January 2013 - Grails and Fails!

January was the month of buying for me I guess. Thats right, I tried 13 new products this month :O omg, this is not healthy for my college life bank account. I'm a little embarrased to admit I purchased that many products, but I'm happy to share with you that most of them were thumbs up products, woot woot! I do need to cut back on my spending apparently, but 5 of these products were purchased with a gift card so I don't feel as guilty ;) This does go to show why I needed to make that blog sale though! Shop my stash if you need some new products! :)

Skincare

Simple Soothing Eye Balm
Packaging says it contains vital vitamins to help soften, smoth and improve skin conidition. I have noticed a big difference in the feeling of my under eye area when using this product. I'm only 19 so I'm not trying to get rid of wrinkles, just wanted something to hydrate that area and so far this is working very well. It has no dyes or perfumes as well which I love which means it isn't irritating to the skin. This is just a basic eye cream that is giving me nice results so I'm liking this.
Conclusion: GRAIL

Makeup

Revlon Nearly Naked Foundation
You guys know I love me some Revlon. I'm not a foundation wearer at all and honestly wasn't going to pick this up for the fact that it says "naked" and I figured this would basically do nothing for me. While roaming the makeup section though, I grabbed this like immediately and brought it home with me. I'm in love. Colors matches my light skin, may actually be a tad too light honestly. The coverage is shockingly very nice. I'm not going to say too much more because I will have a full review on this coming your way very very soon!
Conclusion: GRAIL!

Revlon Photoready BB Cream
Picked this up because I was excited to see a BB cream that made a light enough shade for me. I have a full review on this if you want to know my full opinion, go check that out. I will say I am liking this a little bit more than I was before, but it makes me way too shiny and I'm not even an oily skin person in the winter time so I'm still adjusting to this. Hopefully this product will continue to grow on me.
Conclusion: Meh...

Revlon Illuminance Creme Shadow in Not Just Nudes
Let's finish off the Revlon category. Again, I did a full review on this if you want to know every little detail, but I didn't like this. Creased on me really fast even while using a primer, and I never have that problem. Texture of the product is nice, but I just think Maybelline makes way better cream shadows. Oops, did I say that? Sorry Revlon. I still love you.
Conclusion: FAIL

Benefit Watt's Up!
I'm really enjoying this. It is a golden toned highlighter (the only kind I like!) and leaves a very nice sheen on my cheeks. If you would like a full review on this product, let me know and I will go into all the details. Just don't want to bore you to death in this post!
Conclusion: GRAIL

ELF Eyebrow Kit
I was using Naked eyeshadow and Wet n Wild Brow pencil to fill in my brows for quite a while. Wanted to invest in another brow product since I was preferring the powder method over the pencil and I really ended up liking this product. It comes with a nice powder which I use to fill in bare spots, and a wax which I don't use as often, but is great for really setting your brows into place. I think this product is totally worth more than $3! I can tell this will be a holy grail product for me as time goes on.
Conclusion: GRAIL

Rimmel Scandal Eyes Eye Shadow Stick
Full review is on my blog. This is a great shadow base, I'm really thrilled by this. It does wear off a little bit as time goes on, but it's not a huge deal in my opinion. I did contact Rimmel myself to see if these were safe to sharpen and they said absolutely so if you had this and were wondering, go for it! Worked just fine from me and they totally approve of it.
Conclusion: GRAIL

Rimmel Scandal Eyes Waterproof Kohl Kajal
Kudos to Rimmel! I freakin love this eyeliner. It is so creamy, glides on my waterline, and has amazing staying power. I'm honestly going to pick up more colors once I go shopping again. Full review again is on my blog. BUY THESE PLEASE!
Conclusion: GRAIL

Maybelline the Rocket Mascara
Only Maybelline mascara I've ever had luck with. This easily is a nice two coat mascara for me. First coat builds up a ton of volume for me, and second adds even more volume and length. Love this stuff so much.
Conclusion: GRAIL

ELF Lipsick in Voodoo
Nice deeper red color. Great for fall and winter. I like the updated packaging for the ELF essential lipsticks line. The smell isn't offending, but it does smell a little perfumey? to me, I think. This feels really nice on my lips, lasts like any other lipstick, and doesn't taste bad either.
Conclusion: GRAIL

ELF Lip Exfoliator
Let's be honest. I saw this on the site and thought the product looked like sand paper. It has such a scary appearance but don't let that stop you from buying this product! It smells heavenly (like sugar) and tastes great! Just wet your lips with a wash cloth, apply this to your lips, and then take it off. Leaves your lips smooth and tasting great. Finish it off with a lip balm and your lips will be in good shape all day long. I'm seriously obsessed with this stuff. Can't get enough. Packaging does suck though, sorry ELF.
Conclusion: GRAIL

BonneBell LipLites in Strawberry Parfait
I think that is the name of it. I bought this because people said it was a really nice product. Saw it at the store multiple times, passed by it. Finally picked it up, wish I would've left it there. This smells great, but looks horrible on me. The texture feels fine on my lips, but it is just too "milky" in my opinion. If that makes sense to any of you. I just can't give this product love. Maybe I will include it in my blog sale if any of you would be interested in it.
Conclusion: FAIL

Maybelline Vivid Lipstick in Shocking Coral
Just did a review on this. Don't want to rave about it much more. Amazingly bright color, will look great in the spring and summer. That's all I need to say.
Conclusion: GRAIL

Okay, so finally we are done. Hope I didn't bore you guys too much with this post. I just really wanted to do this idea, thought it would be helpful so let me know what you think down below! If you have product suggestions you think I should try out or review in February, let me know in a comment please and thank you!
Ashley

Products I've Been Loving: 1/13-1/31!

Today I'm going to wrap up the month with a products I've been loving post. Many of these are newer products I'm very excited to share with you!

Naked Palette
Specifically Virgin, Sidecar, Naked, and Darkhorse. My go to eye look (with Maybelline Color Tattoo in Bad to the Bronze as a base!) On a daily basis I'm completely comfortable wearing this "dramatic" of a look. I know many people wouldn't wear this every day.

Revlon Nearly Naked Makeup
Blog post to come on this product! I'm just going to leave it at that.

Sally Hansen Kwik Off Moisturizing Nail Color Remover
Switched to this to take off glitter nail polish. So much less stressful, let me tell you!

Maybelline Color Tattoo in Bad to the Bronze
Great base. I've truly used this product to death. Enough said.

Maybelline the Rocket Mascara
My go to mascara right now. Lengthens very nicely, and creates volume. Only Maybelline mascara I've ever liked.

ELF Eyebrow Kit
I am definitely loving this product. Makes my eyebrows look so much nicer.

Carmex
Not a fancy favorite, but a total lifesaver! Use this every night before bed, my lips have never been in better condition!

ELF Blush and Bronzer Palette
Only using the bronzer like crazy. Seriously loving it, and afraid to run out of it since this product isn't out anymore :/

So those are my favorites for the last half of the month! I'd say Maybelline and ELF kinda stole the show :) I'm totally in a trying out new products mood so please tell me what you have tried recently and have loved! :) Doing a new blog post starting this year, talking about all my favorite products of the month and what I thought of them, so stay tuned for that!
Ashley

Rimmel Scandal Eyes Waterproof Kohl Kajal Eyeliner: Review!

I'm pretty sure I mentioned in my last Rimmel review that I really wanted to get my hands on the new Scandal Eyes Waterproof eyeliners. Today I happened to stumble upon them by accident (woop woop!) and was so thankful! And the price was under $4! Shut. Up. Haven't been that excited about an eyeliner like ever. Needless to say, I picked one up. I had three in my hand but I knew I should only pick up one to see how my eyes react to this eyeliner before I buy too many. Let's see my thoughts on this product.

I have really sensitive eyes apparently, because there are a lot of eyeliners I can't use without them making my eyes burn and water. I haven't learned which ingredient my eyes are sensitive to yet (should probably figure that out) but I can't comforably use Milani, Covergirl, and some other eyeliners because of this. This product did not give my eye a reaction at all, holla! I was so happy about this because I was really excited about this product.

I saw these and immediately grabbed the nude color, but I knew if I wanted to review this for you all I was better off starting with the black, even if I already own like 6 black eyeliners.

This is a very rich, black eyeliner that has a creamy feel. It glides on the waterline like a dream. With the swatch, I let it set into my skin and then ran it under water (since this claims to be a waterproof formula) and it didn't budge with just water. I rubbed the water into the swatch and it didn't budge, until I added soap with the water. So this does seem to be waterproof.

On the eyes, it stayed put without smearing or wearing off for a solid 4 hours, which is pretty remarkable for me and eyeliner. This never transferred to the outter corners of my eyes (so glad!). After that, it just started to wear off slightly, but not fully so that was amazing. For 8 hours of wear, I didn't notice much wearing off at all, could have used a touch up but wasn't anything bad.

The claims...
High intensity color for an instant color impact: YES!
Ultra smooth & creamy formula that glides on easily: Oh yes
Waterproof, smudge-proof, sweat-proof, heat-proof, humidity-proof and scandal-proof: Pretty well!
Dermatologist & ophthalmologist tested. Safe for sensitive eyes: YES! (me) woop!

This is easily one of my favorite drugstore eyeliners now! Probably my all time favorite (hope I'm not speaking too soon!) Definitely going to pick up more colors ASAP! Please pick these up if you can find them! For around $4, they are a total steal!
Ashley

NEW Maybelline Color Sensational Vivid Lip Color in Shocking Coral: Review and Swatches!

Maybelline came out with a new line of lipsticks called "The Vivids" that are suppose to be bright, fun colors. When I looked at the bottom of the packaging at the drugstore, they seemed to be targeting bright neon colors... perfection.

I love the packaging of maybelline lipsticks, they are seriously so pretty. All of these come in a bright red package, and display the color of the lipstick at the bottom of the package. It is very sturdy packaging.

As you can tell from the swatch, this.is.amazing! The texture is really smooth and glides on the lips nicely. It went on my lips very smoothly and didn't settle into the lines in my lip (much). This formula has honey necture in it which is suppose to make it smooth and I can really feel it sit nicely on my lips, and doesn't dry them out.

I just started getting myself to wear bright red lipstick this year, so I hadn't felt comfortable wearing any other bright lipsticks prior to that. I was hesistant to buy this, but I saw it and knew I just needed it. It is beautiful!

Only "complaint" I do have is the smell of the color sensational lipsticks. They smell like play-doh to me, bleh. I can't smell it when this is on my lips thought so I am not even going to complain. The taste is shockingly nice.. which is weird but I'm just saying. At least it doesn't taste bad.

One of the ultimate tests I have for a bright lipstick is if it'll wipe off easily when I am done wearing it. This does and doesn't stain my lips, so glad.

I'm very pale, but this color looked great with my skin tone. I think it even made me appear to have more color, score. This will be a very beautiful color for the spring and summer months! That won't stop me from wearing this until then, though ;)

I can't say enough good things! Defintely going to pick some more up for spring and summer! Next on my list is Fuschia Fever, it looks so intense! For $5.49/5.50, I think you should totally check these out :) What is your favorite bright lipstick?
Ashley

Blog Sale - Shop My Stash!

Hello everyone! Welcome to my blog sale!

College student who needs extra money AND space, shocker :P

Shipping to US only
Please feel free to request more pictures if you want to see a product more thoroughly.
Please submit payment within 12 hours of me sending you an invoice so I can make sure you can get your items as soon as possible.
Shoot me an offer if you'd wish, I may be willing to work something out with you.
Feel free to email me about any questions you may have! I will glady explain everything to you.
I do have samples to include with your orders!
Includes makeup, hair tools, skincare, perfume, nail polish, brushes, jewelry, and books!

Payment: Paypal only please.

Shipping: I will be shipping via USPS. I will provide a tracking number so you can track your items! Shipping will start at $3, but depending what you buy prices can be more. We will discuss this when you email me. I will pay for shipping if you purchase many items.

No returns or exchanges are avaliable, sorry. I am also not responisble for lost packages, sorry!

First come, first serve.

If you're interested in any of these items, please email me at thatfitbeauty@gmail.com or comment down below if you'd rather. Please include which items you are interested in purchasing, as well as your paypal email address so I can invoice you.

Remember, feel free to contact me for any questions you may have!

Happy shopping!

HIGH END PRODUCTS

Aveda Styling Elements Volume-Down Serum - Email offer to thatfitbeauty@gmail.com!
Used once.

LOTS!
(If you would only like a certain part of a lot, let me know, that can be arranged.

Tarte Lot - $6
Mini lights camera lashes mascara & smooth operator amazonian clay illuminating serum.

Wet n Wild Discontinued Palettes in Greed & Pride - $4 each
Only swatched.

ELF Lot - $4 3 hypershine glosses (honey, bubble gum, fairy), matte lip color in tea rose, 2 quads (punk funk, butternut), tickled pink blush (missing plastic part that covers the product) + Complexion Perfection & Eyelid Primer (not pictured)

Physicians Formula Lot - $1
Wet/Dry Eyesahdow Luminous Matte in Baked Souffle

Mascara Lot - $4
Stila Forever Your Curl & BareMinerals Flawless Definition

Lip Lot - $4
LA colors lipstick in pink frost, wet n wild natural blend lip shimmer in 100, wet n wild pink suga, true shimmer chapstick in blended fruit sorbet, jordana lip out loud in TMI, bonnebell liplites in strawberry parfait, and bath and body works coconut mango lip gloss.

Clean and Clear Lot - $3 each
New

Conair AND Remington Hair Tools- NAME YOUR PRICE
Conair Flat iron and 1 1/2 curling iron & Remington Floral Flat Iron - All still work. I just don't use them - pro hoarder

NYC Blushable Creme Sick in Berry New Yorker - $1
Used once.

NAIL POLISH - US ONLY

JulieG Nail Color in Under Mistletoe - $1
Used once.

Wet n Wild Wild Shine - $.50
Brand new.

Petites Daze - $1
Used once.

Pure Ice New Lilac - $.50
Used once?

China Glaze Hunger Games Luxe and Lush - $4
Used once.

Covergirl Boundless Color in Disco Dazzle - $2
Used once.

Julep Jennifer - $2
Used once. Dirty package.

SKINCARE

Vichy NormaDerm Acne Prone Skin Triple Action Anti-Acne Hydrating Lotion - $6
Used once.
Way too harsh for my skin.

BRUSHES

ELF Complexion Brush - $1

Washed once.

ELF Foundation Brush - $.50

Used once.

Thanks for stopping!