Magazine Love

I guess you can say I am a magazine person. With all the different interests I have, I could spend a fortune in magazines with their beautiful glossy photos and interesting articles.

For the last two months, I’ve been picking up a new magazine while at Wal-Mart. I’m not really a Wal-Mart gal, but I do find myself in there about once a week, it seems. There’s a little magazine at the check-out area that costs less than $3.00 called “All You”. 

These magazines are chock FULL of coupons! I mean some really, really great coupons! In this month’s issue, you’ll find a coupon for BOGO free Sally Hansen Nail Polish Pens. These run about $6 each – what a great bargain! You’ll also find a BOGO free Rimmel Nail Polish AND $3.00 off any 2 Neutrogena products. Coupons are not just limited to health and beauty aids, either. There are coupons for ketchup, toothpaste, and snacks  – just to name a few.

This is not even mentioning the fact that this is a fun magazine with lots of interesting articles and recipes. Just make sure you read through it before you start clipping coupons…or else you might just clip part of something you want to read!!

Sophisticated Play

I have had a chance to try out a few of the goodies from my ELF make-up haul last week. Today, I put the nail polish on my fingers and toes in “Blush”, which is more of a light copper or bronze than my immediate thought of blush being pink. For today, I just put on one coat to give it a test run. I really like it though:

Charles classified this particular polish in a cute way, I thought. He said it was “sophisticated yet playful” which I thought was adorable!

It’s been a really long time since I painted my finger nails. With my new job, I’ve been trying to be more polished. So, in case you were wondering why the sudden surge of make-up, skincare and beauty posts, that’s why.

It just goes to show you that I really write about what’s going on in our lives. You get it all – I do so hope you enjoy it and that most of all you benefit from it in some way.

Hope your week is going great!

Drama! Giveaway!

I have been really into sharing my make-up and skincare with you guys lately! There are things I take by spells…like I suppose I needed a change with my skin care and make-up regimen as it seems I have definitely been doing that lately.

This month, I discovered elf or E.L.F. AKA Eyes, Lips, Face. All kinds of goodies can be had from there and some are priced at $1 – yes $1!! You can go crazy over there like I did. I made a HUGE haul.  Check this out:

There are so many goodies in my haul: Eye Make-Up Remover Pads, a Concealer, 2 Lipsticks, a Cream Eyeshadow Duo, 3 Nail Polishes, a Clear Lash and Brow Mascara, an Eyebrow Duo Lifter and Filler Pencil, a Tinted Moisturizer, a Bronzing Powder and 2 Drama Eye Shadows. YEAH!! Don’t you just love it when the mail comes??

I had deliberated on whether or not to get the Drama Eye Shadow and evidently I accidentally decided that I would do it – twice! So I ended up with two of them.

That leads me to this post….a giveaway!! Someone will win the ELF eye shadow in #2007 Drama. It boasts that it is light reflecting, crease resistant and long wearing. Having just discovered ELF, I have no idea if it really does all it promises but this is a great product to try. After all, a sexy smoky eye is definitely gorgeous!

So, to enter to win this lovely eyeshadow (plus a little surprise), simply leave a comment here with your very favorite make-up or skin care product. Winner will be chosen by random number generator on Saturday, April 18th.

I can’t wait to see what your favorites are!!

The Mask…er Masque…

Well, I guess I realized my old skin care routine was absolutely NOT working so I did lots of research to figure out what I needed to try. Sometimes things like skin care products are hit or miss. In these trying economic times, most of us are being super careful about saving more when we shop. Not to mention that skin care products are pricey so you can go through quite a bit of money before finding ones that really work.

That brings me to my latest awesome product to share with you. I should tell you that I have combination skin that is oily in the T-zone. There is sometimes a little oilyness to my cheeks as well. Lately, I’ve been having some pimples. Not many, but a few, mostly tiny, but there, nonetheless. I told you about the persa-gel from Clean & Clear. I have another to add to my favorites now…Queen Helene Mint Julep Masque.

I found this locally at our Super D Drugstore for $3.29. According to the Walgreens website, this product is also available there. If you regularly order from www.drugstore.com, you can find this product there AND get free shipping if you order $25 or more right now. It’s probably available at more of them, too, but that might give you a good start.

 To use this wonderful spearmint scented product, all you have to do is clean your face and neck really well. I put a headband on to pull all of my hair away from my face. Then you smooth on the masque generously and allow it to dry for about 15 minutes. (Be sure you hide all the cameras because this masque is green and I am certain your fun lovin’ family would love to snap a shot of you wearing this! ) Then, just remove it with a warm, wet wash cloth.

Running my hand across my face, it is so smooth. I can tell my pores looked smaller, too. I really am pleased with this product.

It boasts that it will help dry up acne, rinse away blackheads and shrink enlarged pores. Even if you have the wonderful lack of skin problems, it also states that it will relax tired muscles and ease tension lines. Who couldn’t use some relaxation?? Plus I’ve read many reviews that state to dot this on your pimple before bed and wash off in the morning. I’m actually trying that tonight, as it seems I just cannot get away from this breakout, though it’s more controlled with this product and the persa-gel I recently discovered. Someone (Thanks Rebecca!) had left a comment about cetaphil being a great product, too. As soon as I run low on one of these, I’ll be sure to try that too.

Click here to visit the Queen Helene website to learn more about this and other products. (Photo from the Queen Helene website.)

I hope you love it as much as I do – I’m so excited about this product!

An Exciting Discovery

For some reason I’ve been having a sudden outbreak of pimples. Ugh! I know that’s really not a fun thing to write a blog post about (or read one about for that matter!) but it will get better I promise!

Since I thought of all the different products available for breakouts, I decided to do a little internet research and discovered Clean & Clear’s Persa Gel 10. Let me tell you, there were great reviews on this product as spot treatment. So, I decided to go and pick some up. First, I happened to think about a coupon and went to their website which is http://www.cleanandclear.com/ and registered for their site to get a $2 coupon off ANY Clean & Clear product (excluding trial size)!

Then, imagine my surprise to find there was a bonus with the product! A cute little Morning Burst facial cleanser. It looked like this:

This product was $5.58 before tax at our local Wal-Mart. And it came with the bonus cleanser. And I had a $2 coupon. But, the best part? IT WORKS!! SCORE!!