Revlon PhotoReady Liquid Foundation #001 Ivory

Last year I had decided to take a break from foundations and stick with lighter BB creams after I was able to overcome most of my acne and deminish the scarring.  Recently I decided that for winter I would like to branch out into foundations again, but sadly when I swatched the Urban Decay's cream foundation that my ULTA carried it was too dark. Next I went to Benefits foundation; still too dark.  I marched myself over to the drugstore side and browsed through a few sections until I decided that Revlon's buy one get one 50% was a good reason to try out their PhotoReady foundation.

Rimmel Glam'eyes Quad Eyeshadow - 002 Smokey Brun + EOTD

This is the second palette I am reviewing from my No Lancome Eyeshadow Challenge.  I don't have too many browns so when I saw that the Rimmel quads came with a $1 off coupon, Smokey Brun was an easy choice.

Revlon ColorStay 16 Hour Quad - 535 Goddess + EOTD

For about the last year now, I have been pretty much using the same eye shadows daily. Those eye shadows being Almay's old green eye palette and the two purple palettes I own from Lancome. My friend Rachael did my makeup the other day with her new Naked palette and I decided that I needed to experiment with eyeshadow again! I'm going to try to not use any Lancome palettes or my Almay one for one month. Which meant I obviously needed to go pick up some new eye shadows. I have seen some awesome reviews of Revlon's ColorStay 16 Hour quads and went to Target set on buying two or three of them. Sadly, they only had 5 palettes in stock: Goddess, Luscious, Adventurous, Brazen, and Seductive. Goddess was luckily on the top of my wish list, but I will have to go back another day for Attitude and Precocious.

Revlon Lip Butter Review

I've had the chance to try a few Revlon Lip Butters and I have had mixed reviews on them. I bought Strawberry Shortcake, ended up hating it, traded my friend for Peach Parfait, and hated it even more! D: Between Rachael and I, I've ended up trying Strawberry Shortcake, Peach Parfait, Creme Brulee, Sugar Frosting, and Lollipop.

Etude House Dear My Blooming Lip (BE104 and OR205)

Cosmetic Love is currently having a promotion where you buy two or more Etude House Dear My Blooming lipsticks, and you get a free Kiss Note notebook. The order also came with a Etude House SHINee poster.

I've seen mixed reviews about the lipsticks, but in the end I had to buy two! Picking only two colours when there are 24 available is hard, let me tell you! I narrowed it down to 8 that I liked, and my friends helped me pick out the two. I ended up with BE104 and I was talked into trying OR205 by my coworkers. OR205 has a few reviews out, but I have yet to see one for BE104, so this was a complete surprise for me!

Etude House Shini Star Lip Balms (3 types)

Hello everyone! It's been a while since my last post because I have had a cold and didn't really want to take any pictures. Before that though, I posted that I had ordered a few things and Etude House's Shini Star lip balms were part of that. These lip balms are pretty well known for the fact that the kpop group SHINee's signatures are at the bottom of the containers when you are done. I actually didn't know about the signatures until after I had ordered the first one... and ended up buying two more. I'm not a huge fan of the group, but I do like a few of the guys and I also love lip balm since I have super dry lips.

Holika Holika Eyelash #1

Hello everyone! I am back with another review and this time it is for one of my favorite items: eyelashes! I have extremely short, sparse, and just flat out wonky natural eyelashes so I wear falsies pretty much on a daily basis. I normally wear Ardell Babies but my recent pair finally got to the point of needing replacement, so I decided to broaden my horizons a bit. The Holika Holika eyelashes have been on my wishlist since I found Pretty and Cute so I finally caved and bought Holika Holika Eyelashes style 1.

Pretty picture

Etude House Follow Me Lip Tint

I have to admit, the item I was most excited about from my Cosmetic Love order was Etude House's Follow Me lip tint. I loved both shades but ever since I saw Pink Follower, I knew it needed to be in my life! And for more than the fact that I have a lady boner for CL. ♥

Revlon Just Bitten Lipstain Review + Skin79 (Pink) Update

I have been using my Skin79 Super BB Cream (Hot Pink) for this entire week and I do have to say I notice a bit of oil on my nose around noon-2pm, which is very normal. I also have only had one new pimple during this week, so I have to say that it does not cause me to break out. I am still not 100% happy with the coverage, but I have been pairing it with a concealer most days and together they are perfect.

While I am waiting for my other BB Cream samples to come, I decided to give Revlon's Just Bitten lip stain a try. I have always used nude/peach coloured lipsticks and lipglosses so my friend wanted me to go outside of the box and try an actual colour! I grabbed Passion, because it was pink but didn't look too light or too bright. What drew me to Revlon's lip stain was that it comes with a lip balm on the end so that your lips don't dry out.

Here is a pretty picture of the tube from Google.

Skin79 Super Plus BB Cream (Hot Pink)

Last time I tried my first BB cream by Garnier. The colour suited me well, if a little dark, but I was not impressed by the coverage. Next on my list of BB creams is Skin79's Super BB Cream in the Hot Pink version.

Garnier Skin Renew BB Cream Review

So this is the first of my BB Cream review in a project I am trying to hopefully find a base that:

• I like.
• Is light but has good coverage.
• Will not make my skin break out much despite cleansing.
• Gives me a healthy glow instead of making me look like I have costume makeup on.

I have been hesitant to try bb creams in the past because I was worried they wouldn't work well for my skin tone. I am Euroamerican and my skin is pale, with undertones that change between red and molted purple. Apparently though, my mum thought "Why the hell not?" because during one of my daily raids of her makeup box, I noticed she had a new foundation and, what do you know, BB cream. She had seen it in my bookmarks and decided to give it a try. I gave it a try and it wasn't as bad as I had thought. Upon more research, it wasn't anything like what I had thought and all fears that I would be glowing white were gone. And that is how my quest to find a BB cream that fits my skin type the best.

First on the list is Garnier's Skin Renew BB Cream in Light-Medium.