Our Fall and Winter Beauty Favorites

Hello everyone!

How are you all doing? Today we're doing a post on our current fall and winter favorites. Here it goes!



1.Mini Mango Body Butter ($3) 2. Benefit they're real! mascara ($23) 3. Minus 417 Hand Moisturizer ($14) 4. Redken Diamond Oil Shampoo ($14)

I stumbled across this super cute body butter from The Body Shop at Ulta. It smells just like fresh mangos and it's super portable too. Of all the mascaras I've been trying lately, this Benefit mascara gives me big huge lashes! During winter my hands get super dry and this awesome hand cream keeps my hands moisturized. The best part is that it dries super fast. I couldn't resist the name of this shampoo and conditioner from Redken. This duo leaves my hair super shiny and soft. It also smells AMAZING.


5. The Girls Are Out by Essie ($8.50) 6. Plumberry by Essie ($8.50)

Even though it is winter time, I am still a fan of keeping my nail polish colors girly and feminine. I love this gorgeous fuchsia nail polish by Essie. It looks really flattering on medium skin and could work for all seasons. Next, this nail polish reminds me of cranberries on the mistletoe. It's a beautiful holiday color.



7. Tarte Frisky Clay Blush ($26) 8. Tarte Lipsurgence in Lust ($26)
Winter weather means goodbye sunshine and hello snow and rain. I picked the next two items to create that pretty red flush on the cheeks that happens when we're out in the cold. Tarte's Frisky and Lust LipSurgence do just the trick.



Yen here! My summer faves have officially rolled into my fall & winter faves and the only product I'm slowly getting into is a darker berry lip color. Or at least trying to find my perfect winter lip color. Urban Decay's Naked Skin Beauty Balm has been one of my top favorites as of late... It even trumps my favorite BB cream from Maybelline, which says a lot since I was pretty gun-ho about that product.

1. NYM Clean Freak Dry Shampoo | retail $6

2. Elie Saab 'Le Parfum' | retail $78

3. MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Soft & Gentle retail $30

4. Benefit Hoola Bronzer | retail $28

5. Urban Decay Naked Skin Beauty Balm | retail $38

6. Maybelline Color Whisper in Berry Ready retail $7.49

7. Benefit They're Real Mascara Deluxe Mini | retail $10

8. Kate Spade Twirl Perfume retail $31.50

9. TIGI Glow Blush in Lovely retail $22

Wet 'n Wild Color Icon Bronzer in Ticket to Brazil

I posted about looking for a bronzer in last weeks post and this is a follow up, but this product is a total fail. First off, I picked it up because it was on sale for $3-4. Don't get me wrong, I do like other Wet 'n Wild products, but mostly just their nail polishes. The color I chose is #729 in Ticket to Brazil, but it's more like ticket to oompa loompa land. The color is extremely orangey on my skin and overall, it looks like a sunless tan gone wrong. I high recommend skipping their bronzer all together... it's "cheap" for a reason.

Benefit Hoola Bronzer

I have been searching high and low for a new bronzer to test out. I'm attending a wedding next month and even though I looove my Fresh bronzer palette, but it's pretty old and it's just time to try something new. I went to Ulta awhile back since a lot of their drugstore brand cosmetics were having a huge sale. I originally was going to buy a Physicians Formula since it was cheaper in price, but it was shimmery which wasn't what I wanted. So I walked over to browse at the Benefit counter and sort of talked to the girl that was working over what was a good bronzer. She recommended I go with Hoola from Benefit. I'm so glad I listened to her because I had a different bronzer in my hand from Benefit, but the shade I chose was too light. Hoola is the perfect shade for me! Since I'm still transitioning from Winter to Spring/Summer.... ever so slowly here in the Pacific Northwest, using a light hand on the bronzer really made my skin look more alive. This product retails at $30.



What's your favorite bronzer?