E.L.F Essential Lipstick Review!

Hello everyone!

I hope you're all enjoying the summer weather that's finally here (at least where I live on the East Coast anyway)!

Today I reviewing E.L.F's Essential lipsticks! These are $1 a piece and come in a good range of colors! I picked up three pretty coral/pink/red shades that are perfect for summer. These lipsticks are super creamy and have great color payoff :)

Also, they all kind of smell like fruit punch, which is a good alternative to the crappy makeup smell many lipsticks have!

First up is the shade Seductive. This is a beautiful bright coral and has the best formula of all them!

It's thick, creamy and once it sets, it doesn't budge! It's the perfect shade for the summer weather and I've gotten tons of compliments on it! Also, it suits so many skin tones! It suited my winter skin and is also working nicely with my summer tan!

Next up is the shade Charming. This color is a mix of a dark rose and coral creating the perfect pinkish red shade! 

This color is perfect for a fun summer makeup look. I wear this when I'm going out for lunch and other casual outings. I wore this color when I went grocery shopping the other day and the woman at checkout complemented me on it, so that was nice!

The last color I have is Posh. This is a nice red shade that isn't super bright or super dark. 

Basically it's not an intimidating color which once again, makes it nice for casual settings or if you do a more intense eye look for a date or something, it would work for that as well!

Like most red and darker lipstick colors, this color does bleed so a lip liner is a must! Speaking of lip liners have any of you tried clear lip liner?

Let me know in the comments if you have!

Okay, those were my thoughts on ELF's Essential Lipsticks! These are very good lipsticks for people easing their way into makeup, and are also good for people who love lipstick and want to add to their collection! As always feel free to find me on social media, especially FACEBOOK where I'm hosting a giveaway at 100 followers! (Hint, hint!) 

Xoxo,

Brig

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Eyes Lips Face "Eyebrow Treat and Tame" Review and Tutorial!

Hello everyone!

Today I bring you a review of E.L.F's "Eyebrow Treat and Tame". I used this product in the shade Medium for my Eyebrow Routine but recently I've found that I like using the shade Ash a lot more! I think it looks a lot more natural for everyday wear and matches my hair color better. Medium will probably work better in the winter when I darken my hair!

By the way, these are $3 a piece which I think is a great deal!

I bought Ash (bottom) and Medium (top)!

At first I thought the clear side was a setting gel but then I realized the name was "Treat and Tame" so one side of it must "treat" and one must "tame". I'm not the type of person to read directions but I went back and the clear side is supposed to treat your eyebrows to help them grow.

I'm not sure if this is true because I've only used it a handful of times but it would be awesome if it did because my brows could use some serious help!

I am in love with the "tame" side of this product!

In the tame side, there is obviously a tinted gel, but also some little hairs that would help fill in the sparse parts of your brows even more than color would.

No product

One application

Two applications

After two applications and clean up with a Q-tip!

This product does an amazing job of being an everyday brow gel, meaning that it helps my brows look fuller but still natural which is what I like for everyday! :)

It reminds me a lot of Maybelline's Brow Drama  from the drugstore side and Benefit's Gimme Brow from the high end side. The only differences being that ELF's product has a different brush and a treatment.

NONE OF THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS ARE MINE! ALL CREDIT GOES TO THE OWNERS!

They're just here so you can compare the products because I don't own the Maybelline or Benefit products!

Okay, that's it for my review on ELF's Eyebrow Treat and Tame! Please comment down below telling me how you tame your brows and what your holy grail brow product is!

As always feel free to reach out to me on my social media! ALSO I'm going to have a GIVEAWAY on my Facebook page once it reaches 100 likes, so be sure to go over there and like my page!

Xoxo,
Brig


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Freeman's Avocado and Oatmeal Clay Mask Review!

Hello everyone!

Today I bring you a review of one of my skincare staples, Freeman's Avocado and Oatmeal Clay Mask!

I've had this mask for about a year and it still hasn't run out! I use this religiously during the Summer months in my oily areas like my T-zone, on my chin and the tops of my cheeks where my pores get huge when its warm outside.

Here's what my skin looks like when I wake up in the morning:

As you can see I'm dealing with some pretty nasty breakouts and some clogged pores around my nose. The heat mixed with not drinking any water overnight causes my oil production to shift to overdrive when I'm sleeping!

To apply this mask I use a flat foundation brush because they are the perfect size to spread out the product on my face and I just don't use them for makeup! I just squeeze some of the mask onto the brush and spread it out.

Here's what my skin looks like after I wash off my face:

This mask makes my skin cleaner (obviously!) and brighter! It feels so good when I wash it off and see nice bright skin and toned down breakouts!

This mask completely absorbs the oil around my nose, tones down the redness of my breakouts AND leaves my skin super soft!

It also completely dries up new pimples, so that is a bonus!

If I were judging this mask in a talent competition, I would give it a 10/10 because it works so well! Also this product for the price is well worth it! This works just as well as high end skincare but is priced around $4-5!

Okay, those were my thoughts on Freeman's Avocado and Oatmeal Clay Mask! Let me know if you also love this mask and what other masks you are loving! I'm always in search of good skincare!

As always feel free to reach out to me on my social media! ALSO I'm going to have a GIVEAWAY on my Facebook page once it reaches 100 likes, so be sure to go over there and like my page!

I hope you all have a wonderful day and that its not raining where you live because its very dark and gloomy here! :)

Xoxo,
Brig


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My Eyebrow Routine!

Hello everyone!

Today I'm going to show you how I fill in my brows (when I'm actually motivated to!) to look more put together but still natural.

Like I said I don't always want to do my brows and I'm not saying you have to, this is just what I do when I want a little extra oomph to my makeup look!

I only use a few products to fill in my brows, I wish it were less products, but my brows are so sparse at the moment, they need extra love!

I start out by brushing through my brows with my ELF "Essential Eyelash and Brow Wand" to make sure they're all neat and tidy.

Then I go in with my ELF Treat and Tame in "Medium". I brush this through my brows and let it dry. If I missed any spots or think one brow could use a bit more help I'll go back and touch up.

Once that's done, I'll pull out my matte eyeshadow palette from Hard Candy and dip my ELF "Small Precision Brush" into the cool brown shadow. I'll put this all over my brows to set the gel I just applied and to make the color seem like it matches a bit better!

After this I go back in with my spoolie brush to make sure everything's blended together and looks natural, and I'm done!

You're probably wondering why I don't use a brow gel and that's because I don't like how they make my brows feel stiff and look unnatural.

I hope you enjoyed today's post and use my tips! If you haven't already, head over to my Facebook page and "like" it! Once I hit 100 likes, I will be hosting a massive beauty GIVEAWAY!

Have a great day!

Xoxo,
Brig


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Jordana Fabuliner Review!

Hello everyone!

Today I have another beauty review for you all! This time its about an old makeup cult classic that no one seems to talk about anymore; Jordana's Fabuliner!

This product used to be the THING Youtubers talked about! My Walgreens only recently acquired Jordana so I wasn't able to experience this product until now and I can completely see why this received so much hype!

Ever since I bought this, it has been my "go-to" for my everyday liner and has helped me boost my confidence in applying winged eyeliner! I can now do a simple little "flick" with almost no problems!

I said almost because I think even the best MUA's have days where their winged liner is not "on fleek".

The reason this liner works so well for wings is the tip of the pen! It is a little chunky but the tip of the tip (if that makes sense!) is very tapered and stiff so it doesn't flop around like other felt tip pens!

I used this eyeliner to create the look below (tutorial coming soon!)

The only aspect of this that I DON'T like is that it seems to dry out rather quickly when I'm applying it so I have to reach for another black liquid liner and finish my eyeliner. What I mean by this is that as I'm applying the liner, the tip just doesn't seem to have enough product, not that the pen entirely dries up.

I know this because I store it sitting upside down so the product moves to the tip and it works nicely when I reach for it again. It's so strange and if the tip wasn't the perfect thing for winged liner, I would toss it!

I'm definitely going to buy a few more of these (they're about $2 at my store so I can afford to stock up!) so when one dries out I'll have another! :)

My final thoughts about this eyeliner is that you should give it a shot even though it can finicky at times because the results it gives you is flawless! Who knows maybe I got a defective one- if that's the case then I will definitely update this! Please let me know what you think of this product if you give it a try!

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Have a great day!

Xoxo,
Brig


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