Ipsy Bag January 2015

Ipsy Bag January 2015

YouTube un-boxing video can be found here.

Products received:

Elizabeth Mott - All Over Shadow Brush in Pink ($9.99)

Hikari Cosmetics – Mechanical Eye Liner in Storm 0.2g ($13 / 0.2g)

(Malin+Goetz) – Mojito Lip Balm 0.2oz ($12 / .35oz)

Pacifica – Natural Mineral Coconut EyeShadow in Ethereal 0.08oz ($14 / 4 colour palette)

Velvet 59 – Velvet Rose Lipgloss in Noisette 10ml ($19 / 10ml)

Value: $55 aprox.

What I paid this month: $17.82 CAD

Rating: I really liked some of the products this month, I have to say the item I was the most disappointed with was the bag itself but that is just personal preference. Overall I like this months bag and rate it an 8/10

Product Breakdown/Mini Reviews

Remember as always if you want a more in depth review on any specific product feel free to ask!

Elizabeth Mott - All Over Shadow Brush in Pink

The brush is quite soft and while it isn't super firm it isn't flimsy either it holds a good amount of product and does a good job in blending as well. Overall 8/10

Hikari Cosmetics – Mechanical Eye Liner in Storm

The liner itself is pretty firm and isn't amazingly creamy. The colour is a very light silver more than it is a grey and it isn't super pigmented but if you are willing to go over it multiple times you will get some colour out of it. I think I need to play with it more but so far I am not super impressed. Overall 7/10

(Malin+Goetz) – Mojito Lip Balm

The balm has a thicker consistency and has a kinda artificial limey smell, it is sticky but that is a typical problem with thicker cream type balms. It was exactly what my lips needed right now between between me being so sick and winter deciding it actually wanted to start happening lately. I like it for when you need some extreme hydration but on an every day basis it would be way too much. Overall 8/10

Pacifica – Natural Mineral Coconut EyeShadow in Ethereal

The shadow while not being what I would call creamy is certainly velvety and it does pack quite a bit of pigment for a light shadow especially when I compare it with the other pacifica shadow that I have tried in the past. It certainly isn't a colour that would work as anything other than a highlight or a base but for those two purposes it certainly does it's job. Overall 7/10

Velvet 59 – Velvet Rose Lipgloss in Noisette

I'm going to be doing a full review for this product so I'll make this quite brief. I had been told the scent was unpleasant and I very much disagree with that. It has a very classic smell to it and reminds me of watching my grandmother doing her makeup. I love the brush and while the gloss was super sticky on my hand it isn't sticky at all on my lips. I love it and I can't wait to see more from this brand! Overall 9/10

Review: GLAMGLOW POWERMUD

Review: GLAMGLOW POWERMUD Dualcleanse Treatment

Scent: Kinda apple-y

Price: $21/0.5oz $76/1.7oz CAD (I got a sample at Sephora)

Where to buy: Sephora in Canada

Time: 5-10 minutes (I went for the ten)

How did it feel on?

It went on smooth and it was tingly in a not-unpleasant but not quite pleasant way, the best way to describe it would be a bit stingy or sting-ly (stingy and tingly). It dried leaving the face with that elmers glue, tight kinda feeling that we all know and love.

On to the review...

The mask is light and dries kind of clear

I have been incredibly sick lately and my skin is reflecting it, I am currently battling a case of bronchitis so bad that it's threatening to develop into pneumonia, and that the coughing has been so bad I actually pulled a muscle in my neck as I found out in a fun ER visit the other day. Like I said my skin is definitely showing how sick I am and it's not pleasant (pardon the pictures in this post if they frighten you hehe). So I decided this was the perfect opportunity to test out and review a sample I had of the GLAMGLOW powermud mask which is the one that comes in the green bin.

First off I have to say I didn't believe the hype about these masks, I mean really $76 for a mask? But I think I am kinda sold on this one. As the mask dried I noticed there were dark spots appearing all over my face where I had blackheads or other acne going on, at first I just figured this was the mask being a bit thicker in spots and drying into little balls but when I rinsed I decided otherwise, it actually pulled all of the blackheads from my skin.

The mask was actually pulling out the impurities... badass.

The mask says it is mud to oil but in my experience it was more like mud to gone, there was no real transition into oil but maybe I rinsed with too much water, who knows? It's not really a complaint so much as an observation. My face did feel a little residue-y afterwards and I just washed it with my regular cleanser and then when my face was dry I finally looked closely, not a single blackhead to be found and my skin is smoother and more even than it has been in weeks. I still have some acne, which obviously one use of a mask isn't going to fix but even that is less inflamed and somewhat diminished.

The after effects, I'm wearing a top I swear

All in all it is probably one of the best masks I have tried, and I have tried a few. I have samples of some of the other GLAMGLOW masks and I am going to try them in the upcoming weeks, probably once a week, and let you know my experiences with them. And at the end I will compare the ones I have tried.

I hope this review was informative and helpful. Will I buy it? Maybe? Not the fullsize no, I just can't see myself paying that much all at once for a mask. But Sephora does carry a 0.5oz of this particular mask for $21 CAD which is much more manageable as a treat to myself.

See you next time!

xoxoxo

Alex~

Happy New Year

Hey guys!

Sorry I have been so absent lately, this winter has been terrible for me getting sick, just before Christmas I finally beat a sinus infection that required two rounds of antibiotics and moved into my throat and ears before it was beaten. And now that it's the new year I seem to have picked up a stomach bug of course. But the show must go on!

So first off let me say Happy New Year! Welcome to 2015, hopefully it is an awesome year and I look forward to sharing it with you all. I plan on focusing more on this blog and on my YouTube videos and making a post on here once a week as well as uploading a video once a week, now of course that may just be my new years idealism talking and in a few weeks it may turn out that a different schedual is what I need, but we will find that out as we go I guess.

So to you guys I pose a question. Do you only want to see beauty posts? Would you enjoy lifestyle posts? Gaming posts? What all do you guys want to see?

Any feedback would be appreciated and taken into consideration.

See you next time!

xoxoxo

Alex

New Video~!

My first what I got for Christmas video ever just went up!

You can watch it here and tomorrow my December favourites should be up as well.

Also keep your eyes peeled for an actual post here, I've been so ill lately that it's kept me from really having the energy to really even blog, and between that and the Holiday I've been somewhat of a hermit on the internet. But there are new things coming, be prepared.

See you next time.

xoxoxo

Alex

November 2014 Favourites

My November favourites video is up over on my YouTube Channel, you can watch it here if you would like but here is the full list of items in no particular order, plus where you can get them and how much they cost (in Canada at least).

• Rimmel Kate Moss Lasting Perfection Matte in 104  $7.99  - Shoppers Drug Mart, Walmart, Target
• EOS Visibly Soft Coconut Milk Lip Balm $3.99 - Shoppers Drug Mart, Walmart, Target
• Beyond The Zone Smooth Criminal Hair Primer $8.34 -  Sally's Beauty
• Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush in Achiote $31 - Sephora
• Tokyomilk Dark Everything and Nothing No. 10 Full Size $44 - Sephora
• J.Cat Wonder Lip Paint in Mad Splatter and Red Potion $4.99 each - J.Cat Website
• Seven Sisters Tea Baked Apple $5 /50g  - Markol Coffee & Tea or Seven Sisters Tea website.

Let me know if there are any of these items that you would like a more in depth review of and I would be more than happy to do so!

See you next time! 

xoxoxo

~Alex

Just a heads up, and a question.

This next week may be a little slow. I've been feeling a bit -read a lot- run down and I finally made it to the urgent care clinic today. Turns out I have a sinus infection that is trying to claw its way into my ears and my throat as well as having the flu.

This means one of two things will happen, either I will lay on the couch feeling sorry for myself and get nothing accomplished this week or I will curl up in comfy clothes with a candle and some apple pie tea and dig into some blog posts and YouTube videos. We shall see which one actually ends up happening.

I also wanted to know if people wanted to see more in the way of non-beauty posts every now and then. Just to change things up?

All tonight off and on there has been a wind/rain-storm going on and it's kinda mirrored how I feel at the moment, absolutely miserable. But I did manage to catch this awesome picture in a bit of a lull and felt like I should share it.

See you next time!

xoxoxo

~Alex

Just a thing!

Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Going to try out Bloglovin you guys!

See you next time
 xoxoxo

~Alex