Everyday FOTD

Most days I struggle to get up in the morning before 8 am.  Sometimes I have to be at work at 8 am and sometimes not until midday.  So, I have streamlined my daily makeup when I am rushing out the door and only have 10 minutes or less to spend in the bathroom.  Or when the husband is waiting on me to leave on an errand! haha.

Ps: Ignore the hair that is strung across my face.  I totally didn’t feel it and only saw it after I took the pictures! whoops.  I’m only human 😉

I pretty much never wear eyeshadow to work because well I’m lazy and not that good at it.  I have deep set eyes that sometimes are slightly hooded (at least I think).  So this makes doing eyeshadow tricky and I just don’t have that down pat for when I’m running out the door!  But, I absolutely hate leaving without my mascara!  I am obsessed with tons of mascara on my lashes.  Enough ramblings, here are my products:

Well I forgot to put the primer with the rest of the base face products.  Oh well.  I put Revlon Colorstay on first over the Smashbox primer then set it with the Naked Powder.  I use the two concealers for my undereyes which you can see still need lots of help!  Still finding my HG products here.  I add some Nars Deep Throat Blush (HG! LOVE) and a little Too Faced Milk Chocolate Soleil on my cheeks.  This is all set with the UD All Nighter spray.

Mascara is the BOMB DIGGITY. I always come back to drugstore mascara though. My favorite at one point was the Tarte Lights Camera Action one but it is just too pricey. I really love almost all Mayelline mascaras that I’ve tried (really just the Volum’ Express line ones). I could go with the Falsies, The Colossal, or The Mega Plush. The other day I grabbed Rimmel ScandalEyes Lycra Flex and I LOVE IT! It adds length but so much volume! ahhhh. I have been layering this lately! First a coat or two of the Mega Plush and then some ScandalEyes Lycra Flex (but not the Retro Glam one!). I make sure to also wiggle the wand from the base up to really add some extra volume.   I love the darkest black you can find as well.  The blackest black you can get and I’ll take it.  None of this brown or brownish black….nope!

I absolutely HATE rubberized wands and thin mascara.  If it is a drier mascara with a thick and ultra plush brush then I’ll probably like it!  I have started using the NYX eyebrow powder in taupe.  I got the brunette first because well I have brunette hair but man it was sooooo orange and warm on me.  Definitely didn’t feel like it matched.  This one I think matches better.  I used the lighter shade today.  The brushes they provide suck though….use your own!

I sometimes add in some lip color if I have time or feel adventurous like today.  I just recently (like the last few months) started to get lip colors and really start wearing them/testing them out.   Instead of chapstick I use Lansinoh (lanolin) that I got at Target.  It is thick and heavy and really moisturizes my lips.  I used to use chapstick and vaseline but most chapsticks just irritated my lips more.  Vaseline really only works well if you have some moisture underneath and my lips were insanely dry because of the winter.  So lanolin it is!  I am in love with the Burt’s Bees lip crayons!  I have the one I’m wearing above (Redwood Forest) and also Napa Vineyard.  I used to have Sedona Sands I think but it did not show up on my lips so I got rid of it.  Oh well.

Products:

• Smashbox Photofinish Color Adjust Primer – meh.  I had it before and I liked it, but, I won’t buy again
• Revlon Colorstay Whipped in Buff 150
• Naked Skin loose powder in Light
• Maybelline Age Rewind in Fair
• Maybelline Dream Lumi Touche Highlighting Concealer in Ivory 
• Nars Deep Throat
• Too Faced Milk Chocolate Soleil 
• UD 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil in Empire **** forgot to take a picture of this ***** I don’t always use eyeliner either *****
• Maybelline The Mega Plush mascara in Blackest Black
• Rimmel London ScandalEyes Lycra Flex in Extreme Black
• Lansinoh (lanolin)
• Burt’s Bees Lip Crayon in Redwood Forest 

About 2/3 of these products were purchased at Target and the others at Sephora.

Enjoy your day!

xoxo P&C

Product Review – Burt’s Bees Super Shiny Mango Shampoo (Sulfate Free)

What is it?

So, I grabbed this because who doesn’t like Burt’s Bees?  It’s sulfate free and smelled good or so I thought!  According to Burt’s Bees website:

“Say “hello”to an oh-so natural shine with our Super Shiny Shampoo. Truly gentle, it rinses easily and helps reduce frustrating frizz. So your hair looks healthy and brilliantly beautiful. Fortified with Mango Seed Oil and Fig Extract, this nourishing formula leaves your hair feeling soft, shiny and super silky.”

This sounds great right?  Who doesn’t want shiny hair and no frizz AND it’s SLS free?  WOWZA!  Sounds great.

First Impression?

So, here I go grabbing it at Target. (link to the conditioner, can’t find the shampoo online).  It was about $6.59 + tax which wasn’t too expensive. I used it maybe 4 times thinking it would grow on me.  I go home all excited to use it and jump in the shower the next day.  Yeah, no.  It was awful smelling.  On the bottle it says that “fragrance” added is natural so one wouldn’t think it would be too bad.  But, man oh man – it smelled like cheap, fake, and nasty orange.  I thought it was supposed to be Mango!?  Not fake orange!  It was super runny too and hard to squeeze out of the bottle.    I’m pretty sure that each time I used it I squeezed out WAAYYYY too much shampoo yet wasted half of what I squeezed out into the shower floor.  Whoopsies.  $$ straight down the drain!

Bottom Line?

• Awful Scent
• Runny
• Is my hair even clean?
• No pump!  BOO!!!!

Rating?

1 of 5 stars

Keep or Toss?

TOSS!!!!!

Guess I should have read some reviews online at Burt’sBees.com (rated 2.4/5) and on Target.com (at least about the conditioner rated 3/5!)