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This is what I’m getting:

Revlon Beyond Natural Skin Matching Makeup, Light-Medium $12.99

Covers imperfections and evens skin’s appearance. Patented ingredients made with innovative micro-color beads adjust to your exact skin tone upon application.

I love this stuff! I don’t need a heavy foundation and my skin is really dry and this is like wearing nothing at all!

Revlon Matte Lipstick, In the Red $8.00 $4.00

I haven’t tried this shade yet, but for 50% off I can experiment! I love a true red like this one!

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Glitter Makeup Kit: $3.99 Now: $2.49

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Until then, we’ll be happy to watch from the sidelines and admire.

The stylists really nailed the messy factor. These side braids are inspired by a number of things: two that come to mind for me are wholesome Midwest farm girls that are born with those long, thick manes and wild bohemian artists that go to sleep and wake up with that side braid for days at a time…hence the messy, bed head component. As I sing all the praise for the hair, the eyebrows on the other hand make my stomach cringe. They look like Edward Scissorhand brows and really creep me out. They also look like stitches. More creeps. Love the nude lips and dewey skin. Aside from the eyebrows, I strive for this look on almost a daily basis. Natural, wild, yet well kept.

A small, almost minute detail that can make this amazing look all possible? The hair tie, rubber band, ponytail holder, whatever you refer to it as…that pulls this all together. Unless you have a short pixie haircut, you must need one or look for one at some point throughout the day when you can’t stand your hair anymore. Like many young women my age, I like to keep one on my wrist in case of an emergency. My favorite brand is Goody. They make an Ouchless metal free design which keeps my locks from being ripped out by tiny pieces of metal.

This pack is about $2-$3, and is available at goody.com or kaboodle.com

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This deep wrinkle night cream works miracles, I swear by it. Since it has pure retinol in it, it will make your skin a little sensitive for the time being and maybe even a little itchy, but that’s only when you first begin applying it and your skin starts adjusting to the formula. After using it routinely, every night after washing my face and before bed, I applied this cream to in between my eyebrows to a frown line I’ve made for myself. I dabbed it on the sides of my mouth near my nose where I noticed some lines form from smiling, and also put it around the bottom sides of my eyes, but never too close to the eyes. About after two weeks, I did indeed start noticing a difference. The frown line was gone, as were the laugh lines. It was amazing results. I recommended it to a girlfriend and she loved it as well. Of course it’s not a permanent fix, but a temporary one is better than nothing right?

Burt’s Bees Aloe & Linden Flower After Sun Soother $6.25

This quick absorbing body and face lotion has aloe in it, the magic ingredient for sunburns and overexposure as some of you may know.  What’s the difference between this stuff and the bottle of green aloe vera gel you can get for two bucks at the local drugstore?  This lotion is packed with other aiding ingredients that will help the healing faster and may even be more moisturizing for the skin.  I have found that I enjoy the cooling factor of pure aloe vera gel on my skin, but don’t find it moisturizing.  I actually think it makes my skin feel sticky and have the urge to wash it off once I’ve slathered it on.  Linden flower has been said to be used in medical preparations, there is also coconut oil, and bee pollen in the formula to help restore the natural moisture to your parched skin.  Aside from all the good ingredients, this is a lotion that can be used year round for those of you who are in the sun on a daily basis (This applies to you coastal/beach town people).  Burt’s Bees can be found almost anywhere these days and I recommend that this would be one bottle worth picking up this summer.

Weleda Rosemary Hair Oil $7.77

Benefits of using this product? So many.

Rosemary is called a “brain herb” because it is said to stimulate the brain after massaged into the scalp and hair.  Along with stimulating your mind, it also stimulates the hair follicles and hair growth.  There are natural or “homemade” methods of using rosemary as a part of your beauty routine.  It can be boiled and the water or “tea” used as a rinse after shampooing in the shower.  I took the easy route and just bought a bottle, and I love it!  I’ve had great results.  It gives my hair shine and keeps it smelling great.  I’ve only been using it for about a month now and haven’t noticed a drastic change in my hair growth, but I don’t really care, I love this stuff anyway!

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Almay Liquid Eyeliner in Black: $6.30

This liner is fantastic!  I used it for several months and found that it goes on easy and washes off with soap and water…come on..who doesn’t love that factor?!  When applying, just pull the eyelid taut and with a steady hand, slide a thin line of the liquid across the base of your eyelid, closest to your lashes as possible.  Let dry for a sec and your done.  Mistakes will almost always be made so have a q-tip handy to clean up.

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The packaging on this is so cute and summery!  It is a sustainable and reusable straw palette that is filled with a bamboo eyeshadow brush, six new shades of mineral eyeshadow and three lip glosses.  The tray inside is made of post consumer waste and can either be recycled when you’re done using the shadows. The products themselves are all paraben free and the lip glosses are infused with acai, pomegranate, and gogi berry.

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Boots, a UK based pharmacy and beauty retailer, has integrated a few of its skin care lines into the national superstore chain.  What drew me to Boots at first glance was its packaging.  Bottled up like old fashioned fancy bath products, I figured some of the stuff would be a little higher in price.  By that I’m thinking $14.99 for body wash, but prices were lower than I thought and even an extra 15% off.  When an entire line of products is being discounted I tend to become a little suspicious that the store is trying to get rid of those products quickly maybe because they were a bad batch of some sort, but I didn’t let my mind go there.  Instead, I couldn’t decide between the Bergamont and Clary Sage Bath Foam and the Geranium Cleansing Face Milk.  Both were packaged so nicely and at a good price, I decided on the bath foam which smells fantastic.

I haven’t used it yet, but I have set the pretty glass bottle it comes in on my bathtub and get happy just looking at it!

Boots Original Beauty Formula Bath Foam: $12.99 for 8.4 ounces

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Discounts on bath products.

After recently using up all of my favorite Maria Evora Beach Rose bath salts (which are fabulous by the way…but also $12 per bottle), I went out late one night to pick up something a little more inexpensive at my local drugstore.  I ended up finding a great bargain:  Walgreen’s Apothecary Epsom Salt Lavender Soak: $3.49

These salts are great! Not only were they dirt cheap, they smell good and work well.  I try to soak in a bath full of these at least once a week…if not for my body, for my own mental health!  Upon returning from a desert camping trip this weekend, I came home grubby!  As does anyone after camping, but the salts worked wonders on ridding the smells of earth, dirt and campfire smoke that were in my hair and on my skin.  For years, epsom salt has been used as a natural remedy for soothing muscle aches, sprains  and stings.  Although these are perfect for the bath, the salts can be used for several different things and are a fantastic ingredient when creating your own products such as body scrubs for the face and body.  They are also perfect for soaking your tired, sore and aching feet in while giving yourself a home pedicure or when you just feel like pumicing your feet.  While soaking in a tub of the epsom salts, which are natural magnesium sulfate crystals, your body will be absorbing the minerals through the skin which will not only draw out toxins and relax your muscles, but will act as a sedative for the nervous system.

All this goodness for $3.49?!  Pick up a milk carton full, it will last long and your body will thank you.

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