L.A. Girl Gladzed Lip Paint!

I found a dupe for Too Faced Melted Lipsticks! When Too Faced came  out with these lips products I was so happy because I love the OCC Lip Tars, but they dry out my lips and feather pretty bad.  I love the idea of a highly pigmented lip gloss type of product, and that is exactly what the melted lips sticks are!

Welllllll, I went to Sephora and tried one on and of course fell in love with them and the packaging, but I just couldn't spend $21 on one lip product.  I am really trying to cut back.  So, I walked around with my hot pink lips and debated if I should splurge or wait until I can really make the purchase.  So I put them back and walked out of the store (almost crying).

Well they other day I was on instagram (follow me @bthebeauty1) and I saw something posted on L.A. Girl Cosmetics.  I went to their site and I was looking at their products and then all of a sudden I saw Gladzed Lip Paints that looked JUST like the Too Faced products! The packaging was very similar with the colored tube and the gold top.  Then I looked at the price and get this, they were only $4 EACH!!!!!!!!!! So I did what any make up junkie would do, bought all five of the available colors!

I just got them in the mail today and these things are SOOOOOOO similar to the Too Faced Melted Lipsticks.  I can't say excatly because I only tied on the Too Faced one on in Sephora, but I mean, these are a dead ringer! The packaging is very similar except the Too Faced packaging has a sponge like applicator which I prefer better! The colors of the L.A. Girl paints are just as thick and pigmented as Too Faced.

Below are my Swatches:

From Left to Right: Pin-up, hot mess, babydoll, coy, blushing

These colors are similar to the Too Faced as follows: melted candy, melted coral, melted fuchsia, melted violet, melted fig

Here is the packaging:

I am very happy with these so far.  I believe they all have peppermint in them right now so they will have a "lip plumping" effect to them, but it isn't anything too crazy! It feels good!! 

You can purchase the L.A Girl Lip Glazed products here!  They are only $4 each and shipping was free with purchases of $25 or more! 

If you buy some, tell me what you think! 

Mind Your Line!

Every since I saw the new Benefit Eyeliner that is coming out, I have been obsessed with trying a new kind.  I ran out of my Lorac liquid liner that i was using so I stopped at sephora, real quick and I mean REAL QUICK, and picked up one of their Classic Line 24HR Felt Eyeliner.

They released this liner back in February/March, I think.  I remember it being there right before I stopped working there and I wanted to get one so bad, but we were out of stock for like 3 or 4 weeks!

Like I mentioned before, I am hooked on a liquid liner, it's easier for me to use, but I want the finish to be matte.  I have used a lot of liquid liners and some of them are so shinny it looks like I have patent leather on my lid.  I was pleased to see that this is a pretty matte liner! It's only $14 also, that's a plus! The pigment is great, it's very black, which I love! The only thing that took time for me to get used to what the actually tip of the liner.  It is a felt tip, but it is very long so it took me a few tries to get used to it.  I can get a nice sharp cat eye with this liner.  It also is easy to correct if if you get a little crazy like I do sometimes and my line looks like my nephews' sketch book!! You can also get reallllllly close to the lash line, so if you hate tight-lining the inner water liner of your upper lid, this is perfect.  Just drag it super close to your lashes and you will have the no-liner-liner-look.

One last thing! It didn't make my lash line burn! MAC Boot Black liquid liner always burned when I put it on, and the Lorac one did, sometimes, not as offer as the MAC one, but this one has been great so far!

Go get one for yourself and test it out!!!!

No Chip Nail Polish

I am a big fan of the gel manicures, but I hate how they ruin your nails.  I am not one to continuously go in and get my nails manicured every two weeks.  I would love to do that, but lets be serious, who has the time?!

I have been testing out different nail polishes, base coats, top coats and speed dry polishes.  I have tried everything from Essie, Sally Hansen, Nail's Inc and Deborah Lipman, to name a few.  My fav so far is Formula X.

Formula X is a brand that can be purchased as Sephora and has intensely pigmented polishes and amazing base and top coats.  I was testing out the polishes and top coat and noticed after a few days, my polish didn't chip.  I started paying closer attention to this and my polish lasted about 5 to 6 days with out one chip! I was so happy!

This top coat is a bit thick so you don't have to use a lot of it.  When the polish dries, it is super glossy and it hardens a bit.  I found that it works well when you put three stripes on your nail with this polish.  For example, start in the center and put a stripe from you cuticle to the tip and then repeat on the left side of the nail and on the right side.  When I didn't do this, or if I put more then one coast of this on, there were bubbles.  So be careful of that.  Other then that minor con, this is the BEST top coat that I have used for high gloss, chip free nails! It's only $10.50 too-Holla!!!!

A Formula X kit also is available for $32 which comes with the nail cleanser, primer, a color of your choice and the top coat! Steal of a deal! The polish is great and they have the most amazing spring colors!

So hurry scurry and get some now!