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What’s inside of my IPSY Bag? “Beautifully Bohemian” | April 2015

My IPSY Bag Arrived yesterday, Woot woot! And you guys know what that means!!!, another What’s inside of my IPSY Bag Blog Post. I love watching what other people got in their Bags, so please don’t forget to link me your blogs, videos or instagrams down in the comment section and make sure to also create and join into the beauty conversation by leaving a comment down below.

I am very impressed with the quality of this month’s IPSY Bag, it’s so pretty and the bag has this really awesome texture that I really love. Products wise, I love I got a full size blush and I got to try the balm eyeshadows, I was really looking forward to that and this two products got me the most exited this month. I also got a sample perfume by Jor’el Parker and the sent name is Femina, this perfume it’s so bomb and I am considering getting the full size.

Last to products are the Hey Honey, Good Morning – Honey Silk Facial Serum and the Starlooks Satin Finish Lip Gloss that I am really happy to try out! 🙂 I love the color of the lip gloss for an everyday makeup look, and regarding the Serum, I absolutely love the consistency of it.

I am really exited to have more time to play with these new goodies, and who knows maybe I’ll find new favorites! 🙂 let me know your guy’s thoughts on this IPSY Bag, Don’t forget to comment, rate and share! 🙂

Make sure to check out IPSY: https://www.ipsy.com/r/2oyhq

Allie, TeamGlamItUp, XOX.

Disclaimer: This blog it’s not sponsored, the products shown in here were purchased with our own money, all opinions expressed in here are as always our own, honest and true, the pictures shown in here are also ours.

March Favorites 2015 + LIFESTYLE FAVES!

Another month flew by and it only means one thing! MARCH FAVORITES! I know I skipped February, but I felt I pretty much had the same favorites as the month before, so I’m really sorry I skipped it. But this month I started using a whole bunch of different thing and got another few ones, and I found myself having new faves, so here they are, hope you enjoy them, and get to try ’em; if you do please make sure to send me a pic of whatever thing you decided to try and let me know your thoughts on it, I love reading your guys’ opinions!

March Loves by Category…

LIPS

EOS Lipbalm in Strawberry Sorbet
BLISTEX Lipbalm

SKINCARE

Advantage Fast Clearing Spot Treatment by Clean & Clear

MAKEUP

The De-Puffer, Eye concealer by CoverGirl + Olay in the color 320 fair/light
L’oreal True Match W2 in Light Ivory
The buffer airbrush finish bamboo foundation brush by Tarte
Fit Me Blush by Maybeline
Neutrogena SkinClearing Blemish Concealer in 09 “buff”

EYEMAKEUP

Clinique High Impact Mascara in the Color 01 Black
Chella Highlighter Pen in Ivory Lace
Sigma Blending Brush E25
Clinique Instant Lift for brows in the color 02 Soft Brown

BODY & HANDCARE

Body Lotion, Dots By Marc Jacobs
OPI – Natural Nail Base Coat

I think this sums up everything that I’ve been using like crazy this month beauty and makeup wise, these are amazing products and If you ask me I will tell you to go ahead and try ’em they are fantastic, and they have been truly working for me.

Moving onto LIFESTYLE FAVORITES!!!!

Favorite Song: Want you to want me by Jason Derulo
Favorite TV Show: Pretty Little Liars (ABCFamily) & New Girl (FOX)
Favorite Youtuber: Makeupbyalli
Favorite Fruit: Oranges and Strawberries
Favorite Snack: Cashews

I hope you guys liked my March Faves, and let me know what else should I add to my next Faves of the Month! see you guys next time! Don’t forget to share it! ❤

XX. Allie TeamGlamItUp

Disclaimer: This blog it’s not sponsored, the products shown in here were purchased with our own money, and all opinions expressed in here are as always our own, honest and true, the pictures shown in here are also ours.

Featured Makeup Look: “Sexy Smokes”

Hello Guys! I was feeling so inspired to do my makeup and blog it to you, and so I put an extra effort when I was doing it, I had so much fun though, let me know if you want more blogs like this one… Anyway!… You guys have no idea, how much I love a good old Smokey Eye! And I think I quite mastered the perfect method/technique to create one.

I mainly use 3 or 4 colors, but most of the times I’ll do 3: A super dark shade, a medium shade, a light shade (4th optional color), and a nude highlight (can either be with or without shimmer).

When applying, I start from Top (Brow) to Bottom (Lid area); If you start from the from the top, you help your smokey eye by creating a base for the gradient effect from going dark to light, if that makes any sense. let me explain with steps.

1. Apply your highlighting shade on the brow bone and bring the remaining shadow down towards the crease.

2. Pack on the darkest shade on your lid and bring the remaining that’s left on the brush towards the crease.

3. Grab the medium shade and blend into the crease, creating windshield wiper motions to help you blend, whenever you feel like you are all blend out and ready to go, take a second look and blend again, the key for the perfect smokey eye it’s how well blended the shadows are.

3.A (If you are using 4 colors) Use the medium shade to help blend out the darkest shade you placed onto the lid, after that’s blended use the light shade in between the medium shade and the highlight shade, right on the upper side of the crease working it a little bit towards the lower part of the brow bone.

4. Go over the darkest shade and pack a little bit more of the shadow onto your lid.

5. Create a gradient effect with the bottom lash and make it connect with the whole eye.

6. Finish off with some tight-line and eyeliner onto the lower lash-line and don’t forget mascara!

After following these simple steps you should be left with something like this… What do you guys think!? and yeah, sorry about my weird-looking faces. lol. but you get the idea…

To finish off the look I applied a very soft peach blush and went with nude lips. I also like to reapply concealer after I’m done with the eyes, this will make your colors pop out more.

Hope my thoughts and tips were helpful for you guys, let me know your thoughts, suggestions, requests; and also let me know if you have any questions regarding the makeup look. Don’t forget to share it with your peeps and give us your feedback! until next time! muah!

Allie, TeamGlamItUp, XOX.

Review: MEGA PROTEIN by Wet N’ Wild

Hi there you guys, I went to the Drugstore one of this days and of course, I came across “The Makeup Aisle” and I started looking for mascaras, and I noticed that there are a lot of mascaras out there ranging from very expensive such as $15 (come on! that’s expensive for drugstore!) going all the way down to very cheap such as $2. When I saw this $2 Price tag, I was like, no way! that must be the worst mascara, ever I grab it started reading the packaging and then I thought to myself maybe this is not that bad, and I might need to try this mascaras and break the stigmas we have around cheap thing not being great,

Long story short, I went ahead and got the MEGA PROTEIN Mascara by Wet N’ Wild in the water-proof formula in the color very black.

The Product Claims:

PARABEN-FREE
NOURISHES YOUR LASHES
SOY PROTEIN FORTIFIED
ENRICHED WITH ACAI OIL
LASH CONDITIONING

My Thoughts:

I love the curl that It gives to my lashes and they stay up all day (that might have to be with the water-proof formula).
Applies very easily with no clumps and it won’t live you with spidery lashes if you put 2 coats.
Separates lashes, giving a filling effect
I love the fact that we have so many nourishing and fortifying elements going into this formula, that I have noticed that my lashes don’t get as damage as if I would use any other water-proof formula, they are less dry and they haven’t got any thinner with me using this mascara, and I’ve been using it for 2 weeks straight.
How does it take off!? Well it’s definitely not as easy as if you would be wearing a regular formula. I find that I have to use 2 cotton balls in order to take the entire product of my eyes
The down side!? They give you very little product, but once again, you only pay like 2$ so I guess it’s fair.

DEMO

For the DEMO, I took pictures of me in different parts of the application process, so you can see the actual performance of the mascara itself, and for that reason, I am only wearing mascara, foundation and a neutral blush; and totally avoid any kind of distracting colors such as, eye shadows and glitter off my face.

Finally, I totally recommend this product, I think it’s so worth the try, you get so much overall for so little money. I ended up very happy with this purchase and I will totally repurchase this whenever I ran out of it.

Hope this review was helpful for you guys, let me know your thoughts, suggestions, requests, also let me know if you have any questions regarding the product. Don’t forget to share it with your peeps and give us your feedback! until next time! muah!

Allie, TeamGlamItUp, XOX.

January Favorites 2015 + LIFESTYLE FAVES!

Wow Guys! The fist month of 2015 already passed, it actually felt like it flew by us, and so this means it’s time for January Favorites!

This month I focused a lot in my skincare, body care and hair care, I realize when I was gathering my favorite products of the months that I only had 3 makeup items to share in this month’s favorites blog. This being said… I’ll show you the pictures to my January favorites, I’ll also list them by category after the pictures and If you guys are interested in any of the products and want a review or DEMO or anything on it please just let me know, in the comments or twitter or in any of the links of our contact section.

I also want to explain that I’m not going over every single item, because I thought that it would be a hassle to read a super long blog post, and plus I also have reviews or mini reviews in some of the products, so I really hope you guys can understand me and enjoy!

Jan Loves by Category…

HAIR

Styling Treatment Oil, Awapuhi Wild Ginger by Paul Mitchell
Nourishing leave-in spray, Sulfate-Free Moisture System by L’oreal

SKINCARE

Advantage Fast Clearing Spot Treatment by Clean & Clear
Clearskin gel by ASAP
All about eyes by Clinique
Daily moisturizer, Positively Radiant by Aveeno
Skin Brightening Daily Scrub, Positively Radiant by Aveeno
Age Shield Face, Sunscreen SPF 110 by Neutrogena

MAKEUP

The De-Puffer, Eye concealer by CoverGirl + Olay in the color 320 fair/light
Eye rehab 2 in 1, Eye concealer by CoverGirl + Olay in the color 310 fair
Brow Fix, Brow kit by MILANI in the color 02 Medium
Chubby Stick intense by Clinique in the color 03 mightiest maraschino

BODYCARE

Body Lotion, Pleasures by Estee Lauder

Moving onto LIFESTYLE FAVORITES!!!!

Favorite Song: Sugar by Maroon 5 and Latch by Sam Smith (acoustic version)
Favorite TV Show: Pretty Little Liars (ABCFamily)
Favorite Youtuber: Ingrid Nilsen AKA Missglamorazzi
Favorite Fruit: Cuties
Favorite Snack: Veggie Straws

I hope you guys liked my Jan Faves, and let me know what else should I add to my Feb Faves Next Month! see you guys next time! Don’t forget to share it! ❤

XX. Allie TeamGlamItUP