The Many Beauty Uses of Vaseline!

Hello lovelies! Today I'm going to share with you all why vaseline should be on every girl's beauty tool belt! I know you might be skeptical that this baby is so versatile so let's get started!

1) Moisturizer! Vaseline can be a great moisturizer for rough skin ESPECIALLY as an overnight treatment! I often put vaseline on my lips at night so when I wake up they are silky smooth instead of dried and chapped.

2) Eye Cream!  Vaseline works great to dab under your eyes each night! No point in shelling out tons of cash on eye creams or serums when vaseline does the trick. You'll wake up with lighter circles and less puffy eyes :) Tyra Banks and Jennifer Aniston both use this trick and they sure look great to me!

3) Mascara Revitalizer! Okay ladies....the day is turning into night and as you're getting ready to go out you're touching up your makeup....what is the ONE thing you can never quite fix? For me its mascara! I can never apply more mascara to my lashes because it gets all hard and crusty. Never fear, vaseline is here! By rubbing a tiny tiny amount of vaseline on your eyelashes it wets your mascara and allows you to put another layer on! This is a trick I am SO happy I learned! It makes no mess and your lashes look great :)

4) Blister Defender! Your favorite pumps are so gosh darn cute but man, is it really worth the blisters and red marks they leave on your feet? Fend off blisters and abrasions by rubbing vaseline wherever your heels rub your feet. I promise you THIS WORKS and is my favorite use of vaseline.  Think about it! Blisters are caused by friction and the rubbing of skin so vaseline would minimize that friction allowing you to be blister free :) This also will NOT ruin your shoes! It comes right off with a towel :)

Okay ladies those were my uses of vaseline! I hope all of you will add a jar to your beauty arsenal because its cheap and useful in so many ways :)

Do you have a vaseline beauty tip I don't know about? Share below!

xxSJ

Review: L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadows

Hi everyone! Today I'm doing a review of a drugstore product! L'Oreal Paris came out with eyeshadows that are to die for! The color selection is really varied and the packaging is very nice looking. When I saw these babies at CVS I knew I had to pick a couple up!

They're the L'Oreal Infallible 24 hour eyeshadows! I picked the colors Iced Latte (a shimmery light champagne color) and Amber Rush (an awesome cranberry bronze).  The packaging as you can see is so pretty.  Very clean looking clear plastic with the silver L'Oreal logo....LOVE.

The texture of these shadows is kind of interesting...they are almost sponge like? They are not quite a cream but not like a normal shadow at all either! I really can't think of anything I could compare them to! What's interesting about these is you can use a brush or your finger to apply to your lid and it looks just as good either way! The color deposits evenly and pigmented no matter if you use brush or finger tip :)

These are sooooooooooo pigmented too! The above swatch is one quick swipe of my pointer finger in the product and then on my inner arm.  They're EXTREMELY shimmery and reflective as you can see! If being glimmery isn't your thing then steer clear of these babies!

I have enjoyed doing a simple neutral eye with these shadows. Amber Rush washed all over my lid and then Iced Latte in the inner corner and under my brow bone creates a toned down but shimmery look.  Then I put a medium brown color in my crease for some definition. I was worried about mixing this product with other textured eyeshadows but they blended beautifully! I used MAC Soft Brown in my crease in the photo above and as  you can see, there's no issue with blending :)
These shadows also DO NOT CREASE! I was worried about that because of their almost cream gel like texture but nope...I used these with UD Primer Potion and not a crease the whole day!

I would definitely recommend these shadows! They are about $8 at CVS and I think especially if you catch them at a buy one get one 1/2 off sale they are worth well over the price you pay!

Hope this post was helpful! Have a beautiful day everyone :)
Keep smiling!
xxSJ

Review: Sylark by Elle and Blair Lipgloss Duo

Hi everyone! Today I'm reviewing the Lipgloss duo by Elle and Blair's makeup line 'Skylark.'

I got the duo in the mail last week and I was so excited! I got mine for free from pre-ordering the novel, Beneath the Glitter. The color 'Ava' is a pretty bubblegum barbie pink and the color 'Sophia' is a deeper berry color. Here are the swatches on my hand:

The colors are VERY pigmented and apply thick and creamy.  As you can see comparing the color payoff to the packaging, what you see is what you get!  That swatch on my hand is a super quick swipe of the paddle brush applicator, so payoff is great.  The glosses also don't have much of a scent, perhaps a little bit sweet if anything. 
I tried the glosses on with nothing on my lips, just the glosses (no lipstick underneath).  The application was so smooth and I loved how pigmented these are! Even though they are gloss they definitely pack a color punch! The bubblegum pink color is SO cute and surprisingly wearable! The berry color is the perfect 'my lips but better' color for me so I knew I would love this from the start :)

Ava on my lips

Okay....if you care to know, the awkwardness behind this photo is as follows: I was trying to take a good picture of my lips so you could actually see how pretty and vivid this color was and the only way I could do that was to pucker out my lips like a fish. That was awkward so I thought to myself, hey, I'll pretend I'm blowing a kiss, that's cute.  Well, looking back on the picture I was like hmm...now I just look conceited and weird, not cute. So I added these star stickers and glasses to make the picture more fun AND it just looks more awkward. Oh well :)

Rockin Sophia on my lips!

And here I am sans kissy face and cat eye glasses with Sophia on my lips. Super pretty and fall inspired, I do declare!

Overall I love these glosses! I've been reaching for them everyday. The one drawback I have found is by the end of the day (they last for hours with no reapplication!!!) my lips get a little dry. This may just be because I don't apply any chapstick or more gloss to my lips because this gloss lasts so dang long! Haha. Correlation may not be causation...I don't know.

This duo is $30 and can be purchased from Blush.com.  I believe there are ways to get this at 20% off though right now! I do recommend these if you are looking for these colors to add to your collection:)

Would you rock these Skylark lipglosses?
xxSJ

NOTD: Butter London's 'Trustafarian'

Okay everybody. Gird your loins for some awesomeness.

This nail polish is in the color 'Trustafarian' by Butter London.  It looks pretty unassuming in the bottle.  It looks like it would be a silvery green pastel color. I grabbed this one because I thought it would be a unique addition to my collection and I love wearing color on my nails. When I applied this though, I realized exactly what I had picked out:

THE COOLEST COLOR I'VE EVER BOUGHT!!!  This color is so ridiculously cool it shouldn't even be allowed. The left picture is the color in normal lighting.  It's a pastel green color with a TON of microshimmer and looks almost velvety. The magic really happens when you look at this color in the sun.  There are reflects of gold, blue, and orange in this stuff! AMAZING!!

 

Here's another pic so you can see the gleam of extraordinary light coming from this polish.  It's just incredible. As far as application is concerned, this polish took 3 thin coats to look opaque like this.  The multiple coats were awesome though because the different layers of shimmer gave a cool 3D effect.  

One warning about this polish though: It will DEFINITELY cause you to be extremely obnoxious when you're wearing it because you'll be shoving your fingers in your friends' faces going 'look at it! look at it!'

Sorry bout that!

As I've mentioned before, Butter London polishes are $14 each. This one might be worth the hefty price though because I can't think of anything else I've seen that's even close to this guy!

Would you rock this awesome green?

xxSJ

Sunday Funday! My favorite things from the week

Its Sunday which means its time to look back at my week and figure out what I've been lovin':

1) musiccccccccccccccccc

'Feel so Close' by Calvin Harris. Awesome beat, awesome song in general! I've been listening to this quite a bit this week.

2) Skylark lipglosses

I got these lipglosses in the mail this week and I love them! More extensive review to come :)

3) City fairs:

It's a pink firehat. I'm pretty excited about it.  I went to the Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair this weekend with a couple friends and it was so fun! Games, fair food, puppies....this fair had everything!

4) This picture:

This little grumpy cat has stolen my heart! I love him in all his grumpy glory.

What were some of your favorites this week???

xxSJ