Hey HauteLookin', Whatcha got Cookin'!

HauteLook! Excellent website to purchase high end treasures for quite the affordable price tag. This will be the first of many reviews (however, I must admit that I have purchased from this site before but have never posted a review, as I was not a beauty blogger at that time).

If you have not been to the site, check it out at www.hautelook.com. This place is phenomenal. I have purchased NYX, clothing for myself and my two young daughters, and now, even more make-up! I am excited to talk about Stila today. Before I do, I am sharing the items that I purchased. Here they are:

This was an awesome treasure to find. These sets were $10 a piece (retail value $66 per set). Each set comes with three tubes of one step primecolor set. Yes, I bought two sets because one set is warm colors and the other set is cool colors.

The warm  set includes these colors: Bronze Babe, Per Suede, and Rosie Posie.

The cool set includes these colors: Capri Coral, Kitten, and Pop of Pink

For this review, I chose to wear Capri Coral and share with you the look I created with this particular color! Here goes nothing!!

What I enjoy about the color, Capri Coral, is that it is natural, yet subtle coloring for my darker skin tone. I did not want to look overdone, especially since I was wearing a dress that is orange/silver striped. I love how smooth it was to put it on and it did not go on all thick and gunky! Nothing worse then feeling like you have on heavy make-up.

I used the Capri Coral on my lips (along with Sugar lip treatment in rose), on my cheeks, and on my lids (with just a hint of Loreal Infallible shadow in Amber Rush on my lower lid).

In my best Hannibal voice from the A-Team: "I love it when a plan comes together!"

Ok, last but not least in my review of HauteLook. I received something in my package from my Stila purchase that I did not expect. When I opened the box, I was like, they must have mailed me the wrong package and just before preparing the packaged to be sent back, I found my items underneath this awesome gift set:

This nice sample set is a gift to my wonderful husband for putting up with my antics (and shopaholic status). Plus, since it is a shaving set from The Art of Shaving, I figured he could try something new in his shaving routine!

So, I know that there is more HauteLook in my future! I am already expecting two more packages (one of them will be a future blog post, the other, well, that is just to add to my make-up bag). So to all the beautiful dolls out there, here's to shopping at HauteLook!!

Love you all!!!

Johannah



No Pain, No Gain!!

Ok, so I thought was going to try  something cool! I thought it was going to be a much simpler way to remove unwanted body hair! Well, this does remove body hair. I first used the product on my legs with the help of my wonderful older sister. With the first pull and tug, rip, went away the hair. The first rip made me think of that song...you all know the one I'm talking about!!

No pain [No pain], no pain [No pain]
No gain [No gain], no
No pain [No pain], no pain [No pain]
No gain [No gain]

Yes, that's right, that song by Betty Wright! That is all I could think about! Painful! Ooch!! Ouch!! Why do us women go through all of the trouble just remove unwanted, undesirable hair! My mother sat on the couch and was listing to me scream in horror. She just laughed and stated, "it sounds like surgery is going on in this house." My nine year old daughter had that look of OMG, I want a turn at ripping off the wax strip from my mother's leg. My two year old (three on Wednesday) held her hands to her ears and kept asking if I was okay! Gotta love my kids! Next was the....

Dreaded Va-Jay-Jay:

The next day, I decided to continue my horror adventure. The Va-Jay-Jay was next. With the help of my husband, we attempted to tackle this venture together. The worst part, my husband (while I could the look of horror in his face) helped me out and started to get into ripping the hair straight off of my Va-Jay-Jay! He is the only individual I would let around that area to even do such a horrible thing. I must say, as wonderful as this product works, I will not do this again. I will stick to the depilatory creams such as Nair!

I also used this wonderful product on my leg hair! While it did work wonders, it did not get rid of all of my unwanted leg hair.

Bottom line! This product is fantastic and is quite simple and easy to use. I broke the cardinal rule of not having hair between 2-5mm, so next, I will try it the way it is printed on the box. When it comes the no-no spot, the 2-5mm rule works wonders. After the first two attempts, my husband decided to help me with a little trim and we tried again and it was a little more comfortable to take. However, I have a very low threshold for pain, whereas by husband can tolerate quite a bit. All-in-all, I will stick to facial waxing with waxing strips. I will leave my nether regions to other types of hair-removal!!

Purchase location: More than likely this can be purchased at major retailers. I purchased this at Target for the low price of $8.99. You receive 40 strips (20 double strips) and six wipes to remove the excess wax. Happy waxing!!!! 

What I want for Mother's Day is this!

OK, so Mother's Day is coming up! I would really love to have one of those special spa day packages for $99 (worth $300). Those packages are wonderful! I had one for my birthday a few years ago and I was able to share that wonderful experience with my sister, two champagne glasses, and an excellent bottle of Asti! But what I really, truly want is this:

This beautiful, patent leather, blue, large Coach purse! I had to share this Fash'N'Spiration with my peoples! Oh, Mother's Day, will you make my wish come true!! Will my husband and children come through for me! If not, this is a gift that I will get myself before the end of this year!!

Hugs and Kisses to my fans!!