One Easy and Cheap Way to Achieve Whiter Teeth

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Ever since I can remember, I’ve been obsessed with achieving movie-star white teeth. I love a man with perfection in his mouth. There is nothing more attractive than someone with a nice smile and bright pearly whites. It catches me off guard when a guy with beautiful, bright, white teeth smiles at me (insert heart-eyes emoji). Unfortunately, I also notice yellow teeth. There are a lot of adults walking around with stained teeth from what they eat, drink, smoke, and not brushing their teeth twice a day.

If you’ve been longing for movie-star white teeth, like myself, the best and most expensive way to achieve your goal is by scheduling to have your teeth bleached professionally at your local dental office. Teeth can instantly become up to 10 shades whiter after one visit. This may require follow up sessions every 6 months to keep your teeth extremely white or the dentist will send you home with a teeth whitening kit for maintenance after your session. These appointments usually start around $500 or higher a visit.

If you cannot afford (or refuse) to spend hundreds of dollars getting your teeth whitened professionally, there is a cheap an easy way to achieve whiter teeth over time and it cost only $1.

The Ultimate Hair Review | Long Lasting Her Imports

Would you believe that I’ve been using the same hair for almost three years? Yes, you read that correctly! It will be three years in October 2015. I’ve curled, flat ironed, washed, conditioned, bleached, and cut this hair. It still looks amazing. I truly believe the only way I can give an honest review is by using a product for a long period of time before giving criticism and three years is a very long time. I am now ready to give the ULTIMATE hair review about this amazing product from Her Imports.

I am a natural hair girl that LOVES to switch it up from curly-kinky twist outs to long luscious flowing hair within days, even hours.  I achieve the quick hair changes by wearing wigs. Wigs are a God-send for the black woman with "hair A.D.D." like myself. Wigs also allow me to wear straight hair without applying a lot of heat to my actual hair and risking heat damage. 

Smashbox Photo Op Mega Palette Review

I purchased the Smashbox Photo op Mega Palette back in February. I wanted to really get some good uses out of it before gave a review on the product. I think this palette is amazing. This video gives my review about this palette and what makes it so special. Watch and enjoy :-)

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Didn't read the previous post about this palette? Click HERE to visit the previous blog post and photos about the Smashbox Photo Op Mega Palette.

Makeup Products for Beginners Part 2: BH Cosmetics 4th Edition Palette

New to makeup and want to experiment with different eyeshadows? No worries! I've have the perfect product for you. The first post in the series, Makeup Products for Beginners by loveresee.com, features a blush palette from BH Cosmetics. BH cosmetics also has affordable eye shadow palettes great for makeup beginners and people with experience.

                                                       

BH Cosmetics has 4 different editions of the 120 color eye shadow palette. The palette loveresee.com is featuring today is the 120 4th edition color palette, Ultra Shimmer. This palette contains beautiful vibrant colors and shimmers. Shimmers are the little sparkles that can be found in some eye shadows. This product is great for beginners because shimmers are easier to work with than matte eye shadows. If not blended properly, matte eye shadows can end up looking horrible. With shimmer eye shadows, you can apply it  all over the lid alone or blend with other colors and it will look like you put in a lot of effort.  

Below are photos of the Ultra Shimmer 120 4th Edition Color Palette and photos of swatches from random eyeshadows in the top and bottom trays of the palette. As you will see the color pay off is amazing for the price.

Palette come in a box (top photo). Inside the box the palette is covered in plastic. 

120 palette comes in 2 trays of 60 eye shadows
stacked on top of each other. A plastic sheet is on top of eye tray to protect the eye shadow.

Random Swatches from the top palette.

Random Swatches from the bottom palette.

BH Cosmetics always has some sort of sale going on everyday. The Ultra Shimmer 120 Palette retails for $34.95 but is currently on sale for $29.71. I purchased this palette beginning of December 2011 and paid around $25 for it. The current price of $29.71 is still a great deal for 120 different color eye shadows compared to paying $15 for one MAC Cosmetics eye shadow. 

If interested in buying this palette visit BH Cosmetics' website http://www.bhcosmetics.com/. Below is a video tutorial by DulceCandy87 using the 120 4th edition color palette, Ultra Shimmer. Enjoy!

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Resee

I received My Smashbox Photo Op Mega Palette!!!

I was extremely excited yesterday to receive my Smashbox Photo Op Mega Palette. I first heard about this amazing palette from watching EmilyNoel83's, a popular youtube beauty Guru, youtube videos. She has a tutorial using this palette and a few other videos about the palette. Emily speaks very highly about this mega palette and I decided to purchase my own.

Unfortunately, this palette cannot be purchased at the local Ulta, Sephora, or any other place that sells makeup in the store. Smashbox created this palette exclusively for QVC customers. You can call into QVC to order the product or you can place an order online. The price of the Smashbox Photo Op Mega Palette is $93.48 (not including shipping and tax) which may seem like a lot but it is actually a steal. A small Smashbox Photo Op eye shadow trio retails for about $28 each. A trio is a small palette that includes 3 different color eyeshadows. In this Smashbox Photo Op Mega Palette there are 16 full size Photo Op eye shadow trios (48 eyeshadows), 2 full size Photo Op eye shadow quads (8 eye shadows), 2 full size blushes, 4 lip glosses, brow tech powder & wax, 4 soft lights, and 4 cream eye liners all for $93.48. That is equivalent of buying only 3 small Smashbox trios at the store.

What I also love about this palette is that it comes with 6 photos of different looks and instructions on how to create each look. There are so many different options in this palette that I can literally create hundreds of looks for the eyes, cheeks, and lips. The palette also comes with a plastic film to protect and cover the makeup and also displays the name of each eye shadow, lip gloss, blush, brow tech powder, wax, and gel liners.

If you are still not sure about giving up $93.48 on a makeup product all at once, don't worry. QVC offers flex payments for this product. Flex payments allows you to split up the cost of this product including the shipping and handling. You can receive the palette now and QVC will auto bill your debit/credit card over the course of 4 months. That is about $27 each month (may vary depending on state taxes in your area) for 4 months.

Below are some photos of the Smashbox Photo Op Mega Palette.

Front of the palette

The palette opened up

The eight trios and one quad (24 eye shadows) on the right side of the palette.

From Top to bottom: Eight gel liners (top two rows), Brow Tech Powders & Wax, 

Two blushes, three Soft Lights, and four lip glosses. 

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The eight trios and one quad (24 eye shadows) on the left side of the palette.

If you are looking to purchase the Smashbox Photo Op Mega Palette you can find it on QVC.com by clicking this link to the website.:

http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/view.2/app.detail/params.CM_SCID.coll.item.A217751.desc.smashbox-Photo-Op-78-Shade-Mega-Palette

EmilyNoel83's tutorial using the Smashbox Photo Op Mega Palette is posted below. Enjoy :)



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Resee

Makeup Products For Beginners Part 1: BH Cosmetics 10 Blush Palette

If you are a beginner in makeup, it can be a bit overwhelming trying to figure out what products work best for you. Most experienced Makeup Artists learn just by experimenting with different colors and products. It can be a bit costly having to find, buy, and try different things. Unfortunately, beginners will have to do the same thing. It is the only way to know what really works for your skin type and color. Luckily for you there is a company that sells all types of inexpensive makeup products that are of decent quality.

BH Cosmetics (www.BHCosmetics.com) sells affordable makeup for your eyes, face, and lips. The company always has some sort of sale going on everyday on majority, if not all, of their products and there are so many options to choose from. What I love about BH Cosmetics are their palettes. Purchasing their already filled makeup palettes allow you to try all sorts of colors without breaking the bank.

BH Cosmetics has great options for Blush. Blush is used to create a natural glow and also used to enhance and sometimes manipulate the appearance of your facial structure. The key to applying blush is not putting too much on your face but putting just enough to barely see the color. When blended in properly is does look like you are "bushing" a little or have a nice glow.

For beginners, I suggest you try BH Cosmetics' 10 Piece Professional Blush Palette. Even though this palette's name says "professional" it is great for beginners. This Palette holds 10 different types of blush colors. Some of the blushes are matte and others have shimmers. The best thing about this palette is that it is regularly priced at $16.95 but currently on sale $10.51. Blushes at the MAC counter are almost double the price for just one color.

I am a owner of this blush palette myself. Below are some photos and swatches of the blushes on my skin. The only con about this palette that there are one maybe two blushes that a little hard to see. That can be easily fixed my building (reapplying) the product until you achieve the visibility you are looking for. It is still worth the money.

BH Cosmetics ships out the products fast. I have personally ordered from their website at least three times and I received all my orders in about 3 business days or less. I've never had and issue with any of the items I ordered. The products arrive well packaged to prevent items from breaking or being altered.

If you need more information on applying blush visit the website Makeupsense.com This website gives a in-depth explanation and show examples on "how to choose textures that work with your other makeup, which are the most flattering hues for your skin tone, and how to emphasize or modify your face shape with blush." http://www.makeupsense.com/en/face/blush/

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