Better Late Than Never, My Make-Up Talk Secret Santa Unboxing!!!

Hello Lovelies!

I have been wanting to post this ever since I got it in the mail, my MUT Secret Santa!! If you don't know what Make-Up Talk (MUT) is, it is a forum for everyone to get together and talk about makeup/beauty products! I love it and it has really helped me with tons of beauty related things, including starting a blog and figuring out what beauty subscriptions I wanted to join. 

Every year MUT has a 'Secret Santa' that people on the site that you can sign up for, there are rules; you have to be a certain member for so long and have so many posts before being able to participate. There is also a $25 cap on the gifts.This was my first year and it was SO MUCH FUN!! The amazing girl that got me did such an amazing job, like I cannot thank her enough for everything she got me! I felt so spoiled and blessed by her kindness!! 

The Goodies!!!

(Sorry, these were really rushed photos, I was too overwhelmed to take nice ones, I wanted to play with everything too much!)

I know what you're thinking, my girl is awesome, and I agree she definitely is! 

It was like my best friend sent me a gift and not a complete stranger because she did SO good with these gifts! I love that she totally took the time and found out everything I love and so much about me to get me such amazing presents! 

I cannot tell you how happy I was to open up that Olay set, I had just gotten to town from a 13 hour flight day plus 3 hours in a car and realized I forgot my razor back in North Carolina! So when I opened this up I was ecstatic! She must have known I was going crazy packing and would forget my razor!! 

The Notebook she got me was so thoughtful, I'm pretty sure she had seen a previous post saying that my husband is deployed, so for her to find something so personal was very heartwarming! 

I am in LOVE with my Harry Potter Golden Snitch Necklace and Bracelet set! I have a huge obsession with HP! That set was definitely tied for first place for best Christmas gift 2013! I have seen many HP snitch necklaces/bracelets and the quality of this one is amazing compared to others! 

How adorable are those Victoria Secret Slippers!! I love them, they are so comfortable!!

I am addicted to chapstick and the Nivea one she sent me is great! I haven't used that particular one and I tend to hoard chapsticks so new ones always make me happy!

The Maybelline Big Eyes is becoming one of my favorite mascaras! I love that it has a wand for your top lashes and bottom lashes, it makes it so much easier to not accidentally get mascara on your face. 

Smashbox Photo Finish Face Primer is my favorite primer and I LOVE deluxe samples because I travel a lot. It went straight into my purse because I always like to have one with me just in case I'm late and have to do my makeup in the car/airport/airplane.

I'm officially in love with the Urban Decay Stardust eyeshadow in Retrograde, it is a beautiful purple and it is pretty glittery so I pair it with a winged cat-eye and it looks great!

Butter London polish in Yummy Mummy, it is a beautiful Champagne color! 

Pixi Mascara that I haven't tried yet.

Klorane dry shampoo, I love dry shampoo so I can't wait to try this one out!

I LOVE the leopard print scarf!!   

Thank you so much to my SS For everything! You are such an awesome girl and I appreciate everything so incredibly much!!! Your gift definitely made my Christmas!

Here is a photo of what I sent to my Santee!

 

OFFICIAL BLOG NAME CHANGE!

Hello Lovelies!

I just wanted to inform you that I have changed my blog name from Marine Wife Beauty Blog to Beauty Junky. I wanted a different name that sits well with everyone and doesn't target only Marine or Military Wives (Yes my husband and I are still very happily married =]). New year, new blog name and MORE posts to come very soon. My blogging has been off lately but I miss it and will resume very soon!!! I hope you all had a happy holiday season!! <3

WHAT'S IN MY Z - PALETTE...

Hi Lovelies! 

I had been wanting a Z-palette for quite awhile now so about a month ago I finally bought one and I have to say, I love it! I picked the 4 U Z-Palette ($17), which is bigger than the small palette but smaller than the large, honestly it should just be called a medium palette. I actually regret not getting the pro-palette instead, which is the biggest one, since this one is already filled up a bit and I have more eyeshadows and blushes I want to add. I will definitely be buying more in the near future, they are really handy! I don't like carrying multiple items in different compacts so this was really nice! I was lucky enough when I depotted my Urban Decay Naked2 palette that I didn't have to use my flat iron, although I did end up having to use it for my MAC eyeshadows. (Don't forget to save your compacts from MAC after you depot them so you can return them for a free lipstick!)

My Z-Palette

 Swatches:

From top to bottom:

Benefit CORALista Blush (Deluxe sized sample)

Urban Decay Eyeshadows from Naked2 in

Foxy

Half Baked

Snakebite 

Chopper

Cargo Eyeshadow in Ceylon

The two rectangle purples underneath are from a Covergirl Quad that I am pretty sure discontinued. It was the Covergirl Eye Enhancers Eyeshadow Quad in Blossoms 257. 

The swatches are eyeshadow is actually horrible now since I have had them for a long time but I keep them in my Z-Palette so that while I am out I can find dupes of them because I really like the colors! If you have any suggestions for dupes let me know =] 

These two pink eyeshadows are also from the Covergirl quad and I am looking for dupes of them too =]

 Cut off at the very top and not swatched is my Covergirl Fresh Complexion Pocket Powder Foundation in Ivory, I love to use this over my L'oreal True Match Liquid Foundation!

The top eyesahdow is MAC's Romp, which is now sadly discontinued, I love this shadow!

And the last eyeshadow is MAC's Soba!

Do you have a blog post about your Z-Palette? Post a link down below and I will check it out! 

 

THE BODY SHOP CYBER MONDAY SALE!!

Hello!

I'm so excited about The Body Shop's Cyber Monday Sale! Everything is 50% off and free shipping on orders $15+! And if you spend $50 use the code CYBER for a FREE full-sized body butter of your choice!! I decided to grab a couple of things, I only wanted to spend $15 so I could get the free shipping.

What I got:

Coconut Lip Butter

 Pink Grapefruit Body Scrub mini

Pink Grapefruit Lip Butter

X2 Shea Butter Lip Butter

Each item was only $3 all regularly $6 each!! I absolutely love their lip butters so I had to take advantage and stock up while I could! I can't wait to get these babies!!! Good luck in your Cyber Monday shopping!!

AMAZON NAIL ART MINI HAUL!

Hello Ladies!

Today I have a mini haul from Amazon! 

The first thing I got was a set of 5 2-way nail dotting set. These are so amazing and perfect for people like me who are artistically challenged lol They took awhile to get to me since they were sent from Hong Kong but for only $1.47 shipped they were worth it! If you would like to get your own set click here.  

The second item I got is a MASH Rhinestones 2400 Piece 12 color Nail art manicure wheel. This is so fun to play around with! With 12 different colors there are so many different ways to use them! You don't even need glue, just put them in the design of your choice and add a top coat! These were as well sent from Hong Kong and only cost $1.19 shipped! If you would like your own set click here.

Pictures! =] 

 Polishes used:

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Mint Sorbet

Julep in Annie

Urban Decay in Radium (blue) & Fishnet (Fuschia) 

HOW TO FIX BROKEN MAKE-UP!

 

 

Hello Ladies!

 

Today I wanted to do a post on how to fix your broken make-up! Sadly my item that I had to fix is my MAC Archies Girl Pearlmatte Face Powder in Flatter Me. My 3 year old decided he wanted to play catch and the result ended in my holy grail blush being broken! Yes, I said it, this is my holy grail blush! I have only found two make up items that have been put into my HG category and this is what happens =(  (The other HG is Too Faced Perfect Eyes Eyeliner in Perfect Black).

 

What it used to look like (Stock photo from MAC)

 

What it looked like when my son was done with it...

 

What you will need to fix it:

Something to chop your blush into powder (Not pictured but I used a spoon)

Rubbing Alcohol

Paper Towel

 

Poor some of the alcohol into the compact with the powder, don't use too much or it will be too liquidy and won't set right.

 

Use a wet paper towel to press the blush (or eyeshadow) back into place.

And Voila! 

 

Swatch (sorry it is a horrible photo and I had horrible lighting)

It still works perfect and is my go to blush!

 

 

 

 

 

 

GRAZE BOX INVITE CODE! ONLY 4 AVAILABLE! *Sorry all codes used up*

Hello Ladies!

Sorry I have been so busy lately, I promise to start updating more and I have so much to update!

I just wanted to do a quick post about Graze box! If you don't know what Graze box is, it is a food subscription where you get 4 healthy snacks either once a week, once every two weeks or once a month and each box is only $5! The first and 5th box are free!!! The only thing with Graze is, you have to have an invite code to join in and I just so happen to have 4 codes to give it! The code is FYV5DGTTP 

Graze box link Click Here

Have a great day <3