OOO-LA-LA Beauty Products!

Today I am linking up with Kelly for "Show Us Your Life- Favorite Beauty Products" 

I am one of those people who always enjoys trying new things but I also have a handful of products that I can NOT live without...

1)Benefit "Hello Flawless"

I love this foundation as a foundation and powder... I can apply it super quick and it doesn't fade much throughout the day.  I also hate when my face feels greezy from too much makeup and with this foundation it feels more like powder.  I would say medium coverage which I like (it still hides my freckles ;) ) This stuff is pricey... but its worth it to me (about 35 dollars and lasts about 3-6 months)

2)Neutrogena Triple Moisture Deep Recovery Hair Mask

oh.my.goodness! This stuff has been a life saver for me!! 

I love my hair and want to keep it looking as healthy as possible! 

I have had a couple terrible hair fiasco's and this always saves the day! I use it ALL the time and it smells suppper nice on top of leaving your hair silky smooth!! I could not live without this stuff!  (oh and its relatively inexpensive!)

3)TIGI Catwalk Fast-Fixx leave-in hair conditioner

as you can see from above statement I love my conditioners... I do not love when you can tell there is product on your hair. I hate when my hair feels weighed down from a product.  I use this after every hair wash and it helps me get the tangles out and never leaves residue on my  hair.  The price is a little steep but a bottle of this will last me about 4-6 months!

4) Ponds Wet Cleansing Towellets- Evening Soothe with Chamomile and White Tea

I am terrible about washing my face daily (read: I rarely wash my face). There are many a night I end up sleeping in my makeup which I know is just horrible for your skin.  I have always loved the face wipes that I can use without having to be at the sink and usually live by them.  I have been using the wal-mart brand ones for years and honestly thing they are great and 1/2 the price of the name brand ones... BUT ... a few months ago I received a package of these in my Target free sample bag... and let me tell you-- the smell hooked me! They don't work any better or worse than the Wal-Mart brand but boy do they smell sooo good! If your one for good smelling products I warn you before you try these out ;) They are still pretty inexpensive (around 5 dollars for a pack of 30).

5) Cover Girl Perfect Point Plus- Mechanical pencil Eye-liner

If you were to give me only one makeup item to wear for the rest of my life... this might be it. Goes on smooth and stays put :) Perfect in my eyes ;) ha! It is about 7 dollars but you can usually find them buy one get one free or half off.... 

I hope that you all enjoy my "Beauty Products"... let me know if you try any of these out or have any recommendations of your own... I always love trying new products! 

{I was in no way compensated for this post-all opinions are my own.}  {all images from google images}

SIMPLE Broken Make-up Fix!

oh . my . word . 

I HATE it when my make-up breaks!!

Ever had something like this happen to your favorite MAC blush? How about your Benefit powder? How about your Too Faced eye-shadow? or even just some cheap makeup?  Yup... all of those have happened to me and I have thrown so many hundreds of dollars in the trash because of it... well, never again!

I'll be honest with yall here- this is not something I magically came up with- in fact, I read it on someone's blog (if it was you please let me know so I can give you credit) and was a little skeptical... not gonna lie. 

I figured since BOTH my powder and my two favorite eye shadows broke (within a week of each other!) it would at least be worth a try... if it didn't work then to the trash they would go (like I previously did) ... and back to Ulta I would go to spend another $20 dollars or so on each one. ugh!  

Are you ready for this? 

All you need is: LOVE (sorry for the song lyrics, I couldn't resist!)

-rubbing alcohol

-broken makeup

-your fingers

Sounds fun right!? 

Here is how yah do it:

Step one: push all of the broken pieces together

Step two: Add a FEW drops of alcohol to broken makeup (enough to make texture similar to a paste- add more alcohol if necessary- if you get too much it will dry out eventually so you can't really mess it up)
Step three: with your fingers mush it into "paste"-press firm so that it will stick together (you can use wax paper or something similar if you don't want to get makeup all over your fingers)

Leave makeup open to dry overnight (or longer if needed)
& 

finally: use like normal! 

I seriously thought my makeup was going to reek of rubbing alcohol but to my surprise the next morning there was NOT a trace of alcohol smell in my compact!  I even asked hubby what my makeup smelled like (he had no idea why I was asking and thought I was a little weird-which I am I guess) but he had no idea... makeup ? haha! I love my man!

Try it out... I am sooo sooo happy that I just saved a TON of $$$$!!! :)
feel free to let me know if you have any questions! Have you tried this before?