Let's Just Take A Moment For This:

          This is my lip colour collection:

          

          There is 75 lip colours here and I know I am missing at least two that are in my desk at the office. I have problems. To be fair some of these were gifts, free samples or from sample subscriptions. 

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Top Five December 2015

          I've decided that instead of "favorites" posts I am going to post a "Top 5" each month or two. I have was too many products that I love so I have decided to limit it to five. These will be products I am loving or using frequently. 

Bioré Self Heating One Minute Mask. 

4 masks for about $7

         I can not exclaim about how much I love this product without googling religions and taking every deity's name in vain. Between the various stresses of December and being lazy about taking off my makeup before bed my skin is rebelling and my face is a wreck. This magical product takes all the yuckies out of my skin deep down, I feel like my soul is cleaner. My face has not been this clean and fresh since the nurse wiped the placenta off my face. The mask comes in little individual use packets, you massage on your clean, damp face for one minute before rinsing off. Afterwards my face felt tingly, fresh and clean. I also used an astringent after and it really felt that it could get into my pores to clean out even more yuckies. I loved this so much that I went out to buy the cleanser from the same line as soon as I could. 

Bioré Deep Pore Charcoal Cleanser 

200ml for $7.99

          Just like the masks this cleanser cleans more deeply than anything else I have used. It leaves my skin feeling fresh and tingly just like the masks without drying my skin out. After I finish this post I am going to use both back to back and I am actually giddy about it. 

             UPDATE: It was amazing, I almost could not handle how clean my face felt. Go buy this cleanser.

GNC Vitamin E, A and D Moisturizing Cream

57g tube for 1.99 regular/1.44 member price

         I originally got this as a hand and body cream for dry winter skin, on the back it says you can use it as a makeup base. I figured I would give it a try not expecting much and I ended up liking it so much better than the far more expensive primers and bases I have tried. It is such a nice moisturizer and works so well as a base, my makeup stayed on all day while working in a restaurant. I figure a vitamin cream has got to be better for your skin than whatever is in primers right? I feel like that's a thing. I'm going with it. Also it is not tested on animals so that's a plus. I actually forced my mother to buy some yesterday. 

Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara

Full sized $23

          I got a deluxe sample of this in the Mystery Tin, check out that post to drool over what else I received. The volume and length I get from this mascara is unreal. I have used this almost every day since I received it and I absolutely love it. This will last all day without flaking whatsoever, I love it so much that I am considering buying the full sized version next time I make a Sephora or Ulta order. 

Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette 

$54 

          I received this for Christmas and I love it, the shadows go on so smoothly and are so pigmented yet will not crease even by the end of a 12 hour day. It is no secret that the Urban Decay Naked Palettes are pretty much the end all be all of neutral palettes and I am jumping right on the band wagon with that one, hell I will drive it. 

        I swear by all of these products and if they don't work for 96% of you I will be shocked. 

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Too Faced Mystery Tin

          This is the one thing I bought on Cyber Monday. For whatever foolish reason they don't ship to Canada so Mrs. G's PO box saved the day again. The Mystery Tin was $35 and included $150 worth of product. I was happy with what I got and would purchase it again next year.

          The makeup came in an actual tin which is pretty cute. I've used it to put my makeup in while traveling and it's helping organize my desk at the moment. Ok, let's get right to the contents. 

          A set of the Teddy Bear brushes and this are beautiful. Very soft and each of them have made it into my frequently used brush jar. 

          Just look at that color, it goes on exactly that color and is so creamy. The staying power isn't the best but it is so moisturizing and smooth that I do not mind reapplying. It is in the color Believe. 

          This is the Chocolate Soleil bronzer in Milk Chocolate. I am one very pasty Canadian so it is too dark for my winter lack of pigment but is great for contouring and I've used it as blush a few times. It is likely going to work in the summer if I actually get a tan. It stays put all day and I am excited to be able to use it to its full potential. Why bronzer needs to smell like chocolate I don't know but it really does smell good enough to eat. 

          All of the yes. This is a deluxe sample of their Better Than Sex mascara and I've used it nearly everyday. The volume and length I get from this magic in a tube amazes me every time. So much so that I am considering paying for the full sized version. 

          I was so excited to receive an eye-shadow palette. It wouldn't have mattered which one because they are all beautiful. I was already looking at different palettes, I wouldn't have bought this one as I thought it would be too dark but it is perfect for a night time smokey eye or a more subdued daytime look. The shadows are pigmented and smooth with no creasing all day. If you look at the Up in Smoke pan in the top right you can see that there is a chunk out of it. It came like that and was such a mess to clean up. There was no damage to the box during shipping, I emailed The company so hopefully they make it right as almost half of the shadow is gone.   

UPDATE: After several emails I heard absolutely nothing from Too Faced.

          

          This Beauty Balm was one of the two samples I chose, not a huge fan. It is too dark for me and does not really seem to do anything for me.

          This eyeliner was the second sample and I am in love. It is called Perfect Eyes for a reason, it does on smoother than any of the hundreds of eyeliners I have tried. I was actually shocked when I put it on the first time. It is waterproof and stays on all day. I've even cried with this on and it barely budged. 

           Overall I am happy I took the risk because for $35 I got to try products I couldn't justify spending the money on and found new favorites. If you see this offer in the future snatch it up because they go fast and it is certainly worth it. The eye-shadow alone makes it worth it as it is $36 just by itself. 

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