Review: BB Couture For Nails

Hi!!!

I had great pleasure in trying BB Couture For Nails Nail Polish. I got Santa Monica Sands, Butt Naked Bronze and Midnight Malibu which are part of the Summer Collection. All the colors @ BB Couture For Nails are a 4 in 1 formula,that means you get your base coat,top coat, nail strengthener and color all in one bottle. Is that a deal and time saver or what!!

They are also tolene,formaldehyde and DBP free...:) Great for 'greening' your beauty routine.


First up.... Midnight Malibu. It looks like midnight sky, for real!! Bits of blues, purples on a dark navy base are gorgeous. You just need two coats on this to get the look.

Butt Naked Bronze. I thought it would look better on me, but its a bit too orange of a bronze for my coloring. I did two coats of this but it was still sheer for my taste after two coats.

Santa Monica Sands. LOVE LOVE LOVE this color! Perfect nude for year around. Two coats on this too and it was perfect on me. Didn't want to take it off..it was chipping but from up close , you would've never saw it.

Please visit http://www.bbnailpolish.com/ and http://www.healthynails.wordpress.com/ for more info on BB Couture For Nails.

Awards....

This was given to me by Kia (http://yummy411.blogspot.com/). Thanks Sis!


Rules: List 5 things that are sexy about yourself and then tag 5...



1. My brain( in my head..hehe!)
2. My eyes
3. My body...hell, I'm all boobs and butt!
4. The way rock it the kitchen, Diva can burn.
5. .................................................................................(thinking really hard...)the way feel when I'm glam'd out: hair, nails, 'fit, shoes and a shot of patron...whew!

( that was hard...kia:))

I tag...you!!!

Jamie

Review: Maybelline Dream Liquid Mousse in Caramel Dark 2

I mentioned in my Maybelline Lash Stiletto post that I purchased Maybelline Dream Liquid Mousse for 6.49( 9.49 with a $3 off coupon) and I would do a review on it because...

This is why women get really mad at drugstore foundation.

Seriously, I don't know where to start. This is your new foundation Maybelline? I know you all have been focusing big time on the mascaras but, seriously, this what you came up with?

I had to return it....It didn't work...Here's why....

I use Maybelline Mineral Power Foundation in Caramel Dark 2, love it...one of the best mineral foundations in drugstores, real talk.

I use Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse in Caramel Dark 2 occasionally in the Winter for a full coverage look and love it.

So when purchasing Dream Liquid Mousse, I automatically picked up Caramel Dark 2.

It didn't match...ok...so, went back to do a exchange but the next color up, Cocoa Dark 3, was too dark...way darker. I mean, brown girls come in more that TWO shades, Maybelline. TWO SHADES... and reference the website on that too...TWO SHADES for brown girls, people. There are five 'light' shades and four 'medium' shades( which some women of color will be able to wear)...have we regressed in the makeup world?

This why women run to makeup counters, Sephora, Ulta,etc. instead of saving a couple of dollars at the drugstore is because there is not a variety of colors in foundations if you are brown skin.

But on the positive side, its a full coverage foundation, if that's what you looking for you are going to get it. It doesn't lie there. I guess that's the 'airbrush' look claim in the advertisement. It felt great going on, I was excited to have it but...It felt like it 1985 again and I watching my mom mix foundations to get her color...

The calender says 2009.

Anyone else have this? Let me know!

Jamie

photo: www.maybelline.com

Review: Maybelline Lash Stiletto...

How did a mascara ruin my day? Let me tell you....

I've been wanting to try Maybelline Lash Stiletto for the LONGEST. I actually bought it around Christmas time but put it in my mother's Christmas stocking as a mini gift. I kept asking her how she liked it and she never got back to me. Hmmm...that's should have told me something right there.








Then I messed around looking for the best deal on it...It ranges between 8.00-9.00 from CVS to Wal-Mart to Target. Finally, CVS, this week, has a Maybelline BOGO Free Sale...I had a $3 coupon off the new Dream Liquid Mousse Foundation( review to come!), so I copped foundation and the Lash Stiletto all for under $7.00. Sweet!








This morning, after a yummy breakfast, coffee, no bills in the mail, a Martha Stewart show about weddings, I slipped on my favorite jeans, a cute top and flats and went in the bathroom to apply a bit of makeup and then jet out the house...





Then my day was ruined...by Lash Stiletto.







It sucks...big time....





What was everyone talking about? "It's hot...It's the best ...It's number one in mascaras..."





Negatives:

-the brush is so large and kinda "prickly", it was hard to maneuver on my lashes.
-it smudges. I had to break out the makeup remover and Q-tips to clean up the mess
-it's just length...that's all...at least that's the truth. No volume, no separation, just length.
-and in the last hour...I found out it flakes.






Positives:
-cute packaging
-formula is great. you don't get hard lashes and they are still pliable after drying.







I'm still messed up over this...but I'm a girl of second chances... Who bought Lash Stiletto and what did you think of it?


Jamie


picture: www.maybelline.com

Review: Pretty by Elizabeth Arden....

Hi All!!! Your Girl, Jamie is back and refreshed.... Mondays are just not my day and my Easter weekend was crazy busy with family and activities...Hope you all had a great weekend too!

I was able to get a real feel of Elizabeth Arden's new fragrance Pretty via a bowl of spray sample. It was about seven or eight samples in the bowl...I took 5 or 6.:)

When I test a fragrance, I usually want to wear it all day to see if blends with my body chemistry. At first ,I thought Pretty was going too girly...it had a faint resemblance to Clinique Happy which is the debil in my beauty book!!! After wearing it...Pretty bloomed literally into a 'pretty' floral burst of happiness. The notes of jasmine and peony really turned my head when it comes to florals. It even has slight bottom note of musk that I liked.

Hmm...I could stand a full bottle of this:)

Jamie