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sábado, 4 de enero de 2014

My Rank of Four Famous Eyeshadow Palettes: Urban Decay and Lorac

So most of you are probably tired of hearing about the cult classics: Urban Decay and Lorac's eyeshadow palettes. However, i still haven't seen anyone have the huevos to rank them. Clearly they are all versatile, beautiful, well-priced and have good formulation. But based on skin tone and everyday use some palettes are simply better than others. If you are a beginner with makeup, or don't want to spend a fortune buying all of these, here is my rank of four of the most versatile and useful palettes EVER!

1. The Lorac Pro Palette: What I love about this palette is that all of their colors warm up and bring out my eye color, instead of washing it out. They match my skin tone and their creamy, velvety formulation blends beautifully.
The top range of colors are all matte, which are very creamy,whilst the bottom range are gorgeous shimmers.
I have heard judy from it's judy time also say that Lorac suits her skin complexion more than Urban decay, so if you are olive toned or darker then this palette is for you. You get everything from mattes to shimmers, pops of colors to nudes and dark colors for a smokey eye.

Some have complained that the colors are flakey or powdery, that is true, they are flakey in the palette but do not fall out on the face.

This is my Number one for Sure!

2. The Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette: I know right? Why the Naked Basics? I'm not really into loud colors, I love a neutral daily look and a smokey eye and this palette has exactly the right colors for those two things.
 It's perfect for travel, very inexpensive and the browns are more of a taupy brown(greyish) which makes my eyes stand out sooooo much when i do a Smokey eye. See my struggle, since I have brown eyes is to do a classic brown smokey eye without washing my eyes out. This means I either need browns with reddish pigment, to warm them up, or with greyish pigment, to make them pop....never a true brown. 
This Palette is FANTASTIC for beginners and more mature women who are looking for something easy and basic for their everyday needs.
The formulation is a bit chalky, but this actually works to your advantage and makes them easier to blend on the lid, I haven't had problems with fallout so far.
3. The Naked 2 Palette: A have a special affection for this palette as its my very first one. I love all the cool toned metallics and pinks, they really give you that frosty look, without being cheesy. It comes with a two sided brush which I have used so much and some really great everyday neutrals including tease, which is the most beautiful greyish-lavender, that is one of my all time favorite crease colors. I love this Palette!

4. And finally, the Naked Palette. I know, i know, this Palette is everyone's favorite, but it ranks last in my list. It is still a great palette and has a lot of nice smokey colors as well as neautral shades, but it doesn't have a black and the browns wash out my eyes.
I do,however, LOVE the colorse gunmetal(although hard to work with) Sin and Naked.


Toodles!!




miércoles, 8 de mayo de 2013

Hair Pills: What works and What doesnt

Now I know many want to hear about just one end all be all miracle hair growth pill, but it ain't gunna happen simply because hair growth can't be stimulated(otherwise there wouldn't be so many baldies, hehe) we can only create a surplus of all the nutrients needed to grow healthy hair.
Ever since I went to seville and was graced by gorgeous women with fountains of lushious locks, I have been obsessed with growing my hair. Its been about a year and after trying many different combos of vitamins, pills, diets, scalp massages and hair regimes, I feel that my efforts are paying off. My hair is not exceptionally long, I'm still at mid length, but it is a hell of a lot healthier than at any other period of my life in which I had this length. I'm damn proud of that and because of it I'm going to share with you what i've learned from the pills i've tried; what worked for me and what didn't.



Oenobiol: Hair and Nails and Anti-hair loss
I took both of these at the same time for several months. One is a b-complex that stops hair loss and the other is a hair and nail strengthener. Both worked very well, I noticed way less hair fall and my nails became super, super strong, which means my hair did too. The only thing it didn't do was add any kind of luster to my hair. Also, another con is that they are expensive(24 euros each for one bottle).




Inneov Masa Capilar +Fuerza Brillo: There are two versions of this supplement. One is just a hair supplement and the other has a fish oil pill that adds shine to your hair. The first one contains two powerfull green tea/taurine infused hair volumizers. This didn't do much for me. It didn't strengthen my hair, but since it has so much caffeine it made me nervous, grind my teeth and made me nauseous.
But I did like masa capilar+Fuerza Brillo, simply for the fish pill, which made my hair significantly shinier and more moisturized, although I could've just saved myself the trouble by taking a basic fish oil.
The plus is that these are less pricey than Oenobiol.

Pilfood: These were expensive, taste disgusting and made me put on a whole bunch of water weight. I took it for about four Months and then gave up. They did nothing for me but give me a fatter ass!
Brewers yeast: This REALLY works for strong hair growth....but all that excess yeast gives me an infection in my hoo-ha, which is never fun. I would seriously use this if i didn't get an infection EVERY time!
My personal Recommendation and What I'm doing now:
After trying everything on the market i say screw it all and screw taking just one multi-vitamin, you don't know how well or naturally that stuff is mixed. Heres what I do, I individualy buy Vitamin E, B-Complex, Vitamin A, Biotin and one basic hair,skin,nails supplement and make my own hair vita cocktail. So fair it has given me the best results with the least amount of side effects. if you don't want to take AAAlll that then i recommend a basic hair and nails supplement plus vitamin E. I swear by Vitamin E for SKIN and Hair, it has seriously improved my skin and given me great shine.
Hope that Helps Beauties! MWAXXX