Hi love bugs!
We have officially survived another Winter month! I'm really not a fan of February at all! Despite it being the shortest month in the year, it always feels like the longest to me! Like we're just waiting around for something to happen and just trying to get through it unscathed! I don't know about you guys, but I am seriously OVER this Winter! I need sun and warmth ASAP! The only silver lining this month was the fact that so many new beauty products popped up in the stores! And of course I came up with a few favorites for you! :)
The first product I've fallen in love with is Murad's Skin Smoothing Polish! And I really mean LOVE! I use this about 2-4 times a week and after using it for the last two months or so, I really can't see myself switching to another face exfoliator any time soon! A little bit of this goes a long way, and it makes my skin feel super clean and soft! I wouldn't say I notice anything amazing for my pores really, but I do notice that my skin is clearer! I also just realized that one of the claims for this product balanced oil production! That could definitely be playing in part in why my skin has been less oily and shiny lately, or it's just the frozen tundra I'm living in! I'll have to keep using this as the warmer months approach to see if it really helps at all! I'll keep you posted! ;)
I know I wrote about a face primer in last months favorites but this month I switched it up a bit and now I am obsessed with Maybelline's FaceStudio Master Prime Blur + Smooth Primer! That's not to say I have any bad feeling towards last month's Angel Veil Primer by NYX, it's still a great product, I just saw this in the store and decided to give it a try! I seriously love, love, loooove this primer! Again, my skin has been more on the normal to dry side lately, so I have still been able to skip my milk of magnesia primer! This one goes on super smooth and I feel like it really does blur out my pores! Even my thicker foundations work beautifully with this! It allows me to get the most even, soft, and smooth foundation looks! My makeup also lasts forever when I wear this! It doesn't get shiny or cakey throughout the day and still looks flawless when the day is over and I'm taking it all off! A little bit of this goes a long way too, and it's totally affordable!
For foundation I've been really enjoying the new L'Oreal Infallible Pro-Matte 24 Hour Foundation! This combined with the Maybelline primer above and my holy grail NYX Finishing Powder has been my go to way to do my face makeup! This foundation is a creamy liquid formula that dries totally matte! It gives a medium to full coverage, but is buildable for more coverage if you choose! I can't say that this necessarily lives up to the 24 hour claim (who wears makeup for 24 hours?), but it does stay matte and looking flawless throughout the day! I haven't noticed any change in the appearance of it or break down of the formula! This might just be one of my favorite drugstore foundations ever!
For my everyday eyeshadow looks, I've been using Milani's Eyeshadow Primer! This stuff seriously rocks! First of all it's only $5.99!!! Can you believe that? $5.99!! It's an amazing drugstore dupe for the majority of high-end eyeshadow primers (think Too Faced Shadow Insurance) but honestly, it is even better, in my opinion! And... did i mention it's $5.99! Lol! It's a nice cream consistency that applies like most shadow primers, and it dries really nicely so there's not too much tugging when you go to apply your eyeshadows! Best part is your eyeshadow look lasts all day and stays looking beautiful! This too is quickly becoming a holy grail item for me!
As you already know from my previous post, I've been super crazy obsessed with Colour Pop Super Shock Eyeshadows! These things are seriously so amazing! I've been particularly loving the shade Desert! It is the most perfect transition shade for the crease and it pairs well with pretty much any shade I put on my lid and brow bone! It reminds me of Mac's Soft Brown Eyeshadow only this is in Colour Pop's unique formula! This does have a little bit of shimmer to it, but I actually like the effect it gives! Seems to bring a little more brightness to my eyes!
For a few weeks, I was starting to feel like I was in an "eyeliner rut". I don't know why, but all of the ones I had been using were starting to bore me and I wanted something to "Wow" me! I decided to go back to one of my favorite eyeliner brands and purchased a Mally Beauty Evercolor Starlight Waterproof Liner in the shade Shimmering Black. I have always really loved these eyeliners! They apply so smooth and smudge perfectly! The color literally lasts all day long and never runs or flakes! I also really love this shade because while it's still a black eyeliner, there is just the teeny tinest amount of shimmer to it! It's almost undetectable, but I feel like it takes some of the drama out of the harshness that black eyeliner can sometimes have! This definitely helped me to get out of my rut! :)
I've been experimenting a LOT with eyebrow products! Some of them I love, but most of them I end up hating! Lol! This It Cosmetics brow pencil has been my go-to brow product all month long! It just works for me! No hassle, no fake looking drawn on brows! It glides into my eyebrows so smoothly and fills in the spots I need a little oomph in and makes them look more defined! And the shade is absolutely dead on for me! Out of all the brow products I've tried lately, this is by far my favorite! I think this is definitely going to become a huge staple in my makeup collection!
My all-star product for not only this past month, but this entire season so far, has been Bite Beauty's Agave Lip Mask in Champagne! I'm a huge, huge, HUGE fan of Bite Beauty's products and I might be so bold as to say this is one of my all time favorite products I have ever used in LIFE! The formula for this is unlike anything I've ever used! It's not sticky, it's not tacky, it's not too thick or too thin, it is just PERFECTION! I would seriously be lost without this anymore! And honestly, I just genuinely enjoy the way it feels on my lips! It feels luxurious and like you are really doing something special for yourself and your lips! It just keeps them super hydrated and smooth with minimal effort! What's not to love about that? I typically use this in the evening when I get home from work, or at night before I go to bed. But, I also like to sometimes just wear this on it's own. I love the pretty, glossy look it gives my lips and the champagne/ rose gold shade offers just a hint of color and shimmer! I seriously just love this stuff so much and could never begin to say enough great things about it! If you don't have this, go buy it! Seriously. Stop reading, and go now! You will love it!!!
My all-star product for not only this past month, but this entire season so far, has been Bite Beauty's Agave Lip Mask in Champagne! I'm a huge, huge, HUGE fan of Bite Beauty's products and I might be so bold as to say this is one of my all time favorite products I have ever used in LIFE! The formula for this is unlike anything I've ever used! It's not sticky, it's not tacky, it's not too thick or too thin, it is just PERFECTION! I would seriously be lost without this anymore! And honestly, I just genuinely enjoy the way it feels on my lips! It feels luxurious and like you are really doing something special for yourself and your lips! It just keeps them super hydrated and smooth with minimal effort! What's not to love about that? I typically use this in the evening when I get home from work, or at night before I go to bed. But, I also like to sometimes just wear this on it's own. I love the pretty, glossy look it gives my lips and the champagne/ rose gold shade offers just a hint of color and shimmer! I seriously just love this stuff so much and could never begin to say enough great things about it! If you don't have this, go buy it! Seriously. Stop reading, and go now! You will love it!!!
Another lip product I have been obsessed with is one of Milani's new Color Statement Matte Lipsticks in the shade Matte Naked! Like the rest of the world, I've been loving matte lipsticks lately, but these are seriously the most comfortable ones I have tried! They are really light weight while also having great color payoff and staying power! I don't know how they accomplished all of these feats with one lipstick, but they deserve some sort of award for it! I also really love the shade of this lipstick! It's perfect for an everyday lipstick or a sleek and chic look! It's the perfect mix of pink and brown tones and it gives a great warm nude look to the lips! These have been pretty hard to find in my area, but I really hope I'll be able to get my hands on more shades soon!
So that's it for February! Sorry it took me so long to get this posted! But at least I made it before March was over! Haha!
Thanks for reading!
♥ Nichole
Thanks for reading!
♥ Nichole
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