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IT Cosmetics’ IT’s Your Top 5 Superstars & More! 6-Piece Holiday Collection on QVC!

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Hi all! It’s time for another amazing IT Cosmetics Today’s Special Value on QVC! This one is the IT’s Your Top 5 Superstars & More! 6-Piece Holiday Collection, and it’s amazing for treating yourself or giving as a holiday gift! The collection is sold just today for $59.94 and the retail value is $215! Such a great deal!

Here’s how it arrives:

The packaging is so pretty! The collection includes:

0.30-oz Celebration Foundation in Fair, Light, Medium, Medium Tan, Tan, Rich, or Deep
0.40-fl oz Bye Bye Under Eye Concealer
2-fl oz Confidence in a Cream
0.30-fl oz Superhero Elastic Stretch Volumizing Mascara
0.057-fl oz Je Ne Sais Quoi Hydrating Color Awakening Lip Treatment Serum
Heavenly Luxe Dual-Ended Buff & Blend Brush

Here’s more info on the products:

Never creasing or cracking, Celebration Foundation is your 30-seconds-to-flawless full coverage in a talc-free, hydrating powder foundation.

Bye Bye Under Eye Concealer is your award-winning, full-coverage, antiaging treatment concealer, covering everything without creasing or cracking.

Confidence in a Cream is your hypoallergenic moisturizing super cream, instantly giving your skin hydration and helping address the appearance of the signs of aging, including dry fine lines and wrinkles.

Superhero Elastic Stretch Volumizing Mascara gives your lashes super-length and super-volume in a super-black formula that leaves lashes looking fuller and longer for your most dramatic lashes.

Je Ne Sais Quoi Hydrating Color Awakening Lip Treatment Serum is your hydrating, lip-smoothing, perfect pink lip.

The collection also includes the new Heavenly Luxe Dual-Ended Buff & Blend Brush to give you flawless full coverage with two sides for effortless application!

I’ve tried all of these products and think they are all so gorgeous! This would make such an amazing gift to either give the whole set, or break up the products since they are individually boxed.

Are you going to pick up this great deal?

October 2018 Beauty Favorites

Hi all! It’s November! This year has gone by so fast! Soon it will be Christmas.

I have a few items I’ve been using almost every day in October. Here are the items and links to my first review or post about it:

IT Cosmetics Secret Sauce ($68 USD) — My skin has gotten so dry lately. This moisturizer is thick and hydrating, perfect for colder weather! 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. I used this at night and in the morning my skin is soft and glowy!

BECCA Under Eye Brightening Corrector is a full-coverage creme that color-corrects the appearance of under-eye darkness. It is infused with ultra-fine, light-reflecting illuminators. I like this a lot. It’s just the right shade to go under my eye, it’s a little bit lighter than my skin tone. It helps cover my dark circles and give us a bit of a glow. This was a favorite earlier in the year, but I’ve been using it again and love to apply it every day under my concealer.

Wunder2 Wunderkiss Gloss Lip Liner ($11.95 USD) — This liner is created to be used with lip gloss! The liner is very smooth and easy to use. The claim is that it can be used to create a beautiful, long-lasting lip contour that keeps your lip gloss in place. I find that it does just that. My gloss looks fresh for longer. Available in 3 shades — Nude, Rose and Berry. I love the Nude. I have been trying to use up three Lorac glosses in my current Project Pan, and this lip liner helps them stay on longer and my lips look more polished.

Urban Decay Elements Eyeshadow Palette ($52 USD) — Inspired by the elements – Air, Earth, Fire and Water – a constellation of unique colors orbit around Luna, an ultra-iridescent transformer shade. The 19 new multidimensional pigments include bright mattes, holographic shimmers and molten metallics. This is gorgeous and I’ve been testing out these shadows. It’s perfect for fall and holiday looks.

Morphe High Impact Highlighter in Extra ($14 USD) — At first I wasn’t the biggest fan of this, but I really like it now. The color is gorgeous, it’s a lustrous peachy gold. Just a little goes a long way with this. It’s very intense!

Physicians Formula The Healthy Foundation SPF 20 (LC1) — This is full coverage, but it looks natural on. I don’t have the correct shade, I purchased it online and I guessed on the shade. They all looked pretty dark on the Ulta website so I bought the lightest shade. It’s just a bit light for me. I will purchase this again in a darker shade.

Have you tried any of these products? What are your faves from the month?

BoxyCharm Subscription Box Review — October 2018

Hi all! I received my October BoxyCharm this week. I always watch for spoilers so I have an idea what I’ll be getting. And I was pretty excited for it. I am still waiting to be taken off of the waiting list for their larger box called BoxyLuxe. Hopefully I’ll be off for the December BoxyLuxe (it’s every three months).

Regular Boxycharm is just $21 a month for 5-6 beauty items, most of them full-sized. It is a nice way to try new makeup and beauty tools.

This month I received:

Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick ($20 USD)
IT Cosmetics Superhero Elastic Stretch Volumizing Mascara ($24 USD)
Briogeo Don’t Despair Repair! Leave-In Mask ($16 for 2 oz)
Dermovia Lace A Peel Bamboo Charcoal Sheet Mask ($30 USD)
PUR Midnight Masquerade Palette ($38 USD)

I’m really happy with this box! I got items I wanted to try.

I love the Superhero mascara! I have used it many times before and love how long and full my lashes are when I use it.

I don’t think I’ve tried anything by Kat Von D before. It’s not really a brand that appeals to me. But I was looking forward to trying this. Here’s a swatch:

The shade I received is Bow N Arrow. On the Sephora website it’s described as a fawn nude. That’s accurate I think. The color is a bit dark on me, but I kind of like it for fall. I’m trying to decide if I will keep it or give it to my daughter. I don’t wear matte liquid lipsticks often, but I do like them under lip glosses. So i will keep trying it and see.

I was so excited about this Brigeo leave-in mask! I just used up my leave in conditioner, and now I don’t have to run out and grab something! I’ve used it and it makes my hair so soft!

I have not tried the mask yet. There is a tube of the peel of gel and two lace masks in it. My skin has been really sensitive lately, so I’m going to wait to try this. It looks really cool, though!

Look how pretty this palette is! I think this is really fun for October and Halloween. The face shades are so pretty and the shades are very dramatic! I’m trying to decide if I want to keep this or give it to a friend for the holidays…hmm. I just have so many palettes right now!

So the verdict on this box is it’s very good! Much better than the last few. I will keep the mascara, briogeo spray, lace mask and maybe the liquid lipstick and palette. Pretty good!

I’ll be reviewing my Ipsy Glam Bag Plus soon — and it’s pretty great, too! October is a great month for my beauty boxes!

Did you get BoxyCharm this month? What did you get in your box?

New Hydrating Skincare For Fall!

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™.

These can be purchased at http://www.itcosmetics.com

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!

Purchase at http://www.skinbetter.com

Philosophy Purity Hydra Bounce Eye Gel — Philosophy Purity Made Simple Eye Gel

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.

Purchase at http://www.philosophy.com

Have you tried any great new skincare lately? What do you use to hydrate your skin?

July 2018 Beauty Favorites

I can’t believe it’s August! It has been hot in Kansas City since mid-May so I am ready for summer to be over. My youngest daughter is starting high school in two weeks as my middle daughter goes off to college. So many changes!

And so many choices — at least for my fave July products. I loved so many makeup products this month. Here they are:

I have been testing so much awesome new makeup in the last couple of months, so I chose more favorites than usual this month.

Urban Decay Born to Run Eyeshadow Palette — I received this for my birthday in June and have been loving it since! There is such a great variety of shades. The shadows are so buttery and blend well, too. It will work nicely in the fall and winter months because there are some gorgeous plums and greens.

Alamar Cosmetics Reina del Caribe Vol.1 — This bright palette came in my June BoxyCharm. These are normally not shades I would wear — orange, red, blue — but these shades are so creamy and pigmented, it’s hard not to love them. I use them with a light hand and they are so pretty!

H2O+ Beauty Oasis Smart Tint Lip Color — This is a self-adjusting lip color. It has two sides. The dark blue shade turns rosy on my lips and the light blues turns a shimmery pink. Very fun and hydrating!

Urban Decay Chill Chill Cooling and Hydrating Makeup Setting Spray — I have been using this all summer. This has Temperature Control Technology that actually chills the surface of my makeup to keep it looking fresh for up to 12 hours. This also helps powders melt into my skin and I look dewy, not dry!

IT Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC+ Cream Oil-Free Matte with SPF 40 — I really like this. It is a comfort matte so it is not too drying, but stays in place all day. I need it in a lighter shade, but I have been mixing it with a light foundation and it looks great!

L’Oreal Voluminous Lash Primer — I LOVE this! I got a sample in a free gift from Ulta this spring and bought the full sized one last month. I use it every time I wear mascara. It gives length and fullness to my lashes. My lashes are very short, so they need this! L’Oreal now has a rose gold primer that’s a part of their Lash Paradise collection, so I’ll pick that up, too!

Pixi Beauty Glow Cake in GildedBare Glow — I received this for review and ever since, I have used it every day. It gives me the perfect summer glow. I swirl my brush in the whole pan and cover my cheek with it. I then use the lightest shade as a hilghighter on my cheekbones, nose and cupid’s bow. Gorgeous!

Pixi Beauty Rose Mist — I love using this in the morning after I wash my skin, before serums and creams. It helps soothe my sensitive skin and gives a glow. It also helps hydrate, which I love. Plus, it smells amazing!

What products were you loving in July?

IT Cosmetics It’s Your Most Beautiful Skin Today’s Special Value on QVC

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Hey IT Girls! There’s an amazing IT Cosmetics and QVC Today’s Special Value on now. It’s called the IT’s Your Most Beautiful Skin! Life-Changing Skincare Collection and it gives you the power to experience your most beautiful skin—and to look in the mirror and see everything that is right.

This Today’s Special Value is scheduled to debut on QVC Friday, May 18^th, 2018 at 10 pm (EST), but is being offered now here for presale. The price is $69.95 and $3 shipping. The value is $193.50! This is only until the end of the day on May 19th.

This exclusive four-piece collection features two IT Girl skincare must-haves, plus one new game-changing innovation that delivers life-changing results as well as a revolutionary brush that pairs perfectly with it! While new Bye Bye Foundation with SPF 50+gives you the power to say “bye bye” to traditional foundation, the Heavenly Luxe Bye Bye Foundation Brush No. 22 reaches every corner of your face to deliver an even, streak-free application. Also included is Bye Bye Under Eye Eye Cream, your solution for a smoother, brighter-looking eye area, and Bye Bye Lines Serum to deeply hydrate your skin and visibly erase the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles for younger-looking results!

Includes 1-fl oz Bye Bye Foundation Full Coverage Moisturizer with SPF 50 in Fair, Fair Light, Light, Light Medium, Medium, Neutral Medium, Medium Tan, Neutral Tan, Tan, Rich, Rich Honey, or Deep
1-fl oz Bye Bye Lines Serum
0.5-fl oz Bye Bye Under Eye Eye Cream; shipments arrive approximately every 90 days for three years
Heavenly Luxe Bye Bye Foundation Brush #22

I have tried the Bye Bye Lines Serum and Eye Cream. They are both amazing! The serum sinks right into the skin and make my face feel so smooth. The Eye Cream is hydrating without feeling heavy. I haven’t tried the Bye Bye Foundation, but I think it looks amazing!

Are you going to pick up this set? What IT Cosmetics products have you tried?

IT Cosmetics Friends & Family Event — April 10-15 2018

It’s time for the IT Cosmetics Friends & Family Event! IT Cosmetics is rewarding their loyal IT Girls with exclusive access to the semi-annual friends & family sale, an event that you DEFINITELY don’t want to miss!

The offer is 25% Off Any $30 itcosmetics.com order (pre tax and shipping). The code is FRIENDS2018.

This sale runs from April 10^th thru the 15^th.

I love IT Cosmetics and am going to check out the sale in the morning. Are you going to pick anything up?

March 2018 Beauty Favorites

It’s so crazy that it’s already April! March went by so fast! I did enjoy trying new products and I have lots more to test and review. I’m always looking for new favorites. Here are the ones I used again and again in March:

Makeup Revolution Reloaded Palette in Newtrals 2. ($7 USD). I talked about this in an ULTA haul, and I still haven’t swatched and reviewed it. My bad! I am going to try to review it in the next week or two. I can say that this is so pigmented and the colors are gorgeous, especially the shimmers. I think that it is definately worth the price and am looking forward to trying more Makeup Revolution eye shadows.

Nip + Fab Glycolic Fix Daily Cleansing Pads (12.99 USD) — I have been using this for weeks now and I have been loving how my skin looks! It includes 60 radiance-boosting pads, soaked in exfoliating glycolic acid (2.8%) retexture + resurface skin whilst witch hazel helps to tone. Also includes hyaluronic acid + soothing blue daisy helps to reveal brighter + smoother looking skin. I use this once or twice a day and love how smooth my skin is! It helps my makeup to apply more evenly, too!

IT Cosmetics Je Ne Sais Quoi Hydrating Color Awakening Lip Treatment Serum — I recieved this in a TSV kit on QVC. It is infused with butters, oils, hyaluronic acid, and antioxidants. It starts out very light pink, then adjusts to a bright pink on my lips.

Zoella Beauty Sweet Inspirations ($12.95): This is inspired by the sweet scent of macaroons. To me, it smells like vanilla and is a warm scent. It smells so yummy and I love wearing it for work because it isn’t overly floral or cloying.

Jane Iredale Limited Edition Snap Happy Makeup Kit ($58 USD) — This is a cute little makeup stack that includes:

PureMatte® Finish Powder – translucent
Whisper PurePressed® Blush – shimmery peachy pink
Brown Sugar PurePressed® Eye Shadow Triple – warm brown, shimmery peach, shimmery copper eggplant

I love all of these products and they work well together. The powder is translucent and works well as a finishing powder. The blush is light and a little sparkly, nice for spring and summer. These are all shimmery and so nicely pigmented. This kit will be good for traveling, too.

Julep No Limits ($24 USD) — This creme can be used on face, hands or body. I like to keep this in my purse. It’s so hydrating for my hands. I think it would be to heavy for my face. I received this in my November 2017 Julep Maven box.

What were your most reached for products this month?

IT Cosmetics’ IT’s All About You! Customer Favorites Collection — QVC TSV!

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IT Cosmetics’ IT’s All About You! Customer Favorites Collection brings your most beautiful self forward with the look of light and color! This Today’s Special Value is on QVC today, Saturday, March 10th, 2018 and will be offered for one day only!

This exclusive four-piece collection features is valued at $173.43 and it is on sale today for $59.96! It contains the following products:

2.53-fl oz CC+ Cream Illumination in Fair, Light, Medium, Medium Tan, Tan, Rich, or Deep
0.192-oz Bye Bye Pores Blush in Sweet Cheeks, a peachy-pink shade
0.057-fl oz Je Ne Sais Quoi Hydrating Color Awakening Lip Treatment Serum
Heavenly Skin CC+ Skin Perfecting Brush

I have tried all of these amazing products before, except for the brand new lip treatment serum. Here’s more info on each product:

It all begins with the super-size CC+ Cream Illumination. It’s your complete skin care, your SPF 50 UVA/UVB sunscreen, and full coverage in one step. There is no shimmer or glitter, but a lit-from-within look! Infused with hydrolyzed collagen, peptides, hyaluronic acid, and other skin-loving ingredients, Drops of Light Technology helps give your skin a beautiful radiance. Paired with the Heavenly Skin CC+ Skin Perfecting Brush, CC+ Cream helps improve the appearance of dry fine lines and wrinkles.

To brighten the look of your complexion, Bye Bye Pores Blush in the new shade, Sweet Cheeks, instantly diffuses the look of pores and imperfections while giving your skin the perfect kiss of peachy pink. Hyaluronic acid, antioxidants, and peptides infused in your blush? That’s what makes IT Cosmetics so different. What’s more, it’s and talc- and paraben-free!

Infused with butters, oils, hyaluronic acid, and antioxidants, Je Ne Sais Quoi Hydrating Color Awakening Lip Treatment Serum delivers hydration with your perfect flush of soft, pink color.

You get a HUGE tube of the CC+ Cream Illumination. This applies so nicely to the skin and makes you look flawless. Using it with the amazing brush will give a pretty even coverage. I love IT brushes — so high quality!

I actually have the blush in Sweet Cheeks already and use it every day. It looks super shimmery in the pan, but when applied, my skin looks so glowy!

The lip product feels nice on. The Je Ne Sais Quoi shade has been made into so many lip products by IT because it is so popular. It goes on very light pink, but deepens to a different shade for each person. On me it’s always super bright pink. So I don’t wear it often. If it stayed a light pink, I would love it!

All in all, this is a great deal, especially if you love IT Cosmetics’ fan favorite CC+ Cream. The jumbo size of that is worth the cost of the whole kit!

Are you picking this up?

BoxyCharm Subscription Box Review – January 2018

I just received my BoxyCharm January 2018 box a couple of days ago, and I wanted to share it with you. This is one of my favorite subscription boxes ever!

Boxycharm is just $21 a month for 5-6 beauty items, most of them full-sized.

Here’s what I received from BoxyCharm:

IT Cosmetics Brow Power™ Universal Eyebrow Pencil – ($24 USD)
DR. BRANDT SKINCARE pores no more® Luminizer Primer – ($38 USD)
Crown Glam Metals Palette – ($29.99 USD)
PUR Bronze and Brighten Palette ($34 USD)
Grande Lips Hydrating Lip Plumper – ($27 USD)

As you can see, this box has amazing value. If I paid full price for everything, it would be $152.99. Crazy!

This primer is the product that I am most excited about trying. I haven’t used it on my face, but I swatched it on my hand and it blurs and gives a little glow. I’ve just started using primer again, so I am excited to give this a try!

I have tried Brow Power before. I love IT Cosmetics, but this is one product I don’t really use. I have black brows and fair skin. And my brows are still pretty thick, even as I get older. So, I usually tweeze and shape and sometimes use a clear gel. If I accentuate them with color, it looks way to dramatic on me. So, I will probably re-home this pencil.

Grande Lips plumpers are so nice, because they don’t tingle or irritate the lips. But this shade is waaaay too dark for me! I am going to give this away.

This is very pretty, shimmery and intensely pigmented! I plan to review this, because the colors are so pretty and I’m sure I’ll use this, but maybe as eye shadow…

So, I’m not swatching anything this month, and this is the main reason. The shade Punk in this compact is broken. I was wondering why there was dark dust all over my items in the box, and this is why. I am going to ask for a replacement, and we’ll see what they say!

These colors do look really pretty, though!

If I receive a replacement, I’ll review this palette, and I’ll review the Pur palette soon! This month, I’ll be keeping the primer, Pur palette and eyeshadows. I’ll probably find a new home for the lip plumper and maybe the Brow Power since I don’t really color my brows. But this month was a real winner for me! Gorgeous products and an amazing value!

Do you subscribe to Boxycharm? What did you get this month?