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. :)

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!