Krystal Pineapple

This is week 3 of the Beauty Nopes posts! I started this portion of my blog because I wanted to make sure I give you well rounded opinions of products I have been using. Not every product works the same for each person purchasing it and a lot of the products that make it onto the Nope list come from amazing brands with tons of wonderful products! Elf is one of my absolute favorite well priced brands with great brushes, a promising skin care line, and brow products that I can't seem to get my hands on! As I was preparing a look comprised of all drugstore products, I found the Poreless Face Primer for $6, I excitedly tried this under my Maybelline Fitme Matte + Poreless Foundation. Applying the primer to my face I noticed a faint smell of tea tree, which I thought was weird but didn't necessarily mind it. Normally when I do looks at night, I will wear makeup for about 2-3 hours before going to bed. This obviously does not allow time to review of a product. To give it a fair ...

For about a month now, I have been dedicated to skincare more than makeup. I had a breakout with a sheet mask and my skin has not been the same since. I've been dealing with texture, oil, dryness, and breaking out all over. With my face looking and feeling a wreck, I really didn't want to force makeup looks and clog my pores further. So I do apologize for not making that up in content here on my blog! The advantage to not wearing full face and focusing on my skin, I have been able to finally get into a routine in the morning and at night. With that being said, this routine includes a lot of high end products. Most of the products I am using are deluxe samples or travel size that I received as a point perk at Sephora or those "try me" kits the companies sell at Ulta and Sephora. All of the products I will be mentioning are on my list to purchase the full size, but there are also cheaper options for purchasing the smaller jars/containers, which I will get into after ...