Bubbi Brushes Review, Demo & GIVEAWAY!!!

ohhh how i love me some bubzbeauty. she is of highest quality lol -- as are her brushes!

Here is a review, demo and giveaway of her amazing new brushes. definitely check it out-- if you need brushes, look no further. such high quality and amazingness. and i'm not just saying that because we're friends! If i were to choose brushes from a lineup and was blindfolded - no question, these would be brushes of choice!

Watch the review here and don't forget to enter the giveaway! xoox

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Sephora Sun Kit 2013 NOW LIVE!

I know many of you were so upset with me last year when I told you guys about the sun kit and it was already sold out. Every year, Sephora partners with The Skin Care Foundation to put together an amazing sun kit for sephora buyers. $20 from EACH BOX is donated to Skin Care research. How awesome is that (especially when the box itself is $30)

It comes with a range of deluxe samples of su ncare or fake n bake products (fnb > real tanning LOL). Always a huge hit in my book because these are GREAT for travel!

Heres the lineup this year:

- 0.03 oz bareMinerals® Original Mineral Veil Broad Spectrum SPF 25
- bareMinerals® Mini Flawless Application Brush
- 0.5 oz Boscia® Self-Defense Antioxidant Moisture Broad Spectrum SPF 30
- 0.3 oz Clarins UV Plus HP Sunscreen Multi-Protection Broad Spectrum SPF 40
- 0.25 oz Dr. Brandt® Signature Flexitone® BB Cream SPF 30
- 1 Towelette Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare™ Alpha Beta® Glow Pad™
- 0.5 oz Josie Maran Cosmetics Argan Daily Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 40
- 0.5 oz Lancôme Bienfait Multi-Vital SPF 30 Cream
- 0.5 oz L'Occitane Immortelle Brightening Hand Care SPF 20
- 0.16 oz Miracle Skin Transformer Miracle Skin Transformer Face SPF 20
- 0.5 oz Ole Henriksen Protect the Truth SPF 50+
- 0.5 oz Origins A Perfect World™ SPF 25 Age-Defense Moisturizer with White Tea
- 0.5 oz Peter Thomas Roth Clinical Skincare Max Sheer Day Moisture Defense® Lotion SPF 30
- 0.169 oz Sephora Collection Age Defy Moisture Cream SPF 15 Sunscreen
- 0.64 oz Ultimate Protection Cream+ Broad Spectrum SPF 50+
- 0.25 oz Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer SPF 20 with Dermaxyl™ Complex
- 1.69 oz St. Tropez One Night Only Instant Glow Body Lotion
- 0.5 oz Tarte Brazilliance Skin Rejuvenating Maracuja Self Tanner
- 0.14 oz Too Faced Chocolate Soleil Matte Bronzing Powder with Real Cocoa - Cosmetic bag

I also personally like the fact that it does NOT come in a huge plastic box - i must rather prefer a baggie of some sort! I already picked mine up from Sephora, so you better get yours soon! they sell out quickly! And once they sell out, they don't come back!!!

happy shopping xoox

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Bridal Nail Collab & Giveaway

Charmaine of b3bed0llxoxo and I decided to do a bridal collab video where I did a unique take on a bridal nail look and she shows us how she makes her bridesmaids giftboxes (omg GORG!). There is a super fun giveaway at the end of it!

Here is the look I came up with - inspired by my own wedding sash:

Products I used:
Topless and Barefoot by Essie
Butter London Hardware top coat
beads purchased off amazon
dotting tool from bundle monster

Giveaway ENDS in one week on May 24, 2013. Winners will be chosen randomly.

Giveaway Prizes for US & International on jessicalee422's channel:
Clinique Brush of Color Set
Deborah Lipmann Polish in Shape of my Heart
Stella & Dot Radiance Coil Bracelet
AB Hex Glitter Jar
My Beauty Diary Masks (7 top ten)

Giveaway Prize for US viewers on b3bed0llxoxo's channel:
Any Dogeared product up to $75!

Rules:
1. Must be subscribed to both of us:
http://youtube.com/jessicalee422
http://youtube.com/b3bed0llxoxo
2. Like our videos!
3. Comment on both of our channels: "what was your most memorable moment?" (comment as much as you like, PLS NO SPAMMING)

GET MORE CHANCE ON WINNING!
1. Follow both of us on Instagram: @jessicalee422 and @ofroyalty
http://instagram.com/jessicalee422
http://instagram.com/ofroyalty
2. Repost the giveaway picture & use the hashtag #sayyeswithjessnchar so we can find your entry.
5. You can post as much as you like.

Good Luck, my friends! Hope you enjoy this tutorial! xoxo


(I am posting this early, video will be live Friday, May 18 @ 11am EST)

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Chanel Summer 2013 Collection

L’ÉTÉ PAPILLON DE CHANEL 

This collection was inspired by the gorgeous colors of butterflies! And I totally believe it! I've been studying the life cycle of a butterfly with my students and growing/hatching? butterflies (class pet...?), so we've been looking through book after books of all sorts of butterflies. 

I think this is a beautiful, wonderful collection filled with colors that really shine brilliantly against sunlight, just as butterflies do. I love the shimmery shadows, the awesome metallic-y nail polishes and the bright vibrant jelly-ish shades. 

I went to Saks yesterday to check out the collection and loved the nail polishes, the cooling awesome shadow sticks and the coco rouge shine lip sticks. I went and swatched some of the shadow sticks (i'm not even kidding, I had to fight some ladies to get these four shades to swatch AHHA!) Top - Bottom in Stylo Eyeshadow: Black Stream, Pink Lagoon, Blue Bay and Cool Gold. I love the formula of these! So slick and easy to put on, blend - yet they stay in place once they set! 

 Here is a swatch of the Rouge Coco Shine in Pygmalion. I fell in love with this color! Its the perfect watermelon-y color for the summer!!!

I wasn't actually going to pick anything up, but my good friend Rae kept telling me how I must :P and so I did! HAHA! I ended up taking home two little babies :) Here I present you my newest additions to my chanel family (lol): The Stylo Shadow in Moon River and The Rouge Coco Shine in Pymalion! 

Review of each product will be coming up soon! Stay tuned! 

xoxo 

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Happiest Mother's Day!

Happiest Mother's Day to all the mamabears out there. Your tireless love, care and effort really shape your children to become truly beautiful.

This is always a particularly difficult holiday for me to celebrate because I lost my mother when I was 18, but I am thankful now that she has been watching over me for the past almost 10 years.

This has been a completely life changing year for me with a lot of ups and downs, but in the midst of it all, I'm so lucky that I was not only to marry a wonderful, silly man - but that I was married into a wonderful family. I am so blessed to now have another mother that loves me, cares for me and looks after me as if I'm truly her own. God truly loves me abundantly, and I'm so grateful.

Of course, I must end with a Kid President post (love this little man! so cute!) -- and his take on moms <3

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Kringle Candle Haul & Review

I received a bunch of candles from the kringle candle company - they are awesome! Some of the brightest, most fragrant, and longest burning candles I've ever tried!

Here I show you all the candles I received and Fel and I play a NAME THAT SCENT! game -- it's pretty darn funny. Youll definitely want to watch that!

Here are the products I received:
Medium Classic Apothecary Jar in Vanilla Lavender
Two Wick Crystal Pillar in Peony
Wax Potpourri in Banana Bread, No. 13, Rosemary, Lemon Rind, Splash
Daylight Candles in Fresh Lilac, Mango, Coconut Pineapple, Under the Sea, No. 1
Air Fresheners in Beachside and Tranquil Waters

There is a GIVEAWAY!!! Make sure you enter!

Also, Kringle Candle was nice enough to offer a coupon code: KRINGLELOVE11 for FREE SHIPPING! Get all the heavy candles you can and use the code for free shipping :P Thats what I'm doing!

Watch my video below:
  

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BLOG SALE!

Just trying to get rid of some stuff or else i would just throw it out! and that would be so sad since a lot of these things are new!

PAYPAL ONLY!!! and US & CANADA only --- if you really want to ship internationally, there's gonna be a way higher shipping fee unfortunately. Email me. Shipping is $6 per package, $2 per each additional package. First come, first serve.

EMAIL ME @ bubblesandbeautyblog@gmail.com and Label it with BLOG SALE and please inquire about which package you would like and where you live. Serious inquiries only!

$12 PACKAGES: 

Castledew Over setting gloss #16 (never used) 

Revlon gloss in Bellini (swatched, never placed on lips) 

HIP duo in Devious (never opened still sealed)

YSL golden gloss #10 (swatched on hand once) 

BR/Republic of Women Body Cream (still sealed)

Korres Cheek Butter in Philia Rose (used 2-3x)

Revlon Photoready BB Cream in Light Medium (used once)

SOLD

Tarte EmphasEYES shadow stick in charcoal (swatched once)

Tarte EmphasEYES shadow stick in bronze (swatched once)

Mac Cremesheen glass in Galaxy Rose (swatched once)

Revlon Just Bitten Balm Stain in Cherish (Used 2x)

Revlon Just Bitten Balm Stain in Precious (Used 3-5x)

Eve Pearl Pearlicious Lip Gloss in Foreplay (Never Used Brand New in Box) 

SOLD

MUFE aqua rouge in #10 (swatched once) 

Stila All Over Shimmer liquid luminizer (.05 fl oz, swatched once) 

SOLD

MUFE Aqua Rouge in #2 (swatched once Still in Box) 

Poppy King Boots No7 gloss in number 3 glamour (swatched once)

MAC Pigments in Lantern Light, Campfire, Shifting Sands and Aloha (used 2-3x)

Benefit Fake Up in Light (used 3-4x)

Lancome Lipstick in Natural Beauty (used 2x) 

Tarte EmphasEYES shadow stick in Plum (swatched once)

Tarte EmphasEYES shadow stick in Moss (swatched once)

Lancome color design in daylight, kitten heel, gaze and guest list (used 2-3x)

$14 PACKAGES: 

Buxom Sculptant Mascara (Never used, NEW in box) 

Koh Gen Do Makeup Color Base in Pearl White (Probably 50% left) 

TheBalm Down Boy Blush (used 2x)

EvePearl eye palette in Sapphire Eyes (NEVER USED BRAND NEW, but small crack in blue shadow bc I just dropped it lol :( )

SOLD

MAC Blushcreme in Posey (Used 3-5x)

Loreal Lip color in Sunset Angora (Used 2-3x)

SOLD

Laura Mercier Shimmer Bloc in Golden Mosaic (swatched once)

Laura Mercier Foundation Primer (never used) 

$18 PACKAGES

SOLD

Diorshow Waterproof Mascara (Never used, brand new in box) 

Eyeko skinny mini liquid black liner (never used) 

SOLD

Meet Matt Matte shadow palette (Used once, not even on all the colors lol)

Loreal lip stain in Pink Resistance (used once)

Bobbi Brown Earth Metal Palette (use 3-5x) 

$22

Benefit World Famous Neutrals in Most Glamorous Nudes (swatched two powders lightly, LIKE brand new) 

Luvshuka Eye Palette in BR (used 2-3x)

Bare Minerals Concealer brush (BRAND NEW) 

Bare Minerals Precision Brush (BRAND NEW - AMAZING DEAL, THIS IS $28)

SOLD

Dior Lip Addict Lipstick in Millie (used 2-3x)

Kiehl's Creamy Eye Treatment (used 2-3x) 

$35

Lunasol 01 Icy Glow Palette (used 2-3x) 

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Day to Night: Ombre Waves & Stripes Nail Tutorial.. It GLOWS!!!

I wanted to do a new Day to Night nail series where I do a series of Day to Night looks. All night time looks will glow, but in a cool new way! Do you love it or do you love it!?

Here is my newest video with an ombre wave, stripey type pattern. I love the way it looks like forensic files at night! How fun! HAHa!!

The products I used were:
Sally Hansen 300 White On
Zoya Micky
Zoya Thandie
Zoya Darcy
JENsation Glow Polish in Firefly
Butter London Top Coat

 Here's the video below:
 

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April Hits & Misses

April is a month of splurging and buying fun things for myself since it was my birthday. I picked up many new things to show you!

Products mentioned:
Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer in Custard || blog review, video review
Hourglass No28 Lip Treatment Oil || video review
Deborah Lippmann Amazing Grace
Sally Hansen Xtreme wear Nail Polish in 300 White On
Etude House Pink Dolphin Hand Cream
Le Metier de Beaute Anamorphic Mascara in Brownish Black || blog review
Up & Up Makeup Wipes
Blue Diamond Almonds (Smokehouse)
T3 Micro Hair Dryer

Watch the video by clicking here or viewing below :)

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Le Métier de Beauté Dualistic Eye Pencil in Sequoia

This was another Le Métier de Beauté product that I received in my Limited Edition Birchbox Set and usually when I get pencil liners, I just toss them in the trash or give them to a friend. With my craptola eyes that are so darn watery and oily, no pencil has ever lasted on my eye.

Anyway, I received the product in Sequoia, which is a beautiful cool brown with no shimmer.

I decided to give this a try because I fell soooo in love with the mascara. Below is a picture of what the liner looks like above my lash line. I love the natural feel of this color and how it just blends in with my lashes. It gives such an effortless defined look! [PS. pardon my gross, creasing concealer! I just slabbed it on to cover my undereyes quick - although now it helped define my creases LOL]

At first, I was having a bit of trouble with using this product on using it as liner...and I don't blame it on the liner, because as I've said, my eyes are particularly fussy. I then asked my luxury cosmetics guru and good friend, Rae, how she would wear it and she recommended using it almost as a base - smudging it and setting it with powder, or actually using it as a base and putting shadow on top for an eye look. UM. YES! Now I am starting to look real good ;) 

I LOVE using it as a nice smudgy eyeliner and as a base for eyeshadow! I was so surprised at the easy blend-ability of the product. For sure, I thought because of this - it would be off my eye in a couple of hours (or below my eye! lol!).. but once the product was set, it did a great job of staying put all day. In addition to this, the product did not move or crease! I always have this one area on my eye that always creases (I bet even in the picture above, you can tell where it creases! LOL!), but it did a great job of holding still until I was ready to take my makeup off! 

The one gripe I had with this product was that its an old school pencil that I have to sharpen - but I guess that is my only gripe because I needed to go and buy a sharpener HAHA! I do realize why they kept it the way it is because it allows me to draw thin and thick lines depending on what kind of look I am going for... so I guess I'm not that upset over it. :) 

Overall, although it was a bit difficult to figure out at first, it definitely works amazingly! I absolutely adore the formula for a smudgy liner look and base. I think it looks so effortlessly chic and I already (aw man...) have the champagne color pencil on my wish list because dang, that color is beautiful. And with the same formula as this, I'm looking forward to smudging it all over my eyelid and showing it off! ha! 

You can purchase this product online for $36 at Birchbox or Neiman Marcus. :) 

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