Keeping it Clean----- Helpful hints for the beauty shopper

Hey Beauties. I hope that this summer is not stressing your skin out or causing your deodorant to go into overdrive.

Today's blog is all about keeping it sanitary when shopping for Beauty products.

Working for a beauty retailer has truly opened my eyes to how people shop. Do not get me wrong. I have worked in retail long enough to know that most people these days are horrible shoppers with no regard for anyone but themselves. Notice I said most.  There are few who were raised properly and still respect where they shop and where they work.

Beauty shops do have it the hardest because everyone wants to try everything.

 Unfortunately, most people are not very clean.



Dipping their hands and fingers into testers and even "live" product with no regard for the fact that every beauty place has cotton swabs,  mascara brushes, eyeshadow wands, lip stick wands, cotton rounds and more.

I would really love to know why people revert to treating places like its their home. You want to stick your fingers in your own product that is completely your own business but when you are out and about show some respect for the business.

Here are a few ideas that will help in your quest as you shop.

1) Seek out the demo stations. Sephora is infamous for having those stations in every shop with brushes galore.

2) If you happen not to see any brushes, ask. I guarantee there is an associate around who will be more than glad to help you out.

3) If you have an opportunity, wash your hands. You have been out either driving, taking mass transit or just being outside. Germs are everywhere.

4) Buy and try at home.  Find out what the return policy is. Most companies have 30 days and hold on to your receipt. ( make sure to remember that )

Hope this helps my beauties.

Stay Cool

Beauty Bloggers Influenster Vox BOX

Hey My Beauties... I know Long time no see.. Forgive me. I got a promotion at work so learning all these new things is making me a bit tired.  I am good though and I hope all of you are great as well. I received my second VOX BOX and it is right up my alley. It is the BEAUTY BLOGGER VOX BOX. ( AMAZING RIGHT!!!) In this Voxbox from Influenster , I received  Kiss Ever pro lashes , NYC Color Individual Eyes.. The color is Dark Shadows...ooooooooooo . Best part of this eyeshadow set, it has primer, Illuminator, Crease/contour colors, All over lid color and Highlighter.

If you consider yourself not so skilled in applying eye shadow, this palette makes it easy for you

I received a coupon for Bath and Body works Candles.( I unfortunately did not read the date and missed out, but it gave me incentive to go candle shopping again; it used to be an addiction)

 I also received The spin pin from Goody . The pins are for light hair but since I am currently braided, I am going to give these to my friends you love to do the up-do. ( I will harass them for feedback).

I received No.7 beautiful skin Cleansing Lotion and Night cream. Both are hypoallergenic so I am going to give it a try this weekend. 

I got Not your mother's Kinky moves Curl defining hair cream. I will be holding on to this. I am currently in protective style mode so It will not be used till January.. Sorry my loves. My hair really cannot stand the winter and it is dry enough as is. In braids my hair grows and I have better control over conditioning.

I received great White Barn Votive candle in the scent of nutmeg and spice.. Smells amazing even without being lit... it is my room deodorizer and it will stay that way till I reignite my candle addiction .

Last but not least I also received The daily eboost energy supplement. Though the taste may not be great for all taste buds, it does make you feel better.


For all my beauties who would love to get goodies to try, you should definitely sign up for Influenster. You can earn badges see how far and wide your influence can really go and also see that you may be doing things already that will help build your influence.

Have a great Friday loves and as always

BE GORGEOUS. BE WONDERFUL. BE YOU!!!!

disclaimer: I have received each product complimentary for testing purposes from Influenster.

Stress related Anti -Aging---- Yeah I think I need it @klout Perk From RoC

Happy Sunday my BA Beauties.  Today, my POV is going to be about a Klout perk I received from RoC Skincare. Just to give my loves a little background RoC skincare has been in existence since 1957 and introduced anti-aging to the United States in 1999 and has been working with dermatologists for years. To find out more about RoC click here .

I received from Klout the perk to try  which was the RoC skincare stress repair night cream.

Here is the box received

I have had this product for approximately 2 weeks. One of the first things I have noticed is how thick the moisturizer is. I am used to seeing and having moisturizers of various color and thickness. I am going to figure the reason why this moisturizer is so thick is because it has 8 hours (hopefully) ti sink into the skin and work its magic.As I have learned through my years of using moisturizers, less is definitely more. I did the 4 dot technique (Forehead, chin, left cheek and right cheek) and then smooth around my face.

See how thick it is

I will say each day I woke up, my skin felt more soft and supple. I do love to laugh a lot so I know I will be getting laugh lines and so far, this cream is keeping them at a healthy bay.  I do recommend this for anyone over the age of 25. It is never to early to start taking care of your skin but I would suggest looking at your skin and see how it is aging.

The jar I is  received is a full size and retails for $24.99. This was actually one of the cool perks received and to be honest, Klout has really linked up with great companies to give some really great perks.


For those of you who may be interested in learning more about Klout, go to www.klout.com.

KLOUT CLAUSE Influencer Disclosure


I was given a free product or sample because I am a Klout Influencer. I am under no obligation to receive the sample or talk about this company. I get no additional benefits for talking about the product or company.

BE GORGEOUS.BE WONDERFUL. BE YOU.

TLC for the feet - A little T for Toes and Stepping Stone

Hello My Beauties. I do hope June has started out well for all of you. Today's POV is about taking care of my feet.  Since the warm weather is upon us, toesies and feet are making their appearance.  My feet however needed to get in tip top shape.

Yes I have to paint my toe nails..Don't judge me

To help get my feet to exposing themselves to the world condition, I invested in Lush Cosmetics' T for Toes and Stepping Stone Pumice.

1st: While taking a bath, I used of my Stepping stone to exfoliate my feet.

Stepping Stone

 When I say part I mean part I do mean part. It has a sodium bicarbonate base. If water gets in contact with the whole stone, it will waste away under the water. It breaks up fairly easily so a small part will exfoliate both feet.
The stone has jojoba oil, lemon oil and lime oil and pumice. Your feet will be smoothed and moisturized at the same time.  (Do not worry about playing slip and slide while trying to get out the shower)

Powder for the Toes

2nd: Once you pat yourself dry, sprinkle some T for Toes on not only the toes, but the whole foot. T for Toes is this wonderful foot powder has sodium bicarbonate and China clay to keep the feet dry while the Tea Tree and lime help with the antibacterial and anti fungal.

Once I did this, my feet are summer ready especially for this wonderful NY heat.

Hope all my lovelies are keeping their toes in great shape and ready for the summer.

BE GORGEOUS. BE WONDERFUL.BE YOU

Let's take care of our Wonderful Skin

Hey My Beauties. I hope this Friday finds you well. I made on post about FaceBook to talk about skincare. Now most of you know that I work at Lush Cosmetics and a part of my job is giving people consultations about their skin and how to help clear up any concerns that they may have.

Now we all know the skins types : Normal, Oily, Dry , Combination and sensitive.  The issue that I seen arise is sometimes we honestly forget to take change of seasons into account in to how our skin adapts. Remember skins covers 100% of your body and is exposed to the elements more than any other physical parts of you.

What this post is a prelude of what is to come. I will post about what is really great for each skin type and help you figure that weather, your health and food affect how your skin is going to behave.

I do hope you beauties will find the posts informative and helpful as I go through them.

Today : Dry Skin

As we all know, dry skin is very uncomfortable and it feels as if your skin has seen as much moisture as the Sahara desert. It feels tight and you will use about anything to give yourself comfort. 

When looking for a great cleanser, I would suggest looking for something for dry or sensitive skins. I lean more to sensitive skins because you are almost guaranteed that the ingredients will be extremely gentle. Make sure the ingredients to look for have lavender , glycerin and chamomile.

 The reasons for this is Lavender soothes, heals, help to balance sebaceous glands aka your oil producing glands and its antibacterial. Balancing out your oil glands will help wake them up to produce more of what you need to make your skin feel amazing.

Glycerin is a wonderful softener and moisturizer which is what your dry skin needs.

Chamomile helps to heal so your skin will just feel better.

Also , though you may have a wonderful cleanser, I would suggest getting a facial mask as well. 

MASK!!!

There is nothing more comforting or relaxing than getting a facial or giving your self a facial. For Facial Masks, again find those that help dry or sensitive skins. One the great face masks that Lush has is called Oatifix.

Oatifix has oats, bananas and almonds which help moisturize and gently exfoliate your skin. 

PLEASE BE AWARE... just because your skin is dry doesn't mean you do not need to exfoliate. Remember your skin is exposed to elements and every skin needs a good exfoliation. 

Now after you have cleansed, you will need to tone your skin. Toners help balance your skins ph after cleansing so it extremely important to find one that works for your skin type. Find a toner that is great for dry and sensitive skins. Toners for dry skins will not only help balance the skin but help lock in the moisture from your cleanser. 

Your final step is Moisturize. We all know but guess what, we don't all do it.  Moisturizing is am important for all skin types but especially for dry skin. Again, look for ingredients that will help bring moisture to your skin and if at all possible find one that has SPF protection. 

We all know how protection from the sun is important especially as we grow older.

******WARNING*******

Make sure loves you find out what you may be allergic to. 

I do hope this will help some of you. The reason I have not mentioned too many products is because I want you make your own decisions. My advice would be to look at the ingredient list and make wise choices. 

BE GORGEOUS. BE WONDERFUL. BE YOU.

 

Absence Make the Heart grow fonder...Please don't leave me

Hey my Gorgeous loves. My apologies for not posting as of late. As most of my Twitter followers know, I have a new job at Lush Cosmetics so my time has been taken up with learning more about the company and becoming a phenomenal seller. During this time, I do hope you all have not missed e too much. I know I have missed you.  Today was a day I have to stay home, so ideas began flooding my brain and one such idea was creating a blogtv account. For those of you that may not know what blogtv is, it is a live chat with people all over who can interact with you in real time. I broadcast and chatters can post questions or make comments. I figured it would be a great way to learn about the people who follow me and find out what makes them tick.

I do hope I do get to interact with you lovelies soon..My first official broadcast is at 6:30 pm this friday. EST.

http://www.blogtv.com/People/BeautyAmateur

Have a fabulous day my lovelies.

BE GORGEOUS. BE WONDERFUL. BE YOU

woo Hoo, I got tagged by the lovely Miss Niki

Hey my gorgeous ones. I am doing phenomenal in this tagging game. I got tagged by the lovely Miss Niki. Yes I am so late.. I swear I need to get better at these things.

Here are her lovely questions:

1)  What make-up brush is a must have in your collection? Now since I am fairly new to this wonderful world of makeup, my fav brushes to have is Sigma's performance eyes kit

2)  What is your favorite color to wear on your nails? Nail Polishes are my Achilles heel but my fav color is Purple.

3)  What was it that got you into make-up? I got introduced to it in my modeling days and was rekindled into it last year

4)  Addicted to The Hunger Games?? ((I had to ask a Hunger Games question LOL))  Unfortunately, I have not read of the books ( i must be the only one)

5)  What make-up trend can you live without? All the wonderful use of color and the double winged eyeliner.. So wicked

6)  What is your favorite season and why?  Fall. I love wearing my layers and love my sweaters. It is my season.

7)  Are you a professional make-up artist or self taught? Self taught though I may have to call on some of my pros to help :)

8)  Who is your #1 inspiration and why?  Will always be my mom. SHe always taught me to go for my dreams and never give up

9)  Must have cosmetic brand? Smashbox

10)  Who are your top 3 Favorite Beauty Bloggers? Stephanie of the new beauty review, Lady Sdglitter and Fashionchicsta

11)  Favorite Drugstore Product? Neutrogena oil free makeup remover

Though I wont tag just yet, I wanted to answer Lady Niki's questions.

HAVE A GREAT DAY LOVES!!!

BE GORGEOUS. BE WONDERFUL . BE YOU.

Pucker Up @eosproducts

Hey my BA Beauties and welcome to another installment of my POV. Today, we are going to PUCKER UP.

Hello My Soup Coolers

Yes our gorgeous lips are on display for the world every day and in world of Chapstick , Blistex and Carmex, how will you know what to choose from. Well,  I found something that feel great on these soup coolers of mine.  Introducing the Evolution of smooth or  EOS Sphere Lip balm.

Here are my spheres Red- summer fruit, Light Green- Honeysuckle honey dew and Blue - Sweet Mint

Now, I have seen these wonderful spheres talked about on various YouTube videos and seen glowing reviews on different beauty websites. I decided to give them a try. I consider myself a Blistex and Carmex girl because Chapstick did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for my lips. (I hope you notice how I bolded that)
 Now I have had these for about 4 months and if you notice, the Summer fruit is almost gone. I am

Barely any left 

trying my best not to use them all at once and use each as they slowly go. What I can tell you is that each of them make my lips feel supple and soft  and the taste is not too bad either. The EOS spheres are 95% organic and 100% natural. ( So all my lovelies that love all natural, you need this in your life)

All the spheres are packed with

antioxidant-rich vitamin E, soothing shea butter and jojoba oil.

Honeysuckle Honeydew

Sweet Mint

 
<---- This is what they look like when they are full.










You lovelies can pick these up at your local drugstore and on average are $3.29. However, if you are not drugstore shopper and are an online shopping junkie, you can order from EOS online store or drugstore.com









Well my Beauties, I do hope you add these lovely spheres to your lip care arsenal.

BE GORGEOUS. BE WONDERFUL. BE YOU.

I Received a Blog AWARD!!!! I am so Honored

Hey My BA Beauties. This blog post is a bit delayed because I wanted to make sure I did it right. About 3 weeks ago, I received my first Blog award from one of my coolest followers Miss SDsparkles7.  I am and still so honored. I know this post is long overdue but I wanted to make sure I found 5 blogs I wanted to pass the award on to.

The rules for this award are actually quite simple. ( I copy and pasted, I did)

***This award is meant ONLY for people who have a blog dedicated to makeup...thats why the "Beauty"***


The person who receives the award should link back to the person who gave the award 

The person who receives this award must pass this on to 5 other beauty blogs that he/she follows and out of the 5 one should be a newly discovered blog 


The person who receives the award should list 5 trends of makeup that he/she likes or dislikes or both 


The best rule - The person who receives the award should post a link to Beauty-Ful Blog Awards So people who have not received the award can nominate themselves 



FIRST special link to BA Beauty who gave me the award SDGLITTER's Blog 

So here are the blogs I nominate for this award

1) Nykkey B

2) Tina D

3)Krystal

4) beauty by Shai

5) Daly Beauty ( recently discovered since I just began to follow her on twitter)

So far as the trends go in makeup:

1) Loving the cleansing brushes for cleaning the face rather than using your hands
2) The introduction of brighter colors using on the eyes
3) The new Nail polish collection colors (especially from OPI)
4) Foundation Primers ( feel wonderful on and helps your foundation last)
5) More environmentally friendly cosmetics and tools


BE GORGEOUS. BE WONDERFUL. BE YOU.

ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?!?!? I CAN NAME A PRODUCT.........WOOO HOOOO

Good Morning my BA Beauties and Happy Friday. Today, I received some fabulous information about a contest that is going on. Whip Hand Cosmetics founded by Riese Lauriat is running a great contest called "Fame Your Name" Makeup naming contest. You will have the opportunity to name a new makeup remover for Whip Hand Cosmetics.

Are any of my BA beauties feeling extra creative??? I hope so. Honestly, who would not want to be immortalized?????? So lovelies I am going to give you all the information below about the contest below. I do hope my readers enter and have great time!!!!!!! Just as a FYI, I am not being sponsored by Whip Hand about this contest. I am entering as well but I want all my beauties to have a opportunity to be creative directors.. ENJOY!!!!!

Here are the information and rules

Luxury cosmetics brand Whip Hand Cosmetics launches the “Fame Your Name” Cosmetics Naming Contest, which asks fans to name the company’s new makeup remover product. The Grand Prize winner’s name will be featured on the product and packaging.

Who better to name your new cosmetic product then the people who are most passionate about makeup, beauty and fashion? And who better to promote alongside that new product than the next generation of up-and-coming beauty and fashion talent who developed the name?
Luxury cosmetics and beauty brand Whip Hand Cosmetics is launching the “Fame Your Name” Cosmetics Naming Contest, which asks makeup artists, cosmetics junkies, fashion designers, models, photographers, stylists, beauty and cosmetics bloggers and fans to help the edgy, up-and-coming, Detroit-based cosmetics and beauty company name its new makeup remover product.
In return, the Grand Prize recipient will have their winning name featured on the Whip Hand Cosmetics makeup remover product and packaging at the company’s official launch and debut at The International Makeup Artists Trade Show in New York City, April 14 & 15, 2012.
Even better, Whip Hand Cosmetics will include a card profiling the Grand Prize Winner with every bottle of the makeup remover the company ships for the next year. The winning entry will become the official, permanent name of the makeup remover product.
Enter the contest today at the Whip Hand Cosmetics “Fame Your Name” Cosmetics Naming Contest.
“Whip Hand Cosmetics was built on the idea that we wanted to create a company that included beauty, fashion and cosmetics professionals in the process of creating exceptional, innovative and trend-setting products that met and exceeded professionals’ needs,” explains Riese Lauriat, Whip Hand Cosmetics Founder and Chief Makeup Artist.  “Even more importantly, we believe in promoting great talent, regardless of their level of experience, credentials, pedigree, or connections. That’s why we took the step of upping the ante, by giving the person with the winning name the opportunity to be promoted alongside our product when it ships.”
The contest asks beauty, makeup and fashion professionals, as well as the public, to come up with a name for Whip Hand Cosmetics’ new makeup remover product.
Whip Hand Cosmetics is accepting entries for the first round of the contest until midnight EDT Monday, March 12, 2012. The contest is open to U.S. residents, 18 years or older.
A group of judges at Whip Hand Cosmetics will choose the final five most promising names from all of the entries and announce them Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 on the Official Whip Hand Cosmetics Facebook page. The product name that receives the most “Likes” during the public voting period will become the official name of the makeup remover product.
The four Runners-Up will receive a $25 Whip Hand Cosmetics Gift Certificate and a free 8 oz. bottle of the makeup remover when it’s released.
For more information on the Whip Hand Cosmetics “Fame Your Name” Contest, including officials rules, please visit WhipHandCosmetics.com/fame


Enjoy My Beauties and remember

BE GORGEOUS. BE WONDERFUL. BE YOU

Purple and Green.... well make purple and green :)

Hello My BA Beauties. Hope this day is finding you all well. Today it is quite cold in NYC so I decided to have a little fun with my nails.

The lovely colors used today were Rags to riches from Rimmel London and NYC color in Park avenue.
My first issue is my own... I need to stop doing other things immediately after I do my nails. Created a wonderful smudge and had to re-do. ( I know some of you have felt this and know this pain)

Now I am trying to be a better blogger for my followers so I am including the cost of the nail polishes just in case you may want to pick them up for yourselves.

Rimmel London rags to riches can be found at Ulta for $3.99 and NYC Color Prince Street can be found ( well for me at a drugstore called Duane Reade) for $1.99. But for you lovelies I have included the NYC color Link  and they have a store finder so you can find close to you.

I do hope you do enjoy my alter. Just trying to keep myself bright and happy on this cold day.

BE GORGEOUS. BE WONDERFUL.BE YOU.

Talk soon my Beauties 

Beauty Army Inaugural Kit for January

Hey my BA Beauties. Hope your day is going amazing. Today I received my Beauty Army Kit. WOO HOO .
I am so happy I was one of the first 300 to be able to receive it. Just to do a quick re-hash of how beauty army works. You sign up on the website BeautyArmy, create your account and fill out a beauty profile. Once you do, it gives you choices of what your 6 samples will be. What makes Beauty Army unique is that you have the ability to either choose your samples or have stylists choose for you.


if you choose your samples, you will know exactly what you are receiving so no real surprise or disappointments.  I opened my kit and proceeded to looks at my goodies.

I received Chella Anti Fatigue eye mask Kit,  Control Corrective Botanical Soothing Cream with SPF 30, Myfacecosemtics eyeshadow in Morococo blingtone, Boo Boo Cover-up Concealer, Lift Lab Lift and Firm Eye cream and SheaTerra Organics Rose Hips Deep Pore  Facial Cleanser.

Now I know what your thinking, ( insert thought bubble) Jan, why did you choose so many beauty items for the face. Not like you are old or your skin looks bad or anything.
 ((( love yall)))

The reason why I chose so many types of things for the face is because I do have some skin concerns and having the ability to test items that have so truly higher price points for 12 bucks is not too shabby.
 If you lovelies take a look at the price for the full size for the items I have chosen, you will realize how much I am saving.

I am truly excited to try all these products and do a reassessment of how each works for me.

To all my BA beauties, I do hope that you all will sign up for beauty army. Let em know who referred you :)


BE GORGEOUS. BE WONDERFUL. BE YOU.

Talk Soon My Beauties :)

Beauty On a Budget

Hey my BA Beauties ( yes I gave y'all a nickname). I hope your new year celebrations were fun, magical and that you looked amazing. As for Moi, the BA herself, I watched the Twilight Zone marathon.

Don't judge me :)
Now on the reason for this post. Two days ago, I was on FB talking to a friend who I am in group with.
The talk began regular and then we got on the topic of makeup.

She like me is beginning with makeup in her 30's. I did not realize that there were ladies starting with beauty in their 30's as opposed to being younger. I know I had no interest in makeup because my mom rarely wore it and when my grandmother wore it, unfortunately, it did not make her look too attractive.

My friend Jackie (shout out) was telling me about where she is beginning. She went to Mac because she know the brand and truthfully with makeup, I would suggest going to a brand or name you love. I went to Sephora for my foundation journey because going to my local drugstores, I can browse color till the cows come home and still not be sure what I should get. Honestly, I do not feel like spending more than I need to find my right color.

As we talked further, she told me how she found the wonderful Naked palette  from Urban Decay but saw that it cost $48. I then recommended to her the NYX Nude palette
 which has more nude and neutral colors than the naked palette and the price point is lower at $25.

After that, we began to talk about more eyeshadow palettes and I recommended the 144 eyeslipsface palette for $15.00  She was excited and thought she could never own a palette with so many colors.

So what I am saying my BA Beauties is have fun with the expensive brands and have fun with inexpensive brands and have fun with drugstore brands. I know there are some who already know this but I am speaking to those that see beauty sometimes as daunting and to those that are just starting out.

Find the brands you love and find stuff that is comparable to your expensive brands. I also recommend one of my new favorite blogs, Nouveau Cheap. This is an amazing blog to finding deals on drug store brands and should be bookmarked.

***** Remember loves, makeup is fun***************



BE GORGEOUS, BE WONDERFUL AND BE YOU!!!!!!

Talk soon my BA Beauties. :)

New Year's GiveAway for Reaching 100 Twitter Followers --- CLOSED

 UPDATED 1-31-12


WINNER - MICHELLE>>>CONGRATS!!!!!!


WOOO HOOOO





Hey Loves. For reaching 100 Twitter followers, I decided to have a giveaway.  WOOO HOOOO

NEW YEAR GIVEAWAY

The giveaway prize is the NYX cosmetics Makeup Artist Kit and a nude lip palette.  I decided since I am newbie to help someone else out with a kit that encompasses 

 35 eye shadows, 5 blushes, 5 lip colors, 2 dual-shaded bronzers, a highlight and contour powder, 2 sponge applicators, 1 lip applicator and 1 blush brush. Slide-out compartments makes this palette ideal for travel. Applicators and mirror included.

Not a bad prize right :)

The giveaway runs from January 1st till January 31st.  

Winner will be announced on February 1st, 2012. 

Rules of the giveaway: 

• You must be a subscriber to my Youtube channel BeautyAmateur
•  You must be a subscriber to my Blog http://thebeautyamateurs.blogspot.com/
• Leave a comment on this blog post telling me what you love about NYX cosmetics, beauty, makeup in general or your Favorite thing about it becoming a  New Year  is. & your Youtube username.
• Use rafflecopter widget to complete your entries
•  you can enter once a day

The contest is open to US residents and to all ages, if you are under 18 please have a parents permission to give me your address.

The winner will be chosen using random.org.
 The winner will be contacted through Youtube private message & will have 24 hours to respond. If the winner doesn't respond withing 24 hours a new winner will be chosen.

Contest ends 1/31/12 at 12:00pm EST

Open to U.S. Residents only 

(sorry my international beauties but dont worry my next one I will make worldwide.)
CLICK ON THE READ MORE TO DO THE rafflecopter part for the giveaway 

100 Twitter FOLLOWERS!!!!!! woo hoo

I know it may not mean much to yall but it means a lot to me. I made a 100 followers  on twitter!!!

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

 

I am totally excited since this my Beauty Amateur Twitter has only been around for about 2 weeks. This is extremely  EXCITING  for me !!!  I want to say thank you every last one of my followers. This means a lot and I hope to really form some great friendships.

Click on the link below to become  part of my tweet family!!!

https://twitter.com/#!/BeautyAmateur

STAY BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Review of Eye Roller by Frutique Beauty by Nature

Good Morning Loves. I spent half my morning trying to add my YouTube subscription widget and literally I'm done.  The widget shows up on another page but whatever.. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE. http://www.youtube.com/subscribe_widget?p=TheBeautyAmateur

Now on to the review.

Frutique Beauty by Nature Renew Review ( hey that rhymed) :)

OK I did a review on this my YouTube page

I decided to a little more in-depth review here. First, you can only purchase Beauty By Nature Products at Sally's Beauty Supply. For those of you who may not be near a Sally's, I suggest you go to the website and make an account.  I made this purchase based on two reviews from the site. I have been looking for a puffy eye reducer for a bit and decided to give it a try to I am glad that I did. I know there are  a lot of expensive eye creams that reduced puffiness and diminish dark circles, but I did not have a lot of money to invest. ( not being cheap in the slightest but beauty can get pricey). I decided to try it and see what would happen.

So, I applied it twice a day, once before going to work and once before going to bed. I always felt my eyes look tired because I wer glasses and when I get up, it may not be the prettiest site ( insert ugly pic here ) but what I love about the eye roller is how refreshing my skin around my eye felt. It felt awake  and really that's what I needed to feel.

The key ingredients are Mandarin Orange extract, caffeine and Eyeliss. For those of you who want to know what Eyeliss is, it is defined as Contains three essential peptides that reduce under eye puffiness.

What I love about Fruit by Nature is their philosophy of using fruit and natural ingredients to help your skin be beautiful. I know we are all wanting to go green and no longer have animal testing, especially in the cosmetics and beauty Industry, but it is quite refreshing to see a company do this from the beginning.  For more info, check their website by clicking on Here.

Just In Case you were wondering, no I am not sponsored by Frutique Beauty by Nature. I am just thoroughly enjoying their product and I am looking forward to trying more from them.

STAY BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome to the Beauty Amateur BLOG!!!!!!!

Hey Lovelies.. Welcome to my new Blog Home. This is just my intro blog so here we GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BAM



So Here I am a 35 yr old female who is going back to loving makeup.  And its not because of my age that I decided to get back into makeup. I have been scouring You-tube and have been posting my own natural hair journey videos. This just seemed like a natural progression.  I literally have subscribed to the almost every  You tube guru established and up and coming.  I have then made accounts with all the beauty places. You guys know Sephora, MAC, Sally's Beauty, Tarte, E.L.F, Nars  and so on.

I have then created accounts on typical Social Media Outlets: Twitter & Facebook

Now I titled it the Amateur because I am starting over but believe I will catch on quickly but I dont mind the name. After all, We as humans are always growing.

Here is where you can find me:

YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/user/TheBeautyAmateur

Facebook Fan Page - Beauty Amateur FB

Twitter - Beauty Amateur Twitter

Beautylish Page - Beauty Amateur at Beautylish

Email- Thebeautyamateur@gmail.com

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