May Favorites!!!

I honestly cannot believe that another month has gone by, and soon it will be June. I am fortunate to have found a lot of goodies this month and can't wait to do my first Favorites post and share what I've found!
I hope you all find this helpful and go and try out some of these!

This first thing is not a beauty product, but a hand soap! I suppose you could categorize this with beauty since it has many beneficial properties. The brand is called Soapbox and they have a variety of bar and hand soaps, but I got the Black Soap hand soap and it is AMAZING. Black Soap has activated charcoal, jojoba oil, Shea butter and aloe in it. The formula to this is super moisturizing and it smells so good! Another plus is when you buy a full bottle of this soap, one month of clean water goes to a child in need, and I think that is just awesome. It's $6.00, but for the quality and cause, I think it's totally worth it.

My next favorite is essentially my summer foundation routine. If you are a person with dry-combo skin like me, you will really appreciate these products. Normally in the winter, my skin is deathly dry and just horrible, but when the weather starts to get warmer, my skin takes a turn and I have the hardest time finding products that don't make my skin too oily, but also have sunscreen in it. Anyway, to the left is the NARS Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer with Broad Spectrum SPF 30 Sunscreen, and to the right is the Benefit Fake Up Concealer. The two of these together are really great and the NARS Tinted Moisturizer provides the added protection for your skin, which is really important for the summer. I still put on a mild moisturizer before putting it on, but it doesn't leave my skin feeling too greasy. Although, I would not recommend this for people with oily skin. The Benefit Fake Up is excellent for under-eye dark circles, and is extremely moisturizing and does not crease as much as other concealers. You can find these products at your local Sephora or online.

The last time I went into Sephora to get my tinted moisturizer, I had just enough Beauty Insider points to get a sample of the Elizabeth and James Nirvana White fragrance, and I'm not usually a perfume person, but something about the notes brought me back to my childhood. It reminded me of a perfume I had once put on one of my barbies, which sounds ridiculous, but I think that is the wonderful thing about fragrances. If they are not tied to you personally, then you should not buy them. What you wear should be a unique representation of who you are. The fragrance to the right, is Lush's Vanillary stick perfume, and I've had it for a couple of months now, but I just had to add it in, because it is wonderful! It has fair trade vanilla bean and coconut oil in it, and it is just the real deal and always makes me feel mellow when I wear it.

 I've also had this next product for a couple of months as well, but it is the Too Faced Chocolate Bar Pallet. If you are a chocolate lover like I am, you really need to get this. It is an experience, and it's a unique addition to any beauty collection. It is made with real coco and just smacks you with the smell of chocolate every time you open this pallet!! The application is very nice too. There is a variety of neutrals, but there are also purples, pinks and maroons. Also, there is a good range of shimmery and mat colors, so you get a lot to choose from. Overall, this is one of my favorite pallets, and is very practical and high quality.

These final products were discovered when I went shopping for my cousin who went to her first prom this year! The first are the Maybelline New York Color Tattoos. These have definitely been out for awhile, but it never really appealed to me to just buy one thing at a time. I bought a couple of different colors for my cousin, "Bad to the Bronze" and "Tough as Taupe" and I just really loved the way they went on. They were shimmery, but sort of tacky, which made a great base for her other shadows. So, I went back and bought "Edgy Emerald" and it is a really great mint-green color for accents and goes well with copper and brown. I may actually do a tutorial with it soon.

This second product is the NYX Lip Creams. I do not know the name of the colors, because they are not labeled on the package unfortunately, but they are great!!! They apply like a lip gloss, but the formula is like a lip stick. They stay for a long time and even when they wear off, they stain the lips so the color is still there. I would definitely recommend these to everyone.

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