Jordana Twist & Shine "Candied Coral" Swatch + Review

Jordana's new Twist & Shine Moisturizing Balm Stains for $3.49 at Walgreens. I bought the shade Candied Coral. It's not really a coral when on my lips. It looks more like a bright pink with a bit of peach. It has no shimmer, but it is very glossy. It applies extremely smoothly and stays shiny for a few hours. It feels moisturizing, and it is a lasting moisture. Even once the shine fades, my lips feel moisturized. 

Once the shine fades, my lips are left with lots of color, and it does not look splotchy at all. It is a true stain, and I even find it difficult to remove at the end of the day. 

This is a nice product, and the price cannot be beat. If you can find a color you like, I'd say go for it. 

Eucerin DermatoCLEAN Micellar Facial Cleanser

I purchased this product while in Mexico, and I have no idea where it can be purchased anywhere else. I believe I paid about 12 USD for this product. Eucerin DermatoCLEAN is a micellar solution used to remove makeup/cleanse the skin very similar to Bioderma. Truth be told it should be the exact same product, just from a different company. I don't read Spanish well enough to describe all of the claims and such written on the packaging, but I did have someone translate it for me at the same, and he told me it says it removes makeup, even eye makeup, has no fragrance, and shouldn't clog pores. That's all I remember from his translation.

 A micellar solution contains cylindrical molecules that have a hydrophilic end and a hydrophobic end. These molecules bundle together into spheres (usually) with the hydrophobic ends inside the sphere. When the liquid is pressed to the skin, the spheres separate which leaves the hydrophobic ends of the molecules to grab anything off the skin that isn't water and then pop back into their sphere. The idea is that they pull makeup and gunk off your face, trap it, and leave any harmless water behind. That's why these products should not dry out the skin.

 As to the product's effectiveness I can say it works very well for face makeup and eyeshadows, but it does not remove mascara as well as I'd prefer. It will remove most mascara from the eyelashes, but I find I still have mascara residue at the base of my lashes. I do need to go over my face twice to remove all of my face makeup, but I do use a full coverage foundation. I think it's best to use a different eye makeup remover if you'd like to avoid scrubbing at your eyelashes.

 The product does not irritate my skin in any way.

 I bought this product because I am extremely lazy about washing my face at night, so I wanted to try something that would get all of my makeup off without having to use any water. I have not noticed any sort of breakouts from leftover makeup on my skin since I've been using this. I also use this product to cleanse my face at night even when I haven't worn any makeup. I find that my skin feels clean after using it. I would recommend this product (if you can find it) or any micellar solution for makeup removal or general cleansing. If I were able to purchase the Eucerin product in the United States I would, but I'm not sure I'll be able to find it, so I will probably purchase a different brand when I finish the Eucerin.

 4/5 because it does not remove mascara or waterproof eyeliner well.

August 2010 Favorites (because I can't make a video --stupid iMovie)

- sulfur soap
- Burt's Bees Herbal Blemish Stick
- Earth Therapeutics Complexion Brush
- L'Oreal Go 360 Clean Deep Cream Cleanser
- OPI "What's with The Cattitude?"
- OPI "Pamplona Purple" with Sally Hansen "Hidden Treasure" over it
- Wet'n'Wild MegaLast "Club Havana"
- Neutrogena Healthy Skin Liquid Makeup SPF 20
- Wet'n'Wild ColorIcon palette "Vanity"
- Prestige Waterproof Eyeliner pencil "Granite"
- Bath and Body Works "Orange Sapphire" lotion and body spray
- MAC lipstick "Sandy B"
- Revlon Super Lustrous lip gloss "Firecracker"
- Soft Lips Pure 100% Natural Lip Polish

Perhaps I'll upload photos later? I'm pretty annoyed that my iMovie isn't working at the moment. So enjoy this fabulous list of fabulous products that I loved this month.

Public Enemies

Yes. Yes. Yes.   I have been waiting for this movie for ages, and now that I have seen it, something has been fulfilled (duh). Johnny Depp played the perfect John Dillinger, and Christian Bale played the perfect Melvin Purvis by making him like the complete idiot he was. And of course, the beautiful Marion Cotillard played her part as Billie Frechette perfectly, as she always does. She, being quite endearing by her own account, made the character very endearing, and it was heartbreaking to watch her cry at the end. I am very disappointed that the end of the movie did not say that the prostitute who sold Dillinger out in hopes of staying in America instead of being deported back to shitty Romania was later deported anyway, which means she sold out her friend who trusted her for nothing. Tsk tsk. There were a couple of inaccuracies, such as Frechette's arrest, but overall, they are easy to overlook. Everything about the film was very well done. 

Next up: BRUNO! He is a much better character than Borat, so this one promises to be more funny. And I do love me some Sacha Baron Cohen. He is hot when he's not dressed as an Austrian homosexual, and he's damn funny when he is. (and he has the most Jewish name EVER) I think the latter sentence is an example of zeugma, but I can't be sure as I'm not sure I understand the definition of that word just yet. 

9 July the Colour Craft collection is being released by MAC, and I am just hoping that I'm not as impressed with the colors as I think I'll be. That way I won't want to buy anything, and I definitely won't be disappointed when I don't get anything. I love their MSFs. That's really all I like from MAC. MSFs and lip products. I suppose their brighter eye shadows are nice, too. I still really want Chrome Yellow and Sushi Flower. 

Yesterday I bought the best thing of my life: Soap and Glory's Flake Away body polishing scrub. It is amazing. It exfoliates really well without being painful, smells delicious, and leaves skin feeling super soft. It apparently has moisturizers in it as well because after I used it, I didn't feel as if I needed any lotion, though now I am tempted to buy Soap and Glory body butter or something. While out I also picked up Rimmel Sexy Curves mascara to try it since I hear it's good, and I love mascaras. I have not opened it yet because I have a lot of mascaras opened at the moment, and I don't want to have to throw away a bunch of mascara because I couldn't use it all up. 

My list is not complete.

Mehron Palettes:

Metallic

Tropical

Pastel

Basic 

(all of them)

Stila:

Eyes

Kajal Eye Liner:

Onyx

Topaz

Emerald

Sapphire

Smudge Pot:

Black

Bronze

Eye Shadow:

Marrakesh Palette

Precious Pearl Palette

Mascara:

Lash Visor 

Face:

Hydrating Primer SPF 15

Illuminating Liquid Foundation in 10 Watts

All Over Shimmer Liquid Luminzer

Perfecting Concealer in a, aa, b, c, and e. 

Cheeks:

Baked Cheek Duo in Pink Glow

Convertible Color:

Lillium

Gladiola

Petunia

Peony

Rouge Pot:

Amaryllis

Jasmine

Lotus 

Water Lily

Lips

High Shine Lip Color:

Diane

Guinivere

Louise

It Gloss:

Inviting

Lip Liner:

Contour No. 20

Lip Color:

Cynthia

Miranda

Fiona

Kelly

Luce

Nicole

Olivia

Darla

Lip Glaze:

Apricot

Fruit Punch

Black Cherry

Honeydew

Lemongrass

Strawberry

Red Apple

Sweet Orange

Watermelon

Scents:

Jade Blossom Eau de Parfum

Jade Blossom Hair Refresher

So as one can see here, I want lots and lots and lots of makeup items (though the scents don't count--I NEED THEM). 

And this is not an exhaustive list. I didn't mention anything from lots of other companis that I like, like Everyday Minerals (it's not here because I actually will purchase those items---I love them, particularly the Snuggle blush). 

I should have put up a wish list for Lush and Best Bath Store. Ha. Maybe I can do that tomorrow. For now, I have decided to give my mother a manicure for mother's day and a nice card that I have not made yet. I'm also going to nom this giant bag of Trolli Sour Brite Crawlers worms that my mommy got me at the store. They don't seem to make the gummy octopodes anymore, and that makes me extremely sad. They were my favorite things in the world to nom. 

I got my ULTA catalogue today which is exciting and a problem. I have only today to get my free gift for spending so much money there in January, but I don't feel like going to get it, and it's only a bottle of nail polish (of which my ULTA has a poor selection) or one of their eyeshadows, which I don't like. I could probably find something, but I'm just not in the mood to go, and my thing expires tomorrow. I do plan to do some shopping there soon though because I just want stuff. We all know that. Also they sent me a super sweet coupon, and lots of stuff is on sale, and I love shopping. I could get some hair stuff or some mascara or something. I do so love buying those things. I also found a curling iron I want. I need a new one. I think I'm going to let my hair grow out for the summer just so I can curl it in different ways. I like having curled hair, but I HATE curling it. It takes forever. I need to find a new face primer. I want to try the Sally Hansen one. Right now I am using various things.  I could also use more hair accessories. Hmm...I think I just made a new wish list. Oops. 

I need to make a list of all the makeup items I want but shouldn't buy.

So that's what I'm going to do here. This is a before bed listing activity that will be good for me.

So I'll start with MAC products and move my way down to ---whatever else. 

MAC

Lip products:

Dazzleglasses:

Love Alert

Funtabulous

Girl's Delight

Baby Sparks

Extra Amps

Money, Honey

Lipsticks:

Slimshine:

Voile

Gentle Summer

Lovey-Dove

Viva Glam:

Viva Glam V

Lipstick:

Honeylove

Lollipop Loving

Myth

Speed Dial

EYES!

Pigments:

Vanilla

Mutiny (limited edition! :o( ...)

Pink Opal

Golden Olive

Melon

Old Gold

Eyeshadow:

Sushi Flower

Clarity

Shimmermoss

Chrome Yellow

Bitter

Orange

Cranberry

Paint Pots:

Bare Study

Rubenesque

Artifact

Painterly

Shadestick:

Taupographic

Beige-ing

Cream Color Base:

Fabulush

Improper Copper

Luna

Hush

Blush:

Mineralize Duo:

Moonriver

Love Rock

Random:

Glitter:

Reflects Bronze

Reflects Purple Duo

Reflects Transparent Teal

Reflects Antique Gold

NYX:

Jumbo Pencil:

Orange

Yellow

Hot Pink

Cherry

Mascara:

Doll Eye

Loose Pearl Shadow:

Charcoal

Baby Pink

Purple

Fanta

Yellow Gold

Orange Zest Pearl

Ultimate Pearl Eyeshadow:

Bronze Pearl

Copper Pearl

Ocean Pearl

Sahara Pearl

Single Eye Shadow:

Yellow

Ocean

Platinum Pink

Cherry

Orange

Odyssey

Africa

Chrome Eye Shadow:

Canary (obviously I need this)

Nymph

Hard Core

Yellow

Princess

Oatmeal

Geisha

Trio Eye Shadow:

Aquamarine

Serengeti

Anti Diva

White Tropical Silver

Liners:

Candy Glitter Liner:

Hot Green

Lavender

Red

Tangerine

Silver

Hot Yellow

Jade

FACE:

Blushers:

Peach

Taupe

Dusty Rose

Natural

Pinky

Spice

Lips:

Round Lipstick:

Pandora

Ceto

Apollo

Galaxy

B52

Earth Angel

Iced Lavender

Iced Honey

Tea Rose

Sunflower

Tinted Lip Spa:

Vintage

Sake

Juicy

Copacabana

Spirit

Matador

Goddess of the Night Lip Gloss:

Lollipop

Sunshine

Chestnut

Dream

Juicy Red

True Star

Taupe

Sugar Pie

African Queen

Sheer Tube Lip Gloss:

Pink

Lip Balm:

Grape

Strawberry

Apple

Watermelon

Peach

Orange

Lip Liners:

Auto Pencil:

Natural

Coffee

Burgundy

Jumbo Lipstick Pencil:

Gold

Iced Coffee

Plush Red

Narcisse

Chaos

Pink Nude

Almond

Vixen

Random:

Pencil Sharpener (for the jumbo eye pencils that I love so much)

China Glaze:

Cherry Pie

Raspberry Festival

Strawberry Fields

Adore

Awaken

Cherish

Emotion

Recycle

Tree Hugger

Hybrid

Unplugged

BFF

OMG

2NITE

Wireless Holographic Topcoat

OPI:

Feelin' Hot-Hot-Hot

Bronzed to Perfection

Overexposed in South Beach

Teal the Cows Come Home

Over The Taupe

No Room For The Blues

In My Back Pocket

Nicole Alert

A Grape Fit!

Atomic Orange

ElePhantastic Pink

Need Sunglasses?

Ladies and Magenta-men

St. Petersburgundy

Kosmo Not Tonight Honey

Kreme de la Kremlin

Dating A Royal

Light My Sapphire

Blue My Mind

Significant Other Color

D.C. Cherry Blossom

Sahara Sapphire

I also really, really, really, really want this.

Now I am sufficiently sleepy to sleep without supplements. Yay! I left out a lot of makeup stuff---it's just that NYX and MAC are currently catching my eyes. 

BTW, I went shopping today (yesterday), and I bought two more t-shirts (the same one I already have in like three colors), one is bright, royal blue (which looks really good on me; I've decided), and the other is pink. I also got an nude camisole to go under my super see through purple shirt that I love and cannot wait to wear. Summer time yay! 

I also got a weird necklace. It has a giant, wooden peace sign on it. I don't know why I bought it. I am sure I can incorporate it into something. 

I hope I get the thing for which I specifically asked as my anniversary gift (WINK WINK), but I'll be OK if I don't. I have spectacular plans. 

I am also planning as many spectacular things as possible for my love dove's birthday. It's just so difficult. I am determined to make us both happy on his birthday. Because last birthday made me miserable. And the first birthday was the worst day in our entire relationship, and I say that having evaluated every horrible thing that's ever happened. It was the catalyst to my crazy. Sorry love dove. It's true. I was discussing this in therapy. 

I went to a party last night. I made sure to look extra cute, and by that I mean I overdressed. I am always overdressed. One boy was trying to impress me for some reason by quoting literature, which I wouldn't except at a super nerd school that focuses on computer science and such, but whatevs. I was wearing four inch heels, and I can honestly say that there were only two guys who were taller than me there, one being my brother. Some fat girl was there, and she kept giving me mean looks. Other than that, it was fine. I didn't drink a single drop of alcohol, and I drove home. I got lost like three times, and I couldn't get anyone on the phone to help me get to where I was supposed to be because I kept taking the wrong exits for some reason, even though I know that I knew that they were the wrong exits. It's the drugs. My brain just isn't what it used to be. I'm going to discuss that with my psychiatrist on Monday, and I'm going to ask him about this face thing, like if it's normal with the new medication I've started or if I need to go see my other doctor about it. I'm scared to go see my other doctor about it because it's so weird and random that I'm sure they'll want to take blood, and I hate having blood taken. It just upsets me. And makes me nauseous, which is unfortunate because I desperately want to give blood. I want to donate blood! Except I think my blood might actually be useless. And it's full of drugs. 

Good night, cruel world.