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After picking up this brush at IMATS I have been in love with it. This powder brush is perfect to set your foundation daily. Bdellium Tools has quickly become my favorite brush line to use in the past year or so. I’ve found that this brush works well to powder my face after foundation with both translucent and colored powders, but I also love it to blend out blush! You can find this brush online for under $20. It will make a great addition to your collection. Thanks Bdellium!
I’ve been wearing Addiction NV Cosmetics‘ lipstick in Perfect Peck a lot lately, so I thought I’d share it with you on the blog today! I really love this lipstick formula, and the cherry on top is that they smell delicious as well! I definitely want more lipsticks from this line because they are awesome.
Perfect Peck is a pretty pink with a hint of coral to it. It has a lovely creamy finish to it.
It is gorgeous on the lips…such a pretty color for spring in my opinion! I’ve been wearing it a lot lately since the weather in LA is so hot right now!
You can really see the orange in it in this last shot. It’s a great lipstick to try if you like pink but are afraid of orange, because it’s somewhere in between…a beautiful coral! Addiction NV’s Kiss and Tell lipsticks can be found online for $18.
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Today I wanted to show you my new hair! It’s kind of funny because my last video was how I curled my long hair, and now I cut half of it off. The reason I cut my hair was because I wasn’t doing anything good with it, it was boring and in a bun half of the time. I think a lot of people, myself included, just have long hair to have long hair. Also, since spring is coming (and quicker in California), this shorter do will keep me a lot cooler in the coming months! In the video I talk a little bit about my inspiration, show a before and after photo, and more…so make sure to watch it!
I had the awesome opportunity to get my hair colored by Sherry Ratay, who is an Orlando-based colorist who comes out to Beverly Hills’ Gavert Atelier salon to do fabulous people’s hair. For example, Ashley Benson from Pretty Little Liars was right after me! I never color my hair (except in middle school I got highlights), so I wanted something subtle so I didn’t have to come in and maintain it often. Sherry gave me some caramel pieces using Minardi‘s Goldilocks. She told me she used a particular technique called American Baliage, which gives a very natural look and is only on the bottom half of the hair. It’s not quite ombre, though!
I’m really loving finding new ways to style my hair…so if you want some videos on that please let me know!
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This weekend I attended The Makeup Show in LA. I had a blast on Friday getting a peek at a bunch of awesome beauty products that I was lucky enough to take home, and checking out what’s new from the brands at the show! I have a lot of awesome photos to share with you, so make sure to check out the gallery and see! I was especially excited to see NARS there for the first time! I picked up a few things and got to check out their new Satin Lip Pencils! I was bummed they didn’t have Albatross, though! Stila also has a few new products, a lip color and pressed pigments. INGLOT came to the show despite the loss of their founder recently, which was nice. They have these new lipsticks that are crazy colors! I ogled Jacks’ Beauty Line of brushes that are handmade all the way in Germany, painted with gorgeous colors! Take a look at my photos to see more!
That’s it! I hope this gave you a good look at some of what The Makeup Show has to offer. Make sure to go to a show in your area! They go to Chicago, New York, Orlando, and Europe as well!
Yesterday DHC launched their Kakonjuka collection, a line that is composed of Japanese and Korean botanicals to soothe, hydrate, and fight fine lines. This 3-piece collection includes a lotion, essence, and cream that are intended to be used together to fight aging and dry skin. These products contain Maitake mushroom, Platycara strobilacea, Licorice leaf, Great burnet, Purslane and Reishi mushroom to help hydrate and prevent aging.
The Kakonjuka Lotion is a hydrating toner that is intended to be used after washing your face. The Kakonjuka Essence is a rich, milky booster that is similar to a serum in my eyes. The last product, Kakonjuka Cream is a fine-line fighting moisturizer. Each of these products retail for $32 each, or as a set for $79.
The Kakonjuka Lotion is a nice gel toner that works well to prep the skin for the other products. All of these products have no added colorants or fragrance, so it’s all natural color, a brown, is kind of hard to get used to. It’s also hard to tell if it’s removing any extra grime from my face! It does the job, but wasn’t a standout for me.
The Kakonjuka Essence is a creamy serum that is applied after the lotion. It kind of looks like a foundation when you pump it out, because it does have the natural brown color. I find that it just moisturizes my skin and not much more.
And lastly, the Kakonjuka Cream is a perfect nightly moisturizer to use on any skin type. I find that using it in the day would be too much for my oily skin, but at night it’s perfect because I wake up with ultra-smooth skin. I’d say that this product was the winner for me, because it did the job well. The other products are great too, but this is the one I saw the most difference with. But, when using all of the products together you will wake up with super smooth skin.
Again, this product is a natural grey-brown color, which is kind of strange and hard to get past. All of the products smell a little strange too because there is no added fragrance, which is actually a good thing, because fragrance is known to cause breakouts in skincare products. If you can get past that, you will love what these products do for your skin. I will say that I find myself avoiding these products if I don’t feel like dealing with the smell! I’d recommend these to mainly people with dry skin that are looking for anti-aging, but it works for my 20 year old oily skin as well, just when used at night.
Find the Kakonjuka line starting March 1st online!
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