Thursday, March 28, 2013

Sigma brush cleaning glove!

Hey everyone! I hope y'all are having a great week leading up to Easter Sunday! I wanted to share with you something that I ordered from www.sigmabeauty.com and I know most of you probably have this already, but I got the Sigma Brush Cleaning Glove! I can't wait to try it! My method for cleaning my brushes right now is I spray my brush cleaner directly onto the bristles and then rub them in a circle motion on the palm of my hand. Its a very tedious process that takes a very long time if I haven't cleaned them for a while.


The main reason why I wanted to get this glove is because I needed something that cleaned a little better than  my method now. I have some brushes (specifically my sigma F80 flat top kabuki brush) that are stained with makeup and I'm hoping that this will deep clean enough to hopefully make them white again.


Here are some pictures of how it looks if you haven't seen it yet:


 So this is what the packaging looks like. I got the glove in the color aqua because it matches pretty close to the color of my bedroom/makeup room walls. Anyways, it also comes in 3 other colors (black, pink and a light purple)


What I love about this glove is the fact that there are two different sides. One side is specifically for your face brushes and the other side is specifically for your eye brushes.


This the "eye" side. Now, I'm not sure if you can see the sections with the different names on them. But, the middle section is the "wash" section and it has little tiny knobs that really get in and thoroughly clean the brush. The top section is the "rinse" section and this part has little ridges on it that really get the brush totally clean. The next section is actually on the part where your thumb would be if you were wearing this on your hand, and that section is the "refine" section. This part has little ball knobs that help make sure you got all the product out of the brush. And the last section is actually between the thumb part and basically your index finger, this section you use for squeezing the water out of the brush.


Here's the the "face" side:

 
Now for this picture I'm wearing it so you can see how it looks when you're wearing it. But basically its the same process you went through with the eye brushes, now you'd just do it with the face brushes. If you notice the knobs in the "wash" section are significantly bigger than the eye side. And also the "rinse" section is a little different as well. Basically, its the same process just a different look to the glove :)


So I just wanted to share this with you for those of you that haven't seen this yet and if you were interested in getting it you can have my input thrown into the mix of all of us beauty gurus! :) Just so you know, price wise in my opinion its a little much but I'll live :) I paid in total with shipping and handling $41.55. I did get a discount of $3.90 because I used the 10% off code for the month of March which is "save2013" and as a result of that I didn't pay tax just shipping and handling. The glove is already $39.00 but you add in $6  for shipping and handling into the mix it gets a little expensive. But anyways, I love mine and I'll probably be doing a demo and a review on my youtube channel (www.youtube.com/mariahsierra94) very soon!


Alright, well I think that covers everything! I hope y'all have a great day and I'll be blogging again soon!


Daily Nuggets: 


  • Spent pretty much the whole day in class for college, lots of homework but its all worth it! :) 
  • Snuggled with my puppy after class :) Here's a picture of him: (FYI, this was taken on his 1 year birthday just a few weeks ago) 


  • Working tonight from 6:30-8:30 but I love my job! :) 
  • Going coupon shopping on Saturday possibly so be looking for a haul video and/or blog post :) 


Have a great day everyone! 
Hugs, 
Mariah 

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Favorite Lipsticks and Glosses + Best Combos!

Hey everyone! So I thought that since the video didn't really give great pictures of swatches for the combos, I thought I would do an in depth blog post on specifically the combos. Lets get started!


The first combo I found is from the "Nude lipstick/lipgloss" category. And the combo is too faced la creme lipstick in nude beach paired with revlon super lustrous lipgloss in foiled applied on top. Its a really great combo if your eye makeup is dramatic and you want a nude lip look. I really enjoy wearing this combo :)
(nude beach is on the left and foiled is on the right)


The next combo I found from this category is the lo'real colour riche lipstick in fairest nude paired with revlon super lustrous lipgloss in peach petal on top. This combo is great for adding a little bit of shine to your lips.
(Fairest nude is on the left and peach petal is on the right) 


The next category I found great combos in is the "pink lipstick/lipgloss" category. The first combo I found is the elf lipstick in classy paired with revlon super lustrous lipgloss in pink pursuit on top. This is a perfect match I think for a nice straight pink lip!
(Classy is on the left and pink pursuit is on the right)


The next combo from this category I found is the revlon colorburst lipstick in petal paired with revlon super lustrous lipgloss in pink pursuit on top. This combo is another great pink look, but a little more toned down than the last one.
(Petal is on the left and pink pursuit is on the right) 


And the last category that I found some good combos in is the "Berry lipstick/lipgloss" category. The first combo I found is the lo'real colour riche lipstick in tender pink paired with revlon super lustrous lipgloss in rosepearl on top. This is a great combo for that nice, deep and fairly dark berry lip! I really love this combo!
(Tender pink is on the left and rosepearl is on the right) 


Last but not least combo from this category is the revlon super lustrous lipstick in blushed paired with revlon super lustrous lipgloss in rosepearl on top. This is another great deep berry lip look that I think a lot of people would like wearing :)
(Blushed is on the left and rosepearl is on the right) 



Well, thats it for this post! I hope y'all enjoyed this and I hope that you got some good ideas of some lipsticks and/or lipglosses that you could pick up :) I hope y'all have a great day and I'll be blogging again soon! :)