Tastykake Kandy Bar Kakes...

Hey everyone!! I hope y'all are doing well. I know that this title looks a little odd being on my beauty blog, but I said in my information about my blog that there would be some random fun thrown in :) So anyways, I received my Spring Vox Box from Influenster this morning. Now if you don't know what Influenster is, it is an online company that is free and all you do is complete different tasks to earn "badges" and those badges depending on how many you have and how often you unlock them, you can qualify for different "voxboxes" throughout the year. And based on what kinds of things you're interested in depend on what box you get. DISCLAIMER:    I received these products for review and testing purposes from Influenster. 

So all that to say in my Spring vox box I got many different products to try, and this is the one I chose to review first. It is the TastyKake Kandy Bar and I got the S'mores flavor.

It was SO good!!! Loved it, very moist and just delish! ;) I really want another one, but seriously who wouldn't?!


Here's a link to the TastyKake website, so y'all can check things out for yourselves and see which flavor you like: http://www.tastykake.com/


Below is all the product information, straight from the Influenster website.


Here is some background information on how the TastyKake company got started:

• The Tasty Baking Company, founded in 1914 and located in Philadelphia, Pa., is one of the country’s leading bakers of snack cakes, pies, cookies, and donuts. As a subsidiary of Flowers Foods, the company has bakery facilities in Philadelphia and Oxford, Pa. that offer more than 100 products under the Tastykake brand name. Celebrated for their freshness and quality ingredients, the Tastykake line includes such classics as Krimpets, Kandy Kakes, Juniors, and Kreamies. For more information on Tasty Baking Company, visit www.tastykake.com. 

• You can get them in a Single Serve which would cost $1.69 or you can get the Family Pack which would cost you $4.49.  

Here's a link to the Influenster website so you can request an invite, get started and possibly get a box like this! http://www.influenster.com/ 

Well, I think thats it! Be on the lookout for more reviews of the products I received from Influenster coming later today. The rest will be beauty related, just a heads up :) Have a great day everyone! 

Shop my stash & New organization storage!

Hey everyone! I hope y'all are having a fabulous day! I took some time last Friday night to "shop my stash" to see if I could find anything that I had been neglecting as well as just cleaning out my collection getting rid of old products.


Oh my goodness! I found a bunch of things that I hadn't used in forever! For example one of the things I found was my LORAC Pro eye palette as well as my Wet n Wild palette in "blue had me at hello" (FYI, blue had me at hello is a great palette for Spring!) among other face products.


I've put all the "neglected" products in a little plastic tub and I put it on top of my vanity so that when I'm doing my makeup in the mornings, I can incorporate the products that haven't been used in a while into my routine.

                                


So this what I found while cleaning out my drawers in my vanity. Now there's some new stuff in there that I just recently got as well as some "oldies but goodies" :)

Here's another look at it so you can see what is on the top:

Over the weekend I used my wet n wild palette in "walking on eggshells" for a natural yet put together look for church and it turned out great! So I will most definitely be incorporating it more into my everyday routine!


Now aside from "shopping my stash" I mentioned I cleaned my drawers out and organized a little better, I ended up going to target and buying one of the Sterilite 4 drawer organizers. It was on sale so I ended up only paying $17 dollars for it!


I put the newer stuff in the organizer and kept the neglected things in my vanity. I'm going to go to either BigLots or the dollar store and get 4 of those skinny plastic pencil organizers to put in the sterilite drawers to organize things better, because right now its a mess! But here's a look at it:

So what I love about this is its got four smaller drawers (that are actually pretty deep) and then one big drawer down at the bottom for palettes, packaging, etc.


 I really like this and I can't wait to see how it looks when I'm finished organizing everything!


Well, thats it for this post! I hope you enjoyed it and I'll be blogging again soon! Hopefully, I'll be putting more videos up soon as well! Have a great day everyone!



Daily nuggets.....

• Super busy with college classes, I've got finals in 2 weeks!!! 
• Getting excited for vacation on friday! Headed to the beach with family, can't wait! I'm leaving Friday afternoon and I'll be back Monday afternoon. First trip in a very long time, SO excited!! 
• Will be filming some videos very soon, I promise! I've just been extremely busy with school and just life in general :) 

Have a great Memorial weekend everyone!!! :) 

Sephora Haul: Close up pics of some of the products...

Hey Everyone! I hope y'all are having a great day! I just wanted to share with you some close up pictures of the Benefit kit, the tarte lipstick and the mascara wands that you saw in the video. Lets get started:



So first of all the Benefit kit I got is a $29 value that I got for $17. It contains poisetint, Sunbeam, and Cha Cha Tint. The bottles are significantly smaller than the full size but they will still last a long time. Here are some pictures of each of them:

 So the first one in the kit (going from left to right) is called Poisetint. Here's what the bottle looks like as well as a swatch.

 I like to think of this color as a light barbie pink. Its very pretty and is absolutely wearable! :)


Next in the kit is called Subeam. This is a bronze highlight, it is gorgeous! Can't wait to use it!

 And lastly in the kit is Cha Cha tint, I wore this color in the video. it is a great coral color, great for spring and summer!

 The next thing I got is the Tarte Glamazon 12 hour lipstick in Pure. This is a great natural, dusty pink shade. Perfect for those of you that want a natural look to your lips but not completely washed out.

(The swatch is in the middle)

The next thing is the tarte lash primer. Now this is white and you'd put this on before your mascara. I wore it today along with my Almay get up and grow mascara. 

And lastly here is the Tarte gifted smart mascara wand. I've been wanting to try this for some time now and I can't wait to start using it! 

Well, that is it for this blog post! I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you enjoyed the video on the rest of this haul! Here's the link to it on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBKlY0hvjcI 

Also, I'll have prices of everything in the extra info section of the video! So be sure to check that out :) Thanks for reading and I hope y'all have a fantastic day! :) 

Daily Nuggets.....

• Spent most of the morning in class for college, I have finals coming up in 2 weeks! (yikes!) 
• Went for a 1 mile walk with my dog this morning. Trying to get back into shape after being in the hospital for 2 weeks. 
• My grandma is coming for a visit at the end of the week! Haven't seen her since Thanksgiving :) 
• Going to be shooting and uploading some more videos in the coming weeks, so make sure you're subscribed to my channel! :) 

   

Whats coming up in the next couple weeks....

Hey everyone! I hope y'all are having a great day! I just wanted to let you know that I won't be doing any new youtube videos for at least a couple of weeks. The reason being is I'm going into the hospital on Thursday for another surgery on my brain and I'll be in the hospital for a couple weeks for treatment. But in the time that I'm away from youtube, I'll be posting things on my twitter page, instagram, and pinterest as well as keeping everyone updated on things on my other blog http://lifeingeneral-mariah.blogspot.com/

So y'all can go over there and see all my updates from this hospital stay soon :) But don't worry, I'll be back on youtube as soon as I'm out of the hospital and feeling like I could shoot a video :) And lastly, before I go I wanted to say a HUGE thank you to everyone that has been subscribing to me on my youtube channel! I can't thank you ladies enough! :)


Have a great day and I'll be blogging again really soon :)


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Daily Nuggets.....

• Getting all packed for my hospital stay :) Y'know the funny thing is you leave your house with just enough stuff, then you return from the hospital with more junk than you need (LOL!) 
• Getting my animals all ready for friends to come take care of them, hopefully my puppy will adapt well. 
• Doing laundry today and I have to go to the pet store to get some puppy treats because we're still trying to get him used to people and if they have treats, he loves them instantly! :) 

AWESOME coupon deal!!!

Hey everyone! I hope y'all are having a great Monday evening! I just wanted to jump on here real quick and let you know about an AWESOME deal going on at CVS. Clear Scalp and Hair therapy shampoo and conditioner is on sale for $4.99 and there's a coupon you can get at the "coupon center" that is $4.99 off of the sale price! Which obviously the shampoo is free and you'd just pay the tax. I ended up getting one for $0.40 cents today!!!!


Here's a picture of the one I got:

I got the "complete care" shampoo. There are also a few other kinds: Damage and Color repair, total care, volumizing root boost, strong lengths, moisturizing dry scalp, frizz control, and ultra shea. 


I love this shampoo because the one I got is specifically for people with some dryness on their scalp. Because of all the surgeries I've had in the last few months, my scalp is really dry from all the anti-bacterial stuff they lather on my head before surgery. Anyways, I've been using this shampoo for quite a while now and I just recently ran out of my third bottle, so I thought I better pick a new one up and when I saw this sale I knew I couldn't pass it up! :)


Anyways, I just wanted to let you know about it and I encourage you to pick one of these up before the sale ends! :) I hope you have a great day and I'll be doing my March beauty favorites video as well as a few other requested videos definitely this week! I'll be blogging again soon!


Hugs,
Mariah


Daily Nuggets......

• I've gotten a total of 5 hours of sleep in the past two days (zzzzz) soooo incredibly tired! :(
• Got enough energy to do my college class this afternoon and now I have to study for my test the rest of the week :)
• College girls Bible Study is tonight, really want to go but trying to decide as I am utterly exhausted! 
• On the plus side having a girls day this coming Saturday with my aunt. Yay!! :D  

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 

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! :)