Brittany Blogs Beauty

This started as a nail blog, but I've decided to expand to all beauty products. I'll be reviewing products as well as beauty box subscriptions. Enjoy!

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Product Review: ModelCo Cheek and Lips

I received this ModelCo cheek and lip stain in my most recent (and first ever) Glossybox. The full size product that I received (.33 oz) is $24.  Because I got it through Glossybox, I only paid $21 for the whole box.  I've never tried a product like this before, and was overall very happy with it.

This product is really good to use for cheeks, I just put a VERY few tiny drops on my blush brush, dab my cheeks, and continue dabbing where I would normally apply brush.  It is very important not to streak it though, because then there wont be a smooth effect.  Gently tap all across the cheek area.  This product has become one of my favorites for cheeks.

This product is not as good for lips, because it is somewhat difficult to get an even coverage, and feels just the slightest bit sticky when I put my lips together.

I've decided to do a rating system for each product, which will include packaging, product effectiveness, and if it is a good price/value.  These will all be a rating out of 10.  1 being the worst, 10 being the best.

Packaging: 8.

Effectiveness: 7.  I love this product, just wish it was better on lips.

Value: 7.  Because this product alone cost more than the entire Glossybox, I am very happy.  However, I feel by itself $15 would be a better price.  This might also change depending on how long the bottle lasts.

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Beauty Giveaway from my friend!

My friend Patranila is holding an amazing Glossybox giveaway! Check it out, as well as her other blog posts at http://patranila.blogspot.com/2013/04/jones-magazine-best-in-beauty-awards.html

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I did my roommate's nails tonight using Julep Sasha and Vivien, with Julep Matte top coat.  I love the matte all over everything now.  It was my first time really experimenting with foil nail strips, but I think it turned out okay.

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I did this cute manicure on my friend Diana.  I used Lucy from Julep, and the red glitter pot they sent me when I first signed up.

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I like this color a lot more than I expected to when I first bought it.  As you can see, it looks more green than I was able to get it to show in the photo. I bought it for $1.99 as an impulse buy on my campus store.  It is Sinful Colors “Nail Junkie.”  I approve.

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I did this manicure on my friend Stephanie a couple of months ago.  I used Julep Claire, and used the purple Julep glitter pot for the other half.  LOVE the contrast.  Shout out to my friends for always letting me use them to try out new stuff.

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Lets talk about how much I love love love this manicure.  Again, I've used Julep polishes (I'm hooked).  The color I used is Maya, which is from the Classic with a Twist profile, which I also got in the Cupid's Mystery Box. I love it so much!  For the tips I used Lynn, which was the color I used in my last post.  It's so versatile, and the two go great together!

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So I did my nails twice for Valentine's Day week.  I intendent to use the first the whole week, but only ended up using it for a day because of a problem with the polish.  It was so bubbly on my nails and looked terrible.  I've never had this problem with Julep products, and always use the same base and top coat.  The color is demi, sorry it didn't come out to well in the photo.  In any case, I finally got around to calling Julep this morning and they are sending me another bottle, which is so helpful of them!  I used decals that I got on my last day of my internship from here.  They were difficult for me to use because they're not stick-ons like the Sally Hansen brand.  You have you do a basecoat, two coats of white, and apply the decals with a few drops of rubbing alcohol.  But, the website allows you to upload your own photos and they make them into nail decals for you, which is pretty neat.

My second look I loved.  I went simple because I was still stick this week.  But, I really love the simplicity.  I got the pink one (lynn) in my Julep Cupid's mystery box, and I think it's my favorite.  It looks much more pink than nude, which the swatch shows.  It goes well with my skin tone.  And I got the hot pink (rose) with my intro Julep box.  I think the two look great together!

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DIY - Leopard print nail art.

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To do.

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Need to do this.

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I'm really happy with how this came out.  My lovely roommate bought me the Cinderella nail polish set from Sephora for Christmas, and I am really pleased with the colors.  The iridescent one is called So Totally Enchanted, and I ended up using three coats, but two looked nice also. The glitter accent nail is two coats of Step Off, Sister!

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This look took me the longest out of all the nail designs.  The colors are from my introductory Julep Maven box, which I got back in october.  Since then, I have ordered one monthly box and just ordered the Valentine's Day Cupid Mystery Box.  I have never been disappointed, and am super excited to receive my next box.  The colors here are Rose and Sasha.  After it was dry, I added on some nail gems that I borrowed from my friend.

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I love love loved this look when I did it several months ago.  I used Brucci Nail Hardener Polish in Cafe Latte topped off with a gradient off with glitter from Sephora.  It was my first time trying to gradient, but I think I did a good job considering how hard it was to spread out the glitter. 

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For this look I used two coats of Wet N Wild Megalast in Wet Cement, topped with silver glitter from a glitter pot from Sephora.  As you can see, the color ranges from purple to mauve to even brown.  But I really love the Megalast collection because of the "ManiCurve Pro Brush." It makes painting easy!