Hello, my friend.
If you watched my video earlier today, thank
you so much.
I did put up a video for September 3rd for
Ulta's 21 Days of Beauty and I asked people
whether they liked the longer form videos
or whether they liked the shorter ones.
The vast majority of people said the shorter
ones but you wanted them a day ahead.
So, I'm gonna do one better and I'm gonna
give you two days ahead,.
So that's the schedule I'm gonna try to keep
on these is to do two days ahead for you.
So let's go ahead and start with September
4th.
We'll do the 4th and the 5th and then I'll
be back to do the 6th and the 7th soon.
September 4th.
There we go.
Alright.
So first we have the Lancome Monsieur Big
Mascara.
Now, I know I've tried this.
I know I have and I honestly can't remember
whether Iiked this mascara or not.
So I'm not gonna try to make it up and pretend
like I remember.
I think I remember liking it, but then I kinda
think I...
I don't know.
So what I did was Iooked at the reviews just
to save you a little time just in case you
hadn't clicked on it.
The reviews say that it's volumizing, but
there are some comments about smudging, so
keep that in mind.
Nothing really stood out on the ingredient
list.
I wish that I remember what I thought of this
and its killing me that I don't.
But I don't want to give you inaccurate information,
so I'm not gonna, you know, guess at what
I thought of it.
Let's go on to the two Peter Thomas Roth products.
We have the Water Drench Hyaluronic Cloud
Serum and then the Water Drench Hyaluronic
Cloud Hydrating Toner Mist.
So let's talk about the serum first which
is the more expensive one.
This looks incredible.
This is a dehydrated person's dream and I
want you to keep in mind that people with
oily skin could also have dehydrated skin.
When you have dehydrated skin and oily skin,
your oil production may increase because your
skin doesn't have enough water and your skin
is like AHHH I need something to give me lubrication!
So, it starts producing more oil, so just
because you have oily skin doesn't mean you
don't have dehydrated skin.
This is a powerhouse of ingredients in here.
And what's great is the Saccharide Isomerate,
the Sodium Hyaluronate, and the Sodium PCA
all work together to pull water from the top
of the product also from the air.
If you have a lot of humidity in the air right
now, it's gonna be great to use with this
product because it's going to pull it into
the top layers of your skin.
The hydrolyzed silk has water binding properties,
so it's going to hold it into your skin.
There's also the algae extract, which is an
antioxidant and the honey extract which is
wound healing.
So if you have, like, cracked skin that may
hurt a bit, this is gonna be amazing.
It's also an antioxidant.
And there's tons of other really good ingredients
in here and it's also fragrance free.
So yes yes yes if you have dehydrated skin.
100% I think this looks amazing just from
the ingredient list.
I'm not a cosmetic chemist, but based on my
research this looks really really good.
Now I can't say that the other one looks as
good.
It's kind of like the wimpy sibling of the
first product.
So this is a toner mist.
It's a lite version of the serum.
Plus it has witch hazel water in it which
some people find is something that does not
agree with their skin.
Now witch hazel extract is gonna be stronger
for irritation than a witch hazel water, but
I don't know, I've heard a lot of people...
either you really like products with witch
hazel or you don't.
This one is definitely not as intense as the
one we talked about a second ago.
There are more skin soothing ingredients in
this in the aloe leaf juice and the elderberry
fruit extract.
Those are really nice for skin soothing, so
ummm... it's gonna give you a little bit of
hydration, a little bit of astringent properties,
and some calming.
So if that sounds good to you, then this may
be a product that you want to look into.
Now let's go into this kind of mixey one here
with a few different brands of products.
We're going to talk about the PMD personal
microderm pro first.
I've never used a product like this.
Honestly, physical exfoliation like this kind
of freaks me out and I'm kind of scared of
products like this.
I'm very much a chemical exfoliating kind
of person.
So the concept of this is that you put on
of those exfoliating disks over here.
You put one of those inside and there are
different strengths.
Some of them are for sensitive skin all the
way up to I've been using this a while and
I can handle it skin (laughter).
I did watch a review of this from Angie from
Hot and Flashy and I definitely suggest that
you check out her video.
It was very interesting to hear her analysis
of it and she too, even though the product
was sent to her, she still said that she prefers
chemical exfoliators overall, but it did have
some positives that may be worth it to you.
Definitely check out her video.
Now, you're not supposed to use this more
than once a week and you do have to buy replacement
disks for this.
Each disk is supposed to last 3-4 uses.
You can see that it comes with two of each
kind of disk and then you can buy six disk
packs for $20.
So when you find the style that you like,
you can buy 6 of them for 20 bucks.
Another thing to keep in mind is that if you
are chemical exfoliator, like myself, you
use AHAs, BHAs, or even if you're using retinol,
they don't recommend you use this product
in conjunction with those.
You need to take a week at least off of those
products before you use something like this.
This is not something that I'm personally
interested in, but if you do like physical
exfoliation, definitely check out Angie's
video.
There's a bunch of other reviews as well.
Okay.
This one.
The Flawless by Finish Touch Flawless Beauty
Fridge.
Some people say that it does increase the
shelf life of products and it also can improve
the efficacy of ingredients like vitamin c
and vitamin c derivatives, but then some people
say that preservatives do a fine enough job
of that without being refrigerated.
Now, some people also say that extreme temperatures
like extreme cold or extreme hot can make
the products not work the way they are supposed
to do or it could totally change the consistency
of it.
So that's a thing.
I've also read that putting skincare in the
fridge to cool it may help it sink better
into your skin which I thought was interesting.
I can imagine that it can only go so far,
but if it sinks better into the skin, that's
a good thing.
I've actually put vitamin c products in my
regular refrigerator.
If it's like a back up of something and I'm
gonna be out in a few weeks and I just bought
a backup or if it's a product that got sent
to me or you know, just something that I purchased
and I don't plan on using it right away, I
do put vitamin c products in my regular refrigerator,
but I don't need a whole fridge just for vitamin
c products.
So, I'm not interested in this, but there's...
you know... if you are interested, I'm sure
you can google it and find more information
on it as well.
I'm just personally not interested in it.
That's just me.
Alright.
Original Makeup Eraser.
I know that there's dupes for this product,
and I will be honest with you, I have never
tried a dupe for the Original Makeup Eraser.
I've heard that you can use a regular microfiber
towel, but those things feel really weird
on my hands and I don't like that and these
feel really really good.
Um..
I really like these.
They remove makeup very very well with just
water... warm water and I'll use mine multiple
times before I wash it because I'll use one
corner, then I'll use the other corner the
next night, then I'll flip it over and I'll
use the other side both corners, so I get
4 uses out of just one makeup eraser before
I have to wash it and I really love this product.
I think it works very very well and it makes
me very happy.
It's very nice, also, if you have like a cleansing
balm and it's not quite taking off all of
your makeup, and you just need something to
take off the last eye makeup, these things
are wonderful.
I love them.
I don't know what I would do without my makeup
eraser.
Honestly.
Like, I love this product.
So that does it for September 4th, let's talk
about September 5th.
There's only 3 products available on September
5th for 50% off.
So this one is diamond and platinum exclusive
and that's the Tarte... you know what I was
gonna say...
I was gonna go the Shart Tape Shape.
(giggling) The Tarte Shape Tape Concealer.
They have done a bit as far as improving their
shade range on this, which is great.
They've improved it.
I haven't seen any reviews of this recently
as far as in actuality 'cause sometimes the
images online can be deceiving as far as like
how inclusive the shade range is at this point.
But I do want to talk about my personal experience
with this.
I find this to be a very intense formula that
you only need the tiniest little bit to get
some really really good coverage.
It is very very very full coverage, and I
personally like my Tarte Shape Tape.
The only concern I have is if you have a lot
of fine lines under your eyes or wherever
you are using this product, it will probably
accentuate it, especially if you go in a little
too heavy.
I think one thing that helps me is using it
with a beauty sponge.
It kind of sheers it out a little bit, blends
it out and I personally really like Tarte
Shape Tape.
The base of this is silicones, but then, after
the silicones, there are 7 different types
of fragrance that I could count.
There might even be other ones that I just
don't recognize.
That includes unspecified fragrance.
So if you are anti-fragrance and you are concerned
about fragrance sensitivity over time, this
is not going to be a concealer for you, just
because there's so many of them in there.
It doesn't mean there's more in here because
there's so many, but the more types of fragrance
you have in your products, the more likely
you're going to become sensitized to one of
them.
So, at least that's from what I've read.
There are some good ingredients in here like
moisturizing stuff like olive oil, shea butter,
mango seed butter, sunflower seed oil.
Really nice stuff in there, you just kind
of have to decide whether this product is
right for you, and I know so many of you have
already tried this, so feel free to leave
your thoughts on this product and help others
in the comments down below.
Alright now this next product, that is not
for... it's for everybody, it's not just for
Diamond and Platinum, is this Glow Wand and
I swear, I don't remember this thing launching!
(giggling) Supposedly it launched last December
and I just didn't even...
I must have talked about it in What's Up in
Makeup, but it just, like, went over my head.
I don't even know (laughing).
So this is a liquid brightener.
So you're supposed to either put it on alone
to add a glow or to... um... to add on to
whatever concealer you have to brighten your
under eyes.
One of the things that it touts is that it
has diamond powder in it.
And it does have diamond powder in it, but,
honestly, I feel like probably most of the
shine, if not all of the shine, is probably
going to be coming from the mica here.
I think that maybe they put... this is just
my thought... that maybe they put the diamond
powder in just so that they could say that
the diamond powder was in there, but its probably
the mica that you're seeing with the glow.
There's also some really good hydrating and
moisturizing ingredients in here.
Glycerin, propanidiol, squalane.
Really nice to see those in here.
I didn't note any fragrance in here that I
could see, but definitely talk to your allergist
if you're allergic or if you're concerned,
talk to your dermatologist.
There is a flower in here that Ilooked up
called the hoya lacunosa flower extract, but
you know what's weird about it?
It says that it has a brightening effect.
A flower that brightens.
I don't know.
I don't really understand, but there's a website
called Cosmetics and Toiletries that is a
professional website that said that, so I
trust them (laughing), but apparently it's
used in a lot of liquid highlighters, but
it's a flower extract.
I don't know.
I think that's really crazy.
So I did watch a review of this from a woman
named Savvy and it was really a great review.
I'll link it down below for you, and she really
liked it a lot and it looked gorgeous on her,
but she compared it to the Charlotte Tilbury
Hollywood Flawless Filter.
She said that basically, if you have that,
you don't need this.
It's a very similar kind of product.
So if you're familiar with that, I think that,
you know, she sounded like super legit and
knowledgable as far as what she was talking
about, so if you already have the Charlotte
Tilbury product, you may not need the glow
want.
But I'll link her video down below in case
you want to watch it.
And then, finally, we're gonna go into the
Tula product.
And I don't have a whole lot to say about
this, but I do want to mention this is a Brighten
Up Smoothing Primer Gel.
Now I have a whole video on primers and how
to pick a good primer.
It's called "Why Your Primer Sucks".
I think that's what I called it (laughing),
and there's really two major types of primers.
There's silicone based primers and then there's
either hydrating/moisturizing primers.
This is more of a hydrating primer.
In the ingredients there's quite a few hydrating
ingredients with some texture ingredients
and the problem with it, though, is that it
has a ton of citrus extracts.
A lot.
And those are ones that can be very acidic.
It can throw off the pH of the product.
Maybe it's pH balanced beautifully and it
doesn't throw off the pH of the product.
There's now way for us to know, but even just
fragrance wise, citrus extracts aren't the
best for the skin from what I've read.
There's bergamot extract in here, I mean,
it's very perfumey in here.
There's limonene, linalool, citral.
I mean, it's just not good as far as the fragrance.
I would probably knock this out based on that.
There is turmeric extract.
I think I said that right.
I always said tu-mair-ic someone said I said
it wrong so I think it's turmeric extract
which might be an antioxidant and skin calming
to reduce redness and they do say that this
is great for blemish prone skin.
So, um, if you do have that, you might like
that because it is hydrating and it could
calm redness, but all those fragrances, man,
that's gonna be a no from me.
I'm not...
I'm not diggin' on this one, but I can see
the market for this and why some people would
really like it.
So, hopefully, I've given you enough information
to decide whether this is going to be something
that's right for you.
So that is it for this video for September
4th and 5th of the Ulta 21 Days of Beauty.
I hope you loved this.
So I will plan to be back with another one
of these on Saturday to talk about the 6th
and the 7th to give you a little bit of time
to decide.
And don't worry, What's Up in Makeup is coming
on Sunday.
We are going to have our chat.
I'm looking forward to hanging out with you.
So, mad love to you and I will see you in
a video very very soon.
Byyyyyyyyeee!!
It's weird.
You can't see me, but I'm waving, but byyyyyyyyyeee!!
