They're Real! Eyeliner Review

Hello gorgeous people of the internet! How are you all today? Well I'm great, thank you very much. I'm slightly sleepy but in very high spirits. I don't know if its the weather (lies, the weather was brutally hot) or the food I ate or just my day in general, but today I'm feeling great and I hope you are too! Alright, onto the actual post, I had given up on eyeliner because 1) I am complete crap when it comes to putting it on straight and 2) I look like a hooker with eyeliner on, it just doesn't suit me. When I saw this I decided to give it a go and I know this has been out for a while! as most things that I review tend to be but I really had to tried this out (kind of my last hope). This here is the They're Real! Eyeliner by Benefit and it was something a lot of people, by people I mean beauty gurus on YouTube and bloggers, were talking about. I think there was such a big hype about it because it was a completely different eyeliner than what we are used to. Its sleek and black and just awesome! or at least I thought it was before I bought it. 

I'm going to start with the positives because good news is always best! 

The product itself is really good. Its creamy and applies easily on the skin, so the quality of the eyeliner itself is magnificent. I've tried different gel liners before, like Bobbi Brown eyeliner and some drugstore brand that I didn't like (I know, I know some people swear by the Bobbi Brown eyeliner but hey, it didn't work for my oily lids). This product held up pretty nicely to those pesky lids of mine. I found it was so easy to get close to the line of my eye and it fit perfectly in my hand. The packaging fits pretty much everywhere and you don't have to carry the brush and the container because it comes in one. The tip of the pen is rubbery so it moves easily and it also helps guide the eyeliner to where you want it or how you want it to end up (thin or thick). Also, the eyeliner wouldn't budge! I didn't want to buy the remover that Benefit sells because I stand by my Philosophy make up remover, but even with that it took a good rubbing to get it off. Rubbing your eyes excessively isn't a great idea so don't do it as the skin around your eyes is super sensitive. The price is so much more cheaper than buying a brush and the gel separately! I mean its still a little expensive for me but it was for the sake of trying new and exciting things. 

Okay now the bad news (tun tun tun), the concept for this product is brilliant! I mean who wants to have to fiddle around with a brush and a little pot of gel liner when you can have it all in one. Right?! I didn't like how it was sometimes difficult to try and get the product out of this. I would twist and twist and nothing would come out. If I was standing next to someone with a brush and pot of gel they would probably finish before I did. The brush is mightier than the pen in this case. Sometimes because I clicked too much I would get more product than what I needed. Another downer is that it dries up super quickly. If you aren't an expert on your eyeliner and you have to go back and forth on it then you'd be disappointed by this. You would probably get frustrated and give up like I did many times. I'm not completely sure if this just happened to my pen, but the little rubber tip always seemed to be moist or oily for some reason. I didn't like that because it made the product kind of gross and I would have to wipe it off. The price is probably another negative for me because I paid $24 something and I wasn't completely in love with it. The product is amazing! brilliant! just fantastic! but the fact that I had trouble with my pen didn't make me like it so much. 

Overall, its a great product just not for me. I gifted this to my sister because I'm not returning it and I refuse to leave it in my corner of forgotten and rejected makeup items. If you do want to try it but not pay those $24 you can get a small version of it and I believe its only $12. I also think you get the mascara, which is AMAZING! I didn't get that because it wasn't on the market when I was looking to purchase it or else I would have bought the cheaper one.

Moroccanoil Review

Hello Everyone! Its been a long while since my last post but I have finally had some spare time to write this up. I also like to take my time with the products that I'm reviewing so that I give my most honest opinion of the product. I have been using the Moroccain oil for about six months now and I cannot say how much I love this product. I've tried about three other oil treatments before and this one is by far the best one yet. I know this has been featured and recommended by many people everywhere, as well as beauty gurus but here is my little grain of sand when it comes to this product.



This has a really faint scent. It is not completely over powering but its not completely unnoticeable. It has a rich thick consistency, so I would suggest using it on slightly damp hair and then brushing it out. This is so that your hair doesn't have clumps of oil. When I say clumps though, I don't mean it looks matted or gross but you can tell you have some product in your hair that wasn't distributed everywhere. Also, I suggest about a quarter size amount of product for your hair and then work from there if you think you need more.



The brand is really hard to find at just your local store like Target or Ulta, which is my main go to place for hair products, so you kind of have to search around if you want to personally see the bottle and the product. I bought the 0.85 FL Oz. /25 ml bottle from my hairdresser but I recently saw this same sized bottle at Nordstrom. They don't carry anything bigger but they do carry the hairspray, shampoo, and conditioner in travel sized bottles. Very few salons carry it and I'm not quite sure what it consists of, but if you are looking into buying a bigger size bottle or a different product from the same brand they do sell them online.  I will tell you this, the bottle is small but it is mighty. The bottle is an ideal size if you travel and it doesn't spill out as some other products tend to do with the pressure of the cabin on an airplane.



The bottle says that this is for all types of hair but I do know that they have a light version of this product. The difference between the original and the light is that the light is meant for more light colored and fine hair. For example, I have dark and somewhat thick hair so the original is perfect for my hair but my sister has finer and thinner hair so the light version would be best for her. Styling with this product is not the best if you are making curls. It holds up nicely but it isn't amazing. I think it works best for straight hairstyles. I am not kidding when I say this hair makes my hair super soft and so manageable. I live in a humid area so I find that this control a lot of that big frizz you get after walking outside on a humid day. You know the lion mane that just comes out of no where. Another thing, my hair is slightly wavy so I think that it makes my waves prettier and just so lovely looking. I get compliments on my hair a lot of the time. I recently cut my hair because of the heat and it was kind of getting everywhere but I'm amazed how well this product has made me actually like my shorter hair (if you haven't figured out, I don't like short hair). I completely give this product a thousand stars because its amazing.

Hell Week: Finals

So this will be a very short post because I feel guilty for not posting recently. It is finals week and I have not had much sleep due to excessive reading and studying. There is also work and running errands for my parents and my sister. I'm so excited for the coming weeks though because then I'll have much more time to write posts and go out and have fun. I'm just so excited! As of now though I have a lot of school work to catch up on and work on so I can end the semester with good, or in some cases, acceptable grades.


Holy moly! look at the time! I've got to sleep. 

Fruiteatox Review

Hello people of the Internet! this week I didn't post as much because I had such an active week. I went running and hiking. I tried a new app and loads of great stuff to start getting back into shape. It's actually going quite well. I've managed to go running at least three times this week and done a few exercises that require no equipment, just my body weight. Also, I have gone to sleep at a much more reasonable time than before. Sleeping at a decent time always seems to work best for me when it comes to maintaining my weight. One of the things I've tried recently is the Fruiteatox shown up above. It has been featured on @ellagracedenton instagram so I decided to give it a try when I read up on all its good reviews. At the time when I purchased this, I was feeling quite pudgy and not my best. I had a bit of trouble sleeping and staying asleep throughout the night. Reading over the reviews, it seemed like the tea had a lot of benefits and people were seeing results. I never bought this in hopes that I'd loose weight, just in hopes of feeling better. 

You are given two choices for how you want to go about buying the tea. You can get both the daytox and sleeptox together or separately. I love to drink tea and the price seemed a little expensive but its not something you want to drink regularly. Usually a detox is to be made once every other month or every few months; too much of something good can also be bad. The flavors of the tea are lemon, for the daytox, and orange, for the sleeptox. I really liked the daytox because I felt awake and alert in the morning. I felt like I was full for a longer period of time after breakfast. I also noticed that my bloating was reduced quite a bit. As for the taste of the tea, I absolutely loved it. It is fresh and smells delicious. The sleeptox tea has an odd taste and smell to it. I wouldn't say its nasty but it definitely isn't my favorite smell because its definitely very strong. The sleeptox tea does have a mild laxative which didn't make me run to the bathroom all the time but I would say it helped. I only drank two little bags of this tea because I felt the smell was a little too much for me. 

Overall, I didn't experience much weight loss with this. That being said, I also didn't go out to exercise everyday or consistently for that matter. I did feel much better after the first week of drinking the tea and noticed a difference with the bloating and how my pants fit (they fit much better around the waist). The taste is amazing for both but I do prefer the daytox to the sleeptox taste. The website has fast delivery service and it shouldn't get stopped at customs for a very long time (I know this isn't relevant to the tea itself but its good to know). One more thing I also noticed was that my stomach didn't make as many noises, including when I would drink milk or eat ice cream (I'm lactose intolerant). 

If you are interested in trying this tea, give it a go and see if it works for you. It definitely helped me a bit with how my body felt but also don't expect the tea to make miracles happen. You have to eat healthy and exercise to help the benefits of the tea work to the fullest. Remember that the tea, or anything that you drink, is just an ingredient to making a better healthier you. 

You can buy this tea at http://www.fruiteatox.com/

Happy National Siblings Day!

Wow three posts in one week! I've honestly impressed myself so much right now. Well today was National Siblings Day and my sister and I accidentally celebrated this. I say accidentally because we just happened to grab some lunch after going to see some prom dresses. We went to one of my favorite restaurants called Kona Grill which is located in San Antonio, Texas at La Cantera. I wouldn't say its cozy but more of a modern relaxed restaurant. You can just go and have food and drinks with friends and chat for a bit. The best times to go, and if you fancy going to pricey places, is happy hour. Usually people think happy hour is only for like simple appetizers and alcoholic drinks, at least that's what I thought when I was younger, but it isn't. They have sushi rolls, avocado egg rolls, fried calamari, so on and so forth. I promise you it is delicious! 

This here is one of my favorites. It is the chicken and shrimp lettuce wraps. It has all sorts of veggies mixed in with a yummy sauce. In the little silver container there is some spicy dressing/sauce. I usually love spicy food but this can give you a really bad stomachache if you are sensitive to spicy food. That little mound of green is some cucumber with some seaweed (I am never a fan of it in any other form except like this) and some crab meat.  

When ever friends and I go we get these same items as well as sushi (I am not a fan of sushi, nope not a fan). This here is there pepperoni flat bread and I just happened to add mushrooms because I LOVE mushrooms! It is so delicious and its like eating pizza. Who doesn't like going to every restaurant and getting pizza?!

I am a big foodie, if you haven't concluded that by now, so I like to order all sorts of food when I go out. I'm not as adventurous as that might make it sound but I'll try anything that smells good. My favorite dessert ever is creme brûlée. Goodness gracious! this is the greatest thing ever invented. Sure it has loads of sugar in it but once in a while "treat yo self". I must always get one of these when I do to Kona. There may be better creme brûlée elsewhere but this will do for now.   

Hope you enjoyed your day and if you have a sibling give them the biggest hug. 

Cover those Spots in Pink: Mario Badescu Drying Lotion

Hello there again! Well today I want to write about one of the best products I've ever tried, it is the Mario Badescu Drying Lotion. It's possible that you might have heard of it before or maybe this is the first time that you read about it. My friend recommended this product when I asked him what he used on his face (FYI, I have never seen one pimple on his face). You can buy this online at the Mario Badescu website or you can go to your local ULTA and purchase it there as well. The price of this product is about $17, a little expensive compared to other acne products, but it is very well worth it. I've also seen Sephora carry it in case you don't have an ULTA near you. I was very excited to use this product because of the great reviews I had previously read. One of the things that can be a little concerning when you've had acne before is that changing your current and effective routine might cause break outs, so you can't blame someone for being a little scared. 

As the picture above shows, there is this pink sediment settled at the bottom of the bottle and on top lays a clear liquid. The bottle is small enough to fit pretty much anywhere in case you need to travel or staying over at a friends house. It is 1 fl oz, which is ideal to take on your carry on luggage. When I first tried it I did just as the bottle instructed on the back. I used a cotton swab and dipped it in the pink sediment. Make sure not to shake it, it is not stated why you shouldn't on the bottle but might as well just follow the instructions (mine looks a bit murky because I accidentally dropped it, whoops). Once you've dipped in the pink sediment you lift it right out of the bottle (don't swirl it) and put it on any blemishes you might have on your face. I recommend that you don't pop your spots before you put this on because it will sting you. Also don't pop them and place the solution on the blemish because it might actually get worse and will leave scarring (I tell you from experience ha ha). You have to leave the solution on throughout the night and wash it off the next day. Its quite easy to wash off and doesn't leave any kind of scarring if you don't touch or pop your blemishes. This is generally for all skin types but if you suffer from a worse kind of acne make sure you check with your dermatologist, if you have one, or with the website or the sales associates. The website says that it is great for back and chest acne but my sister and I have used it on our face and it works like magic. It dries the spots overnight, of course some might take two or three nights but it works amazingly. A little bonus that I thought was quite nifty was that you can use it on mosquito bites and it will help. As someone who gets loads of them during the summer this is a double bonus. The product will definitely last you for more than the year that it's good for but you won't regret buying it. It is definitely a good investment for $17 and think about it, you may spend $4 or $7 on another treatment that might work too but how many of those will you be buying during the year? This one basically works over night. 

Dream Pure BB Cream by Maybelline Review

Hello! so I've been absent for a bit because of school and work, you know the usual. I'm completely terrible at time management at the moment, don't blame me I'm just human. Alright so I really want to talk about the Dream Pure BB Cream. I know its been out for about a year or so, don't hold me responsible for this information, but I decided to give it a try. I was a bit reluctant to try it at first because the range of colors available isn't extensive but I took the risk. It's not terribly expensive, so its a winner if you are on a budget (nudge, nudge broke college students). Another thing why I chose to grab this was because the consistency isn't heavy or thick. I found this out by slightly peeling back the label before I purchased it to make sure I would like it, naughty me, but the downside to buying makeup at the drug store is that there isn't tester bottles. 

The product claims its a 8 in 1 product and they are not joking, well from what I can tell it isn't a joke. It claims to clear acne (hence the 2% Salicylic Acid), conceal imperfections, minimize look of pores, reduces appearance of redness, adjusts to skin tone, hydrates and smoothes, enhances and clarifies, and 0% oils and lightweight feel. In my experience, I don't have terrible acne prone skin but I do tend to break out certain times a month. Since the last time that I broke out, I noticed a gradual change on my skin. I haven't had huge spots on my face since using product and probably drinking a liter or two a day has also given it a helping hand. I wouldn't say it offers high coverage, its more about light to medium coverage. I haven't seen an extreme difference in my pore size but maybe its because I don't pay a lot of attention to them. My skin doesn't really have any redness but I think it can slightly help if you do only because this is really light to medium coverage. I believe they only carry three or four shades (I use the medium shade) and it does kind of settle into your natural color without leaving you looking too pale or orange. I do agree that it hydrates, smoothes, enhances, and clarifies your skin. This next one is the biggest plus for me, it is lightweight feel and 0% oils. I have oily to combination type skin and something with oil would not be the right choice but this works really well. I still get slightly oily around my nose but who doesn't, plus its spring/summer here in Texas so my skin naturally produces more oils or sweat or both (lovely, isn't it?). Overall I really enjoy using this because I don't have to use foundation every day and I can just wear this on a lazy day.