The Kylie Lip Kit: Celebrity hype or a quality product?

Me wearing 22! I ordered Mary Jo K,
but was sent this, a lighter red with some
hints of orange. 

I did it…I fell into the Kardashion/Jenner black hole.  I bought a Kylie lip kit.  I don’t think any of them should be winning a noble peace prize, but I couldn’t deny that Kylie had some amazing colors in her line of matte lipsticks.  It was decided, I was going to get my hands on a lip kit, something that’s harder then it should be.  My first attempt of acquiring one had me following Kylie Jenner and Kylie Cosmetics on both Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat.  I even downloaded her app, but then immediately deleted it when you had to “subscribe” for an additional $2.99 a month to access the full app along with the lip kit restock times.  NOPE, wasn’t gonna do it, but I still got my hands on a kit! I noticed a comment on one of the Kylie Cosmetics Instagram pics saying that they post all the restock announcements, and that’s how I got mine.  In case you’d like to get your hands on one here are the two accounts I follow to get all the announcements, simply.chanelle, and lipkitbykylieupdates.  I guess there was actually one today! I’m sorry I missed it I wanted to be able to include the next time in this post! But if you follow both of these accounts you will defiantly get your hands on one. Also if you decide to give it a shot, go to her website KylieCosmetics.com right at the release time, there usually gone in about 10 minutes or less.  

Now that you know how to get one I can start my review. The lip coast $29.99 and it includes a lip liner and the liquid lipstick.  Some may think that’s high, but I was more bummed about the $8 shipping.  The lip kit arrived in a week, something I was honestly pleasantly surprised about.  I was excited to check it out. First impression, they sent me the wrong color!!! I e-mailed the company and am waiting on a reply.  I didn’t want to open it in case they needed me to send it back, but I did actually think about getting this color, and I wanted to get this posted!  Before I put on any lipstick or gloss I use a lip scrub by lush.  It removes any dead skin and allows for a smooth application.  I started with the lip liner (forgive me I haven’t got the perfect lines down yet), and followed with the liquid color.  With past experience with liquid lipsticks I do suggest using only one layer.  If you do two they kind of fight with each other and tend to flake off.  At first the lip kit felt quite dry on my lips, but I was kind of expecting it.  The dryness did go away after about a half hour.  One great thing about this kit is how light weight it feels! Another liquid lipstick I use is Stila, and that feels so much heavier.  So far I’ve had it on for four hours and it hasn’t smudged or flaked at all, something Stila seems to do a couple hours in, or after eating lunch.   Another plus with the lip kits is that it comes with a perfectly matching lip liner.  When I buy a new Stila color, that’s $20 alone, but they I also need to try to find a matching lip liner for another $20.  So when you look at it like that the lip kit is actually quite a deal.  Over all the lipstick did a pretty old job of staying on through out my day. I applied it at 1:00, and I didn't notice much of a difference until after I had supper tonight. I had ate earlier with it though and it was perfect afterwards so you defiantly don't have to starve yourself to ensure all day color!🙌🏼.  If I had to chose between the Kylie lip kit and Stila's all day liquid lipstick I would choose the lip kit. It was more light weight, flaked less, and it includes a loner that you know will be the right match. I know I'm surprised too! 

Time to take it off! 

On Fleek Assistance Needed

"Your eyebrows are on fleek! What do you use?" After hearing this in class I leaned towards my friend and said "I don't do anything with my eyebrows, am I suppose to?"  The trend that once boggled my mind (why add one more thing to do on our makeup routine list), has now grabbed my attention.  I'm intrigued by things I don't fully understand, like why women are suddenly putting so much effort into the caterpillars that sit above their eyeballs.  Growing up my mother drilled it into my head to not over pluck my eyebrows.  Thank you Peggy for that advice, as for one thing I do notice about peoples eyebrows, is if they don't really have any left.  But besides that I don't pay much attention to them, do a little plucking here and there, but otherwise they just hang out on my forehead. I actually started this post about a month ago, but didn't feel it was good enough to publish, and they I came across a tutorial on Instagram.  A women completely covered up her eyebrows with some form of thick concealer, re-drew them back on, and to top it off added individual fake eye brow hairs to finish her look.  I'm just baffled.  We're talking about eyebrows. Yes I know eyebrow shaping has always been a part of women's beauty routine, I guess I was just ok with mine, but now were coloring them to? I honestly thought that was just once you started getting older and your eyebrows became naturally thinner.  No I'm not judging woman who shape or color in their brows, I'm asking for their help! Like what do I do with my hands? I don't know.  I have dark eyebrows and blonde hair, I think that's a good thing? I also have some what of an arch, but is it "archy" enough?  Should they be fuller? I read a post on Man Repeller that shared the story of a women shaping her eyebrows for the first time at a NYC brow bar.  Yes those are a thing, do we have one in Fargo? I just googled it, apparently Ulta stores have benefit brow bars. Step one: Make appointment.  But how do I know what look I want to achieve? However Ulta's website did provide some helpful tips on what to ask for at your brow appointment, and what products you can use at home to keep up with your new look.  I thought about making an appointment and sharing the results, but honestly a monthly manicure is higher up on my list of self maintenance.  I realize you probably started reading this hoping you could get advice on eyebrow shaping, and clearly I'm not doing my job.  So I found some tips on line! The best advice I found was on elle.com.  This article is nice and short, yet still covers what I consider to be the basic foundation of eyebrow shaping.  Here's the link if your interested!
http://www.elle.com/beauty/makeup-skin-care/how-to/a29006/5-steps-to-your-best-brows-ever/
I also thought I would do a little research on popular products that eyebrow experts seem to love! Anastasia Beverly Hills seems to be a popular brand on the internet and among my friends.  They offer pencils, shaping gel, and tinted brow gel.  It's not the cheapest, but I would consider it to be reasonable.  Elle.com suggest the Sumita Beauty Imlee eye brow pencil for beginners, and its only $11.  Well I hope this helped anyone looking to improve their eyebrow game, and if not, hopefully it at least gave you a good laugh ;) Enjoy tomorrow if you have the day off and remember to thank Martin Luther King Jr. for all the progress and peace he helped our country come achieve.  Hopefully we can all work together to keep moving forward.

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