Elizabeth & James is Mark-Kate & Ashley

I have been a huge fan of the Olsen Twins since I was like 3 years old. They have grown as I have grown & they have always been fashion icons in my eyes. Remember the Paris Movie?? I would seriously watch that today if I had it! Me and my cousin used to do our hair and shop for clothes to replicate them. First they came out with a line for wal-mart for teens, when they were teens. Then a few years back, they came out with another line called The Rowe and now they have Elizabeth & James. (those are their other siblings names). The clothes are cute, although the style is categorized as "street" on Boutiques.com, they stand right next to:  Herve Leger, DKNY, Micheal Kors, & Ralph Lauren to name a few & are absolutely holding their own. Here's some stuff I thought was really cute:

                                 Elizabeth & James

To get a feel for the price, these shoes are on sale for $297 originally $425

 

The Rowe

most of this line is black&white colors

Personally I like Elizabeth&James but the prices are really expensive, which is kinda what I like about it just because it's cool to think that MK & Ashley have come this far.

What do you guys think?

  

Nail Tutorial: Cute Cupcakes

 Hey Ladies! This is my own take (the same thing, really) on MissGlamorazzi's Cupcake Nails! I had a lot of fun creating them, so if you decide to try it out- watch the video. Thanx For Reading!

        

        

Review: Freeman's Detoxifying Facial Chocolate Strawberry Mask

This is the Freeman's Deep Pore Cleansing Detoxifying Chocolate Strawberry Facial Mask. Wow long name...I got at CVS for like $1.50. There is more than enough for one application. There is certainly not enough for 2 applications, but I did have some left over. My skin type is acne prone, mostly oily, sometimes dry so I do have a tough time finding skin product's that do work.

Over all I give this a 4/5. Let me just start on the good points:
-First off I love chocolate so this smelled good enough to eat I thought. It does have a strong scent. If you dont like chocolate &/or have a sensitive nose then maybe this mask isn't for you. If you can get past all of that though, it's quite nice.

-It goes on just like any other face mask: once it hardens your face becomes tight and then you rinse it off with warm water. Some masks are a mother to get off of my face, so I liked this one in the respect I didn't have to do a number on my skin.

-As soon as it was off of my face, I felt an immediate difference. My skin felt very fresh, almost light-weight. It did do as it promised for the most part with the detoxifying aspect but that is why I gave it a 4 because I did say for the most part...

-I didn't have huge red pimples when I used this, but I always do have white heads and black heads. I do pop white and black heads, not the red ones. You know when you get a facial and they do an extraction? That's the professional word for popping white & black heads. What ever the mask didn't extract out of my face I found it extremely easy to get the rest of the job done. It really did bring all of that gunk (sorry to be gross) to the surface of my skin.

I wont explain how to extract, just google it if you must but I will say this: Always prep your face (this mask is a great way, or even steam) to bring all of the dirt to the surface, and put tissue in between your finger tips and your skin to prevent breaking your skin open.

Will I be buying this again? Not for a while just because I do want to try other masks from this line, but I definitely will some time again in my life. I didn't give it a 5/5 just because I was expecting some sort of miracle I guess in the respect that I did have to do some of work. But I think it is a great mask regardless.

As my first official review, I wanna hear from you guys, Was this helpful?
Thanx for reading everybody! 

Target, Bath & Body Works, (and some other's) Haul! & Small Review(s)

Really quickly, I wanted to let you guys know that with every review I will be ranking products on a 5 star basis. 1 star horrible and 5 stars the best product EVER. A lot of hauls that I do usually have other blog posts in front of them, I usually have about a week or so to use product's and tell yah what I think. I know that's not the point of haul's but I just feel a little or useful this way, so here goes:

Physician's Formula Cashmere Bronzer. This review will be a bit long I do have mixed feelings about this product

Polishes

                                     In the Spotlight, BubbleGum Pink, & Preppy Purple (review's will be in)

B&BW Dark Kiss- Body Butter & Body Spray buy 2 get 1 free. I cant remember how much these were. Either way 5/5. This is my favorite scent from B&BW. Do we all remember the Mood candle/lotion line a few years back from VS? This reminds me of Sweet Cravings scent which I loved! I layer these every morning. The butter is so smooth and putting them on together, the scent will linger all day.

B&BW Shea Cashmere Hand Cream $10. Smells like butter, very rich and creamy 5/5. I love this! I could eat this stuff. At $10 I am going to get the tub of it next time for around $17. I think it's a bit pricey but worth it for me. It is absolutely moisturizing & amazing. The scent alone is so warm & soft & creamy I want this whole line of products.

Creamy Hawaiian Coconut Body Scrub (buy 2 get 1 free). I love body scrubs and I usually go for the C.O. Bigelow ones, but since I really wanted the Dark Kiss, I opted out for this (because of the buy 2 get 1 for free deal) which I am really happy I tried it because not only is it a scrub, but when you scrub it on to your legs (I use my hands) It lathers very nicely. I give this 4/5 stars. 4 because I feel like they could have done better with the scent, being B&BW and all. I love coconut, and yes it smells like coconut- but I expected more from them.

B&BW Country Chic That came with a bag. Both which I got for free from buying any Signature Collection product last week (sat. 3/20). Eh I dunno. The scent is nice. Nothing special. The bag I wouldn't buy for $5 (that's how much it is). I could take or leave these. I only buy body butter because I don't feel like the regular lotions are that moisturizing so on that note, I would give it a 3. Maybe the scent will grow on me.

B&BW candles 3 for $5. I love the candles they have. The Fresh Picked Cherries smell good and actually burns with a sour candy smell to it, which I like sour candies. Strawberry Patch has a much higher throw than the other one, and is much more sweeter. It smells delicious. (I got 2 strawberry candle's btw)

Pink Pants $35, Which came with a gift card that is redeemable on April 1st. Every card is at least worth $10 although some can go up to $500!

 
Body Central Stuff- Necklace. $3.80

Tank Top $8

Sorry my breast's always seem to get in the way. I had nobody else to take my pic, sorry guys. My point of these pics were to show you how the fabrics lay on my body.

                                                                   Shirt $8

ELF Eyebrow Kit $5 @ Target. This is awesome. Go and get this! They come with stencils (4), Tweezers, (mine were missing!) Concealor Brush (IDK why), Brow Powder & Cream Duo, & Brow Gel. I love this. I am obsessive about my brows, 5/5 This is an absolute steal for $5. The brow gel can be $5 alone.

Yankee Candle Tarts: Early Sunrise, Vanilla Cupcake, & Pink Sands $1 each (sale)

Park Lane Ring $5

Great Gulit Free Dessert!

Did You Know? If you walk for at least 15 minutes a day, that will work off about 100 calories, which in turn can keep off 10 lbs. a year!

                        Chocolate Crusted Cheesecake

• ¾ cup dark chocolate wafer crumbs
• 8 ounce package fat-free cream cheese, softened
• 8 ounce package reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
•  ½ cup Truvia No Calorie, All Natural Sweetener, Granulated
•  3 large eggs, separated
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 6 ounce container fresh raspberries   
•  Topping:
• ½ cup fat-free sour cream
• Another 1 tbsp Truvia No Calorie, All Natural Sweetener, Granulated
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray 3 (12-cup) miniature muffin tins with vegetable cooking spray. Sprinkle each muffin cup with 1 teaspoon dark chocolate wafer crumbs. Turn pans upside down, and discard excess. Set aside.

2. Beat cream cheese at high speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add ½ cup Truvia Granulated Sweetener, and beat until at medium speed with an electric mixer about 2 or until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks and vanilla; beat at low speed just until blended.

3. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Gently fold into cream cheese mixture; spoon into prepared pans.

4. Bake 15; spoon about ½ teaspoon topping on each cheesecake. Bake 5 additional. Remove to wire racks to cool. Chill thoroughly before removing from pan. Garnish, if desired.

5. Topping directions: COMBINE sour cream, 1 tablespoons Truvia Granulated Sweetener, and vanilla extract.

My Mark. Shadow's & Swatches

For The Love Of Beauty By Lara ask for swatches from Mark. since they are my favorite eye shadows. Very pigmented! so here are some:

I dont know what the smudge is on the purple shadow, I guess a camera malfunction...?

This is the Rebel Rose Palette, and they do not make the palette anymore, but they make all the colors. Pink- Luvstruck. Black- Corset. Purple- Saucy (they don't make this one, but it's duplicate  would be Piccadilly) White - Rebel

Ok guys there you have it and if your wondering about any other color by Mark. that your just not sure about before you buy it you kinda wanna swatch it, just let me know and I'll swatch it if I have it!

How To: Easy Fishtail Braid - Spring Trends

          

Instead of putting up a bunch of pictures on all the latest hair styles I just figured I would go a step further & post a video the latest hair style on how to achieve the Fish Tail Braid. Hope all you ladies enjoy!