What's in my Travel Makeup Bag

I'm staying at my sister's house for a month, here are some of the makeup I'm taking with me.  Most of them are my stable everyday wear all neutral and safe colors. 

The makeup bag is from Walmart I remember paying $5 or less, I had this bag for over 5 years and I still love it till now although I'm not sure if Walmart still carry this.

The brushes are all random from various brands, most of them are drug stores. 

1) Koji Eyelash Curler
2) Sugar Eyeshadow Pencil, shimmery beige to brighten the inner corner
3) Makeup Forever Brown Liquid Liner
4) L'oreal Lineur Intense Liquid Liner in Carbon Black
5) Brown Lancome Waterproof pencil liner to line the lower lash line
6) Benefit Erase Paste concealer
7) Bobbi Brown shimmery taupe cream eyeshadow
8) Missha M Vita BB Cream SPF20 (moisture type)
9) Physicians Formula Healthy Wear pressed powder
10) Makeup sponges for my BB Cream
11) Benefit Posie Tint for my lips and cheeks, can't live without this product!
12) Benefit High Beam to highlight
13) ELF powder blush in "Passion Pink"
14) Essence I <3 base="" beige="" br="" eyeshadow="">15) Sephora Brand Advanced Lash Booster, this mascara is surprisingly good!
16) Maybelline Baby Lips tinted lip balm in "Pink Punch"
17) Lancome Eyeshadow Duo in "Sparkling Pink"
18) Maybelline Eyeshadow Quad in "Chai Latte" amazing quad this is a must have in your collection if you love neutrals.  I have the old packaging.
19) Cotton swabs to clean any smudges and Aleve for pain killers

Disclaimer: I purchase everything

Summer Skincare Routine (2012)

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Sorry for the lack of post this summer, I started a new job and I'm been busier then ever but I will try my best to post as much as I can.  

Summer is nearly ending here, finally!  Fall/Winter is my favorite seasons if you don't know me by now :D  I want to share some of my frequently use skincare items I use mostly through summer.

For reference I have oily/combination skin in the summer and occasional breakouts.

Cleanser
Every night I use the Desert Essence Tea Tree face wash (Purchased at Whole Foods).  This stuff cleans out everything, if you have dry skin I wouldn't recommend using this because it will strip your face dry.  I have oily skin in the summer so this keep my face squeaky clean. 

In the morning I rotate between Biore foaming cleanser and the St. Ives Green tea.  Both is okay but I'm just trying to use them up since Cetaphil is still my favorite morning cleanser. 

Night Moisturizers
At night I use the Alpha Hydrox Oil-Free Treament with 10% Glycolic AHA, this is more of a chemical exfoliate so I only use this before bed time and a little goes a long way.  I love this stuff it makes my skin really smooth in the morning, will definitely continue to use this in the furture.  

After applying the AHA I use the Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel for extra moisture.

For my night eye cream I use Physcians Formula Hydrating Eye Cream.

Depending on my mood, some nights I use the Naruko Tea Tree serum and Tea Tree Gelly before bed.

Morning Moisturizers 
I use the Missha's Time Revolution Immortal Youth Serum, this serum is pretty good and does moisturize pretty well.

For my lotion I use the Merlot Natural Grape Seed moisturizer with SPF 15.  If I wear BB Cream which usually have high sun protection I would use this moisturizer since now I am more careful with protecting my skin from the sun. 

On days when I don't wear makeup I use Shiseido Senka Mineral Sunscreen UV Gel SPF 50 for a little more protection.  I am very picky with face sunscreen especially ones with high SPF because I hate the greasy feeling and strong scent they have but this sunscreen is an exception and I will continue to use this.

For my day eye cream I use the Lancome Multi-Vital eye with SPF 28.  This was a free sample, the eye cream is okay not moisturizing enough in my opinion.

Extras
For a once a week treat, I like to use my Clarisonic Mia to exfoliate my skin.

After exfoliating I would use a sheet mask and leave it on for 15-20 minutes, it really does feels nice on the skin :]

That is all, thank you for reading!

Disclaimer: I bought everything

Stuff I purchase: Rite Aid

This week Rite Aid is having a Buy One Get One Free on all Physician's Formula bronzers so its a good time to buy them if you want to try it out and if you spend over $20 PF products you get $5 Up Rewards.

Up Rewards is like Rite Aid money, you will get a receipt print out of the reward and you can use it on your next purchase.

I've seen a lot of those sticker coupons attach to some of the PF products so do watch out for that for extra savings.

In total I only spend $5 all together because I had a lot of Up Rewards from my last week purchases and I also use the coupon attach to the bronzers, awesome deal :D

Thank you for reading!


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May Favroties 2011

1) Milani Powder Mosaics in "Sunset Spice" I use this as a bronzer, I love how its matte, its not very pigmented which is fine with me since I like light bronzers.

2) NARS Orgasm Illuminator I like using this over my cheeks for a extra glow, this is a sample size which will last me for a quite a while since I only use a little.

3) L'oreal Wear Infinite Quad in "Golden Khaki Seduction" Unfortunately this product is discontinue I purchase it a long time ago and its been in my drawer for years and I decided to use it this month. This is a very summery palette it has gold and deep olive/khaki shades its a change from my usual brown palettes.

4) L'oreal Eye Highlighter in "Peach Chrome" This was actually purchase at Dollar Tree three weeks ago so do check to see if yours still have this. I love using this on my waterline to brighten my eyes.

5) Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips Custom Eye Enhancing Gel CreamLiner, Glam Collection in "Hazel Eyes": I love the black liner in this trio because contains gold shimmers in it which is really pretty for the summer and the texture in this cream liner is very creamy!

Thank you for reading!


Disclosure: I purchase everything.

Review: Physician's Formula Mineral Glow Pearls

Price: around $13.95 depending on where you purchase
Where to Buy?: Any Drugstores
Shade: Translucent Pearl




What PF says:
* Unique palette of multi-colored pearls blends together to create an instantly glowing complexion and a perfectly even skin tone.
* Real Mineral Pearl Extract delivers a luxurious skin-perfecting effect.

My Review:
This is one of my favorite highligther to use during fall/winter because of its multicolor shimmers as for the summer I enjoy the E.L.F bronzing powder in Luminance Review.

I love how the shimmers aren't too chunky, they're very fine and the powder is not too chalky. On some days when I'm not wearing any makeup I just like to apply a little of this powder to give it a nice glow and awake skin, I only apply this on the highest point of my cheekbones. Another thing why I love this product is because its not frosty when blended, majority of the shimmer highlighters I own they're too frosty and on my skin it makes me look ashy.

Without Flash


With Flash

The swatches are not blended, I apply very thickly on my hand so you can see the shade clearly.

The price is pricey for a drugstore brand so I high suggest purchasing when they're on sale, I purchase this powder from Ulta when they had a BOGOF. As for the packaging its a little too bulky since it has a extra layer for the brush, it would be perfect if it was just the pan itself so I can have a extra space in my storage.

Would I buy this again?: Yes
Rating: 5/5

Disclaimer:
This is purchase by my own money. Any opinions that I may have expressed in this post are from my own personal experience with the product. I have no affiliation with the company that makes it and did not receive money mentioning or using it. Visit my FAQ & Disclaimer page for more info.



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Review: Physicians Formula Baked Bronzer in Baked Tan

Price: $11.95
Where to buy?: at drugstores





I bought this bronzer at Ulta when they had a promotion on Buy One Get One Free on all Physician formula a long time ago when BOGOF existed in CVS and Rite Aid as well. If you haven't know me from my MSF old post I'm a huge fan of Mac's Mineralize Skinfinishes and I'm always on a look out for drugstore lookalikes and this bronzer was the only reason why I purchase it.

The shade I got is in "Baked Tan" I think theirs 2 shades available, this ones gives a nice warm color to my skin with gold shimmers. The texture is very smooth and blendable and the pigmentation is perfect not too heavy or too light and its buildable.

The only downside for me is the shimmers can be too much so whenever I use this bronzer I make sure to avoid other face makeup products that contain shimmers like blush, powders and highligther.

This is not a bad bronzer and worth trying out, just be careful with the packaging because mines it looks like the hinge is about to crack.

Rating: 4/5
Would I buy this again?: yes

Disclaimer:
This is purchase by my own money. Any opinions that I may have expressed in this post are from my own personal experience with the product. I have no affiliation with the company that makes it and did not receive money mentioning or using it. Visit my FAQ & Disclaimer page for more info.
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