Spring Lip Options From The Drugstore!

Hello again!
Sorry I've been M.I.A. School has become really busy but I have had a few posts lined up for the blog for over a month now so I thought I'd get to them. This post was originally about 3 lip products my sister bought me back in December but they are great colors for spring so this post is perfectly timed ;)

 Here are the three beauties! All available at any drugstores/Ulta that carries Revlon and Maybelline.

 First up is Revlon Colorburst Lacquer Balm in Tease- a shiny orange lip crayon with no glitter or shimmer. If the Matte Balms are too drying for you or you're looking for a more wearable orange during the spring/summer then this is for you!

Next we have a Revlon Lip Butter in Raspberry Pie- this is easier to find in store than online, though I think my sister got it from Amazon. Anyway, this is a very smooth raspberry balm/lipstick. It's quite pigmented and gives a gorgeous color to lips. It's similar to the color "Berry Smoothie" except Berry Smoothie is much more sheer. This is the most pigmented of all the Lip Butters from the swatches I've seen.

 Lastly is Maybelline Baby Lips Electro Lip Balm in Berry Bomb- Not sure if they sell these in stores anymore but you can still find it online. This is the most sheer balm of the three I got. I know lavender lips are in this year but I feel like lavender really isn't my color. However, this color works. It's lavender-esque without looking weird on me because it's so sheer.

Here they are swatched on my hand:

(artificial light)

(natural light)

(with flash)

 And here they are swatched on my lips (ignore the face demons):

(Berry Bomb)

(Raspberry Pie)

(Tease)

So there you have it! Three very comfortable, affordable, and pretty lip colors for the warmer weather!

XO

Alyssa

Current Obsession: The Body Shop

I've been kind of obsessed with body and skincare products the past couple of months and one of my favorite (new to me) discoveries is The Body Shop! Everything they sell literally smells amazing. Here's my little collection of products:

 I got the Glazed Apple tin for Christmas and it came with a mini body butter, shimmer lotion, shower gel, body polish, and shower lily (aka loofah). I think it was around $18. The Glazed Apple scent is exclusive for Christmas so you can't find it anymore but I highly recommend it for next Christmas if you like apples. And the tin it came in is super cute. I got the Strawberry Body Butter from a friend. It smells very fresh. The body butters are amazing for dry skin, and my legs tend to get really dry and itchy in the winter so I've gotten a lot of use out of these.

 After Christmas, their website has this massive 75% off sale to get rid of the Christmas items. I got the mini Mango Body Butter and Lip Butter set, the Frosted Cranberry Shimmer lotion, and the Tea Tree Skin Clearing Facial Wash. The face wash was rated very highly and is a best seller of theirs. I get blemishes so I decided to try it out. I know some people don't like the scent but I love it and feel like it wakes up my skin. It also tingles which makes me feel like it's working deep into my skin. The mango scent of the lip and body butter may be my favorite. It came in this little polar bear shaped cardboard holder since it was a Christmas gift. But the scent is permanent for the entire year. The lip butter feels so nice and literally tastes like a Mahalo Mango smoothie from Robeks. I will definitely repurchase this. I love the Frosted Cranberry scent and this full size lotion was on sale. I'm not so crazy about the shimmer- it spreads evenly but the palms of my hands end up covered in shimmer after rubbing it everywhere else. The scent is why I keep using it.

Lastly, I bought two masks from Ulta recently: the Tea Tree Face Mask and Seaweed Ionic Clay Mask. The Seaweed one I'm waiting to use in the summer, when my skin is very oily, because I've heard it can dry out the skin. Each packet says it contains one mask but I was able to get three uses out of the Tea Tree one because I have a small face and I put the most on my problem areas with the most zits. I think it works really well and makes my skin feel so refreshed. Here's a hot picture of me wearing the mask:

You can find The Body Shop in Ulta, on Amazon, on their website, or their store if you have one near you. I highly recommend their body butters and face wash.

XO Alyssa