Chella: Heated Lash Curler

I've heard of heated eyelash curlers but I have not used one.  Actually, I do not know anyone who has used one.  And why would someone want to?  Instantly I have visions of a miniature curling iron near my eyeball and think, I'll pass.

Having fallen in love with the Chella Eye Masque from my Beauty Army Kit, I trusted @ChellaSkinCare when they raved about the awesomeness of their heated eyelash curler.  Completely skeptical I decide to put it to The Test!  The directions are on the back of the box and starting the device is super easy!  And then I read the kicker.  You know the secret sauce as to how a heater eyelash curler actually works.  And I reread it, just to make sure.  And read it one more time.  Yep - use it after you apply your mascara.  Humm... k.

Honestly, it's very easy.  Turn it on and wait 20 seconds for the coil to heat.  Don't worry, the plastic does not get hot.  Starting close to the base of your lashes, carefully lift and hold your lashes against your eyelid for about 8 to 10 seconds.  It's warm.  Feels kinda nice, actually!  It takes an average of three times for me to get the curl that I like and I curl my lashes in 3 sections across my eye.  That's a total of 60 seconds per eye.  In all fairness I spend a lot more time on my lashes, using the Chella Heated Eyelash Curler but I prefer the results to those of traditional scissor-style curlers.  Plus, I never have that bent-lash result cheap curlers can give you. And I don't have to try to cram my lases into one unit.  Best part?  No ripping my eyelashes out.  Super best part? It works.

Happy Birthday, Sugar!!

I look forward to my birthday for many reasons.  One of them is my super cool birthday treat from Sephora!  Usually the same thing, a vanilla birthday cake inspired shower gel. *yum* For a few years it was Sephora's own brand then Philosophy took over but this year... This year was exciting!

Want 4 bottles of Julep for only 1¢

While I was scrolling through our twitter feed, I noticed that someone retweeted Julep's  offering to new subscribers: get your first month for only 1¢.  That's right one penny.

What is Julep? A monthly subscription service to nail polish, hand and foot care.  Each box is valued at $40 and costs $19.99 per month.  If you are not a current Julep Maven, you can click my link below and use my provided code to get your first Box for 1¢.

January Beauty Army Kit!

This was my very first Beauty Army Kit! I know I a little behind in my reviews.... I was super excited to receive a FULL SIZE MyFace Cosmetics eyeshadow, worth $20!  WOOT!!!

For my first Kit I selected:

• Chella Eye Masque

AhMayZing!

• Lift Lab Eye Creme

Great for oily eyelids!

• LaRocca Pumpkin Scrub

Smells exactly like Pumpkin Pie

• Diamonds & Pearls BlingTone eyeshadow

I have not used this, yet.

• Shea Terra Rose Hips Black Soap

Best 10 minute mask ever!! 

• Control Corrective Clear Med 5% acne treatment.

Clear Med contains sulfa.

Not familiar with Beauty Army?  It's only the best luxury beauty sampling subscription service the US has to offer!  For only $12 you get to choose your own Kit and the deluxe sized samples that you actually want to try -  not pay someone to send you what they happen to have around the office.



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xoxo
•Nancy-Lee

Random Twitter Winner

Who knew!  All I did was tweet to @PFcosmetics that I was wearing their gel liner and they rewarded me with the same trio in a different shade!  Thank you Physicians Formula!  I will absolutely use this set!

xoxo

•Nancy-Lee

I RT'ed and I Won Zoya!

I just happen to catch a tweet in my TL from @Zoya_NailPolish that they were having a contest, and if you retweeted the tweet, you had a chance to win one of 35 mini Farah nail polishes.

Well guess what?

I was one of the lucky 35!

I am still in shock!  Thank you so much Zoya, Farah was on my to-buy list... Now I have to pick another to takes it's place!

xoxo

•Nancy-Lee

Quite Cunning

I love to shop at the outlet mall about an hour from my house.  There is a Cosmetics Company Store, which is an Estee Lauder, Inc shop selling multiple brands under the parent umbrella, mostly discontinued products.  One of them is MAC.  I was sad to discover after I purchased this lipstick, MAC is not cruelty free.  *Deep sigh*

Described as a "semi-sheer deep berry red with a frost finish."  Umm... I do not see frost when I apply this or when it is swatched.  It is not as sheer as say, Black Honey by Clinique and I found it easy to build the coverage without a lot of product.  I could see this shade and possibly formula being unforgiving on dry flaky lips, not because the formula is dry, it is actually quite moisturizing, but because the shade is so dark.