Battle of the Matte Reds!

Hello everyone!

In my SauceBox Cosmetics post, I told you that I was going to be comparing Sugarpills Love+ to Saucebox's Russian Rouge.



Both of these shadows are a TRUE red and matte as well! It is hard to find a GOOD red eye shadow, let alone a good matte eye shadow.

I purchased Love+ back when Sugarpill launched their boutique on Beautylish and have been in love ever since. When I saw that Russian Rouge and Love+ were practically dupes, I had to see for myself. I couldn't help but order Russian Rouge from SauceBox.. It was even better because I used a code from BellaShoot and got 15% off. Unfortunately that code expired, but I am sure that there will be another soon.

(Quick side note, does anyone else have to listen to a specific genre of music when they are blogging? I ALWAYS work better when I listen to a specific genre.. no lie.. okay back to the original post)

Sugarpill's Love+ is $12 for 4grams of product. That is a LOT of product.

SauceBox's Russian Rouge is currently on sale for $6 and.. well I am not sure how much product is in it because neither the website nor the packaging say how much shadow you get. I wish it did. Tis life.

These two shadows look like they are EXACT dupes of each other in the pan.

The only real in pan difference is that Russian Rouge appears darker.. in my picture of Love+, I am not sure why it is showing up orange toned, I can assure you that it is not.

I do want to say that I am the kind of person who does not like to pack on shadow when swatching. This is TWO swipes across the shadow. Also, I forgot to mark this, but these are swatched WITH and WITHOUT primer. Just imagine a line in the middle .. you can find of tell where the primer is anyways and where it is not. Bah

An up closer version of the same swatch, once again please imagine a line across the middle of these two shadows. I am a fool for forgetting it. Forgive me? :(

As you can tell in the swatches, Russian Rouge is more pigmented and brighter then Love+.  They are both richly pigmented, but Love+ also applies a bit splotchy where as Russian rouge goes on smoothly. As for the texture of these two shadows, they feel the same essentially. They are soft, but not silky soft. They feel a bit rough when swatching with your fingers, but you don't notice it when you use a brush.

There is only minor staining with both shadows, considering the amount of pigment you need to make a red eye shadow, it doesn't bother me. All you need is a little extra makeup remover and you are good to go. There is only a slight tint left over, but if you don't know it is there, you wont notice it. :)

In my opinion, out of the two of these, I think Russian Rouge wins the battle. I'm sorry Love+  :( I love you, but Russian Rouge is more pigmented in this case. It is also cheaper being on sale for $6.

You could definitely use both of these eye shadows wet, it would make them brighter and the pigment look even more amazing! :P I do know that if you pack on Love+ it looks amazing, but for two swiping and going on your way, I prefer Russian Rouge.

What is your opinion of the two shadows?!

You can check Russian Rouge out HERE

and Love+ HERE

Disclaimer:  I am in no way affiliated with either company. I purchased both eyeshadows with my own money. I am not being paid, sponsored or compensated to do this review. All opinions are 150% my own. 

Merry Belated Christmas!

I know I am putting this up almost 2 days late!
I hope you all had an amazing Christmas with your families!
If you don't celebrate Christmas,  I hope you all had an amazing Tuesday!

I got some pretty exciting news! (Well exciting for me at least!) Since Chris and I decided not to go to bed Christmas eve, because we had to be at my parents house for 9am, and we would have over slept... I decided to bake cookies. BIG surprise right? Hah.

Well, I had planned on sending the huge majority of them with my Dad to work. (He works at Zambia Smokehouse at Busch Gardens Tampa) and I sent, Snickerdoodles, Chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies. (I'm going to put the recipes on my food blog later this week) Well, I guess they were a hit because everyone was requesting for my to make MORE cookies! They are even wanting to pay for them. I never had the intention of doing it for money. I bake because I extremely like doing it, plus it helps me feel better. (before you say something, I rarely ever eat anything I make. I may taste to make sure it doesn't take like death, but that is about it. Just for your info :) ) Funny enough, when I was baking I had jokingly said (to myself and the cat. Chris wasnt home) That I should start a business doing it!

Hah, I'm so thankful I got my Grandmothers love for baking. Honestly though, it was such an honor to have people actually requesting for me to bake! It made me feel a lot better. I'm taking a couple of days off from baking though because I baked so much this month that its not even funny.I went through I think 20 pounds of Flour and just as much sugar.. I think about about 2 dozen or more eggs. It's crazy! I love it though :)

I do need your help though. Every time I try and type up a blog post here, I start drawing a blank and just exit out. In the upcoming year, what kind of blog posts would you like to see? I've got a blogging notebook and I'm going to start writing blogs out again, that way I can do it while I am out and about and bored :). I would just love to know what kind of posts you like to see!

Don't forget my giveaway ends in a few days!

I hope you all are having an amazing day today!

How did your Christmas, or Tuesday go?!

xx Autty

BeautyArmy Expanding Into Health and Wellness?!

Hello everyone!

So, if you have been on my blog for sometime you know that I absolutely LOVE BeautyArmy. It's a subscription service that is $12 a month but YOU get to pick your 6 samples. I absolutely love this subscription service more than anything.
Unfortunately at this moment with the wedding next month, I have to cancel my subscription. I have missed two months and it saddens me! Baha anyways.

Recently BeautyArmy has added the Men's section to their website, where they offer mens products. I got a few for Chris the first month they introduced it. He loved it! Now they have just released another new option! Health and Wellness!

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I am so excited about this because when I get my subscription back, I am definitely going to be checking that option! So if you think about it, BeautyArmy now has their foot in quite a few different markets. I think that they are going to do absolutely fantastic in the Health and Wellness portion, goodness knows they are already extremely popular!

BA has only been around since January, that is not even a year! In my opinion I feel that they are more popular than Birchbox. ( i did have that subscription for a few months. very disappointing to say the least.) BeautyArmy even offers incentives for being a subscriber for so many months, recruiting people and doing reviews! I mean it is the ultimate subscription service in my opinion!

I think that the Health and Wellness portion will be just as popular as their beauty and skin care. I mean, who doesn't want to be healthy and find new products to help your wellness! Holla! I am so game for it! :P

I really feel that this is another fantastic step for BeautyArmy and I wish them all of the best luck in this new endeavour! I bet they are all excited about it! I know I am!

I definitely suggest that if you are in the US, you check them out! $12 a month might be more than one of the other beauty subscriptions but YOU get to pick your samples! A lot of the time as well, you get full-sized products! I've gotten quite a few, it's a nice surprise!

If you want to subscribe please click my referral link !

Yes, it is a referral link, no I am not required to put it and no I am not being paid or sponsored to put that. It's just a nice little thing :) Plus, it would be super cool !<3

I am so excited for them! Check them out on their website and on twitter :)

Ipsy (MyGlam) October 2012 bag!

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Hello everyone! It is that time of the month again! Bahah not THAT that time, but Ipsy (formerly MyGlam) time of the month!

Before I get into it I want to say thank you too to the Customer service ladies! If you have noticed, I have not done a blog about Ipsy for 2 months (not including this month) My mail man has literally been taking them and the post office has done jack, I had emailed them last month when my bag went missing, after it said that it was delivered and they changed my shipping address on their own when they sent last months bag out. Which I didn't get till the 5th of this month. lol. Anyhoo. I can't remember her name, but just thank you Ipsy ladies! :)

Anyways, onto this months bag!

In advance, I want to say sorry about the fuzzy pictures, I have no idea what is going on with my camera! I will get it sorted out before the next blog post! <3

I was really excited to get this months bag, but at the same time I was extremely nervous. This month is the first month they used their "customizing" thing that they established late last month. I was absolutely terrified to get one of the colors because I knew it wouldn't look good on me. Haha, I was really worried, but thankfully I got Gloss Bomb #9. (I should probably tell you the product huh? Bah)

The Mirenesse Lip Balm Glossy Lacquer Stain in #9 (full size)

Now, I have never heard of this company before, so I was pretty stoked to get a color that I could actually wear. Granted it is not something I would have picked for myself, but its a nice color. Its a pinkish nude with orange undertones. It doesn't look half bad on the lips, but make sure you don't have dry or cracked lips. When I first tried this, my lips were gross and chapped and it sunk right into the lines and cracks. Now its not super noticeable to anyone else, but if you are aware of it, you will notice it! So far, I am very pleased with this product! I can't wait to try it out longer.  Oh, yes it is glossy, not overly glossy but a nice gloss and its not very sticky at all. For some people it may not be sticky, but for a girl who is used to only wearing lip balms, its a bit sticky but not off putting. I guess it would be like a regular gloss? This retails for $35.10 (holy cow!) 




The next product is the Be a.... bombshell Onyx eyeliner (full size). This is a marker eyeliner with a nice tip on it. You can get a thin line or even make a thick line! I really like that already about it! No, I have not tried it as of yet, I have swatched it though and boy is it black! I am really excited to try this out because I am trying to find another good eyeliner that I can wear for the wedding. Bah. I've never heard of this company either, so I am really excited!  This retails for $14.



Next up is the Color Couture Pequi Oil Treatment (.5 fl oz / 15 ml) I believe we got something from Color Couture in one of the other previous bags, but I can't honestly remember. I have heard of the company before, but have not looked into them. I know I heard about them through MyGlam (Ipsy) so. This oil treatment came at a good time because I just ran out of my Macadamia oil, the day this came. Bah. This retails for $12 for the .5 fl oz. I am not too fond of the way to get it out of the container, because it is a thick oil it takes a bit of time just to get a drop or two out. We shall see if this is better than my Macadamia treatment oil :)



The next set ( say set with a reason) is from Coastal Scents. It is their Eye Shadow Sample Set 3. I am glad that I got this set because then I can use it for the wedding on other people. :D That makes me a happy camper, I don't have to go out and purchase eyeshadows. This is my first Coastal Scents product, so I am excited to try it out! :) The colors I got were Maroon Berry, Flesh Tone, Caramel, & Light Bronze. I am not sure how much this retails for since it is a sample set. :)



The last product in the bag was a deluxe sized theBalm What's your type? The Body Builder Mascara. I've never used theBalm makeup before, I have their nail polish from one of the old bags, but have never used their cosmetics. I have not opened this because I don't like having a lot of mascaras open at once. So, I can't really tell you anything about this mascara. I don't have high hopes though. :P Not for any particular reason. I just don't want to get my hopes up about something that I wont be using for a while. :P




That is this months bag! Overall I am extremely happy with everything I have gotten. I am excited for the direction that Ipsy is going, even though I don't get the name change. In my opinion they are heading in the right direction bag wise. :)





Do you get an Ipsy bag? What color Lip Bomb and sample quad did you get? I am really excited to see what everyone got! <3

I hope you all are having a wonderful day! <3

How NOT to do your makeup and go out in public

Okay, there is a story behind this blog post. I went grocery shopping at Walmart Thurday with my Mom and I saw this woman who looked like she let a baby slap some makeup on to her face. I mean it was pretty grotesque. THEN I had to go back Friday because I forgot something and I saw her AGAIN!

Oh boy, I couldn't contain myself, I just had to try recreate her look. I wound up slapping her two looks together and came up with what I am about to show you.

I just want to warn you. It is kind of scary and horrid. I felt so bad putting all of this on! I had to use so many different products to try and get it right. I just want to warn you. I am not exaggerating what you are about to see. This woman actually went out in public like this. I don't know why anyone would do that.

I also want to warn you, that I blended it out more than I should have. It was kind of habit. Oy vey. I can't believe I am about to do this! Bahaha

Excuse the eye brows. I didn't have the stuff to cover them up and do them properly, but you get the point. And the lips. Yes, the "lip liner" (actually its eyeliner) was messed up as well, but thats how hers was. There is a mix of 2 different liquid lip sticks on my face. *shudders*

This is not a post to make fun of someone. Obviously its not because they are not pictures. My face is. I feel like.. just ugh. I had to fight to get through the lips I almost gave up twice.

Josh, you better know how much I love you for doing this! :P

So, what do you think? Should I wear this out? kidding!

When Should You Throw Out Your Mascara?

Hello everyone!

 

I've recently realized lately how people don't know some important facts about makeup. Or at least.. when they should throw their mascara out! Its not been just once person that I know who didn't know when they should throw their mascara out, its actually been quite a few!

 

The reasons that they don't know is that they could be new-er to the makeup world or just were never told. I am here however to tell you that you should throw out your mascara tubes every 3 months! Why every three months? Well, from the first time you open your tube, you let air into it and bacteria starts growing inside of the tube. Honestly, that is why I don't buy expensive mascaras because they will just end up getting thrown out, even if they haven't been used up.



If you don't want to throw your mascara out after 3 months and you think that you can make it last longer then what I suggest is too smell it. Yes, smell that bad boy every time you use it. That way when it starts to go bad you will be able to tell. Definitely when the mascara starts to go bad, throw it out. You don't want to hurt your eyes, just because you want to use every single drop of your mascara.

 

I hope this helped you all out if you didn't know when you should throw your mascara tubes out!  

 



 

Its also really hard to do mascara reviews because everyone's lashes are different. I will try and do a few for you, so that you know which are my favorite!