Product Review - Skin MD Natural Shielding Lotion

This review is a bit overdue, but I wanted to make sure that I had a thorough sense of the product, before even mentioning it to you guys. So as I type this, I no longer have my Skin MD Natural Shielding Lotion because I ran out. Yes, I've been constantly using it to the point where it no longer exists. Read on...

Pricing $18 for a 4 oz. bottle

Even though this one was a courtesy of the company, I think the price is just right. I mean I usually pay around $20 for my body butter, so $18 is not so bad.

Appearance/Packaging 

If you're like me, and buy stuff because it's pretty, then you will probably never own this. It's not a cute bottle, let alone catchy, and if you carry your lotion around [like moi] it's not something that I would be proud to flaunt around. The bottle was a nice size though, so it fit on my purse easily.

Texture/Fragrance

If there was one thing I loved about this product, was it's texture. It's almost addicting. It's very thin, and the skin absorbs it in NO TIME! I seriously loved that. Also, since I'm an allergic freak, I was hesitant to try it at first, but it has no fragrance, and it's non-comedogenic and hypoallergenic.

The fact that it was fragrance free, intrigued me. I've always used lotions with a scent. However, I've noticed that I put on perfume, then a few minutes later I put on whatever lotion I have on my purse, and they're NEVER the same scent. So basically, either the perfume scent gets lost, or I just smell like a bunch of different things. With this lotion, I didn't have that problem.

Performance/Effectiveness

Note: You can use the product on your hands, body and face, I only tried it on my hands.

Like I mentioned earlier, I used the whole 4 oz. of this little product, but I have mixed feelings about it. When I put it on, my skin felt great. It was silky smooth, and my skin actually felt fresh. However, after a while they would get dry, and when I say dry I mean DRY. Something that I had never seen before, they started to get ashy, and white-looking, which is weird, because well, I was using lotion. This only made me put more on, which is probably the reason of why I went trough the whole bottle.

Would I recommend this product?

Yes, especially if you have allergy problems, this one didn't cause any reactions on my skin.


PS: Is anybody else having trouble uploading pictures to blogger???? Is driving me insane. Ciao lovers, Have a great weekend, XOXO

Product Review - Urban Decay Alice in Wonderland Book of Shadows

What a perfect day to post this review, huh? Today comes out the much anticipated Tim Burton's remake of Alice in Wonderland, featuring Johnny Depp.

Well, as I had mentioned before [here] when I splurged on a lot of makeup at Sephora, I was going to be reviewing them. Here's my review of the Book of Shadows.

Pricing - $52

I actually think it's a good price for 16 eye shadows [supposedly their top sellers], one eye shadow primer, 2 eye liners and the fact that is special edition. 

Appearance/Packaging

That's exactly what made me buy it. I'm a sucker for pretty things. And it's pop-up art of Alice in "Wonderland" is amazing. The names given to the eye shadows also caught my attention. In particular "Drink me, Eat me" I mean who doesn't want an eye shadow by that name? Only bad thing is that you can't take your eye shadow with you to retouch, unless you have a really big makeup bag.

Performance/Effectiveness

Here's where the weight of the whole review lies, it's effectiveness, and I must say I love it. The eye shadow primer potion is amazing and so is the black eye liner pencil. Not to mention the lovely things you can do with those colors.

The eye shadow primer potion glides in smoothly without leaving your eyelids all cakey. I have used eye shadow primer in the past and hated the whole idea of it, until I tried this one. It also evens out your skin tone in that area,  making it perfect for day looks with just a simple color or glamorous night makeup.

Here I'm wearing 3 of the eye shadows that come in the palette. I used Curioser for the main lid area, Underland for the outer corner and White Rabbit for the brow bone. It sort of looks like I'm wearing 4 different colors, but it's just those 3 blended in. I'm also wearing the eyeshadow primer potion. I'm happy to say that this makeup looked exactly like this ALL NIGHT LONG! That's a winner on my book. I also learned, for next time, that I should apply the primer all the way up to my brow, since I will be applying eye shadow all the way over there, otherwise you get that weird strike mark that I'm pretty sure all of you can see [it makes the white color look different].

Hours later, returning home.

Would I recommend this product?

Definitely! Too bad is sold out everywhere [or so I heard].

PS: I will post all about this outfit soon.