BEST stuff ever

this product is the most amazing thing ever and I swear by it. all of my clients love it and it smells great and just does great things with your hair. it's a pretty penny but imo it's sooo worth it. I think the little tiny one is like 14 dollars?? but you don't even need to use that much.
it's super good for frizziness and just taming your hair and making it healthy and smelling good!! just buy it. if you knew it was good for you, you'd buy it.

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product rec

for those of you who have dry cuticls and nails and want a little somethin'-somethin' for them I recommend solar oil by CND!

I love using it on my clients after manicures and pedicures and it leaves their cuticles soft. especially after removing shellac/gel because the pure acetone leaves the cuticle and the skin around the cuticle super dry.

I also like putting on the heels after pedicures or like mixing it in with the lotion for the massage.

it's a wee bit pricey especially considering the bottles are usually pretty small but it's worth it since a little goes a long way.

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birchbox post!

for JUNE

so I meant to start a Birchbox post last month in May but I never got around to it for, uh, reasons (cough laziness cough) but here is my June Birchbox post!

BORGHESE eye compresses

John Varvatos Star USA (I think it's a cologne sample? since Birchbox will now be doing men's boxes so that's neat!)

Band-Aids by Cynthia Rowley Bundle - I'm going to be honest here and say this was the thing I was most excited about because a) I am accident prone and b) I love bandages with designs on them

Scalisi skincare anti-aging moisturizer - I'm actually pretty excited about this one too because it's SPF 30 and I definitely need to start using moisturizer a lot more 

theBalm Stainiac lip and cheek tint

Jouer luminizing moisture tint - excited about this one too! it gives you the perfect dewey skin ah yes

so yeah! I'm going to try and use these and let y'all know how they worked, I'm pretty bad at that since I get lazy with my routines. whoops. can't wait for next month's!

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yay new makeup!!!

so today I went to target and decided to venture out into some new things (not really.

maybelline volum'express mascara THE MEGA PLUSH! okay so I've heard nothing but good things about this mascara so I'm pretty excited to try it out. I'm stoked on the fact that it's a gel-mousse formula instead of the regular mascara I use. I got it in blackest black because that's what I always get and this time I didn't get waterproof because a) I already have two waterproof mascaras and b) waterproof mascara is annoying as HECK to take off. so yay!

neeext I got this cream eyeshadow by e.l.f. I absolutely love e.l.f. and I wish I had more products by them. the color I got is dawn and I'm excited because I don't really have any shadows in this color! and I'm excited to try a cream shadow since all of mine are powders.

and finally! the product I'm most excited about: this e.l.f. cream eye liner in midnight. I have a couple pencil liners and a couple liquid but no cream liners! so yeah I'm pretty jazzed on this.
I'll let you all know how the using of these products goes!

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who loves weddings?? I do!!!

so my friends got married on Saturday and I was a part of the bridal party. so obviously I had to look good right? I mean, all the pictures and walking and everyone looking at us... so yeah. our dresses were a light purple so I wanted my makeup to kind of stand out but to match.

this was the final product!
okay to start, I used a moisturizer. I'm not sure what kind it was because I don't have my own just yet (oops!) and I used my mom's best friend's. I liked it a lot so I'll have to find out the brand and I'll let you all know what it is! okay so I'm a terrible person and I ended up using most of her makeup because I'm still building up my collection and there's a ton of stuff I need. I also used her concealer (since my Benefit one ran out, boo!), foundation, eyeshadow and one of the blushes. shadow primer, eye liner, mascara, bronzer and the other blush was my own.
alright, so I'm not used to wearing foundation at all, like, I have pretty good skin so I never wear it. but I wanted my skin to look flawless so I used a bit. I think that and the concealer were both Mary Kay but I'm not sure. all I have to say is that the foundation was ahhhh-mazing. it barely looked like I had anything on my face and it just looked great. and the concealer did a very good job at hiding my under-eye circles (we stayed up pretty late the night before the wedding).

this is the primer I used. I've had it forever and I absolutely love it. my eyeshadow stayed flawless and crease-free all day and night. and let me tell you, we started early. from about 8 am to 11 pm. so yeah, love love love it.
also, I applied it with my fingers so it wasn't so thick and I could get it everywhere. works a lot better than with the wand. just a tip!

after the primer I used the gold and purple from this Avon true color eyeshadow quad - vibrant spice. I applied the gold all over and then the purple on the outside almost like a smoky eye but not? and I used a highlighting color from my Victoria's Secret fall makeup kit to add a little effect on the inner corners and under my brows. then I lightly applied some of my VS eye liner and topped it off with my VS mascara!

I really like how those colors turned out together and obviously it looked a lot better in person. pictures seriously never do anything justice.
for my cheeks I used a VS bronzer and blush that I had and then the other blush (not sure of the brand) helped add some dimension and a really pretty glow. so yeah! that was my makeup. I give myself an A+ because I thought I did a pretty good job.
oh and for my hair, I left it straight and added a thin silver headband and just teased my crown so I had a little bump behind the headband. that looked pretty cute too.
now I wish I had weddings to go to all the time so I could get all fancied up.

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