NYX lip gloss is AMAZ! NO JOKE

Ok, has anyone ever tried this?! I was strolling along in Ulta, promising my four-year-old daughter I would buy her some new lipgloss and I came across this NYX brand and in a three pack for $5. I've never heard of this brand but I thought it was a really good price for three lipgloss tubes, so I got it!

 I'm in my car and I bust open the packaging. I decide to try out the nude, pinkish color.... to my surprise I LOVE IT! SERIOUSLY! This. lipgloss. is. amazing. How could that be? I spend a fortune on make up and especially on lipgloss! I normally go for any kind of Mac, bare essentials or urban decay as far as anything for my kisser goes. The prices vary from $15-$20 but if I'm shopping at Mac I get my pro discount because I have my full cosmetology license so it's about 30-40% less, but come on, nothing beats this NYX price! Not even with my pro discount! 

It's called butter gloss and let me tell you, it feels like soft butter on your lips for real! It doesn't get all funky and leave that nasty lip gloss line or feel too thick like when you move your lips together and can't hardly move them back-and-forth. It's just the perfect consistency and the colors are out of this world! I am so pleased with this product I had to share and the best part about it is the price! 

Go out and buy this NYX butter gloss and you'll see what I'm talking about. 

And furthermore, I had to go back and get my daughter a new pack of lip gloss because I am obsessed! 

Please feel free to comment on the results :) 

LATISSE

So I need to tell anybody and everybody about how amazing Latisse is! It truly works. I have blue eyes with light eyebrows and eyelashes and in the three weeks that I have been using Latisse, I have noticed a major change in my lash growth!! 

For the first couple weeks I used it every night before bed but since then I use it every other day. My eyelashes are fuller and longer. I was skeptical at first and scared to use it because I heard it can turn your blue eyes brown but when I spoke to my dermatologist, she informed me that was very uncommon and only happened to one of the study cases. It's just something they have to report for their legal protection. After I got all the right information, I bought it from my dermatologist office that day. I would recommend getting it from a reputable  doctors office so that you know you're getting the right product. I've seen it sold online but I'm not going to take any chances when it comes to my eyes! 

To use this product is very simple. I squirt one drop into the cap. Then I use the applicator brush, dip it in and I swipe along where my lashes meet the skin on the top of my eyelids. And that's it! Pretty easy huh?!

 I wish I would've done the before-and-after picture but I will show how my lashes look at this point and then I'll blog in a few more weeks and see if they've grown any longer or fuller. 

DIY gel polish

I got creative and painted my own nails today. I love this purple/grey color, it's SO perfect for fall. I wanted to do something different and funky so I added some glitter polish to my ring fingers and a fun chevron design to the middle fingers

on each hand. It's fun to spice it up and do something out of the box bc most of the time I'm pretty boring. 

Naturally, I'm a huge fan of OPI and Essie but I have to say that china glaze is pretty fabulous and the cost is a little bit better. This color is called "Below Deck". It looks more brown in the picture, but really it's a perfect mix of purple and grey. I topped it off with 2 coats of gel polish and cured it under the uv light for 3 minutes each coat. You can grab the light and gel topcoat at Sally's. It makes your polish last for a week or two if you do it right. 

Finding the right mascara

My make up must have!

Having my beauty license I've explored many brands of mascara but I happen to find one that is amazing! It's called PURminerals, big blink. You can find it at Sephora or Ulta and it is around $20. It has argon oil, elongates the lashes and has zero clumping. It beats any Mac mascara I've used and one of the most popular mascara brands out there, Urban Decay's, big fatty. Pick one up and try it out!