Covergirl + Olay Concealer Balm: Review!

Hello girlies! Today I am back with another review for you all! You girls know I picked up the Covergirl + Olay Eye Concealer recently and did a review for you all. I was convinced I would like that product more! Boy, was I wrong! This will be my most straight forward review ever.

Before I even picked up the eye concealer, I decided to give this one a try since it was slightly cheaper. I am trying to give Covergirl a chance again finally. I used the brand for foundation, powder and such when I was younger and it would break me out so bad! So it is a miracle for me to be purchasing from them again.

I am a concealer junkie. I would take concealer over foundation any day! Concealer is just so quick and easy. So I like to try tons of concealers. I will have to take a picture of my most recent concealer drawer. My lanta. I'm a hoarder.

Now onto the review of the Covergirl + Olay Concealer Balm!

This is the most effortless concealer I think I have ever used. You barely touch your skin with this and it distributes product right away. It is a thicker concealer, that is super easy to work with since it is combined with the Olay moisturizer. It never goes on cakey. It just gives a ton of coverage without making a blemish or dark spot more apparent. It hides em!

What I like this most for though is under my eyes. I just run it along my under eye area and dab dab dab for probably 3 seconds and it is good to go! I wouldn'tn need to set it with a powder but I still do but regardless it doesn't crease on me! It is just remarkable.

I could rave on and on about this but I really don't feel the need to! All you need to know is this concealer is thicker but isn't cakey. Doesn't crease. Doesn't break you out. And it is the easiest concealer to work with in the world!

Whatcha waiting for? I think you should go pick this up right now!

Have you tried this product out? Did you like it?
Ashley

Revlon Colorstay Whipped Creme Makeup: Review!

I'm a little behind on the bandwagon for this, but I was planning on reviewing this months ago. However, I am glad I waited because once I rediscovered this, I fell in love! I don't have pictures to share with you guys this time because my lid is broken and won't screw onto the product fully and the packaging got messy so I just didn't want you to see my makeup while it is being a hot mess ha.

I'm going to start off by telling you why I didn't like this foundation before. I heard a lot of people recommend applying this with a sponge so I trusted them and started doing it that way. I used it for like a week straight and I wasn't impressed by it at all. I didn't like how it looked on my skin, didn't feel like it stayed well, just wasn't my favorite.

Now, my thoughts have completely changed. I pulled this out my collection because I was like oh this is so bulky and takes up so much space, I just want to use it and get rid of it. I am so glad I did!

This time around, I used it with a brush (I used the sigma f82) and it went on flawlessly! It made my skin seriously look good all day. I was astonished! I tried applying it with my hands, with sponges, everything before and I didn't like how it looked at all. Just by using a brush, I fell in love with this product. I didn't want to use a brush initially because it is a heavier foundation and I just didn't think a brush would appreciate using this product. I seriously can't get enough of this now.

Consistency: This is definitely a heavy whipped creme. You can turn the product upside down and it won't budge. However, it doesn't look cakey or feel heavy on the skin once you blend it out. It is actually very lightweight feeling in my opinion! It makes your skin feel very smooth once it is worked in. It is easy to work with if you use a brush. I thought it was harder then heck to work with when I used my hands, and using a sponge just wasn't impressive either.

Staying Power: I use a setting powder with every foundation I use, but when I do set it my makeup either lasts all day or I do not have fading until after like 8 hours which is great in my opinion. Not sure how it performs with a powder, sorry! I get too nervous to wear makeup that way.

How it Looks: I honestly get a lot of compliments on my skin when I wear this! And that makes me feel great because I don't always get compliments on my skin. It does give a nice airbrushed finished when I use a brush. Once I am done using the brush, I just quick run my hands over it to make sure it is all smoothed out and my skin looks great.

I am really glad I started using this again! I am completely impressed with this foundation now. I haven't reached for anything else since, which is seriously a miracle! I can see this becoming a holy grail product for me! I definitely recommend this for foundation! Don't let the texture scare you! This is available everywhere Revlon Cosmetics is sold!

Have you tried this? Which way do you like to apply this the best? What is your current favorite foundation?
Ashley

L'Oreal Magic Skin Beautifier BB Cream: Review!

Ohhhhhh no no nooo. I don't believe I have ever started a blog post out like that. This time I had to. I will say right off the bat: fair skinned girls: BEWARE.

Girl, I didn't even buy this product. I had received 3 samples of this at random times, from ulta and what not, and decided to try it out. NO. Just no.

This comes out as a white liquid from the start. Right away I began to become nervous. I started applying it to my face and wanted to cry. Holy crap. Instant orange face! It looked like I had received an awful spray tan. The worst part, it kept oxidizing, and got worse as time went on! Really, L'Oreal?

Look at that. That simply is not acceptable.

Putting that all behind, I will start telling you more about this product.

Consistency:
It starts off white with a little bit of a gritty texture. The gritty texture doesn't irritate my skin though, and I am very sensitive. As you start to blend it in, the color slowly starts to "match" your skin, and then all of a sudden BAM it is a whole new color in .03 seconds. I actually felt this was sort of hard to blend, especially when I had to go over spots multiple times. It began feeling cakey on my skin. Kay girrrrl, this is a BB cream! Not even a foundation. It should not be even relatively cakey. Unacceptable.

How does it look on the skin?
While this is "cakey", it also made me look really shiny. I just cannot understand this product.

Not a fan of this product. There are definitely better bb creams on the market.

Sorry for being so rude against this product. I just want to tell you girls exactly how I feel about products! I will never lie to you girls! Honesty is the best policy :)

If you even a shade darker then me, or much darker and tried this out, what did you think? Let me know!
Ashley

Covergirl & Olay Simply Ageless Eye Concealer: Review!

I have been on the hunt for an under eye concealer for longer then I can remember. Let's be honest; the drugstore just hasn't given us anything to go crazy over yet. The only "under eye" concealer I really like is the Maybelline instant age rewind concealer. I have been waiting for the drugstore to come out with something similar to the bobbi brown one since I started getting into makeup.

I will admit, this product looks amazing all swirled together. Sadly that is ruined after just one use.

Consistency:
I must say, because it has the built in Olay moisturizer, it feels luxurious. This makes it very easy to work with.

Performance:
This is marketed I also like using this where I have redness and pimples because the color cancels out very well. Under my eyes, my main concern is more under eye veins since I am so pale, and this covers my blue veins well. Does pretty well with dark circles, but it isn't a miracle worker. Now, the problem I do have with this, is it can crease like crazy on me under my eyes! I don't know why. Must be too hydrating. I bought this because everyone was raving about this since it doesn't crease. I have tried using this with moisturizer under it, without moisturizer, everything. If I set it with a powder immediately, it won't crease. On other days, however, it will crease sometimes, others it will not. I cannot tell what I am doing differently on the days where it does crease and doesn't. So I have days where I love this, and days where I don't. Just keep that in mind. It did crease on me at times so don't buy this strictly because you heard it doesn't crease. Obviously, everyone is different.

Selection:
This comes in a normal under eye concealer and corrector. Concealer comes in four shades and corrector in one obviously. I would say this is a good shade selection for under eye concealer just because even darker skinned ladies can get by with using lighter shades, that creates such a pretty effect.

Now, I have heard some talk that these are being discontinued. And I did pick this up for around $5 at walgreens, so maybe the talk is right. Regardless, I would say if you are interested in this, pick it up fast! I think this product is worth it, even if it does crease. I learned ways to eliminate creasing so it isn't even really a problem anymore.

Have you guys tried this? Do you guys like it? What else would you guys like me to review?
Ashley

Maybelline Color Tattoo Limited Edition Summer 2013: TONS of Swatches! Waves of White & Seashore Frosts

I am a huge fan of the color tattoos. They are one of my all time favorite makeup products! I have been dying to get my hands on these since the minute I saw people talking about them. I always have the hardest time finding limited edition things so I was nervous I wouldn't get my hands on these!

Earlier I instagramed this picture :) Boy, was I happy girl when I spotted these :)

I was on the hunt for a Paula Deen cookware set for my mom for mothers day / her birthday, so I was basically jogging through the store to see if they still had the set left I wanted for her in stock. Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a new Maybelline display, and saw new color tattoos! I quickly snatched the shade seashore frosts while I was still on the move, and continued on my journey to find her present. Once I had that, I decided I could go back and look at the other shades to see if I wanted more.

I ended up having it narrowed down to about four, mainly three. I was kind of intrigued by the minty shade but decided to pass on it for now. I was debating whether to pick up waves of white, or blue paradise. Blue paradise looked SO beautiful, but I do not wear blue like ever so I went with waves of white.

I spent at least a half hour taking different pictures for this blog post. I am going to include many different swatches so you can really get a feel of how the shades look in many different angles of light. You barely move your hand, and the shades totally change!

Time to examine the beauty!

Waves of White

I found this shade looks better when it isn't in natural lighting. I went into my bathroom to wash off my swatches and that is when I truly realized how beautiful this shade was. That lighting captured the true beauty of it. Wish my camera would have!

Seashore Frosts

I know my pictures are not the best ones out there, but I wanted to include many different pictures for you guys so you can truly tell how different these look at every different angle. I love how they both have duochrome to them, seashore frosts obviously containing more, but these are just all around beautiful shades! I plan on picking up more if I can find them again just because I love these color tattoos, I just restrained today because I didn't want to break the bank all in one shopping trip :P I actually picked them up when they were BOGO 1/2 off, woop woop!

I love color tattoos, and if you do as well, you won't be disappointed in these! I would just say these aren't quite as thick as the original ones, especially waves of white, it is much lighter in consistency. I do not mind though! Definitely pick these up girls! If I do pick up more, I will be sure to swatch those as well!

So what do you girls think? Were the multiple views helpful to you guys? I hope you could tell the real difference as you change angles! Let me know if you liked how I included many different pictures, I will continue to do that if you like it!
Ashley