Prime Time

Are you tired of applying makeup only to have it disappear halfway through the day? Well so am I and I have the perfect solution! I use a product called prime time primer by Bare Escentuals. I have been using it for about five months now and I'm very satisfied with it. Now, what is a primer? A primer is basically a liquid/gel solution that you spread over your entire face BEFORE applying makeup. It basically keeps your makeup stuck to your face and prevents it from 'dissolving' if you have oily skin.

There are many different primers out there but I consider prime time to be the best and most affordable for many different reasons.

1) This primer is made out of completely natural ingredients! That's ALWAYS a plus!
2)This primer has lasted me five months and counting even though the bottle appears small.
3) A little bit of this primer really does go a long way.
4) This primer is about $20, which I know is kind of alot but when you see how long it lasts and the great quality of the product you will definitely think that it's worth it.

Another primer that I've heard is top notch is Smashbox's primer, however I have not used this product and I believe it is quite pricey.

Prime Time Primer Rating: 5 stars *****

FTC: I am not in any way affiliated with Bare Escentuals or Smashbox cosmetics. All products used in this review were bought by myself and as always, all opinions are my own.

Krazy for Konad

SO, recently I've found out about a company called Konad. Konad is a company that specializes in making nail art inventions. Here's the low down: Basically when you get a Konad kit you receive what they call an image plate, a scraper, a stamper, and special polish. All of  the Konad kits are different but the essential thing you need to know is that basically this is a kit that stamps images onto your nails. And the things is, you can do it over and over again instead of having to pay to get flowers on your nails or even a french manicure at your local nail salon. To good to be true huh? Well, think again. I bought it myself and I can at least tell you that the french tip kit is a really good one!

Let's get started:

1) Take the image plate of your choice and paint a strip of nail polish over the image you want with the special polish.

2) Take the scraper and holding it at a 45 degree angle quickly scrape horizontally.

3) Take your stamper and gently roll it across the image, applying slight pressure. You should now have the image appearing on the end of your stamp.

4) Take the stamp with the image on it and line it up with where you want it to go. If it is the french tip kit I recommend you roll the stamp slowly aligning it with the tip of your finger. If it is a regular image I have heard that it's easy if you go quickly, however I only have the french tip kit so I can't really say =P.

5) An voila. You now have a  perfect KONADICURE!

Now, time to rate Konad:

Pros: Easy enough to do, Really neat designs, Easy to be creative with

Cons: Takes some practice for french tips, must wipe down EVERYTHING with nail polish remover after applying an image to one finger. If you don't it will mess everything up! The best thing to do is get lint free nail pads so you don't get lint when going from finger to finger.

Rating: 4 stars ****

FTC: I am not in anyway affiliated with Konad. All products were bought by myself and as always, all opinions are my own.

Skinny Jeans Get Even Skinnier

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Alrighty, so I just found out about a new thing called 'jeggings'. Basically it's a cross between traditional jeans and leggings. Now, the only thing that I have to say about that is EWWW. Now, I'm not here to try to make anybody mad, so if you like jeggings then that's your business, but I personally do not like jeggings and I don't even really like skinny jeans either.

 Lately I've been thinking about how skinny jeans aren't even that cool. I mean, a pair of nice skinny's that gently curve to you is fine but when you start wearing these XXS skinny jeans that's where it all gets weird. I mean, for starters they look so uncomfortable. Especially since they're made out of jean material. *shudders* I just don't understand how tight clothing is the new in. I mean, 'flattering' is fine (sometimes) but 'gut wrenching tight' is not. Anyways, I'm sure that they're somehow bad for your health! I really don't even know how you could breath in one of those. It has to hurt!

Another point is why does society tell you that you have to look just like a super model to be truly accepted? I mean, its' fine to want to dress up and look nice but you don't have to be perfect. And the truth of the matter is that nobody really is. Not even models. So, I want to dare you to just be yourself. And the best thing you can do is to improve your personality because who you are on the inside is who you truly are on the outside.

Rating: 0 stars

FTC: All opinions are my own and I am not in any way affiliated with anything, as of right now.

Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoyed.

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Review: Scrunching Your Hair With Regis Designline Curl Lock Curl Cream

These are my actual waves!

If you're anything like the millions of girls that I have come to know, and occasionally love, then you might be looking into the current fashion of scrunching. Scrunching is a hair technique used to create natural looking curls and waves in one's hair. It is also a very useful technique in the summer, when hair seems to poof the most, or when you're on the run and can't bear to wear another ponytail. Here is the way that I scrunch my own hair:

1) First you need to wet your hair, COMPLETELY.

2) COMB through your hair, brushes are very bad when it comes to creating curls. If you have thick hair you may want to look into using a wide toothed comb. I got mine from walmart for under $5.00

3) Now here's a step that most people probably don't use but to me it has made a most definite difference in my hair. What you need to do is take your bath towl and (with your head flipped over) scrunch your hair with the towel only! Then flip upright and scrunch tilting your head to each side. If you don't know what scrunching is I will explain at the bottom.

4) Take a bottle of Designline Curl Lock Curl Cream or any other gel/mousse/curl cream and squirt a quarter size amount into the palm of your hand.

5) Smooth the product first in your hand and then (with head flipped) scrunch into hair with hands and then flip up right and scrunch sides.

6) Now, here's another helpful tip. If the back of your hair seems bumpy take a comb and comb carefully until your waves/curls start.

7) Now you have wonderful curls! Getting long layers cut into your hair can help with your curls as well.

Now for the Regis Designline Curl Lock Curl Cream Review:

I absolutely love this product. It smells SOOO good and really does hold your curls well. It's only about $12.00 from walmart but it is definately worth it. Unlike watery gels it is a cream, which my hair stylist says is the best thing in the world that you can use for curls!

I give this product 5 Stars: *****

Scrunching: Where you take a fistfull of hair in your hand, scrunch it, and keep scrunching pulling hair up to the very top of your head. Then release and redo or move on depending on if you approve of that curl/wave.

FTC: I am not in anyway affiliated with the company (Regis Corporation) that has created this curl lock cream. All products used for this post were bought by myself and, as always, all opinions are my own.