Collective Haul

This is (as you can tell) a collective haul! There was a sale on a certain product at my local Walmart and I received a coupon from Ulta. So these are the items...

(Left to right standing up)

NYX hi definition concealer in CW04 beige (normally $4.99)

It Cosmetics your skin but better cc+ in light (normally $38.00)

Maybelline instant age rewind dark circle eraser in brightener (normally $8.99)

NYX butter gloss in Apple Strudel (normally $4.99)

Maybelline Fit Me concealer in 20 sand sable (normally $6.99)

(Left to right laying down)

Flower line and shine lip liner in Nude (normally $6.98)

Flower line and shine lip liner in Cherry Red (normally $6.98)

Real Techniques miracle complexion sponge (normally $5.99)

Flower line and shine lip liner in Plum (normally $6.98)

Flower line and shine lip liner in Rose (normally $6.98)

This haul is actually from a couple weeks ago but I wanted to be able to tell you my thoughts (at least a little) on each product. 

(Left to right: NYX concealer, Maybelline dark circle eraser, Maybelline Fit Me concealer)

NYX hi definition concealer: The shade I got is on the yellow side. For my neutral skin tone it's not that big of a deal. I have tried this for blemishes and under the eye. I gotta say I like it for blemishes better. This dried out my under eye no matter how moisturized it was. I tried it with the blending sponge and with my fingers and like it for blemishes. 

(It Cosmetics cc+)

It Cosmetics your skin but better cc+: This I LOVE! I like a lighter coverage anyway, i'm not about the cakey, crusty looking face. This looks so great on me. I tried applying this with my fingers, with a brush and with the sponge. My favorite is with the sponge. It looks as natural as I have ever gotten makeup to look on me. This is not full coverage, so if you like that you may not like this but my usual foundation routine is with a BB cream anyway, so this is right up my alley. It looks a tad bit gray until you blend it out, but I think both yellow and pink undertones could pull this off.  

Maybelline instant age rewind dark circle eraser: I have tried this before and it was okay. I got the wrong shade (but I made it work) so I thought that's why I didn't like it very much. I heard all the big time YouTubers say they used the brightener shade, I thought I would give that a whirl. This shade is almost to pink.. I can make it work as long as I mix it with a yellower concealer, but I highly doubt unless I can figure this thing out I may never buy it again. If I don't mix it with a yellow concealer it looks oddly bright under my eyes and around my face. I know that's its job however it looms weird on me. Like I said, I have a neutral undertone so something g super pink looks off. It's not the formula I'm having issues with its the colors I'm choosing for myself. But still, if I can't figure out what shade I'm in what is the point of wasting money.. 

(NYX butter gloss)

NYX butter gloss: Where have you butter glosses been all my life?! I have heard amazing things about this product! I expected nothing less than awesome and this did not disappoint. It's creamy but not to sticky. It's quite pigmented but a beautiful topper of lipsticks also. I will be purchasing all the shades!

Maybelline Fit Me concealer: This is the concealer I mix the age rewind concealer with for under my eyes (sometimes). For an everyday look I use just this and I have to say I'm enjoying it. This works under my eyes as well as on blemishes. I use the sponge to blend it in. It does crease but I have never found a primer or concealer that helped with that with that so... such is life :). Just a side note, I don't have horrible blemishes (anymore) or horrible under eye circles so my main use for this is to cover a little under eye circles and a few scars from old blemishes. I do think it has great coverage even if you do have a little worse problems. 

(Top to bottom: Nude, Rose, Cherry Red, Plum)

Flower line and shine lip liner: I will just talk about all these at once. My favorite is Rose and Cherry Red, only because those are colors I wear frequently. I'm so excited for plum this fall though! The nude one is very (to much) nude to use it alone. I use it to tone down other lip colors or to make an ombre lip. These are easy to apply and creamy. I have a big problem with all lip products eventually making my lips dry out and unfortunately this is no exception. It's not huge fail to me though, I work around this problem. All in all I like these liners... a lot! :)

There you have it folks. My currant haul with mini reviews. If you have any questions please leave them in the comments below. 

Talk to you later! 

Coconut Oil

  You have probably already heard all about coconut oil, just in case you haven't though I thought I would post my uses and my thoughts about it. 

  The only brand I have tried is this one pictured above. 100% pure Lou Ana coconut oil. I found it in the baking isle at my local walmart. There are two sizes of this brand. I originally bought the small tub but decided on the big one the second go around. The small one is 14 fl oz and costs about $5, the big one is 30 fl oz and costs about $7. I do plan on trying different brands.

  I haven't eaten it, so that is not what this post will be about. I know you can cook with it but I tried it strictly for beauty reasons and have discovered good uses for it. 

*Body oil: I put it on just like a lotion, after my shower and before bed. It's an oil so you will be greasy but my skin is so dry that I don't exactly mind feeling a little greasy as long as the product is moisturizing. And it does! This makes my skin feel so soft and moisturized.

*Tanning oil: I was running out of my normal tanning oil so I thought "why not?!"  It worked great! It gave me an even tan without getting burnt. As well as moisturizing my skin while I was at it! 

*Sun burn healer: I went to a little pond in my area with my friends and family and didn't apply sunscreen like I should have. I didn't get way burnt by any means, but my shoulders got a little pink though. When I got out of the shower that night I applied this and by the next morning my pink shoulders were golden brown (in a good way, not a crispy chicken way). 

*Face moisturizer: (is it just me or is there a moisturized theme going on) I use this instead of my normal moisturizer. As long as you apply it 30 minutes before your makeup (and you don't get oily) you shouldn't have problems with your makeup sliding around. This makes my makeup go on so smoothly. Bonus use: under eye moisturizer too! 

*Hot oil hair treatment: I will slather my dry hair in this and go sit in the 100 degree weather for about 20 minutes (usually while the kids are playing outside). I also make sure I get it to my scalp since I have a dry head too. Just be sure to wash your hair with your shampoo twice and use half your normal conditioner amount. It makes my hair shiny and so soft! 

*Cuticle oil: does this need an explanation lol!

*Diaper rash: this is my most recent use for coconut oil. My baby was having a bad few days of a bright red bum. This helped a ton! After every messy diaper I would put this on her and it would make clean up of the next messy diaper so much smoother. And helped protect her sore bottom by keeping good moisture on her bum. 

  I have noticed my face isn't as dry and flakey with makeup on anymore. The bumps on the back of my arms are almost gone. My legs don't look as dry and scaley anymore. It gives my skin a little life instead of looking dry and dull. 

  All in all I'm a big fan of coconut oil! I will continue to use this on myself and my kids. 

If you have any other products you would like me to review leave a comment below.

Talk to you next time!

Product Review: Body Butter from The Body Shop

Sorry I was MIA last week! I had a bit of family stuff going on that needed all my attention. I am back now with my very first product review. Today I am reviewing The Body Shop's Body Butter's.

(Left to right: Strawberry, Coconut)

I have tried 3 different kinds of these (although I only have these 2 tubs left). I have gone through 1 coconut, 1 strawberry and 1 pink grapefruit. These 2 tubs are my second of coconut and strawberry.

I received these as a gift from a friend but my opinion is my own.

I love how the coconut smells. It is a fake coconut scent, not by any means the real thing however, I enjoy the scent of any coconut things (fake or real). I didn't like how the pink grapefruit smelled, it was a little too sour to me.  As for the strawberry one... it has good days and bad. Sometimes I love it and it smells sweet and other days it smells... weird. I can't quite put my finger on it.

     The texture is nice, creamy and soft. It absorbs fairly quickly too, considering it is a body butter.

As for the moisturizing aspect of this product, I am not too impressed. I have very dry flakey skin and I applied this mainly when I got out of the shower. I take showers at night (not exactly by choice) so I can tell a product is good when I wake up and my skin still feels great. I did notice a difference from when I applied these to when I didn't apply anything however, I didn't think they moisturized as well as my other body butter and my lotion (reviews coming soon).

These aren't as easy to get my hands on as my lotion so I think that might be my biggest hang up, that and the price. They aren't cheap. The full size one's are $19.00 (on ulta.com). These are smaller than the full size ones but I can't seem to find this size of tub anymore and the picture on the packaging as changed.
So all in all I am not a fan of these. If I am going to splurge and spend $19.00 on a lotion I kind of want to be wowed (since my favorite lotion costs less than $9 for more than triple the product!).

If you have any other product reviews you want to see let me know!

Talk to you next time!

Spotlight Essential Oil

Our spotlight Essential Oil (EO) is Lavender. This is the one EO I have tried in 3 different brands.

From left to right: Edens Garden, doTerra, Nature's Alchemy.

Just as a little disclaimer I did not purchase Nature's Alchemy myself, I received it as a birthday gift. I did purchase the other two and although I purchased Edens Garden in a 6 piece EO kit, I do know it's significantly cheaper than doTerra (when purchased on its own). With that being said, my personal favorite out of these 3 would be the doTerra Lavender. I can't say for sure I notice a difference in how one performed compared to the next, I did notice that the doTerra Lavender smelled a little sweeter. All 3 worked great for what I used them for. It's up to you to decide if spending more for doTerra is worth it for the sweeter scent and a more well known company.

 If you are just starting out using EO's and can't decide if you will like it or not I would suggest purchasing Edens Garden over the expensive brands (doTerra, young living). If you decide you like it and want a sweeter scent (in Lavender) I would purchase doTerra.

Some pro's and con's about doTerra vs. Edens Garden (since I didn't purchase Nature's Alchemy I don't want to talk too much about it because I don't have a ton of knowledge about this brand).

-Edens Garden you can purchase online, doTerra you need a consultant in your area.

-Edens Garden is not too much money (under $10 each for most of their EO's), doTerra is over $10 for ALL of their oils (in fact a lot of their oils are over $20).

-Edens Garden you can buy kits, with several EO's in them, for as much as you can purchase 1 EO from doTerra. doTerra does offer kits as well.

-doTerra has pre-mixed EO's for specific uses (ie. On Guard, Balance, Deep Blue, Digestzen etc...), Edens Garden (I believe) does not offer this. If your not into mixing them yourself doTerra would be the way to go for mixed EO's.

I am not sure how each of these brands extract the oil from the plant, if that is something that interests you let me know and I will research that and let you know in the next post on essential oils!

With that out of the way let's go over the benefits of Lavender.  It has been found to be antidepressant, decongestant, deodorant, analgesic, antiseptic, rejuvenating, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, tonic, nervine, sedative, harmonizing, emmenagogue, cytophylactic and calming. It has also been found effective in cases where acne, stress, dry skin, depression, insomnia, head aches, skin irritation, anxiety and infections were present. 

I have been using Lavender since the beginning of me using EO's (almost 2 years). I have heard you should never use Lavender because it irritates the skin. If you over use it, it probably can. I have never had a problem with this oil though. I use it neat (undiluted) a lot. I also mix it in with all sorts of my skin care products.

The many ways I use this oil are:

-Mix it in with skin care products. My face wash, toner, lotion, masks, etc... I would say 15 drops or under for the whole product (depending on how big). If you are using it as a "one time thing" with a product I suggest only using 1-2 drops. With that being said you can determine how many drops for the whole product you would need.

-Mix it in with your hair care products. Shampoo, conditioner, and any oils you put in to add shine or tame frizz. Use as many drops as I mentioned in the skin care products.

-I add some to my brush just before I brush my hair mainly for the scent but this is also calming and relaxing.

-A few drops on your pillow to combat insomnia. Or 1 drop on each foot of a child to settle them down for sleep. 

-A few drops in a warm bath to relax you or your muscles. Or add some drops to the bottom of your shower if your not a bath person or, like me, don't have a tub readily available.

-Used neat (undiluted) as a spot treatment for blemishes. 

-I put a few drops on a wash cloth and put it in the dryer with my wet clothes to scent them for when we wear them. I have heard you can do the same thing but put the wash cloth on top of your dryer to help scent your home. I however, don't have a dryer that heats up enough on the outside for it to scent my house. 

-Use it during labor to help calm you. I personally loved this when I was in labor with my daughter. I sniffed it right from the bottle and had some mixed in with my face lotion. 

-It can be used in massage too. I'm sure I don't need to go over the benefits of massage but adding EO's can improve it and benefit you.

-I have added lavender to my cleaning water. I try to be as natural as I can so if I can do a task with soapy water, I will. Just add 5 drops to a bucket full of water and your task is instantly improved. Plus it scents your home.

-I make my own carpet freshene,r so I add a few drops of lavender (as well as other oils) and let it sit for 15-20 minutes, then vacuum it up.

-I also add a few drops to a burner or a humidifier when my son is sick.

-Another suggested use that I have not tried is to add a few drops to a tissue for when flying (or any other time you need a little help relaxing) and sniff the tissue as needed. 

If you have any more questions on this topic or of lavender please feel free to ask away! 

Talk to you next time! 

About Me

My name is Whitney Meyer and I am 24 years old. I am a wife and mother of 2. My husband's name is Brandon, my son's name is Rekker and my daughter's name is Revy.
My husband and I have been together for almost 5 years and married for 3 1/2 years. He is my rock and my best friend!
Rekker is almost 4 and one funny little dude!
Revy is almost 10months old and a very good, silly baby!








We have a furry little guy too! His name is Robot (yes, we let Rekker name him when he was 2 1/2 and obsessed with transformers). Robot will be 2 in December. He is a goofy boxer puppy and my first dog.


A few random things about me are; I love scrapbooking. I have about 10 scrapbooks, some of them I am adding to constantly as we do fun things with the family. I love crafts. I make most of my decorations for fall, Halloween, Christmas and all other times of the year. I love camping. I love going as a family and Rekker (of course) loves playing in the dirt! I have 3 sisters and 1 brother, all of whom are older than me and I am very close with my family and my husband's family.

If you would like to know anything else about my life just ask!

Talk to you next time!

Welcome beauty lovers!!

Welcome to my blog! My name is Whitney Meyer and I am in no way a professional. These posts will just be my opinions on all things beauty. I am planning on posting up all sorts of things from product reviews and skin care routines to hauls and makeup looks and all in between.

I have loved makeup and skin care for as long as I can remember because I struggle with dry, flakey, sensitive skin. My teens and very early twenties I struggled with acne breakouts due to not properly knowing my skin type, so I love experimenting with new products and seeing what works for my fickle skin.

I hope you enjoy and would love to hear your feedback about certain products and what you would like to see me review.

Talk to you next time!