Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless Foundation Review

Hey Beauties! I have been testing out several new products lately and decided to give my full and honest review of the NEW! Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless Foundation. I am a fan of the original Fit Me foundation, so I was rather excited to test out the matte version. It's even better than the original!

 CLAIMS:


Mattifies

Erases pores

Matches natural skin tone

Tone & texture fitting

The Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless Foundation has 12 shades. I used shade 115 ivory. It's light to medium coverage and can be buildable. For me personally the shade was a perfect match for my skin tone. I dabbed a very small amount all over my face and buffed it into my skin with the Real Techniques Expert Face Brush in a circular motion. Afterwards, I dabbed a damp Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge and patted gently all over my face for a seamless application. The foundation does become a very nice matte finish within minutes of the application. I also noticed a visible reduction of my pores (hey! we all have pores, I don't care who you are!) while having the foundation on my skin. It also evened out my skin tone and texture. I think the claims were pretty accurate. Overall, this foundation will stay in place between 7 and 10 hours depending on your activity. The price ranges anywhere between $6.99 - $8.99 depending on where you purchase it. I will purchase again, very happy with this product.


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Garnier Moisture Rescue Refresh Gel-Cream Review

It's Winter and during this season I have dry skin. Therefore, I have been on the hunt for good lightweight face moisturizer for dry skin. About a month ago I happen to come across Garnier Moisture Rescue Refresh Gel-Cream. I was a little hesitate about the purchase because in the past I haven't been the biggest fan of the brand. This product has 2 gel-creams, one for normal to combination skin and one for dry skin. I used the product (for dry skin) for about a month now and I can honestly say I'm pleased.

Garnier claims: the product captures the power of Antioxidant Fruit Water. Together with skin-healthy humectants that resemble skin's natural water-binding functions, this refreshing gel-cream, helps replenish skin's moisture reserves for 24 hours and helps defend skin from external aggressors. This ultra-lightweight, oil-free gel-cream contains 2X more moisturizing agents than Garnier's Moisture Rescue Refreshing Gel-Cream for Normal Skin. Dermatologist tested for safety. 100% oil-free. Non comedogenic, won't clog pores. Gentle to skin.

 The packaging comes in a round glass container. It has 1.7 oz, which is the standard amount for most moisturizers. The gel formula is water based so the first application it feels like a cool cup of water has been applied to your face. The formula absorbs easily without leaving behind an oily hot mess or shininess. The only downside it contains a lot of alcohol. It really should strip and dry out my skin, but it doesn't. Alcohol doesn’t do skin any favors particularly in regards to aging. I know I shouldn't like it because of the alcohol content, but it works. It keeps my face soft and hydrated!

Have any of you tried it?
What's your thoughts on it?

NEW! Jordana Modern Matte Lipsticks

Hello beauty loves! Have any of you come across the NEW Jordana modern matte lipsticks? I have and let me tell you how freaking much I love these! I found these at my local Walgreens ($2.49). I purchased 2 out of 12 colors, Classy (mauve nude) and Tease (pink nude).

There is a range of nudes, pinks, reds, and a purple color. The colors are pigmented, but you do have to apply the color three to four times to get the pigmentation you like. When you wear it the first time the lipstick can be tugging on your lips, but after the top layer is off the lipsticks are smooth sailing. They can be drying just like any other matte lipsticks. After all, matte lipsticks are well known for being drying on lips. I applied Vaseline to my lips before applying the lipsticks and with that process I didn't have problems with my lips drying out. The packaging is plastic. It's not a cheap plastic as NYC or Wet n Wild lipstick packages are. It's a very tuff plastic, which I was very impressed with, especially given the price. The tube even clicks when the product goes back down. I will definitely be buying more colors. Heck, why not for the price!!

Foundation Matching! Help!

For the longest time I have had difficulty finding foundations matching my skin tone. The foundation color went two ways for me, a skin tone one shade too light or a skin tone one shade too dark. It's much harder finding the drugstore foundation shade matching perfectly because you don't have tester nor do you have a cosmetic specialist who can help match you verses going to Macys, Sephora, and so forth. So a couple years ago I went to Macys and got matched for a foundation. I love the high end foundations, but I also wanted drugstore brands too, after all they were cheaper at the drugstore. I did research on the internet and came across a site specifically for foundation matching. Findation is a great site to help with matching. You need to be most accurate with your matches, so I suggest for you to go get matched for one or possibly two foundations (for more results). Then once you do that go to the site and type in your foundation/s you were matched at the store for and a list of foundations and the color you are for the brand will appear. It is a pretty accurate site. Most of the time it has given me accurate matches for my skin tone. I always refer back to Findation.

TURBIE TWISTS!

Hey beauty lovers! I picked up a new product at my locate CVS. Well, the product has been out for a long time, but this was the first time I came across it, so it's new to me.

CVS had a deal on Turbie Twists (buy 1 get 1 free) averaging out ($5.99).  This product also came with a shower comb, BONUS! If any of you haven't heard of this product ( I'm sure many of you have) it's a super absorbent hair towel that absorbs excess water. The hair towel is lightweight verses using a regular heavy on your head bulky bath towel. It has a twist and loop system which makes the towel keep hair in place.

I think it's perfect for those of you who have textured or naturally frizzy hair. I tested it out yesterday and I have to say I love it. I squeezed my freshly shamp'd hair to get rid of excess water. I left the turbie twist on my head for 30 minutes. There was moisture on the sides of the towel. Overall, it did a great job! It dried my semi-short hair well.

My hair type is naturally frizzy and I have out of this world volume (thanks Dad for my volume!). After I took the towel off and combed my hair I noticed I didn't have much frizz, then today I noticed even more there was a lack of frizz! I didn't need to straighten my hair which saved me time! I so give this product an A. I love it!

Beauty Radar

Hello beauty lovers! I have been on the search for new Spring 2015 collections and I came across one of my favorites beauty brands of all time! Lorac! Lorac Unzipped palette has been out for some time. The eye shadow palette is mostly rose tones. Well lovers, Lorac is coming out with another unzipped palette! Gold tones. The launch date is set for January 15th and yes I will be buying!! The price will be $42. They are also bringing out an unzipped cheek palette. The cheek palette will come as a set with one of their signature Alter Ego lipsticks. There is no exact date for the launch of the cheek set as I know of. The cheek set will be $30. The unzipped palette and unzipped cheek set will be available on Lorac website and Ulta. I can't wait until I get these babies! I will definitely be doing reviews on these!

Profusion Bare Palette Review

I was in Walgreens a few days ago to see if there were any Spring 2015 collections out yet, which there were! Well, I came across a shelf of clearance items and people the closest to me knows how I love to shop for bargains. The Profusion palette was eyeing me saying "buy me buy me!" haha

The Profusion Bare palette was originally $5 and with the clearance sale it rang up to be just $2.50! Now really who can pass on that steal of a deal? Not me! Even though there was a small percentage of hesitation because a lot of products super cheap have problems with pigmentation, fallout, creasing and so forth. Even so, I honestly can say I am very surprised! The palette comes with 10 eye shadows, 4 mattes and 6 shimmers. Plus, an eyeliner pencil.

                                                                 Without primer

                                                                     With primer

                                                                 Without primer

                                                                    With primer

As you can tell, the pigmentation is decent and after applying primer the shadows popped out!. The mattes did lack color, but can be buildable and best suited for brow highlight. There was fallout with 1 shade (darkest shade on the right side of the palette), not by much. The shadows had no problem with blending or creasing issues. The longevity of the shadows was superb for the price I paid. I put the shadows on at 8am and by 4pm they were still intact. They didn't wear off. I'm very pleased!

If you would like to purchase there may still be a few left in your local Walgreens. Profusion has over palettes similar to this one o their website.
http://www.profusioncosmetics.com/makeup/eyes/perfect-10-quilted.html