by dollcosmetics | Feb 20, 2014 | Makeup
I have to admit, I sometimes pass by Cover Girl in the drugstore or at least stop quickly just to grab their basic mascara. One thing that HUGELY caught my eye, and it wasn’t too long ago, was the Flamed Out Capital Collection featuring STUNNING looks from the Hunger Games. Did you see all the ads of the different looks signifying the various districts??? IT WAS AMAZING!!!!! So inspiring and creative. Here are some of my favorites from that line:
IIIIIII meeeeeaaaaan RIGHT?????? After that Cover Girl was on my radar. So ironic that their very next line I was chosen to review. I jumped at the chance! Their newest line of beauty goodness is the Bombshell Line.
Sofia Vergara is the face of this new line (hello, she is a total bombshell!). They contacted me a few weeks ago and sent me a Walmart gift card to go and try all of the makeup wonderfulness. I was excited to have this line blow my mind. I do wish I would have had ALL of my makeup around me so that I could dive deeper into doing different looks. (I took basics with me since my whole goal for the next two weeks is to get my sweet brother and his wife ready for twins (numbers 5&6) come soon!). I WILL be doing more looks for this line when I get home but was also pretty happy with what I could achieve with what I had on hand. I am LOVING the Gold Goddess creme shadow!
Here is the video and make SURE you stick around for the end because Cover Girl wants to give one of my lucky readers a $100 gift card so that you too can buy the ENTIRE Bombshell line. This is what you get:
6 amazingly shimmery & light reflective creme shadows
– Ice Queen
– Gold Goddess
– Color Me Money
– Ooh La Lilac
– Platinum Club
– Copper Fling
2 Intense Liquid Liners by Lashblast
– Pitch Black
– Chocolate Kiss
Bombshell Volume Mascara by Lashblast
*GIVEAWAY RULES*
To enter to win the Cover Girl gift card you must:
– Be a U.S. resident
– Be 18 years or older or have your parents permission to enter
– Be a follower of Classy Cosmetics
– Leave a comment saying what you are most excited to try or why you want to win
The contest starts today, February 19th and will run till February 26th midnight MST. I will then announce the winner on the 27th. You will have 24 hours to contact me or another winner will be chosen. Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor……oh wait, wrong line ; ).
by dollcosmetics | Feb 15, 2014 | Makeup, Reviews
Another Beauty Bag for the books. First one of 2014, yay! =) A few announcements in this video. I got quite a few emails about my outfits so you can find my new Instagram account at classycozmetics (note the “Z”). Also I’ve been contacted by Cover Girl to review their Bombshell line and can’t wait to share that with you!!!
by dollcosmetics | Feb 8, 2014 | Lifestyle, Travel
So, let me get this straight, I tease you by saying that I’m going to NY, I visit all of these fantastic places and meet so many wonderful people and I never TOLD you about it?????? How could you let me get AWAY with something like that? I am so sorry!!! The sad thing is now struggling to remember all the details of that heavenly trip and when specific things happened. One of the very first things we did was head over to ground zero. What a reverent, beautiful reminder. I am so glad that we stayed as long as we did and listened to every bit of information. The rain didn’t dampen our spirits but it did lend a chance to use my scarf in different ways ; D.
Just around the corner we found an amazing Indian restaurant tucked in between some shops and ate heartily. Kev was in heaven with all of the options =).
I loved their cute lil cups LOL!
Kev was so amazing at mapping out where everything was on his phone. He was a whiz with the subway and I never worried about getting lost. Before we went we wrote down all the things we wanted to see and asked friends, of course, since we had both never been. Ladies, WE SAW EVERYTHING on our list!!! It was the most jam packed wonderful three days EvEr and I can’t wait for me and Kev to do more world traveling if this is what is in store. I LOVE ebing on the go, waking up early and seeing 5 things before breakfast time. Just love it!!! Well, one thing on Kev’s list was to see the amazing NY Apple store which was pretty close to our hotel.
It was pretty visually stimulating and happened to be next door to another list item. FAO Schwarz =). The big piano? Yeah, we hit that. Zoltar? Yeah, we spoke face to face LOL. I’m a geek, I know.
So the whole reason we were able to go on this wonderful trip was because Kevin is a graphic designer and one of his apps was nominated for an award. There was to be a huge banquet and presenting of the awards to those that won. It was so pricey ($400 a plate) that I opted to not go but hit a broadway musical instead. Another couple had flown out as well (her hubby was also nominated for another category) so her and I set out to Times Square to see what adventures lay before us. Thanks to my wonderful friend, who was touring with Billy Elliot at the time, and her counsel, we scored some tickets for Newsies and couldn’t conTAIN our excitement!!! IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!
For all of you So You Think You Can Dance fans here’s Evan from season 5. I spotted him RIGHT away and couldn’t stop watching this amazing dancer. I was so stoked afterward to get to meet him! I cannot even TELL you how sad I am that this picture is so blurry but it’s all I have so I must use it lol. During the performance I got a text (which ANYone will tell you the ushers will flash their lights at you for) from Kevin saying he had WON!!!!!!!! I was so proud that I was busting at the seams!!!!!! I wish I could have been there to clap the loudest for my man and give him hugs and kisses. It was SO hard to sit still after that text = D.
So the city never sleeps eh? Well what about restaurants??? After the show, my friend and I went shopping at the FIVE story Forever 21….yeah it was awesome, met up with our men then went out for some grub. It was only 1am but we couldn’t find a place ANYwhere to go!!! Finally, we went back to the hotel to ask. They said there was a great bar just down the road that had great food. Let me tell you how funny it was to have the waitress tell us there was no room at the bar and sadly there were only tables available in the dining room. Since non of us drink at all we were ecstatic and told her to lead the way to the table!!! I had THE most amazing goat cheese and spinach salad that I still dream about it!!! I took a pic of their sign so I wouldn’t forget where to go at 1am the next time I’m in town LOL.
One thing that is very pertinent to this cosmetics site was visiting my bestie at VH1 the Buzz where she is Carrie Keagan’s personal makeup artist. We showed up that morning, got our lovely security badges and up we went. Jess showed me the beautiful green room where they get all the talent ready (specifically Carrie) and what she uses on her. Do you spy Lisa Loebe in the mirror and me being not two feet away from her??? Love her!!!
In the best hands possible!
Carrie asking about Hulk Hogan’s latest scandal.
Learning about the set.
Panoramic Kev took of the green room.
Me Carrie and Jess. Ironic that I reeaaallly don’t like my makeup here!
Kev had never seen Phantom so we went. I had seen it a baziiiiilion times and have seen better but I was super glad he wanted to go and that he appreciates the beautiful art that is Opera.
That night Jess took us out on the town. Kev loves 30 Rock so he wanted to at least walk by the building =). The Jess took us to this sky bar where you could get amazing views of the whole city, especially the Empire State Bldg. This place was new to us though since it was cold, it was outside, they had cloaks for you to wear. Red cloaks, shining in the red glow that came from the heaters. I felt like I was in the den of the Illuminate! Needless to say I don’t know how often they wash them in between patrons wearing them so I opted not to accessorize that night. We had scrumptious hot fries and steaming hot chocolate. Now some things you need to know about my friend Jess are that she is SUPER kind, very thoughtful, selfless and loves God and her Savior and sings their praises without embarrassment. Boooooy when the waitress said she wouldn’t split our little check she had a THING or two to say about that. When she got no satisfaction from her she went to her boss then his until they preformed the simplest of tasks…splitting the check. It was then that I started noticing how NY is not a place to find the best customer service experiences (and how I wanted Jess around for all of it) HA!
Want to hear a sad yet funny story? That is, if you are still reading this. Mom? Are you the only one? HI! I’ll see you in a few days!!! lol KAY! So I’ve seen quite a few movies where the Empire State Bldg has been in the background. Lovely, majestic, easily recognizable. Well, when Kev and I went to see it earlier that day I walked RIGHT past it!!! He’s like, “Jen, we’re here.” I assured him we weren’t. He wasn’t quite sure how to take that. After all, he had never steered us wrong visiting any landmark. He stood there looking at me (insert me wearing a very matter of fact face). “What do you mean we aren’t here. It’s right in front of you.” “But…it’s not….black.” He was very confused at this point and his face showed it. “In every movie I’ve ever seen, the Empire State Bldg is black.” Crickets chirping, thoughts of wondering if he married Jessica Simpson I’m sure were happening in his head. Sleepless in Seattle, On the Town, An Affair To Remember…..ALL of them showed images of it at night time. Of COURSE it looked black MORON!!! I have to say though, I was a little disappointed =(. Okay stop laughing. I thought it was all black tinted windows not black concrete…or I guess it could have been. Regardless I was happy at that sky bar because my beloved Empire State Bldg was black. Kev still won’t let me live that down.
NO. SLEEP. TILL BROOKLYN!!!!!
Now THIS was an awesome day (although I will always remember my feet killing from my boots). We went all around Brooklyn, then walked the Brooklyn Bridge and had some yummy pizza at Grimaldi’s. NOW I know the obsession that is NY pizza, Thanks Kat!!!
On our last day we went to Hoboken NJ to visit Carlo’s Bakery from Cake Boss and DIED eating all the scrumptiousness!!! I was so impressed with how it wasn’t very busy (maybe one other person in the shop) how inexpensive it was and how very tasty.
We ended up buying even more to take back home to our boys and family.
Loved the display window (worthy of Disneyland), a pic of Kev in the alley where they would always pull pranks and our yummy treats before we ate them right there on a bench like ravenous beasts!
Can’t go to NY without seeing Central Park. It was SO close to our hotel too! We walked around and saw spots that are in our fav movies, hello? One Fine Day, Home Alone, the Muppets!!!
to the Boathouse for one last lunch with Jess. Again, customer service left MUCH to be desired but the company more than made up for it!
Jess was such a wonderful tour guide and we miss her! If you haven’t already heard, Carrie has left VH1 to pursue other ventures in California so now we get to see her again whenever we go to Disneyland with the boys. Yay!!! =D
All in all, amAZING trip to NYC and am so glad we were able to go. So proud of my hubby, loved seeing historic things, visiting museums, galleries, Broadway shows, seeing friends and spending so much uninterrupted time with Kev. Hope you enjoyed this long over due post/novel/are you still awake??? ; D
by dollcosmetics | Feb 8, 2014 | Makeup, Reviews, Tutorials
So who doesn’t want a flawless face? Who doesn’t want to walk around with glowing skin all the time without a care in the world? For those of you that have had acne, scaring, hyper pigmentation, rosacea etc you know that it’s not that easy to walk around with full confidence all the time. Quite the opposite, you want to sometimes crawl in a hole and stay there till you clear up. I have been brought to tears hearing my friends talk about the changes they are seeing in their skin and their faces and how it makes them feel as if they are losing the person they used to be. We damage our skin in so many ways so when it starts showing we wish we could rewind time. What would you say to yourself? I would tell myself to spray tan, to use sunscreen, to moisturize daily, to exfoliate and use lemons to kill bacteria on my face. I would tell myself to STOP plucking!!!! LOL Oh the pictures I have from my youth where I can’t even see that I HAVE brows! Bad Jen BAD Jen! Well, here I am going to show you how to only use powder to create your flawless face. If you have severe redness I still recommend using a green correcting tool before applying powder.
Look at her. She says,”Look at me, I am happy, I am carefree, I have great skin!” Blah blah blah…yes I’m envious LOL!!!
by dollcosmetics | Feb 6, 2014 | Lifestyle, Makeup, Reviews
Eating “clean”, Ipsy find (and love) and going “natural”. I’ve had such a transformation since moving to Utah. There are so many things I’ve been introduced to. Oils, clean eating, lifting weights vs. cardio, I did makeup for my first movie and I learned a lot about fake blood, scars on the face, hypothermia, just so much!!! Here are a few more things that I’ve learned ; D.
by dollcosmetics | Jan 11, 2014 | Makeup, Reviews, Tutorials
I THINK SHE IS STUNNING!!!!! Yes, I was just shouting…but can you blame me? Now I see collections come and go. I’m not one to run out and buy every single one like most beauty bloggers. Would I love to review them? Well sure! but when does the madness stop? Do I really want to spend all of my money on makeup when I already have a ton of it (and most of the colors that come out I have a duplicate for)? Not really. This launch made me sit up and take notice though and I will be matching everything I have to see what can be used in place of then getting the REST if I don’t have it. Maybe I’m just loooonging for Spring (I am btw) or maybe it’s time for me to start makeup shopping again. It wouldn’t be too out of line, I mean, I AM a beauty blogger. It’s what I do! =) What cosmetics collection made YOU run out the door to get it?
by dollcosmetics | Jan 6, 2014 | Makeup, Reviews
Okay ladies….I think I’ve found it!!!!! I say
think because I have now been using this shampoo for two months and it. is. WORKING!!!!!! As you know (per my
confession) I have been having the most awful time with my scalp and have tried TONS of treatments and solutions….to NO avail. It has felt like throwing money down the drain! The no poo thing was working but I didn’t want to do it ALL the time. I wanted to use the baking soda/water as an occasional treatment more so than a permanent solution. I went to Walmart deTERMINED to find a shampoo sans Phosphates & Sulphates. deTERMINED I tell you!!! Well I found one and have been LOVING it =). I wanted, in the very beginning, to put it straight to the test! I knew that if I washed my hair with a normal shampoo, that my head would be itchy that same day! Not cool = (. Well, I used this shampoo and was fine that whole day. I decided, since it was a week of me not doing ANYthing I could keep going. Two days, Three days, FOUR days and my scalp was still fine! I couldn’t believe it, had I found the solution??? I then washed and decided to do so more frequently to see if that would make a difference. I washed every other day and it was STILL okay. Ladies, I say again….I THINK I FOUND IT!!!!! So far so good and THAT is enough for me right now….it’s
more than enough actually =).
by dollcosmetics | Dec 24, 2013 | Lifestyle, Makeup, Tutorials, Uncategorized
I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heeeaaaarrrrrt!!!!! =D It’s Christmas Eve. Can you feel it? Can you tell something special is coming? I remember as a kid, this night held such magic. We would not only read T’was the Night Before Christmas but we would read the even more wonderful story in Luke about our Savior being born in a manger in Bethlehem. We would sit by the lit Christmas tree with all other lights in the house off and feel the words my dad read. We knew they were true. I still do =). It was such a good transition to a peaceful sleep……but how could one SLEEP???
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Enjoying yummy treats at Grandma & Grandpa’s
I was the only girl with three brothers so I always had my own room. I would sneak down the hall to where they were and we would stay awake all night playing games and guessing at what we would find in the morning. My parents always tacked up a sheet to hide our view if we ever walked past the hallway leading to the glowing Christmas tree. We would have Captain Crunch Berries EVERY year, my brothers chugged Egg Nog like it was going out of style while I sat in the corner gagging at the sight (I may have just gagged thinking of the smell). We would wake up and head down the street to Grandma & Grandpa’s for Christmas breakfast. I can hear the plates chinking, the smell of the bacon, their hugs, her glass Christmas tree candy jar filled with sweets all stuck together. Oh MEMORIES!!! Do we love traditions because they are so familiar? Because most of them are only practiced once a year so they are special? Because people we love teach us them? I think it is a sprinkling of all the above and I LoVe them!!!
Kev and I have been married for almost 10 years and haven’t lived by family for most of that time. We have loved coming up with our own little family traditions but have also brought our own from our separate families into the mix and have just loved the holidays that much more. This year we have been able to help others in ways we have always wanted to and are finally in a position to do so. We told our kids the plan of only one present from Mom and Dad, one from Santa and whatever grandparents or other family members might send. What we would have spent on Christmas has been split up between the Sub For Santa program, people in the neighborhood, acts of service (giving of our time), the United Way, food drives at school and helping lift others spirits in any way we can. The underneath of our tree may be bare but our hearts are SO full and I am SO proud of my boys (seeing as how they are younger) for being so great and excited about our Christmas this year.
My oldest (above) and I lay awake talking about Christmas and how it’s a little different this year. “Mom” he said, “Do you know what I like best about this Christmas?” “What Love?” “I loved taking those presents to all those families that wouldn’t have had a good Christmas. When they smiled and saw the bags we brought, that was my favorite present. I want to keep making people smile. Are we doing this again next year?” {insert heart MELTING right then!!!} “Yes, Kayson. We will do this as long as we have the means, and even when we don’t, we can always give our time and talents to those that need us.”
Speaking of talents…..lol…..bet ya didn’t think I could ROCK Mrs. Claus for our local high school did ya? Well, you’d be wrong!!! HA!
Is that not one of the funniest things ever? I know I would have to do a double take every time I passed the mirror =D. It was so much fun to read to little kids and pretend I was married to a waaaaaay older man with a lot of power ; D. I used a lot of Ben Nye makeup for this look and the NYX Jumbo Pencil in milk for my hairline and brows. This year held a lot of parties for our family too. One was Kev’s work party up in Salt Lake at Little America. I loooooove when the invite says formal & you can take it up a notch!
I opted for this bad boy from BeBe and did a deep red wine lip. Head didn’t seem complete without a loud obnoxious bow so I added one last minute and pearls from H&M.
I hope you have the merriest of Merry Christmases and are able to feel peace, love and joy this season. And if you have any room left over, try a bold lip with gorgeous lashes to top everything off =). Love you all!!!
P.S. Our family pictures were taken by the lovely Sara Simpson and I HIGHLY recommend her for your photos! She travels and is SO good with kids I can’t even tell you!!! Let me know if anyone would be interested in a giveaway from her!!!
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