EASY DIY EMERGENCY BEAUTY KITS! What's in your wallet?

 Super Easy DIY Emergency Beauty Kits!

My actual emergency beauty kit!

So I was digging through one of my still packed up boxes. The goal was to find some cute jars or little jewelry boxes to organize my makeup, samples and beauty stuff. I also wanted to check out my high end yarn stash because it's cooling down enough to start a new small project before I pick my sweater knitting project back up. 

 Anyway, this stuff is in a box with my beading and jewelry making supplies, knitting and crocheting supplies, makeup and beauty stuff and some odds and ends. 

 I found a few makeup products I had completely forgot about like my fancy mall kiosk $15 a piece MicaBella Mineral Eyeshadow and Cosmetic Glitter, a  Victoria's Secret Sexy 3 in 1 blush, bronzer and highlighter that's now only a little bit of blush, my almost all used up Bobbi Brown Shimmer brick type thing that I absolutely loved and then finally I came across this cute little brand new bag. It was wallet sized and still in plastic. It said "Mary Kay" on the front so I figured it wasn't a wallet but instead a makeup bag. Perfect! Right? 

 Well I open it up and I'm confused from the minute I get it unzipped. It unzips all the way and opens like a book. On the left size theres a mirror and then some places for cards and cash. On the right theres four elastic loops of different sizes for what looks to be for makeup brushes. The makeup bag is way too short for that though.

Kinda similar but mini and less useful!

 Was this for something specific Mary Kay sold maybe? Because this thing is quite useless as a wallet since theres only one side that could be a wallet and it's tiny and it couldn't be a makeup bag because it opens all the way and it's tiny nd had no real room on the inside. So what am I going to do with this , because I still need to complete my original goal of organizing my crap. Especially my beauty samples from every Sephora order ever lol. 

 So I pretty quickly came up with a pretty ingenious idea In my opinion. I can put my most used  samples in here organized nicely. Then add some other things I will absolutely need daily or at some point in the near future.

You get the idea right?

 So I started with getting my samples all together. I had some makeup minis, perfume samples and some small beauty items I just need on a daily basis. 

Don't forget your fourth sample if you buy certain perfumes/ colognes or spend over $25 on your entire order. Just check on the dropdown bar on the side of sephoras home page and click on today's or today's deals. Every promo code option will be there for your fourth sample or free product.

 Starting on the left I grabbed my three sample perfume bottles. Aqua Di Gioa, Elizabeth and James Bourbon and flowers, and Chloe perfume. I stuck them in the smallest elastic loops. I also stuck a Bobbi pin on one of them with the perfume because it's tiny and would fit and be accessible in this place. Next I grabbed a great mini lipstick for the biggest elastic area on the left side to finish filling it. I just got my birthday gift from Sephora since my birthday will be November 4th. I picked the makeup option as opposed to the skincare option because it would last a lot longer than a three time max use of the skin care item I would get. I also had really been wanting to try Marc Jacobs Beauty brand and specifically his Highliner Gel Liner in Black and the Le Marc Lip Creme Lipstick. That came in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in the kit, probably not a color I would have chosen, but I do love the formula and the color is pretty flattering. So it had two products I'd been wanting to try so that was a no brainer. So of course the Kiss Kiss Bang Bang lipstick went in the last loop on the left. 

Now on the right there are only card slots and a side slot underneath the card area for cash maybe? So I had to get creative since there's not a lot of room. In the top card area I put one of my Sally Hansen Eyebrow Wax Strips. One is good for completely waxing both brows and honestly I look in the car mirror quite often when I'm omw somewhere I need to look decent and find my eyebrows needing a severe touch up so this will definitely come in handy. Next I grab my one use paper perfume samples and cut them out leaving a long edge at the bottom so they would stick out of the card area and not fall in which is always super annoying. Those were two Elizabeth and James samples and one Chloe sample and then on the last card slot I put a hair tie half sticking out for easy grabbing. Then next to that I put two of my ABH DipBrow Pomade and the included sample mini brush. And last but not least below the card and mirror area in the side pocket I have another perfume sample single of an E & J perfume and a Playtex Panty Liner. That's it. Then I zipped it up and threw it in my purse. I also added a sephora single makeup remover wipe to that area today.

 Don't try this in your car if it's your first time because this could happen. Yikes!

This is the type of one time use paper perfume sample I cut into a type of card shape.

This is perfect for me and has already been pulled out and used twice today. I love perfume and wear it often. Especially since I hate the smell of smoke and I'm unfortunately a smoker (shhh! Don't tell! Lol) so I use it a few times throughout the day and I like mixing scents to make it my own. I also use two to three panty liners a day to stay super fresh. Sorry if that's tmi. Then I explained why a wax strip is important especially when I'm out and about and don't have the time or inclination to pluck. I don't especially prefer it to waxing lately anyway as I get a much cleaner line with waxing and I don't miss any tiny hairs. Then the eyebrow stuff is self explanatory since all makeup needs a touch up from time to time, especially with crazy oily skin like mine. Also the hair tie for those times when you need your hair out of your face asap. And as a mother of a toddler that's often. It's also great for hot days. Also having curly, frizzy hair bobbi pins are a must since rain, humidity, heat, etc. Makes my straightened hair curl and poof in no time so a Bobbi pin helps me twist some of those areas and hide them away in an updo. The makeup wipe is for any bleeding or smudged makeup of course and this is all I really need for beauty emergencies.

 Everybody is different though. You may need eyeliner or mascara more than you need to touch up lipstick or brows. You may need individual flossers or breath strips instead of perfume. You may need a few bobbi pins and a hair clip instead of one. A great way to find out what you need in your emergency beauty kit is to figure out what are your common beauty issues and then what small things you can get to help you with those issues when you need to look your best in a hurry and you're already out of the house. 

 This has already been a lifesaver and it didn't cost me anything at all. I just grabbed things I already owned, spent five min and voila! I've been saved from beauty faux pas offen already.

Are you going to make an emergency beauty kit or walk of shame kit or do you already have one. What do you or would you put in it? Would you like more beauty DIY blogs like this in the future?

Some of these are a little crazy like are you going out for the afternoon or are you going on a vacation? Did you get ready at all before you left the house? Lol

 Would you purchase a professional emergency beauty kit because you need it or because it's cute or would you just make your own? Or do you think it's all together pointless?

Stay tuned. A bigo live expose coming in a day or so so watch for that.

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Sephora Give Me Some Lip Set 2016 Review and Pictures!

               SEPHORA GIVE ME SOME LIP SET 

                                         2016

So this and the next couple reviews, like the in bloom palette review, have been a long time coming.

 I had been focusing a lot on tutorials and on some social causes. I really just wanted to use these products for a good amount of time before giving a thorough review on anything. Anything less would be a first impressions in my mind and I don't think that would be fair to you since I want to always give super in depth and honest reviews on these expensive products since for the majority of us these aren't purchases we can often make and in turn don't make them lightly.

 Also I've got another Sephora haul coming in probably monday. I ordered the Kat Von D Metal Matte Palette (yay! So excited!), the Naked 2 (not at all new but something I needed to get me closer to finishing that collection since I have 1,3, & ultimate and returned the smaller basics), the Ciate Chloe Morello Palette/ Gift set and the Bite Beauty The Perfect Bite set for this year plus some samples. I will be doing first impression videos/ unboxings of those for my youtube but I will let you guys know here and on instagram and twitter when I do and of course in depth reviews and lots of tutorials here. This is the biggest reason I want to get all my main purchases from my other hauls reviewed so my list of blog topics doesn't keep building. 

Unboxing and swatches of most of these are up now between my youtube and Instagram links at bottom of page.
 Now, let's get on to the review.

Drumroll puh-leeez!

                                     REVIEW!

I was a little apprehensive about buying this set mostly because of the recent Bite Amuse Bouche Lipstick I had bought with 100 of my points at Sephora. While I loved that lipstick and still do for reasons I already stated in my review for that it was super tiny and I was very scared that this set would be more of that. I wasn't sure if $28 was worth one full sized lipstick and then samples. Turns out it's two full size products and then a couple deluxe size samples and a couple mini normal sized samples. 

Neither of these are any of the lipsticks im talking about. Just trying to get my point across about how tiny some mini lipsticks are. Thank goodness none of these were even close to these tiny's.

 I have only recently gotten really into lipstick. Before recently the focus was always focused on my eye makeup since it is my best feature and I either wore LIP gloss or nothing so the emphasis wouldn't be taken off my eye makeup. I also have remarkably thin lips and had the idea that lipstick would only accentuate that fact. Lipgloss gives your lips the appearance of being larger since the gloss magnifies then exactly like looking through a drop of water or a magnifying glass. Also magazines had always said wearing lipstick and heavy eye makeup looked too lady of the night so you have to pick one. Turns out makeup is an art and even if you believe that, there's a way you can do it right.

So my shipment gets here and I couldn't I wait to take out this cute light purple lip shaped box. I open the box in a lightning fast hurry and they are all scrambled around on top of each other and on top of and inside a good amount of black, crimped confetti. It was very cute packaging. The first thing I notice is the lip oil. I had never heard of the Lancome Lip Oil before I looked up before purchasing this set.

 The Lancome Lip Oil is one of the full sized products in this set. The name of this flavor, that's what they call each color is boom-meringue. I wasn't at all excited when I read that color title or that the flavor was lemon meringue. Now I've never had lemon meringue pie but It sounds like a citrus lemon, lime type deal. Not my cup of tea. I was pleasantly surprised at the very sweet candy like taste. It has a light pink color in the bottle buy I believe it just leaves a natural lip colored tint. The lip oil feels like a thin and non sticky gloss but even better. It's like nothing I'd ever experienced. It felt warm and so comfortable. It lasted for literally more than 8 hours and even then I still felt it on me. After it dissipated or got all wiped off my lips were extremely soft, smooth looking and moisturized all day and night. This is going to save me in the winter when my lips are dry, chapped or cracked. I'm not going to get into too much detail about all of these because I already have or will be reviewing them more in depth in another post.

$21 full size  lancome

Next full size product is the Smashbox Always On Liquid Lipstick. In the color Stepping Out which is a deep nude. After trying this the first time I didn't like it. With the weird applicator (kinda reminds me of the inside sole of a pointy toed high heel)  It made it nearly impossible to get it perfectly on my lips in a neat line because my lips are so thin. Not to mention it sinks into every deep line in my lips that it caused by sucking the moisture right out of them, and causing the skin to pucker a bit since it is a true matte lipstick after all. I experimented with it every once in a while, like a couple times a week because I loved the deep brown color. It's not a true brown. Deep nude is really the best way to describe it. Anyway, after getting used to the applicator I started experimenting. A couple layers of it seemed to help instead of just one layer. Also spreading it out evenly with a clean finger or makeup brush helped too for whatever reason. Also exfoliating my lips before hand or using chapstick on top of it if it got too dry. Other than that the lipstick dries immediately so you need to make sure it goes on perfectly the first time. Even just cleaning up the outside is a pain if you don't do it right away.

$24 full size

Next we have the Too Faced Melted Lipstick in Chihuahua. This is a travel size. I had recently fell in love with the TF brand ever since i realized they weren't just pretty and gimmicky packaging. The quality really is there on the majority of their products. So i fell in love. Now I'm a huge fan and this lipstick is what really sold this whole set to me since i hadn't had the pleasure of trying it yet.
 I have to say i was overall pretty disappointed in this product. I had extremely high hopes after falling in love with the melted matte collection and the formula of that collection and that collection quickly become my every day go to but no, this was nothing like that. Don't get me wrong. I didn't expect it to be matte. I had done my research. I knew it was a glossy type lipstick that looked melted because it had been melted and put into a tube. Or so the story goes according to TF. It honestly looked great going on. I loved the medium pinky/ nude color of it. The shine was great since i had originally been the lip gloss queen for years. Unfortunately the product didn't last even an hour. Not even close and there is a ton of transfer. It's really messy and i don't want to be scared every time i take a sip of water that i now have smeared clown lips. No thank you! It was really disappointing because i had heard that it lasted a few hours for some ladies but my guess is they either were sponsored, sent the product by TF or they just didn't do a thing with their mouthes. I mean if you don't smoke, bite your nails, eat, drink, breathe ;) or anything with your mouth this may work for you as long as you can stay completely still.... I know that's just too much going on for me though so i won't be repurchasing. I will use it on errand days or at home nights or days but that's about it. I don't trust the product to go anywhere i have to look nice i wouldn't trust it.

$21 full size too faced melted
 Now we have the Nars Satin Lip Pencil in the color Rikugien. This was another product that sold this set for me. I had tried this in a beautiful red (the name of it slips my mind at the moment. Sorry) so this was one of the first lippys i tried on out of the box. This i believe is full size or close to it. The formula is silky and a little glossy feeling with a true satin finish. These pencils are great because you can line your lips for a clean line with them first and then fill in. It's really an all in one in my eyes. Unfortunately this color was very metalloc and pinkish. It looked to have some sort of glitter in it and the color was just not flattering on me as a super pale woman with pink undertones and light brown hair. It just looked childish on me with the amount of metallic and pink it had. I won't be wearing it without layering a darker color on top. I don't like the color but that's all personal preference. The formula is great and leaves nothing to be desired. I will be repurchasing this lipstick in other colors.

$26 full size nars  The next lipstick is the Sugar Rose lip shine. It's kind of like a slicker feeling tinted chapstick. This is from the brand Fresh and i had never actually heard of this collection before. It was the one i was the least excited about. I would have been happier had their been another true lipstick instead of this. 
 Now that I've gotten to use it it's really not bad. It's true to color and it's sheer and transparent so it's a true lip tint, which is great for those days when you need to run out the door and just need that little pop of color that's not too unnatural.
This color was a very pretty raspberry red color and it looks decent on my ghost like skin. I think this color would be pretty universally flattering. It lasts as long as any chapstick and has the same type of formula, just slightly glossier. They have other colors in the line and the packaging is a nice heavy metal type case that snaps securely back together. I really liked that. I don't have anything bad to say about it other than i wouldn't repurchase based on the price because i feel i can get the same thing from a Blistex lip tint or Burts Bees Lip tint for just a couple dollars so why pay more in my opinion.

$24 full size

Last in this set we have a mini Kat Von D Beauty Studded Kiss Lipstick in Lovecraft. This is a true deep raspberry with a tint of true purple in natural sunlight and bright light. Indoor i thought it was a medium maroon but the lighting in my house is terrible and i was wrong. I was pretty disappointed that it wasn't the color i thought it was but it's still an ok color. It's not anything I would have purchasesd for myself because this specific color isn't extremely flattering on me. I can see this looking pretty or even a little vampy or flirty on women with even just a bit more color to their skin and especially the darker skinned ladies. I think a way darker skin tone would probably really bring the purple out in this lipstick and that would be beautiful since black women tend to pull off purple toned and jewel toned lipsticks with a color passion. 
 The packaging is pretty but the cap comes off a little too easily so no, i would not throw it in my purse and go. Also the actual lipstick is very thin and not at all sturdy in the case. I feel like it's going to break in half just by touching my lips. It hasn't but it is wobbly. Keep in mind this is only the mini Studded Kiss lipsticks that are of this quality. The full sized versions are of great quality and have none of the minis problems so don't deter from buying full sized if you love the formula because they put a lot more effort into those.

This bottom picture is a mini studded lipstick $21 full size studded
All in all I really liked this box. It was an amazing deal and a great way to try some of Sephoras most popular and in demand lipsticks of the moment. A lot of these are on the higher end of the price range and you would have to break the bank to buy every single one of these separately just to find out if you liked them or not. No you don't get to pick your colors in this box obviously but they did a pretty good job of picking universally flattering colors. I have had this box for about a month now and I'm still loving it. I guess this is a thing that they do often, or at least yearly so I can't wait for the next one. 

 Will you be buying the Give Me Some Bold Lip Set? I checked it out. It was released right when I bought this and I was not at all interested. This isn't pale girl friendly whatsoever in my opinion. There's a lot of bright purples and neon and bright colors. It's different than vampy and bold. It's not that at all in my opinion. In a pale girl it would be more campy lol. On the other hand this set would look really vampy and sexy in black women or women of darker skin tones. For me, it would never work. What's your opinion on these? Which was your favorite in either set?

$28 give me some bold lip set
Limited edition like all of their lip sets

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