Author: Clare

Clare https://eyelinerandbourbon.wordpress.com Daughter, Girlfriend, GooHorder, Photographer, Blogger, YouTuber and a Heroine in my own Mind.

Ipsy Unbagging December 2015

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Hello Fellow Goo Horders!

Srsly! I can never get these up on time.

So, let’s get into it. The bag this month is  a red shiny, quilted and almost a half-moon shaped zippered bag. Cute, right?

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This picture is showing up really pink, trust me it’s candy apple red.

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I had über high hopes for this month’s bag, but enh. We just didn’t jive this month and that’s okay. As my Grandfather would say, “Somedays you bite the bear, others the bear bites you.” The bear bit me on this one.

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Pacifica’s Power of Love Lipcolor- Oh, chocolate covered cherries! I wanted to LOVE this. The formula was a bit dry and the color was way not for me. I’m glad I tried it though. Now I know… and knowing is half the battle.

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Klorane’s Eau Florale Demaquillante. I’m pretty sure this brought on some Hives of Unknown Orgin when I tried it. I have my Simple Micellar water and my equate Eyemake Remover. A product is going to have to truly wow me to earn their Holy Grail spot on my nightstand.

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Model Co Illusion Lipliner. I couldn’t find a color name. This I like. It’s a nude creamy lip liner. It’s good. Can’t find anything else to say about it. It’s solidly good.

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Elizabeth Mott’s Thank Me Later Eye Shadow Primer. It might be just me, but I haven’t been able to see much difference using an eye primer. I’ve tried 5 or so. This one feels good. Perhaps, they just do their job and I’m unappreciative.

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Acure Cell Stimulating Facial Mask. I have to be honest…. I haven’t tried this yet, but I’m a fan of the brand. We’ve gotten Acure in our bags before and I liked their products. I’m sure this will be no different. It has that natural earthy clay scent to it. I’ll try it soon.

So there you go December’s Ipsy Bag.

I’m still a fan of Ipsy, I just didn’t dance well with all the products in the bag.

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Until the next time….. Stay Awesome!

Clare

 

 

Doll 10 BlendSmart Rotating Brush Review

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Hello My Fellow Goo Horders-

It’s a rainy day here in Eastern Pennsylvania.

It’s day for The Boyfriend to work on work stuffs. I figured I’d be a little productive as well. (Modern Romance, eh?) Yay Blogging! And as we all know, a blogger is gonna blog.

Since, my adventures into the QVC World, I have walked by and talked to some highly known owner/representatives of our favorite beauty brands. I try not to fangirl, keep my composure and speak in intelligible sentences.

One of these people is Doris Dalton. The Founder of Doll 10. She is a dynamo. Incredibly energetic and driven. And funny. It took me a couple times of seeing her at QVC to speak to her. When I finally did. She and I had a very rapid fire conversation and she handed me a box.

With the freaking BlendSmart Rotating Brush in it!

They had just sold out on The Q that night.

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*insert vignette of ecstatic goo lover here*

It’s brush with a lithium-ion battery?

It spins?

It blends for you?

Yes and Yes and Yes.

When you take it out of the box, it easily clicks together. And you are ready to blend, blend blend.

It’s well made. Light, but study in the hand. Comfortable, too. These things are important to me. I have, Spaz Hands, as The Boyfriend likes to call them.

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I’ve tried it out with creams, liquids and powders. It’s just works. It gently buffs bases into the skin beautifully. It even tackles cream blushes like a dream. I’m sure you are looking at this and asking, Really? Yes, really.  It’s full of magic. Doll 10 Magic, apparently.

It might sound weird, but I feel I’ve used less product with this brush.

I’ve cleaned it a couple times and I’ve had no shedding whatsoever. I’ve traveled with it for the last three months and it has stood up. The battery is still running strong as well.

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This is a fun, innovative beauty tool. Can’t wait to see what else is up the Doll 10 sleeves.

If you are a fan of 80’s music, a certain song might just pop into your head…. causing a dance party while doing your make up with this spinning brush of awesomeness:

“You spin me right round, baby
Right round like a record, baby
Right round round round
You spin me right round, baby
Right round like a record, baby
Right round round round”

This brush has me totally spun. 🙂

Stay Awesome,

Clare

*I was gifted this item. Opinion and thoughts are my own. As The Boyfriend says, “Baby, you are a terrible liar.”*

Let’s talk Hair: The Dessata

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Hello My Fellow Goo Horders-

Not only do I lurve my some makeup goo and face goo, I lurve me hair tools.. too.

Y’know that feeling when you run a good brush or comb through your hair and it just glides..no pulling…no tugging…. you know what I’m talking’ about, right?!

At Cosmprof NA this year I found my newest brush love. There was a make your own beauty box there, I snagged one of these.

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The Dessata.

It’s a detangling brush. You can use it on wet or dry hair. I find myself grabbing for this brush all the time. I’ve blow dried my hair with it. Used it straight out of the shower. I’ve used it to get an even coverage of hair dye, drawing the last of the color to the ends of my hair. Even use it to get all my hair covered when I use conditioning treatments. I didn’t realize how much I missed it until I left it home when I went to Albuquerque. I constantly tried to reach for it. And it was sitting on the counter at home waiting for me.

One of my favorite times to use it? Those 2nd day hair days when your hair has been in a messy bun/ponytail for hours and hours…. You can set it on your scalp and smoosh it around… and give yourself a little head massage. Ohhhhhhh! Sweet cheeses.

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It’s completely made of plastic. I’ve put it through it’s paces. It’s bounced around bathrooms, bedrooms, suitcases and hotels. Simon The WonderCat likes to batt it off the desk, tables and the dresser. It has stood up to almost four months of abuse. I see it standing up to almost anything I can throw at it. The plastic is nonporous so hair dye doesn’t change the color. It fits nicely in the hand. They have oodles of colors and prints, too.

The Boyfriend even loves it. He steals it all the time.

And these folks don’t know me from Eve, but I love their product.

Stay Awesome,

Clare

Ipsy Unbagging October 2015

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I feel like it’s been forever since I’ve did an Ipsy post!

And I know we are in the first week of November. *Thhbbbbt*

I was away in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania for most of September at QVC with The Boyfriend. And October was spent with my parents in Albuquerque. New Mexico. Got home 5 days ago. As I write this, I’m back in Pennsylvania to spend time with The Boyfriend while he does his thing at, you guessed it QVC. There’s a whole post about The Q. It’s freaking amazeballs. I might have makeup girl fangirled a couple times. It was totally warranted. 

Back to task. IPSY!

Let’s light this candle!

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This month’s theme Alter Ego. The bag itself is pretty gosh darn swell. One side is black shiny pvc and the other is faux leather gold. I’ll be getting use out of this one. One of Ipsy’s more elegant looking bags. Perfect companion to the quilted black shiny bag from…. last year?

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First Item- The Balm’s Meet Matt(e) Hughes Long Lasting Liquid Lipstick in Committed–

I’m so tickled they included a liquid lipstick. I luuuuurve them. The color of this one is beautiful. I’m a total fan of the rosy nudey browny colors that have been recently making a resurgence. We all know that The Balm’s products are top notch. The scent/flavor is Mint Chocolate Chip. Or as I smell it… Andes Mint Chip Cookies. I might have to look into other colors, because the texture is wonderful. (Dang, I’m such a sucker for matte lipsticks.)

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Second Item- Nourish Organic’s Pure Hydrating Argan Face Serum-

This isn’t the first time we’ve received an item for Nourish Organic. This serum is made with apricots and rose hips. Since, I’m not as young as I used to be I’ve gotten more into serums. The more hydration my skin has the happier it seems to be. I like the texture. iI’s almost velvety and not shiny on the skin. The packaging doesn’t match the product. It’s a thinner serum and since it’s in this type of type… it’s rather messy for klutzes like me. It looks like the full size comes in a handy dandy pump! YAY!

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Third Item- Skone Cosmetics Pretty Eyes Eyeliner in Plum –

This eyeliner, I totally think could double as lipliner. It’s purple-y pinky. And incredibly smooth. And I don’t have any liners this color.

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Fourth Item- Dose of Color Nail Polish Pill in Stormy–

I was excited to try this one. It’s cool, dark, smokey grape-y purple. In the sun as a faint shimmer. It’s a three coater for me, but that’s okay… It applies smoothly and dries very quickly. What I don’t like is the wear time, 21/2 days. I didn’t do much each either. I packed and went to a Halloween Party.  Waaaannnnnnnnhhhh, I’ll probably put up with it to try a different top coat. Cuz the color is swell!

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Fifth Item- Beauty Without Cruelty Premium Botanical Lotion–

I’m glad to have this. Lately, I’ve been the proud receiver of The Hives from No Where. This lotion is gentle and soothing. It really is fragrance free with none of that weird fragrance free weird smell. (Shush, you know what I mean!)

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It’s been a weird little morning, who am I kidding!! I woke up at 11:30. Afternoon. So, in order to amuse myself this is how the swatching is gonna go for this blog. Ipsy Rules is the Skone eyeliner and the the underlining was done in The Balm’s Meet Matt(e) Hughes. I even got on of the only unchipped nails (Dose of Color in Stormy) in there, too.

This bag? Rocked my little ankle socks off! Loved it. The Return on the $10 Investment… was high this month.

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The Quest for Whiter Teeth.

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Hello Fellow Goo Horders!

Let’s face it, the older we get the more time shows up in our smile. Coffee, wine and sodas do a number on the color of our teeth. And I can tell you, I ain’t giving up any of those lovely three beverages any time soon.

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Here’s where I started. Not too bad, just need a touch up.

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To kickstart my quest for a more sparkly grin, I used the Target 1 hour Intense Whitening Kit with Accelerator Rinses.

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I comes with a couple pouches of rinses and 2 sets of wax whitening trays. The rinses are pretty self-explanatory.. put in mouth and swish for the allotted time. The wax trays you put in your mouth and mold them to you teeth. I pushed and sucked until they were comfortable. And then you wait.  Rinse and repeat with the second pair of the wax trays… and then you rinse again.

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This is the new cover of Cosmo, isn’t it! These wax trays are the sexiest thing fashion in a long time. I passed the time watching The Worst Cook in America and packing my suitcase for my current adventure in ABQ.

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Here’s the next day. My flight to ABQ.

I think the Target kit is okay. I recommend it as a kickstart. Currently, I use Plus White 5 minute, every other day by just smearing it on my teeth for 5-10 minutes. I also have been using Rembrandt’s Deeply White toothpaste in the green and white box.

Anyone have any ride or die teeth whitening products that the love. I would love to check out more.

Stay Awesome,

Clare

All the products were purchased by me.

J. Cat Beauty Geluxy Nail Polish Review

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Hello Fellow Goo Horders!

Today we have some nail polish to chat about.

When I was at Cosmprof NA, I happened upon the J. Cat Beauty booth. We chatted about the new stuff that they were coming out for fall…. and these Geluxy nail polishes.

These are gel-like polishes without the machine.

They generously sent me six colors and the top coat. In total they have 24 colors on their website.

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The formula on these is smooth… and workable. The colors are vibrant and fun! I can’t wait to find these at Ulta… there are so many other colors that I want to try. Dries quickly.. and lasts a decent week. I’m not delicate when it comes to my manicures. I go about life normally, cleaning, typing with the ends of my nails and a shutting my fingers in drawer & doors (more often than I’m willing to admit). Wait until I tell you the price… Are you sitting down? $3.99. Yes, THREE NINETY NINE! Under $5 for a polish that applies well and last more that a hot minute. Sign me up!

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This black bottle is the top coat. It’s not an overstatement or an exaggeration when I say, I LOVE THIS STUFF!! If you’ve made a little boo-boo in polish application, it seemingly fixes it. And it dries hella fast! It’s the magic that makes this (and other polishes) last. I even take this on trips… It’s seen Philadelphia and Albuquerque so far. 🙂

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Here are the swatches. Such happy colors. Virgo and Scorpio are my favorites of this bunch… Sagittarius is such a deep, yet bright purple!

I’m a fan of these polishes.

GO LOOK AT THEM HERE!

Let me know if you have any questions.

Stay Awesome,

Clare