Wander With Alice

And here is my last post of 2016! As I have wrote in my last blog, the reason I will be a little lazy with these last two blogposts, is to have more time to prepare for 2017! My motivation is as high as my goals, and I like to have a great start in the beginning of each year. I hope you understand. Again I will be sending you over to my YouTube Channel to check out my Worst 10 Beauty List of 2016! I hope you enjoy the video! Let me know your thoughts as always in the comment section!  VIDEO: 10 Best Makeup Products of 2016! (High End & Drugstore) I want to thank all of your for all your support on my YouTube Channels and Blogs for 2016! Let's make 2017 just as great! Thank you! Happy Wandering, Alice.

This is my second to last post of 2016! I can not believe that 2017 is only days away! I am excited! How about you?  In this post I will be sending you over to my YouTube Channel to check out my Top 10 Beauty List of 2016! I am going to be a bit lazy with this blogpost because I am planning and working hard for my 2017 videos...you know how it goes...new year, new energy, new motivation! I hope you don't mind my laziness for this and the next blog, and I hope you enjoy the videos! xx VIDEO: 10 Best Makeup Products of 2016! (High End & Drugstore) Happy Wandering! Alice

What a wonderful  Beauty Haul Set from Ciate London! This is a $49.00 set with a $219.00 value. This is also a collaboration set with Australian based YouTuber, Chloe Morello. I had never heard of her before until I bought this set, and now I am a fan. Haha!

This has been one of the most sought after holiday sets that is out at Sephora at the moment. It has been out-of-stock and restocked twice now, and it is only sold exclusively at Sephora, so there really is no alternative way or venue to buy it. I feel really fortunate to get my hands on it.

This is the best, festive holiday set I have reviewed so far, and if you have been keeping up with my blog, you know I have been reviewing a lot for this Holiday Season! All of this, (which is four full-size products) is just $39.50, with the value of $166.00 .

How cute is this ornament! As a beauty fanatic, I personally would love a Christmas Tree full of beauty ornaments like this one! This doesn't have to be a big tree either. A small one foot tall would be a dream come true! 

So I was looking for a few beauty stocking stuffers from Sephora to review and hopefully help you all out with your holiday shopping, and I came across this little set. This little set holds three deluxe size lip colors from bareMinerals Gen Nude Matte Liquid Lipcolor line for $18.00 with the value of $27.00. "Not Bad," I thought when I added it to my cart.  Now I have tried it for a week, and let's say, I am very disappointed.

I didn't know if I wanted another Lancome Juicy Shaker when I got my first one in a Sephora Favorites Give Me Some Lip Kit . It wasn't pigmented, and I was not sure if I like the oily formula. A few weeks later I realized that I was actually using the Juicy Shaker everyday. It was clear that I am enjoying this lip oil. So when I saw this sweet little deal when all the holiday sets started rolling out at Sephora , I of course grabbed it.

Hi guys, I want to introduce my beauty bullets. It's a special form of arsenal for beauty. The brand is called Besame , which translate to "Kiss Me" in Spanish. That's code in deadly fire. Haha, in all realness, these are actually mini-lipsticks, but don't they resemble bullets?

This Diorshow Iconic Overcurl Mascara  is one of the most expensive mascaras I have ever paid for! This mascara retails at $28.50! Okay, it's not the most expensive mascara either (*cough* Lancome *cough* Givenchy ). However, it's the only expensive mascara that I paid near the full price for, and I am so happy and relieved that I love it! Dior says this is " a revolutionary mascara, enriched with a volume boosting formula with a curved brush that offers spectacular volume and curling power. Statistically, it promises 53% more volume and 111% more curl ."

I love skin brightening makeup. I already have too many for just one person to use up in one lifetime, but what can I say, makeup is an obsession. So when I heard of Besame's Brightening Setting Powders , I really wanted to try them, and the packaging is so adorable. (High fives for cute packaging! Just take my money now.) Luckily, my craving for Besame makeup started around the holiday season, and I was able to get my hands on this awesome trio set. I bought this  Brightening Setting Powder at Sephora  set for $25.00, and it consists of three 0.1 oz powders in shifter containers. A full size retails at $22.00 for 0.21 oz each. So I think I got a pretty good deal here. 

How cute is this Marc Jacobs lip set? This comes with two mini-size lipsticks of Marc Jacobs Nudes Sheer Gel Lipsticks in Role Play and Screen Play, as well as, a deluxe sample of Marc Jacobs (P)outliner Longwear Lip Pencil in Prim(Rose). This would make a sweet stocking stuffer for a makeup lover. I mean, I would personally be excited to see this in my stocking on Christmas morning.

This is such a neat Holiday Lip set! It comes with 5 Deluxe Tarteist Lip Crayons and 5 Deluxe Tarteist Creamy Matte Lip Paints . This retails at $46.00 with a value of $70.00. It didn't take me a lot of convincing to place an order despite the mass amount of negative reviews on the Sephora website. The complaints were mostly geared toward the lip liners. Many stated that the liners were dry, have no pigment, and crumble easily.

My obsession was reignited first with the Smashbox Always On Matte Liquid Lipsticks, now it intensified with this, the Stila Stay All Day Liquid Matte Lipsticks . I am so obsessed! I knew I adored matte liquid lipsticks the I went on a drugstore matte liquid lip craze earlier this year, but these higher end brands are on a whole new level!

I'm on the hunt for the perfect travel eyeshadow palette. I want something that is easy to use (as in shadow blendability), have beautiful colors, and is compacted enough to not take up too much space since I want to be able to carry all my belongings on the plane with me.   RELATED LINK: My Travel Channel "WANDERLUSTWITHALICE" So when I saw this  tartelette  tease palette  for $21.00, I knew I had to try it. I have heard a lot of great things about Tarte Eyeshadows, so this small, mini palette was the perfect opportunity to try a new brand, and to check off something I "needed" in my travel list. 

Yes, this cute Ornament Set is part of Tarte's Holiday Collection, but it doesn't mean you can't buy these in their full sizes at $24.00 each, (I believe "Black" is the only color option in this line for now) and it comes with a full size brush!  This cute little set is $19.00 with the value of $28.00, and you get to try out two verses one color, which is the reason on why I bought this. Tarte has another Holiday Set "Wing Workers Deluxe Tarteist" Eyeliner Set" ($35.00) that comes with four mini eyeliner colors and a full-size brush. After trying these liners out, I got to say I am a fan. It does smudge at the corners, but I love the creamy formula and innovative packaging so much that I'm okay with a little smudge.  RELATED POST: [Holiday 2016] Tarte Cosmetics Tarte "Works of Tarte" Color Wheel Amazonian Clay Blush Palette Review Tarte claims these Clay Paint Liners to be waterproof and offers a seamless, no-budge...

I am over the moon with this palette! I usually do not buy any of Tarte's Holiday sets because I find them to be quite bulky, and frankly they all come in gimmicky, cutesy packaging that I find impractical. I know that I will end up not using it once the holiday season have passed. However, this Tarte Cosmetics Color Wheel 10-Blush Palette is simply wonderful!

I didn't mean to WHAM! you all in the face with such a big and colorful picture right off the bat, but you have to admit, this Smashbox Light It Up Trio Palette Set is quite a head turner. Its loud neon packaging is what caught my attention, and you can see that I ended up buying it.  (No self control indeed...)

The black and red design on the packaging is perfect for this mascara's name, "Immortal Lash". The matte tube looks menacing and forbidden. Even so, I knew I had to try it. I haven't seen or heard people talk about this mascara unless I specifically do some research on it, but this mascara has not been a mainstream favorite for a while now since it is considered old news. Even so, I finally got my hands on this baby, and I am so happy that I did.

This is my favorite Sephora Favorites to date. I know I said this for the last Sephora Favorites I bought, but this one topped it. The Give Me Some Lip may be small compared to the latter, but this little lip-shaped box consist of some awesome goodies for a great value.  You pay $28.00 for a Value of $97.00.

Hi everyone! Meet Covergirl's $11.49 eyeshadow palette collection that claims to contain eyeshadows that look like leading $50.00 palettes in the beauty market. These are the TruNaked Eyeshadow Palettes. The three originals are the Nudes (warm browns and beiges colors), Roses (pink rosey colors), and Goldens (cool-tone browns and olive colors) Palettes, but Covergirl has recently come out with the TruNaked Jewels Eyeshadow Palette , which consist of a few colorful shades along side your usual neutral shadows. These images were taken from CoverGirl's and Ulta Beauty's Website.

Presenting one of Covergirl's newest LashBlast Mascaras, the " Plumpify Blast PRO ". Every time a new LashBlast Mascara comes out, I always wonder..." How big is the brush this time ?"

Here are my Rimmel Cosmetic purchases of 2016. Some of these products debuted in 2016, and some have been around for years. However, they are all new to me. So for the next few weeks, I will be testing out these products, and I will upload reviews sharing my thoughts with you as usual.

This mask is made of  natural lyocell fibers and is saturated with a rich serum formula that feels soft and hydrating on the skin. The light scent of rose is refreshing and satisfying. It immediately put me into a pampering state. Too bad these mask are $6.00 a sheet. I guess these are going to be saved for special occasions.

If you have oily skin, you may like these charcoal infused face cleansers from Garnier Skinactive. I can vouch that these products do soak up oil fast! How do I know that? I know this because my skin screams for moisturizer every time I cleanse my face with these products!

Less is more with this foundation. In my "First Impression Tutorial", I complained that the foundation took a long time to blend. However, that was completely my fault because I actually used too much. Apparently a little goes a long way with this foundation without compromising the coverage it gives the skin.

I bought this Kiwi Gentle Exfoliating Scrub by KORRES Modern Greek Apothecary on clearance at Sephora. Now I know why KORRES has decided to discontinue this product...it is because it is not a very good face scrub. I'm pretty sure you are wondering why I am still bothering to review an item that you can not get anymore. Well my beauty lovers, it's because I am planning on trying out more KORRES Exfoliating Scrubs in the future, and I would like to have old reviews to look back upon and compare them. So now that I have given you my excuse on why I am reviewing a discontinued product, let's talk about the product.

Since I have oily-combination skin, I bought the combo primer, but if you have oily or dry skin, don't worry, Covergirl TruBLEND Primer has a primer for that too.

I was pleasantly surprised by these blushes. These are Covergirl's newest blushes, TruBLEND Blushes . It comes in three different color, each gears towards a different skintone; light skin tones (Light Rose #100), medium skin tones (Medium Rose #200), and deep skin tones (Deep Mauve #300).

These lipsticks are the classics of the drugstore. Did you know that they have been around for over 70 years, but don't worry, mine are not that old! Even after all these years and so many brands have come out with their own version of lipsticks, these Super Lustrous Lipsticks still has one of the best formulas at the drugstore.

Physicians Formula is at it again with their beautiful packaging. Doesn't this look like something a mermaid would have in her makeup collection? It is simple stunning!

I have been using this eye gel for the past six or seven months. I do not own the full size which contains 1.0 oz, but rather two travel sizes of 0.25 oz, and I just started using my second jar, so you see a little bit of this goes a long, long way.

This palette is humongous. My fingers could hardly wrap around it! However, even though it has a large circumference, this palette is actually quite thin. So you are still getting your average amount of highlight powder and bronzer powder that you usually get from a Wet N Wild product, but I do appreciate the size. The size allows me to use any size brush without accidentally mixing the two powders. These are so different from each other (color-wise), and they both have a different use, so it is great that they will not be mixing together no matter how messy I dip in my brush. 

There is a tassel! A Tassel! Have you ever seen an eyeliner with a tassel before? I haven't, and that is why I bought this Argan Wear Ultra-Nourishing Argan Oil Kohl Kajal Eyeliner even though I have never enjoyed Physicians Formula Kohl Kajal Eyeliners in the past. I have bought two sets of trios from their Shimmer Strips line, and they were not lasting and they smudged as if it was pouring out that day. But this liner is from their Argan Wear line, so I figured the formula  would be different. And boy was it different!

This is my still my favorite go-to makeup finisher. I had this pressed powder for years, and have created a beautiful dip in it which is actually rare for me since I have enough makeup for 30 women. It's a bit excessive, but it's one of my weaknesses, so I don't regret having more makeup than a person needs. Revlon PhotoReady Translucent Finisher, $13.99. Now back to this powder. This is beautiful. 

Covergirl is actually the first makeup brand I have ever used! So this haul is very nostalgic for me since I haven't used much Covergirl since High School.

I have never tried a BB Concealer before, but I have tried many BB Creams, and I used to be obsessed with them about two years ago. So what my expectations were for this Physicians Formula Argan Wear Ultra-Nourishing Argan Oil BB Concealer was to be like a BB Cream; light-coverage with the texture and hydration of a lotion. Was I right?

I want to let you know that I have the "Light" color of this Murumuru Bronzer , and it is too light for me to really go-to-town with bronzing my face with it. So you're probably thinking, then what do you do with it?

I'm starting a 2nd Channel!  This channel is going to be focused on travel.  Click Link to go to WanderlustWithAlice: Travel/Vlogging Youtube Channel I have been wanting to start a travel channel for a long time, and if you had noticed one of my pages in the page bar is labeled " Travel&Food " , and has been featured there since I started this blog. There used to be quite a few blogposts featured there, but since it's been over two years since I have last posted on there, I thought it was time to start fresh, so I deleted everything. Tomorrow, August 30th , will the "first" post on that blog since 2013... ...and on Friday, September 2nd, 2016 , will be my first video on my WanderLustwithAlice Travel Channel ! The video with be an Intro to [My Top 5] Places in the South & East Bay Area, California  Series. The plan for this travel channel is to start out locally first, just around the Bay Area, and slowly venture out to the rest of Cal...

I was a bit nervous about trying out this mascara because I had the worst luck with mascaras that contains any kind of oil, whether it be coconut oil, or other Argan oil mascaras. I haven't seen an oily oil infused mascara yet. The thing about these oil-infused mascaras was that they always smudged terribly on me. I would look like a raccoon within two hours of wear. Two of these mascaras happens to be from Physicians Formula! So you can definitely see why I'm a bit skeptic when it comes to their new Argan Wear Mascara , $9.95.

I keep on receiving these 7ct Simple Cleansing Facial Wipes travel packets in my beauty box subscriptions! If I am remembering right, I have received about four to date, so I think I have used enough to know how I feel about them. You ready to hear my opinion? I do not like these very much...in fact, I do not bother using them as facial wipes anymore, rather I use them to clean swatches off my arms when I am taking pictures or video footage of products I am reviewing.

First of all, the packaging is beautiful. That was the first selling point. The second selling point was the words "COCONUT WATER". The third selling point was the word, "PRIMER". Coconut Water with Argan Oil that is a primer for the face. Now I've got to try this! Physicians Formula Argan Wear 2-in-1 Argan Oil & Coconut Water Primer Physicians Formula claims this primer is, "a light, refreshing and ultra-hydrating blend of 100% pure Argan Oil and 100% pure Organic Coconut Water that provides priming, hydrating and brightening benefits, all-in-1!"

I have just found my new favorite drugstore foundation, and here it is my fellow beauty lovers, the Neutrogena Healthy Skin Liquid Makeup. This is definitely not something new in the market, but it is new to me. I have always heard great things about this foundation, and now I know why.

When it comes to Summer, there is no mistakenly that I will get a tan because I tend to go hiking a lot more than usual, and I HAVE TO go to the beach at least once! Sometimes getting a tan can cause discoloration on the skin because the sun does not hit every part of the body equally especially the face area with all it's curves and dips and humps. So here are the products that I have to using and trying to emphasize my summer glow, either on my face or body.

This is one of my FAVORITE palettes I have ever purchased through YouTube hype!  This $62.00 palette holds three shades of Hourglass's line of Ambient Lighting Powders. From left to right you have; Dim Light (Neutral Peach Beige), Incandescent Light (Champagne Cool-Tone Pink), and Radiant Light (Golden Warm Beige). Incandescent Light happens to be exclusive to this palette, and this palette is sold exclusively in Sephora. That is just perfect (sarcasm) because Incandescent Light happens to be my favorite, meaning (if) I finish that one particular powder, I am going to have to repurchase the whole palette again. That being said, all of these shades happen to be universally flattering on my skintone, so sooner or later, I will being using up all three powders because I enjoy all three of them.

The Too Faced Chocolate Soleil Matte Bronzer is probably one of the most popular and talked about bronzers in the beauty industry. Not only does it smell like chocolate because it is infused with antioxidant-rich cocoa powder, but it is a beautiful universally-pleasing matte bronzer....but a full size is $30.00. So when I had the opportunity to get the Bronzed & the Beautiful palette, that not only contains the famous Chocolate Soleil, but also three other face shimmers and bronzers for nearly the same price as a full size Chocolate Soleil. 

Infused with the intense hydrating ingregrient, Argan Oil, these  illuminating products do not only "enlighten" you skin, but heals and moisturizes as well.