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Thursday, December 21, 2017

Must-Have Essentials For Your Bedroom

Have you ever stopped and wondered just how much time you spend in your bedroom? According to The Daily Mail, the average 31-year-old has already spent 12 years sleeping, the equivalent of 627 weeks or 105,362 hours.

If we’re going to spend years of our lives in our bedroom, we might as well enjoy it. But first, we need to stock up on must-haves to keep us stylish, comfortable and ready for a luxurious night's sleep. Here are five ways to make that happen.

10 Ways to Style Yourself This Holiday Season

When the holiday season rolls around, people always expect to dress nicely to make a good impression on family members and friends. But just because you are dressing up this season doesn’t mean you have to make it boring. You can keep up with traditions while embracing your unique personality and sense of style. This season, there's plenty to work with!

Interested in adding a pop of color and a dash of festive spirit to your wardrobe? Here are the top 10 most fabulous ways to dress and style yourself this holiday season!

Too Faced Melted Matte in On Point (Sephora VIB Rouge Exclusive Shade) Review and Swatches

Too Faced Melted Matte. I either love or hate it. LOL I hated Freshly Baked, but I loved Gingerbread Man and Candy Cane. On Point $21 is a Matte Deep Bordeaux shade exclusive to Sephora VIB Rouge members. It's definitely a deep, rich, winter purple. I pull off purples well, so I thought I would try it. I love it. For such a dark shade it applies evenly and is not streaky. You don't have to go over it again and again. Plus, it stays in place. It doesn't crack, show up fine lines or transfer. So all I can take from Too Faced Melted Mattes, is to be wary of the lighter colors. So far the darker ones work for me.

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Too Faced Melted Matte in On Point (SEPHORA VIB ROUGE SHADE) is Supersweet

Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Conspiracy (Metallized) Review and Swatches

There are 97 shades of Urban Decay Vice Lipstick ($17)! There are 9 finishes: Sheer, Cream, Comfort Matte, Mega Matte, Metallized, Sheer Shimmer, Shimmer, Matte and Glimmer! When Urban Decay came out with all of these shades I was truly overwhelmed. HaHaHa I think I still am :D I love metallics, saw this lipstick on someone on instagram and decided to purchase it. I love it! The formula is so creamy. Excellent pigmentation. I love the bronze/copper color. It's perfect for Winter. I do own 3 other Vice Lipsticks. They were with the Urban Decay Naked Heat Collection. I've been very impressed with these. Do you have any in your makeup collection? What has been your experience?

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Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Conspiracy is Supersweet

NYX Intense Butter Glosses In Tres Leches, Chocolate Crepe and Toasted Marshmallow Review and Swatches

Let's continue with lipsticks where I was influenced by other influencers to purchase. I ALWAYS hear great things about NYX Cosmetics Butter Glosses! What I didn't realize at the time of my purchase was there's Butter Gloss and there's INTENSE BUTTER GLOSS! Did you know that? I somehow missed the memo on that one. I am totally smitten with the NYX Intense Butter Glosses $6.50! The three shades I picked were pigmented, smooth & creamy. The applicator is soft and it really applies this lip gloss well. The pointy end (top) is excellent for getting into the corners of the lips. This lip gloss is high shine, but I never felt it was sticky or tacky. It felt moisturizing to my lips. It felt creamy when I pressed my lips together. From my pictures below, you can see these have excellent pigmentation. Another thing I liked about these, was that they didn't move around (bleed out) or find their way on your teeth. Usually high shine glosses do! I haven't tried the regular Butter Glosses, but I'm guessing they don't have the shine that these do. I will have to pick some up. My love for NYX lip products has mostly been LOVE. I didn't like their NYX Lip Lingerie formula, but I loved their NYX Wrath Wicked Lippie and NYX Soft Matte Lip Creams. Let me know what NYX products you love in the comments section!

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NYX Intense Butter Glosses are Supersweet

NYX Intense Butter Gloss in Tres Leches

NYX Intense Butter Gloss in Chocolate Crepe

NYX Intense Butter Gloss in Toasted Marshmallow

Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick: Patina, Bellissima, Dolce Review and Swatches

Ready for some end-of-the-year lipstick reviews? These will be reviews on lipsticks (I'm a lipstick girl) where I was influenced by OTHER beauty influencers. "Ohhh, it looked great on them! I want it. (circa 2015-16)" Well I don't do that much anymore, because now I know what works with my coloring, hue etc. I purchased these about a year ago (still available), so I want to review them for you. First we have Stila's Stay All Day Liquid Lipsticks $22. They are considered creamy matte, full coverage and they stay in place for 6 hours. Bellissima is a light pink. The beginning of this year, I pretty much threw away all of my pink makeup. Unless it's a pink brown, it's not going to look good on me. The problem I had with this one, was the coverage. It was real streaky and looked like paint on my lips. LOL I threw it away. LOL Patina was much better! Anything in the purple family, I can pull off. It applied well. There were no streaks. It was lovely. So this proved, nothing is wrong with the formula but it was the color (Bellissima) that was streaky. A lot of light colors do that. The last one is Dolce, which is described as a nude cinnamon sheen. I don't have a brown like this in my collection. It's really nice and will go great with some camel & ivory pieces in my closet. So these are really nice, but I would be wary about the real light colors. I also agree with Stila that they do stay for 6 hours and don't budge. I don't have much experience with Stila makeup, but overall I was impressed with these. I still love the Stila black diamond eyeshadow that was gifted to me from blogger Little Luxury List. What are your thoughts on the brand Stila?

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Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipsticks in Patina and Dolce are Sweet

Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick in Bellissima is Not Sweet

Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick in Bellissima (Pale Neutral Pink)

Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick in Patina (Dusty Rose)

Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick in Dolce (Nude Cinnamon Sheen)

Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipsticks

Kylie Kylighters Review and Swatches

Love the packaging! Love the names! But these have to be the worse highlighters I've ever tried! Kylie Jenner came out with her Kylie Kylighters (Highlighters) the beginning of this year. I almost purchased them then; but then the reviews rolled in and many complained they weren't pigmented and applied too light. So I said ok. I'm not one for bling'd out highlighters, so maybe these would work for me. So Kylie held a ONE HOUR, 50% OFF sale! I purchased all six! BAD DECISION. BAD DECISION. Do not buy these full price. Do not buy these half price. Do not buy these! The pigmentation is way too light. I had to apply and apply and apply to get THE SWATCHES YOU SEE BELOW. There's something off with this formula. I had a hard time blending these highlighters with my other makeup. They looked horrible when I applied them atop my Laura Mercier powder. They did better applied atop just foundation, but then the colors ugggh! LOL Chocolate Cherry & Strawberry Shortcake make me look like I have sunburn. Banana Split, Cotton Candy Cream and French Vanilla make me look like I have jaundice. Salted Caramel makes me look like I spilled glitter on my face. So, I will be using these as drink coasters instead. LMFAO. Don't say I didn't warn you! It's really a shame. These could've been nice. I'm wearing Kylie's Lip Glosses in Like, Literally, So Cute below. Still love those.

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Kylie Kylighters are Not Sweet