Twist n Roll Tweezers

I am super excited about this post because I think I have found one of the coolest gadgets I have ever purchased!! 

This is one of those topics that no one likes to discuss openly but a lot of us women have issues with, hair. As I have gotten older I notice that I have more hair on my face o_O I don't know if it is hormones, ethnicity or a combination of both but it has become an increasing problem. I used to go regularly to have my face waxed but that can get expensive. I learned how to thread my own face and that has been my current method of removal, until I saw an ad for this spring tool that removes hair and is much like threading.   

 Here are my thoughts, so far.

This is before, bare face. 

As you can see I am pretty furry ;) The hair isn't dark but there is plenty of it.

 Here is after with makeup applied

There is still some hair but not nearly as much as before. 

The process itself was pretty easy to learn, I picked it up in about 5 minutes. 

 I didn't do this but I am sure this will help open the pores.

 This was the tricky part. 

You have to keep the tool in the upside down "U" shape and close to the skin. 

Now roll your thumbs out and gently roll the spring up. It will take a few times to get into a groove. 

Seems easy enough, right?  

Questions I got asked on FB or by friends:

1. Does it hurt?

A: I am used to facial waxing and threading so for me, in general, no. I barely noticed it most of the time. I did remove hair along my upper lip and that was sensitive but that is a pretty sensitive spot anyway. Overall, the pain was tolerable.  I tried using this on my husband's facial hair LOL It totally worked but he found it to be painful. Men aren't as tolerable to some beauty regimens ;) 

2. Was it easy to use? 

A: Yes. I didn't watch any "how to" videos prior to using this tool. I read the directions and that was that. I literally picked it up in less than 5 minutes.

3. Is there stubble once it starts to regrow?

A:  I haven't noticed any stubble yet and it has been 3 days since I have used this product. I will keep an update going, probably weekly for a month, for those of you that are interested.

4. Did it cause breakouts?

A: I did breakout a little, super small pimples on my cheek area, but I have sensitive skin. I used to break out with waxing and threading as well. That is just my skin type. I would assume it is different for everyone though. 

5. Can you use it on your eyebrows?

A: Yes, but I would suggest you tape off the area you DON'T want to be removed. LOL I learned that the hard way ;) LOL I also lost a few eyelashes because they got in the way. Use caution ;) 

6. Where did you purchase it?

A: I got the Twist N Roll Tweezers on Amazon for $12 shipped, from a company called Las Vegas World Company Brand Center. If you search "twist n roll tweezers" you will get many different seller options. 

When I used to wax my face, I always had to wait a day or so after to apply foundation because my foundation wouldn't adhere to my skin like normal. I didn't have that problem with the twist n roll tool. I can't wait to try it with my airbrush machine! I always had a problem with facial hair showing up when I used my airbrush machine :(

When I learned to thread my own face, it took a while to get the angles right and not seem awkward, not a problem with twist n roll. 

To clean, wipe with a damp cloth and then spray with alcohol to disinfect. 

I haven't found anything negative about this product yet. 

If you have any other questions please ask :)

Holiday Look: Black and Pink with Glitter (pictorial pic heavy)

For this look I tried using items I never use, most are limited edition, sorry :( but I will give you a dupe for each LE item used :)

Normally, you would start with clean prepped and primed eyes. I already had on mascara, eyeliner and lashes for the day. We'll pretend I don't ;)

Start by priming eye. 

Lime Crime Candy Eyed Eye Shadow Helper

 With a flat shader brush, gently pat on a shimmery black eye shadow.

MAC Stately Black, a good dupe is NYX Rock or Wet n Wild Spoiled Brat trio Black

MAC 239 brush

 Using a fluffy blending brush, add a hot pink eye shadow. Make sure you blend the black and pink into each other.

MAC Romping e/s, a good dupe for this is Wet n Wild Spoiled Brat trio Pink

Sigma Blending brush E25

 Using a tapered blending brush add more black into the crease to help deepen the color. If too much pink is taken away by this step, you can add more of that too :)

MAC Stately Black, dupe Wet N Wild Spoiled Brat trio or NYX Rock e/s

MAC 226 brush

 Using a different clean blending brush, apply a matte light pale pink eye shadow. Apply to the brow bone making sure to blend out the hot pink too.

MAC Yogurt e/s, a good dupe is NYX Nude Matte eye shadows Birthday Suit

FLIRT! Eye shadow brush

 Apply some liquid liner

Maybelline Line Stiletto liquid liner Blackest Black

Now the FUN!

Apply a tacky base to lid only.

 I used L.A. Splash- Splash Proof Sealer e/s base/sealer

I have found that this works best for glitter, for long periods of time. 

 Add some black glitter!  Using a small flat shader brush that's misted with MAC Fix +, pick up the glitter and pat on. 

I used Icing Black glitter. 

When using glitter, it is best to use only cosmetic grade glitter. Do NOT use glitter from craft stores. If you do, do so at your own risk!!!

 Now apply a black gel liner to the lower waterline and blend out.

MAC Blacktrack fluid line

 Apply some lashes and mascara and done :)

Miss Adoro lashes #600

Revlon Precision Dark lash adhesive

Maybelline Full N Soft w/p mascara Very Black

Other products used:

Wet n Wild Ultimate Brow Kit Ash Brown

Benefit Lemonade eye primer (under eyes)

Laura Geller Spackle Under Makeup Primer

Milani HD Advanced Concealer 04

Revlon Colorstay Blemish Concealer m/d

Revlon Colorstay Foundation 330 Natural Tan mixed with Loreal True Match foundation W6 Sun Beige

Milani Minerals Compact makeup Honey Beige 

NYX Taupe blush (contour)

Milani Berry Amore baked blush

NYX Soft Brown lip liner MAC Hello Kitty She Loves Candy lipglass

Holiday Look Cranberry & Glitter Pictorial (pic heavy)

For today's look I decided to do a 2 for 1 post.  One look is simple and wearable at any time IMO, and the second look is just amped up with glitter.  Both are very easy to do and take less than 10 minutes to do.

Lets get started.

 Start by priming eye. 

Then apply a matte reddish brown eye shadow to the crease and blend out.

Lime Crime eye shadow helper

NYX  Dance the Tides e/s
FLIRT! Eye shadow brush             

 Apply a cranberry eye shadow to the lid and blend into the crease.

Inglot Pearl 450

Sonia Kashuk Medium Eye Shadow brush

 Add a matte eye shadow that's close to your skin color just to the brow bone.

Inglot Matte 330

Sigma Blending Brush E25

 Apply a black eye liner pencil just to the lash line.

Milani Liquif'eye Metallic eye liner pencil Black

 Smudge out the liner using a small brush.

Essence of Beauty small crease brush

 Curl lashes.

Apply mascara. 

Add the same black eye liner to the waterline and smudge into the lower lash line. Top with a matte black eye shadow to set the liner.

Inglot Matte 391

Maybelline Full N Soft w/p mascara Very Black

 Add some lashes or skip this part if you wish :) 

Miss Adoro lashes #600

Revlon Precision Dark lash adhesive

 With a small brush, add a bronze eye shadow in the inner corner of the eyes.

Wet n Wild Sparkle Til Morning palette- "eyelid" shadow on right side. A good alternative for this is Wet n Wild "I'm Getting Sunburned" trio 

And done! 

With nude lips:

Wet N WIld 902 Bare It All l/s with Revlon Toast to Shine gloss over

With a darker lip:

Rimmel Amethyst Shimmer l/s 

Other products used:
Laura Geller Spackle Under Makeup Primer
Revlon Colorstay Blemish Concealer m/d
Benefit Lemonade
Revlon Colorstay Foundation 330 Natural Tan
Ben Nye Banana Powder
Milani Baked Blush Bellissimo Bronze

Here's the BONUS look! SUPER SIMPLE!!!

 Lightly mist a small flat shader brush with MAC Fix +, dip into a pink or bronze glitter and apply all over lid. I used Inlgot #86  Pure Pigment eye shadow and DONE! I applied this directly over the shadows I showed you how to apply above.

 This color is so hard to capture but it is the most beautiful color. 

 At first glance the pigment looks bronze with pink glitter but if you look at the jar, you can see how much more complex the color actually is. GORGEOUS!!! 

I hope you like both looks :) 

Holiday Look: Gold and Plum Pictorial (pic heavy)

Gold and plum is one of my favorite combinations to wear. I don't usually like color on my lips but I really loved the way the finished look turned out, lips and all ;) 

Here we go...

 I started with a primed eye and then added a gold shadow just to my lid.

Lime Crime Candy Eyed eye shadow helper

MAC Photo Realism e/s

 Then, I added a matte brown eye shadow to my crease and blended it slightly with the gold.

NYX Maybe Later e/s

 Apply a matte light cream eye shadow to the brow bone and blend with the brown.

MAC Orb e/s

Add a berry eye shadow, make sure to blend into the brown and gold but keep most of the color right in the corner.

MAC Star Violet e/s

 Apply a thin line of liquid liner to the top lash line and slightly wing it out. 

Essence Liquid Ink w/p eye liner Black

 Add some black gel liner to the waterline and smudge it out a little.

MAC Blacktrack fluid line

 Curl lashes, add some mascara and false eye lashes if you would like and DONE! :)

Revlon Photoready 3D Volume w/p mascara Blackest Black

Miss Adoro lashes #600

Revlon Precision Dark lash adhesive

And the final look.

For lips I used Wet N Wild 916 Ravin Raisen

Brushes used in order shown:

Sonia Kashuk Medium Eye Shadow brush

Sigma Blending brush E25

Borghese 201 Eye Shadow brush

Sigma Blending brush E25

4 Royal Soft Grip SG 155

Other products used:

Loreal Magic Perfecting base

Revlon Colorstay foundation #330 Natural Tan

Milani HD Advanced Concealer 04

NYX Taupe blush

Milani Baked blush Berry Amore

Ben Nye Banana powder

MAC Fix+

Holiday Look Pictorial: Green and Red (pic heavy)

Long time no post ;) 

I had asked on Facebook for some look requests and this was one of them. I have a few more to do this week. I am trying to do a step by step for all of them so this weeks posts will be extra heavy. If there are any questions, please feel free to ask me. I think I have the comment situation all sorted out so I WILL see them now :) *fingers crossed*

Lets get to it...

 Start by priming eye and apply a matte color close to your skin color all over lid to brow.

I used Lime Crime Candy Eyed e/s helper and NYX Nude e/s 

 Next, I used a matte medium brown in my crease and slightly onto my lid.

NYX Brown e/s

 Apply a green pencil liner to your lash line.

NYX Emerald City 

 With a small brush, smudge out the liner. Make sure you blend it out really well. 

Essence of Beauty Crease brush (small)

 With the same brush, apply a green eye shadow over the liner to set it.  Make sure to keep most of the color closest to the lash line.

NYX Mermaid Green

 With a fluffy brush, pick up a little more of the green shadow and blend out the color on to the lid. 

Coastal Scents brush 246

 With a flat top brush, apply a black gel liner right into the lashes and lash line.

4 Royal Soft Grip brush SG 155 

MAC Blacktrack fluid line

Curl lashes and add mascara. 

Revlon Photoready 3D Volume w/p Blackest Black

 Now add lashes! 

You can skip this part and move on to the next step if you don't like wearing lashes.

Miss Adoro lashes #600

Revlon Precision Dark lash adhesive

 Apply the same green liner from before to the waterline and lower lash line. Using the small brush, buff out the liner and add some green eye shadow on top to set liner.

 Now add some gel liner to the waterline and smudge it out.

 Here is the finished eye. I also added some mascara to the lower lashes. 

 Full face with a pink nude lipstick.

At this point I wasn't entirely happy with my face, it looked too flat. So, I decided to add some gold to the inner corner of my eyes and high points of the face. I also spritzed my face with MAC Fix +

 Here is the eye with the added gold 

and my full face after I added the highlight to my face. OH and red lips too ;)

Other products used:

Loreal Magic Perfecting Base

Milani HD Advanced Concealer 04

Revlon ColorStay foundation 330 Natural Tan

Ben Nye Banana Powder 

Rimmel Spicy Nude blush

Rimmel Peach blush (apples of cheeks only)

MAC Whisper of Gilt (inner corner of eyes and cheeks)

MAC Fix +

NYX Perfect l/s

NYX Snow White l/s

Brushes used for eyes in order shown:

Borghese 201 Eye Shadow brush

Sigma Blending brush E25

Coastal Scents brush 246 

Essence of Beauty Crease brush small 

4 Royal Soft Grip SG 155