Showing posts with label makeup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label makeup. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

My Ulta Wish List!

I love my job and I'm sure it loves me or at least all the money I spend there!
Every once in a while Ulta gifts us with a little extra discount which is happening this weekend, and all of us employees are making our lists and checking it twice!

So I'm giving you a sneak peak at my wish list, however I doubt I'll be purchasing everything, but a girl can dream!

Jessica's Wishlist:

Deep wrinkle fighting, line smoothing, toning lotion with 18 anti-aging neuropeptides and peptides. Visibly helps reduce the appearance of the six most stubborn deep wrinkles and expression lines. Removes surface impurities, treats, refreshes, softens and also prepares skin for beauty treatments. Hyaluronic acid hydrates skin. Vitamins A, C, and E help fight free radical attack. The result is a beautifully balanced complexion for optimal skin care performance.
This shit has Gold in it!, literally!




Peter Thomas Roth Potent-C Power Eye Cream is an anti-aging eye cream that helps instantly brighten, tighten and reduce the look of dark circles, puffiness, fine lines and wrinkles in the delicate eye area with high-potency THD ascorbate, which is 50 times more powerful than traditional vitamin C, along with powerful anti-oxidants vitamin E and ferulic acid.

Key Ingredients & Benefits:
  • THD Ascorbate - ultra-potent, gold standard vitamin C that helps improve the look of uneven skin tone and texture, firmness and fine lines and wrinkles. 50 times more potent than traditional vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
  • Vitamin E - provides anti-oxidant benefits
  • Ferulic Acid - an anti-oxidant that works synergistically with vitamins C and E to enhance their benefits
  • Filmexel - acts like a second skin to help protect the delicate eye area. Helps smooth and decrease the look of fine lines and wrinkles to promote long-lasting makeup wear
  • Caffeine - helps tone and condition the skin's appearance while helping to reduce the look of undereye puffiness
  • Shea Butter - helps to nourish and moisturize the look of the delicate eye area
  • Hyaluronic Acid - helps improve hydration by attracting and retaining up to 1,000 times its weight in water from moisture in the air
  • Astaxanthin - known for its powerful anti-oxidant benefits, this red algae provides a rosy finish to help awaken the look of the under-eye area

*THD Ascorbate delivers vitamin C benefits up to 50 times more effectively than ascorbic acid



Complete age control concentrate. Two power-packed serums in one. Clarins most powerful age control concentrate ever! Now packed with [20+1] anti-aging plant extracts-including turmeric-for visibly smoother, firmer, more radiant skin in just 7 days.*

Double Serum's innovative dual technology successfully combines the most powerful plant extracts-both water-and oil-soluble-to ensure a perfect affinity with your skin, for exceptional anti-aging results.

Key Ingredients & Benefits:
  • Turmeric, known for its exceptional anti-aging properties
  • Orthosiphon extract helps improve skin texture
  • Oat sugars visibly firm and lift
  • Callicarpa extract revives radiance

4. Algenist Splash Sleeping Pack



For the first time, this overnight sleeping mask combines alguronic acid and algalyte complex to intensely hydrate into the skin and recharge and energize your complexion. Algalyte complex, containing a red microalgae polysaccharide and skin-energizing electrolytes, helps to balance hydration levels and fight the signs of aging. Skin is visibly brightened, smoothed, and rejuvenated in the morning.

Immediately:
  • Dehydrated skin feels hydrated, replenished and refreshed for 95%* of the subjects
  • Effectively hydrates skin after one use for 92%* of the subjects

Within 10 days of use:
  • Restores lost moisture for 99%* of the subjects
  • Boosts moisture retention for a healthy glow for 96%* of the subjects


So that's the skincare wishlist, now moving on to the makeup wishlist:

1. Smashbox Halo Powder Foundation


Smashbox Halo Hydrating Powder Foundation is a longwearing, luminous mineral powder foundation that delivers sheer to medium buildable coverage with an unfeelable soft-satin finish in a range of skin-perfecting shades.

Benefits:
  • Easily builds sheer to medium coverage that's never cakey or over-powdery
  • Visibly smoothes skin and blurs imperfections, improves the look of skin texture and minimizes pores while not settling into fine lines and wrinkles
  • Oil-free and non-drying formula controls shine without compromising radiance
  • Mess and waste-free grinder lets you freshly grind desired amount of powder
  • Doubles as a setting and finishing powder over liquid foundation or concealer
  • Suitable for all skin types, even dry, oily and combination
  • Non-acnegenic & dermatologist tested
  • Cruelty-free

Smashbox Halo Hydrating Powder Foundation is a foundation-setting powder hybrid that combines the payoff of a pressed powder with the luminous and breathable finish of a loose setting powder. The built-in Powderizer allows you to freshly grind the perfect amount for a single application every time without fear of mess or over-powdering. The weightless formula is infused with Mineral Boost Complex, a blend of amino acids, peptides and minerals that work like a filter for skin, leaving you with an instantly corrected complexion and youthful glow.

2. Anastasia Norvina palette

We don't even have it online or in store yet, but I'm praying it will be on the truck delivery this week!




Yes, I was so going to get the new Too Faced Concealer, but their lightest shade isn't light enough for me, I like my concealers to bling! (I got some crazy dark circles) And I always have a problem with my concealer creasing so I want to try this so bad! Now Tarte has always had this concealer, they just repackaged it, just in time for Too Faced new concealer to drop.....but the Tarte one comes in lots of shades a lot more than Too Faced has right now. But It's still a good deal price wise for the Too Faced, so who knows I may suck it up and get one of those too! I'll just put them both on the list!

Creaseless Undereye Concealer by Tarte is a vegan, full-coverage & creamy skincare concealer from America's #1 concealer brand - now with 30 shades & an applicator to make application totally foolproof.

Completely covers dark undereye circles, hyperpigmentation, redness, pimples, tattoos. The waterproof formula doesn't crease or sit in fine lines. It's also powered by vitamin-C-rich maracuja for firmer-, brighter-, and smoother-looking skin.

Skinvigorating Ingredients:
  • Maracuja: Rich in essential fatty acids and vitamin C for firmer, brighter, smoother skin and maximum hydration
  • Vitamin C: Antioxidant free radical fighter that helps prevent premature signs of aging, while brightening skin
  • Vitamin E: Natural preservative that also acts as an emollient and antioxidant
  • Mineral Pigments: Soothe and soften skin

Final claims:
  • Dermatologist tested
  • Vegan
  • Waterproof
  • Cruelty free

In a clinical moisture test, it was proven that Creaseless Undereye Concealer: Hydrates skin for 16 hours*



Too Faced Born This Way Super Coverage Multi-Use Sculpting Concealer is a hydrating, full-coverage, weightless 4-in-1 concealer that conceals, contours, highlights, and retouches. Smooths and sculpts skin for natural-looking coverage. Infused with coconut water, alpine rose, and hyaluronic acid, these skin-loving ingredients come together for crease-free, weightless wear that's so naturally flawless they'll think you're Born This Way.

Benefits:
  • Versatile shades
  • Can be used for concealing, contouring, highlighting, and retouching
  • Doe-foot applicator allows for perfectly precise application
  • Weightless wear
  • Hydrating so skin is never dry or cakey





I just think this is a beautiful natural shade that's like super natural for us girls with the crazy hair, we kind of need a natural lip thats really bright. It's hard to explain, but I've had my eye on this one for a while!

Too Faced's innovative formula glides over lips like a gloss but dries to an ultra-matte opaque finish. Infused with a no-sting plumping filler, Melted Matte ensures color always looks rich, full, and kissable - never dry, shriveled or cracked.

Benefits:
  • Infused with Volulip for a no-sting plumping and smoothing effect
  • Features avocado oil, vitamin E, and hyaluronic filling spheres to moisturize and smooth lips
  • Lightweight, long-wearing formula wears comfortably
  • Angled applicator allows for precise application


6. Lancome Monsieur Big Mascara

Now that I have learned that this is awesome around the world and have watch a few girls apply it at work, I've decided to give it ago since my Too Faced Better Than Sex keeps flaking out on me.


A BIG volume mascara that delivers instant heart-stopping volume with up to 24 hour wear that lasts all night and even the morning after for your biggest, blackest, boldest lashes yet.

You'll know Monsieur Big Mascara is the one at first stroke. The BIG brush and ultra-creamy formula glides like silk onto lashes to deliver up to 12x more volume* with up to 24 hour wear. No touch-ups, flaking and smudging. Perfect for your BIG evening out AND even the morning after.

*Than bare lashes alone.

Monsieur Big's brush has a unique shape with soft, wavy fibers to deliver the perfect amount of formula with the very first stroke. His ultra-creamy formula has supple waxes and polymers to adhere immediately to lashes for BIG, buildable volume and length. Apply one coat and you will see why Monsieur Big is the one. Keep applying and you'll forget all the others.

Research results:
  • 95% feel this mascara glides easily on lashes during application
  • 95% find this mascara comfortable to wear all day long
  • 92% find the color of the mascara very dark / intense
  • 91% feel this mascara make their eyes look bigger
  • 90% feel this mascara lengthen their lashes well

So that's my list and yes I am going to scan these items to see which hold the bad ingredients or not with the new apps I talked about on Insta. Health Living and Think Dirty.  That will probably help me make my decisions on what to purchase since I can't afford all of this! But I'll let you know which makes the cut! So stay tuned, and I will also be updating my closet on Mercari which is under my Shop Page with some cute clothes that I'm cleaning out of my closet, so look out for that and follow me on Insta which I recently change the name to @house_of_style_77!
xoxo,
Jessica

Monday, July 2, 2018

MakeUp Monday

Happy Monday!
I'm in the Mountains to celebrate the 4th! The internet pretty much lags up here, so it's hard to use my phone, and even the computer is a little slow.  But I'm still going to try and post all week while I'm here!  I even got this new socialite gear for my phone to help me do my live videos and such but I'm not sure I'll even get to use it up here...but I'll do what I can...

Mainly my posts have been about beauty and everyday I'm thinking of something to write about that will inspire me and you! So to make it a little easier I'm going to have a topic each day to keep me and possibly you interested, lol. But if any of you have any topics that you would like me to touch on please let me know, and most importantly please subscribe, so I know you're out there! lol

So it's MakeUp Monday!
Let's talk about what's new in MakeUp!


Here is Urban Decay's Born To Run Palette that just launched and this is actually the first pallet by UD that I have thought about purchasing. I've never been into the the Naked Palettes just because I don't need twenty shades of brown or pink or whatever colors they featured. I just wouldn't use all of them. But I do love these shades, and I personally watched them and they are pretty good, I don't think they are as pigmented as the Anastasia Palettes (which are my fav!) but I definitely like what Urban Decay did with this one. Their Born to Run Launch also has three lip sticks which I already own (Ready?- which is a bright rose sparkle). All three lipsticks are beautiful. It also includes two eyeliners, the green (Overdrive) in the liners is gorgeous and is on my make up wish list! The Launch also includes a travel size All Nighter Setting Spray. The graphics are also so cute!





Now let's talk about Sol + Mar ColourPop Palettes


Now I haven't got to actually touch these palettes in person, but they caught my eye in this swatch picture. The reason I love the Born To Run was because I don't really have a palette with blues and greens and so that's another reason I love these plus Morphe had a huge palette that came out with bright orange and red colors that I didn't purchase because again I new I wouldn't use but a few of the other colors. And so I love that the other has those red and orange colors. ColourPop is in most Ulta's but these two palettes haven't come into our store yet so my opinion could change once I actually swatch them myself. I'm not sure we are even going to get them at Ulta since they are already on ColourPop's website. So we will see... A girl can only wish!


Also new is Smashbox Pinks + Palms




I love all things Pink and I love all things Smashbox.  Pinks + Palms is online only at Ulta to purchase. I love Smashbox Palettes so you can bet that this will be added to my collection! I don't even have to swatch this one before I buy! But I would love it if it launched in store.



That's the latest in Palettes and here is the latest in foundation:





Too Faced has added more colors to their foundations including Cloud, which is the lightest color in foundation other than Lancome that I've ever seen! I have used Too Faced foundation which is a medium build able coverage and great if you have dry or oily skin. It's online and instore.

Too Faced also has a brand new Multi-Use Sculpting Concealer that is supposed to match up to Tarte's Famous Shape Tape.  It is available online but not in Ulta just yet, but I'm told it's coming soon!
I will try this out since I know I can use their foundation, I can't use Tarte Shape Tape because I'm so dry.


Benefit has done a complete over haul on their foundations:
I personally have never used benefit foundation and it just arrived in store so I'll give it try after vacation and do some swatches, but since it seems to be a lighter foundation I probably wouldn't use it, because I'm a more full coverage type of girl! this is also available online and instore.

So there is your Scoop for MakeUp Monday!

Don't forget to about this Wednesday's Winner Wednesday! Click the link for the rules!

If you would like to learn more about Skincare and MakeUp you can book an appointment here with me if you are in the Gastonia, NC area. Just book a 30min makeup lesson and a 20min facial to learn exactly what your skin needs!

Check Back tomorrow for Trendsetting Tuesday!