Beauty Love: Bare Escentuals

In my never-ending quest for the perfect cruelty-free eyeliner, I think I have found a winner. I'm excited about this. As many of you know, I love Flower Beauty cosmetics. The line has a great liquid liner that I use, but it's only available in black or brown; it is a great product. The navy shade in the pencil liner is a perfect shade and goes on great. The other shades are too dark for what I want, so I turned to Bare Escentuals, and I struck gold. I chose the Lasting Line Long Wearing Eyeliner in brown, grey, and orchid. They are great. They go on smoothly, and the pigmentation is exactly what I want - not too dark and not too light.

Bare Escentuals also has a skin care line that I have started trying and am loving it. I plan on trying more after I run out of what I already have, at least the moisturizer.

If  you've tried any of Bare Escentuals products, tell me what  you think!

Flower Cosmetics Review...again!

My husband started his first deployment last week, so I have been missing due to adjusting to life without him around. Not fun.

As a way to feel the void, I went on a makeup buying spree. I'm in love with Flower by Drew Barrymore. I bought a lip butter and just adore it. I've been coveting some eyeshadow, and I decided to get some. I'm really big into eye makeup; I love playing up my eyes because they are my best facial feature.

I chose the Foxy Browns palette. I first start with the pink and cover my entire lid from brow to lash line. Then, I layer the other colors over it, blending them as I add. I've never done this before, but I have to admit, the layering effect works wonders! I would show you a picture of my eyes, but my husband has the camera.

The last step was adding a cream shadow. I was hesitant to do this. Shadows tend to crease on my lids, so I didn't think a cream would be ideal. Turns out, if you add a face primer to your lids, coat with normal eyeshadow, and then add the lid cream, it works!

 The Flower Color Play Creme Eyeshadow I chose is Mum's the Word. It can be either a strong or soft pink, depending on what you do with it. I love this look with the layers. It's soft, natural, and boy does it bring out the blue in my eyes. It really is perfect.

These are great products that you should really try.

New Cosmetics Line: Flower

While browsing Wal-Mart for a face mask, I stumbled upon a new line of cosmetics: Flower by Drew Barrymore. I was intrigued, so I took a closer look at the products. What first drew my interest was the fact that the products are never tested on animals. I've been looking for cruelty-free makeup, and this is now at the top of my list. I like Almay, but when they sell their products in China, the Chinese government tests all of their products on animals. So, not 100% cruelty-free.

Flower, it turns out, is only sold in select Wal-Mart stores. The one I visited was a Super Wal-Mart, and my tiny town only has a small Wal-Mart, so I have to go about 40 minutes for these products. I'm not too put out as the city has several good stores I can shopped while looking for my makeup.

I have been wanting a new lipstick. I have a great gloss, but I wanted a lipstick. I chose a lip butter from Flower. I'm terrible at picking out lipstick color, but I actually got it right this time! There are several beautiful shades to choose, and several types of lip products: stick, gloss, butter, tint, and liner. The butter is so smooth, and it lasts a long time! My shade is LB4 The Princess and the Peony.

I'm kinda sad I don't need more products. I can tell you that I'll be shopping this line from now on. You can shop at Wal-Mart.com for your products if there isn't a location close to you that sells Flower. So far, I'm a happy girl with Flower!