L’Oreal Magic Skin Beautifier B.B. Cream

Bonjour world! I hope you are all well. I have been m.i.a. lately because I recently got a job as a beauty advisor and I have to say, it’s exhausting. I get home and just crash! So I have not been keeping up with my blog, but I’m learning to manage my time better.Today I want to share with you a review for L’Oreal’s Magic B.B. Cream. Before I jump in I want to state that I was sent this sample to review from SheSpeaks. If you’ve never heard of this site check it out! It’s similar to Influenster, where they choose you to review products and you blog about them, then complete a survey. I am in no way being told what to write in this review, anything I say is my own opinion and what I truly feel/think about the product.

I usually like to show pictures in the shade and in the sunlight so you can see how things look in different lighting, but in this case I was only able to do it indoors so I only have pictures with and without a flash.

So let’s get started!

The B.B. Cream comes in a 1.0 fl oz white tube and has a pointed, applicator.

 

 

 

What is really interesting about this B.B. Cream is that it comes out white and as you blend it, the B.B. Cream changes color to match you skin tone. My cream was in medium and in the following pictures you can see how it looks white.

 

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Once you start blending it, the colors changes to match you skin, as shown below:

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Here are pictures of me with no make-up on my skin and no flash:

 

Flash:

 

 

In the following pictures I am wearing L’Oreal Magic B.B. Cream:

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As you can see, it really gives your skin a flawless look. I also really liked how long it lasted. What I did not like was how drying it felt on my skin. If you have oily skin, this is going to be PERFECT for you! If you have normal to combination skin I would say wear a more hydrating lotion before applying this. If you have dry skin, you’d need to exfoliate and moisturize REALLY well  before wearing this, and actually it still may not be great for your skin. Overall I really liked this product and was impressed at how well the color changed to match my skin.

 

Have you tried L’Oreal’s Magic B.B. Cream? If so, what did you think of it? Did you feel like it was drying as well? As always I love to hear your feedback

 

Until next time, stay pretty <3

.mark- Super Flip Color Kit

Guys I am so excited to share this with you today. Most of us can not wait for Spring, the weather, the fashion, and of course the colors and make-up! I want to share with you all my favorite Spring pallet.

 

 

I’m even more excited because it is currently on sale right now! Hurray! The colors are so gorgeous I’m thinking about ordering a couple just to save haha. Here are some quick swatches from my very own pallet.

 

What’s cool about this pallet is that it flips, on one side you have 9 eye shadows and on the other side you have a face illuminator.

 

The following are taken in the shade:

Face illuminator:

 

9 eye shadows:

 

First row: (from left to right) Plumify, Peep, Royaled up

 

Second row: (from left to right): Taxi, Sky High, Tiger Lily

 

Third row: (from left to right): Fluffy, Greenery, Black Tie

 

In direct sunlight:

Face illuminator:

 

9 eye shadows:

 

First row: (from left to right) Plumify, Peep, Royaled up

 

Second row: (from left to right): Taxi, Sky High, Tiger Lily

 

Third row: (from left to right): Fluffy, Greenery, Black Tie

 

I love how beautiful and pigmented these colors are, well all except Fluffy but I actually don’t like opaque white eye shadow. All of these swatches were dry because that’s normally how I wear my make-up.

 

This pallet is currently $9.99 and if you use discount code WELCOME, you get free shipping  Click HERE to check out this great deal

 

What do you think of this pallet?

 

Until next time, stay pretty <3

Zoya- Addison

When you hear the name Addison who do you think of? I think of Addison from Grey’s Anatomy, Derek’s Ex wife. I have to say I really didn’t like her character and definitely didn’t watch Private Practice. When I was looking for some pretty nudes from Zoya I didn’t want to try Addison because of the name. How silly is that?! So I bought it and absolutely love it! I am currently sporting this color because I have been going to job interviews.

 

 

In the shade:

 

 

In direct sunlight:

 

 

If you notice a little wear on my nails it’s because I’ve been wearing this color for 3 days now and have not experienced any chips! I’m wearing 3 coats, but you only need 2 coats for the color to be fully opaque. I’m very much into vivid colors, but I have to say guys I am loving this nude.

 

What do you think? Have you ever judged a color based on it’s name?

 

Until next time, stay pretty <3

Belated Holiday Nail Art

Hello all, I hope you all have had a great day. Today I have a quick post on some nail art I did around the holidays. I never got around to posting it because I had so much going on, so I’m just going to post how my nails looked These were all Christmas manicures I did. I actually didn’t have a chance to try New Year’s manicures because I spent those days in the hospital with my dad. I was planning to do 3D firework nails, hmm maybe for the 4th of July?  

 

Here are my Grinch nails. I did funky stripes because it reminded me of the strange Dr. Seuss world:

 

These are my snow flake blizzard nails:

 

This was my Christmas variety nails. I tried to do a textured snow man, but I think it came out looking strange:

 

Here were my Glitzy Christmas Eve nails:

 

These were my Christmas day nails:

 

If you follow me on Instagram you probably saw some if not all of these on there. If you want to follow me my Instagram is @natashaspark same as my twitter I saw a lot of your guys’ nail art and I loved it! I’m still trying to do the candy cane nails, I feel like I can’t get them right!

 

Are you practicing your Valentine’s Day nail art?

 

Until next time, stay pretty <3

Locks of Love

This post is not a review of anything, but I thought I’d share something I’ve been working on for a while now. I’ve always cut my hair really short, mostly because I just prefer it that way. I’ve gotten compliments on my hair on how thick it is, how dark, etc. and to be honest it just seems normal to me haha. My mom would always joke to me, “Your hair would make a nice wig,” and that got me thinking. I decided to start growing out my hair so that I can donate it to Locks of Love.

 

 

If you don’t know about Locks of Love, here is there mission:

 

 

I decided to grow out my hair in December of 2010 and I still have some growing to do. The minimum length to donate is 10 inches and when I started my hair was really short. Here are some pictures of my hair when I first started growing it out:

 

Here I had cut it really short this was in December of 2010:

 

This picture is from May 2011 and I had just cut my hair for the summer:

 

This is from August 2011 on a trip to Las Vegas:

 

Here I had just cut it on a trip to Mexico in October of 2011:

 

Here is my hair now:

 

I took this picture to see how my polish looked hahaha this photo cracks me up:

 

Here I am with my dog PeeWee:

 

This picture was taken for my Head and Shoulders post:

 

Here are the guidelines for donating and how to donate to Locks of Love:

 

 

 

I still have a lot of hair growing to do, but I’m committed to it. I have also been trying to take care of my hair by not using many heating products and by using moisturizing shampoos.  If giving my hair makes at least one person smile, makes them feel beautiful, and for a moment not worry about there condition then this is all worth it. I will write another post in the future when I donate my hair so you can see how long it ends up being

 

Have you guys ever donated to Locks of Love? If so how long was your hair?

 

Until text time, stay pretty <3

Wet and Wild Wild Shine- Rain Check

Bonjour everyone, I hope you are all having a great Saturday so far. Today’s nail polish swatch could not be more appropriate. It’s been raining all day here in Tucson and I’ am currently sporting Wet and Wild’s Wild Shine nail polish in Rain Check. This color is so beautiful in the bottle. It has a faint duochrome to the color so it changes between light blue to a light purple. Once the color is on I feel like it doesn’t really look like anything inside the bottle. On the nails I don’t see any duochrome and the color looks more grey/blue with a frosty finish.

 

Again, it’s cloudy out so I’m going to show you different lighting, first outdoor cloudy:

 

Outdoor with flash:

 

Indoor lighting:

 

 

Overall I LOVED this color. I really didn’t think I’d like it as much. It is rather sheer, but it was not streaky and builds up very nicely. In the pictures above I used 3 coats. I was doing my nails in a hurry so I was surprised at how fast this dried and how there were little to no air bubble. I paid $0.99 for this polish at Kmart and for that price, I’d say check it out! I picked up another polish from this brand that I’ll swatch in the coming week, so be sure to check that out

 

What do you think of this color?

 

Until next time, stay pretty <3

OPI- Just Spotted The Lizard

Hello all, I have another polish to share with you. This is OPI Just Spotted The Lizard and I got this as a free sample from JC Penny when I bought some other OPI polishes. What I love about buying OPI at JCP is that if you buy more than two they come out to $6 each. I’m not sure if this is some type of promotion, but this happens EVERY time I go so I think it’s just what they do. So this polish is from the Amazing Spiderman Collection that came out sometime last year. It is a green/ gold duochrome and I have to say it was a very pretty color. In the bottle I noticed some blue in the polish, but I really didn’t see much on my nails.

 

 

It was cloudy today so I have shots for you in various lighting, first outside with cloudy weather:

 

 

Indoor lighting:

 

Outdoor cloudy with camera flash:

 

 

It took me 3 coats to get this polish the way I liked it. I only needed two coats for it to be completely opaque, but I added a third coat to even out the polish. This polish shows every little ridge on your nail, so be sure to wear a ridge filler with it. I didn’t wear a ridge filled so you could see a little bit of imperfections in my nails, but I honestly don’t mind it. Especially while being distracted by such a gorgeous color!

 

What do you think of this color? There are so many versions of this shade, do you currently own one?

 

Until next time, stay pretty <3

OPI- My Very First Knockwurst

Hello world, I hope you are all happy and doing well. If you’re not, is there any way I can help you feel better? If you’re thinking, “A nail polish swatch would cheer me up,” then you are in luck my friends. Today I have OPI’s My Very First Knockwurst. This is from the Germany Collection and I recently picked it up in search for a neutral shade for job interviews. I thought this color looked gorgeous in the bottle so I had to have it. My Very First Knockwurst is a creamy beige-white color with a tiny hint of pink. No shimmer in this shade, just pure creaminess. The first coat was quite streaky, but it evened out on the second coat.

 

 

 

 

In the shade:

 

 

In direct sunlight:

 

 

Overall, I really loved this shade BUT I don’t think it went well with my skin tone. I feel like it washed me out and made my hands look strange. I was so self conscious about my nails I decided not to wear this to my interview.

 

What do you think of this shade? What nail color do you recommend for job interviews?

 

Until next time, stay pretty <3

Sally Hansen Gem Crush- Razzle Dazzler

Bonjour everyone, today I have a super girly glittery polish. It is Sally Hansen’s Gem Crush in Razzle Dazzle. I have to say this color looked cute in the bottle, and amazing on. I feel like these pictures do not do it justice. The polish is a fine, purple glitter with round pink pieces of glitter mixed in. The purple is very vivid and the bright pink is very noticeable. I noticed in direct sunlight it had a little bit of holographic shine.

 

In the shade:

 

 

 

In direct sunlight:

 

 

I honestly don’t really like Sally Hansen polishes because I find the majority of them are very streaky, but I am loving these Gem Crush polishes. I only had to use two coats for full opaqueness. The full size polish retails for $6.99 at Ulta and I got this little bottle in a set of 4 at Walgreens for $3.99.

 

What do you think of the Gem Crush polishes? Do you have any Sally Hansen colors you would recommend to me?

 

Until next time, stay pretty <3

Layla-Hologram Effect Nail Polish- Purple Illusion

Happy Sunday evening everyone. I hope you all had a great weekend. Tonight I have a gorgeous polish to share with you all, Layla Hologram Effect Nail Polish in Purple Illusion. This polish is a gorgeous plum-pink color with subtle holographic effects.

 

In the shade:

 

 

In direct sunlight:

 

 

 

 

 

I just LOVE this color! I hyperlinked the name to a seller on amazon, but I bought this polish on Hautelook for $9. I check their site daily for deals, but I’ve never been interested enough to buy anything. When I saw these polishes were on I bought 3! Those swatches will come later.

 

I’m totally still into holographic polishes, are you? If not, what new nail trend are you into?

 

Until next time, stay pretty <3