February Favorites... plus one disappointment

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Liquid Foundation: No pump? No problem!

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Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation

The new Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation – My shade in 230 Warm Ivory

 

 SMART-TONE TM technology adapts to the colour and texture of skin.

Flawless natural finish.

With an Oxygen Complex.

Lets your skin breathe.

I was skeptical with this foundation… I'm not a believer in the "Smart Tone Technology" but I wanted to be proved wrong!

I found this product to be a lighter coverage foundation then I was hoping for. It's very smooth and blends easily. It went on beautifully with my Sigma flat top kabuki. It didn't dry to fast on my face so I could take my time with it. I did have to wait till it dried completely to set it with powder. It looked wonderful when it was first applied… After about 2 to 3 hours of wear, I noticed that it became very splotchy! Especially around my nose, eyes and chin (my oiliest places). The weird thing about this foundation, at least this happened on my skin, it made random spots flaky and dry…??? (I think I'll chalk this one up to hormones tho… lol)
However, it's probably a great choice for the younger, fresher faced crowd… Teenagers and 20 something's. If you have more mature skin, I would pass on this one.

I hope this helps someone J

Ulta Extreme Wear Mousse Foundation

The First foundation I'm going to review is the Ulta brand mousse foundation.

I have to say that I was really hoping that this product was a huge thumbs up for me! I love the feel of the "mousiness" texture. The soft, fluffy feel has always been appealing to me. However, I've never tried a product like this before. When the new L'Oreal mousse came out I really wanted to try it but the price tag of $15.99 was a total turn off to me. (I'm not sure why I've never thought to purchase the Maybelline Mousse's?? hmmm… interesting lol)

Alas, while walking around Ulta I realized they were having a buy 2 Ulta brand products, get 2 Ulta Brand product free!! So I picked this up, along with some Ulta nail polish and makeup brushes (which I LOVE)
But I'm sad to say that it isn't on my list of favorite foundation to wear.
I applied this with my F80 Flat Top Synthetic Kabuki Brush (Sigma Click to see brush), and it went on beautifully initially. My face looked very matte and flawless… for about 30 minutes! Even with my Smashbox photo finish face primer!! Grrr….

I tend to have oily/combination skin and this product totally brought out the shine on my face. It literally only lasted on my face for roughly 30 minutes. The oils on my face just ate right through this stuff! Also I realized that up close, this settled in every fine line on my face. Even swatching this on my hand I can see it in every nook and cranny on my hand.

I am not every happy with this product at all! But I'm not willing to give up on it just yet. I'm going to try it again with different primers and during the summer months… I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

Future Product Reviews

Liquid/Mousse Foundations

From Left to right
Ulta Extreme Wear matte Finish Mousse Foundation in – Light Ivory
Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation – 230 Warm Ivory
Maybelline FIT me! Foundation – 115 Ivory
L'Oreal Paris True Match Foundation – Warm Natural Beige W4
Neutrogena Healthy Skin Liquid Makeup – Natural Ivory 20
Rimmel Stay Matte Foundation – 200 Soft Beige & 102 Warm Ivory


I will be reviewing all of these products listed above J
If you have any questions about any of these foundations please don't hesitate to comment below!

$$$ - What Am I Spending?

I've started to realize that I've been getting a bit out of control with my spending on beauty products...
So... I've decided to add my spending to my blog to help me keep things in check.  I couldn't find all of my receipts from this past month so I'm just going to start off with what I could find.

Why??  I'm hoping that writing about what I'm purchasing will help me to see where I'm wasting my money...

So for starters:

ULTA: 1/15/2011
Conair Instant Heat Curling Iron - $14.99
Derma Oxygen Cell Rejuvination Peel - $14.24
Conair Extreme Big Curls Hair - $29.99
Coupon for 20% OFF!!
Total - $50.03

Target: 1/21/2011
Aveeno Complete Foaming Face Wash - $6.49
Aveeno Skin Brightening Scrub - $6.49
Garnier Skin Gel - $6.29
Loreal Mascara Carbon Black - $5.99
Total - $26.78

CVS: 1/23/2011
Wet n Wild - Lust $4.99
Wet n Wild - Cool As A Cucumber $2.99 (BOGO @ 50% OFF!!) $1.49
Total - $6.87

$83.68 - January

I know that I also bought a few other things over this month so I'm going to assume that about $100 was spent...

So far I have no regrets buying any of it but if it changes I will let you know. :-)

Smashbox Photo Finish Light Face Primer

I’d like to talk about the Smashbox Photo Finish Light Face Primer. 

This product feels so good on my skin! It’s so silky and smooth and it helps decrease the look of my fine lines and wrinkles… What girl doesn’t love that?

This is and will be a part my daily skin care routine for a long time… After  my moisturizer has a chance to soak in, I apply one pump of this all over my face. Then, typically I’ll apply my foundation but even if I’m not planning on wearing any type of foundation I’ll put this on.  Smooth like budda!!... OK, so in reality, I don't use this daily.  It's way to expensive, and it tends to break me out if I use it to many days in a row...

If you have oily skin and have been looking for something to help control it... I would definitely recomend this product!www.saphora.com and www.ulta.com) 

However it does have a higher price tag of $36 but I think you can also buy the travel size for around $18. 

I think it’s worth the price but after this bottle I think I might try some cheaper alternatives…  We will see