Review: Biore Triple Action Astringent

Hello my lovelies! Today I will be reviewing the Biore Triple Action Astringent.

 * Clinically proven to instantly work 68% better than Proactiv *

*less drying than the leading astringent but just as effective*

So I decided that I needed a toner/astringent... not really sure why, I just get it into my head sometimes that I need certain products lol. I feel I should start by saying that I do not regularly use toners so my reaction with it might not be the actual product, it could just be toners in general...but having said that, I hated it. I loved the way it felt when I applied it, it made my skin very cold... I thought this was going to be my new favorite product in the summer when it is so hot and humid, but my skin thought otherwise :( My skin doesn't break out very much (not saying that I have perfect skin, my pores are the size of Texas and my face is very pink...) but a couple days after trying this, my forehead was horribly broken out and my cheeks were super super dry! My nose and chin were broken out a little but not as bad as my forehead... I didn't know if it was this or a new moisturizer that I had been using at first, but then I realized that I had only applied the toner on my t-zone (which was the only thing broken out) and I doubt that a moisturizer would make me super dry... And after I stopped using this, my skin cleared up! So, for me, this product was a total fail. But like I said, I don't know if it is just this toner or all toners in general. So, for you it might work... But for me it did not :(

Sorry I have been so absent lately! I decided to just skip my April favs since I was so late, and I was already planning to review all of the new products in their own posts so it would have just been kinda repetitive... But I have a lot of reviews and stuff coming up really soon, including my new skincare routine that I am in love with!! I'm gonna go type up some of the other posts right now while I'm feeling productive! lol. Until Next Time, Rebecca

Quick Update and Some Excitement

Hello Lovelies!!! I just wanted to do a quick post to apologize about my lack of posts and share something really exciting!!!! (to me at least… lol). So, I know I have been a slacker lately (how many times have I typed this sentence??) but it isn’t because I have been lazy! My internet has been a total a-hole lately. At first it was just being really slow and going in and out, then for the past 2 weeks it has been completely non-existent :( I am having to do this post from my phone and it isn’t working to well lol. I much prefer a full sized keyboard… But they are supposed to be coming to fix it Friday, and then I will do my April Favs and some Reviews and stuff I have planned out :) Now, about my exciting news… I have, as I’m sure most of you have, entered many a contest in my day. At first, I would get really excited about them and I was sure I was gonna win… then after I realized that there are hundreds of thousands of people who enter these things, I realized that my chances were slim and I would still enter, but not have any hopes of winning. Well, xsparkage had a lil giveaway for her 3rd TwBirthday (twitter birthday, for those of you who aren’t avid tweeters…) It was going to be over at midnight and I remembered it about 10pm… I started to not even enter because it would require doing it from my phone and even though I love my phone, it annoys me when I have to do things on it when I have a perfectly capable, full sized computer lol. But I did, and about 2 days later I got a message from her that I was one of the winners!!!! (there were 3) I bounced and squealed all over the house lol. I told my sister that I didn’t care if I would have won an old sock or something I would still be happy just because I finally won something! :-D But, there was no dirty sock… I won the Katy Perry OPI nail polish set :) When it arrives, I will be sure to do a post about it too :) Even though I have never done nail polish photos and I’m sure it will take me hours to get one where you can actually see the colors properly but I will still try! Well, that’s all for now… once my internet gets fixed, I promise to resume regular posting :) ~Rebecca

Mini Haul: Target Beauty is my Bag sample bag

Hello lovelies! About 2 months ago (slacker, I know...) Target offered a free Sonia Kashuk makeup bag filled with little samples and a coupon book :)  I don't know if everyone got the same samples in their bags (if so, this might be kind of a pointless post...) but here is what I got in mine... :)

The box it came in...

• Revlon Colorburst Lipgloss in Hot Pink
• Fekkai Shea Butter Shampoo and Conditioner
• Neutrogena Naturals Lip Balm
• Nivea Express Hydration Daily Lotion
• Pantene Shampoo for Fine Hair
• A coupon book!

Review! KNS Silksheen Shampoo & Conditioner

Hello Ladies! and maybe some gentlemen... ;-) Today I will be reviewing the KNS Silksheen Shampoo and Conditioner... I received a sample of it from one of my Ulta purchases I think. I have been trying to go through my "sample drawer" and use them all up before they expire. I had never heard of this brand/product before, so I wasn't really sure what to expect... It smelled kinda weird. It wasn't a horrible smell, but I didn't really care for it... And it made my hair super super dry :( It was so bad that it actually itched if my hair touched my skin... So I would have to say that this was a huge thumbs down. Maybe if you don't have really dry hair (mine gets oily at the roots pretty fast, but the ends are very dry) then it will work fine for you! Wow, this was very short, sweet, and to the point... I just can't think of anything else to say about it. I can go on and on about a product I love, but when it's a product I don't like I'm pretty much , "I didn't like it, here is why..." But I have a lot more reviews coming up! and I watched Extreme Couponing on TLC tonight, which made me really want to go out and makeup bargain shop, so there might some haul posts coming up too haha. So, that is all for now.... until next time! <3 Rebecca

Haul Time!!! Ulta, Sephora, & Sigma!

Hello people! Once a year I do one big makeup/beauty purchase... Then for the rest of the year I bargain/clearance shop and complain how I need to save money lol. I don't know what it is about the spring/summer time that makes me want to spend money...but before I start rambling, onto the haul...

**Ulta**

• Hot Tools Gold Series 1 inch Curling Iron (on sale for $29.99, reg $39.99)
• Too Faced Shadow Insurance ($18.00)
• Rimmel Natural Bronzer in Sun Light ($4.29, I could have just got this at Wal-Mart or somewhere, but I was around 3 dollars short of hitting $50 (aka, free shipping lol) so I just found something around that price to bump it up)
  
  **From Sephora**
  
  
• Make Up For Ever Mat Velvet + in shade 30 ($34.00)
  I literally laughed out loud when I saw the packaging. It was a huge box filled with tissue paper and this little bitty product inside. I guess they wanted to make sure it was well protected...
  
  **From Sigma**
  
  
• Sigma F80 Flat Top Synthetic Kabuki Brush ($16.00)
  I wanted a brush to apply my foundation with, and I had seen where this one had great reviews so I decided to try it out :)
  
  Well, that is all of my big yearly haul :) As I was ordering it all it seemed like a lot more stuff, but now that I look at it, it seems like I spent a lotta money on not a lotta product lol... but it will be ok :) Oh yeah, wanna see the coolest sample ever from Ulta??? When it came time to pick them out there was only one thing that I really wanted, so on the other 2 I just picked random things. They had the Maybelline Fit Me Foundation, so I decided to try it out. I figured I would get a small packet of just a random shade, but no....
  
  
  I got one of every shade! Granted, it is a small sample, but I thought that was totally awesome! I thought maybe I could use the darker shades as bronzers and the lighter ones as highlighters :) I hope you enjoyed this post :) Until next time, Rebecca...
  
  
  

Giveaway at Drugstore & Bargain Lover

Hey guys! This is just a quick post to let you know that Drugstore & Bargain Lover is having a contest for a Sigma Miss Taylor Kabuki Brush! All you have to do is be a follower and fill out the form :) Best of luck to you all! (here is a photo of the brush she will be giving away....)

March Favorites :)

I made it this time!!!! woo hoo! lol. Well technically I'm 2 days late, but since I'm usually 2 weeks late, we are just going to say that I made it on time :) Before I begin, I have a photo that proves that not only am I a blog slacker, I am a slacker in everyday life....

You can't really see it, but I was holding my phone to show today's date (April 3rd), up against my calendar that is still on February... I actually have 2 calendars, the other one did get changed to March, but not April... this one is in a corner that I never go in (hence the dust on my stereo's antenna...) and it is kind of hard for me to reach.. but anyways, on with the favorites!


When it is time for me to start gathering everything up to photo, I can never remember what all to include. When the month starts, I will know what is going to be going into the next months blog (I always end up buying new products towards the end of the month, but I don't feel like they should be included in that month's favorites since I only used them for a few days during said month, so I include them in the next month...) But when it comes time to actually do the favorites, I forget what I was going to originally include since it had been so long since then... I am going to have to start either writing them down as I think of them or putting them all in a box and when it comes time for favorites, I will have it all organized... Anyways, I went through all of that just so I could say that when I started gathering everything up, I couldn't remember anything I really loved this month. All I could remember was hair products. One reason I think is because I got a lot of new things recently and they are currently my favorites (Haul coming up!!), so I can't remember what I liked before them... So just about everything is hair related, except a few things that weren't... But that's enough rambling... on with the favorites...

**The Hair Stuff**
· Organix Moroccan Argan Oil - Shampoo, Conditioner, and Deep Conditioner * (I love the way these products make my hair feel! I will probably do a more thorough review on the shampoo and conditioner later on, but in short, I like it!)
· John Frieda Root Awakening Health Boosting Spray *
· Aussie Moist Shampoo 
· Aussie 3 Minute Miracle - this is amazing!!! I'm not big on the smell, but it makes your hair super super soft and it seems like it helps with frizz... I love it!
· Aussie Hair Insurance leave in conditioner - when I bought this, I just really wanted a leave in conditioner, I didn't really have a specific one in mind. I don't really remember why I picked this one, but it seems to work lol. I use so many products on my hair that I never really know which one is doing what... so I guess I like it... :-P
· Pantene Humidity Protection Leave In Cream 
·  Nexxus Sleek Finish Frizz Taming Silkening Lotion 
· Pantene Curly Hair Spray - For some reason I was really into curling my hair this month... I love the way this hairspray makes my hair feel, It's not crunchy and stiff but it holds the curl really nicely :)

**Makeup and Body**

· Formula 10.0.6 Deep Down Detox*
· Miami Glow Perfume - I think this is probably favorite perfume ever. It smells weird when you just spray it, but I love the way it smells on me! I usually buy a bottle ever spring or summer, I don't know why I just think it fits with the warmer temperatures lol. 
· Nyx Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in French Fry - I used this a lot this month! 
· Maybelline Eyeshadow Quad in Chai Latte  
And these are the 2 pairs of earrings I wore most throughout the month. It's kind of weird to include lol, but I was trying to find something that wasn't a hair product. The silver hoops I have worn just about every day since before Christmas I think, the brown ones I just started wearing this month. They're different than what I normally wear (almost always hoops, and sometimes I wear silver dangly type earrings) but when I saw them I had to have them. I didn't wear them for the first few months I had them cause I thought they looked weird on me, but for some reason this month I just started wearing them.... Well, that's all for this month! I hope you enjoyed it :) Until next time, Rebecca


~ products with a * were reviewed in my February Favorites
~ products with a link attached lead to my January Favorites, where they have been reviewed in more detail