December Favorites!

Sorry this took so long everybody. I've had some family stuff that I needed to take care of but I'm here now! Let's see first on my December favorites list would have to be my Sally Hanson Xtreme Wear nail polish in mint sorbet. I absolutely love this color. I have yet to take it off my nails, and it probably won't come off for some time. Second would have to be my E.L.F. $1 foundation brush. I got it just to try it out. I've been applying my foundation with my fingers as long as I can remember but I've always wondered how much coverage I was losing because of it. Well now I know. This foundation brush is here to stay. Next would have to be my Too Faced Romantic Eye Pallet. I got it for Christmas and I absolutely love it. The colors are extremely pigmented and are just plain beautiful. My last favorite for the month would have to be would have to be my E.L.F. lipstick in Sociable. It is a gorgeous hot pink color with a little bit of glitter in it. I love to wear it with a very simple eye look out to karaoke.

Essence of Beauty Face Travel Brush Kit Review

I bought this kit about a year ago to keep in my purse for touch ups. It has now become a part of my daily routine. The brushes in this set are wonderful. I don't use the brushes the way they're labeled to be used but they work just fine for me. The "eye shadow" brush was great for the crease but eventually I had to throw it away. It started shedding and lost it's shape. While it lasted thought it was my favorite brush. The "liner brush" is great for packing color onto the lid or putting a highlight on under the brow bone. The "blush" brush is too small to be used for blush but it's not half bad for blending eye shadows. I think the "conceal" and "powder" brushes are the only one's I use the way they are labeled. I have dark under eye circles so I need extra coverage. The "conceal" brush does fantastic job of putting product under your eyes without rubbing it off. The "powder" brush does a good job putting on powder. It doesn't make your application look cakey or too thick. I really liked the "smudge" brush as well. I loved to use that to smudge the color on my lower lash line, that is until I lost the brush. The brushes are easy to clean as well as their carrying case. I think that's my favorite part about the kit, the carrying case. It's easy to clean so your brushes don't hold bacteria or colors from a different look, and you can see the brushes so you're not digging around in the bag looking for the one you want. I bought this kit at CVS for $7.99 or something like that. I bought this a while back so it's hard to remember.

Target's Brand Crease Brush Review

The first brush set I ever had was a gift from my grandmother and the brushes, while good quality and lasted me years, were not designed to help you achieve beautiful eyes. I was in desperate need of a crease brush. I looked on Sephora, Mac, Sigma, Ulta hoping to find a great crease brush. However, because of my very tight budget I wasn't ready to shell out the cash for those crease brushes. I am one of those girls who hunts for bargain and brags about getting good deals. If I had the math skills I would probably be on that TLC show Extreme Couponing. So when I was on one of my rare shopping trips to Target and I spotted a crease brush for $1.99 I jumped on it. Of course I knew that buying a brush that cheap meant that it more than likely was going to be $1.99 quality. But I figured I could find a way to work around it. So I bought it. All the way home all I was dying to do was go to my makeup collection and give it a try. My friend Brad who went shopping with me thought I had lost my mind. When I got home it was the first thing I pulled out of my bag and walked over to my collection and started to test it. I was absolutely floored with how poor of a brush it was. It hardly picked up any color. It took me twice as long to get the same look with this crease brush as it did with my cheap Walmart brand Christmas gift set of brushes that didn't include a crease brush. I was so upset. I was willing to work with poorer quality but this was just ridiculous. However, I did find a use for it. I had paid good money and refused to just toss it to the side. It may not be a dream come true crease brush but it does do a very good job with blending. All in all I wouldn't recommend this brush to anyone, not even beginners, for a crease brush. Although, if you're looking for a cheap blending brush go ahead and give this a try.

Sonia Kashuk Tightly Knit Brush Set Review

I bought these brushes months ago to replace a cheap brush set that my grandmother had bought me for Christmas years ago that had started to fall apart on me. I was lucky enough to find these brushes on sale at Target for $12.99 or something like that. This set normally retails for $24.99. I was a little hesitant about this set because the crease brush looked differently than any other crease brush I had seen before. The shape of the brush is more rounded than the pointed fluffy crease brushes I was used to. However, I gave it a fair shot and was very pleasantly surprised. All of the brushes are very soft and pick up color easily. You don't have to rub the brush into the product for the color to transfer. The brushes are great for blending. If you're trying to achieve a neutral eye you don't have to worry about the brushes depositing makeup on your eye on one spot and just leaving it there. The colors will blend. The only down fall I did have with these brushes was the head of the crease brush did fall off. However, for the price and the great looks I was achieving with this set putting some crazy glue on the brush to make it worth was well worth it. If I had thought about it while the brushes were still on sale I would have picked up another set to have just in case I lost a brush or something. Definitely worth a repurchase and a recommendation.