream.

Price Summary:
Smoochies - 5.00
Dry Shampoo - 1.73
Texture Spray - 4.99
Mascara - 7.99
BB Lotion - 3.20
Total: 22.91

I paid 5$ plus tax for this beauty box and got 23$ worth of products! I'd say that was a win!

Kiss, Kiss.
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March 2014 Nail Recap!

March is already over! 2014 is is FLYING by! This month was pretty cool for me. I dropped down to just 1 job. My mom, great grandmother, and grandma-in-law all had birthdays this month. And I started my own Mary Kay Business! My nail art game has been lacking a bit, but I'll show you what I did anyway.

SWATCHES

Wet N Wild "I Need A Refeshmint"

Chinaglaze "Fade Into Hue"

LA Colors "White"

MANIS

OTHER

That's everything guys! If you want to see all my nails as I post them, be sure to follow me on Instagram.

Kiss, Kiss.

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March 2014 Starlooks Starbox

I'm so glad I put of the last up my Starlooks Loyalty Rewards purchase last week, because a few days after I did, I got my March Starbox in the mail! This month's box was curated by Ashley Hackman. She has a Youtube channel that you can check out, as well. I've been subscribed to her channel for a little over a month now, and she broke the news a few weeks ago that she was going the be featured in this month's box.

This month's physical box was different from the usual Starbox boxes. This month it was black with red lettering. The entire layout of the front was different. Usually the box cover is really simple. I've never gotten a special edition Starbox before, so this was new for me.

Inside, there is always a card detailing what comes in the box and a look using the contents. This month, the look was very classic and neutral. Starbox has started giving out different things in their boxes, like if you got a liptsick, you could have gotten 1 of 3 shades. For this box, since it's special edition I assume, everyone got the same thing.

There were three items included for this month, but no extra. Bummer. I've come to enjoy the little extras they give us.

The first item to come out of the box was a lipstick in the shade Boss. The site says it has a satin finish. It's a very bold, bright, orangey red with a tiny bit of shimmer. I don't have a swatch of it, because I don't like red lipstick so I'm giving it to a friend. I considered keeping it for the packaging alone. It has Ashley's name on the side in a cute cursive font. All three products have specially made packaging this month.

Because red lipsticks tend to run or feather and are generally hard to keep on your lips, a lip liner was also included in this month's box. The color is Cherry Cedar, which is a rusty, dark cherry. This I am keeping. I put it on and wore it with a nude lipstick I had that tends to wash me out. It made the color more of a mauvey nude, which I liked.

You can't rock a red lip without black eyeliner. We got the Longwear Eyeliner Pot in the color Black Hole, which is, you guessed it, a black cream liner. It goes on glossy, but dries down to a matte finish. It does not move once it sets, either.

Baby girl wanted to do her own swatch, lol.

The total retail value for the March Starlooks Starbox was 37$. Any single item almost pays for the price of the box. If you'd like to see what Starbox has to offer before you decide to subscribe, here are links for the February Starbox and the things I got from my Loyalty Rewards (Part 1 & Part 2). Come back and see me!

Kiss, Kiss.
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Starbox Loyalty Rewards Part 2

And I'm finally getting around to posting Part 2 of my Starlooks Loyalty Rewards purchase! As you saw in Part 1, I got the July 2013 Starbox. Well, for the second part, I got the November 2013 Starbox! Like I said in my previous post, when you subscribe to Starbox and get your box 3 months in a row, you qualify for a 35$ Loyalty Reward. If you'd like to subscribe to Starbox, I would really appreciate it if you used my referral link.

The November Box came with 3 full size products and the little bonus product that we always get.

First, I saw the brush! I love getting brushes in subscription boxes. They're usually really high quality, too. The brush that came in this box is their Slanted Liner 824 brush. The bristles are nice and dense, but still really soft. On their site, this brush retails for 18$.

Next thing I pulled out was the smaller box. It contained another eyeliner! This time the shade is Orion. It's a gorgeous bold blue with a tiny bit of shimmer. Their liners retail for 13$.

Last in this box, was another thing I've been lusting after. I got another 5 Shadow Palette! This time I got it in the color Monaco. This palette has some really gorgeous shadows in it. The ones I'm most excited about are the matte dark blue and the matte bright orange. These go for 41$.

I should be getting my March Starbox sometime soon, so come back and see what's in it!

Kiss, Kiss.

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