Hi all! I’m here with my final update on my 3rd quarter 2018 Project Pan. I am happy to say that I used everything up! Here is my first post, and you can see my update here.
Here is the list of the products that I panned:
Principal Secret Reclaim Botanical Radiant Recovery Fluid Eye Cream Principal Secret Reclaim Botanical Synant Peptide Serum Philosophy hope in a jar Moisturizer Yes to Superblueberries Recharging Greek Yogurt & Probiotics 3-in-1 Mask, Scrub & Cleanser Botanics 100% Organic Refreshing Toning Spritz Pacifica Crystal Power Hydro Mist PÜR No Filter Blurring Photography Primer Rimmel London Lasting Finish 25HR Breathable Foundation Lavanila The Healthy Body Butter in Vanilla Grapefruit TIGI Bed Head After-Party
I have to say that it’s so much easier to use up skincare than makeup, but it soes get tedious using the same products every day! I love variety. But I did it, and I’m very proud.
I also want to say that I liked all of these products, but I’m not going out to repurchase any of them right now. I have lots of skincare to try out and I’m good for now on body butter. I do love Lavanila and will purchase in the future.
The PÜR primer and the Rimmel foundation are both nice, but not my holy grails. I’ve been needing a pore filling primer lately because my allergies have been acting up and my face is read and my pores are huge! The PÜR primer is very glowy and accentuates my pores. It would be great in the winter when my skin is dry. The foundation is light coverage, and I like more of a medium coverage.
The one product that I am really missing is the TIGI AfterParty. It really helped control my frizz and made my hair look shiny. I might have to go get another one!
So I am going to do one more Project Pan this year. I’ll be posting it in a few days. I don’t know if I’m going to do it next hear, but we’ll see!
Hi all! It’s October and the weather either has or will be turning colder soon! In Kansas City, one day it’s in the 80’s the and the next it’s in the 60’s. It’s been crazy!
When the weather does change, I also like to change up my skincare. My sensitive skin gets drier and I am already seeing dry patches. Here are the products I have been testing out and they have been sent for my honest review:
The cleanser is great for removing built-up oil and makeup to help unclog pores, promote clear skin and prevent breakouts.It contains an Anti-Blemish Complex of natural ingredients Tea Tree, Willow Bark, Rosewood, Lavender and Chamomile and delivers natural antibacterial and antiseptic properties leaving skin purer, clearer and healthier. I love how clean it leaves my skin without stripping it!
Even thought I do have clogged pores, I don’t break out as often anymore, but the acne spot treatment helps clear up those surprise pimples that come out of nowhere! It delivers natural antibacterial and antiseptic properties to help clear the complexion and prevent blemishes while reducing redness and sensitivity. It may be used as often as necessary whenever breakouts occur to calm and soothe red, irritated skin. I love that it’s not harsh!
Purchase at dermae.com
KLAIRS Soft Airy UV Essence SPF 50 ($23 USD) — This is an everyday sun protector for sensitive skin, which I have. As is it water-based, it holds a gel-type texture to give a soft weightless and light finish. Also with its high SPF and PA level, it completely guards the skin against UVA, UVB without leaving any greasiness or white cast.
I have been using this every morning. It sinks right in to my skin and is a great base for primer and foundation. It doesn’t really have a scent and it is so nice on my very sensitive skin! Since it isn’t heavy, I think this is perfect for using all year long. It is so important to wear SPF every day!
You can purchase this on Wishtrend. This is an affiliate link.
Meaningful Beauty is such a gorgeous brand! This is Cindy Crawfords line of anti-aging products. The line has lots of different products from cleansers, to moisturizers to treatments.
These are all so nice and work well with my sensitive skin! The cleanser is easy to use and doesn’t dry out my skin. The day cream is very nice, and we all know that SPF is very important! The serum is very luxurious! It sinks into the skin quickly and leaves skin glowing! I’ve noticed that my lines have become less noticeable. It could also be the wonderful retinol night cream. That really makes my skin look smoother and clearer.
You can purchase these at www.meaningfulbeauty.com or Ulta.com.
Hi all! Can you believe it’s the end of September? Tomorrow is October and I am so ready for fall and the holidays!
I’ve had a fun month trying and reviewing some new products, and products that are new to me:
Too Faced Chocolate Bar Eyeshadow Palette ($49 USD) — I purchased this during the Ulta 21 Days of Beauty (haul post to come this week). This is an older palette, but I haven’t tried it yet. This smells like sweet chocolate — it’s so nice! The eye shadows are pigmented with pure, antioxidant-rich cocoa powder and includes 16 matte and shimmer shades of browns, pinks and plums. I’ve really been liking this!
Klairs Soft Airy UV Essence ($23 USD) — This is another product I need to review! Klairs is a Korean beauty brand and I was excited to receive this for review! This is light and creamy SPF essence! It has SPF 50 and is formulated for sensitive skin. It has a water-based it gel texture and sinks right into the skin once applied.
YourGoodSkin Balancing Skin Concentrate ($19.99 USD) — This is YourGoodSkin’s hero product. I use this as a serum under my Klairs essence or my night cream. It it so light and absorbs into my skin so quickly. The claim is that it restores and maintains skin’s natural balance for clinically proven visibly healthier skin in just 28 days. For all skin types. Designed to improve the 5 key signs of visibly healthy skin:
Elizabeth Mott Thank Me Later Face Primer ($30 USD) — I received a tiny sample of this in this month’s Ipsy bag and I LOVE it! I have been hoarding it by using a little at a time. It is a creamy pore filler and looks amazing under all of my foundations!
Buxom Cosmetics Full-On Plumping Lip Cream in Hot Toddy ($21 USD) — This is such a beautiful product. This one doesn’t have a shimmer and it is very glossy. It’s plumping, hydrating and so shiny at the same time! And it has a beauty color payoff.
Buxom Cosmetics Lash Volumizing Mascara ($22 USD) I have been wearing this mascara for a couple of weeks and am loving it. It’s a volumizing mascara that dramatically defines, lengthens, and instantly lifts for fuller looking, ultra-black lashes minus any clumps. I love it for an every day look, but it can be built up for more drama!
Last but not least is the Natasha Denona Super Glow Highlighter ($38 USD) — This super-soft, lightweight formula melts into the skin. It gives a glass-like strobing effect thanks to its high concentration of crushed and milled chroma crystals mixed with crushed pearls.
I have this in the fair shade, Icy Ivory. It’s so gorgeous! But, it’s not really an every day glow. But I want to use it everyday because the glow looks healthy as well as booming! So I like to brush a little translucent powder on top to tone it down. I kind of want this in Light Medium – nude champagne next.
Hi all! I hope you are having a great weekend so far! I’m reviewing some fun Sally Hansen polishes that I received for my honest review.
I went a while this summer without wearing polish and not really taking care of my nails. So I’ve been trying to keep my nails polished and looking good for fall!
Sally Hansen Color Therapy Modern Neutrals
Nude nails are definitely an accessory that enhances your complexion but finding the perfect shade can be overwhelming. Sally Hansen has introduced Color Therapy Modern Neutrals, a collection that offers deep jewel hues and flesh tones. The line consist of 6 hues in varying finishes that also help to restore nails without sacrificing luminous color.
The shades from left to right are:
Dusty Plum — Mauve
Pink and Harmony — Iridescent medium pink
Falling Deep — Crimson shimmer
Bronze Reflection — Multi-faceted copper shimmer
Cashmere Calm — Warm buff nude
Diffused Light — Rich cream
I love these different shades of neutral polishes! I love all of these for the fall and winter. The Color Therapy line is so nice. They are great on the nails, and they last a while without chipping.
These can be purchased at mass market retailers.
Sally Hansen says it’s time to liven up those manis with the latest installment to their Miracle Gel lineup featuring the NEW Miracle Gel Color Whirl! It’s an overcoat that creates a marble effect over any Miracle Gel polish, so you’ll still get the great chip resistant gel-like wear you expect, but now with a mesmerizing design!
This innovative formula works with all your favorite classic Miracle Gel shades, or any on-trend seasonal colors to give you a new eye-catching look every time! Miracle Gel Color Whirl is available in two color-transforming “overcoats”, Steam Punk and Marble-ous, that work with the Miracle Gel 2-step system giving you a new salon-inspired look in just one swipe, right in the comfort of your own home!
I received these to test and I find them so interesting. I first applied them like normal nail polish and swiped the brush over my whole nail. It didn’t really work. The polish broke up a little bit but not enough to look marbled. So then I read the instructions and you are supposed to wipe off the excess polish and drag it over the nail in short strokes. That worked. The polish broke up to look more spotty. It’s actually pretty fun to use. I love using the lighter color Marble-ous over a light shade for a cool textured look. The black looks really cool over red!
These are also available at mass market retailers.
Do you wear nail polish? What colors do you like to wear in the fall?
Hi all! I was recently sent some amazing Buxom Cosmetics products for my honest review. I love trying new makeup and was so excited! I have already reviewed the new PillowPout Creamy Plumping Lip Powders. You can check that out here.
I put together my favorite products that I received. Here they are:
This eyeliner is a new release for Buxom. It’s an intensely pigmented eyeliner with wet powder, lasting wear technology. Tapered sponge tip applicator creates either a precise line or smoky look. Formula-infused cap reloads color with every twist.
I like this because it’s such a cool idea. It comes in two shades — Sultry Black and Smoldering Brown. I like the brown because I rarely wear black eyeliner. It’s two severe on me. This is very dark, so it does give a dramatic look. It does take a little work to make a nice line, but it looks pretty on!
I have been wearing this mascara for a couple of weeks and am loving it. It’s a volumizing mascara that dramatically defines, lengthens, and instantly lifts for fuller looking, ultra-black lashes minus any clumps. I love it for an every day look, but it can be built up for more drama!
Sorry that this is so blurry! You can see the shade though. It’s a plumping and hydrating lip balm that blooms to your custom shade by reacting with the pH level of your lips. This comes in four shades, this one is Glowing, it’s a beautiful mauvey nude shade on me. It has a light plumping effect. The size of this is huge for a balm, but it will last a long time.
This is a gorgeous lightweight cream luminizer in Venus, a nude glow shade. The formula blends out easily, delivering a sheer, shimmering finish perfect for all skin tones, and feels refreshing on. I like to use it before I powder my face, it works well under powder highlighter. And it looks gorgeous on shoulders and decollete.
The two shades on the left are the plumping lip cream in White Russian (Nude Pink) and Hot Toddy (toasty nude). This is such a beautiful product. This one doesn’t have a shimmer and it is very glossy. A unique peptide and hyaluronic acid booster helps to plumps your pout to new levels, while hyaluronic spheres moisturize and fill. Vitamins A and E provide lasting moisture for soft lips. This feels and looks amazing on!
On the right is the bestselling plumping lip gloss. This is in the color Dolly which is a shimmering mauve. It’s really pretty on and does plump my lips! It is high that boldly plumps the appearance of lips with a tantalizing tingle in a high-shine, shimmering finish.
This palette has six matte suede eyeshadows. It contains primer-infused technology to help keep color locked in place. Shades include:
Social Scene (matte mocha)
Trendsetter (matte putty)
Hot or Yacht (matte ash)
Beachfront (matte sand)
Invite Only (matte terracotta)
Cashmere Craving (matte almond)
This is the first time that I’ve tried Buxom shadows. These are really pretty and are very easy to blend. You can use them alone for a soft or smoky look, or with a metallic shadow or pigment for some shimmer on top. And you can open it and change out the shades. Single shadows are available to be purchased for the compact.
I am really loving these products! Have you tried anything by Buxom? What products do you like?
Hi all! It is almost fall, how’s your skin doing? My skin always needs a detox from summer. Great exfoliation and masks help clear up sun damage and clogged pore and get skin ready for cooler weather and more glam makeup for the fall and holidays!.
My skin is combination and aging, so the acne mask isn’t for me, but the anti-pollution one is really nice. I do have large pores, so this helped. I love both of the 3-in-1 masks. I love a good scrub. I leave these on my skin for a few minutes, then add a bit of water, massage it in my skin and rinse. My skin is so soft!
The hair clay masks are really cool, too! They are a creamy clay. You can apply them before or after shampooing in the shower. You comb them through your hair then leave them on for 5 minutes. They both worked well for me. The soothing one did make my scalp feel better and the smoothing one helped with frizz!
I love the wipes! They do bubble up once you start using them. They clean so well, too! The Yes to Coconut coffee stick scrub is very gentle (and smells amazing)! It is hydrating as well as exfoliating. The grapefruit stick is a mask, just rub it on, let is set and rinse off! It really brightens the skin and leaves it glowing!
H20+ Beauty products always smell amazing! The Teak Rose hand cream is so hydrating! The scent is a soft floral. The shimmering body moisturizer is very fresh and citrusy and gives the skin a soft glow.
I love the fresh Sea Greens scent. The scrub is great for exfoliating the body. It’s not too abrasive. I have tried the soothing probiotic bubble mask before. It’s really eassy to used. Just apply a thick layer on the skin and it will bubble up! Once the bubbles dissipate, I rinse it off and my skin is calm and smooth. There’s at least two applications in the pouch, too!
Hi All! I love trying new skincare and have recently received some amazing products for my honest review. My skin is combination and aging. I do get some break outs in my t-zone, but I wouldn’t say my skin is oily. I have a few fine lines and enlarged pores.
These products are perfect for fall. They hydrate and keep skin looking fresh, even as it tuns colder. Also, I tend to wear more makeup in the cooler weather and the following products help keep skin soft and moisturized:
IT Cosmetics Miracle Water 3-in-1 Tonic
IT Cosmetics Secret Sauce
IT Cosmetics Miracle Water 3-in-1 Tonic ($38 USD) –This is a lightweight no-rinse product that’s created with Secret Sauce™ Fermented Complex, a clinically advanced combination of 7 penetration-enhancing fermented ingredients, Miracle Water helps to increase absorbency and improve the efficacy of your moisturizers and serums. Plus, it’s infused with anti-aging peptides, hydrolyzed collagen, rose, aloe, rice, chamomile, green tea water, licorice root, vitamin C, illuminating Drops of Light Technology™ Concentrate and diamond powder! Use it after cleansing or in place of cleanser for powerful results immediately and over time.
I love micellar water, anything that cleanses well and is easy to use is awesome! This quickly removes my makeup. It feels light on and leaves my skin clean without stripping it of moisture. And I love all of the anti-aging benefits it has!
IT Cosmetics Secret Sauce ($68 USD) — Developed with plastic surgeons, Secret Sauce™ immediately hydrates and transforms skin! The skin-loving, powerfully potent secret lies in the Secret Sauce™ Fermented Complex: 7 clinically advanced, penetration-enhancing fermented ingredients that help to increase absorbency and maximize the ultra-hydrating, anti-aging benefits of Secret Sauce™. Also featuring anti-aging peptides, hydrolyzed collagen, hyaluronic acid, vitamin C and licorice root, Secret Sauce™ is perfect for all skin types and reduces the look of discoloration, lines and wrinkles. Combined with proprietary Drops of Light Technology™ Concentrate and diamond powder, this luxurious innovation gives you a youthful, lit-from-within glow—and is your secret to beautiful skin!
This is such a nice cream! It absorbs into the skin quickly and leaves my skin so soft. I’ve only been using it for about a week, but I find that my skin looks smoother. I do notice a slight glow to the skin from the Drops of Light Technology™.
Skinbetter Science Hydration Boosting Cream ($80 USD) — This award-winning moisturizer indulges your skin in hydrating botanical lipids and ceramides, providing a velvety finish. Reduces moisture loss while delivering immediate and long-lasting hydration.
I love to use this cream at night. It instantly hydrates my skin and makes it so soft! In the morning my skin is smooth and fresh. I’ve used it for a few weeks now and my skin is more hydrated and younger looking. I will continue using this and see what other great changes it will make to my skin!
Philosophy Purity Made Simple Eye Gel ($24 USD) — experience the pure and simple way to clinically proven 24-hour hydration* and eye area-awakening results, with the power of purity eye. hydrate and revive tired-looking eyes with our unique cooling memory gel, featuring an eye area-awakening complex that includes ginkgo biloba extract and caffeine. good-for-skin ingredients enrich the formula suitable for all skin types, with meadowfoam seed oil, cold-pressed chia seed oil, patented green tea antioxidant complex and potent forms of vitamins c & e and provitamin b5.
This gel is really fun to use. The consistency is like a creamy jello, or maybe a light flan! When you take a small bit of it to use, the next day the product has formed back to one smooth piece. When I pat it into my under eye, it almost dissolves like a liquid. It’s very hydrating and smooths out fine lines under my eyes.
Hi All! I’m back with another subscription box review — Ipsy Glam Bag. I subscribed to Ipsy years ago, but stopped. I decided I wanted to try it again to try new products. They also have a larger box available starting next month, the Ipsy Glam Bag Plus. I just got on the waiting list for that, so I’m not sure when I will receive it.
Ipsy Glam Bag is $10 a month for 5 deluxe and sometimes full-sized items. It used to be only makeup, but it seems to now be skincare and makeup. You can sign up for it here.
If you do sign up with my link, I’ll get pushed higher up on the waiting list for the Ipsy Glam Bag Plus and that would be amazing! And then you would be eligible for the Glam Bag Plus waitlist! The Glam Bag Plus is $25 a month and looks to be 5 full-sized items.
Here are the products I received in my first bag:
The bag is super cute! It’s nice quality, too. I was pleasantly surprised!
These are the products with the descriptions from the Ipsy website:
Elizabeth Mott Face Primer — The silky, lightweight formula also shuts down shine and helps minimize the appearance of fine lines and pores (it’s like a real-life Insta-filter!).It’s waterproof, so there’s no chance of your makeup sliding off if you get caught in the rain.
APTO Healing Turmeric Mask — This lightweight mask is packed with natural, skin-healing ingredients. Turmeric and neem travel deep into your skin’s pores to draw out impurities. They also have strong antibacterial properties and help reduce redness and inflammation, making them great acne-fighters. Azelaic acid gently sloughs away dead skin cells (no scrubbing needed) to reveal the fresh skin beneath and help restore your glow. Colloidal sulfur helps removes blackheads, deeply cleanses pores, and absorbs excess oil.
The Creme Shop 2-in-1 Facial Foam Cleanser — Packed with ingredients your skin loves—like green tea, rice water and white lily—this gentle, foamy formula is actually fun to use. Green tea is super rich in antioxidants and vitamins that help firm up and rejuvenate skin. Rice water and white lily help calm redness and treat acne scars.
MPrincess Loose Eyeshadow in Pretty Petal — This loose pigment shadow builds and blends really easily, so you can go for a lowkey or amped up eye look depending on your mood. It’s *so* fun to experiment with and plays well with your other shadows. (You can create endless looks by mixing and matching.) We love the dusty rose shade, which makes all eye colors really pop.
Luxie Beauty Wonder Woman Detail Tapered Blender 140 — LUXIE BEAUTY teamed up with Warner Brothers to bring us this limited-edition, Wonder Woman-inspired makeup brush. The synthetic bristles are soft and light yet pick up just the right amount of product with ease. The pointed brush head is great for targeting small areas (like applying concealer to your undereyes and inner corners of your nose).
When I first saw what I was getting, I wasn’t very excited. From what I remember, Ipsy was a makeup subscription. But it seems like now they include skincare. Which I really don’t need as I have tons of skincare (and tons of makeup to be honest). But I am excited to try the mask, it sound sounds like it will work well with my skin. I don’t need a cleanser, but I like K-Beauty and I will keep it for travel. I have already tried the primer and it is pore filling. And that brush! I love Luxie and it’s really soft. The shadow is a shimmery pink. I don’t know if I will keep it or give it away, but it looks pretty!
I am happy with this bag! Do you get Ipsy Glam Bag? What did you get this month?
Purrfect Pumpkin — A purrrfect treat of carved pumpkin, spooky cinnamon & moonlight vanilla
Vampire Blood — A frightful potion of red berries, night blooming jasmine & petrifying plum
Cand-icorn — A ghoulishly good blend of boo-raspberry, supernatural citrus & nightmarish nectarine
Trick or Treat — An all treats, no tricks blend of terrifying tangelo, monstrous mandarin & eerie musk
All of these products are so much fun! My daughter and I both love to stock up on the Vampire Blood scent every Halloween. All of these smell amazing and will be fun to use this Halloween season!
Do you purchase seasonal bath and body products? What scents do you love for this time of year?
Hi all! I did a little haul during the recent Sephora VIB Appreciation sale. I’m currently just an Insider (I usually shop at Ulta). I’m close to being a VIB, which will be nice for the next sale!
Here are the products I purchased. There’s swatches at the end:
Rose Gold Retro – rose gold & silver Kitten Karma – champagne, silver & copper Smoldering Satin – deep tan & silver
I think these are so pretty, but they are sooooo glittery. I tried them on and they left glitter all over my face. These definitely aren’t an every day product, so I have to firgure out where to wear them!
BITE BEAUTY French Press Lip Gloss ($18 USD) — This collection of lip glosses contains hydrating coffee butters and arabica cold press coffee oil, and has a sweet mocha flavor.
I have heard a lot about this and especially the shade I got, Flat White. I have fair/light skin, but this is still a bit light for me. And it has more coverage than I thought it would. It’s not sheer. But If I use it over a darker liner or lipstick, I think it will look nice. And it does feel creamy on, not sticky. So I’ll continue using it.
This is the Natasha Denona Super Glow Highlighter ($38 USD) — This super-soft, lightweight formula melts into the skin. It gives a glass-like strobing effect thanks to its high concentration of crushed and milled chroma crystals mixed with crushed pearls.
I have this in the fair shade, Icy Ivory. It’s so gorgeous! But, it’s not really an every day glow. But I want to use it everyday because the glow looks healthy as well as booming! So I like to brush a little translucent powder on top to tone it down. I kind of want this in Light Medium – nude champagne next.
Swatches:
From left to right -Bite lip gloss in Flat White, Stila Glitter & Glow in Rose Gold Retro, Kitten Karma, Smoldering Satin, and Natasha Denona highlighter in Fair.
I chose 3 freebies. The Lancome Monsieur Big Mascara is so amazing. I was going to buy a full-sized at the Ulta sale on Friday, but I didn’t make it to the store. This is a decent little size, so I’ll take it. I am looking forward to trying the Marc Jacobs Shameless primer and foundation. I did’t choose the Rahua shampoo an condition, but I’ll use them.
Did you shop the latest Sephora sale? What did you pick up? I have been shopping the Ulta 21 Days of Beauty sale (and I’m not done yet). I will be doing at least one post on that sale!
Forty, Flirty & Fabulous 