Tis the season of great deals!

*Photo and information from Aero Minerale promotion 

The foundation I hear angels singing over is on sale???!!!! You can see the details of the promotion according to the company below. I just tried the code and it makes each can $10 a bottle which is about the price you can get it with at Ulta for a high dollar coupon but why wait for the coupon? I know I'm not going to and ordering mine today!



Why wait?

Indulge in the beauty

of a Black Friday deal NOW

without leaving the couch...


Aero Minerale has a Black Friday preview

you cannot miss!

100% Gorgeous at 50% Of The Price

Get Ready For a Beautiful Holiday Season.

SATURDAY ONLY

50% off + Free Shipping

On any 2+ can order


CHECKOUT CODE: PREBF50


LIMITED TIME PROMOTION

Individual customers only within the 48 continental United States

Sealed with a Kiss

My ultimate favorite lip product is CoverGirls Lipslick Lipgloss! I like to play up my eyes and tone down my lips and this is my all time love! I don't like my lips to feel sticky, with this product they feel moisturized like chapstick and have a sheer shimmer. The only downer is that it doesn't last long, you have to reapply often to keep the look but over the years I've tried many different 'lipglosses' and I always go back to this one. Plus the double kiss factor is that it is under $5, well worth the price, your lips will thank you!

BirchBox plug #2

Join BirchBox now!

I promised last time I gave BirchBox a plug that I would tweet a picture of my next box. LOVED my November box- full size mascara, mini nail polish and shine serum, a SoyJoy bar and sample of powder.   How fun! Money well spent my friend, only $10 a month and every month is a surprise (Click the link under the picture, you know you want to ;-)!

Can I get a woot woot???

e.l.f. Holiday Gifts 50% off!!!

I'm so excited to see today that e.l.f. has their Holiday Gift sets 50% off! This is a great deal on products that are already reasonable. There is a catch, you have to spend $25 to get the deal but this might be a great time to stalk up your own makeup bag or to play Santa and buy gifts for friends. The eyeshadow I last blogged about would be $7 in this deal! Can I get a woot woot???? 

I wish you a Merry Black Friday!

One of my favorite times of year is joyous Black Friday! Where wise men bring great deals while we are all still high on turkey. My greatest makeup find last year was this e.l.f eyeshadow palette (pictured) found at Target last year for $5!!! It retails for around $17 so it really was a great deal! What is even more amazing is that it is still practically full a year later. It has a lot of bold colors which make great liner accent colors (take a wet q-tip and just line your top of bottom lid with a bright color that matches your clothes for a fun look) but it also was packed full of wonderful neutrals which are awesome base everyday work appropriate lid colors. Keep an eye out for this in black Friday ads and if you see it or any other e.l.f products be sure to snatch them up!

Toothpaste- Not just for teeth...

Image from Kid'sHealth

90% of the time my Apricot Scrub/Rubbing Alcohol combo keeps my skin blemish free...and then thanks to hormones I have a spout of breakouts especially during 'the time' (sorry dudes but you are reading a makeup blog, what do you expect?). Lately my face has been a disaster which is out of the ordinary. Today when on my forehead a new mountain appeared big enough to need a name I decided I had to do something. So tonight I am going to sleep minty fresh and I don't just mean my teeth. I take a dab of toothpaste (the old fashioned white kind works best) and I put it straight on the blemish. Usually by morning when it is time to wash it off (don't forget to wash it off!) it has drastically decreased in size and redness. If you do this a few nights in a row usually the blemishes will disappear. Good luck and stay fresh!

Votes are In!

In honor of Election Day I'm electing my favorites in makeup ;) My favorite brand for fun colors and great quality eyeshadow is by far MAC, more of a high end product but it lasts which makes it worth it to me!

Everything skincare my vote goes to Clinique. I've used various foundations, creams, blushes etc. of theirs for years. I'll be blogging about specific Clinique products in future posts. 

Cheap but great quality is definitely NYC makeup but another favorite is...

e.l.f eyeshadows are pretty awesome!

Stay tuned for future posts featuring my tried and true favorites from these and other amazing brands. Happy Election Day everyone! 

EverGreasy?

After trying the Loreal cleansing conditioner version of Wen and liking it but not the smell I decided to try the shampoo and conditioner by the same line. What I found was that instead of EverSleek I had EverGrease. For me this is crazy, I have very course, dry, frizzy hair. My hair NEVER gets greasy and this shampoo and conditioner makes it look like I've rubbed oil on my head as a fashion statement. After looking on amazon at reviews of this product I found that many people had similar experiences with it (unless you have fine hair, people with fine hair somehow find it amazing). What I learned: Do your research BEFORE buying the product regardless how cheap!

Heard it from a friend who...

You know that old 80's song 'Heard it from a friend who, heard it from a friend who, heard it from another...' well it isn't exactly that but I wanted to share with you a product review from my bestest friend. When she told me about it, I knew I just had to share. She recently tried CoverGirl Smoky Shadowblast. It looks really cool and offers claims of being an eyeliner and an eyeshadow. It comes in a variety of cool colors and is around $10. Her experience though was less than stellar. She wrote, "It smeared all over after only 50 minutes, by that night it looked completely awful, eyeliner was only applied to the top but it was smeared down below my eyes, but this stuff made me look like a freaking raccoon or something, it was awful." She is not a complainer so when she said she was calling the company I knew it had to be bad, last time she called a company there was a clump of hair in a snickers she gave me. She spoke highly of CoverGirl's customer service. They are going to send her a coupon for a free full sized product and were super nice about it saying that they might have her send the product back for a quality control check. Just thought I'd let you know this cool looking product might be worth skipping over until they get the quality of this product under control. 

Old Gray Mare Ain't What She Used to be...

It has been a crazy busy week with Halloween and all, I haven't gotten a chance to blog in days! As a nice de-stress from the crazy, last night I went out for girls night out with friends. Being a 30 year old mother of 2 and closing down a place (seriously they turned the lights on us and turned off the music), getting home well after 1 and waking up with the kiddos is not the best beauty look. I need a coffee IV and have debated just dumping it in the sink and sticking my head in but like all great mothers we have to pull it together and make Saturday an awesome family day, run errands and conquer the world. So what do I need? An awesome concealer of course! Garnier Skin Renew Anti-Dark Circle Roller was introduced to me by my bestie and I love it! It is a great under eye dark circle relief that will help me look like I actually got sleep last night. The price is pretty decent, around $10 and I bought mine 6 months ago and it is still working. So if like me, you just can't party with the best of them anymore without looking like a hot mess, slap some concealer on and cover up the fact you aren't 21 anymore...