Product Review: Buxom Lips Plumping Polish in Samantha

As a lot of you are aware I'm sure, sometimes getting a nice smooth finish to your lips is damn near impossible without a ton of work and effort. Not only do you have to exfoliate your lips, but there's lip treatments, balms, moisturizers, and all sorts of things to keep your lips from getting rough, cracked and chapped. The Texas weather this summer has been scorching, and I have been having to exfoliate daily because my lips keep getting so flaky! I finally discovered however, something I could use over my revlon nude lipstick and for those days when my lips just won't cooperate it's been a life saver! I ordered it off the Sephora Website and it is definitely worth a purchase!

Buxom Lips Plumping Lip Polish is awesome. First of all the tube is huge, so for the money you pay, you aren't getting some scrawny little half full tube. It's definitely a very good size and easy to find. The color isn't overwhelming at all, and it glides on so thick but not goopy and not sticky! I got the particular lip polish in Samantha so it's a nice, glossy nude color, perfect for my Gyaru Make! It does however, make your lips tingle and also makes them cold, but at the end of the application your lipstick beneath the gloss is smooth and flake free and your lips look polished, healthy, and super plump! A definite recommendation from me!

Review: Tarte True Blood Pallette

After getting my Sephora 24 color Palette I pretty much had thought I was set and had no need to go looking for other palettes/shadows since I thought I had all the basic colors already available to me. My Gal Makeup has a somewhat nude eye, so I use a lot of neutral shadows to create the look I want, and then go heavy with my liner. BUT... then I got this

The Tarte for True Blood Palette was given to me for my birthday and Oh my gosh, it is amazing. There's neutrals, pretty shimmers, some awesome fun colors for you to try out as well and it is one of the best palettes I have ever had! It comes with:

18 shadows in amazing colors!

1 Gel Liner Pen (More on this later)

1 tube of Tarte Mascara

1 tube of Eyelid primer

I will review each item individually and let you know what I liked and what I didn't! So! On with the Review!

The Eyeshadows: The colors are amazing! I usually for my every day look sweep Fairy on the inside of my eyelid and on the outer part of the eyelid sweep on Waitress. I blend the two together until I get a nice fading effect and accentuate the crease with Werewolf. You don't want the dark brown to go up too high, so I would suggest using a windshield wiper motion and gently blend up a little to fade any harsh lines. I either sweep The Light or Fairy on as my brow highlight and after that I am done! If you gals get this eye palette, be sure to try the look out for yourself and see how you like it! I highly recommend the shadows, they're all a little shimmery but super beautiful and I love them!

Shadows: 5/5 stars


The Gel Liner: You have to be really, really REALLY careful with this pen! If you don't have the stick up just barely above the tube it WILL break off and give you a major case of the smudgies. What I usually do is with a bent liner brush apply black shadow as eyeliner and then go over it with the gel liner, it hides any and all mistakes and makes the color super intense! It glides on so easy and dark and it's, for me, not entirely smudgeproof but way better than liquid liner and easier to use!

Liner : 4.5/5 Stars

The Mascara: TERRIBLE. It dries out my lashes and barely gives me any coverage at all. I don't know if I got a bad batch or what but it is not even comparable to my L'Oreal Telescopic in Carbon Black. It's not dark enough and leaves you with spider lashes. I do not recommend using the mascara at all. Use your own.

Mascara: 0/5 Stars

Eye Primer: Very good Primer! It's creamy and light neutral colored. It is very similar to Paladio's eye primer which can be found on MakeupGeek.com in the makeup geek store for SUPER cheap. Paladio has the best primer I have ever used and the Tarte is just like it, only way more expensive. I like primers that have a thicker, creamier texture because it holds the eye makeup on better.

Primer: 5/5 Stars

Overall: 4.8/5 Stars

I love this pallette and highly recommend it. It can be found on Sephora.com under Tarte when you shop by brand. It is limited edition so I would suggest getting your hands on it before it's too late! The palette also comes with a little Lookbook card to show you how to do some of the eye makeup from True Blood! I hope you gals love this pallette as much as I do! sorry about the late review but I wanted to give everything a good test before I reviewed it for you guys!

xoxo
Miko

Lashes on a budget!

The best lashes I have ever heard of, according to Gals who's blogs I read, from all over the world, are Dolly-Wink lashes. They're modeled on Tsubasa Masuwaka, and on PinkyParadise (which I'll get more into later) they're 18 dollars. Expensive! I have found some good lashes that can be found in drug stores, cheaply on the internet, even dollar general! You don't have to spend tons and tons of money to be cute and Gal and for all of us gals on a budget, less pricy but quality items are necessities. So, without further adieu, Miko Gyaru Presents: Lashes on A Budget!

SELECT LASH EYELASHES

COST: $1.25 US - $3.00

CAN BE FOUND AT: Dollar General, Walmart, Drug Stores

COMMENTS: I love these lashes! I use them all the time. I get them at Dollar General for $1.25 so I can buy a lot at one time and they're very very good quality. I personally use the S42's and the S47's. If you gals want to give these a try and buy other kinds, leave a comment and let me know how you like them!

ARDELL FASHION LASHES, HUMAN HAIR

COST: $3.00 US- $5.00 US

CAN BE FOUND AT: Drug Stores, Walmart, and MakeupGeek.Com! (In the "Store" Section. For cheap too! MUG has VERY good prices!)

COMMENTS: I love Ardell's lashes too! They're a little more pricey than the SelectLash but they're very good for special occasions (I use the SelectLash for everyday use, to keep costs at a minimum.) They look very natural in the smaller sizes but can go all the way up to dramatic and wild!

REVLON BEYOND NATURAL EYELASHES

COST: $4.00 US - $6.00

CAN BE FOUND AT: Walmart, Drug Stores

COMMENTS: These lashes, especially in Double Wink, which was the kind I bought are VERY dramatic! They're beautiful and very fun, and recommended for the wilder styles of Gyaru! They're very good quality, very durable band, very soft and beautiful. Highly recommended, especially for special occasions and going out. I wouldn't buy them for everyday wear as they're a little more expensive, and there's not a discount on them at MakeupGeek.

And there you have it! Lashes on a Budget! I'm expecting my first pair of Circle Lenses soon and am SO excited! I'll review them when I get them as well as the site I got them from, Pinky Paradise!









Product Review: Fruit Smoothie Mask

I love this mask! It smells great, it makes my skin feel soft and moisturized and is even cooling on the skin. It's very fruity (which you'd expect, from the fruit smoothie mask) and it's really, really quick drying so you don't have to sit there for an hour and wait for it to dry. The only problem is they give you a LOT in the package and it tends to get messy but other than that it's a great mask! You should use a mask at least once a week to get all the impurities completely out of your skin and it's just very relaxing and a great way to unwind! I should have added masks to the skin care post and forgot, mostly because I don't use it every day, but Montagne Jeunesse makes GREAT ones and they're only $1.37 US at Walmart, so they're really good quality AND really cheap!

RATING: 5/5 STARS!

Product Review: Revlon Matte Lipstick in Nude Attitude

Nude lips are a necessity for Gyaru makeup. I'm by no means an expert, but to me, the main focus on Gyaru makeup is the eyes, that's why Gals wear circle lenses and false eyelashes, to accentuate their eyes. Extreme or at least very noticeable eye make, blushing cheeks, contoured face, and completely nude lips is what I try to go for when I do my makeup every day (I am by no means one of the gyarus that wear Natural Make, or light make, NOT that there is ANYTHING wrong with Gals that do.) This look, from my perspective anyway, is the most easily identifiable for this style other than Manba make. Some girls choose to cover their lips with concealer and clear lipgloss but I use Smashbox concealor and it always sinks into the lines on my lips SO I was on the hunt for the PERFECT nude lipstick. Another good fix for concealer sinking into lip lines is to put primer on your lips, but, again, I use a Smashbox product, and their primer is a little more oily and makes the skin feel like silicon, and I don't really want that stuff on my lips. Revlon makes really rich, moisturizing lipsticks that feel really nice on your lips and doesn't make them feel too dry or too goopy and sticky. I bought this lipstick in Walmart for $4.50 US, which for a good lipstick is extremely cheap, and I used it for the first time today and it is a GREAT lipstick! There's no glitter or shimmer (I hate glittery lips, but that's just me) and it gives the look of using concealer. It blends my lips in with the rest of my skin which is exactly what I was going for. I'm very fair skinned though, it may be too light for Gals that are really tan or naturally dark-skinned Gals. Revlon also makes beautiful neutral lipsticks in this line as well and Gals of any skin tone SHOULD be able to find a nice nude lipstick that goes beautifully with their skin tone! I am definitely keeping myself in this brand of lipstick and it is definitely a necessity for my personal Gyaru style. Hopefully if you were looking for a good nude lipstick that isn't as expensive as MAC, this review helped :D

RATING: 5/5 STARS!