Marisa Jensen

Avon Clearskin Product Review

10:12 AM

Avon's Clearskin Acne Skincare

FTC Disclaimer: All products where purchased by ME. This review is my honest opinion and my experience with the product. I have not been paid to write this review. Some if any links below might be affiliate, some might not.

About a month ago, I ran out of my favorite moisturiser and I had a brilliant idea to substitute what was working well with my skin for something that was a temporary substitute because I was on a holiday and didn't want to buy another bottle of my favorite moisturizer knowing that I had a bottle home. So, 3 weeks of using a product I clearly shouldn't have put on my face I broke out like crazy.

Shamefully, I have been trying to hide these little face monsters (acne) instead of treating the issue. So, on my trip to purchase the Avon giveaway items I ended up picking up Avon's Clearskin Blemish Clearing Pads which come 30 to a jar and contain 1.0% Salicylic Acid. I also purchased the Clearskin Blemish Clearing 2-in-1 Treatment & Hydrator with 2.0% Salicylic Acid.

At the time, I didn't have much hopes for this product but was surprised that within just a couple of days my pimples where drying, disappearing and going away. Woah! I was pretty impressed. I still have 3 stubborn spots but it's working wonderfully for them and I feel like in the next couple of days I can start doing videos and taking pictures outside of my hand.

Today I have another trip to the Avon Store and I will definitely be picking up backups for these two little wonders. At a whopping $7.99 for both products this is a deal and a half. If you or anyone you know if having acne issues, I highly suggest you give these two little products a try. You might be surprised at how wonderful they work and how quick they work.

Cheers,

Marisa

Update on the Revlon Pacific Coast Collection by Gucci Westman Spring 2013

8:35 AM

Giveaway

NEW Revlon Pacific Coast by Gucci Westman Collection LipButters andBaby Stick review and swatches + GIVEAWAY!

3:22 PM

NEW Lip Butters & Baby Sticks from the Revlon Pacific Coast by Gucci Westman Spring 2013 Collection

The last couple of months, I have been on the hunt for the four NEW shades of the Revlon LipButters. I read you could find them at Target, then Ulta, then CVS, then Wallgreens. Even though I live in Miami, I've looked from Key West, Florida to Just North of Titusville, Florida.

This was some serious product hunting! Picture credit to Google Maps

I couldn't find them! I stalked the stores like no ones business and even had my hubby looking for me. Try getting your husband or boyfriend walk in and ask "Do you have the new Revlon LipButter in Juicy Papaya and Pink Lemonade?" The stares he got was outrageous but he was a great sport and even was proactive enough to go on his own looking for the display. So, now that you have a bit of a background on how hard these NEW four shades have been to find... when I found them, you know I had to buy all four not just for me but an extra four for one lucky person out there. More on the giveaway at the end of this review.

REVLON Pacific Coast by Gucci Westman Spring of 2013 collection includes:

4 New Shades of the Revlon ColorBurst LipButters in (Juicy Papaya, Pink Lemonade, Sorbet, and Wild Watermelon)
2 Revlon ColorStay 16 Hour Eye Shadow Quads in(Free Spirit and Sea Mist)
1 Revlon ColorStay Creme Gel Eye Liner in (White Mist)
3 Revlon ColorStay Baby Stick for Lips & Cheeks in (Pink Passion, Tahitian, and Sunset)
4 Revlon ColorStay Longwear Nail Enamel in (Seashell, Tradewinds, Jungle, and Sunburst)

I personally picked up the LipButters and the Baby Sticks. I opted out of the shadows, nail polishes, and the gel eyeliner because I have so many similar colors in my collection.

Revlon ColorBurst Lip Butter in Pink Lemonade, Sorbet, Wild Watermelon, and Juicy Papaya

The Packaging for the new Revlon Lip Butters are the same as the old packaging which I like because they will go seamlessly with the rest of my collection and I still love the clear tops so that you can see the lipstick thru the cap. The formulation is the same, highly pigmented for their shade, smooth and moisturizing on my lips.

From left to right: Wild Watermelon, Sorbet, Juicy Papaya, and Pink Lemonade

As you can see these LipButters have a high shine to them and are very pigmented for a non-lipstick. Originally I was only going to buy Juicy Papaya and Pink Lemonade but once I saw these shades in person, I knew all four had to be included in my collection. Wild Watermelon is a beautiful orangey red. Sorbet is a vibrant fuchsia pink with blue undertones. Juicy Papaya is in my opinion the most beautiful color of the four, it's a peach color that its so universal I can imagine wearing this for work or at night with a smokey eye, the options are endless with this shade. While Pink Lemonade may look like it doesn't have pigmentation, it surely does... It's just very close to my skin tone. It's about the closest neutral that I have found for myself. I love how light it is, yet with a dark smokey eye or a very natural looking day this is also a great color. I really love the feel of these in my lips, they don't crease and get into fine lines, they just stay and make the lips feel hydrated while also giving you a pretty pop of color.

Revlon Baby Sticks from left to right: Sunset, Pink Passion, and Tahitian

The Revlon Baby Sticks where an unplanned purchase but I wanted to see how they would compare to similar products I own that are Lip & Cheek multi purpose. Sadly, I was unimpressed with two of the shades. The Revlon Baby Sticks are simply dual purpose Lip & Cheek gels.

The shade Sunset on the left has barely any pigment, I kid you not when I say I had to rub the product about 20 times back and forth to get the color that you see in the picture. I expected a highly pigmented red cheek and lip product and I got the exact opposite. The middle baby stick was the one that has the most pigment to it, two swatches and there went a bright color on my lips. The same pigmentation and swatch issue that I had with sunset I had with Tahitian... I had to rub it so hard for a long time to get any color to show. Tahitian is a light peach shade. Sunset and Tahitian really lack in pigmentation and feel different in texture than Pink Passion even though they should all be the same. If you decide to pick one of these up I would recommend Pink Passion but maybe Pass on Sunset and Tahitian.

In conclusion, I'm loving these New shades in the LipButter line and I think you will too.

I've bought a spare of each shade and I will be starting a giveaway open Internationally.

~ Giveaway ~

RULES: You must be 13 years or older or have your parents permission to enter. You must follow the "How to enter" instructions. You can comment as many times as you want or every day throughout this contest.

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE: You will receive the NEW 4 Revlon ColorStay LipButters in the shades: Juicy Papaya, Pink Lemonade, Sorbet, and Wild Watermelon. (New unopened)

HOW TO ENTER: I will be relocating my subscribers list to my right sidebar. All you have to do is be a subscriber to this blog AND post a comment below on which shade is your favorite, if you've tried Revlon LipButters, or make any request for a particular review.

WHEN AND HOW THE WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN: This giveaway starts today March 21st and ends April 11th at midnight. That's 3 weeks this will be giveaway will be open. Rafflecopter will display the winner and the winner will be emailed once the giveaway has ended.

DISCLAIMER: This giveaway is not sponsored by Revlon and products where not provided by said company.

Good luck to all!

-Marisa

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ELF

NEW Elf Complete & Ultimate Eye Kits

7:01 PM

Double Review on the NEW Complete & Ultimate ELF Eye Kits

FTC Disclaimer: All products where purchased by ME. This review is my honest opinion and my experience with the product. I have not been paid to write this review. Some if any links below might be affiliate, some might not.

I recently spotted these two Elf kits at Walgreens and at $4.99 each, it's was a deal. We all know Elf is affordable but sometimes a hit and miss on pigmentation so here is my thoughts on each kit.

Beginning with the Complete eye kit which comes with an eye shadow quad palette, a brush, eyelash curler, and an eyeliner.

The eyelash curler is pretty nice because it has a deep curve which is great for small eyes versus a flatter eyelash curler that can be a challenge to use. I find this one to be a pretty decent one, specially to travel with.

Out of the two kits, the Complete eye kit is the only one that names the Shadow palette "Happy Hour".

The brush is best for packing color on the eye lid. It find that it is soft enough to use, I have sensitive eyelids and I'm particularly picky about abrasive brushes. I approve of this one.

The eyeshadow quad's name is "Happy Hour" and it comes with a tiny mirror in the compartment the the dual applicator comes in. I don't use the small sponge applicators and I find the mirror a bit small to be useful but the eyeshadows are ohhh so worth the purchase of this kit.

These are the swatches of the Complete eyeshadow quad in "Happy Hour" with NO primer and no double swatch. I simply swatched once and was shocked at how vibrant and pigmented the colors where. I love every single one of them. I woke them without primer and they lasted about 5 hours without any fading by hour 7 I started to see fading and some creasing from my oily lids. The pink was the first one to fade, the rest of the colors lasted much longer on my eyes. The colors themselves are not named, that I know of! The highlight color is a a beautiful light pearleasant gold, then you have a light pearly pink, a taupe, and a satin brown. All of the shades are buttery and easy to blend not to mention that I didn't experience any fall-out at all. I'm very impressed.

The liner in both kits are the same, a black eyeliner pencil which both claimed to be brightening. While I'm not exactly sure how black liner is brightening, I find it very pigmented and easy to work with for a pencil liner (my least favorite to work with). As you can see in the picture above I did one swatch then one heavier buildable swatch.

The Ultimate Eye Kit comes with a quad eyeshadow (unnamed), a mascara, an eyeliner, and an eye primer.

The pencil eyeliner is the same as the Complete eye kit so refer to the swatch and my comment above.

The quad eyeshadow does not come with a name but unlike the Complete Kit, this quad has two matte shadows and two frost shadows. I was expecting to love this one but I was let down by the pigmentation of the matte shadows. I had to go over both matte swatches about 5-6 times for any color to show. It was very hard to build the color and even harder to see any difference with a primer under them. Primer or not, both matte shadows flat out suck. The frost shadows are pigmented but you can find these exact shades in other palettes where you can actually use all the shadows. I was really hoping the second shadow down would be a dupe to Buck from the Naked Urban Decay palette, but sadly it wasn't. If your tempted to buy it because you have that same thought, I don't mean to crush your heart, but your going to be disappointed.

Picture above shows the shadows from the Ultimate palette swatches twice. The top row is without primer and the bottom row is with primer. As you can see, it really didn't make much of a difference.

The primer that the Ultimate kit comes with is a basic skin-toned primer that sheers out when blended onto the skin. If you look closely you can see it in the bottom of my hand in the bottom right picture. I wiped the top to create a crisp line so that you can compare bare skin and primed skin. With all the eye primers available I would not choose this one as the best one. Actually, I don't like this one! It didn't make the colors more vibrant or make them last longer on my eyelids.

The mascara was a shocker for me. I've tried other mascaras from elf and haven't found one I liked but this one I feel was decent. I like the volume and the length that it gave me. In the picture you can tell the difference with my bare lashes on the right and my lashes with the mascara on the left, and no I am not wearing false lashes. I have pretty long lashes and a lot of them but without a good mascara, it's hard to tell. I would recommend this Lengthening and Defining Mascara from ELF.

In conclusion, I'm enjoying the Complete Eye kit the most, and find the products to the the best bang for the buck in that kit. The Ultimate kit has more of a hit and miss in my opinion than anything. If your interested in the mascara, I'd check out your local target or eyeslipsface.com and see if they are carrying this mascara alone.

Hope this review has helped. Feel free to comment, let me know what you'd like me to review or tell me which Kit you like the most.

Cheers!

Marisa

FTC Disclaimer: All products where purchased by ME. This review is my honest opinion and my experience with the product. I have not been paid to write this review. Some if any links below might be affiliate, some might not.

Avon

Avon Giveaway

2:10 AM

Enter NOW to win the Avon giveaway!

FTC Disclaimer: All products where purchased by ME. This review is my honest opinion and my experience with the product. I have not been paid to write this review. Some if any links below might be affiliate, some might not.

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Prize includes:

1 - Skin So Soft Signature Silk Shower Gels

1 - Secrets To Keep 1.7oz Perfume

1 - Secrets To Keep Roll on Perfume

1 - SuperExtend Infinitize Mascara in Black

1 - Lipstick Brush

2 - NEW Bronzing Gels in Light & Medium (not on the Avon store yet)

8 - NEW Totally Kissable Lipsticks in 8 different shades (Racy Red, Lovey Dovey Pink, Smitten Red, Lacy Mauve, Make Out Red, Plum Intrigue, Loving Lilac, & Naughty and Nude)

1 - Catalog Campaign 8

3 - Surprise Samples

You will be receiving the lipsticks that are still sealed with the black Avon label. The opened lipsticks are from my own personal collection and will not be the ones that you will be receiving, you get brand new ones unopened. That's why I showed both the actual packaging and the sealed black packaging protection in the pictures.

Left to Right: Racy Red, Lovey Dovey Pink, Smitten Red, Lacy Mauve, Make Out Red, Plum Intrigue, Loving Lilac, & Naughty and Nude

These are the most moisturizing lipsticks I have in my collection, arise from the Revlon LipButters. I just love these and I know you will too. The variety of shades will allow you to pull off any lip color for every occasion.

Left to Right: Racy Red, Lovey Dovey Pink, Smitten Red, Lacy Mauve, Make Out Red, Plum Intrigue, Loving Lilac, & Naughty and Nude

Interesting fact: You will be receiving one of the hottest selling shades in "Make Out Red" which is the shade the model is wearing in the campaign ad below.

Model is wearing shade "Make Out Red"

The Mascara I chose for this giveaway was by far the hardest decision I had to make. I find this mascara to be the one I have reached for the most in February and has pretty much become my new BFF from my Estee Lauder Sumptuous Waterproof mascara that has been my forever love for the past couple of years. Avon's SuperExtend Infinitize mascara kicks my old love to the curve and has been permanently replaced in my makeup bag. I love the brush, the formula, and the longevity that I get out the SuperExtend Infinitize mascara. Hopefully the winner will love this one as much as I do.

Avon SuperExtend Infinitize Mascara

The two bronzing gels are new products that are not available for purchase through the website, you must contact me to order these directly through me. Because these are new products, I will not do a swatch on them yet so that the winner can really get the luxury enjoying the product before my review. I can say that these are amazing, specially with summer around the corner.

-RULES, HOW TO ENTER, DISCLAIMER & QUESTIONS-

Rules & How to Enter: You must follow the instructions on the rafflecopter widget to enter. You can have multiple entries, you are encouraged to share this with friends. This giveaway is open world-wide, I will ship to your country: should there be any tax when it enters your country you will be fully responsible in paying for that.

Disclaimer: Avon is not sponsoring this giveaway, I am. These items where purchase by me and not given to me by Avon or it's companies.

Questions: Please post your questions on the comment section below. I will answer them as soon as I can. By posting your question you might be answering someone else's question, therefore eliminating a couple of hundred emails sent to me asking me the same thing.

Hope you all enjoy this giveaway and Good-Luck to the winner!

xoxo,

Marisa

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FTC Disclaimer: All products where purchased by ME. This review is my honest opinion and my experience with the product. I have not been paid to write this review. Some if any links below might be affiliate, some might not.

Avon Clearskin Product Review

Avon's Clearskin Acne Skincare

Update on the Revlon Pacific Coast Collection by Gucci Westman Spring 2013

Revlon Pacific Coast Collection by Gucci Westman Spring 2013

NEW Revlon Pacific Coast by Gucci Westman Collection LipButters andBaby Stick review and swatches + GIVEAWAY!

NEW Lip Butters & Baby Sticks from the Revlon Pacific Coast by Gucci Westman Spring 2013 Collection

~ Giveaway ~

NEW Elf Complete & Ultimate Eye Kits

Double Review on the NEW Complete & Ultimate ELF Eye Kits

FTC Disclaimer: All products where purchased by ME. This review is my honest opinion and my experience with the product. I have not been paid to write this review. Some if any links below might be affiliate, some might not.

FTC Disclaimer: All products where purchased by ME. This review is my honest opinion and my experience with the product. I have not been paid to write this review. Some if any links below might be affiliate, some might not.

Avon Giveaway

Enter NOW to win the Avon giveaway!

FTC Disclaimer: All products where purchased by ME. This review is my honest opinion and my experience with the product. I have not been paid to write this review. Some if any links below might be affiliate, some might not.

-RULES, HOW TO ENTER, DISCLAIMER & QUESTIONS-

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Update on the Revlon Pacific Coast Collection by Gucci Westman Spring 2013

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NEW Revlon Pacific Coast by Gucci Westman Collection LipButters andBaby Stick review and swatches + GIVEAWAY!

NEW Lip Butters & Baby Sticks from the Revlon Pacific Coast by Gucci Westman Spring 2013 Collection

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NEW Elf Complete & Ultimate Eye Kits

Double Review on the NEW Complete & Ultimate ELF Eye Kits

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FTC Disclaimer: All products where purchased by ME. This review is my honest opinion and my experience with the product. I have not been paid to write this review. Some if any links below might be affiliate, some might not.

Avon Giveaway

Enter NOW to win the Avon giveaway!

FTC Disclaimer: All products where purchased by ME. This review is my honest opinion and my experience with the product. I have not been paid to write this review. Some if any links below might be affiliate, some might not.

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