Make Out 2014

Ola Beauty Lovers! The last few days have been very stressful for me. I mentioned in my last article that last week I was in a car accident. Well my car is being written off, and I am on the hunt for a new car. I am the most emotional wreck it's not even funny. Between Insurance Adjusters, Body Shop Owners, Bank Reps, I literally want to curl in a ball and die.

Have you ever seen Sex and the City when Carrie Bradshaw gets evicted by her own ex-boyfriend and she has to come up with the money to buy her apartment? Well no that's not exactly what I am going through, however money is a bit tight now a days. Since when has the quality of living gotten so damn expensive? Like WTF? I can't believe between insurance, car payments, day to day living alone is sky rocketing, and I still live at home, I can only imagine what it will be like when I have my own place. So I have decided to follow a contract I have made for myself to limit my spending on make up and stuff I don't need. Because lets face it, I have enough stuff as it is. I hate the feeling of hoarding all these items. I am determined to get my collection down to a minimum and keep it down low.

There is no need to have so much make up, so much color products. So I am on a De-clutter binge. I got this idea from the one and only Christine at PinkSoFoxy. She has a blog with that nick name on here so go check her out. She also has a YouTube channel with the same name. She really helped me open up my eyes.

I am sharing this all with my readers because I could use some moral support on this one. I am determined not to fail this challenge and keep it going.

So the rules are below in case any of you are willing to take on the challenge with me. I am just ready for a new beginning and a fresh out look on quality of life etc, and I think this will be the best start for me. I did date this to start Oct 1st, but hell I am starting right now.

Oh and one more thing, just because I am on this Make out 2014 challenge doesn't mean I will not have beauty items to write about so don't worry it will not affect my blog. :)

Thanks for reading everyone!
Until next time beauty lovers ❤
MacGirl25

Make Out 2014
I will allow myself 20 makeup purchases for the year 2014. This includes: all color cosmetics, eye shadow/pigments, blush, bronzer, highlighters, lipstick, lip liner, eyeliner, eye primers, foundation, powder, mascara, color nail polish, and repurchases of any items I finish. 

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*Excluding: nail polish remover, topcoat, base coat, back 2 mac, basic hair care (including hair dye), basic body care and natural skincare ingredients (natural oils, clays, toners, etc), toothpaste/toothbrushes.

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After purging begins the hard part is maintaining not over purchasing...I truly want to change my buying habits and build the self discipline necessary to maintain a more minimalist direction. I can not allow myself to slip back into the buying frenzy. Make Out 2014 is boot camp for me, a year long training period to retrain my mind, strengthen my weaknesses and give my lifestyle a makeover.

This is a test I must pass.

 

Limecrime Lipsticks Review

So I am back again with another review. I love lippies as some of you beauty lovers call them. As for the normal people they are lipsticks :) the lipsticks I am talking about today are Limecrime lipsticks. 

The packaging is cute. Purple plastic with holographic design of a unicorn on them. Very cute. The formula of these babies are heavenly. So creamy. Very smooth, and so pigmented. They last long on your lips even if you eat with it on. Amazing! When you wear the formula all day long they definitely do not dry your lips which is fabulous. The price is around $16 per lipstick. Which is a bit cheaper compared to the MAC lipsticks. Love all the colors that limecrime offers. They have a wide range of bright colors with a couple nudes.

Their website offers worldwide shipping which is a bonus.

If you want to check out their website here is the link below: 

http://www.limecrimemakeup.com/categories/lipstick/ 

The colors I own and are all my favorite in the photo are listed below from left to right:

Geradium, Cosmopop, Countessa Fluorescent,

Babette, Centrifuchsia 

Until next time beauty lovers ❤

Macgirl25

Urban Decay Naked Skin Beauty Balm Review

Ola Beauty Lovers! I am back again to talk to you about the Urban Decay Naked Skin Beauty Balm. I bought this BB Cream on line from BeautyBay.com. They have some good products at decent prices. Anyway so I was a bit nervous trying this out since it would be my first time ever trying out a BB cream period.

The Price ranges depending where you buy this but at Sephora you can get it for around $34.00 for 35ml or 1.18 fluid oz. The packaging is very slick and smooth, however you can not see through the packaging to see how much you have used up. So that is a bit if a bummer to track when you will need to pick up a new BB cream.

When I applied it the smell was a bit yuck. Personally if something doesn't smell fresh and clean it just doesn't allow me to appreciate the product for what it does. I know that sounds dumb but scents matter to me when I use them on my face and body. So I wish they would improve the scent.

As for the product it self, it comes out of the tube as a skin color. But the best thing is that every woman can use this universal shade because it adjusts to your skin tone. Which is wonderful! It applies so smoothly and silky that it feels like your applying silk to your skin. So enjoyable. This BB cream comes with SPF 20 which is a bonus and I personally think the perfect SPF level.  The bottle also claims its a DNA Repair and is optical blurring. I can speak to that when I apply it I do notice that it does some skin color correcting with my redness and slight dark spots. So it does not lie to that. The bonus of this product is that its oil free! YAY since I am combination skin type I need something to control my oil. This does the trick. With this BB Cream my oils are top of the line in control and I do not look like an oil slick major by the end of the day which is nice for a change.

I use this BB cream every day. For work, for weekends, even when I go to the beach I use this as my sun screen since it has SPF :) as an overall rating I am really enjoying this BB Cream. I would purchase it again in the future once I have tried a couple more BB creams on my list. Definitely worth the $34 if you ask me!

I would love to know some of your favorite BB Creams out there, leave me a comment below as I am open to trying new products all the time.

Until next time Beauty Lovers
MacGirl25