Showing posts with label Highend. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Highend. Show all posts

Thursday, November 22, 2018

Vlog: Product Empties - 11/22/2018

Hey Guys..

Hope you enjoyed my Product Empties.
If you haven't watched it yet, what are you waiting for?



You can find all product details from my video below.


Products Details:
Sei Bella Makeup Removing Cleansing Wipes
Pacifica Sea Foam Facial Cleanser
Pacifica Rose Kombucha Facial Cleanser
Kiehl's Ultra Facial Toner
Dr. Brandt PoreDermabrasion
Elizzavecca Hell Pore Clean Up Mask
BareMinerals SkinLongevity Vital Power Infusion Serum
SmashBox Photo Finish Primer Water
LA Girl Shady Slim Brow Pencil
Milani Lash Trifecta Mascara
NYC Sky Rise Lengthening Mascara
Sei Bella Defining Mascara
Wet N Wild Illumi-Naughty Concealing Pen
House of Lashes Lash Glue
Matrix Biolage Ultra HydraSource Shampoo
Matrix Biolage Ultra HydraSource Conditioner
Herbal Essences Argan Oil of Morocco Creme
Pacifica Indian Coconut Nectar Body Butter
Revive Warm Spiced Latte Room Spray Refill
Revive Spiced Apple Cider Room Spray Refill

Brushes Used: 
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BoxyCharm:

FabFitFun:

Ebates:

Bite Beauty Ambassador Program:
__________

In case you missed it, check out my last post!
Hair Care Routine
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FTC:
Not sponsored.
All opinions are my own.
Some links are affiliate links.

Saturday, September 8, 2018

Vlog: Bite Beauty French Press - 8/24/18

Hey Guys..

If you haven't watched it yet, what are you waiting for?



You can find all product details from my video below.


Products Details:
Bite Beauty French Press Lip Gloss
Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick

Brushes Used:

__________

BoxyCharm:

FabFitFun:

Ebates:

Bite Beauty Ambassador Program:
__________

Don't forget to follow to my blog and stalk my shit before you go.

__________

FTC:
Not sponsored.
All opinions are my own.
Some links are affiliate links.

Friday, September 7, 2018

Vlog: BarePro Foundation Demo & Review - 9/11/17

Hey Guys..

If you haven't watched it yet, what are you waiting for?





You can find all product details from my video below.


Products Details:
BarePro Foundation by BareMinerals
Photo Finish Primer by Smashbox

Brushes Used:

Beauty Sponge by L'Oreal
__________

BoxyCharm:

FabFitFun:

Ebates:

Bite Beauty Ambassador Program:
__________

Don't forget to follow to my blog and stalk my shit before you go.

__________

FTC:
Not sponsored.
All opinions are my own.
Some links are affiliate links.

Vlog: KVD Lock It Review - 8/27/17

Hey Guys..

If you haven't watched it yet, what are you waiting for?




You can find all product details from my video below.


Products Details:
KVD Lock It Foundation
KVD Lock It Concealer Creme
KVD Lock It Setting Powder
KVD Lock It Brightening Powder
KVD Lock It Setting Spray
KVD Shade & Light Contour Palette
KVD Shade & Light Eye Contour Palette

Brushes Used:

__________

BoxyCharm:

FabFitFun:

Ebates:

Bite Beauty Ambassador Program:
__________

Don't forget to follow to my blog and stalk my shit before you go.

__________

FTC:
Not sponsored.
All opinions are my own.
Some links are affiliate links.

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Vlog: MAC Cosmetics - 5/20/17

Hey Guys..

Hope you enjoyed my MAC Cosmetics First Impressions.
If you haven't watched it yet, what are you waiting for?




You can find all product details from my video below.

Products Details:
MAC Studio Finish Concealer
MAC Strobe Cream
MAC Studio Fix Fluid
MAC Pro Longwear Concealer
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural
MAC Mineralize Blush
MAC Extra Dimension Skinfinish
MAC Fix +


Don't forget to follow to my blog and stalk my shit before you go.



FTC:
Not sponsored.
All opinions are my own.


Some links are affiliate links.

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Blog: GRWM & Hair Update

Hey everyone!!

Oh my f*cken gosh guys, it's been a crazy few weeks here in the "On A Mission" household.
I talked about it recently on my YouTube channel, which surprise *confetti explosion* I've started back up on my YouTube channel and guess what I promise to be just as inconsistent on there too, lmfao.

Obviously the GRWM part of this video is available here.
Chill with me, watch me do some light ass summer makeup, and probably talk some shit about something hahaha just kidding.

Okay enough YouTube plugs.
I recently posted a Biolage Ultra HydraSource review and by recently I actually mean a few weeks ago.
If you read my previous review then you'd obviously know how I feel about that line, so with my hair journey in full swing (started in January), I figured that I should try out a new line of shampoo which by the way it was also a high end brand that I always hear about in the beauty community, which I chose based off my personal hair needs and had claims similar to my current favorite products.



I bought the jumbos from ULTA, (BTW: most of the high end shampoo and conditioner jumbos are currently on sale at ULTA starting at $14.99 until July 28th I think)
and used the line for around 6-8 weeks, made it to around halfway of those big ass bottles before I decided it was crap.
Previous positive changes that I had noticed about my hair were suddenly starting to fade and dull and I decided it was just time to go back to my current favorite before it got worse.

Don't forget to catch up on my Biolage Ultra HydraSource review to see how their line changed my hair and I can now also say that in comparison, my thought about their line have only strengthened.

I've been thinking of doing a full review that line that I disliked so much and that is why I did not mention which one it is specifically yet.

If you guys are interested in another full hair care review so soon, let me know in the comments below.
Don't forget to follow to my blog and stalk my shit before you go.



Products Mentioned:

FTC:
Not sponsored.
All opinions are my own.


Some links are affiliate links.

Sunday, May 20, 2018

Biolage HydraSource Review

Hey everyone!! 

My laptop has been broken, which is probably obvious by my lack of posts. 
Well I'm finally back up and running and ready to kick shit off with a review!

Today we’re talking hair care. 
A little back story on my hair:
I have always had super long (currently booty length), thick, wavy hair, and I've neglected the fuck out of it and took advantage of the fact that, "I got it from my mama".
What that really means is that I never paid much attention to my hair care because it was naturally beautiful and I never thought it would go to shit. 
I just bought which ever shampoo and conditioner caught my eye or smelled yummy (for my hair type of course). 



Then a couple years ago when I had my daughter, my hair went to shit. 
I hear this is quite normal (blah blah blah) but I began freaking the fuck out. 
Not only was my hair thinner than before but it was super dry, frizzy, lifeless, and I had a ton of breakage. 
I had no idea where to start or what to do because I never did anything before.
I can’t even tell you how many drugstore brands and lines I tried yet I saw absolutely no changes in my hair. 
I figured I needed to stop crying about my hair and do something before it got worse, so in January I decided to dive into the world of high end hair care and not only that but I also created a hair care routine for myself which I’ll get into in a different post.



Onto the good shit!!
(btw I used the entire bottles of shampoo & conditioner before writing this review)


Matrix Biolage Ultra HydraSource Shampoo ($25) 
Matrix Biolage Ultra HydraSource Conditioner ($27)
I purchased the jumbo sizes 33.8 oz.
This line smells amazing but then most high end hair care products usually do. 
The scent is super light, very clean, with a barely there kinda watery floral scent. 
Seriously the watery floral scent is so light and smells so damn good that I stood at my kitchen island inhaling it for a few minutes like a weirdo, the scent lingers in my hair for hours (that doesn’t really matter to me but I know it does to some so I thought I’d mention it lol). 
The first week I noticed my hair felt soft and silky. 
I didn’t wanna get too psyched too soon because my hair needed more than that.
After the first month I really saw the difference and you couldn’t shut me up about it. 
It’s like it wasn’t even the gross mop that had been living on my head recently, my hair was slowly but surely finding it’s way back to normal (for me). 
All the frizziness was gone and the visible breakage from before was even smoothed down, the breakage used to be very visible because my hair was so dry that it would just stick up wherever my hair was parted but all of that was gone.
My hair feels silky to the touch, it’s very visibly shiny, it feels hydrated, and most importantly its looks and feels healthy. 
Even air dried with no styling products my hair looks and feels shiny, silky, hydrated, and frizz free. 
My hair even has more bounce and movement, whereas before it was kinda stiff and scratchy like a broom. 
I know that sounds horrible but it's true.
These big ass bottles lasted me around 3 months too, so that’s more than decent for the price and also taking into consideration that I have a crap ton of hair. 
I also wash my hair 3-4 times a week, I try to go 2 days between but it’s usually more like every other day. 
I don’t think I can go back to drugstore shampoo & conditioner after this.


Matrix Biolage HydraSource Conditioning Balm ($27)
I purchased the jumbo size 16.9 oz. 
This has the same amazing scent as the shampoo & conditioner. 
I used this twice a week the first month when I felt my hair really needed it more, then went down to once a week and it still maintained the same results. 
This added a huge boost of hydration to my hair and every time I used it, my hair just felt happy and almost like I had applied a serum or something. 
It worked amazing to restore the much needed moisture to my hair, especially while using the matching shampoo & conditioner. 
Obviously you don’t have to use them together but that's just what I did.
I put this in my hair as soon as I get in the shower then tie my hair up and leave it on during my entire shower, I rinse it out right before I get out of the shower so that I can leave it in for as long as possible. 

My hair looks and feels so much better since starting the Matrix Biolage HydraSource line, which like I said before was noticeable after only a week and by the month mark I was sold.
After that first month though I did add a few things into my hair care routine which definitely helped my overall outcome.

Leave your favorite shampoo/conditioner and hair type in the comments below or hit me up on social media to chat. 
I'm always trying to be more social but you know how that goes.
Don't forget to follow to my blog and stalk my shit before you go.



Products Mentioned:
Matrix Biolage Ultra HydraSource Shampoo
Matrix Biolage Ultra HydraSource Conditioner

FTC:
Not sponsored.
All opinions are my own.
Some links are affiliate links.

Sunday, February 25, 2018

Shook or Shit: NARS Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation Review

Hey everyone!!

I decided to start a new series on here of hyped products and I'm calling it, Shook or Shit.
It'll be real ass reviews about hyped products that I try.
So welcome to the very first post of Shook or Shit!


I figured since I'm a foundation junkie we'd start this new series off with a foundation.

The NARS Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation.
I was excited af when I heard about this foundation.
I have combo/oily skin and this sounded like a fucking dream, matte yet radiant and long wearing omfg yes, so much yes.
I hesitated and procrastinated for weeks when it finally released because it was so hyped up and literally everyone, their mamas, and their grannies were saying it's their fave.
I was calling bullshit basically.
This is the first NARS foundation I've purchased mostly because the others weren't really what I was looking for, for my skin type, and honestly they just didn't grab me but I do love and regularly use a bunch of other NARS products.
After staring at it in my online shopping cart for what feels like forever, I decided fuck it because based on NARS' claims, it really was what I was looking for in a foundation.
Plus I could give a real ass normies take on this over hyped product.


NARS Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation $49
I purchased the shade Fiji (light/medium w/yellow undertones).
I love NARS packaging and this is just as beautiful as expected, heavy weighted clear glass, simple clean lines, matte black cap, and of course this baby comes with a pump.
I mean fuck, at $49 bucks it better have a pump.
It comes with 1.01 oz which is pretty much standard with 1 oz being the most common average.

I do have a fairly light complexion but being xicana I also have yellow and beige (olive) in my undertones and I was shocked how well this foundation matched me because I guessed online lol, oh and btw I always go for yellow undertones.
It was maybe like barely half a shade darker than my skin but the undertones were spot on, it wasn't overly yellow and definitely has a tiny hint of beige in there (I got lucky because I didn't know that when I ordered it), and once I added my concealer into the mix it really was the perfect shade.
TBH though I'm shocked this shade matched me so well because I'm pretty pasty and this said it was for light to medium skin tones and I'm nowhere near medium, in that case this shade ran pretty light so be aware of that when purchasing online.
This also did not oxidize on me at all.


I used this for a little over a week every time I wore makeup to really get a feel for it.
I have combo skin and I multi prime my skin every time I wear makeup which basically means I use 2 primers every time.
So I was able to try this foundation with multiple matte/pore refining and hydrating/smoothing/illuminating primers and had no compatibility issues with any of them.

Applied with a sponge:
I prefer to use sponges so that was how I tried it out the first few times.
I'm absolutely still obsessed with the L'Oreal Infallible Foundation Blender (their pink sponge) and use this sponge most, so that's what I used for this foundation.
The pump only squirts out a small amount compared to other foundation pumps, it's maybe about half a pump which now makes sense because a little definitely goes a long way.
The coverage of this foundation is fucking insane, it really is full coverage, and the creamy consistency spreads out so easily to cover your face without losing any of the coverage.
It is matte and started to dry down a little but not so quick that you don't have time to blend, just don't oooh and aaah for 10 minutes and you're fine but you don't have to rush or anything though.
The finish of this foundation once applied is beautiful, it has a super healthy glow which is my favorite lately.
It kinda looked as though it'd be a satin finish but it was definitely laying matte on my skin without being too dry or having a powdery finish.
It was just fucking perfect and my skin looked flawless, it covered a few pigmentation marks I have on my face with just the one layer.
The thing that stood out to me is that my face didn't feel heavy or caked on and didn't look heavy or caked on either.
When a second layer was added (although unnecessary) it still looked beautiful and didn't add any heaviness to my face, I did go super light on that second layer though.


Applied with a brush:
I used both the IT Cosmetics #101 Blurring Foundation and the Sigma F80 Flat Top Kabuki brushes.
The first time I used a brush with this foundation was the IT Cosmetics #101.
Holy fuck balls, I thought the coverage was hella full when I used a sponge but it definitely gets fuller and more intense with a brush.
I can honestly say that when applied with a brush, it is the fullest coverage foundation that I currently own.
With that extra coverage though it did look and feel slightly heavier and when I say heavier I don't mean that it was really heavy in general just noticeably heavier than when applied with a beauty sponge.
There was no way in hell that this needed a second layer with a brush and when I added the tiniest bit of a second layer, it was just too much for me but still looked amaze balls.
The next time when I used the Sigma F80 Flat Top Kabuki once again fucking crazy coverage and it was just so intense I ended up going over it and pressing it into my skin with the L'Oreal Infallible Foundation Blender.
This still gave me with the crazy brush coverage but took away that extra bit of heaviness I mentioned earlier.
Holy crap it was stunning, flawless, and somehow still looked natural and healthy.

Wear Test (no touch ups):
On all days I set with translucent powders and had no compatibility issues with any of them and it also played well with all the other products I used over top.

The first few times I used it regardless of how I applied it, or which primers & powders I used I did notice it getting shiny around my oily areas (nose & forehead) at around the 6 hour mark but strangely it wasn't really breaking up or anything on my skin just yet and it wasn't a bad shiny.
At the 8 hour mark it was definitely starting to break up on and around my nose and my chin starting looking shiny too and I am not even oily on my chin, my chin's actually normal to dry.
Other than my nose breaking up a little, the rest of my face still looked great but extra luminous.

With absolutely no touch ups on those days I would say it looked amaze balls and lasted for 6 hours.

Wear Test (with touch ups):
For touch ups I blotted with a clean damp L'Oreal Infallible Foundation Blender.
Then used my fave Kat Von D Lock It Blotting Powder (in shade Light)
with an ELF Complexion Brush.

I touched up around the 6 hour mark when I started looking shiny and everything was still looking good.
I already knew from my previous wear tests that somewhere between the hours 6 and 8 things went to shit, so I made sure to catch it and touch up before that happened.
I checked in at hour 8 and everything looked really good this time, no shiny-ness and no breaking up around my nose.
My skin still looked so good and still had a healthy glow but was still matte.
I went to dinner, did one light touch up before I left and by the time I checked in again it was hour 12.
My skin looked shiny but like I said before it wasn't a bad shiny, it was more of a radiance and when I touched my finger tips to my forehead there wasn't any oil on them.
Most important it still hadn't broken up around my nose and it still looked fucking amazing right before I washed it off.
I did add one more touch up of powder right before I washed it off at the 12 hour mark just to see what would happen and I'm gonna say that it definitely felt a tad cake-y with that extra touch up of powder, it looked okay but I just didn't like the way it felt with that last touch up.
Soooo with touch ups it looked amaze balls for 12 hours and that was the longest I wore it.
Shook or Shit?
I can honestly say from a normal person who paid their own damn money for this foundation.
I am SHOOK AF!!
I really appreciated that it was matte and stayed matte but had a natural glow to it because I don't always wanna be super matte and be punished for being a grease ball.
I actually got complemented while wearing this foundation because it looked so natural and healthy on my skin and even though it got more glow-y throughout the day, it still looked beautiful and not greasy (with touch ups).
I agree with their natural looking and breathable claims.
It sat so natural on my skin and didn't accentuate any of the slight dryness on my chin, it melted into my skin but didn't sink into my pores or anything weird, and never felt heavy, cake-y, or mask like.
It also didn't make me break out at all or cause any irritation.
As for their 16 hour claim.
Although it did last 12 hours with touch ups and looked bomb, it wouldn't last must longer than that without getting cake-y from touch ups and so I guess it's up to you whether that is long wearing or not.

Keep in my mind that this review is based on my skin and preferences.
I have combination skin that changes seasonally, currently oily/slightly dry.

What do you think about the new NARS Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation?
Let me know in the comments or hit me up on social media.

Products Mentioned:
NARS Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation
L'Oreal Infallible Foundation Blender
IT Cosmetics #101 Blurring Foundation
Sigma F80 Flat Top Kabuki
Kat Von D Lock It Blotting Powder
ELF Complexion Brush