Tutorial on the way! PRR as well (on the Venus Breeze Razor)

I'm so excited to say that I have a tutorial on the way. I'm not really sure how I'm going to go about the tutorial because my mom has raised my kinda paranoid about putting personal info/pictures on the web. So it'll work out in the end. I can't promise what the exact tutorial will be for (either Christmas or Thanksgiving themed makeup. I want to do Thanksgiving since it's the nearer holiday, but I might not get it done in time).

Also, I have an update for the Venus Breeze Razor. I'll call these updates PRRs (Product Review Revised/Revisited). I would not recommend this razor to anyone. A few days after I posted the last review, it all started going downhill. It started cutting my legs up and the razor head broke off so I had to use the other head that came with the razor. That one wore off fast and now it doesn't glide right on my legs so the shave isn't very good. My next razor investment will be in a normal, four-blade form without the "No Shaving Gel Needed" strips.

PR: Maybelline NY Mineral Power Illuminator

This product is a so-so highlighter. It provides okay highlighting, but I have several other products that provide just as good or better (none that provide worse, so I guess this is at the bottom of my totem pole). It isn't like a bad color that you would put on and be like "Yuck!" or "That doesn't look right," but it isn't as strong as I like my highlight to be.

Also, it is very fine. I know that on the packaging it says "With Micro-Minerals" but it is kind of bad in this case. The package says that Micro-Minerals are good because they provide awesome blending ability. Well... okay. But the powder is so fine that when you dip your brush in to get powder, some whirls up in dust clouds and you can never get it back. And if you feel you have too much on your brush and you tap some away, it flies away as a cloud of pixie dust. I like to be able to use that extra later. Needless to say, I've used this product up fast. And I've only used it a couple times! It seems like it's disappeared even when I haven't used it in so long; like it's so fine that it slipped out under the closed lid. I will not be wasting my money on this product again.

I'm sorry Maybelline New York, I'm not trying to bash your product because the color is not bad at all, and the blending is really nice. But it goes really fast and it seems like a good way to waste money. So if you could find a way to get the same quality but not all the loss of product every time you dip your brush in, I would buy it again. But until then, I'm going to be on a search for another highlighter.

Bottom line: If you have the product use it. If you don't but you were thinking of buying it, don't unless you're looking for a way to waste money (and in this economy, who is?).

~Stacie

Pic credit: http://i.pgcdn.com/pi/75/11/26/751126892_260.jpg

**Highlighter tip: When looking for a highlighter, look for the kind in the form of a baked/pressed powder. I wouldn't really look for the kind that comes as a loose powder. I've had several loose powder highlighters and none work as nicely as my one pressed powder highlighter.

Au revoir

I hope you all enjoyed these product reviews, or at least one of them was a little helpful to you. I know so far all it's been is product reviews, but they're the easiest to do so.... I would make YouTube videos, but my mom has raised my so paranoid of online predators that I'm a little wary of putting my face online. We'll see how things go. Just remember when reading this long 3-in-1 PR that the first post is the very last one, and the last post is the post directly under this one. It's a pain, I know, but we all just have to deal with it.

Have a good day and I'll talk to you when I talk to you (who knows when I'll get my next chance).

~Stacie

PR: One 'n Only Brazilian Tech Keratin Smoothing Treatment

*Exhale* Yay, only one more to go!

Only raving about this product from me! I picked it up because I have pretty curly hair (but not tight curls like a fro) and it can get pretty frizzy. Over the summer I was told by a hairdresser friend of mine that curly hair is lacking in keratin and that's a major reason for its frizziness. Ever since I've been looking for some kind of keratin something and this was the first thing I found. I figured it would have about the same effect as a leave in conditioner (check out this site for instructions).

It wasn't exactly like a deep conditioner, but it was close. It smells sooooooo good, and it keeps smelling good for a long time, even when your hair is dry (I air dry my hair, so I don't know if it still smells when you blow dry your hair). I could feel the difference as soon as I rinsed the stuff out and towel dried my hair. I used it Sunday night and all the time Amazing Race was playing I was running my fingers through my hair. It's so soft! I loooooove it! It felt good all yesterday too. I think I even feel some effects today as well.

I would totally recommend this to anyone and everyone. Great, great product. It smells sorta coconut-y so it would go well with the Super Skinny Serum as a follow-up product after you shower. I would also recommend using this one to two times a week (but I'm saving it, so I'm limiting myself to once a week).

Pic credit: http://www.getprice.com.au/images/uploadimg/1435/350_BT_keratintreat.jpg

PR: Venus Breeze Razor

The first time I used this razor, it worked great! I didn't need to use a layer of suds or shaving cream, just like the description said. By the third time things were still okay, but I was noticing that the shave wasn't as close as the first time. By the fourth or fifth time I saw some patches of missed hair, especially on my legs. So now I have to use soap or conditioner. I knew the day was going to come. I'm just sad it lasted such a short time.

Although the gel strips don't work anymore, the blade is still good so I still use it. It would be a ridiculous waste to throw it away just because the silly product gimmick didn't work anymore. All I was looking for was a decent razor anyway, so having to use a shaving medium is just fine with me :D And even though the gel strips don't work, they still give off a nice smell. So, extra yay! there.

**As a money-saving shaving tip (try saying that five times fast), use left over conditioner to shave. A while ago I would just go out and buy a thing of Suave conditioner (for around 99 cents) for shaving cream and it worked really well and smelled good too. I got out of practice when my mom just started bringing home soap and I stopped asking for conditioner. But if you're determined to not use soap, try conditioner.

It's also really nice that it comes with a case that sticks to your shower stall and it also comes with another razor head so you don't have to go out for a new one immediately after you dull out the first razor head.

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PR: Queen Helene Mint Julep Masque

This is going to be a really long PR because I haven’t done one in a while so I’m just going to do a really long one now consisting of three different PRs. Actually, no I’m just going to break them up into individual ones so it’s easier to search for in the future, but I’ll continue on in each post as if it were a long post. So I won’t sign off until the last one.

First one: Mint Julep Masque

So as stated in the last post, I got this facial masque from Sally Beauty Supply. It’s the Mint Julep Masque by Queen Helene. I saw results in the first use! My skin was smoother, softer, and it helped with some of the zits that were on my face. I used it again Sunday night and it worked even better! My pores were reduced and the blackhead-like bumps around my eyes were smoothed out and are still smoothed out as I type.

The bumps around my eyes have been a problem of mine lately because I used a slightly heavy concealer around my eye area to make me look more awake, and those bumps would always become more noticeable. Thanks to this masque, the bumps hardly show up at all! And it’s only been used twice!!! That’s what I was hoping this masque would do, and it certainly delivered great results.

So, obviously I'm happy with the results. I wasn't too fond of the smell when I first opened it, but now I've come to really like it. It's sort of comforting, in a way. I don't know how often you're supposed to use this stuff, but I'm guess you wouldn't want to exceed 2-3 times a week (it doesn't give a suggestion on the packaging). You could see how your own skin reacts by using it as often as you want and then spreading out the applications if your skin starts to get dry or irritated.

Also, I've seen pictures of people's faces with the masque (for their own reviews I'm guessing) and they all seem to pile it on really thick. I only use a tiny bit of it and it's enough to cover my face and give wonderful results. I only have the 3 oz. container and I'm thinking it will last me a while (but I'm definitely buying the bigger one when I run out because I love this stuff!). The thing to take away from this PR is that a little masque goes a long way. :D

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**Just a little price side note: I got this for $3.49 before tax, so it's a fairly priced item I think. I don't know how much it will be in your area though.

Sorry for the weird formatting of the paragraphs. I started this post somewhere else and emailed it to myself so when I copied and pasted it, it got weird. Things would definitely be easier if I had a mouse, but I won't get into that mess right now. :D

New stuff

I got two new things this past Saturday and I'm about to go try them out. I'm so excited! The first is my new Venus Breeze razor. It says you don't need to add soap, but when I used an Intuition razor (that also didn't require soap/shaving cream) I actually ended up needing to use soap. So I'm probably gonna end up needing soap again. But it would be nice if the product actually lived up to its description/purpose.

The second thing is a Mint Julep Masque that I got from Sally's. I had heard xsparkage (YouTube) go on about it and she also mentioned that a lot of other YouTube gurus love it too, so I decided to get the small tub for around $3 and see how it went.

So I'm gonna go try them both out now and I'll let you know how they work soon. Toodles :D

~Stacie

BTW Today was a GrEaT day in school. Just had to put that out there. :D