Allure Beauty Box (September 2014)

Have you ever heard of The Allure Beauty Box? 

No, well let me tell you about it. If you love beauty products and a great deal you are going to want to know about this awesome box. 

This is a  box of full sized  beauty products ( hair, nail, skin and makeup etc.)  that is sold at a great price. Also a portion of the sales goes to charity. 

Allure offers these boxes usually three times a year. They always go very fast. Your best chance to get one is to be on the site when they go on sale. I was lucky enough to be able to buy the September Box.

If your looking for more information check out the site for The Allure Beauty Box here.


~amber~

Outfit Of The Night: Going To A Wedding (Dress & Makeup)

This post is long over due. I tweeted about about going to a wedding back in June (my boyfriend's sister got married). I wanted to share what I wore and the makeup look I did.

I ended up having to look for my dress last minute and dragging my boyfriend with me, which was interesting. We apparently have very different opinions on what looks good on me. After looking all day, going store to store it came down to two dresses. I ended up going with this one:

I got the dress at Macy's. I really liked how the hem of the dress is different lengths. The shoes(which are not tied in the pic) I have had for years, and I don't remember where I got them but they are super comfy which I love. I have trouble walking in heels and since I am tall I hardly ever wear them. But these shoes I was able to wear all night while most of the woman had abandoned theirs. 

For makeup I brought a lot:

I ended up going with a neutral eye:

And a bolder lip: 

For my hair I didn't do anything to it (besides brush it of course) expect use a little bit of sea salt spray which I was cautious to how much I used since it was the first time I ever really used it in my hair, and I was not sure how I would like it. I ended up not really using enough to do anything.

Sorry it took me so long to get this post up. I hope you all had a fantastic summer!

~amber~

Bargain Beauty Buy: Wet n Wild Makeup Kit

This past weekend when I was at Rite Aid I spotted this Wet n Wild makeup set, originally $9.99 (on the package it said it was a $30 value) it was 50% off so I got it for $4.99. The products are all mini/travel size. The set includes two makeup looks, Hollywood Glam & Beauty Simplicity. Each makeup look comes with a eyeshadow trio, blush, mascara, lipstick and nail polish. All that plus the bag it came in for $5, I couldn't pass it up! I already own a few Wet n Wild products which I really like, and am looking forward to trying out the products in this set. 

Products:

 (top row, left to right)

Nail polish in I Red A Good Book (214C)

Nail polish in Sugar Coat (205B)

Lipstick in Think Pink (901B)

Lipstick in Stoplight Red (911D)

Mascara (Mega Length) in Very Black (C892A)

Mascara (Mega Plump) in Very Black (C893A)

(bottom row, left to right)

Eyeshadow Trio in Sweet As Candy (381B)

Eyeshadow Trio in Don't Steal My Thunder (385B)

Blush in Pearlescent Pink (831E)

Blush in Heather Silk (832E)

What are some recent beauty bargains you have found?

Till next time,

Amber

Recent Beauty Buys!

Hello all, thought I would share some of my recent beauty buys/purchases. Includes some makeup items, some nail polishes, two perfumes and a random hair accessory. All these items were  accumulated over a few weeks.

I will start with makeup.

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I repurchased Maybelline Mega Plush Volume Express mascara (waterproof)  in very black. Mine was getting dried up and I had been using it since I originally purchased it in June so it was time for a repurchase. I really like Maybelline mascaras.

Urban Decay eyeshadow primer potion in original.  I had been using a primer I got from NYC line, but I really wanted to try the Urban Decay one since I have seen it used in so many YouTube videos. I have been using it for a  few weeks now and so far so good.

Next up is Wet n Wild Walking on Eggshells eye shadow  trio. BudgetBeautiful  on YouTube mentioned this product in her August Favorites video and since it is only $2.99 I had to check it out. I tried it out today for the first time and my first impression is I like it. I think they will be great neutral colors I can wear to work.

And lastly is Maybelline Color Tattoo in Barely Beige. I read about the limited edition Color Tattoo shadows on a few beauty blogs, especially this color.  This color caught my interest as well since the only thing I have close to such a neutral color is the  CoverGirl Shadowblast in Beige Blaze and I find that one just alright, I don't really like the whole wand application. So I happened to see it at my Rid Aid one day when I had stopped in to get something else ( I almost didn't see it). They only had one left so I grabbed it. I am glad I did. I really like the color, its the perfect neutral eye color for me to wear to work when I don't want to skip shadow but I don't wanna look like I am wearing a ton of eye makeup.

A closer look at the shadows.

Next up nail polish.  I haven't used any of these polishes yet.



I picked up two more Sinful Colors polishes.  A matte white called  Snow Me White. I figured a basic white is a good color to have on hand. I wanna get a basic black polish too ( 9/8/12 update:While at Target tonight I picked up the black Sinful Colors polish called Black on Black).  Then I picked up the sparkly All About You because it reminded me of  China Glaze  Electrify  from The Hunger games collection which I was sad I missed that collection.  I also picked up a Maybelline Color Show polish in Impeccable Grey because I really wanted to try their polishes. I  picked up a Sally Hansen Strengthening Top Coat because I wanted to try another type of top coat.

Next  I picked up 2 perfumes recently.

Purr and Curious

I picked up Katy Perry's Purr in a roller ball because I wanted something I could put in my purse and because I wanted to try the scent and see if I liked enough to buy the regular bottle of it. I am currently looking for a new scent, so if anyone has any suggestions send them my way. I also picked up a 1.7 fl oz bottle of Britney Spear's Curious. I had the big bottle of this fragrance when it first came out.  I remember liking it back then and re-smelling it now I still like it.  I had to toss my big bottle of it though cause it sat in my room at home unused when I went away to college and when I got finally moved back home it wasn't any good and I think the spray part was broken as well. So I got myself a small bottle of it at Tj Maxx cause it was cheap. Love the bottle too.

And lastly I got a hair accessory when I was at Walmart.



They had a 2 pack of the ribbon hair ties for only $2. 9/8/12 update: tonight at Target I noticed that they had a 3 pack of these hair ties 2 packs for $5 (not the $5 each as I had thought) or 1 for $2.50. I picked up 2 packs of them even though I still have yet to try them. Hopefully I will like them and they are as good as everyone on YouTube says. They definitely look prettier than just a plain old elastic hair tie.

What are some of your recent beauty buys?

9/10/12

I figured I would add this to this post since its only a few things. On Saturday  along with going to Target I also stopped into Bath & Body Works. I had been waiting for their full line of fall scents to come out cause I wanted to get a fall scented lotion for my bathroom. After smelling all the scents I ended up going with the scent that had already been out for like a month, Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin. I had a coupon for a free small mini candle so I picked up  one in Leaves. I also had a coupon for a free sample size lotion of their new scent Cashmere Glow so I also picked that up as well. Just put some on now and the scent is pretty nice. I love these size lotions cause they are perfect for your purse. Plus you can't go wrong with free. The best way to know when they are going to offer a coupon for a free sample lotion is to like them on Facebook. You can claim it and they email you the coupon, and then you can just show them on your phone the coupon, you don't have to print it out.



Till next time. :)