Review It #4 -- Concealer and Primer

Hello my lovely readers! Hope all of your days are going fantastic. On a quick side note I have to show you the sunset on my way to work this morning in the East Bay :-)

So I am going to continue my Review It series. I decided to go with concealers and primers today in my review.  I have tried all of these in my everyday life, going out and a very long day at work and I will let you know about how each product held up in these circumstances. 

Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circles Concealer in fair is the first product.  I have really bad dark circles so when I first saw this product I had to try it. The very first time I used it I liked it instantly.  It just made my eyes so much brighter and it lasts all day long no matter what you are doing.  Its a repurchase for sure.

CoverGirl Concealer number 725 Illuminator is the next item.  I have had this concealer for what feels like forever, it never runs out.  I use this concealer as my spot concealer.  It is smooth and creamy and goes on perfect with the right amount of coverage. It blends really well.  It also lasts all day long no matter what your doing. If it ever runs out I will repurchase this. 

e.l.f. Eye Primer & Liner Sealer is the first primer.  I love e.l.f. products, and this primer was no different.  It is in the lightest color they have in the primer, don't know the exact color name or number though.  I put the primer on my eyelids before anything else and my eyeshadow doesn't crease or smudge all day, its amazing.  It also goes on so smooth and easy.  The liner sealer I have only used once and it worked really good, I honestly just forget I have it.

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion is the other primer I have.  This sample came with my Naked palette.  It is greasy and doesn't go on very easy.  It is so greasy it makes my shadow crease and move.  I would never purchase this by itself, which is sad because I loved the packaging and got so excited when it was in there with my palette.

Thank you for reading today's review it and check back often because I am going to be continuing my Review It series often.  Loves!

Review It #3 -- Shampoo and Conditioners

Hello my wonderful readers!! I just want to wish everyone a Happy Memorial Day and make sure everyone goes out and thanks a veteran of our wonderful Armed Services this weekend for there present or past service to keeping our country free! We are having ourselves and couple BBQs this weekend with my family! What are you and your family doing to celebrate this weekend?

I am going to continue my Review It series with a review of a couple shampoos and conditioners. The first one is one I have used for a long time. I used to use the Head and Shoulders for Smooth Hair shampoo and then use the Itchy Scalp Care conditioner and my hair was amazing. But they don't make itchy scalp care conditioner anymore by itself, so I had to get the 2 in 1 shampoo and conditioner, which I don't think has as good of an effect on my hair, but still feels good. It does such good nourishment to my scalp and I love the way the eucalyptus feels on my scalp. It's really reasonably priced as well.

The second item is a separate shampoo and conditioner. It is Clear Scalp and Hair Beauty Therapy. I have volumizing root boost shampoo and frizz control conditioner. I have to say the first time I used it, I could already tell an amazing amount of difference on how clean my hair was and how soft it was. I would recommend these to anyone and everyone. I am going to use these and only these from now on after I use up all my others. They were also very reasonably priced. 

Well enjoy your weekend and stay tuned for more Review It blogs :-) Loves!

Review It #2 -- Face Washes

Hello my lovely readers! So I am continuing the Review It series that I started. Today I am going to let you know my thoughts on the face washes I have used. The first product I have used forever is Clean and Clear Morning Burst facial cleanser. I love the burst of energy it gives your face, it just cleanses your face so good and leaves it so fresh feeling. The little beads just burst on your face giving you that morning wake up call you need. I also just love that its a citrusy scent it's one of my favorite scents. The packaging is great too with the pump, because one pump is just perfect for my face with none wasted.

The second item is a scrub. I have used this only a couple times and already love it! It is the Up and Up brand from Target but it is the same thing as St. Ives Invigorating Apricot Scrub. My face just felt so good after using this, like there wasn't a smige of dirt or oil on it. It is a kind of rough feeling scrub so if you can't handle that I don't recommend this but I love to scrub and get things extra clean. It has the bead like scrubbers in it and they are amazing.

Both of these items are very affordable and can be found at any Target. Well I will see you in my next Review It. Loves!

Review It #1- e.o.s.

Hello my fabulous readers! Hope your days are wonderful lately. I am going to start a new series of makeup and other product reviews today to go along with the regular wedding posts and lifestyle posts.  Today for my first review I am going to give a short review on e.o.s. lip balms.  I have two flavors of these the Pomegranate Raspberry (below left) and Sweet Mint (below center).  I am in love with both but the sweet mint is my favorite of the two.  I found the pomegranate one to be a bit silicony. It feels like you are rubbing silicon on your lips its a weird feeling and the flavor is nonexistent   The sweet mint one was way different. It went on so smooth and the flavor is there big time and makes your lips tingle a little, I love that!  The packaging is my favorite packaging ever and makes me want to use it more and more, which is good for my lips so they are moisturized at all times. I know there are other flavors out there and I can't wait to try them all.

             

Thanks for reading, Love you!  

Birthday Recap!!

Hello readers of mine! I just wanted to post some pictures from last night's little celebration. It was a good one, I actually didn't take as many pictures as I wanted :-( We started out by meeting my parents, brother, sister in law and my adorable niece for dinner at Texas Roadhouse. Side note: isn't the sky a beautiful blue in this picture!

It was delicious!! I have left overs for lunch today too!!! After some wonderful conversation we all left and my parents and all of them went back home, but not until we took a couple pictures.  Uncle Aaron and Sophia had to take one together, my two favorite people! This is a good one I'm thinking of getting it framed!

Then yesterday was my 24th birthday but Sophia also had her half birthday or turned 6 months old lol. So we had to take a picture together as the birthday girls! I want to frame this good one too :-)

So after all that fun, Aaron and I decided we didn't want to go home just yet so we went to a couple bars and they were so crowded we just walked right back out. We ended up at Vic Steward's down the street from our house and I had a fancy drink called the Island Roundup

and kissed my fiance at the bar and wished myself a happy birthday! I just want to say thank you to my readers for reading and to my family for a wonderful birthday! It's going to be an exciting next year!!!

Birthday Time!

Hello my readers out there, whoever you are I appreciate every time you take the time to read about my life :-) A quick little side note two days ago 1 year ago I heard the words "Marry Me?!" from the man I love, Aaron, and I said "Yes, of course!" I can't wait to be the new Mrs. Thorsen! It's been a good week!

So yesterday was my 24th birthday, I don't feel different but I do feel a little different as I am passing the age that my parents were when they are married.  Anyways I did receive some presents for my birthday already and I thought I would share with you! I actually received two gift cards to Target from my mom and aunt, they know exactly what to get me :-) So I got lots of stuff I'm so excited to wear, use and watch. I got a jean skirt (that I am so excited about wearing), some undies, socks, vitamins, shampoo, the movie Bridesmaids and Breaking Dawn Part 2 (which were both on sale!), American flag shoes. I also got some makeup that I'm excited to try out:  Maybelline mascara The Rocket, EOS lip balm in sweet mint, and e.l.f. blush and bronzer contouring kit ( I will put up a review later for all).   After all that stuff I still have some left on my gift card :-).

 I also got a little money from my grandma so I went to Old Navy and got this American flag scarf and this born free shirt. I love the scarf and it goes with the shoes I got at Target and I also love being very patriotic! I got the shirt because it reminds me of the Mustang logo and my fiance, Aaron, actually drives one about this color so I thought it would be neat.

For my birthday I also received a $10 off coupon for the store Ulta. I have been saving up my Ulta rewards points so i could get what I really wanted for my birthday: the Naked palette by Urban Decay!!! I am so very excited to use all the shades in here.  With my coupon and points I saved up I got this for more than 50% off the price! 

The one color that excites me the most is the Toasted color! It looks like a rose gold beautiful color, I'm just so excited to put it on my eyelids! I will be reviewing this also later along with the eyeshadow potion primer.

 You can see I got really excited with the swatching of all the colors in the palettes :-)

I have never had a man have flowers delivered to me but my fiancé changed that today and send me these beautiful, wonderful smelling roses!

My mother in law to be got me a gift card, a beautiful mint green dress that I am so excited to wear, a beautiful bracelet and some beautiful earrings. I am very thankful for these beautiful things!

Also got this cute little pink sock money key chain and my free birthday Starbucks drink :-)

Glad the sock monkey could make you smile :-)

I hope you all have a wonderful day! 

Mother's Day 2013

Hello my wonderful readers! I want to wish a late Mother's Day to all the mothers out there.  I just wanted to show you a few pictures from our mothers day, we had a little BBQ at my parents house in Ceres. I was pretty much the only women that was not a mother in attendance, so I did have a hard time dealing with that because I want to have a baby really bad but we are waiting until we are married for sure!

So in these two pictures we have my sister in law Cindy, my mom Judy (holding my niece Sophia), my grandmas Betty (in the chair) and Rosemary. All of them wore the same color without even talking to each other about it lol.

This is me and my niece Sophia, she is going to be 6 months tomorrow (on my birthday) :-)!

Happy Mother's Day again to my wonderful mom and all the other mothers out there, maybe next year I can join the club :-)