June Favorites
How many of you research products before you buy
them? I never use to look up reviews for products which lead me to throwing a
lot of products away. However, I no
longer “blindly” pick up items without reading some reviews on them first.
So, I’m going to try a new thing on my blog where
I show you my favorite items (makeup, facial cleaner, favorite blogs, favorite
stores, food, etc.) of the month, as well as do a quick review of the items.
I am not exactly new to etsy.com. It’s a great site for anything original that
you are looking for. My favorite etsy
site for June is Love with Ruffles. You
can find her store here http://www.etsy.com/shop/RufflesWithLove
I love her original workout tops with the
different sayings on them.
I ordered this workout tank in Black with Pink writing. She can customize it with
your tank color, word color, and what you want your tank to say. I ordered “Eat Clean Train Dirty” because
that is what I have been doing for the past 6 weeks and counting. (That’s a
blog post all in itself) Ruffles with
Love was kind enough to let me share her store on my blog. If you want to order from her store you can
use coupon code EDWARDS27 for 10% off your
order. I know I call them workout tanks,
but how awesome would this be for a bride to be? The store has examples that say “Sweating for
the Dress” and “Future Mrs.” I
absolutely love this store. Don’t forget
to order your customized tank using coupon code EDWARDS27
for 10% off!!
In May, I was introduced to two different makeup
lines. The two lines I’ve been enjoying
this month are Benefit Cosmetics and E.L.F Cosmetics. Benefit Cosmetics can be found at any Sephora
or Ulta in your area. E.L.F
(eyes.lips.face) can be found at Target stores.
Benefit
cosmetics has a great makeup line. I
love how they brand their line with a vintage feel. It’s more expensive than your drugstore
brands but the quality is amazing. My go
to items for this line are The
Porefessional Face Primer, Hello Flawless, and They’re Real Mascara.
I use this product to help minimize the look of
pores on my nose and cheek area. I also
use this as a face primer before applying makeup. This helps smooth out my face for an even
application. Love.this.product!
Hello Flawless!!
This product does exactly what the name says. It makes my skin flawless. I am very picky about my foundation because I
don’t want something that is going to break my skin out. For years and years I switched back and forth
between Clinique, Merle Norman, and BareMinerals. This product has the full coverage that I
like, but it is very light wearing. It
does not feel like I have foundation on.
This product also is very buildable depending on your desired
coverage. No matter if you apply three
times, you will never get the feel that it is caked on.
I don’t know about ya’ll, but I hate curling my
lashes. I have tried numerous eye lash
curlers but have never “trusted” them.
I’m always worried about breaking my lashes off. Anyhoo, Benefits They’re Real mascara does
the work as an eye lash curler. They are
amazing for lengthing, volumizing, and curling those beautiful lashes.
Now, onto E.L.F.
I found E.L.F just by walking and wasting time in Target. E.L.F is a cheap but good quality cosmetic
line. Cheap as in $1.00. Hello, you can try all of their products
without the guilt of spending too much.
My favorite products by ELF this month are Elf Tinted Moisturizer and ELF Eyelid Primer. Some reviews for the tinted moisturizer
said it gave off an orange tint, however I still picked the product up since it
was only a buck. I am a lighter shade
and did not see an orange tint to my skin. It also has SPF 20 which is great to
have in any face products. The Eyelid Primer is another $1.00 product and it is
a dupe for Two-Faced Shadow Insurance
which I believe is in the $15-$20 range.
The eyelid primer gives great coverage and is very creamy. It allows your eye shadow not to crease and
enhances the pigment of your choice of shadow.
My last beauty favorite for June is BareMinerals Well-Rested. This is applied over eye concealer which
helps set your concealer. This product
gives you that perfect “well rested” glow under your eyes which helps your eyes
POP! I was worried about this caking up
under my eye in the creases and making my fine lines more noticeable. Because of my worry, is why I reviewed this
product before buying and learned many said it would not, and they were spot on.
Like I said before, I have been eat cleaning (and
training hard) for the past couple of weeks.
While I have been on this journey of a life style change, I have learned
to love.love.love fish.
My favorite to
eat is Sea Best Tilapia Fillets.
This is by far the best thing I can put in my
body and actually enjoy what I am eating.
I’ll share my easy recipe for this soon.
I go to Ingles and Bi-Lo (Bi-Lo usually has buy one get one free) to buy
these. I usually pick up 5-7 bags at a
time and stick them in my freezer. What
I love about these is of course the flavor, but each individual fillet is
vacuum sealed for perfection. You can
just pull out how many fillets you need and stick the rest back in the
freezer.
Mrs. Dash
is now my new favorite seasoning.
Why? IT’S SODIUM FREE!! I am able to cut out salt but not compromise
the flavor that it gives to my food. I
put it on everything!
I am in no means a vitamin taker. Since I was little I have never been able to
swallow pills. I know, I know...grow
up. Anyhoo, I will not turn down a
gummy. These MultiVites Gummy allows me
to get my daily vitamin supplements but not struggle to get them down. I.love.a.good.gummy!
My
last June Fav is a Scentsy scent. MY
favorite is Scentsy Be Still. I have
been burning it all month long. I walk
into my house and the smell hits you in the face. Which I love! It’s a scent that you know is there, however
it is very calming.
This is all of my June Favs! I am always on the look out for a great item with rave reviews to back them up. What products have you been reaching for this month?
