Influenster Rose Vox Box

I just received my second Vox Box from Influenster. This one is the Rose box and it included:

belVita crunch Breakfast Biscuits
Dr. Scholl's For Her Cozy Cushions
Kiss Gradation Polishes
Rimmel London Scandaleyes Retro Glam Mascara
Lindt LINDOR Milk Chocolate Truffles- which were eaten upon arrival by the husband. He liked them :)

The Rimmel mascara is really great! There is a funky hour glass shape wand that separates and gives volume. I will continue to use this mascara since its a really awesome drug store mascara. Retails $6.99

The fuzzy soles are fun, they are similar to Ugg insoles with a thick fuzzy material. They make boots or shoes comfy and warm. I think they retail $12.99

 

 

 The belVita bars are 4 'cookies' in one package, they are hard and taste like cinnamon graham crackers, they are pretty good but a little bland.

 I was excited to try the Gradation polishes and was surprised by how easy it was to do. Step one is the base polish, a light pearl sheen.

Step 2 is a golden polish on 1/3 of the nail

and step 3 was a shimmery glitter on half of the nail to finish the gradation effect

I believe this set retails $6.99 and comes in a few other colors.

 

From @InfluensterVox and #RoseVoxBox  I received these items complimentary for testing purposes.

 

 

L'oreal Voluminous Mascara in Carbon Black

As a make-up junkie I must have over 15 different mascaras but I find that my favorite is always Benefit BadGal Lash or any Dior mascaras. With the price tag of $15 and $24 its not a monthly purchase. I want the false lash look without the trouble of false lashes and I want it black and long and long lasting. But I wanted a better price point. Alas I have found the ultimate mascara for less than $6! L'Oreal makes an amazing mascara called Voluminous in Carbon Black. I read a review in my US Weekly (I think) and had to try it and instantly fell in love! It's neat, lengthening, volumizing, and gives me the look of falsies, exactly what I was looking for!

After one coat its very dramatic.

 

Try it out and let me know what you think!

http://www.target.com/p/l-oreal-voluminous-mascara/-/A-12912151#prodSlot=medium_1_3&term=L%27Oreal+Voluminous+Mascara

 

Peace & Love & OPI review

I am really into duo chrome nail polish but always find that I am disappointed as soon as I put it on. In the bottle the colors are always changing and look like an oil spill and once I apply the polish it usually looks dull and flat with no drastic color change like the bottle looks, UNTIL I decided to buy OPI's new Peace & Love & OPI duo chrome polish. I figured I would be disappointed again but I was not! It is a steel gray base with flashes of green and purple, it changes colors in the sunlight and in the shade. The base is a little streaky since its a frosty metallic but after two coats its pretty even. Its a must have for any polish addict!

MAC MSF in Lust

MAC's Tropical Taboo collection just came out a few days ago and I was quite excited to find some mineralize skinfinsh (MSF) in new colors!

Since my favorite, Blonde, has been discontinued I have been wanting something similar.

It was a toss between Rio or Lust and I ended up getting Lust.
The website states Lust as a pale pink with cranberry pearl.

<-- without flash

<-- With flash

It is highly shimmery and when blended creates a beautiful pink glow.

Here I am wearing it as a highlighter and it gives a nice pink glow. I am an NW15/20 for reference.

In the above photo I compared MAC MSF in Blonde to Lust. Blonde is on top and is much lighter in color, more of a baby pink but still has the glow.

I am very pleased with Lust and will use it often as a blush, highlighter or eye shadow.

I may go back for Rio but I am reallllly loving Lust.

Rio is a bronze with pink pearl  I think that that maybe a closer match to Blonde as its on the cooler size.




* Below if from MAC's website*

A luxurious velvet-soft powder with high-frost metallic finish. Smoothes on: adds buffed-up highlights to cheeks, or an overall ultra-deluxe polish to the face. A luxurious velvet-soft powder with high-frost metallic finish. Smoothes on: adds buffed-up highlights to cheeks, or an overall ultra-deluxe polish to the face. Read More

10 g / 0.35 US oz US$30.00

Be still my heart!

The perfect accessory to any bag, the Louis Vuitton heart coin purse! Doesn't hold much more than change but its super cute so I don't care if its usually empty! ;)

Essie Punchy Pink

The perfect NEON pink! Its a truer pink than it photographs but I love it for summer!!

Mariah Carey for OPI

OPI just launched a new line of nail colors inspired by Mariah Carey.
My Ulta had them on the shelves earlier than their release date of 1/2/13.
I picked up 2 colors, A Butterfly Moment, which is a shimmer nude with a pink tint and Pink Yet Lavender a pink and iridescent glitter.
There are 4 colors and 4 'sands' the new textured opi. I saw swatches of the sands and they are not my thing, its dull and similar texture to a colored sand paper, guess that's what they were going for...

I did a mani with A Butterfly Moment with accents of Pink Yet Lavender

 

D.I.Y Glittering your shoes !

I recently D.I.Yed a pair of high heels with glitter and have had some people ask for a how to. Its very easy but messing so if you don't like glitter everywhere than this is not for you!
Here are the heels I did first and than I will show the step by step for flats.

Plain black leather heels turned into my holiday heels!

First find shoes you would want to glitter,

What you need. Modge podge works too or any type of glue other than super glue

Brush on glue in small areas

Pour glitter over the glue and gently shake loose glitter off. Put paper under to catch the fallen glitter.

Keep doing that over the entire shoe.

See its messy!

When dry spray with a clear gloss spray, 2 coats.

Than let dry over night and they are ready to wear.

 

Don't walk through snow or water becase it will ruin your hard work!