Thursday, February 28, 2013

February Favorites!!!

I'm Backkkkk! February has definitely been a crazy month. I can't believe its the last day of the month. Can't wait to see what March has in store for me.





       I know it was a short month but wow did I get a lot of beauty products this month. New eye Palette's, some Palette's I got on sale and just new products in general. March will be very busy month showing you guys everything. I have clothing hauls too that Im working on as well. But for some reason I didn't have a lot of  makeup favorites this month I've been using pretty much the same. I did come across new stuff and just oldies I can't live without... So let's get started.

M.A.C Complete Comfort Creme retails $32.00

So my first favorite is from M.A.C I was shopping around with one of my close friend when I came across the M.A.C counter (and you know that's Danger!) and the girl helping me had flawless skin. I asked her what she used and she told me 1.That She takes good care of her skin and 2. That she also has problems with redness like me and she loves using the Complete Comfort Cream. Of course at first I'm like Duh she'll tell me that because she does work for M.A.C but I said what the hell I'm gonna give it a try as well. She must be doing something right for her face to be looking so flawless. I've been using this product for about 2 weeks now. I can't rage how highly I love this product. I replaced it as my night moisturizer and in the morning WOW can I tell a difference. I simply love it. My skin the next day feels so soft. At night when applying it, it absorbs to your face so nice, not sticky at all. LOVE IT!

Josie Maran Argan Oil 15ml Retails at $14

This product actually came from my Ipsy Glam bag its a monthly beauty subscription. This product was in my January bag. This is the Josie Maran Argan Oil. When I fist saw this I was so happy. These products are awesome. I had never tried anything from the Josie Maran line. This stuff is pretty much good for anything. 

Description:  This legendary, lightweight oil, grown organically in Morocco, is rich in vitamin E and essential fatty acids. Use it as a fast absorbing daily moisturizer, or to heal and condition everything from cuticles to split ends. Plus it is 100% organic!

The best part of this product is that yes its Organic! I use this as my morning moisturizer , on my hair after I shower, and I even use it has like a body lotion.(As you see I'm almost out and a little goes a long way) The good thing is that's it doesn't stay super oily. You can apply this and in seconds its absorbed into your body. Its amazing. If you haven't tried it you better :) head on over to http://www.josiemarancosmetics.com/

eos lip balm retails at about $2.99 Target


Ohhhh yessss! Its in my Favorites again. I can't help it. Im so addicted to eos. This one is new to my collection its the mint green one and its super minty and I just love it. Plus I use this morning and night to moisturize my lips. So with that said they are never dry. ;) And I just heard new ones came out for Spring so yes I'll be on the hunt for them.   

Retails at $20.00 Cheaper in some places.

So this Product is from the Balm if you've never heard of them they have great stuff. I actually didn't own anything from them. Till Hautelook.com had a sale of some of their products and when I saw this bronzer I had to have it. If you watch beauty Gurus like I do on Youtube everyone seems to have this bronzer they rage so much about the color and how they love to Contour with it. And they are right. Its the perfect shade fro a bronzer. Its a pretty deep color. Again a little goes a long way. I  apply this with my M.A.C 116 brush for contouring. 



Neutrogena Hydrating Makeup Remover 


My next product will just never leave my favorites. I love this stuff. Its my makeup remover wipes. No questions about it. I have used thousands of different products and nothing compares to these. The Teal bag now are the hydrating ones which I love even more than the original ones. I remove all my makeup including my eye too. Leaving it feeling amazing. I wash my face with my cleanser in the shower and then I remove the rest with these. They are just perfect. I do like getting them at Walmart they are way cheaper there. Walgreen's retails them at almost $8 compare to Walmart for like $5.



Last on my favorites are Lipsticks. I got these recently one is from Revlon and the other is from Maybelline. Both coral colors but totally different. I wanted these colors for Spring so I picked them up. Since Coral will be another stand out color for Spring again. The color pay off on these are amazing. I can't wait to show you guys what they look on. The Revlon color is called Siren and Maybelline is Shocking Coral love this one. 

Well Hope you all loved my Favorites this month as much as I did. I promise more stuff to come in March. Spring is in the air! Till next time. 


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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Liebster Award!!!

What's the Liebster Award...



The Liebster Award is an interactive community in the blog world which helps to connect bloggers to other bloggers.

Thank You +Crystal A (beginnerglambycrys.blogspot.com) for the nomination. I think this is a great way to get to know new and up coming bloggers that share the same passion. 


Rules...
    

1.The nominee must link the blogger whom they were nominated by?           
2.The nominee must state 11 facts about themselves, and then answer the 11 questions provided for you.
3.The nominee must post 11 new questions for nominees
4.The nominee must then nominate bloggers who they think deserve the recognition.
5.The nominee must tell the bloggers who they have nominated for the Liebster  Award.

Fact's About Aly

1.I speak Spanish. 
2.I'm addicted to Vampire Diaries a series on the CW. 
3.I love watching Romantic movies the cheesier the better. 
4.Favorite all time Movie is Dirty Dancing.
5.I hate dirty sneakers its like a pet peeve. 
6.I collect all Cinderella stuff. 
7.I got married in Disney and yes arrived in a Cinderella Carriage.
8.I hate when people place their bare feet on the dash of the car. HATE IT! 
9.I'm on gchat(Gmail) everyday from 9-2 chatting with friends. 
10.My kids are 18 months apart and I Planned it. 
11.Favorite time of year is Christmas. 

Questions I was asked by +Crystal A 

1.What is one of your New Years resolutions?
  One of my New Years resolution was buy less Makeup! Of course that didn't happen :) and I promised that I would eat a little Healthier which I have been doing. 

2.Whats your favorite makeup brand and product?
  I'm a MAC girl I've loved MAC for several years now and its a product that I always go back too. 

3.What was the last book you read?
  50 Shades of Grey! ;)

4.If you can travel anywhere around the world, where would it be?
  I've been very fortunate to have traveled to a lot of places thus far, I have a couple of places though still that I would love to go to, Greece, Australia and Fiji.

5.At what age did you start wearing makeup?
  My mom didn't let me wear any until I was 15 

6.Besides what you blog about, what other passions do you have?
  My Passion besides Makeup and Fashion have to be my Kids they come first in everything I do. Its my goal to make them happy each and every day. 

7.If you can go without one beauty product what would it be?
  Easy Foundation, I can leave the house with Powder, Lip gloss and mascara. 

8.Where are you from?
  My Parents are from Cuba but I was born in Miami, FL 

9.Whats one item that never gets taken out of your bag?
  My MAC Mineralize skin finish powder.

10. What is your favorite lip color? 
    Right now Im loving Reds favorite is Red Velvet Lip Butter from Revlon.

11.Drugstore or Ulta/Sephora?
   Yikes this is a hard one... I would say all 3 but right now Im just loving a lot of drugstore products. 

My 11 questions to my nominees...

1. What made you start Blogging?
2. Favorite beauty product?
3. Do you have a Youtube Channel? Link so that we can Subscribe!
4. Do you have any long term goals? or short?
5. Would you ever like to live anywhere else?
6. What's one thing every girl should own?
7. Favorite food?
8. Any up coming events that you are excited about?
9. Any Pet Peeves?
10.Beauty product you can't live without?
11.Favorite mascara?

And.... MY Nominees are  


This was so much fun and cant wait to see what you girls have to say. Again if you are not interested you don't have to do it.








Friday, February 1, 2013

January Favorites!!!


 Wow can't believe January is long gone. What a great month is was. I want to share will you all some of the products I was loving for the month of January.


First off lets talk about Skin MD. I first heard about this product from another blogger and YouTube girl makeupbytiffanyD. This lotion honestly can be used anywhere on the body. It is so moisturizing that I have actually opted this to be my night time moisturizer. Totally not sticky blends into your skin so good. Feels so soft and silky. Its just amazing! They use to sell it at Walgreen's or CVS but I have not seen in it quite a while but you can always get it http://www.skinmdnatural.com/




Next Product is my eye cream that I use mornings and night! I have tried so many of these. I have about 5 on my makeup stand. But I always seem to fall back to L'Oreal eye defense cream. For some reason I think it really works. My eye area is always so smooth and I feel like my fine lines don't show up as much :) as you can see in the picture Im almost out of it. The good thing is that I can always find it at the drugstore. 

I think it retails at Walgreen's for about $10.00

What girl doesn't love great Lashes. I sure do and I'm always looking for that mascara they makes them look long and full. So as you can imagine I have so many but this month I have been using L'Oreal Voluminous Full Definition mascara. I can't say anything bad about this product. Im totally in love with it. The brush is not thin or fat just right in the middle. And it doesn't leave your lashes looking clumpy. 

Retails at $7.99

My next product I actually discovered not to long ago on one of my drugstore adventures. Its funny this month I have gone towards a lot of L'Oreal products. So when I discovered this liquid eyeliner I couldn't believe I hadn't tried this sooner. I wear eyeliner mostly everyday, this one gives you such a persist line and I think its super easy to work with. Now if your not to comfortable with doing your eye with a liquid liner trust me it takes practice but I would go with one a little more softer than this one. 

L'Oreal Infallible Super Slim Liquid Liner retails at $8.99

My next product I have been using it for months. All time favorite I have to say and yes another Drugstore product. Its my Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser. I can rage and rage about this product I love it. It does exactly what it says it does. 
  • Erases dark circles and fine lines
  • Diminishes the appearance of puffiness
  • Eye area looks radiant and refreshed 


Retails at $9.79 


My next product was actually something I refused to try I was just not feeling them. Every time I would see them I would just be like these things look so weird . And then one day my sister pops one out from her purse, I'm like oh you have one too. She raged about this product so much I actually ended up buying it. Now I owned 2 and I want more. They are the eos smooth lip balm for your lips. I apply this every morning before lipstick and every night before bed. My lips feel great and smooth. They come in different flavors and I have to say they will last you a long time. They are great. 

Retails for $2.99

Last but not least is my Foundation. This is a newbie that I will be reviewing soon on my blog. I cant tell you much about it but its been my go to Foundation for the past 2 weeks. But you will definitely see a review on my blog coming up. I have to say I'm loving it.

Retails at $9.99

 All drugstore products which is the best part! 

Oh wait I can't believe I forgot to mention my favorite Lipstick for the month of January!!! The winner is MAC Saint Germain. ALL I have to say is LOVE LOVE LOVE! 




Hope you enjoyed my January Favorites!



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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Urban Decay Naked Skin Beauty Balm REVIEW!!!

FINALLYYYYY!!!!!


   Hello Everyone I just want to say sorry that I have taken to long to write this review. I really wanted to try it out and see if it gave me any results. So here it is. I want to start off by what UD says the BB cream will do.



 Minimize pores, lines, wrinkles and redness instantly. Get          significantly firmer, more lifted skin in 8 weeks.


I just want to let you know that I did try this product for 2weeks and I have to say I actually love it. I did notice right away that it did Minimize Pores, about the lines and wrinkles its said give it about 8 weeks, I really can't tell you that my lines have completely gone away I am 30 :) and yes I have lines. Now here is where this product sold me. I do have a lot of redness around my cheeks, when I wake up in the morning and take off my makeup at night the redness shows immediately. Every morning right before putting on my everyday products I would go ahead and apply UD BB cream. Right away the redness would disappear. It did give my skin a slight tint but I've tried different Tinted Moisturizers that have given me more color than this. The best thing about this is that its SPF 20 how great is that! Here on some photos so you can see a little more of the color that in comes in. 

As you can see the color is darker than my actual skin but I can tell you that it blends in so smoothly. It actually makes your skin look healthy. Very moisturizing too.But not sticky.

Here's a pic of me in the morning with nothing on my face.
The light washes some of the redness on my face! 


This is just right after applying my makeup and only the UD BB cream, again the light washes my actual color but it blended so well and my face felt Naked ;) it felt like I was wearing anything, not heavy at all. I do like a bit more coverage, but applying even the BB cream before your Foundation is awesome. It could definitely act like your face moisturizer.


Just another day trying it out. In this picture I have no foundation just UD BB cream.


With More natural light. Here I just added just a bit of my Cover Girl naturalLuxe Foundation. Which I use on a daily basis, on special occasions I use MAC MatchMaster.

Again the formula is not created for full coverage. I actually use it now daily as my daily moisturizer.

The Urban Decay BB cream retails at $34. 




If you have tried it let me know what you think. I would love to here your opinions. 








Thursday, January 17, 2013

OOTD Casual Office Look


Today the OOTD is just a casual office look that you can wear during the day and take it into a night look by just changing your shoes. I'm not a big fan of high heels to work.  I try to always be comfy and since I'm obsessed with flats I normally do flats or sandals and wedges during the summer time. 

   This black blazer is from Forever 21, Red Skinny's Jeans are 7ForAllMankind, Just a plain white shirt from Victoria Secret, Leopard Flats Forever 21, Accessories are from

http://shoplately.com/?r=BeautyBoxxbyaly 

                                             

Watch is Michael Kors Black Face and Gold Band 


Wednesday, January 2, 2013

New Years #OOTN! Happy 2013

HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!! 2013 


I havent been on for a while between the kids not having school for the holidays and getting things done for my son's 1st Birthday its been a bit crazy around this house. But so many new stuff coming up on Beauty Boxx for 2013.

This year for New Years Eve the hubby and I decided just to stay home since with do have two small kids. Some family came order and my close friend. But of course that didnt stop me from getting glammed up! Even if you are staying home it really doesn't matter I say bring on the Glitter and ROCK IT! 


Here was my Outfit of the Night! 
Tank top and Sequenced skirt from EXPRESS, Tights from Forever 21, Shoes from Steve Madden and Jewelry from 

My awesome sister did my Fish Tail!!! I definitely need to learn how to do it myself!



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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Revlon Lip Butter ADDICTED!!!! :)


Hey Everyone.... As you can tell by my title Im addicted to the Revlon Lip Butters. They are just Gorgeous!!! For being Lip Butter's I have to say the payoff is just great. I actually stop by the drug store today and picked up four more. Super moisturizing and they last pretty long. They were actually by one get one 50% off I think its only if you have your the Walgreens reward card. Normally I think they are about $7.99

Some colors might be a little intimidating just by looking at them at the store I was a little hesitant on buying some. One that you will find totally not the color you see in person in Jig Jam it looks like a dark brown. Here are some swatches

(Left to right)
Pink Truffle,Creme Brulee (My Favorite),Fig Jam,Raspberry Pie, Red Velvet


More Swatches to the more lighter colors

Sugar Frosting, Sweet Tart, Berry Smoothie

If I didnt mention your favorite let me know which one is yours!!!! 

Till next time (Oh and nothing negative to say about them) :)


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