Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Full Coverage Foundation

A few months ago, I was going out for the night with a friend and I was wanting a good foundation that would last the night and not apply looking like a cakey mess. I Googled some stuff per usual and I settled on the Tarte Amazonian Clay Foundation, but I died a little on the inside when I saw the price of it. $39 is a lot for one product in my opinion! I decided to go up to Ulta anyways and get a sample of the foundation, because lets me real, it could have worked horribly, but I was willing to take the risk. Ha!

derma e Psorzema® & Scalp Relief Products

Press Sample

One of the things that I haven't really talked about on my blog is itchy skin. I've talked about it on Twitter and I think Facebook but never on the blog. Insert the derma e Psorzema® and Scalp Relief products. 

The one thing that people definitely don't ever see if that I've got really dry and itchy spots on my body. That is the one unfortunately thing. I had planned on my cousin testing out the Psorzema® Body wash and the Crème because she was recently diagnosed with eczema and is spotty on her body, especially on her chest. Unfortunately she never responded to my request, which stinks because she doesn't like taking the steroid her doctor put her on.

Starting first we are going to talk about the Shampoo because that is the first product that I tried out. I first want to point out that the Scalp Relief Shampoo($11.75) is safe for color treated hair. My hair, as you all know is color treated and I've not noticed any fading or dullness in my hair, so that is awesome. The product was created to sooth, de-flake, cleanse, and nourish the scalp and hair. I've got some pretty heavy dermatitis on my scalp and it's gotten ugly lately. I've tried quite a few things to try and calm it down. Ingredient wise, the important things that I feel needed to be pointed out is that this has Menthol, salicylic acid, tea tree oil in it. 

Obviously there are other amazing ingredients in this, but those are the ones I wanted to point out, just in case you have a sensitivity to them. When you use this, you leave it on your scalp for 3-5 minutes, which in my case seems like an eternity. However, for a clean, non-itchy, flake free scalp, it is totally worth it! When using this alone, because of all of the things in it, it does make my hair feel a little dry, but once you use the conditioner, the dryness goes right away. I do like though that this doesn't dry out the scalp and it smells lightly like the menthol that is in it. It's not overpowering and it doesn't burn your scalp like some other scalp treatment shampoos that I have used.

The Scalp Relief Conditioner ($11.75) has the same ingredients in it that I mentioned with the shampoo. With this, you are also supposed to leave it sitting on your scalp for 2-3 minutes. It will definitely make your shower a little longer, but in the end it is worth it. You can always turn the water off while you're letting the conditioner sit. The only difference between this and the shampoo, is that the conditioner, obviously conditions your hair. Let me just say, it does! I was pretty worried about how my scalp would feel, especially since you have to put this on your scalp, but the shampoo and conditioner really work in tandem.

This does have Argan kernel oil in it to help moisturize your scalp and hair. Scent wise, I am not really sure how I would describe it, so I am not going too. It doesn't smell bad though, so you can be assured of that. Using the two products together, I can go at least a week without my hair getting oily, itchy and the flakes start again after about 6 days, That is bloody amazing to me. I actually just recently went almost two weeks without washing my hair, yes it was oily but the flakes didn't really start or get bad until about a week and 4 days. Although, I will say that sometimes at the slightest hint of foreign moisture my scalp would get incredibly itchy, so that was a bummer to me. I mean, that though could totally just be my scalp. Remember everyone is different.

The Psorzema® Body Wash($11.75) is something that I use on the daily, every time I shower. I love this body wash that much! I've even been using it to wash my face. This gently cleanses the skin, while it moisturizes it as well. This soothes the  itchiness, redness and irritation that I get on my body body and face. Yes, I do use this on my face and it has actually helped with the redness quite a bit. No, it hasn't made me break out and it doesn't dry out the skin.  

This had similar ingredients as the shampoo, conditioner and the crème. This is such a gentle product on the skin and the one thing I will say that if you use this, be very careful. This is very fluid and you can accidentally get way too much product on your hand. Other than that, this is an absolutely lovely product!

The Psorzema® Crème($19.95) is the one product that I was not sure if I was going to like or not. I am not saying that for any particular reason, I just wasn't sure if it was going to be greasy, or if it was going to help out with the dry skin on my body, especially on my hands. Let me just say that this has been my savor. You know when you just have that one amazing product and you tote it with you wherever you go? This is that product. 

It's always in my purse and if I go to say a theme park, you better believe I am taking it with me. It's not greasy at all and it soaks into the skin quickly. This will make your skin unbelievably soft and smooth feeling. I use this really all over my body because it helps with the dryness and actually it keps my skin to not be itchy, which is a godsend. 

The body wash and the creme do not have scents to them, so they are safe if you are scent sensitive. The scents of the shampoo and conditioner are not strong either. I will say that I recommend these products 200% because they've helped my scalp and my skin considerably from when I started using them a good month ago. You can check out each product on Derma E's website and each individual product is linked to the page. I do believe for what they do and being steroid free, these are an amazing deal and the price point is something that I would be willing to pay. 

The Shampoo ad conditioner are probably my favorite products out of the lot because I have been looking for products like them for quite a while and have failed. This is something I will be definitely purchasing quite soon.

Best,
Autumn
Press sample provided by DermaE through Brandbacker. 

Worth Co Beauty - Review #MyWorthMovement

Products Provided For Free For Review

You know that moment when you buy coffee because it's going to be a long night and you have so much to do and you know you're not going to be able to get any sleep? So you pour yourself a nice 16-24 ounce cup of refreshing pumpkin spice iced coffee stuff that you can buy in the stores.... Then it dawns on you after you drink half of the drink that it's freaking ESPRESSO and NOT COFFEE. Guys, I think I can hear colors. IT. IS. SHINY.


Wow, Okay. That was a wee bit crazy, wasn't it?

First off before I even start reviewing anything I want to say that I just LOVE their brand message.

Celebrating The Worth of Every Woman One Product At A Time. 

If you want to read their entire statement, you can check out their Statement of Worth page HERE

I know the a product can't be measured only by what the brands message is. I will say that once I read through their website I did have some pretty high expectations for their products. Worth Co. does lip care, bath and body, candles as well as tubes which is a lip butter as well as a lip scrub. Their products range from $9.50 to $30 for the tube.

They have a whole bunch of different scents and each one has it's own name.
100% Original - Sweet Almond + Honey + Oats
Forward - Mint + Berry
Brave - Peaches + Coconut
Soul Beautiful - Verbena + Vanilla
Every Day - Lemongrass + Ginger
One of A Kind - Rose + Citrus

Forward Body Whip - $21

At first, I wasn't sure what to think about this. I wasn't sure if I was going to like it because I had products similar in the past that were extremely greasy feeling on the skin. Let me just say, this is lovely on the skin! It starts to instantly melt into the skin and it feels luscious.  I love that this is not greasy at all.

I have pretty dry elbows, to the point that they hurt and this is the only thing that I've found that will actually help my desert elbows. I've also used this on my dry feet and it helps quite a bit.

The one way that I love using this is right as I get out of the shower, before I dry off I will apply this all over my body and I let it soak in and oh my goodness! Baby soft skin! It's quite lovely.

Scent wise, I am so in love with this scent! I don't know what it is about this but it makes me very happy. It's just something about the mint and the berries that reminds me of happy times. I can't place exactly what it makes me think of, but it's such an amazing scent. Definitely a favorite!


100% Original Body Scrub - $22 

Body scrubs are not something that I usually go for. I don't know why, but they're usually so abrasive on my skin that I tend to just avoid them. The brown sugar crystals and the jojoba beads that are in this are extremely gentle on the skin. It gets off all of the dead skin and it also moisturises your skin at the same time! It is a double whammy because of all of the yummy stuff that is in this.

This probably is the scent that I am attracted to the most. I don't know what it is about Sweet Almond Oil, or just almond oil in general but it is something that I love deeply. Slap this baby into a perfume and I will wear it for life! 

100% Original Lip Scrub - $16 

Lip scrubs are something that I'm typically not familiar with because I try and keep my lips from getting chapped. Luckily for me, this came at the perfect time because I had just gotten over being sick and my lips were awful. This is a sugar based scrub and the one thing that I greatly enjoy and appreciate with this scrub is that it has just enough abrasiveness to slosh off all of the dead skin on your lips, but it extremely gentle. It also is very moisturizing, so you don't really need to apply a heavy lip balm after using this. 

The scent of this is different then the body scrub, even though they are from the same scent line. I really couldn't figure out the scent of this at first. I sat there just smelling this and trying to figure out what the heck the smell was. It's one of those familiar scents, but you just can't place it. Then it finally came to me! It's honey! You know...from the whole sweet almond, honey, oats dealio? I don't know why it didn't click at first! This doesn't smell like your run of the mill grocery store honey though, at least not to me. Years ago we were gifted this GIANT tub of natural honey that came from South America that had a huge piece of honey comb in it and it was thick, dark and luscious. THAT is exactly what it smells like.


All in all my expectations were greatly exceeded with all three products from Worth Co.! They are all luscious and amazing. I'm honestly really surprised with these, the last time I tried to use body care items they were just purely awful. These though have renewed my spirits in wanting to go back out and try more products! I definitely want to try out their Lip Rubs, because we all know how obsessed with lip balms that I am! Their candles are definitely worth checking out also!

Worth Co. is definitely a 10/10 company with their products and packaging. I mean, you can't get any cuter than that! Check out their website as well as all of their other links!

Website- https://worthcobeauty.com
#MyWorthMovement - https://worthcobeauty.com/myworth/
Twitter - http://twitter.com/worthcobeauty
Facebook- http://facebook.com/worthcobeauty
Instagram - http://instagram.com/worthcobeauty

Christie Brinkley Close Up Instant Wrinkle Repair Reducer and Treatment

iFabbo Member / Press Sample

Hello Lovelies ! I hope you are having an amazing weekend! 

Today's post is all about the Christie Brinkley Close Up Instant Wrinkle Repair Reducer and Treatment... ... Can we just talk about how much of a mouthful that is first? Like dang that's a long product name. Anyways, anyone who knows me, knows that I don't particularaly have a skincare routine. It's pretty lax and depressing if you think about it. 

I originally thought that this was going to be a primer, since that is what it said on the website, but I am okay with the fact that this is what it is. 

The website says;;

Get camera ready in a flash! An instant treatment that tightens the look of skin while firming and smoothing the appearance of crow's feet, fine lines, and wrinkles. Use around eyes, mouth and on forehead to erase years from your appearance.

Now, I have only use this around my eyes because, lets be honest, I am a squinter so I've got some fine lines and wrinkles already at 24 years old.

Product Claims;;

• Immediate sensation of tighter and smoother-looking skin.
• Smooth under-eye bags and puffiness.
• Tightens skin on contact and takes years off appearance.

 Honestly, I'm super impressed with this. I don't typically get under eye bags, even with as late as I go to bed. (thanks insomnia!) Lately, I've had some gnarly ones though that I have been using this for. This product smooths my under eye area and makes my bags and lines disappear! I thought at first that I was really going to hate this product, just because I didn't expect it to live up to any of the claims that it claimed.

I haven't really noticed any "reductions" of lines or anything when I am not wearing it, but when I do wear it, it's magical. Plus, it helps my under eye area feel moisturized, which it always a plus for me. Another thing that I like it that it can be applied throughout the day if it is needed and it can even be applied over your makeup. I will say I've only applied this maybe twice a day if I remember, and I've never applied it over foundation because I am one of those people that once I put my makeup on, I don't bother with it until I take it off. But I do like the option to do that if it is needed.

As for the whole "taking years off of your appearance", I will say that I didn't notice it taking any years off. Maybe hours because I actually looked like I had gotten some sleep and wasn't a squinter. When you use this, it makes your under eye area feel smooth and soft like baby skin, which is lovely when you think about it. The amount you see in the above picture is actually enough for at least 2-3 uses, you do not need much of this at all!

In the picture, on the left side I have no product on my eye and on the right I have product on. 

You can tell that there is a difference, granted, it isn't a HUGE difference, but it's at least a difference. Once you were to put some makeup on, you wouldn't even see any bags. I will say that it didn't make an exceptional difference in this picture because I took this after a pretty hard night of drinking with my cousin, so there's that. I've got bags for days because I didn't sleep that great. On a typical day when I use this, the bags do completely disappear. 

In the end, I am pretty impressed with this product. What I will say that I am NOT impressed about is the price. This little 0.33oz tube costs $79.95. That. Is. Ridiculous. That really is the only downfall of this product because it's such a small amount for such a high price. For the price alone is why I wouldn't recommend this, but it is such a great product that I can recommend it because of what it does. Would I buy this after reading reviews? No because I don't have that much money to spend on one small thing. But that is me. 

Have a great day!
Autumn

Product was sent for free for review from iFabbo and Christie Brinkley. All opinions are 100% my own. 

Wet n Wild Art In The Streets - Swatch & Review

Purchased Myself

Wet n Wild is not a brand I gravitate towards much for eye shadows. I know they have some gems, but most of the time, the ones that I purchase are mostly disappointing. I was searching for their new spring collection to pick up the palettes for it as per request from Jessica (you can read her blog HERE). Unfortunately, I can't find the spring collection anywhere, so I just grabbed a palette that I thought would be really fun too play with. It was this one (Art In the Streets) or the 5-pan neutral palette. I'm trying to re-introduce color back into my repertoire, so I went with the bold and bright colored one.

Art In The Streets is a 5 pan palette with a purple, bright orange, yellow, medium green and a sky blue. 

I don't think these have any ACTUAL names so we shall just number them in order of how they were swatched.

This particular set is swatched without a primer. As you can tell, the colors are not particularly pigmented. This WAS two swipes though. Like two straight down (or across depending on the pan) swipes to get shadow. NORMALLY I only do one swipe, but I wanted to build them up a bit. I despise when people build up shadows and make them look all pretty, that is misleading and I don't do it. BUT I had to give this a second swipe.

Two swipes again over Milani's Eye shadow primer. Much better right? I did have a bit of trouble with the orange, which I'm sure you can tell. All 4 of the 5 shadows are matte. The purple has a little bit of shimmer in it, which you can see, so I'm not calling it matte.

The shadows themselves are very smooth but there is one drawback, they're kind of chalky. You don't get any fall out, or at least I didn't but these are still chalky. They're very easy too use and blendable. However, you're going to see my biggest issue with these in un momento (aka the next picture)

Le sigh. Okay, I had to be careful to NOT over blend this or the shadows would disappear. I used every color in the palette, with the yellow in the inner corner. I couldn't get the yellow to show up much except for what you see. Honestly, I'm kind of disappointed. I've had a few Wet n Wild palettes, and they've all been duds for me. I think the I<3Matte was the only good one out of all of the ones that I've tried. I don't know. I'm still going to search for their Spring Collection, but I am not having high hopes for the quality of it. 

Have you tried this palette? Do you have the same opinion on Wet n Wild shadows? What are ones that I should try?!

Purchased myself. All opinions are my own.

ORLY MatteFX Green Flakie Topcoat

Purchased Myself

You may remember a while ago, if you were following me on instagram, I posted a picture of GFTC and PFTC (pink flakie top coat). I was unimpressed then and my Sally's charged me $10 per bottle and I wound up taking them back the next day. I was kind of miffed about the price then I just wasn't impressed with the top coat in general. Anyways Sally's was having their 50% off Clearance sale (they have it often) and I decided what the heck, it's a better deal then when it originally came out so I snagged it. I wish they had the pink one though! I can't complain too much since it was only a couple of dollars. 

Green Flakie Top coat is a sheer green tinted base with purple, blue and green flakie glitter. Did I mention it was matte?
No Top Coat

Why on earth ORLY made these matte is completely beyond me, these really shine when they are shiny. The formula is nice and you get a nice coverage of the flakies. I don't have any complaints except for that it's matte, but that's just me.
No Top Coat

I swatched this alone and over ORLY MatteFX Butterfly.

With Topcoat ^^

What do you think? Matte or Shiny?!

I purchased this product with my own money. All opinions are my own

Milani Eyeshadow Primer -Review

Purchased Myself.

I'm wanting to get kind of back on "track" and get back to my "roots" which is makeup. I know I've not blogged much about makeup recently. I don't have a very good excuse other than Nail Polish is easier for me too photograph yadda than makeup is, but maybe with my new camera I'll be inspired to do more makeup! I do know I have a few lined up! :D

I don't know why it's taken me so long to review this product. I actually swore I already did, but after a quick search of my blog, I apparently have NOT. So we shall do it today!

The Milani Eyeshadow Primer only comes in one shade (as of now) which is 01 Nude. It's just a basic light skin tone color that goes transparent when it's blended or "rubbed" in.

In my opinion this is VERY comparable too Urban Decay Primer Potion, but in ways the Milani primer is way better. UDPP creased on me occasionally where the Milani one doesn't at all. (mind you I have oily lids) Not only that but this is waaaaayyyy cheaper. 

Excuse how dirty this is, I didn't think too clean it.

Milani Eyeshadow Primer retails for under $7 (depending on your location) I prefer this one over all of the other primers that I've tried and it's the one I reach for the most. I'll even use it on my nose to help my foundation stick better. (don't judge)

Sally Hansen I heart Nail Art Studs

Purchased Myself

Today I've got some nail art studs to chit chat about! I've been getting REALLY very into nail art, especially studs, jewels and glitter placement. Don't be fooled by the tiny vials that these come in though, you definitely get a LOT of studs. I do want to give a tiny warning, the vials are GLASS and one of mine has already broken so you have to be really careful, or put them into something else.

For about $6.99 (depending on your region) you get three vials with three different colors of studs... as well as 2 different kinds (more on that later) You get black, clear/silver and gold. Now The gold ones are different from the other two, these remind me of Rivets while the other two, I would call rhinestones instead of studs, but that's me.

The kit comes with a cuticle pusher stick..thing... What is even the technical name for it? One end is a hard plastic "cuticle pusher" while the other end is more slanted and has a point. This is for applying the studs, but I say nay. I had the WORST time trying to apply the studs using this thing, not only that but if you're not careful you WILL mess up your nail polish. I use my fingers to apply these, then if need be I'll use the pointed end of the stick to move them around.


The Black studs are pure black.

The Clear ones have a silver base, so you get that kind of shift where you get a hint of silver.

The gold studs are gorgeous. These are probably my favorite out of the trio.

I think that this kit in a whole is pretty awesome and I LOVE that they come in vials instead of a wheel.  I did take mine out of the vial because on broke. For $6.99 I think that it definitely should come with more options.. If you go to an Indie polish maker that sells studs or jewels I'm sure you can get more of a variety for cheaper. I know Cult Nails used to have a gem wheel, but I don't see it on the website anymore.

I do like this kit, but honestly the price point is a bit high for me. Maybe I'm too cheap or something but I paid around $3 (i think) and got 12 different kind of rhinestones from Cult Nails when she stocked them. So there are totally cheaper (but equally as good) retailers out there!

Beauty Secrets Vanilla Spice Scented Nail Polish Remover

purchased myself

You may remember my review of the Pumpkin Spice Remover back in November. I decided to pick up the Vanilla Spice version since it was on clearance. Hopefully you can still find it! It was $0.89 then half off again. 

This is an Acetone remover so don't forget to moisturize your hands after you use it because it can be very drying. This smells more like a brown sugar pop tart. You get a hint of vanilla, but it's more of a brown sugar pop tart scent. This remover is fantastic regardless, I have no complaints. The scent does linger for a little while but it's not overpowering or anything. Heck my Mom even likes it.

Revlon Just Bitten Lip stain & Balm Forbidden - Review

Purchased Myself

I was looking for reviews of this particular lip stain + balm, but there were practically NONE. So I'm making an assumption that this was not a popular color. 

Forbidden from a packaging perspective looks it it would be a nice purple-y nude color. It indeed is a nude but on me it leans more purple-y red then anything. This balm would be perfect for Fall and Winter.

I don't know if these are supposed to give you complete color or just a little. I'm a newbie when it comes to lip stains, can you tell?

Forbidden while, it looks dark, only gives the lips a slight hint of color and that is with building it up. I didn't experience any feathering or bleeding with these on the lips, swatching them on the back of my hand is a different story altogether.

This is about 4-5 coats of the lipstain and as you can tell, it just barely tinted my bottom lip. Scent wise, this reminds me of a fruity wine. 

The only thing I added was the balm and you can see that it does look more pigmented. So maybe the key is to use the balm with these. The balm itself doesn't have a scent to it that I noticed. I didn't find Forbidden to be drying, the balm does give extra moisture and shine. 

With all of that being said, I'm not crazy impressed with these balms. The Lipstain+Balms retail for $7.99 (depending on your region) You can find this particular one on Clearance at CVS though for under $3.

ORLY MatteFX Iron Butterfly

Purchased Myself

Today we have the second ORLY MatteFX polish (out of the three that I have). This one is Iron Butterfly.

Iron Butterfly is a charcoal matte shimmer.

Revlon ColorStay Shadow Links Plum & Lilac

Purchased Myself

I've seen the display for these shadows every time I walk into Walgreens and normally I just pass on them. I've not really heard any buzz or actually really anything about these shadows. In fact I've had ONE blog post about them come across my computer, that is IT! On Christmas I decided to pick up a couple of these and for $2.99 you can't really pass them up in good conscious anyways. The Cashier compared these to the Urban Decay build your own palettes, I'm no sure if she was talking about because you can create your own "palette" or quality wise. I told her we would see how these held up against UD.

Lilac is just that, a lilac with fine silver glitter in it. 

Wet n Wild Mega Liner - Plum & Black Sparkle

Purchased Myself

I'm finally getting around to doing this post, giant fail on my part. I've had these eye liners since a few days before Halloween. Please forgive the fact that these are swatched on paper, until I get used to using my camera, I'm having issues getting swatches on skin LOL. It should come natural to me but it's something I need to get used too.

The Wet n Wild Mega Liner's retail for $2.97 at Walmart. The Mega Liner also has a brush instead of a felt tip.

Black Sparkle is a matte black eyeliner that has micro silver glitter in it. I don't find the glitter to cause any problems with this liner and on the eyes, you don't even notice it's there. My one big issue with this liner is that I've had it going on around 2 months, and it's thick as bloody heck. It's close to being unusable. 

I am really surprised at the pigmentation. I wasn't expecting it to be as black as it is. I don't have any issues with this fading or disappearing off of the eyes. It lasts quite a long time. 

Plum is more of an eggplant color to me. It's gorgeous. It also has micro glitter in it, BUT its got a few different colors in it. It's really a pretty liner, it just does NOT swatch well at all. On paper or on skin.

Plum hasn't thickened like Black Sparkle has and they've been stored in the same place. I think there might just be something off with mine, but it's all good. :) It's not like it's a $20 eye liner, then we would have some problems :P

In the end. I love both liners and I definitely want to get more of them. I think Wet n Wild is a very underrated brand that needs to be sought out more.