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My top 5 Cosmetic Pet Peeves

1. EYEBROWS : This is number one on my list, mainly because people now a days take eyebrows for granted. Honestly I believe eyebrows can make or break a look. Without great eyebrows, you're makeup won't be as vibrant and uniform as it should be. In my opinion great eyebrows can define certain facial structures and enhance the eyes, making them pop a little more. It's a little hard to explain but future post coming up aaaalllllll about eyebrows just because it bothers me so much when people have bad or untamed eyebrows
   
2. Caked on Foundation : Oh my lordie. I remember in high school the preppy girls would order foundation by the case and bring a new bottle everyday to school because they layered on so much foundation. Okay I'm exaggerating, but still. Even now, when I drive my brother to school I'll see a girl with foundation that's on so thick on her face that it looks like a flesh toned piece of paper mache...even from half a mile away. I swear her face would be 2 inches smaller without that much foundation. HONESTY kids, you are NOT supposed to suffocate your skin by slapping on an inch of foundation. Foundation is not meant to be used to cover up every imperfection. Do you even know how everyone can tell how much foundation you're wearing?? First of all, you are all one color. If someone put a piece of skin colored paper to your face, yeap you almost match except for the eyes. AND AND AND, when you furrow your brows or raise your eyebrows, that leaves a semi permenant crease on your forehead and between the eyebrows...yeap that's not leaving until you take off your makeup. FOR GODS SAKE LET YOUR SKIN BREATH YOUNGIN
   
3. Cracked lips : Please, use some chapstick. OUCH, doesn't it crack and bleed and then sting? splotchy red and pink lips are not pretty
4. Smudged eyeliner : Can we say raccoon??
   
5. Fake Bakes : ARGH, same thing with number 2. There are two types, the ones that go the the tanning salon and use the spray on tan thing and ones that cake on bronzer. YO, please stop hurting my eyes with your uniformed dirt or orange colored face. Stop overbaking yourself...PLEASE!!

I'm a tad bit mean, but really. When I see people with these cosmetic don'ts....I really really want to tell them for their own sake and my own sanity. :(

I'm not a complete bitch...I promise :)

Herbal Essences: Long Term Relationship Leave-In Split End Protector Review

Product: 5 of 5
Quality: 5 of 5
Price: 4 of 5 (considering it's a drugstore brand)
-$4ish dollars
Overall: 5 of 5

So I grabbed this on friday, looking for something that would un-grease my hair (I don't know why I picked this up instead of baby powder lol). It wasn't until in the car I realized that this was not the spray conditioners that I normally use, I'm pretty stupid lol. But I still used it because since I've permed, bleached and dyed my hair, any type of conditioner would help lots. So I opened it and pumped about 2 pump fulls in my hair, only then to realized that I had pumped wayyyy too much. The leave in conditioner came out as a milky pink cream that smelled of candy, raspberries specifically (YUMM!). I rubbed it all over my hair, carefully avoiding my roots because they were already greasy, focusing on my split ends. At first the conditioner seemed to have a greasy effect on my hair. You know when you first put some type of cream/lotion formed solution in your hair? It had that kind of feeling, and my hair started to glop together in to little chunks. But the more I rubbed it in the softer it made my hair feel. And when I left it alone lookin a little chunky the product sank into my hair and I have no idea when but the last time I touched my hair it was silky smooth and definetly NOT chunky. My hair, especially my ends felt extremely soft! That is a huge feat taken how damaged my hair is. I absolutely love the smell of this product. HIGHLY RECCOMENDED! :)

The best part is that you can use this product on both wet or dry hair! Which many other leave in conditioning products tell you differently. But yeah for the price this is a really really good product!

As the first post of my long awaited cosmetic/makeup blog. I'm going to post my favorites. I have been meaning to start a makeup blog, but for fear that it would turn out like my others I pushed it off. Also I didn't have a camera, but now that I do, I cannnnn I can I can. :)

FAVORITES

Shampoo: Dove Deep Moisture/ Clariol Silver shampoo
Condtioner: Dove Deep Moisture
Styling products:
-Heat Protecting (for when I use heat to style my hair aka curlers and straighteners): Beyond the Zone Turn up the Heat Heat protecting spray (smells like candyyy)
-Leave In Conditioners: Dove Spray leave in conditioner/Herbal Essence Long term relationship Leave in split end protector (it's a creme)
Shower Gel: Dove
Body moisturizer: Johnson's soft lotion Extra care healing lotion
Deodorant: Dove
Fake Tan: N/A
Cleanser: IPKN Cleansing Foam/ Mario Badescu Kiwi Face scrub
Eye makeup remover: Baby Oil/ Lancome Dual Eye Makeup Remover
Exfoliator: MAC volcanic ash exfoliator/ Mario Badescu Kiwi Face Scrub/ Asprin Honey Mask
Primer: Occasionally, Make up Forever HD Foundation Primer
Foundation: Still testing out BB Creams
Foundation brush: Kirkland
Concealer: N/A
Powder: MAC Blotting Powder in Medium-dark
Blusher: Vincent Longo Hydrostick in Rosewood/ NARS in Orgasm and Guilda
Bronzer: Rimmel Natural Bronzer in Sun Bronze/ NARS in Laguna/ Vincent Longo in Luna
Highlighter: N/A
Eyeshadow base: Urban Decay Primer Potion in Original and Sin
Eyeshadows: The She Space
Eyeliner: Bobbi Brown Gel Liners and Rimmel Waterproof pencil liner
Eyelash curler: N/A
Eyelash base: N/A
Mascara: Cover Girl Lash Blast
Lipstick: MAC Myth
Lipgloss: Bath and Body Works C.O. Bigelow
Nail Colour: N/A