Makeup Of The Day

Hey ladies

Was playing in my make up and wanted to show you guys what I did!

Here's what I used

Primer

Olay oil minimizing toner

NYC smooth Skin Perfecting Primer mixed with Cream & Coco's Honeyed Green Tea & Hibiscus Toning Moisturizer.

Elf Eyelid Primer

EyeBrows

NYX Eyebrow Cake powder 02 Dark Brown/Brown

Concealer

NYX Concealer in Nutmeg

L.A.Girl Pro Conceal in Toffee (For under eyebrows and highlighter for face.)

Eyes

Sleek's Divine Storm 578 Palette (I tried to take a good pic of the palette. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this palette. It is extremely pigmented.)

Jordana Fabu Liner

L'Oréal Volumimous Million Lashes

EYE eyelash adhesive

Elf Ultimate Eyelashes

Foundation/Face

BH Cosmetics Liquid Foundation I

in Deep Beige mixed with 

Black Opal 

in Nutmeg

Contoured with Black Opal 

in Suede Mocha

Too Faced Ooh La Rouge- Creme Brulee

Powders/Setting

NYC Smooth Skin Loose Face Powder

Black Opal 04 Dark Deluxe Finishing Powder

Elf Makeup Mist & Set

Lips

Maybellline 030 Nevering Ending Nude

MAC Flair For Finery

Brushes

Crown Brush: 

Pro Prowder

Tapered Blush

Crease Blender

Elf:

Stipple Brush

Mineral Brush

Angled Foundation Brush

Fan Brush

Contour Brush

Eyeshadow C Brush

Flawless Concealer Brush (FREAKING LOVE)

Small Angled Brush

Concealer Brush

Small Smudge Brush

Small Precision Brush

A cheap eyeshadow shader brush & SoHo eyeshadow Brush

Please let me know below if you would like to see more of these post! Thanks for reading!

Review #26: Crown Brush HD Set

If you follow me on Instagram I posted a couple weeks back that I received Crown Brush HD set w/ Mirror and Tweezer. Making this my first makeup review and I'm so excited.

I was sent this set from iFabbo. iFaboo is a company that links beauty bloggers up with beauty companies. I ordered the set and within a week I had my very first Crown Brush set. Crown Brush is "recognized by the beauty industry as the global leader in cosmetic brushes with over 30 years of brush making experience."

The Hd set comes in 3 different colors. Orange, purple, and white with blue tips which is the one I received. These brushes retail for 69.99$ but you can get them on SALE right now for 19.50$ right now off of their website. These brushes are made with high grade synthetic fiber, are vegan friendly, and are perfect for applying high definition cosmetics.

The packaging was very pretty with the logo on the front. The brushes were EXTREMELY SOFT. I mean I could not stop rubbing the brushes on my face because they felt so freaking good. I have a couple sets of brushes but these were by far the softest.

Sorry my flash was a little too bright making it hard to see what the brushes names.

Starting with this brush called the "Detailed Liner". It is used to line fine lines like to do a winged liner!

Next this brush the "Talered Blush". This can be used to apply blush to the cheeks.

This round dome brush is a "Deluxe Contour". I used this brush to contour perimeter of my face and also the hollows of my cheeks.

The "Pro Powder" brush can be used as a setting brush once you have

completed your look.

The "Crease Blender" is just how the name calls it. It is used to blend out crease applications.

Last is the "Chisel Shadow" is used to apply eye shadow

Overall: Being that I am not a person that have tested and tried every beauty item out there I felt that this brush are good staple brushes. This set would would be great for a person needing a starter brush set because it provide the basic brushes need for doing makeup. The price is not bad and the are featured on Hautelook with better deals if you feel that the price that I stated above is a to pricey.

*DISCLAIMER *  I was sent these products for review and this is my honest opinion *

Wash Day @25 Weeks Post Big Chop

Hey

This is the first wash day of the new year so I want to start it off with fresh clean healthy hair. I know new year means new goals and my only goal for this year is to move out of this awkward stage. So I am focused on length! I want to try hair pills and will be doing my research to find which one will be best for me! Also I will continue to use up half used products in my stash so that I can clear out my shelves and only buy my staples.

First pre pooing with the last bit of Ynobe Shop Pre Poo Treat I prepared my hair to be shampooed. I had this in my hair for about 15-20 minutes before washing it out.

I shampooed my hair with my staple shampoo Joico K-Pak Color Therapy shampoo. I did this only once making sure to get my scalp relly good. It has been a while since I washed my hair with shampoo and I can tell you I don't miss the stripped feeling. But I know that my hair is clean and ready for the new year.

Next using 4 Naturals Reconstructor I deep a protein treatment on my hair leaving it in for about 5 minutes and rinsed. This really left my hair feeling restored and back to its prior state.

After that needing to balance my hair I used my staple moisturizing deep conditioner;  Sitrinillah from Hairveda. I left this on for over a hour before rinsing it out in the shower.

I applied Jamaican Black Castor oil on my scalp. I want to go back to my past regimen when I did this religiously to see if this will also help in gain some length. For leave ins I used Hairveda's whipped creme ends hydration and seal with vatika frosting. For stylers I used Cream & Cocos original Curls for Days with Chocolate Marshmallow Pudding. My curls were again defined by this product but by the end of the day my hair felt extremely greasy. When I touched it my hand would shine so I ended up washing the combo out of my hair.

How was your wash day? 

Haul #5 + Black Friday Purchases

Hi Guys

Here's all I have collected since my last Haul post. Including my two Black Friday purchase. Please follow me on Instagram for any new updates I may have that I can share through pictures! 

Tresemme Naturals original formula. When ever I am in a store I look in the back behind the new bottles of this product and sometimes find old bottles. So in this pic and the one at the bottom I lucked up. When I started my transition journey I didn't try this product but now that I'm full natural I wanted to give it a try.

This I won on Camille Rose Naturals Facebook page in a picture contest and it has now become my rotating staple cleansing conditioner. 

Hopefully you are familiar with my Random Spotlights. I have featured Mrs. Marcy and her lovely soaps. Her black Friday sale was 3$ for a bar of soap for 2 hours only. I did post a pic on Instagram for those that didn't know about this.

Again Please follow me on Instagram because I am now trying to learn to coupon and below are two of my fashion finds from the lovely coupon community. 

Sally's Beauty supply had a sale on these for 2 for 11$. I heard great reviews on this line. So being that my hair is color treated I could pass on a deal. So far they are truly keeping my hair balanced!

I lucked on this from my swap group and been in love every since

Last is my staple haul. I recieved the three Almond Jai and Curlaide in a swap. But for the Hairveda I purchased on Black Friday. Now I was patient and received these a day after Christmas. Being that they are a small business and that I too will be starting my own I have to remember that large orders take time.

Small Haul this time and I'm very pleased with myself. Did you do any Black Friday Shopping?

Wash Day @ 24 weeks

Since I haven't been consistent with my wash day posts since I was so busy with school work. I wanted to telll you guys that I colored my hair last week with Dark & Lovely Vivacious red. Once I colored it I deep conditioned with Aubrey GPB Balancing Conditioner with out heat for about a hour, then used ApHogee Keratin & Green Tea Restructurizer, and then styled with Camille Rose Naturals Almond Jai Twisting Butter.

But for the wash days that I have not posted it has been the same routine with no new products.

This wash day I used my staple Camille Rose Naturals Creme Restore Conditioning Cleanser. I detangled with using Curl Junkie Smoothing conditioner and my new Tangle Teezer which I will do a review once I use it a couple more times. But I have used it on my daughters hair and it slid through her hair with ease. Now the rest of my wash day routine I used new things starting with Sarenzo Hair Conditioning Clay Mask which told me to use only a smal amount which I didn't listen to because of how heavy handed I am! But right away I was loving the tingling feeling! I'm upset with myself because I don't know how I skipped putting my leave-in. I guess I was to excited to use this next product. So I basically tested this product out on clean hair which was Cream and Cocps Curls for Days the original formula. I was lucky enough to get a sample of this because of various reasons why I have purchased from the vendor myself. My curls were defined but I wasn't really wowed because my cutls didn't really separate like I would have liked them. They clumped up. So on top of that I used Curl Junkies Curls in a Bottle. Which help to separate and give it a nice hold.

Merry Christmas

Wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas from my family to yours!!!! :)

M.I.A.

Hey Guys

I know I have been Missing In Action for the past couple of weeks. But I would like to let you know that finals are over and I will be back to post more reviews, hauls, and my regular wash day posts. I even went to share my hair growth. Just wanted to let you guys know that I am still here!