Jouer Lip Glosses Swatches + Review

I cannot even begin to tell you how much I love Jouer glosses. These have essentially taken over all my glosses and are now among the most used glosses that I have.

These are among some of the most moisturizing, non sticky, hydrating and plush lip glosses I own. They are packed with Vitamin E, jojoba seed oil and shea butter for this amazingly buttery, smooth pout.

I have these lip glosses in four different shades. Three of these glosses are a creamy milky finish and one of them is more of a jelly finish. I didn't choose any lip glosses with shimmer, but they do have a great range of shimmery glosses as well!

I love the sleek, simplistic packaging of these! L-R: Malibu, Divine, Peony, Wind

It has a standard doe foot applicator :) I do wish that each time I took it out, it packed more gloss on the applicator. Maybe this is because I want to douse my lips in the color, but I have to dip approximately 3 times to get the amount of gloss  I'd want!

Naked Lips. Oh. So DRYYYY! 

Malibu: It's a jelly-ish finish. Although the color in the tube is pretty 'hot pink' it only gives a lovely hint / wash of color. It almost looks like a glossy reddish pink stain.  

Peony: This has as nice creamy finish. I love this dreamy cool pink color. This looks great on its own, but looks SO nice layered on top of colors. This always just gives that perfect hint of pink.  

Wind: This also has as creamy, milky finish. This is literally for me, the perfect nude pink. It looks great layered, but gives enough color to wear on its own. I love how it has just the perfect amount of pink to not make me look dead! haha! 

Divine: This is such a lovely creamy color. They describe this as a creamy rose. It's such a perfect my lips but better color. It this neutral, slightly brown rose color. It looks SO effortless! This is probably my favorite of the bunch!  

Here are the swatches. Top to Bottom: Peony, Wind, Divine, Malibu

Overall, I am just so obsessed! I just wish that they had more retailers close to me so I can check out the colors before I purchase! All the colors I have purchased, I absolutely adore, so it may be worth the gamble! lol! :) 

You can purchase these lip glosses for $20 online at jouercosmetics, nordstrom, and at these retailers. 

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Benefit Lollitint Swatches + Review

Ever since I ordered this when it first came out, I have used this NONSTOP. I think this has got to be my favorite benefit stain I own (lol and i own all of them!). They describe this as a 'candy-orchid tinted lip + cheek stain' and I think the color is on point. It is definitely a GORGEOUS cool toned pinky purple color. With my crazy obsession with everything orchid color, this definitely doesn't fall short!

As a cheek stain, this is beyond gorgeous. Its a non sticky, thin liquid product that dries down quickly (so you must work quickly!) It works best when you apply the product one cheek at a time, or else you'll end up with a lovely marked stain on your face that you may not have intended on :P It is definitely buildable so you can have this color as natural or as deep as you'd like!

The product leaves the most gorgeous orchid pink color on my cheeks and lasts throughout the whole day without any need of touch ups.

On lips, it can be drying as it doesn't provide any hydration (which I did not expect since its a stain). The way I like to use it is dab it over my bare lips and apply a clear balm or gloss on top. Makes the wonderful color stand out and look effortless!

Here is the product 'blended out' after 15ish seconds of it sitting on my hand. As you can see, it leaves a gorgeous stain, but you must work quickly! 

Here is the product blended out!

Basically, I've been so in love! I've been using this product nonstop this past month and don't see myself stopping anytime soon! haha :) It's just so effortless and perfect :) Definitely my favorite of all the stains (with chachatint closely behind!) 

You can (and definitely need to… haha!) purchase this for $30 online at benefit, sephora or ulta website or in store at sephoras, ultas, benefit beauty counters and stores :)  

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New YSL Glossy Stains in #27 and #29

If you've read my previous posts on the YSL Glossy Stains, you will know I am obsessed. Although many of the colors aren't my typical "every day" colors, I still loved them.

YSL came out with 4 new spring colors. From what I could gather on sephora's swatches, one is baby peach, a rose, a redish purple and a deeper purple color. I though OMG the peach and rose look like more 'every day wear!' i MUST get it to try.

OMG. How I do not regret it ONE BIT.

You can actually read my product breakdown here and why i absolutely adore this product and why I have so many of them!

but here, I am going to share with you two more of the colors. And honestly, I'm SO glad they added these to the collection because I cannot stop wearing them.

swatches of #29 (left) and then #27 (right)

swatches slightly smudged 

swatches wiped off after about 30 minutes

*please excuse the spot near my lip. there was a cut there because after my facialist cleaned my face, the next day i used the st ives apricot scrub and it was a bit rough -- now i have a scab! lol. (its better now though AHHA)


#27 Peche Cerra Cola is now my absolute FAVORITE glossy stain. It is the perfect peachy color for my lips and I love the way it looks like a perfect coral as a stain. I have this in my bag, and literally, I can't stop wearing it!!! It's a perfect 'every day lip' product for me!

first put on my lips - i purposely smudged it strange so you can see the color first placed on my lips! 

After about 45seconds of smudging my lips :) How pretty is this color!

This leaves a slightly 'orange' color (as you could see from the stain swatch above) which translates to a coral stain :) 

#29 Rose Forreau is a beautiful rosey strawberry color. I wouldn't wear this every day but its perfect for  a date night or for when you need a slight pop of color. Although I do believe this color is very dupable, it is still a gorgeous color and the YSL texture is so unique, to me it is still worth it! 

again, placed on sloppily so you can see the color it is when it is first placed on the lips! 

i love this color as well. its a warm strawberry color! its such a beautiful stain!

Although i do not have a picture of it, this stains to just a slightly bitten color. This looks beautiful, especially if you have 'dead lips' like I do. hahaha!

I highhhhly recommend you go pick these up!
if I had to recommend one, i'd definitely say to pick up #27!

I ordered these from Sephora, but I'm sure they have it in department stores as well at YSL counters :) 

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Wedding Teasers!

I sometimes forget to tell you guys how lucky and blessed I am. Sometimes I think about my wedding day and remember just how much God loves us. We heard of how people had to cancel their wedding days, how some people's wedding venues were gone, yet I dont know how, but everything fell perfectly into place for us.

I was a bit stressed out wedding week... even though Hurricane Sandy came and took out our power for 10 days, it also gave me 5 days off of school (leading up to the wedding). It allowed me to prep things I needed to prep, spend extra time on things I was worried about, etc. Everywhere in the town our wedding was going to be in had no power, yet when we called the church, it had power (because they had just built underground power) and the venue was fine! The only hiccup was so minor, because I had ordered the centerpiece vases weeks ago because our local michaels didn't have 18 in stock, and it was scheduled to arrive the monday of the hurricane. Obviously by Thursday, it still hadn't showed up. So my good friend Mel and I decided to just go to Michaels and pick up any vases, because at that point, it didn't matter what type of vases we had as long as we had them! When we got there, there were EXACTLY 18 of the vases I needed.

Everything ran smoothly and perfectly because God's hands were on us... protecting us and loving us. We could not be more grateful.

We were also so blessed because we have one of the best photographers, Albert Cheung. He is personable, kind, and truly wants to understand what your vision is for the day. He was so easy to work with and really went out of his way for you. You see, our cinematographer lived in brooklyn and because of the gas shortage didn't have a way of getting out to our wedding site. So Albert DROVE out to brooklyn to pick her up and to come back to long island. He really is a gem and SUCH a talent, and I would highly recommend him for any photography needs. He's like a little chameleon with his work. Ok enough jabber... let me let the pictures tell you.

Here are just a couple of teasers for you, thanks to Albert!!

I can't wait to get the rest of the photos!

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BLOG SALE!

I have a friend that got a bunch of this stuff from duty free but decided she didn't need it. Most of the stuff is brand new and an AMAZING DEAL!!! Holy bajoly!!!

THESE PRICES INCLUDE SHIPPING. SO PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT WHEN YOU ARE BROWSING. MANY OF THESE ARE IN BOXES AND GLASS CONTAINERS, SO SHIPPING WILL COST 8-15 DOLLARS!

When you are ready to purchase please leave a comment down below of the item/items you want to purchase and your email address and I will invoice you the amount through paypal. FIRST COME FIRST SERVE.

US ONLY for any product with glass packaging (labeled if only for US)
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING FEE IS $6 EXTRA PER ITEM AND $50 MINIMUM.

$100: La Mer: the Body Crème, brand new still in wrapping

(Retail $150.00)

$105: La Mer The Eye Balm Intense, brand new still in wrapping

(Retail $165.00)

 Bobbi Brown Extra Repair Serum

Brand new but box also got a little dented in the back from being in my luggage

(Retail $105)

US ONLY

 Bobbi Brown Extra Repair Moisturizing Balm

Brand new but box is a bit dented from being in my luggage

(Retail $90.00)

US ONLY

$150: La Mer The Regenerating Serum, brand new still in wrapping

(Retail $260)
PENDING

 Bobbi Brown Intensive Skin Supplement 

Brand new but box got a bit messed up from being in my luggage

(Retail $67.00)

SOLD

 Jo Malone Grapefruit Cologne

SOLD

$10: Anastasia Highlighting Brow Kit

Used 1x, also comes with the clear brow gel inside

(Retail $20)
PENDING

$10: Origins Light up your lips

Brand New, still in wrapping.

 Colors are: Soft Sizzle/ Juicy Details/ Really Rosy

Bobbi Brown Glosses

SOLD

MAC 190 Foundation Brush

SOLD

$10: Shiseido Marjorlica Majorca Honey Plumpgloss in  PK246
BRAND NEW IN BOX

$22: Paul and Joe lipstick in 007 Catwalk (RARE ITEM!)
SOLD

$18: Skinfood Shadowbox in #3 Cappuccino Bloom
Brand New in Box! 

Happy Shopping :)

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ALERT! MAJOR BENEFIT STEAL!

Omg. OMGOMGOMG! A couple days ago I was debating SO hard whether or not I wanted to get the NEW benefit sets. They were having a Flash 48 hour sale. THANK GOD I held out... because I can hardly contain my excitement! 

Here is an EXCLUSIVE Limited Edition Set... where you get ALL THREE of the new box sets from benefit for $50!!! Each one retails for $28 and they are no quite out on the market yet. OMG! Thank you Sephora for making some of the BEST deals out there!

You get the coralista, sugarbomb AND dandelion set in a cute little lunch box! I snagged mine QUICK. you should too - I dont see these being online for long!

Order yours HERE.

Don't forget to use EBATES to get 8% cash back from sephora. It's free to sign up and easy to use!

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