Favorites: April

I'm back with my April Favorites, better late than never :)

Almost everyday in April I used my MUA Heaven and Earth Palette. I love this palette mostly because it's neutral colors. There are so many different ways that you can wear this palette and the colors are absolutely beautiful!

I have also went back to using my CoverGirl BB Cream. I feel like this product really does smooth out the way my skin looks and for a lack of better words blurs out all the stuff you don't want to show up. I also like it because it is very light weight.

I have also been using my Macadamia Healing Oil Treatment. I have been loving this type of product for my hair for a few months now, I was using a different brand, but I feel like they both do the same thing for my hair, make it look soft and shiny. The smell is amazing too!

I have been using a new toner which is now one of my favorites. I was using the toner that comes with the proactive set, and when I ran out I found L'Oreal Hydrafresh Toner, I feel like it works as well as the one I was using before. Leaves my face feeling hydrated.

I like my Gud by Burt's Bees so much that I picked up from Big Lots for $2 so much that I am still kicking myself for not picking up more of these! First the smell is great and it leaves my skin feeling super duper soft and smooth. Absorbs quickly too and does not leave you feeling greasy.

Last but not least is a mascara from Avon that found it's way to the bottom of my mascara basket and then I tried it again and it has been working well for me this past month. It is their Super Magnify mascara, I find that name to be comical because of what the brush looks like:

See... such tiny bristles, but it does work pretty good. Does a good job at grabbing each individual lash.

What were some of your favorites this month?

ABC Nail Challenge: Letter R

It's time for another ABC Nail Challenge post! Today is Letter R and I decided to use Ruffled Sheets by Pure Ice, a limited edition polish from the Runway Collection. Ruffled Sheets is a silver metallic looking polish that dries to a matte finish, or Velour finish is how Pure Ice describes it. I really like this polish, the finish is nice if you are a fan of matte polishes, if not you can top it with a shiny top coat. The first coat you put on dries really fast, but when you add another coat it seems to take a lot longer to dry than the first coat. I opted to do some stamping, I used Cherry Red from Sally Hansen and Mash stamping plate #45 and I topped it off with NYC's fast drying topcoat.

Stop by and see what the other ladies did for the letter R!

Empties: April 2013

I feel like I have completely neglected my blog and all my lovely readers! I am going to try much harder to get back to posting on a regular basis!

On to April Empties. I only have a few products that I used up last month.
Simple Face Cleaning wipes: I love these! They are great to have around when  I'm too tired at night to do a full face cleaning LOL, just grab a wipe and clean your face off. This would be a product that I repurchase.

SoftSoap Cherry Blossom and Wild Bamboo body wash. I really like the way this smell, not sure that I would repurchase it, just because I don't really like to use body wash that much. I actually used this bottle for shaving 'cream', worked very well and left my legs feeling super smooth.

Aussie Moist conditioner. When I ran out of my Not Your Mother's I went back to my Aussie. Nothing in my opinion works as good as the Not Your Mother's.

Disregard the bottle of Not Your Mother's Conditioner, I used this up last month. Guess I forgot to throw the bottle out of my empties bin and added it to this months photo LOL. It's been one of those months :)

What products did you use up this month?

ABC Nail Challenge: Letter Q

It's time for the ABC Nail Challenge!

I do not have a single nail polish color or brand that starts with the letter Q, nor could I think of a type of nail art that started with the letter Q. So I found a polish in my stash that had the letter Q in it somewhere LOL, which is Sea-Quin by Pure Ice. This was one of their limited edition polishes from the Runway Collection. I added Sea-Quin on top of  Happy Ending by Sinful Colors.

I kinda feel like I cheated because neither of them start with Q, but I worked with what I had. I have also been selected as participant in a nail product testing group, that starts today, and I will not be able to paint my nails for 2 weeks!!! (I can't go in to any details about it now, but when the trial is over I will tell all about it). I went ahead and did my S and R manis, so I won't have to skip any of the challenge days :)

Okay, on to the Letter Q photos:

Be sure to check out what the other fabulous ladies did for the letter Q!