My Holy Grail Face Scrub ❤ Laura Mercier Face Polish

This stuff is amazing. 

I got it as a sample from Sephora a while ago and took some on vacation with me to Houston. I happened to forget any other face wash (typical pack-at-the-last-second me) and I used the tiny sample for a week with extremely impressive results. 

After hot, humid summer weather wreaked havoc on my made up face all day long, this stuff took it all off and left my skin feeling amazing at night. My skin was super soft after using it just once. My face survived on just this stuff for a whole week, and all from a tiny sample bottle. 

I happily went to Sephora.com to purchase more and was taken aback a little by the cost for a full size, but having fallen in love (and being seriously close to becoming VIB), I ordered it anyway. When it arrived, I was pleasantly surprised again. The bottle is huge, and it's going to last me quite a long time. 

So if you have seriously sensitive skin like mine, and you're in the market for a face scrub that won't break you out, irritate your skin, or dry it out, give this a shot. It's worth it.

Get it here ❤ (This link will take you straight to the product page.) www.sephora.com 

Paul & Joe Lipstick! ❤

I've been wanting something (anything...) Paul & Joe for a long, long time.

A couple of days ago I finally went and bought some lipstick.

I hadn't ever really seen the makeup in person anywhere until we were strolling through Shimoda Mall one day and I saw a Paul & Joe display in a makeup store. I was stoked.

The sales woman was super sweet and helpful, even though we spoke pretty much none of the other's language. (We spoke the international language of 'I ❤ makeup') She let me try on the lipstick I picked out to make sure I liked it. And then. And THEN.

She said, "KAWAII!"

Sold. She said I was kawaii.

I didn't know, but the lipsticks sell as refills and the actual package or case for the refills are sold separately.

For both it was about $30.00.

She also gave me a few really cute samples. One of a primer and one of a powder.

So cute right? I love the packaging. This is shade 204.

The color is kind of sheer. It is from their range of natural finish lipsticks. Love the way it feels. Weightless.

Not sure why this looks so pink here. It looks a lot more like the color below.

Sheer orangey-peach.

So there you have it! New Paul & Joe.

Happy shopping! ❤

Eichi Matsunaga Nails!

These are so cute! There were 4 or 5 really, really awesome styles, but I'm a sucker for anything with a sugar skull, and these seemed so fun! (And reminded me so much of Texas.)

I purchased these at my favorite beauty place in the Fantasy Dome Mall in Hachinohe.

These came with sticky-pad gel adhesives for each individual nail. They stay on fairly well, (better than any other press-on nail I've used), but these still don't stick well enough for anything more than a day or two. I wouldn't do anything "heavy" with these on for sure. They might be a different story with regular nail glue, but I'm not sure.

I wanted to link a place online that you would be able to purchase these, but I haven't found any site in English that carry them. I tried the obvious Amazon and Ebay, but no luck. However, if you want to venture to Amazon.jp, here is a link for a different style. http://www.amazon.co.jp/ウイングビート-EICHI-MATSUNAGA-nail-chip/dp/B00BXZFMGS

Happy Shopping!