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Friday, January 29, 2016

Rite Aid Haul

Hello my MJF followers/friends,
I have an old Rite aide haul from before Halloween.



I went to Rite Aide to find the skull lip gloss and of course I found other stuff that I could not leave with out them. All of the Halloween makeup was 50% off. I really lucky find one of the Phantom frights/ skull lip gloss and it was on sale for .99. I also got Entenmann's Apple Crumble pie candle on sale for .99.  I found the limited edition Wet N Wild Color Icon nail polishes in Los Feliz Navidad and Where my ho ho at? which was $2.99 each. I also found a covergirl outlast stay brilliant nail polish in Emerald Blaze on sale for $2.99 which is in the star wars collection that's probably why it was on sale.

I hope you enjoyed my little Rite Aid haul.

Until next time,
Mel

Dollar Tree Hauls

Hello my MJF followers/friends,
I have a few hauls from dollar tree to show you.
I'm excited to show you things I've been looking for and found the last few weeks.



Since I'm addicted to candles and apple and cinnamon scents I had to pick up some Luminessence apple Cinnamon scented tealight candles. I also found the Wet N Wild Eyeshadow Brush everyone been hauling and could not pass up not getting another one because I love the ones that I have already from Wet n' wild. I also found the Star Candle Company candles in the Valentines area and when I smelled Pink Passion and had to get two lol. It says that its a Vanilla scent but it smells fruity to me. It looks like scent is meant to be chocolate covered strawberries and it kinda smells like strawberries but I have to see when I burn them. I always look at the nail polish to see if they had anything that I don't have and I found Revlon Brilliant Strength 030 Intrigue which is a pretty light blue with shimmer. I don't have anything like it in my collection and had to have. I also found a few E.l.f items that I have been looking for and not been looking for at DT. The first thing I got was E.l.f Nail Polish Remover Pads fresh citrus scent which I was not looking for but been meaning to pick some remover pads for my travel bag. I've tried the L.A colors one but did not like strawberry smell and I'm happy to find the E.l.f ones which are citrus scented and you know I love citrus scents. So I hope these are good. I also found E.l.f Smudge Pot in Brownie Points and Poppin' Party which I've been looking for at DT. I paid full price for Cruisin' Chic and I really like so I'm happy find these two for $1.00. The last thing I picked up is a Tool Bench Hardware door stopper for my room door which I lost the last one I got dt.


After watching Chachacakes haul on youtube and saw that cute st.patty's day owl clings I had to go to DT and get one. I also got another of the Star Candle Company candle in this red hearts box which says vanilla but smells like red hearts candy which I love the scent. I might have to get more lol.



In this haul I found these cute little 3d owl tray that I also saw everyone hauling too and had to have because I love owls. I also saw that they put out some new European American designs perfumes and I found one that I had to have. It was Just Vivacious which is compares to Viva La Juice by Juicy Couture which I love.


The last thing I got at DT was this 2in1 micro usb cable stylus which I've been looking for but bummed that its red. I think I just put some washi tap on it to make it look pretty.

I hope you enjoyed see my DT haul.

Until next time,
Mel




Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Target Haul

Hello my MJF followers/friends,
I have a small Target haul to share with you. I went to target to get eyeshadows primer and to look around and I found a few things I wanted. So lets get into what I got right?!


I was looking at the womens clearance clothing and found Mossimo supply co. Charcoal Sweat paints with Owl design was $19.99 now $5.98 and you know I love owls so I could not pass these up. I also got Up & up Skin Refreshing Apricot scrub compared  to st. Ives fresh skin apricot scrub $2.74 with Cartwheel 5% off $2.74 because I've been wanting to try some different face scrubs and I never tried up & ups or St. Ives either. Since I heard good things about this next time from emilynoel83 on youtube I decided to try it myself which is NYC City Proof 24hr Eye Primer 001 Universal $2.82  with Cartwheel 15% off  got it for $2.39. The last thing I got was Wet N Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow Trio 334 I'm Getting Sunburned was $2.97 then marked down to $2.52 then ranged up as $2.07 so I could not leave it behind because I love Wet N Wild eyeshadows.  I posted an eye look with the NYC primer and will try to do a review in the future.

I hope you enjoyed my target haul.

Until next time,
Mel

I won Beautybytori86favthingsgiveaway

Hello my MJF followers/friends,
I'm so excited to tell you that I won Beautybytori86 fav things giveaway on instagram.
If you not followering her you need too because post her eye looks on instagram.
If you still not following me on instagram you need too and the link is on the right side of this blog. Anyway lets get into what I won righ?!


What I won:
Black lace makeup case
Milani Runway Lashes Instant Volume Mascara
Sinful Colors Gilded
Milani Quick Dry Top Coat
Love & Beauty by forever 21 Shine away purifying sea mud mask
Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara
Love & Beauty by forever 21 Velvet Lipstick Natural
Love & Beauty by forever 21 Mint and cream compact
Ardell Natural Lashes in 120 Demi and 117
E.l.f Makeup Mist & Set
E.l.f Lip Exfoliator
 E.l.f Concealer Brush
E.l.f Eyeshadow Brush

Some of the things I got are also my favorite too like Sinful colors nail polish but I don't have Gilded which I happy to try. I also love Milani Quick Shine top coat but never tried the regular quick dry top coat. I also own and love the E.l.f brushes and was needing to pick up another of the concealer brush which I used to clean up my mess ups on my mani so I'm happy I won one.
Everything else I got I never tried and happy to try some new things.
I've been wanting to try different mascaras and I won two so I can't wait to try those. I also wanted to try different face masks and I did not know that Love & Beauty by forever 21 had masks and happy to try that as well as the lipstick too. I also been wanting to try ardell lashes and e.l.f makeup mist & set and lip exfoliator.

Thank you Tori for this awesome giveaway and can't wait to use all these goodies.

Until next time,
Mel

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Cosmo with a Twist Mani

Hello my MJF followers/friends,
If you saw my haul from Ulta recently, I bought this Opi  nail polish and I could not wait to put on my nails. So here is the mani.

with flash

no flash indoor lighting

the purple shift/duo chrome
Products I used:
Revlon ColorStay Base Coat 
OPI Cosmo with a Twist 
Milani Quick Shine Top Coat

When I saw this nail polish at Ulta, I thought it was a blue duo chrome but when I got it home and put it on its a dark blue purple with blue and purple shimmer which is so pretty. I wore this mani for almost 2 weeks because I loved it so much and that's saying a lot because I change my nail polish once a week. After taking it off I was to tempted to put it back on but I didn't.  If you love dark purples you need this polish in your collection. If you can still find it get it. Its from the OPI Starlight Holiday Collection 2015.

Until next time,
Mel

Pinchme Box #19

Hello my MJF followers/friends,
I have another pinchme box with free samples to show you.


What I got in this Pinchme box:

$100 Wine Voucher
 Breathe Right Nasal Strips
 Beyond Grain-Free White Meat Chicken & Egg Recipe Dry Cat Food

As I said before its nice to get free cat food samples for the cat that adopted us. I have not given this new food to him yet but he liked the can food from Beyond so he will probably will like this kind too.

Until next time,
Mel

Silver Star and White As Snow Mani

Hello my MJF followers/friends,
I'm here to show you another manicure because some how I posted a mani on Monday that I already posted oops. So to replace my mess up I'm posting two manis.

with flash

no flash inside lighting
Products I used:
Revlon ColorStay Base Coat 
Pure Ice Sliver Star 
Pure Ice White As Snow
Milani Quick Shine Top Coat

I was so excited to get a free bottle of Pure Ice nail polish from influenster but when I got it and saw the color I was kinda bummed because it a silver which I many of and they are all the same. I decided to try it anyways and its pretty nice. The formula is nice and I only need one coat but I did two coats. I also wanted to use White as Snow which is from Pure ice Fairy tale forest collection which is the only that I have not used. They looked really pretty together. White as snow has a pretty iridescent blue micro glitter which you could not see in the photos. It remained me of snow because it also had hex white glitters too.  I can't wait to try it over other base colors.

If you have not used Pure Ice polishes you should the nice polishes for only $1.97 at Walmart only.

Until next time,
Mel

Monday, January 25, 2016

Kmart Hauls

Hello my MJF followers/friends,
I have a Kmart hauls to show you with some Christmas and makeup items.


Close up of the Milani Bella Eyez eyeshadows

Before Christmas I went to Kmart because I was looking for some ornaments for my 3 ft Christmas tree.  So I found Trim a home 34ct shatterproof ornament that was blue and sliver that would go with my them and they were on sale for $5.99 from $9.99. I also got another pack ornaments from Trim a home 27ct silver glass balls for $1.99 was $3.99. After that I went to look at the cosmetics section and saw that they had Milani Bella eyes gel powder eyeshadows on sale which I've been wanting to try. So of course I picked out three that I had to get and they were 14 Bella Violet shimmer, 21 Bella Teal metallic and 25 Bella Cobalt satin matte which were all $1.99 form being $3.99. I also wanted to try the L.A. Girl Pro. Concealer so I got two colors that I thought would work for me. The colors I got was neutral and soft ivory. They were $2.99 each and it was buy one get one half off which was nice. I also got some ornament hangers for $1.99 too.



Since I really liked the other Milani Bella eyes gel powder eyeshadows. I went back and got three more in the colors 09 bella navy satin matte, 20 bella silver metallic and 10 bella gray satin matte. They were $1.99 like I said above.

I hope you enjoyed my haul.

Until next time,
Mel



Mint Tropics and Never Too Rich Mani

Hello my MJF followers/friends,
I decided to post a manicure every Monday on my blog because I have been slacking on posting my manicures. So lets get into this Monday's mani.

with flash

no flash indoor lighting

Products I used:
Loreal One Stop Base Coat
Sinful Colors Mint Tropics
Pop-arazzi Never Too Rich
Milani Quick Shine Top Coat

I really love how this combo came out together. I really love Mint Tropics its a pretty cream mint color. Never Too Rich make it pop with its pretty green shimmery goodness. I can't wait to try another base color with Never Too Rich.

Until next time,
Mel

Review: Montague Jeunesse Crushed Artic Cloudberries Glacial Clay Mask

Hello my MJF followers/friends,
I here to give you my thoughts on this Montague Jeunesse Mask that was requested by a few followers/friends on intagram.
So lets get into what I thought about this mask.

Mask package front/back
The mask claims: Gives your skin the ride of its life & feel the natural rush of cooling Glacial Clay cleanse your pores to the core. Anti-oxidant rick Red Grape & Artic Cloudberry juices from the glacial heights of Scandinavia work their magic to help maintain skins natural barrier. Sexy natural skincare. 

Me wearing the mask

My thoughts:  When opened the package it was easy to unfold to place on my face but it has strong scent of Christmas berries that I not a fan of. It could be the Red grape mixed with the Artic Cloudberry scent. I hate anything grape and it might be the reason why I did not like the smell. It is very cold when you put on your face like it clams of rushing cooling which is good during the summer but I did not read it. I just put it on with out thinking of reading it first and it was not a good idea because it was fall and cold here in Northern CA.
But after taking it off it did made my skin feel soft and clean but the scent stays on your face for awhile which I was not a fan of. Other than the smell I did really liked it. This was my first time trying a this type of clay mask and I might have try another one in a different scent.  I received this as a sample a long time ago but I did see this brand of masks being sold at Walmart. 

I hope you enjoyed my first review of a mask on my blog.
If you liked this please let me know because I been buying masks lately and I might like to review more masks.

Until next time,
Mel

Friday, January 22, 2016

Dollar General Haul

Hello my MJF followers/friends, 
I have an old and little Dollar General haul to show you.


I went in to Dollar General before Halloween and was looking around and found these cute Halloween socks that I had to get. As you can see I got a pair with skulls, pumpkins, candy corn and bats with happy Halloween on it. I also got one similar to the first pair with out happy Halloween on it. They were both $1.00 each. I also got tow of the L.A. Colors baby pop! lip balms in mint and vanilla which were 2 for $1.00.

I hope you enjoyed my little Dollar General haul.

Until next time,
Mel

First Eye Look Urban Decay Vice 4 Palette

Hello my MJF followers/friends,
I'm here to show you my first eye look using the Urban Decay Vice 4 palette.


Products I used:
Avon eyelid primer light Beige 
Nyx Jumbo eye pencil milk 
Urban Decay Vice 4 Palette:
Bone- inner corner eyelid 
Grasshopper- eyelid
Bitter-crease
Crowbar-outer v
Framed- brow bone 
Jordana Cateye Liner Black Leather 
Urban Decay Perversion Mascara Black

I was so excited to get this palette and wanted to use it for my Christmas eve look so I decided to use a green which was really hard to choose from Grasshopper and C-note because they are both pretty greens. So I decided on Grasshopper because its brighter grass green color. I used Crowbar to darken the crease which made a golden green color that was so pretty. I really love how this eye look came out and everything bended really nicely.

Until next time,
Mel

Review: Urban Decay Vice 4 Palette

Hello my MJF followers/friends,
I know everyone has reviews on this Urban Decay Vice 4 palette but I wanted to give you my thoughts on this palette. Since this is my first Urban Decay Vice palette but I do other older palettes in my collection.

box it comes in

cover and back of palette
I love the design on this palette its so pretty and so me. I like this palette cover then the past Vice palettes.

inside and the case it comes in
I really love that it has a large mirror so its great for travel. The case is so pretty and great to protect the palette if you take it with you when you travel. I also like the double ended brush that comes with it.

top with out flash and bottom with flash inside of palette

swatches of top two rows

swatches of two bottom rows

The formula of these eyeshadow come paired to my older palettes are more creamer and less fall out. I also like that they added mattes so you can do a whole eye look with this one palette unlike the palette I have from the past which only have shimmers, satins, and glitter eye shadows. All of the swatches is with out primer so they are nicely pigmented. There a few that are little patchy and not as pigmented as the rest. The ones that are like this is 1985 and Harlot which are lighter than the rest and Low which is patchy because of the glitter but both these can be fixed with a primer and base. There is fall out with the eye shadows with glitter in it which does not bug me because most eye shadows with glitter has fall out.  They are soft so you have to careful when getting the eye shadows on the brush. I love all of the colors in this palette and my favorites are Beat Down, Grasshopper, C-note, Arctic, and Flame.

I really love this palette and can see myself doing many different eye looks with it.

Until next time,
Mel 

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Trying out new products/Fourth Eye Look Urban Decay Vice 4 Palette

Hello my MJF followers/friends,
I got some new products recently and been wanting to try them. I got to use them in this eye looking using Urban Decay Vice 4 palette which I have a review schedule to post on Friday. If you been wondering why there been more post on my blog then before it because I have been scheduling them out which been easier for me to do than posting them all at once or not posting for long period of time. But I really want to post this look sooner and talking about a few items I tried and might do a review later.

left side with false lashes and right side not false lashes

no false lashes

with false lashes
Products used:
Nyc City Proof 24hr Eye Primer
Urban Decay Vice 4 Palette:
Grip-crease
Robbery- eyelid
Crowbar- outer v
Bones- inner eyelid
Framed- brow bone
Nyc City Proof 24hr waterproof eyeliner pencil 932 Dark Brown 
Kiss true volume posh lashes
Kiss strip lash adhesive with aloe black
Urban Decay Perversion Mascara Black

The new products I got recently was two items from my influenster vox box (received for testing purposes only) with is NYC City Proof 24hr waterproof eyeliner pencil in dark brown and the kiss lashes and glue. I also bought my self  NYC City Proof 24hr eye primer from target and will be posting haul soon. So in this eye look I decided to try them all of course lol. I've been loving every eye look coming out of the Vice 4 palette and this one does not disappoint either.  I love these eyeshadows and there are more looks that are going to be posted soon. This was my first time trying false lashes. I have tried cheap Halloween lashes that are pre-glued but I never tried realistic false lashes and I think I did a good job on getting them for the first try. I really like how they look too so far. I probably do a review of the lashes and glue in the future. I also really liked the NYC primer so far which I'm a big fan of E.l.f and wanted try something new for my travel bag. I also really like the NYC City proof eyeliner pencil and I used a eyeliner brush to get the wing point that wanted if you wondering how I did it. Anyways I really like how this eye look came out. Keep an eye out for reviews on these products and eye looks with the Vice 4 palette.

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Dollar Tree Haul

Hello my MJF followers,
I have a Dollar Tree haul for you so let get into what I got this time.


I went back and got more of the Palmers peppermint barks because they are so good. They were .25 each so I cleaned them out what they and left which were 9 of them.  I also got the star candle holders that been wanting for ever but always put them back and today I decided to bring them home where they belong. I was thinking of maybe putting sliver glitter on them to make them even prettier. I was loving the Charming Girl perfume which is compare to Eau so sexy by Victoria's secret that I had to pick another bottle up in case I use my other one up. I also found the three pack of Famous Amos cookies in the Double chocolate chip that thinkpinkdaz tried last week on her Monday munchies on youtube and loved. I figured I would give them a try because I know thinkpinkdaz might be right and I like Famous Amos cookies.


I also picked up more of the My pet's friends grooming products oatmeal enhanced shampoo which I have been using on my dogs and they really like it. In that they have sensitive skin and this does not make them itch which good. If they itch it means that they are allergic to the shampoo which they are not. It also cheap compared to the shampoo I was buying before and this is works as good as that other brand.

Until next time,
Mel 

Ulta Hauls

Hello my MJF followers/friends,
I have a two little hauls from Ulta that I wanted to show you.


In this first haul in which I only got one thing because it was before Christmas and I really wanted this Urban Decay Vice Four. I went in to Ulta on mission because I saw online they had it on sale for $39.00 and I know if I waited after Christmas they would be all gone like last year.


After buying the Urban Decay Vice 4 palette they gave me a coupon if you spend $15.00 or more you get $5.00 off so of course I had to use it before it expired. I found some things in the clearance which was Opi Cosmo with a twist for $4.67 and was $9.50. I also got Nyx Radiant finishing powder 01 brighten for $4.49 because I've been wanting to try it. I also got another Essence the gel nail polish in the the color 40 Play with my mint for $1.99. The last thing I got was NYX Prismatic shadow in Mermaid which I've been wanting for forever and it was $5.99.

I hope you enjoyed my Ulta hauls.

Until next time,
Mel



Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Pinchme Box #18

Hello my MJF followers/friends,
I have another Pinchme box of samples to show you.


In this pinchme box I got :
Purina Pro Plan Savor Shredded Blend Chicken and Rice Formula 
Beyond Grain Free Wild Salmon Recipe Wet Cat Food 
Breathe Right Nasal Strips 
$100 Wine Voucher

Since we have a cat now so it was really nice to get some free samples of cat food. He really like both of them and his favorite was the salmon which I gave it to him for his Christmas dinner. 

If you like free samples you should check out pinchme.com. 

Until next time, 
Mel 

Monday, January 18, 2016

I Moss Have It Mani

Hello my MJF followers/friends,
I have a mani to show you using I Moss Have It.

With flash

indoor lighting no flash

no flash outside lighting

Products I used:
Revlon ColorStay Base Coat
Wet N Wild Megalast I Moss Have It
Milani Quick Shine Top Coat

When I saw I Moss Have It online awhile ago.  I had to get it because it looked so pretty. I was so right because its a mossy green that has a gold/yellow shift. If you love this types of greens you must get your hands on this polish. It has a great formula and last a while with out chipping. As you can tell I really love this nail polish.

Until next time,
Mel

Walgreens Haul and Review

Hello my MJF followers/friends,
I have a really old haul/review that I was meaning to post but was forgotten about so I decided to post it now. 


 A while ago I went back to walgreens to get the Maleficent lips stick that I did not buy when I got the beauty books.  I was happy that they still had a few of them left. So I got the Disney Villains Matte Lipstick in Dragon's Lair for $3.49. I also got Wet N Wild Megalast I Moss Have It for $1.99. I also got use my points and got $3.00 off which made the lipstick only .99 which was awesome.

Close up of Dragon's Lair

Lip and hand swatch
I really like this color its a berry brown color which reminds me of the lipstick I use were in high school. It says it matte but not really as you can see its little glossy which I don't minds because it makes my lips feel nice and smooth and moisturized. It has a light scent like vanilla or something. I was scared that I was not going to like it but happy to say I really like it. I would recommend it to anyone that like this color lipsticks or like Maleficent.

Until next time,
Mel


Thursday, January 14, 2016

Cvs Hauls

Hello my MJF followers/friends,
I have two small hauls from CVS.

Before Christmas I went to cvs to look around I found the limited edition Beauty 360 Revos in two of the scents that I are not the same as the hoilday ones I got last years. So I got Cinnamon Apple and Winter Cranberry and they were on sale but I don't remember how much excatly but its was around $2.


Tuesday I went to cvs to see if they had any Christmas stuff left over. I only found one thing that I had to have which is this Hallmark Keepsake Monster High Frankie Stine Christmas Ornamet for $1.79 and was $17.95. I never watched any Monster high stuff but I thought this ornment was cute and could not pass it up for that price. I might have watch monster high now lol.

Until next time,
Mel


Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Ross Dress For Less Collective Hauls: Part 2

Hello my MJF followers/friends,
As you read in part 1 of the ross haul, I'm here to show you my collective hauls that I've been meaning to post and had to put into parts because it was so big. So lets get into part 2.



In this haul I found these cute Skechers and I could not decided on one color so I got both in navy and taupe because they were on clearance for $20.00 each which a deal because at Skechers outlet they wanted $40.00 for one pair.


In this haul I found this Spooky soft flannel plush throw which looks like one I got a couple years ago and is wearing out and this one was so soft. I could not take it home with me. It was $8.99. I also picked up some Crocs concealer socks for $3.99.


In this haul I found this cute T-shirt & Jeans Erinn cossbody bag in black for $15.99 which I've been using everyday and I love it because its the right size for me.


In this haul I found this Star Wars Empire strikes back mug for $4.99 that I love and you see close up below. I also got the Tri Coastal Design kids collapsible hamper for $6.99 which I love because it holds a lot and goes well in my room because its blue and has stars. The last thing I got in this haul was Adirondeck by berkshire blanket in this pretty teal/blue colors for full/queen size bed for $19.99 and I love it because its so soft and been keeping me warm this winter to far.

Close up of star wars mug



In this haul I got French Laundry Teal lace front long sleeve for $8.99 and I really like it. I also got two of the La Van ya woman sweaters in Navy and Black and gray  for $15.99 each. The last thing I got in this haul was this Rebellious One Gray sweater shirt with neon pink elephants for $9.99 which I also been loving wear because of the cute neon pink elephants.


In this haul I was looking around ross and found this Stanley thermos that I got for my dad for his birthday in November and he really likes it and it hard to find things for him. It was $23.99 which is a pretty good price because its a Stanley and they are usually like around $50. 


Today I went to Ross to see if they got anything good in but did not find anything but this set of 3 tea light candle holders with a witch and moon design in purple that I could not pass up because it was marked down twice from $4.99 to $1.49. I don't know where I'm going to put them but I know I will use them.

That's it for my ross hauls.

Until next time,
Mel