Ipsy For February

Ipsy For February

*disclaimer* another silly move on my part. The first “lip gloss” I open up is actually a cream shadow. Yeah. The laughs keeps coming ; ).
Love is/was in the air this past month thanks to the wonderful holiday that is Valentine’s Day =). I was in Cali during that time though so I missed out on being with my hubby and two sweet boys but had SUCH a wonderful time with my brother and his family! My hubby made sure I had my Lindt Truffles delivered to me by my brother…..awwwwwww….and they were SO good!!! While I was gone my Ipsy bag came and I was eager to open it when I got home =). I have to put a small disclaimer on this video that I “let go” something I would typically edit out. I left it in because I am human and though you might think it was funny ; ).

Ipsy For January

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!!!
No Foundation Flawless Face

No Foundation Flawless Face

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!!!

New Year, New Thoughts

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.
Lily Collins Look

Lily Collins Look

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?

Simply Put, Simply U

Simply Put, Simply U

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 =).
Holiday Ipsy Bags

Holiday Ipsy Bags

Ipsy Holiday bags comin at ya! I was so in love with the bags from these two packages (especially the black one!). What did you get from your holiday bags?
Ipsy “Makeup”

Ipsy “Makeup”

Hello there =). So I made and edited this video before all the craziness of Halloween ensued so forgive the outdated comments =). Hope you enjoy! I really loved these Ipsy treasures and have used quite a few of them almost daily! The tinted lip balm that has a crazy handle actually comes with a brush…I later discovered lol. Hence the long handle =D. The neutral lipstick is also a daily treasure. What did you love?