Younique Makeup

So I had a lot of requests for this one. The time has come for me to share my review on the up and coming make up and skin care line called Younique. This system is one of the few online only products that uses primarily social media for marketing and selling. I saw the photos all over Facebook that was promoting this end all be all mascara; promising to give you 300% increase on your lashes. Shenanigans, right? Wrong.

I’m one of those “BUY ALL THE THINGS!” people when it comes to make up. I love it and would wear it anywhere and anytime. I even wear it to the gym. Because I can. With Younique that is. Let me start by saying as a 25 year old mother of a 1 year old and a borderline newlywed of 2 years, I used to have great skin in high school. Odd, right? Then in college, for some reason I started to break out and get pimples and my skin became more and more sensitive. I could only wear certain types of makeup that wouldn’t make it worse. I have combination skin. That means that my T zone is oily while the rest of my face is dry. This makes it even harder to find skin care products that work. I’ve got to moisturize here, and use a toner there.

The foundation has to be for combination skin specifically and MUST be non-comedogenic (meaning it is designed so it won’t clog your pores). So, on the 8^th day, God created Younique and saw that it was good. No joke. I did my research on this one. I read every page on the website. The ingredients, the reviews, the tutorials, and then I googled the reviews, I looked at it all. I’m skeptical of reading reviews on an actual product page, so I do my own searching to see what people are actually posting about the product. I couldn’t find anything bad about Younique.

It took me a while to browse the website. I wanted to know, “Why Younique?” What makes it so much better? Younique “thoroughly researches every single ingredient, and then educates you on what it does and why it's there”. This is a high quality make-up. You won’t find it at your local Macy’s. What I love is that each ingredient is not only listed, but defined. This is just a better make up all around. After using it, I could tell a difference in the quality of the makeup. Even the packaging is designed in a way that gives it a regal effect. This stuff is legit. I have switched my entire make up line over to all Younique products. I purchased the Perfect Start kit. It came with 2 foundations, a blusher or concealer (I chose blush) 2 moodstruck pigments (eye shadow) a lip gloss, and 3D fiber mascara.

I’ll start with the foundation in my kit. You could choose between pressed or cream and I chose cream. This foundation went on so smoothly. It was creamy, light and was silky to the touch. You could adjust the coverage. Unlike liquid foundation it seems like you only have one option: thick. With the cream, you could do a light coverage and go from there. It gives a very even and smooth appearance while still being light. It doesn’t look like I’m wearing your typical foundation, you know that look a girl has when you’re like, oh, she’s wearing a lot of makeup. Cue a picture of Tammy Faye Bakker. This looks natural. It feels natural. Best of all, my face doesn’t feel oily at the end of the day. I used to leave work not waiting to get home to wash my face and get another shower because I just felt oily and dirty. This isn’t like that. I almost forgot to take it off at the end of the night. Photoshop? Filters? No thanks, I’ve got Younique. People now stare at my complexion and one coworker even said it just looks like a porcelain doll.

Now, I ALWAYS wear blush. No matter what. I am pretty pale (very pale) so I need a little color on my face. The color of blush I chose was Stunning. It’s a very bright pink and a little goes a long way. Seriously. It’s a loose powder like most of their mineral products so you just need to shake a little in the lid, tap the brush to knock off any excess and apply lightly. It’s a gorgeous color and the 5.15 grams will probably last me for a year if not more.

The Moodstruck Pigments (aka eye shadow) are pretty awesome too. They are a loose powder that you should apply with a brush not a foam applicator. (Younique also has a line of brushes) but I already had a set so I used my own. For my kit I chose Daring, which is a dark caramel kind of brown with a little hint of a flex or shimmer. The other color was Curious. It’s an incandescent sheen. I apply the brown to the crease and the sheen to the upper brow. My traditional neutral look that goes with everything. You can apply their rose water for a cream eye shadow or use it as a liner. I topped it all off with their super silky, not sticky or heavy lip gloss.

Now the mascara. Oh, the mascara! I naturally have long eyelashes and I have NEVER seen anything work like this before. I used to wear L’Oreal Double Extend, where you apply the white coat that extends the lash and then cover and seal with the black coat. Man did I think I was living it up. I was so wrong when Younique’s 3D fiber mascara came in to my life; it put that mediocre L’Oreal ish to shame. First of all, I really didn’t know how it worked. I thought it was normal mascara. It requires two tubes. One is the transplanting gel, the other is the fibers. While doing one eye at a time, you apply a thin coat of your normal mascara; I use my go to Rimmel, and let it dry. Apply a coat of the transplanting gel, and while wet, apply the dry fibers to the outer and edge of your lashes. It’s kind of like a loose felt, that’s the only way I know to describe it. It looks like you have feathers on the ends of your lashes. I had a WTH is this moment. Then I continued to read the directions. Apply another coat of the gel to the fibers and it magically turns into lashes and you’re rocking some Katy Perry lashes. No freaking joke. I could do a review on the mascara alone. You can even apply more layers for a rock star look. I will never ever ever need to use fake lashes again. This is an all in one mascara. You can go from doe eyes to glam in just a few coats. While it does take a few minutes longer it is so so worth it. The mascara alone has my vote.  The only advice I have is to not pull both brushes out of the tubes at the same time. The tubes are not marked, just the lid, and they are both black tubes, so I accidentally put the gel brush in the dry fibers tube and had a mini panic attack. But it was all good. Now I just unscrew the lids so they are ready to go, because you have to apply the fibers while the gel is still wet. I have even added a photo at the bottom to show how they rock out. Three different days, same amazing results. The mascara is $29.00 for a 3 month supply if used every day. Stop what you’re doing and go get it right now. I have included the link from the presenter I was able to purchase mine from.

Younique has a whole line of skin care products from face wash to BB cream, and primer. Everything to give you the best runway look possible. Check them out.

www.youniqueproducts.com/kimberlyfarmer

 You’re welcome.

Price: $$$$

Pros:
Non-Cruetly (does not test on animals)

Ingredients listed and defined for EACH product and ingredient

Silky, smooth, even application,

Light weight, doesn’t cake

Breathable

Doesn’t feel oily

Money back guarantee (Amazing right?)

2 day priority shipping

No-in home parties needed

Cons:

Mascara tubes aren’t labeled (only the lid) so avoid user error and pay attention to which tube you’re returning your brush too.

Stars: 5/5

Check back next week for my review on Loreal Youth Code Pore Vanisher.

WEN Hair Care System

Wen Hair Care!

We've all seen the infomercials that have us wondering what this hair sorcery is. Chaz Dean, famous celebrity hairstylist, has developed an up and coming super popular hair care system to replace "shampoo, conditioner, deep conditioner, detangler and leave-in conditioner". The Wen Cleansing Conditioner is a non-foaming, sulfate free step that removes the chemicals and plastic fillers found in most shampoo systems. You can change the frequency of your shipment and what comes in your kit. You can fill your kit with the conditioners, styling products, and different "flavors". To begin, I have a very thick, coarse, naturally curly long hair.

First I'm going to talk about the actual conditioner itself. We'll get to the styling products later. I ordered it online and for just a few dollars extra I got priority shipping. I had my package within 4 days. Not bad. I open my kit and it was filled with lots of goodies and free gifts so to speak. They usually try to fill it up with trial size products to get you to try them out to buy later. It came with a how to guide for not only the conditioner but the styling products as well. 

I have a degree, but I usually say I've got book smarts, and sometimes my common sense goes out the window which is why I really like how to guides. Sometimes, I need a play by play or I will pull an Amelia Bedelia and put dust on the furniture. To my surprise however, it wasn't a one stop process. It's not a one and done conditioner. First it states to use cool, not hot water. (Difficult for me because I like to scald myself in the shower). You apply the conditioner liberally to hair from root to ends and then rinse. Then, you apply a second coat, focusing on the mid-shaft to ends. At this point, you can also add another product they have out called 6/13. Sort of like a booster conditioner to really amp up the softness. You leave the conditioner in for the remainder of your shower and add the booster with 2-3 minutes left. Then rinse. And voila! You have silky shiny and extremely smooth and soft hair. It truly does what it says it does. I love this product and hate when I run out. My first shipment only contained 1 bottle of the cleansing conditioner so I was out within 4 weeks and had to use my other stuff and did not like it at all. The second shipment was 3 huge bottles of the cleansing conditioner, more styling products and another big bottle of 613. Plenty to last until my next shipment. 

Now, I have heard some people complain that it can make your hair feel greasy. I seemed to have noticed this by my 3rd of 4th use. But, I also wasn't following the directions completely. I went back to using warm water and even had to do a couple of drive by sink washes. There was no time for the cleansing conditioner to truly work and do it's job to "cleanse". I also added a normal shampoo to my regimen once or twice a week. I have no doubt this stuff is legit when it comes to being the ultimate conditioner. It may just not be the best at truly cleansing your hair, especially if you have oily hair. So when I started following the directions to a T, and added a shampoo once a week. It was back to the softest hair, and I truly received lots of compliments. 

For the styling products. If you choose the styling trial kit as your first gift you'll get a straightening gloss, volume powder, renewing mask/leave in conditioner, texture balm, and the anti-frizz styling cream. I could have sworn I saw the replenishing mist, but I opened everything on my bed like a kid on Christmas and I think things went flying and rolling everywhere. After using the conditioner alone, my hair was truly soft and light weight. I could really tell that all of the nasty junk in other other products was gone. So I began to style. I used the anti frizz cream which is great. I use it every time I style my hair even when I decide to go curly. I add a little of the texture balm after its dried to really hold in the curls and its great. The volume treatment is a powder that feels a little wet, but you sprinkle it in your palm and apply to the roots. It's a little tacky which is what makes your hair voluminous, but it just didn't seem to last all day for me.  I don't really have a problem with volume so I didn't need to keep ordering it. The straightening gloss was a great finish and just kept the fly aways down and was the perfect last step. I give this product 4/5 stars! I won't go back to any other conditioner. 


Pros:
Does what it says
Leaves hair soft
Quick shipment
Smells great (I chose sweet almond mint)
Styling products last longer that I anticipated
Tames fly aways
Anti Frizz Cream works wonders
Free shipping
Can change shipping frequency
Can customize your kit

Cons:
Some people would say it's a bit pricey [but I think its a great deal (29.00 for the regular kit)]
Can leave your hair greasy if you have oily problems
Not just one step
Have to use cool water


Check back for our next review on Younique Make Up and Skin Care Line!!