The Estee Edit by Estee Lauder

I have seen a lot of commotion within the past couple months about the new Estee Edit by Estee Lauder collection so I was beyond excited when my package showed up at the door!

The Estee Edit is a new beauty line created by Estee Lauder that is a more youth driven version of Estee Lauder. You still get the great products of Estee Lauder but its geared more towards whats on trend. The Estee Edit collection is exclusively sold at Sephora and on the Estee Lauder website.

In my package I received the Metallishadow Creme + Powder, Inside Track Eye Kajal, Radiance Activator Treat + Prep + Glow, and Late Night Eraser Brightening Eye Balm.

The Metallishadow Creme + Powder in Black Star is a stacked pack of two shadows, a high impact matte creme shadow and a lose metallic powder. The duo is meant to be worn on it own or together for an awesome result. I love the packaging of this, theres no better way to store a creme shadow and loose pigment without the mess! It reminds me a bit of the Tom Ford Cream and Powder Eye Color.

The black creme shadow is very pigmented and super creamy! I found the best way to apply this is with your finger. It did leave a stain so I suggest wearing a primer underneath. I have yet to try this out but I bet the cream could also be worn as a liner!

The gray/silver loose pigment is a bit more sheer and could be worn on its own for a more subtle day time look. It adheres well to the creme shadow because of its creamy base. I think these two paired together makes a beautiful gunmetal smokey eye.

The Metallishadow Creme + Powder comes in 6 different shades. 3 are glitter finishes; Wild Cosmos, Solar Blast, and Cyberella. The other 3 are metallic finishes; Black Star, AquaNova, and Scarlet Eclipse.

The Inside Track Eye Kajal in Twisted Teal/Tarnished Gold is a dual-ended super creamy kajal pencil. Perfectly paired shade combinations to give you options galore. I'm not much of a liner girl but wow do I love this product. I think its one of the creamiest liners I have ever felt. I've also fallen in love with the Tarnished Gold color.

The Radiance Activator Treat + Prep + Glow is a 3-in-1 serum for instant, visible glow with long-term brightening and hydration. This can be applied under your moisturizer, mixed in with your foundation or buffed onto the hight points of your face for a natural highlight. It smells really nice and it gives you this glow from within. It contains hyaluronic acid to attract moisture to the skin which makes me believe that if you have oily skin this may not be a great product for you. 

The Late Night Eraser Brightening Eye Balm is a brightening eye balm to improve the look of the delicate eye area, working to add radiance, sooth, and hydrate to give you a more awake look. It says it can be used either during the morning under or over makeup or at night. Personally I feel like the texture is a bit think to put under or over makeup so I feel like the best way to go is to put it on before bed. I love that this product have a metal applicator, its soothing on the skin when applying the product. For the ultimate cooling sensation I suggest storing this in the refrigerator. 

This was my first time trying out products from the Estee Edit collection and I'm really impressed. I really wasn't sure what to expect because I was afraid they were just getting hyped up because of the famous faces of the brand but these products really stand up to the hype. I'm definitely going to have to check out some more products. Have you tried any? Have any suggestion or want me to test anything out?? 

I received these products complimentary of Influenster for testing purposes.

Brand Spotlight: It Cosmetics

I have been meaning to make a post about this brand for quite some time now. I have seen a few bloggers and youtubers talk about It Cosmetics but not many, but enough to spark my interest in this brand. I went to ULTA to buy a few christmas gifts for my sister, while I was there I found a couple sample sizes of It Cosmetics products that I figured I could stick in my sisters stocking. As you may have guessed it... they didn't make it to her stocking. I decided to keep them all, and boy and I glad I did! I told my best friends that if I lost all my makeup in a fire and had to start my collection over I would only buy It Cosmetics products. Yup, thats how much I love these products.

I wasn't planning on doing a review of these products. I really just wanted to rave about this company. But why not... I'll give you a little mini review

The first product I was drawn to from this company was the Bye Bye Redness Correcting Cream. I have really bad rosacea that is very noticeable. I have never really been insecure about it until recently, my foundation just didn't seem to be doing the trick this winter. Once I received this product as a christmas gift it changed my life. Since using this product I have felt so comfortable with my skin. There were even times where I could just throw this cream over my rosacea and I'm good to go, I didn't even need foundation over the cream! I'm on my second pot and soon to be third! I will never stop buying this product. This product shown in the picture is the only fully size product I own.

After trying that product I couldn't wait to dive into the rest of the products! I was pretty excited to try the Your Skin But Better CC Cream mainly because I have seen Marissa Lace rave about this product. Its completely worth the hype. I have never gotten so much compliments on my skin before. I would do a light layer of this over the Bye Bye Redness Correcting Cream. The name completely does it justice, its literally your skin but better! My skin always looked fresh with a healthy glow. This CC Cream is said to be infused with cutting-edge anti-aging technology and is clinically shown to improve skin texture, brightness and increase skin hydration by 79%. I completely stand by this claim! 

The Hello Lashes 5-in-1 Mascara is said to be a best seller for It Cosmetics and I believe it. This mascara made it into my "mascara routine" (yes, I have a mascara routine) I'm someone that has naturally long lashes and I take pride in my lashes. If you got it flaunt it! This mascara helped hold the curl in my lashes, never flaked and gave amazing volume to my lashes. I'm someone who really doesn't like the clumpy lashes look so for a mascara to separate, give my lashes volume and length is a great mascara in my book!

Finally we have the Bye Bye Under Eye Concealer. This concealer is definitely a full coverage concealer, but it is blendable enough to make it a more medium coverage if you prefer. Its thick and creamy and really covers my dark circles. I haven't used this a ton because it is so full coverage now that its summer I go for a more natural look so the crazy covered under eye concealer isn't my look right now. But when I do go for more of a glam summer look this is what I reach for!

So as you can see I have a little crush on this company. It Cosmetics products are just filled with ingredients that is supposed to help your skin, how could you not love that?! I had emailed their customer service with some questions too and they were fast to respond and super nice! They were probably one of the best customer service responses I have ever had. Like I said earlier if I wasn't a broke, post-grad student with no job I would restart my collection with this brand. I have nothing but good things to say and once I finally find a job that first paycheck will be going to them! If you haven't tried any of the It Cosmetic products I suggest you get your butt to ULTA today (or order online) and try out some of their products!

Influenster L'Oreal Ever Cleansing Balms VoxBox

I'm not one to change up my hair products but recently I have been in a little funk with my hair. I have curly-wavey hair (depending on the day/weather/if my hair wants to cooperate). Recently my hair hasn't really been curling like normal and has lost some of it volume. My hairstylist says that as we get older our hair can change, so I could just be losing my curls. I refuse to believe this because as of now I shower, throw some mousse in it and my hairs done. I don't want to loose this routine because its fast and easy and my hair looks presentable in the end. I was lucky enough to be chosen to try out L'Oreals Ever Cleansing Balm.

This is L'Oreals EverCurl 6-in-1 Cleansing Balm for curly hair, this is apart of L'Oreals New #CleansingBalms line. This is my first sulfate-free product I have tried. I have only heard good things about sulfate free products and how good they are supposed to be for your hair. This product is a 6-in-1 cleaning balm, it is said to cleanse, treat, soften, condition, detangle and sine. The instructions say to use this in place of your conditioner and to leave in for 3 to 5 minutes before rinsing it out. Unlike other products it says to use 6 to 8 pumps and more for longer hair. This is a non-lather product so your need quite a bit to wash your hair, I have long and thick hair so I used about 10 pumps. It retails from anywhere between $9.99 at Target to $11.99 at Ulta.

I expected this product to be somewhat thick like the Aussie 3 Minute Miracle, but it really was kinda in the middle between thick and thin. Overall I wasn't a huge fan of the product, my final reaction was pretty "meh". After my hair finally dried it looked a bit stringy, my curls weren't really any different than before, my hair felt dry and I think it kinda looked like horse hair. I don't think it really gave me any more volume than normal. I'm not sure if it didn't work because my hair has just been in a funk or this is how the product worked. Let me know if you have tried it and how it has been working for you. Or even better, let me know if you have curly hair and if you have any holy grail product for it! I would love to get my curls back.

I received these products complimentary of Influenster for testing purposes.