Tuesday, August 30, 2011

URBAN DECAY SUMMER OF LOVE DUPES

Top: Urban Decay Summer of Love palette
Bottom: Wet & Wild Comfort Zone, Dancing in the Clouds


Hi everyone! I did a video awhile back on my YT channel talking about some dupes I found! You can check that out here if you missed it! I said I would post swatches here, as on live video, they don't show up well. Since finding these dupes, I've found more! So I'm including all of the Wet & Wild dupe pictures below!

The swatches below are labeled UD for Urban Decay, CZ for Comfort Zone, and DW for Dancing in the Clouds.



So as you can see, these are some pretty awesome dupes! What are your favorite dupes?

There is one day left to enter my Sedona Lace Vortex Giveaway!! Please check out my youtube channel, as I don't announce all the giveaway information here on my blog. My apologies for not blogging consistantly, as I have been YT a lot! I hope you will join me on my channel and submit any requests you may have!

Stay NVious!

FTC Disclosure: I purchased everything myself. I have never accepted money in exchange for a review.

Monday, August 15, 2011

LAST CHANCE TO WIN KOHANA SKIN BODY SCRUB!


Hi beauties! Today is the last day to enter my Kohana Skin Give-a-way on my youtube channel! Please enter for your chance to win! I promise you won't be disappointed if you win! This is such an amazing body scrub and you will smell delicious after using it! *lol*

Also, my Sedona Lace Vortex Brush Set give-a-way is going on now as well! That will end at midnight, 9-1-11!! That one is open internationally, so be sure to that one out as well!

More blog posts coming soon! I've been without internet at home and also have been sick. =( Take care and talk to you soon!

Thursday, August 11, 2011

FREE BEAUTY EVENTS & UPDATE

You all know I love this site and am always excited to tell you about their giveaways! Check out what's going on this month and an update from me below!

"This month on the 4th, a Rite Aid in York, PA is having their 360 Wellness Grand Opening Event where demonstrators will be performing free polish changes with Revlon’s new Scented Nail Enamel and Wet n Wild Megalast Nail Polish. The Ulta Mustela Event this month and September will give customers a chance to try out Mustela Hydra Bebe Body Lotion, Ultimate Hydration, and Facial Cleansing Cloths. This information is available for FREE on our website where spas and retailers can promote their events. Anyone who would like our site visitors to know about their beauty event can make a posting for free on our site at http://www.freebeautyevents.com/submit.



On our site you can enter your zip code to find out what makeover, gift with purchase, spa open houses and sampling events are happening near your home. Readers can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter. In addition to listing in-store makeovers, Freebeautyevents.com also features a blog on product reviews (http://www.freebeautyevents.com/beauty-blog) and a monthly contest http://www.freebeautyevents.com/contest. We also do a contest each week with a smaller prize on our blog.
For the month of August 2011, we will be giving away 10 prizes. Each prize will consist of Got2b Guardian Angel Finish Flat Iron Balm, Creme of Nature Argan Oil Replenishing Sheen Spray, and Creme of Nature Argan Oil Gloss & Shine Mist. The Contest runs from 8/1/2011 to 8/31/2011, winners will be chosen on 9/5/2011 and notified by 9/15/2011."
 
Ok, so an update from me! I have NO Internet at home right now because Comcast is horrible! But hopefully that will be fixed this weekend and I can blog/youtube normally. I do have two amazing giveaways going on right now on y youtube channel, so please check those out!
 
The Kohana Skin giveaway ends August 15th!
 
The Sedona Lace Vortex Professional Brush Set & Makeup Artist Belt ends September 1st!
 
If you are interested in these giveaways, please do not enter below! You must go to my youtube channel to enter! Please follow the rules and good luck!!
 
 
 
FTC Disclosure: I am not affiliated with and of the companies mentioned. They are just really awesome and I enjoy their products enough to talk about them!

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

SEDONA LACE VORTEX PROFESSIONAL BRUSHES AND BELT


I recently posted a video and give-a-way of the new Sedona Lace Vortex brushes and Belt on my You Tube channel in case you missed it! Please check out that video and enter there for the give-a-way.

I just wanted to post some pictures here to show you the brushes in more detail!



heart this fan brush! It's so soft and dense. This can be used for polishing your foundation. You can see a video here, from OxfordJasmine if you'd like to hear a bit more! I found this helpful. You can also use this to dust excess powder off your face as well.

This is the large tapered face brush. It is SO soft! I keep running it across my cheeks! I bought a brush like this from Crown, but it quickly lost it's tapered shape. =( Remember to keep the brush guard that comes with it so you can use it after you wash it to help maintain the shape. I would recommend that you let the brush dry a bit first so you're not putting a dripping wet brush into the plastic cover. I just purchased some Brush Guards so I'm excited to keep my brushes looking awesome!



This is a flat top face brush. I tried this brush with liquid foundation this morning and wasn't a huge fan. It is not dense enough to really blend it in like a flat top kabuki. It is great for powder though. I would try it with powder foundation for a nice, light coverage. It's also small enough if you want to use it for blush or bronzer if you are not trying to concentrate it too much.



I LOVE this brush! This you can use in your crease to blend out colors for a really smokey look or under your eyes to blend out concealer. This is the softest eye brush I have EVER had! I wish there was feel-a-vision!!! This brush is nice and dense. Someone asked me if it was a tiny duo fiber brush---it is not. It's just a great dome shaped brush. Everyone needs this brush!!!



This is a great flat brush. You can use it for patting on concealer or cream eye shadows. I have used it for both! This is a great brush to have in your collection. I like that it's not too big or too small.



This is the small smudger brush. I bought something like this from Crown, but haven't really used it too much. It is not as dense and soft as this one. I used it the other day to smudge some foiled shadow on my bottom lashes and it gave a really nice smoked out look!



Please ignore my dirty brush! This is a pointed crease brush. This is great for precisely adding color to the crease! Don't press too hard with this one, as  I find it gets a little pokey!



This is a great blending brush. You can use this to blend out powder or cream shadows. This one is quite soft and works really well!




This is a small angled brush. A staple in every collection! You can use this for either brows or liner!



This is a bent eye liner brush. This is handy when doing your own liner so you don't have to contort your arm trying to get it on straight!



This is the brush I couldn't find while filming the video!! I thought I was going crazy!! *lol* It's the only dual ended brush in the collection. As you can see one side is a great spooli---which by the way is the softest spooli I have ever felt---and the other side is a very stiff angled brush. I would use the angled brush on my brows only. The only thing I don't like about this brush is it's double ended! If you keep this in your brush belt or cup of brushes in bean-bag filling, one end is envitably going to get smushed---but I appreciate the effort to squeeze in one more brush!!




This is the lip brush. I love how travel friendly this lip brush is! I love how you use the cap as the bottom of the brush. Also, it's such a great size. Will accommedate small lips and is also really great for precision! You can also tap onto the center lip with a highlight color for a fuller appearance!



This is the brush belt that comes with this set! I am not a makeup artist, but I will be using this lots come Halloween when everyone wants me to do their makeup! I love how sturdy it feels---sort of like leather. Also, it has the pretty Sedona Lace logo on it but it's like an imprint and not super noticeable. It's not one of those aprons with a huge glaring logo on it, know what I mean? You can fit SO many brushes in here! I can fit all of this set and my regular Sedona Lace brush set and still have room for more brushes!


There are also 4 huge pockets!! You can put tissues or odd size brushes in here!



There is also an adjustable strap so it fits most sizes! It feels really secure and doesn't feel like it's about to fall off!

Well, I hope you enjoyed taking a closer peek at the Sedona Lace Vortex Professional Brushes! If you liked to purchase these, I think I said the wrong price in my video! They are $79.95 right now and Sedona Lace is offering free shipping on order $50 and more!! You are getting 14 brushes and a brush belt for about $5 a piece! Talk about a deal and half! I'm sure this is going to be a best seller and will fly off the virtual shelfs very fast!

Check it out! Also, if you'd like a chance to win this set for free, visit NVious Beauty and follow the rules to win!



I've also got a GREAT Kohana Skin give-a-way running also! Check it out to win my favorite body scrub!!!



FTC Disclosure: This was sent to me for review. I am not affiliated with Sedona Lace. I have never accepted money in exchange for a review. All opinions are honest and my own.








Monday, August 1, 2011

GARNIER FRUCTIS SLEEK & SMOOTH BLOW DRY PERFECTOR



My Kohana give-a-way is still going! Please enter! It's amazing stuff!! Link is in the info box! Please expand!

Stay NV'ious!