Hola Kinks!

Recently I did a post on my favorite MAC products, as much as I use MAC & other high end products I use a lot of drug store ones as well. I am thinking of starting a top 5 series for all categories, if you like that idea leave a comment or email me. I don't love all drug store brands but I have a few I will purchase from over & over. I love a MAC lipstick but sometimes I just want something cheap I can carry in my purse & not worry I will ruin it.

What I love about drug store brands is that you can find great quality products for a even better price. If you have been following KCM for a while you know I have my drug store hauling series. 

1. Milani Eyeshadow Primer - I have owned and purchased several different eyeshadow primers including the coveted Urban Decay Primer Potion. I personally like Milani's version better, my eyeshadows stay vibrant longer with no creasing ever. Not only is this primer amazing but it is extremely affordable priced at $5.99 but you can always find a sale in most local drug stores. With Milani's eyeshadow primer a little goes a long way so the 0.3 fl oz tube will last you a long time.

2. Milani Easy Brow Mechanical Pencil - OMG this product is everything, I own this pencil in both Dark Brown & Taupe. I didn't know anything about how to fill in my eyebrows until I found this product. Milani's pencil glides on so easy because of its creamy texture. These pencils go for $7.49 for .01 oz of product on the Miliani website, sometimes a little cheaper in store.

3. Wet N Wild Mega Last Lipstick - Spiked With Rum - Do you ever find a lipstick and just know it was love? A match made in heaven? Meant to be? I did the moment I swiped Spiked With Rum on my lips I knew it was a lipstick I will use over & over again. This color lasts on my lips for 5 plus hours with eating and drinking. Oh! I forgot one of the best things Spiked With Rum is a lipstick under $3, can you believe it? Great color coverage & long lasting color for under $3. This lipstick is available in most drugstores so you can get it even cheaper if there is a sale, my local Rite Aid usually has 30 to 40 percent off.

4. Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge - I'm not sure if this can be found at everyone's local Walgreen's but mine sells them for $5.99. If your a fan of the Beauty Blender you might like this sponge! As much as I love the Beauty Blender, its a staple in my collection, what I'm not a fan of is the price point at $20 a piece. I love how this sponge is slightly bigger than my Beauty Blender and still fits in the palm of my hand. The Real Technique sponge does a amazing job of blending out my foundations, concealers, even some cream blushes. If your looking for a drug store blending sponge this would be the only one I would recomend

5. Simple Micellar Cleansing Water - Oh eeM Gee Kinks.. . I love this stuff! Makeup removing products, even the oil free ones burn my eyes to the point of tearing. In case you didn't know what micellar waters are, this is what Best Health says about them "non-rinse, soap-free cleansing waters that contain micelle molecules" and they are generally applied with a cotton pad to cleanse the face and remove makeup." Now I only use this product to remove my eye makeup, I simply wet a cotton pad hold it to my eye for 10 seconds & wipe... BAM no more eye makeup. I have tried a lot of makeup removers but this product is a MUST have for me. 

I have a ton of drug store products Kinks, it was very hard to narrow it down to just 5 so I am adding an honorable mention in this post!

6. Cover Girl Ready Set Gorgeous Foundation - I was never a drug store foundation girl until about 4 months ago when I purchased the Maybelline Fit Me foundation. I have since tried a few different drug store foundations but this one is my holy grail drug store foundation! My skin is combination oily, & this foundation keeps me looking perfect all day even after a sweaty session at the gym. If you follow me on social media Cover Girl Ready Set Gorgeous is what I am wearing in most of my pictures. I love how good it looks on my skin and that it photographs well. This foundation is medium coverage but you can build it up without looking cakey. One of my biggest requirement for a foundation is blend-a-bility, Cover Girl Ready Set Gorgeous blends like butter on warm toast, & you know big girl loves warm toast.

So Kinks that was my top drug store products! I am always looking for new favorites, so if you have anything you'd like to suggest leave a comment below. My honey might go crazy with all my drug store trips but we both know I do it all for you.

What are your favorite drugstore products?

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Hola Kinks!

Today I want to talk about one of my favorite cosmetics brands MAC, I have to admit my first higher end makeup product was from MAC. I remember it like yesterday picking up my first MAC bullet Midimauve a lustre finish that I wore for months on end with my favorite black eyeliner. Oh the days of being young and owning only a single lipstick... Sorry I was caught up in my reminiscing on days before my makeup addiction.

As you can tell from the name this post will be on my favorite MAC products, in my stash I own a variety of their products. 

1. Pander Me - "Soft peachy mocha" lipstick with matte finish. This lipstick was released in October of 2014 as part of The Matte Lip Collection and has since become my go to nude! Usually I get 7 to 8 hours of wear with this lipstick that's with eating and drinking. Pander Me always gets me complements its one of the only nude lipsticks I own that I don't feel like I need a lip gloss over.

I do see that Pander Me is still available on the MAC website for $16

2. Warm Soul (3.2 g / 0.10 US oz) - I coveted this blush for a long time before I actually gave in and purchased it. Warm soul is part of MAC's Mineral line. Warm Soul is described as a "mid tone beige with a gold pearl", I love this blush because it is idiot proof. Kinks I am so heavy handed but I have never managed to screw this one up & leave the house looking like I fought Bozo. This is my all year round go to blush, especially in the summertime because it enhances that sun Kissed Glow. 

You can pick up Warm Soul in stores or online for $27, so you know Kinks this line of blushes is not available without the compact.

3.Lip Conditioner (15 ml / 0.5 US fl oz) - Oh man do I love this product, my favorite MAC artist Anthony recommended this to me during one of my many shopping trips. I told him how I owned Ruby Woo but never wore it because it constantly destroyed my lips! He told me it was because I was applying it wrong even though I was using my MAC Prep & Prime lip primer. This product saved my lips Kinks, I love to rock a matte or liquid lipstick as much as the next girl if not more. Even with a lip scrub & sleeping in a lip balm after my lips still showed signs for wear from the day before. I use this bad boy before sleep, I add a thick layer on to my lips & in the morning I wake up with lips smooth like a babies bottom.

MAC's Lip Conditioner is available in stores & online for $15, I have tried a lot of other lip masks/lip conditioning products but I will always come back to this one .

4. Whirl (1.45 g / 0.05 US oz) - Call me basic but I LOVE MAC's Whirl lip liner, I know it has been all the rage since the "Kylie Jenner" lip started. I use this lip liner under all my pink & nude lipsticks, I brought the NYX Mauve lip pencil because I was told it was a "dupe" for this color but I barely use it. MAC describes Whirl as a "dirty rose color"; I find that this can really add something extra to all my lipsticks liven up a nude that washes me out or give a pink lipstick just a little UMPH when I need it.

Whirl retails for $16 but is super hard to find online or in stores. The MAC website has a kind of pre-order option if you are interested in purchasing this lip pencil.

5. Studio Careblend (Pressed Powder) Medium Dark (10 g / 0.35 US oz)  -  I want to start by saying I hate carrying powders with me because they ALWAYS break in my purse... that is until I purchased this bad boy. I don't know what it is about MAC compacts but they can sure take a beating. Onward to why this is in my top 5, I have never felt a powder like this before its almost creamy if that makes sense. I have always hated touch up powder for two reasons they always make me look cake-y when I try and fix my makeup for one. The second reason would be I feel they never blend well but that problem was all solved when I was introduced to this product. I have never looked so flawless after a touch up & this bad boy works well with all my foundations including non MAC ones.

MAC's Studio Careblend (Pressed Powder) is available online & in-stores in 8 color options for $26 a piece.

Kinks you have no idea how hard it was to narrow down my entire MAC collection to just 5 pieces! 

If I had to give you guys a runner up it would be MAC's eyes hadow in Expensive Pink, I use this color 4 to 5 times a week. 

What is your top 5 MAC products Kinks?

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Hey Kinks,

Today I wanted to talk about my favorite makeup items, blushers. Honestly I love a little color on the apples of my cheeks. Something about that blushing bride, rosy cheek, first day of winter look makes me feel just a tad prettier.

I have a list of blushes I want to buy but who's makeup lust list isn't a mile long? Right now I am coveting NARS Sin blush.

Out of all my stash here is my top 3 blushes:

• MAC Simpsons - Sideshow You -  this color is described as a "light peach coral" with a satin finish. I find it to be a medium coral pink with a semi-matte finish. This color is mostly matte with a little shimmer on my skin I don't see any shimmer. The color pay off on this blush is amazing & completely bendable. This is my go to blush the only thing that sucks is that this is a limited edition shade. This is an over sized so I should have it for a while. 

At this time this product is sold out at the MAC website.

• NYX - Rouge Cream Blusher - Tea Rose - this is a medium beige pink that is a go to natural look color for me. This is my first cream blush & I am in love with the texture. This product blends seamlessly even when I am a little heave handed. My favorite thing about this blush is the amount of wear I get out if it on my skill in last up to 12 hours.
  

• E.L.F. (Eyes Lips Face) - Berry Merry - this is a pretty pink with subtle berry tones & gold shimmer. Personally I would describe this as a mauve color. Let me just say this was my first ever blush & it hold a special place in my heart. Best value you can get for $3, color pay off is ridiculous which is how I ended up looking like I ran 4 miles. When I just want a subtle glow this is my go to blush. Currently I have purchased this product two times.
  

What are your favorite blushes Kinks?

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Hello Kinks!

Its that time again! October is gone & November is here time to talk about my favorite goods from the month before. I have to say I did a lot of makeup shopping last month so its hard to choose my favorites.

Lets start with lipsticks! For the month of October my favorite lipsticks were... Drum roll please! 

1. MAC Heroine - $16
2. Pretty Zombies - ZomBettie - $12
3. Lime Crime - Wicked - $20

I love the change of seasons when it's finally time to put away the pinks, light nudes & pull out my show stopping colors & beautiful mattes. I wrote a review on each of these already so I wont go to much into the specifics but I did find myself reaching for these the most. I must have worn Heroine once or twice a week since the beginning of the month. I love purples & this happens to be my all time favorite to date this color is one that I haven't seen on many people. I would really like to try MAC's Smoked Purple next.

My next favorite would be my Voluminous Butterfly Intenza Mascara by L'Oreal I haven't gotten around to writing a review on this yet but it is now my holy grail mascara. This is the first mascara I have used that makes my eyelashes long & beautiful without another mascara. I love that the formula us not extra wet & my eye lashes don't fall out when I take off my makeup at night. Check out my in depth review that will be coming in the next few weeks. You can buy this mascara for $8.99 at your local RiteAid.

My final favorite thing I received would be the Restorsea Eye Cream I got in the Allure Sample Society Box for September. The Restorsea website says this about their eye cream:


"Revitalizing Eye Cream is formulated specifically for the thinner, delicate skin around the eye area. Powered by our proprietary Vibransea™ complex and hesperidin, our eye cream is clinically proven to reduce puffiness, combat dark circles and minimize the appearance of crow's feet."

Since I started using this eye cream I do see a difference in the skin under my eyes. I would purchase this again even with the price of $85, I use this twice a day since I received it.

What are your October favorites?

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Every month I make it my business to try a few new hair products. As a woman I know how hard it is to find the perfect hair product. If you're a woman going natural I feel like that percentage goes up because of the way products are formulated. I want to share with you Kinks my favorite products for the month of September.

1. ApHogee Protein Treatment - If you haven't heard of this I would stop what you're doing & look it up. If you have a problem with your hair breaking or falling out this is a really great start to fixing it. I did my second treatment this month & I swear it makes my hair look thicker instantly. I will be writing a review on this product in the upcoming weeks be on the look out for that. I brought my sample size treatment for $3.99 at my local beauty supply.
   
   
2. Miss Jessie's Leave In Condish - While this isn't a product I just started using it is my ALL TIME FAVORITE hair item. I started using this product maybe a month after my big chop & I continue to buy bottle after bottle. I consider this to be hair primer before I put any hair products in it I use this first. My hair holds its moisture better & stays without frizz longer. I bought my bottle at Ricky's for $13.00

What are your September hair favortites?

Stay Kinky, Stay Curly, Stay You.