the Estee edit {Influenster review}

First off, let me say that I received these items from Influenster in exchange for my fair and honest review. This is not sponsored and all opinions are my own!

 This will be quick!

Metallishadow Crème + Powder - Buy yourself a ColourPop $5 shadow instead. This Estee edit one was hard to work with, messy, and just didn't look that great.

Inside Track Eye Kajal - LOVED this eye liner. I like that the double end complements each other and it is super long lasting. Creamy, but stays put.

Radiance Activator Treat + Prep + Glow - This does exactly what it says it is. It's a serum & glowy primer all rolled into one pump. Can be used night or day, under moisturizer or on top....It smells nice and left my skin feeling pretty. I like this but it's pricey and I doubt I would have spent the money on it myself.

Late Night Eraser Brightening Eye Balm with Pink Peony - I freaking adore this eye balm. It's moisturizing, cooling, and I can easily apply my concealer, corrector, etc., after it's sunk in. The best part is the metal tip. It feels SO good on my always tired under eyes.

All around review: This is a pretty decent line. A little pricey for my liking, but good, high quality ingredients and products. I mainly recommend the eye liner and the eye balm. I'm obsessed with those.

Maybelline Vivid Matte Liquid Review

Maybelline Vivid Matte Liquid is a merge of liquid lipstick and regular cream lipstick. It has a mousse type texture that never dries down. It is highly pigmented and easy to apply. There is a slight chemical fragrance to this lippie though that might be a bother to some. 

My main thoughts on this product is: It wants to be a liquid lipstick but doesn't dry down and stay put. The red (Rebel Red) was not cute. It pulled more orange and made my teeth look yellow. The nude (Nude Flush) is a pretty peach nude and I really liked this one. Nude Flush actually applied better than Rebel Red and did not wear away weird. 

These are not lipsticks I would go out of my way to purchase, but I am happy Influenster sent me these for free in exchange for a review.

Empties # 9

Another month of empties! This will be short and sweet. I give mini reviews of each item over on my YouTube channel if you are interested in watching that!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkpF41iKn2k

Jergens Wet Skin Moisturizer

Remember when everyone was excited about that moisturizer that you apply in the shower? Then it came out and it sucked? It was just a lotion...literally...that really did not even moisturize out of the shower.

This is not it. Jergens came out with a new Wet Skin Moisturizer and I received a bottle of it in the Influenster Wellness VoxBox. At first I was pretty critical thinking it would be exactly like the original. But I was wrong. Where that one did nothing, this new moisturizer is oil based, allowing the skin to actually soak up the good for you ingredients while you are still in the shower!

I take my regular shower, and after I turn off the water and am standing in the shower soaking wet, I pop open the blue bottle and squirt some product into my hand, about a quarter size for my legs and about the same for my arms. Then I just quickly rub it in and get out of the shower, reaching for my towel. Once I am dried off, my skin feels a little bit oily, but not slippery! (Side note, I do enjoy body oils, which might be why I enjoy the feeling of this so much). It is like a good moisturized feeling. I honestly have not reached for my lotion after getting out of the shower, because I feel this does the job pretty well.

I will say that the scent on this smells like you just landed in Hawaii and have a lei around your neck. It is a little bit strong smelling at first, but fades. I am interested in finding out if there are other scents in this product, because I really do enjoy it. {The moisturizer retails for $7.99}.

Extra quick review: The Olay Active Botanicals cleanser works wonders with my Clarisonic. The Attitude Shampoo & Body Wash is not that great at being a shampoo, but is the best smelling body wash my nose has ever smelled.

~Jergens Wet Skin Moisturizer (and the other 2 items shown) were sent to me by Influenster, complimentary, for testing purposes. All opinions are my own.~

Makeup Inventory - August 2015

This is going to be short and sweet. I am just recording my numbers for what is in my makeup hoard as of this point in time.  I have decluttered since January (which was my original inventory). I am going to have 2 separate lists; my inventory as of right now, and two numbers side by side previous count & current count.

Pink Week

Need I say more? Pink is everything to me. Quick story: I used to hate pink, probably as a rebellion towards my mom in my tween years, even though my nickname was/is Pinky. But now, pink - all day, every day. I did #daiseygirlypinkweek on my Instagram all this week. Now here is the look book for all the eyeshadow looks I did. Under each picture I will list the shadows I used as a reference. I like doing these look books; it gives me a one-stop shop for inspiration when needed. Hope you enjoyed this mini-series I did!

Finish 5 by Fall Update #1

It has been four weeks since I began the Finish 5 by Fall project and I have seen some decent progress on my five items. I filmed my update (if you would like to watch it) and uploaded it onto YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz7BIF0YJJA  {This link will take you directly to my video}

Photo taken July 29th. 

Emtpies # 8

Another month gone, another month worth of empties. I have officially hit the over $1,000 mark on how much monies worth of product I have used up this year alone. I am curious to see how much I will have used up by the end of this year.

As always, short and simple, with a quick review on the product and if I will repurchase again.

Beach Essentials

 I live a half mile from the beach. That said, the kids and I spend a lot of our summer days there. I have a few essentials that always go with me. Very few really, as I am not a high-maintenance beach goer.

Finish 5 by Fall Intro

Here we go...Pan 4x4 is over, now onto Finish 5 by Fall!

I picked 5 items I would like to use up by the first day of fall - Wednesday, September 23. I recorded a video and uploaded it to YouTube on the items I chose. If you would like to watch that, click this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7nOv8YWREI

I have started doing videos on YouTube...my name there is "thedaiseygirly"

Empties # 7

I have 12 empties that I used up during the month of June. Three of these are from my "pan 4x4" project. I will insert a photo of those at the end. As always, I will give my mini review of each empty product.

June 2015 Favorites

This was a month of nudes for me. And for refreshing my face and making sure my lipstick stayed put all day long. With the kids out of school and no major plans, I really was able to focus on doing my makeup in the mid-day....I know I didn't go anywhere half the time, but at least I was a diva house-mom for the day right?

Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette Lookbook

I have decided that I will be trying to pan the Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette starting now until the end of this year. I doubt I will finish the entire thing, but would like to see how much progress I can make on it. Even if I hit pan on a few of the shades I will be happy.

That said, I did a week of looks using strictly this palette. No other shadows were used, but I did use eyeliners when needed and layered shadow on top to set the eyeliner. Also, I used various cream bases to alter some of the shades slightly (I need to work on using these more as well: paint pots & color tattoos).

Quality over Quantity

Every morning I sit at my vanity and look over my makeup. Some stuff I love, others I don't. My collection is not as large as others I have seen. But it is larger than the "average" female's collection. And I am a tad embarrassed by that fact. That said, I swatched a whole bunch of lip products I have not touched in a long time. As in they have dust sitting on their caps. And I made some cuts and am throwing out things I know I will never use. Picture below of said items:

ColourPop's Coconut

If you haven't guessed by now, I am in love with ColourPop. Their eyeshadows are perfection; their creamy mousse-like texture dries to a long-lasting powder with intense color payoff. And they are only $5.

Coconut is a summer exclusive shade and I have had it on  my mind since I received it, but didn't really know what to do with it. Today I decided to go full ham and have it be the center of attention like it deserves.

Empties # 6

Empties. Again. Happy June 1 everybody!!!

I will make this short and sweet with what I used up in the month of May and mini-review of each product.

May Favorites

I know my last post was a monthly favorites as well, but here we are at the end of May, and my brain hasn't been in the greatest place this month. It's been a whirlwind of a month, so I am happy it is June!

These 5 items are the ones I reached for almost every single day in May:

Too-Faced Chocolate Bar Palette - The big cream shade is my go-to brow bone color. I wish I had only that color. The only other colors in this palette that I use regularly are the 4 in the bottom left hand side.

Makeup Geek Pointed Crease Brush - I have found that this works really well for applying ColourPop's matte shades in my crease. It is stiff enough to pack on the color, but soft enough to blend the cream type shadows without rubbing them away.

Loreal Voluminous Extra-Volume Collagen Mascara - This is the most amazing mascara I have ever used. It packs a punch in the volume department and lengthens just enough for me. Bonus: there is no flaking or smudging. I will continue to repurchase this until I die because it's that awesome.

Bobbi Brown Bronzing Powder 'Medium 2' - I finally found my perfect bronzer. It's not too warm toned but is reddish...or works well with my pink undertone. It blends out wonderfully and I'm hooked. I can already see the rings from the packaging.

Loreal True Match Foundation 'N2 & C3' - I mix these together to get my perfect match. This foundation covers well, doesn't break down, and feels light on my face.

My last favorite of the month is this Origami Owl necklace I ordered from my mom's site. I have been wearing it as much as I possibly can. My favorite piece is the Big Dipper. So sparkly, and tiny enough that the necklace doesn't overpower me. These are from their Core Charms line...super cute. If you are ever interested in ordering from Origami Owl please go to jewelskerner.origamiowl.com and see what you can create! I am impressed with the quality and the ability to 'customize' a piece of jewelry just for me.

Thank you for reading this and I hope you have a wonderful June! What were some of your favorites in May?

April Favorites (A little late)

I'm going to start doing monthly favorites. Aka: my most loved items throughout the month. You know the drill.

Bobbi Brown Bronzer 'Medium 2' - A pinky undertone on this bronzer. It does not look muddy on me at all. I actually was not going to buy this because in store, under those crazy florescent lights it looked insane. As soon as I walked outside and looked in the mirror under the sunlight, I literally ran back into the store and snagged the last one on the shelf. I needed a pinky undertone because I am pink. When I "tan" I get more freckles and basically just burn. Thank you Irish background.

Bobbi Brown Bronzer brush - HELLA expensive, but oh so gloriously worth it. No words can describe this goat hair brush...it's that good.

Loreal Voluminous Collagen mascara - I wore this years ago and then forgot about it. I'm hooked. No flakes, no smudges, 2 coats equals volume and length. It reminds me of Too Faced's Better Than Sex, only better...and it's drugstore!!

Clinique Pop lip colour + primer - the name of these is ridiculous...but the top shade is Plum Pop, and the closed one is Bare Pop. Straight addicted I am. I also have Beige Pop, but it's hiding in my purse at the moment. They are not long-wearing, but that's alright. They are moisturizing, smooth, and are the best feeling on my lips lipstick I have EVER worn. Cherry Pop will be in my hands as soon as possible.

Bare Minerals Mineral Veil - I have been using this on my damp beauty blender to set my under eye concealer with. My daughter told me my eyes looked super bright, so this became an instant favorite. Once this sample runs out, I will for sure repurchase. The illuminating mineral veil is also awesome...it does have shimmer in it, but that's fine by me. I need all the illuminating I can get.

Empties # 5

Another empties! So far this year I have used up a total of $436 worth of products (as of April 7th). Within one month I used another $189 of product! For a grand total of $625 in 5 months! My mind is boggled. Granted, I have not spent that much this year on these, but it is just how much money I have used...if that makes sense. Makeup/skin care/body care is expensive is my conclusion. But at least I am using it and not hoarding it all. Now, onto this month's empties (with mini-reviews included):

Clinique liquid facial soap mild - I wound up using the rest of this as makeup brush cleanser. I think it is too harsh for my face.

Almay eye makeup remover pads - I hated these. It took about 2/eye to get my mascara off. Will not repurchase these.

Bobbi Brown Extra Eye Repair Cream - This ish is expensive. I really liked it, found it moisturizing for my dry under eyes, but I won't/can't spend/justify $70 on an eye cream that went so fast. (This was a sample size valued at $35...it was half the size of a normal cream).

Laneige Water Bank Serum - $35 for ______???? Was not impressed.

Bite Agave Lip Mask - As much as I loved this, I won't re-buy it. I have found Carmex works miracles and the price is so much better at just 99 cents.

Pink Sugar & Juicy Couture Fragrance samples - meh. I have probably 50 more to go through.

Origins GinZing face mask - I guess I liked it? Made my skin feel good.

Glam Glow Thirstymud - I am pretty sure this stuff broke me out. I wound up using it on my neck. I have been super underwhelmed by the Glam Glow products.

Urban Decay Perversion 24/7 Eye Pencil - Meh again. It made my eyes water. Enough so that I won't be using the little bit left. I got my $20 out of it.

Lancome Hypnose Drama mascara sample - Lancome mascara flakes like a mother on me. Nope.

Maybelline Lash Discovery Waterproof - I liked the wand, but this stuff flaked on me also.

There we have it folks. Another month of empties outta my life and hoard. I wonder how much I can go through this month!!!

Clinique Pop Lip Colour + Primer

I am a sucker for lipsticks. Just like I am a sucker for blushes. I had seen a review on the new Clinique Pop Lip Colour + Primer that piqued my interest. I ordered one from Sephora, bought one at Nordstrom's, and another from the PX. I am hooked. I really do not like matte lipsticks, I need moisture on my lips otherwise I look like I have never drank water a day in my life.

And moisture is what these new lipsticks from Clinique have plenty of! They are almost addicting to apply because they feel soooo good. I thought the NARS Audacious lipsticks felt good, but these top that and at half the price. They are not long wearing, but I think if they were considered a long-wear lipstick they would not feel as nice as they do.