RED Valentino blouse, $360 / Balmain black blazer, $1,490 / The Seafarer flare jeans, $230 / Aquazzura flat shoes / Nina Ricci red purse, $1,755 / Tom Ford lipstick / Marc Jacobs fragrance
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
CoverGirl Queen Lash Fanatic Mascara
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| CoverGirl Queen Lash Fanatic Mascara $6.99 |
I'm not 100% sure how CoverGirl Queen Lash Fanatic Mascara ended up in my Walgreen's basket. Maybe I was just disoriented, being in Walgreen's instead of CVS. I'm pretty certain the CoverGirl Queen line was created for women of color, but mascara is color blind, is it not?
What a lovely surprise this mascara is! It reminds me a lot of CoverGirl's Lash Exact, a mascara I used for quite a long time. The down side was that it dried out quickly, the pluses, however, outweighed it; Clean, full lashes, zero flakes and budget friendly. I can't be sure why we broke up...
Saturday, August 8, 2015
ELF Studio Baked Eye Shadow Trios
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| ELF Studio Baked Eyeshadow Trios $4.00! |
In a word, NO...
I was down to the point where my Nailtiques #2 strengthener was as thick as sludge. Time for a new one. I know there is formaldehyde in this product, which I don't exactly love. That smell because is permanently etched into my nasal membranes, having had to dissect a C-A-T (sorry Scoots), to fulfill my science requirements to graduate college. One of the reasons my nails are as hard as granite, is because I use Nailtiques regularly. There is simply no better strengthener out there; chips, splits and peeling will become a memory I promise.
But I digress...
On the way out, I saw the ELF display, a brand I have never tried. The Baked Eyeshadow Trio's caught my eye. I toiled between the 1st and 3rd palettes, settling on the slightly bronzier third one. I was looking for a way to add a bit of pop to my eye crease, without an obvious amount of color or contrast.
What a great shadow this is! Infused with good for your skin ingredients Jojoba, Rose, Sunflower, Apricot and Grape, it applies as smoothly as my best shadows, yet costs a fraction of the price. The glitter factor is nil, just a soft wash of glow. I use the lighter shade under my brow bone and in the corner of my eye and the darkest shade to add some definition to the outer, upper corner of my eye.
How did it hold up through a day of wear??? Brilliantly! I still cant believe my good luck.
ELF stands for Eyes Lips Face. Oddly their website gives no backstory, so I still know nothing about the brand. The site, however, is filled with highly rated reviews for many bestselling products.
You best believe, I'll be trying other ELF offerings...How about you? Have you tried ELF? Anything to recommend? I promise to share my future ELF flip and flops. Stay tuned...
xox,
DD
Friday, August 7, 2015
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Garnier Clean Refreshing Remover Towelettes
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| Garnier Clean Refreshing Remover Towelettes $5.99 |
Until now, I was never very discriminating about makeup removing towelettes. How much better could one be than the other? I really use them as a prequel to thoroughly cleansing my face each night. I have found, that no matter what is promised, a single towelette is really no match for mascara, liner and a day's worth of makeup and touch ups.
Out of habit and because I think I imagined them to be the most highly touted of the bunch, I always purchased Neutrogena's towelette. When CVS ran an incredibly cheap sale on Pond's offering, I picked up two for $7. I found them equal at doing the half the job.
The Cut: Using a Flatiron to Create Waves
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| Emma Stone with Beachy Waves Photo Courtesy of NY Magazine |
Waves with a flatiron...sounds like an oxymoron, doesn't it? Emma Stone has been sporting this modern looking, beachy bob, with straight ends for the past few months, (thought I've seen better shots). I love how effortless it looks and wondered how on earth one achieves its.
Kathleen Hou of N.Y. Magazine's The Cut, took the guess work out of it by getting Mara Moszak, celebrity hairdresser to demonstrate her technique. I wanted to post it in case those far more gifted than I, might take a shot at achieving the look at home.
Use a Flatiron to Get Perfect Beachy Waves:
Like the old cliché about Eskimos and snow, celebrity hairdressers have tons of words for waves — beachy,surfy, slept-in, just got laid — and about as many ways to create them. Mara Roszak's personal specialty is the smooth, non–Miss America wave. Hairstylist to Emma Stone and Cara Delevingne, Roszak is persistently interviewed by beauty editors about her signature waves. Last month, she took the time to teach us how to create a sophisticated non-crunchy look on Nicola Acocella, an account coordinator at Alison Brod PR. GIFs ahead
DD:(I had to Google GIF, its a tech term for a movable image...kind of.)
Here is a link to the complete article and GIF.
My friend Linda Levy is a whiz with hair. I'm going to see if I can enlist her to try it at home, or even better, on me! Good, bad or meh, I'll post the results.
Like the look? Would you venture at home? Do chime in....
xox,
DD
Saturday, August 1, 2015
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