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This week I went teal with my nail polish choices. I started off with Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear in the color The Real Teal. This is a beautiful teal green shade with blue/green shimmer in it. After going through my collection, I realized that Julep Harper matches The Real Teal perfectly! I decided to add this glitter polish to both of my ring fingers. Harper is gorgeous! It̵
Hard Candy Stroke Of Gorgeous ($5) is a felt tip eyeliner pen available in 3 different colors. I bought the color In The Navy to test out. Let’s see what I think. In The Navy is exactly as it sounds, a deep navy blue color. I was expecting it to be just a flat matte eyeliner shade but it actually has a shiny almost metallic look to it. I love it! The felt tip on [...]The post Hard Candy
Smashbox Be Legendary Lipstick ($19) in Pretty Social is a beautiful light pink shade. This color is more of a nude pink and not a bubblegum or barbie doll pink. It’s a cream shade with no shimmer or sparkle. Pretty Social is a semi-opaque shade with lots of shine. It has a very creamy texture and feels nice and light on the lips. Your lips stay nice and soft with this lipstick and itR
This fried rice recipe is a really great way to use up either some left over rice or any extra meat or poultry you may have lurking in the fridge. I made mine with chicken but you could easily substitute any protein source of your liking. This recipe is really easy to make and only take a few minutes to whip up. It tastes delicious while not being too salty or rich. I made mine [...]The post Qu
The new Lorac GLOgetter Eye Shadow Palette is a bargain at only $20! This palette is made up of 10 eye shadows and is only available at Ulta. If I was you, I’d run to get me one of these! And at this price, they’d make an awesome gift too. I ordered mine off of the Ulta website without seeing it in person first. I’m a huge fan of Lorac eye shadows so I figured [...]The post L
Treat yourself or Mom to something special this week! Stila is offering 15% off your entire order in honor of Mother’s Day 2013. Simply enter code STILAMOMS at time of checkout. Sale ends 5/7/2013 at Midnight.The post Stila 2013 Mother’s Day Sale: 15% Off appeared first on Amanda's Beauty and Recipe Finds.
This week I’m wearing one of Orly‘s Summer 2013 nail polish shades called Pretty-Ugly. Not sure why they would put the word ugly on anything this beautiful! I love this light turquoise blue shade with lots of shimmer in it. It reminds me of the sun reflecting off blue inviting ocean waters. What do you think of Orly Pretty-Ugly? Anything but ugly right!?The post Nail Polish Of The W
This Mother’s Day get your Mom some goodies from Too Faced Cosmetics. From now until May 9, 2013, get 20% off your total purchase at TooFaced.com. Use code LOVEMOM at time of checkout. All orders over $50 get free shipping too!The post Too Faced 2013 Mother’s Day Sale: 20% Off appeared first on Amanda's Beauty and Recipe Finds.
Stila Countless Color Pigments ($22) are a new collection of visually stunning eyeshadows. There are 10 different compacts available and each one has a different combination of colors in them. Each one is made up of three colors that can be used alone or swirled together for a single unique shade. The first thing you’ll notice is the price. Quite a bit for such a small eyeshadow compact b
NYC New York Color Crystal Springs HD Color Eyeshadow Trio ($3) is part of the Spring 2013 “Let’s Paint The Town” collection. This small collection consists of a few lip glosses, nail polishes, eye dusts, bronzers and two eyeshadow trios. I only purchased one of the trios but the second one contains a bronze color, a blue shade and a creamy off white shade. NYC Crystal Springs
In honor of Mother’s Day, Tarte.com is offering 20% off your entire order up until May 2, 2013. If you spend over $40, you’ll also receive free shipping.The post Tarte 2013 Mother’s Day Sale: 20% Off appeared first on Amanda's Beauty and Recipe Finds.
One of my favorite dip recipes my mom has been making for years is this easy Taco Dip. I’ve been meaning to get this recipe from her for years and now I finally have it. This dip is basically three layers of ingredients baked until the cheese is gooey and bubbly. It’s not much to look at when it’s scooped out into bowls but trust me, it is delicious! You can top this taco dip
Along with Cherries In The Snow, I also recently purchased Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Berry Haute. I love these Revlon lipsticks because they are so smooth and creamy. They’re always super pigmented and give nice opaque coverage. Berry Haute is a purple shade with a hint of pink to it. It’s one of their creme formulas with no shimmer or glitter in it. This is a really intere
Today we’re going to take a peek at Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in the shade Cherries In The Snow. I’m trying to branch out in terms of lipstick so I picked up a few colors recently I normally would stay far away from. As you can see from my lip swatch below, Cherries In The Snow is a bright raspberry red shade. This one is really, really pigmented! It gives the lips a nice layer
The other day I posted the contents of my April 2013 Julep Maven box and this was one of the nail polish shades I received. Isn’t it awesome! I love the bright sunshine lemon yellow color. I’ve gotten so many compliments on this one in just a couple days of wearing it. Julep Abbie is a cream shade with no shimmer or sparkle. The formula on this one was a bit thick and goopy but [...
After many disappointing months with Birchbox, I decided to go back to the My Glam bag which is now Ipsy. It had been almost a year since I got my last My Glam bag but I’d been following their progress and noticed that they were sending out much better bags since I was last subscribed. So I cancelled Birchbox and decided to give Ipsy another try. I have to say that the April 2013 Ipsy [...]
The April 2013 Julep Maven box featured their brights collection for Spring. This month I went with the It Girl style profile which consisted of three full sized nail polishes in vibrant colors. I’ve worn two of these so far and they attention getters for sure! Julep Maven Included: Abbie – A bright sunshine yellow cream shade. This one was a bit tricky to work with but two thick co
Let’s take a quick look at the Urban Decay Wasteland Glide-On Shadow Pencil ($20). Wasteland is a deep, dark brown color with a slight golden shimmer. The formula for this shade is a bit on the dry side and isn’t very creamy for a shadow pencil. It does however make is easier to use it as an eyeliner. Urban Decay Wasteland is nicely pigmented and is very long wearing. What do you th
It’s been so warm here this week so I broke out one of my favorite nail polish colors that just screams Spring/Summer, Essie Haute As Hello. It’s a really pretty coral cream shade more on the orange side than pink. I love this shade! It reminds me of eating ripe, sweet, juicy melons on a Summer day. Crap, now I’m hungry for cantaloupe!The post Nail Polish Of The Week: Essie Ha
Buxom Fully Loaded Lips ($18) is a new set containing two mini lip products. I’ve been dying to try out the new Buxom Full-Bodied lipsticks so when I saw this duo, I knew I had to try it. I really didn’t want to buy a full sized lipstick for $21 in case I didn’t like it. I already know I love their lip polishes so this seemed like a safer bet. Buxom Fully Loaded Lips [...]The
Recently I was sent my very first Influenster voxbox! What is Influenster? Influenster is basically a community of bloggers, vloggers and social media users who enjoy reviewing and sharing products that they love and enjoy. Every once in a while they put together themed voxboxes to send out free to people with similar interests. It’s then up to us to try the products and give our honest
Who wouldn’t like buying a tube of lipstick for $2.99!? I picked up two tubes of Wet N Wild Megashield Lipstick in the shades Birthday Suit and Peachy Keen. Both shades are super pigmented and creamy. Birthday Suit is a nice nude shade that isn’t too light for my fair skin. It gives my lips a nice nude color without making my lips disappear. It does have a slight frosty shimmer to i
I came across a few new shades of Maybelline Color Show nail polish and they happened to be my favorite color so I had to have them! For the base I used two coats of Amethyst Ablaze, part of their new metallics line of nail polish. I topped it off with two coats of their limited edition Lavender Sparks glitter nail polish. This one is beautiful! I couldn’t quite capture it in my pics bec
Recently I picked up a few shades of the NYX Stick Blush ($6) and wanted to quickly share some swatches with you. These cream to powder blushers are available in 8 different shades. For the price you get tons of product! I picked up 4 shades to try: Pink Poppy – medium pink Orchid – peachy pink with golden shimmer Tea Rose – rose/ mauve pink Tulip – bright bubble gum pink
Sephora beauty insiders mark your calenders for Chic Week! Chic Week is Sephora’s promotional week where they’re giving everyone the opportunity to get 15% off your total order with coupon code CHICWEEK. VIBs are getting invites by mail and email to preview the event starting the day before, April 11th. According to Sephora’s website, the coupon code will only work if you are a
Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Even Finish Compact Foundation ($46) is basically an oil free liquid foundation in a solid compact form. I’ve heard amazing things about Bobbi Brown foundations so when I saw this being presented on QVC, I knew I had to at least try it. The nice thing about QVC is that you can send anything back within 30 days if you’re not completely satisfied. This Bobbi Brown
Earlier this week I received my April Julep Maven box and couldn’t wait to use on of the three nail polish shades I received. I’ll post my complete April 2013 Julep Maven box in the next few days once I get the chance to take and edit the photos. Julep Mackenzie is a bright lime green shade with a hint of shimmer. I’m in love with this color! I was leery about it at first [...
Spring 2013 is bringing out all kinds of fun colored beauty products! Maybelline released 3 limited edition blush shades in their Color Goes Electric collection. I picked up the two brightest shades, Coral Burst and Wild Blossom ($6.69). Coral Burst is a bright, bright orange color! This one is super pigmented so a little goes a very long way, especially on my fair skin. It has very, very fine
It’s been several months since I’ve gotten a Little Black Bag and at the time I bought this in March, they had added a lower priced option. The first option was for around $50 and the second choice was around $30. As of right now, they’ve changed it yet again and it basically goes according to the amount of the first item you choose. Lower priced items get you at least one add
Pastel shades are all the rage for Spring 2013. L’Oreal recently released their limited edition Versailles Romance Collection which included 6 new shades of their Colour Riche Lip Balms. The beautiful pastel colors sucked me in and I ended up buying two shades, Provence Romance and Laze In The Maze. If you’ve ever tried any of the L’Oreal Balms before then you know they can be
If you’ve ever been to Red Lobster, you know how mouth watering delicious their cheddar garlic biscuits are. This biscuit recipe is for an almost perfect copy of the original. They are light and fluffy with plenty of cheese running throughout. The tops are smothered with delicious buttery garlic and oregano. Yum! These cheddar garlic biscuits were a huge hit for Easter dinner this year.
This week I dug through my nail polish collection and came out with an oldie but goodie. Orly Terracotta is a nice blend between red and orange. It’s a cream shade so I decided to do one accent nail with another Orly nail polish. Shine On Crazy Diamond is a clear base with multi-colored micro fine glitter in it. It’s not overly saturated so I added two coats to my ring fingers. What
For Spring 2013, Revlon introduced 4 new shades of their Colorburst Lip Butter ($6.50) I already reviewed and swatched two of the shades in a previous post, Sorbet and Wild Watermelon. But now I’ve gotten my grubby hands on the other two colors, Pink Lemonade and Juicy Papaya. Let me just mention that these were really hard to come by! They are part of a Gucci Westman Spring 2013 Revlon d
For Spring 2013, Revlon released four new shades of their popular Colorburst Lip Butters that will be part of their permanent collection. I was able to snag two shades back in January, Sorbet and Wild Watermelon. I immediately reviewed both of the colors, including lip swatches. Just the other day I found all four of the new shades in the permanent Revlon displays at Target. So since I loved bo
Looking for another easy and fool proof crockpot recipe? Today we’re going to talk about this Crockpot Lasagna that I recently tried out. This recipe could not be any easier and took me only about 15 minutes to assemble. No need to boil your noodles first, just layer the ingredients and go. I used a larger oval sized crockpot for mine but a smaller one will work fine too. This lasagna is
Smashbox Photo Finish Hydrating Under Eye Primer ($29) is another great solution for dry under eye areas. It’s supposed to brighten and hydrate the under eye area while reducing the look of fine lines, puffiness and dark circles. This product is a little on the pricier side but a little bit goes a very long way. The main reason why I purchased this was to make my under eye area a smoother
Stila Smudge Crayons ($22) come in your choice of 8 different shades. I decided to go with something outside of my comfort zone and chose the shimmery light pink shade called Rose. These crayons are a 3 in 1 product; primer, shadow and liner. Stila lists the benefits as: primer, eye color and eye liner all-in-one creamy, creaseless formula glides on with ease long-wearing and water-resistant bol
The product featured in this article was purchased by myself. I keep trying to will Spring to come faster but good grief it’s just not happening fast enough here in Western PA. I’d like to strangle that darn groundhog, early Spring my butt! So with wishful thinking I went with a Spring inspired shade this week for my nail polish. Revlon Eclectic is a pastel green shade. It’s a
I don’t know why it took me so long to figure out that I could take a simple marinade mix packet and use it in the crockpot. This was so simple to make but infused so much flavor into boring old chicken breasts. They stayed super moist too and practically fell apart. I know this really isn’t a “recipe” but I figured maybe it’s something others haven’t thought
I’m a huge fan of NYX cream and powder blush. I have several shades in both formulas but this is my very first NYX HD Studio Grinding Blush ($15). As you can see, they are pretty pricey when compared to their other blush formulas. However, I got English Rose in a NYX set on HauteLook a few months ago and am now just getting around to trying it out. There are a total of 8 [...]The post NYX En
Yves Saint Laurent Effet Faux Cils Long-Wear Cream Eyeliner ($28) in the shade Cherry Black is beautiful! The color definitely reminds me of black cherries. It’s a very deep purple shade with very fine specks of reddish glitter. The quality of this cream eyeliner is superb. It is so soft and creamy and easily glides onto my eyelids with my very skinny eyeliner brush. It’s super pig
MAC Pink Lemonade Tinted Lipglass ($15) is a very popular shade and now that I finally have it, I can see why. Pink Lemonade is a bright coral pink color perfect for Spring and Summer. I don’t often buy MAC glosses because you don’t get much bang for your buck. But I heard so many good things about this shade that I had to finally break down and buy it. This MAC lip gloss is [...]Th
Back in my February 2013 Julep Maven box I received Ginger, a beautiful sand colored holographic nail polish. I decided I wanted to go along the neutral route this week so I decided to give it a try. The polish was so nice to work with. It is just the right amount of consistency and applied really nicely. I love the look of this nail polish. From far away it looks like a nice subtle [...]The p
A couple weeks ago I broke down and bought one of the new Sally Hansen Salon Insta Gel Strips Starter Kits ($26). I bought my set at Target where they had two shades available, Shell We Dance and Red My Lips. I chose to test out the Shell We Dance because the sealed box showed it as a light pink shade which I preferred over the red. Unfortunately Shell We Dance is not an opaque [...]The post Sal
Benefit Fake Up Crease-Control Hydrating Concealer ($24) is one of the most interesting products I’ve tried in a really long time. It comes in three shades; light, medium and deep. I chose the shade light for my fair skin and I’m in love! I think this is one of those products you are either going to really love or really hate. To be honest I really didn’t expect to like it as
I recently picked up two shades of the NYX Cream Blush ($5.99) at Ulta; Glow and Natural. Glow is a medium pink with a mauve tone to it while Natural is just a light pink shade. There is a total of 12 shades to choose from in all. These cream blushers are very moist and almost wet to the touch. They apply easily with just your fingertips or a small stippling brush. Use a little [...]The post N
Maybelline Baby Lips Moisturizing Lip Balms are made with shea butter and vitamin E. They come in 6 permanent shades and have recently released 5 limited edition shades. I finally came across the limited edition shade Coral Crush. When I think of the color coral I usually think a nice blend of pinks and oranges. Coral Crush however is basically orange in color. It even has an orange citrus sce
So this is the third and final item I purchased from the Drew Barrymore Flower cosmetics line. I already reviewed Haute Honeysuckle and Wispy Wisteria lip butters and the Peach Blossom cream blush from the line. Today we’ll take a look at the Flower Ready, Set, Glow! Blush/Bronzer Duo ($9.98) in the shade Shimmering Goddess. These duos come in your choice of 4 different colors combinations
These new NYX Butter Gloss lip glosses are a bargain at only $5 each! The collection is available in a total of 12 different shades. Each shade is named after a sweet dessert of some kind. They all have the same sweet and sugary vanilla scent but no flavor. I chose four to try out: Peaches and Cream Apple Strudel Strawberry Parfait Vanilla Cream Pie All of the colors in the line are cream shade
I am totally in love with this new Vaseline Spray and Go Moisturizer ($7.99)! I found a display for this at Walgreens and knew I had to give it a try. I’m totally obsessed with lotions and was excited to try something easy and convenient that you could just spray on. There are 3 different versions available: Total Moisture – infused with pure oat extract Aloe Fresh – infused wit
