First Lush Mini Haul!

I normally don't go shopping on December 26th but this year I'm really glad I did. My sister and I both had $10 gift cards to Lush and they happened to be having a buy-one-get-one-free sale!!!! I've been trying to turn my family onto Lush ever since I saw my first youtube video about their products. Finally, I have convinced them of it's amazingness and I got the gift card for Christmas.

My sister and I each chose an item around $7.50 so we could combine what was left over on our cards for a joint item. Lo and behold we were both able to get another thing free! They really wanted to get rid of any holiday items. My sister and I both chose bath things because our mom has a big bathtub that is never used. We wanted to give the bath some love. Here's what I got:

 The Golden Wonder Bath Bomb: from their Christmas 2014 collection and my sister picked this one up as well. I used it today and loved it. It smelled so nice and relaxing and fizzed up beautifully. There were gold stars, gold glitter, turquoise, blue, and pink swirling around my bath. The color settled to a teal blue with the glitter still swirling around. The glitter rinsed right off the tub when I was done but I did notice some lingered on my skin. It gave me a nice shimmer. I absolutely loved it. Here are some pictures of the bath:

 The Wizard Hat Bubble Bar: So derpy, so cute. This is a Halloween bubble bar they came out with this year. I originally was going to get Candy Mountain but that smelled too sickeningly sweet so I chose this guy instead. My sister bought the Penguin Bubble Bar and her bath was so bubbly and nice today so I'm excited to use this one. The bubble bars also can be used multiple times. This one has about 2 uses.

The Ickle Baby Bot Bath Bomb: My sister and I are splitting this one in half. It's meant for kids to use before bed because of the soothing chamomile scent but I'm sure it will make for a relaxing adult bath as well.

Lush is honestly so amazing I wish I had spare cash to buy more of their products, but alas, a struggling grad student needs to save her pennies ;)

XO Alyssa

Review and Swatches: Sephora Rouge Infusion Lip Ink (and some extras!)

I've been to quite a few different Christmas/holiday events in the past couple of weeks and wanted to share some of my looks with you as well as a review on Sephora's Rouge Infusion Lip Duo that my bestest friend bought me for Christmas. This set was exclusively sold for Christmas so I don't think you can find it anymore but they sell the full sizes of both of these colors for $14 each at Sephora. 

 The packaging was super cute, one deluxe sized lip ink and one full sized lip ink were included with a description on the back.

 The colors I got are Fuchsia Concentrate (full size) and Red Essence

 She also bought me a color I've been lusting after forever. I haven't worn it yet but I already know I love it. It's Kat Von D's Everlasting Liquid Lipstick in A-Go-Go and it's a bright matte orange. I'm in love.

 Here are the swatches of all three lip colors she bought me:

 As you can see the lip inks do not dry to a matte finish like the Kat Von D lipstick does. The truly are an "ink". They are lightweight and spread out evenly on the lips, but they are quite slippery and their lasting power isn't the greatest. They look amazing for pictures, though. The scent is indescribable and very unusual to me...but not necessarily bad. Here is Red Essence:

(Sorry about the iPhone quality)

 And here is Fuchsia Concentrate, my favorite of the two:

Overall, I absolutely love this gift. Here are the full makeup looks from both nights:

XO Alyssa

Favorite Matte Red Lip: Stila Beso

My friend bought this as a gift for my birthday during the summer and I am literally in love with this color. It feels soft, lasts forever, and makes my teeth look whiter! It's super matte so I don't recommend wearing it with dry lips, but it's a great Christmas/holiday red. Also a great gift for any matte lip lover. To be honest, I would never spend $22 on a lip product but, as a gift, it's perfect!

XO Alyssa

Favorite Holiday Lipstick: Revlon Cherries in the Snow

This $5 lipstick from Target is the greatest thing ever for the holidays. It looks and feels so great on my lips. I wore it to an Ornament Party last weekend and got so many compliments.  Here are some selfies just to prove to you how perfect it looks. Just buy it, you won't regret it.

XO Alyssa

BH Cosmetics That's Heart Palette Thanksgiving 2014 Look

For my Thanksgiving makeup look I used the bottom row of eyeshadows, the bronzer, the highlighter, and the blush. I really loved the look and blend-ability of these products. I definitely recommend this! One thing though, if you only like matte shades, this palette is not for you. Anyway, here's the look I did (Lips are Bachelorette from Kat Von D):

 And an iPhone selfie after wearing the look through dinner:

Hope you liked it!
XO Alyssa