April Favourites

Hello Lovelies!!!

Sorry I've been gone all week it's been a crazy one and that's no excuse so because of that I'm going to try and write a couple of times this weekend for all of you.

So I've never thought about all the products that I love, don't love, the ones that are alright and the ones that are a complete waste of time and money. 

That said I thought that I would do something like that for you since I didn't want to do another review on a product right away and bore you to...tears? 

Ok lets start with MUSTS for this month shall we!

I was recently at the Superstore and of course I ALWAYS end up in the cosmetics and beauty isle, but this time however I was with my two little boys...let me tell you how hilarious it is when your 7 year old is saying "Look Mamma here's Covergirl get something and lets get out of here!" ha ha ha ya I know right!

I was pleasantly shocked when I stumbled upon Milani Cosmetics in an aisle and when I mean pleasantly I flipped out!

I came across their Milani Easybrow and bought it in Taupe.

I absolutely can't tell you how amazing this brow pencil is. It has a spoolie on one side and a no sharpen cream pencil on the other. It glides amazingly and the colour is perfect for me. 

The spoolie is the perfect length to brush your eyebrows with. Honestly I highly highly recommend this product, I have not found a better brow pencil in a long time.

Moving on, the second product is the Revlon Photoready Airbrush Mousse that I bought in Natural Beige.

Now let me first say that it's a can and the foundation comes out like a mousse like substance. If you're like me and you love that airbrush finish but with a great amount of coverage, than this is the product for you.

It's light on your face and very buildable. It does give you a little bit of the dewy finish so it may not be the best for you if you have oily skin unless you use a powder on top of it.

This product for me is a must have, especially in the summer when you don't want that heavy feeling on your face and definitely don't want to look like you have any makeup on.

Speaking of powder the next product is from Rimmel London and it's the Stay Matte powder that I purchased in Sandstorm.

This is a great powder to have. It's very matte and totally removes that shine off of your face that a lot of us don't like. It's not a heavy powder at all and it's in a great slim case.

My personal opinion for the packaging however is that I wish it was an actual twist off cap or it clipped together. It's really poor packaging because you can just pull off the lid and it's open.

Next on my list of favourites of the month is also from Rimmel London, however this time it's the Match Perfection Concealer that I bought in Ivory.

This let me tell you not only is a concealer but it's a GREAT highlighter. The brush on the end allows for a clean easy way of applying it to your face, you just squeeze the plastic tube.

Well done Rimmel this is my new Concealer / Highlighter it's magic and deserves a high 5.

Eye Primers. To me this has always been a tricky one because unfortunately I have oily eye lids. I've been using for a while now Eye Primer from BH Cosmetics.

This was a pretty good buy. It's creamy and goes on flat with no oily residue. Apply your powder on top of it and it will definitely help your eye shadow last all day.

If you're like me and have really oily eye lids then you may or may not like this product as I find that there are times where it does crease and my lids feel oily.

Another really great product from BH Cosmetics is their Nude Palette.

This palette is unreal. The shadows are very nicely pigmented, it comes with a highlighter, two lip glosses and two different blushes.

This palette is perfect for so many different looks from the cute like pinks to darkening it up in the evening to give you that sultry pinky, violet smokey eye. 

This is a definite recommend from me. I think these colours would look good on so many different types of eye colours and has a lot of versatility.

This other product from Milani has been my favourite for a little while now. It's the Lipstick in the colour Sangria.

This lipstick is so creamy and smooth it doesn't dry up and leave your lips crusty as some dark colours can do. 

The pigment in this lipstick is amazing and the smell OMG it's yummy. You know how you buy a lipstick and you bring it home and it just smells like...grossness? Well this my dears does NOT. This smells like heaven with candy in it.

The packaging is super cute and sleek and did I mention the colour STAYS ON! Two very big thumbs up for me.

The last makeup product I have to tell you about is from L'Oreal Telescopic in the colour black.

I have always had issues with mascara. They don't make my eyelashes long enough, they don't volumize them, they don't leave my lashes strong all day.

Well let me tell you if that's what you're looking for then this is definitely the mascara for you. This mascara lengthens, adds volume, plus it leaves your lashes strong and crispy all day.

I have never been more compliamented on how amazing my eyelashes look than when I started using this mascara. The brush is plastic and skinny so if you don't like those and you love those big amazing brushes then this is NOT the mascara for you. 

This is definitely my go to mascara now and I wish I had found it sooner.

Last but not least is one of my most favourite items that I have been using for years now. This product is not makeup BUT it is for nails.

From Sally Hansen it's the Insta-Dri Anti-Chip Top Coat.

Ladies I have told dozens of people about this product now, and I was as skeptical as you are. I'm an O.P.I girl always have been, but when I tried this for the first time it completely changed me.

This top coat not only dries your nails 10 times faster than most top coats but wait for it....you nail polish lasts a WEEK (on most occasions when your hands aren't always submerged in water, than there is no top coat ever that will slow the chipping process)

I can now do my nails an hour before bed and not worry that I'll wake up with sheet marks on them. I don't have to stress about what colour i'm going to put on two days later because my nails look like a 16 year old girl has been picking at them. 

Yes this will change your life, just as it has mine. Try this out you wont be sorry.

These are my May Favourites and I would love to hear what yours are. Maybe there is a product that you think I would like or is better than one of the ones that I've talked about here. 

Let me know!

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XoXo

Blonde Bombshell

Products Mentioned in Order:

(3 Pack) MILANI Easybrow Automatic Pencil - Nautral Taupe

REVLON Photoready Airbrush Mousse Makeup, Natural Beige, 1.4 Ounce

RIMMEL LONDON Stay Matte Long Lasting Pressed Powder - Sandstorm

RIMMEL LONDON Match Perfection Skin Tone Adapting Concealer - Light

BH Cosmetics Correcting Eye Primer - Eye Primer

BH Cosmetics Forever Nude Makeup Palette - Forever Nude

MILANI Color Statement Lipstick - Sangria

L'Oreal Paris Telescopic Original Mascara, Carbon Black, 0.27-Fluid Ounce

SALLY HANSEN Insta-Dri Anti-Chip Top Coat - Transparent

Orange is NOT the New Black

Ok who hasn't wanted to have a nice glowing complexion on their legs in 1 minute rather than it taking time and time again in the sun.

A while back I was going to a wedding and when I tried on my short black dress, BAM!!! I had these white gray legs that blended in with the wall ha ha ha....ya I know pathetic!

Well I was desperate for these legs to change colour so that I wouldn't look so ridiculous in this gorgeous dress. I needed something and I needed it NOW.

I headed over to Walmart and was looking in the beauty section for something that was reasonable in price and I found a product by Sally Hansen called Airbrush Legs. 

At the time when I was there I only found the spray bottle so I figured what the heck. When I got home right away I wanted to try this product out.

Well let me tell you something ladies, don't be hasty when applying a self tanner, or anything that will enhance the colour of your skin tone. 

I sprayed it on and rubbed it around covering my whole leg when I realized HOLY WOW MY LEG'S ORANGE!!! 

I figured ok benefit of the doubt keep on going it's bound to get better right? WRONG!

Well not only was I hasty in applying the spray and rubbing it around but I totally forgot to do three very very important things prior to applying a tanner. 

I forgot to SHOWER, EXFOLIATE and MOISTURIZE! Oh No, what did I do...My leg was splotchy with parts that were tanned orange, some that were a nice tan colour and others that just weren't anything at all!!! What was I going to do the wedding was that NIGHT!

I hopped in the shower and prayed it would come off. I scrubbed and exfoliated and scrubbed some more until my skin was soooo smooth it was actually itchy! (Ya you know what I'm talking about, right after you exfoliate your dry skin and you come out to dry off and you get that itch!)

Well needless to say I was in luck! I looked down and the colour wasn't back to normal but it was light enough that I could try and do it all over again. "This time I was going to do it right" I said

These are the steps I used...I moisturized my legs, feet and knees thoroughly until I knew that my dry skin was all gone.

I sprayed the Airbrush Legs by Sally Hansen on and rubbed it in just like I was applying a second layer of moisturizer.

Of course I did the other leg this time and I just kept on praying that I wouldn't turn into an orange by the end of all of this. 

I swear all this to look good in a dress!! How ridiculous!!!

Needless to say that I was able to wait until it dried and looked at myself in the mirror with my dress on and their they were, the most gorgeous coloured legs I'd seen since....well probably the last vacation I'd been on when I was able to bake in the sun...Ahhh those were the days.

Now thankfully the product does wash off so I didn't have these Ronald McDonald hands with the rest of my body my regular colour (white!) ha ha ha

So what do I think about this Sally Hansen Airbrush Leg??!! 

I'll give it an average Thumps Up! Nothing super special but works pretty good.

I mean for something that is not going to stay on for longer than one shower, and at about $12.00 how do you go wrong?

Ok Bombshells I know you like having that glowing skin that just makes you look healthy and happy. So why not try it?

What do you think about self tanners? 

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XoXo

Blonde Bombshell

Holy Brushes!!

Let me start by saying NO I DID NOT JUST PURCHASE THESE NOW I PROMISE!!! (boyfriend...I'm talking to you!)

So now that that is taken care of on to my review ....

In the past year or a little longer I would say, I've been really getting involved with beauty products especially makeup. I've always dabbled in it and loved it but never tried to do more with it, until recently.

I've been venturing out of my comfort zone and trying new products of makeup, cleansers, beauty products, accessories and of course tools!!!

So today's review is on a brand I just recently discovered by the name of Morphe Brushes. I was on YouTube one night watching one of my beauty Guru's that I subscribe to and she had mentioned a company by the name of Morphe Brushes and how she found them very comparable to M.A.C.

I did my research (of course!) and found out that the quality of their brushes were very very good but at lower end pricing. They have so many different types too!!

From synthetic, Natural and Vegan too….!!! I read reviews and realized I wanted to try them out and see what I thought.

I bought the 18 Vegan Brush Set and it comes with a pleather case that folds and clips closed. 

I added a few other brushes that I wanted that didn't come with the set. I bought the C460 Flat Contour, C404 Small Duo Foundation, C01 Foundation Blender, C417 Chubby Shadow, SS027 Deluxe Blending Crease and the IB124 Italian Badger Kabuki.

Phewww that was a mouth full right?!! So here you'll see the full set and the extras….now while I was taking these pictures I totally forgot about the Kabuki so I don't have a picture of it.

Ok so when they arrived they smelled like really potent glue and plastic. The first thing I did was open and air it out of course! But the number one priority was to clean them.

Get this....I don't remember not even one hair coming out of any of the eye brushes and about one or two came out of one of the face brushes...Great right!!!?

After they air dried on their sides for about 2 days they were good to start using. 

Right away I noticed that the face brushes were all very soft and slightly dense not much at all. I personally would have loved for the set to come with at least one really great foundation application brush, more dense for flawless liquid foundation application, but it didn't so that's why I purchased one separately.

There is however a pointed foundation brush that came with the set that was the perfect density for all the corners of the face and under the eye application.

The eye brush...well what can I say other than GREAT! I love the quality and the feel and how they just glide around your face with the perfect softness and density all at the same time.

I swear if I didn't know any better I would have thought that there was a M.A.C 217 or a 239 that snuck it's way in the midst of these brushes as I was using them. 

Now the separate brushes that I purchased were amazing add-ons and I totally recommend them 100%. The Flat Contour brush is something that I think every makeup artist (or anyone that enjoys doing their makeup) should own. It really applies that contour colour with a straight tight edge that you want right before you blend it all in. The Chubby Shadow brush and the Deluxe Crease brush were both a NEED!! 

The Deluxe crease is just the perfect size to get right into your crease and blend out all those harsh lines and the perfect texture and feel that you would want rubbing away on your eye. Honestly I don't know what I can say about the Chubby Shadow brush but BUY IT!

The Small Duo Foundation brush makes for a great beautiful flawless airbrush feel application for your liquid foundations. It stipples just the right amount to really give you that 'No makeup' look.

The Foundation Blender is ok. I mean it's NOT a Beautyblender, but it does the job. I personally wouldn't purchase it again if I had to just because I would prefer to buy the beautyblender.

Now lastly the Italian Badger Kabuki. It absolutely STINKS when you wash it for the first time. I had to wash it 2 times with kids shampoo because I couldn't handle he nasty wet animal smell. (That's what you get for real hair I guess!!) So once you make sure it's absolutely dry completely (and believe me you'll know) then you can use it. It's soft and really smooth application. I guess buy it if you can handle the initial smell.

Overall I'm going to have to say that I give Morphe Brushes the Vegan Set plus the add-ons two thumbs up!!!

Their great affordable and very good quality synthetic that you really want in makeup brushes.

So Bombshells....what are your thoughts on the quality of your makeup brushes??

XoXo

Blonde Bombshell

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Free Nail Polish!!

Good Morning Bombshells!

I just received a GREAT coupon and thought....I'm going to share this with all my amazing readers out there :)
I mean who doesn't love a good deal right?!! Exactly I feel the same way.

Shoppers Drug Mart sent me an email yesterday for a deal on nail polish......!!!!! Woohoo nail polish I love me some nail polish. It's been an obsession of mine for YEARS and YEARS.

Since I thought "Hey I know I would love to know about this special coupon if I didn't receive it" that's why I'm sharing it with all my Canadian's out there. For all of you who aren't Canadian I'm so sorry but you can't purchase from Shoppers Drug Mart online....hmmm maybe that's something that we should be bringing up to them? Hmmmmm........Tweet them @ShoppersDrugMart

So in light of sharing the love of nails to all of you, here you go..Enjoy!!!

Share with me what you buy and how sexy your new nails look! 

And remember painted pretty nails always makes you feel more confident about your hands...(or at least it does for me!)

So what colour should I do this week???

XoXo

Blonde Bombshell

Not The Only Blonde?

So it's been brought to my attention that commenting on my blog is something of a challenge....clearly I'm not the only blonde !!!

To comment below you can select how you want it to be posted. Google is the default account. Under the message box there is a drop down that says comment as: (this is where you choose how you want to comment) lol !!

You know I've been asked several times now, why the blog? Or, so what's up with this? Honestly it's fun! It's a release and I think I'm good at it. I want to give people my opinion about things that I try and use because at least their real reviews.

See beauty, fashion and products are just things that I know! I grew up around salons and of course the beauty industry is always entwined with fashion. Why not do something you're good at? Or at least you think you're good at right?!

Social Media these days are the way to get everything and anything you want to talk about or discuss out there. For someone like me who has a Monday to Friday job and it's just not enough for them, then this is the only way to be known and get out there and do things that you do enjoy.

Ultimately everyone has a passion in life and mine...well I'm really good at talking lol (or so my dad says!!) I have aspirations in life, I think we all do. It's just what you do about them that counts. For myself...well I've decided that I'm not going to sit on the side lines anymore and just let my life pass right by before my eyes and the enjoyment of life just wont be there. NO I've decided that you need to take the bull by the horns so to speak and make your own destiny in life, so that is what I'm doing here.

"I have a dream" said Martin Luther King and in that dream I will be my own person and I will be who I am meant to be.
I want to help people, I want to make them feel beautiful about themselves, and feel like the best they can.

So...yes I will keep writing and I will keep trying to get my name out there, so that I can begin to make people beautiful by the simple things as applying makeup or trying a new product and of course by purchasing that flattering outfit!

Started something from the bottom up isn't easy, but when you have your whole heart in it there is no stopping you!

Start making your appointments today for your makeup application or make over. Doesn't everyone want to look their best when they leave their front doors? I know I do!

Cyndi Lauper was right all along. 'Girls just want to have fun!'

Till next time, keep moisturizing and everything will be alright :)

xoxo
Blonde Bombshell

Lets talk waxing!

Ok so for some reason we tend to think that beauty is pain...or is that something I just think? Hmm

This weekend I decided to venture out and try waxing myself....yes! exactly what you're thinking is what I did...I know right! Can you say CRAZY.
So for a while I was having my wax done professionally, but that all came to an end very quickly when I had children. Damn that guilt factor, it sucks! Then my girlfriend started doing it for me and that was great! But let me tell you, you need to get over embarrassment real quick when it comes right down to it. So why am I doing it myself you ask? Well that's because she selfishly :) got herself pregnant!! I KNOW the NERVE Right! :) hahahaaa

Well ladies and if there are guys out there reading this be prepared....doing your own at home wax, alone, with no other hands to help you, WOW not easy.
First let me tell you the product I used. Nair Moroccan Argan Oil waxing strips.

Let's see, what do I think about it? Amazeballs! For a store bought brand, a non professional wax, it's a really good home waxing kit. It works on short hair (yes only short!!!) and it keeps the skin smooth after.

Now on someone who wants to do this in the privacy of their own home, you honestly may want some help. It'll be that much easier for you in the long run. For those of you who decide, "I don't need help! I can do this all on my own!" Hahahahaaa ya be prepared NOT EASY.

First thing I recommend is definitely do not use the whole strip all at once because there is absolutely no way that you can pull that whole strip off in one go without wanting to scream from the top of your lungs and have next door think that something is happening to you and they need to call the police.
Cut each strip in tiny strips and use it that way. So effective and you don't use to many at a time which is another great thing! Uh hello multiple use!!!.....I mean really how do you go wrong for 40 sheets at $14.95. You can't!!! The one kit is going to last for a few uses, now who doesn't like a bargain out there? I know I do!

I personally purchased mine at Walmart here in Canada, but you can buy it at Target, Shoppers Drug Mart which is equivalent to a CVS or Walgreens if you're in the US, if you can't find it at your local Walmart. You can also get your instructions or specific types of Nair products that you should use for specific areas at www.naircare.ca / www.naircare.com

So, does this mean we're going to be nice and smooth for summer? Hmm I'll never tell :)

xoxo
Blonde Bombshell

New to blogging, let's see what all the fuss is about...

Recently I've been told that I should start a blog. I read them, I watch videos but I never thought about actually making one.

So here it goes, a little about me....

I'm a single mom of two beautiful little boys (but I'm partial :) I have a full time job on top of being a mom!! (I know how do I do it right!!!??)

No honestly the biggest reason I wake up in the morning is for them. So here is my story (in short because lets face it, it can be boring)

I have recently been soul searching and realized I want more in life than I have..I mean who doesn't right? Right!! Well I guess the only way to have more and do better is by pushing yourself to the limits.

I've decided that I'm going to start by blogging. Now it took me a little while to figure out what I was going to blog about because I like many things but I have to make it interesting....so this is what I've come up with!

This blog will be based on my likes & dislikes...what's that you ask, good question;

Nails!! LOVE THEM and they look so cute dolled up

Makeup OBSESSED!! no seriously I love everything about it

My purchases...see this gets tricky, single mom salary means budget and bargain (Do your research) and hey if you don't want to do the research I'll do it for you

Fashion, Style & Trends!!! The goods with the bads.

See here is the thing, this is only MY OPINION. I'm not the editor of Vogue or on Style Watch I just love it all and think 'hey! why the heck not!'

So!!! Is it true that blonde's do have more fun?? 

Only time will tell....

XoXo

Blonde Bombshell