Glambag for June

This month's Glambag came at a reasonable time. 10 points. The bag itself was sparkly gold and rather than a zip closure, it had a button-flap closure. 10 points. Inside were things that I will definately use:
                         NYX round lipstick in Eucalyptus
                         Philosphy breath of fresh air moisturizer
                         Living Proof no frizz lotion
                         Mally(?) permanent black pen liner- I won't be using this because it says not for lense wearers.

This bag was great- no perfume samples, no more make up brushes or random junk doodads.
I woul love to post pictures for you guys but my camera is taking a 'break' from his busy high profile job. Meaning he is broken.

What do you guys think of Glambag? Do you use any other beauty subscription service? What are your opinions on them?

xo Bre

May Glam bag....what to say.. It was a let down, if I have a monthly subscription then I kinda expect that once the money has been taken from my account..lets say May 1st, then my subscription should be in my mail box WELL before the middle-end of the month. My Glambag did not come until May 18th. Not a huge deal but Birchbox gets it to you within the first ten days of the month, Julep is even faster. I just expected it to be shipped sooner than it was, especially considering what was inside.

Now to the products.
May's Glam bag contained the last two make up brushes to the Glambag set, a Studio Gear lipstick, Miss Beauty Nail Bling and a Philosophy perfume sample.
Overall I was not super impressed with this months bag. Granted the products were diverse and interesting to try out, I think the fact that it arrived so late and that two of the given products were duds; the perfume and the nail stickers...the design was in the middle of the sticker so the only way to get the cute pink heart on your nail was to cut both ends of the sticker so that only the heart would show on the nail. Otherwise you would only get half of a heart and I'm sorry but that doesn't look good. Another thing is with rhinestone nail decals it is hard to file off the excess without ruining the design.

The Studio Gear lipstick is in the shade winter red. Which is a dark blood red color. I would have put up more photos and swatches but my camera has decided to stop focusing, so the above pictures will have to do for now. :)

I love the design and color scheme of May's bag, it is super cute and I do plan on using it for when I travel to the Olympics in July.

Gel Nails

So two weeks ago I finally caved and went to the nail salon to get gel nails. My best friend in the world came with me and it was fun and didn't take crazy long. We ended up choosing colors from the Gelish line, although they did offer some of the new OPI Gel colors too.

The only thing I didn't appreciate was the UV curer. The color I chose was a light pink, so the lady kept adding more coats to get a nice even color which resulted in a lot of 'lets microwave our hands time', it wasn't super hot, but by the end my hands felt like they were starting to tan. That borderline feeling of needing more sunblock or some shade before you get burned. Ok maybe I'm exaggerating a BIT  but my hands were cured for more than 3 minutes.

Onto the wear time. Now my best friend works in a deli so she is constantly washing her hands and
cookware and bleach tends to be involved more often then not. After getting her nails done on a thursday they lasted til Sunday.

As for me I just got them all off today..so they lasted one day shy of two weeks! The didn't chip, except where my nail itself had broken or chipped and my nails while wearing them, were still flexible, unlike with a french manicure. For thirty dollars I felt that this was worth it. Would I do it all the time? No, but every once in a while to feel a little more put together, why not.

Now I thought because gel nails is still a polish base product that having them would help my nails grow longer. My nails did grow past their usual breaking point but only because the gel was on them. Once I took it off, my nails were thin and fragile underneath and they had to be cut, they were long which was great, but super flimsy which wasn't.


Here are some pictures to share my experience: 

The thumb nail in this picture is my only nail that did chip, but it was a result of a chunk of my nail breaking off not the polish itself.

I know this isn't the best picture, but here you can see that I did mine a pale baby pink. Oh the gel polish definately dried with a nice shine it, not matte at all.


I hope you enjoyed reading my experience with gel nails. I know I did, but now I can't wait to paint them in a rainbow of colors!

xo

April's Glam Bag

I was surprised this morning by a package in the mail, it was as you can assume from the title, the April glambag. Being that this is my first one I thought I would share my thoughts as well as some pictures of what came in it.

First off, the bag. The bag is a metallic pink and a single zip closure. As simple as this is, it is perfect for using as a clutch, to help organize your purse, make up bag etc.

Below is the card that came with it describing what you can do with the products in the bag.
Also I forgot to mention that this month's theme was 'A night out'.

Now onto the goodies!!!!  Included was an Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Ransom ( a dark purple),
two my glam brushes both pink, oneall over  shadow and one liner brush, Dermstore brand Lip Quench and All Belle Natural Lash in Red Wedding.

Overall for $10 and free shipping, this was and is a great deal, if you haven't subscribed be sure to do so now so you can get next months glambag. Subscriptions are limited so you may have to put your self on the notification list for when they are open again. You'll get an email when you can register.

Here is the link: myglam.com

Thanks for reading,

Have a bubbly day!!! :)

Bre <3

I have a bit of a problem. I can't stop buying cosmetics. Even when I've bought everything on my list, I find a bajillion more things I 'need' and already my next paycheck spent before I've worked for it.

To stay or Go!

So I just got my associates and transfered to a really nice school for business. I hate it though..ok maybe I don't hate it but I don't think I want to be here. Not right now anyways. I could always come back in the fall..I'm just not motivated. I haven't bought any books, or taken anything seriously. All I think of is what I am going to do when I go home. I usually am such a nerd when it comes to school but not this time around. My mom thinks I'll regret it and never go back. And true I've only been here for about a week but I just..idk...I'm not feeling it and why spend the money on a semester of college if I'm not willing or motivated to but in the work to get the grades I know I am capable of?