FOTD #7: 'Cause All We Have is L'Oreal*

*Press samples featured

Well not really. I didn't have a L'Oreal brow pencil so forgive me. I like the idea of Essie's Brand focus videos so I thought it would be neat to see if I could do a full face with just one brand. So here is a full face (almost) with just L'Oreal products and some first impressions on these items.

In the Moment #10: Elizabeth Arden and YSL

Here's a recap of two events I went to recently. Once again, shout outs to Julie for being my beauty hookup.  I'm sure more than just my soul has become indebted to her now.

Event 1: Elizabeth Arden: Power of Orange Event

Elizabeth Arden really blew me out of the water with this event. They were launching some new Prevage items and showed some good scientific evidence for their Idebenone ingredient which impressed me more than any brand has so far (I'm not going to nitpick on how I find the evidence they presented to us, as lay people, still less than rigourous but at least beauty companies are heading in the right direction).

Sunscreen Options With Clarins*

*All Featured are Press Samples

 I didn't know that I could do better than my Banana Boat Baby or that better sunscreens existed or even that sunscreens came in any other format aside from squeeze tubes. I've been exploring sunscreens more and Clarins did me a one-up by sending quite a few options to discover. So here are my recommendations for your Clarins sunscreen purchasing decisions. (tldr points at the bottom). 

Sample Killah!!!

So, you know all those sample follies? Those need to go. I'm overflowing! So I'm taking Kalyn Lord's Sample Killah challenge.

Expect reports on my instragram on:

July 10th

July 17th

July 24th

July 31st

with a round up post at the end of the month.

And you can join in the fun too by entering here. To give you some additional incentive, there's a $50 Paypal giftcard up for grabs open to everyone for just trying to reduce their samples stash.

Ind!a Circus

*Press sample featured

Some of us spend a lot of money on where we put our money. The boyfriend has been carrying around the same leather wallet since forever, its his only one, but I seemed to have collected more than a few options.

And who am I if I didn't have options to display and hold my insignificant wealth? I can't roll with the riches in their South Hampton escapes and summer yachts but t I can feign authenticity with designer goods before the emptiness of my bank account is revealed. And how am I going to fit that soccer-mom trifold wallet I carried in high school (so fash!) into tiny evening purses? A few wallet sizes are always helpful. 

PSA: Your Embarrassing Soundcloud

Credit: Josh Olin

To them young thugs that be blastin' those beats all up in the subwayz...

Homes, why you gotta play it like that?!*