GOLD member

I’ve noticed a certain trend among beauty products lately, gold. For some reason I’ve always had the desire to glow. Before you called me weird, let me explain. When you see celebrities on the red carpet in dazzling strapless couture gowns, you (or at least I am) in total awe of the bronzed blemish free complexions. So I went straight to Wal-Mart recently and picked up a body wash suggested by Kim Kardashian (Caress Evenly Gorgeous Exfoliating Body Wash) herself and the sparkly gold Olay Tone Enriching Ribbons that the commercial has teased me with fifty thousand times (give or take). Though the caress made me smell like brown sugar and even exfoliated some dead skin cells I still didn’t notice a difference in my skin tone even after using it a week. So bored with it, I moved on to the Olay. Smells great, made my skin silky soft, but still no Beyonce glow. So I wonder if I just shouldn’t expect instant results, these products don’t work on black people or they’re just lackluster (pun? Yes). What do you guys think? Should I just be happy with the results or give it another shot?


Olay Tone Enriching Ribbons $6.99


Caress Evenly Gorgeous Exfoliating Body Wash $6.99

--Champagne Wishes

lux lashes

i am an eyelash baldy =(. i have tried a ton of mascaras .. all with minimal if any results. everything from revlon to dior show. that is until a recent trip to CHANEL changed everything. it started as a normal uneventful shopping trip until my favorite sales associate Bee (hey Bee!) noticed my smokey eye was a bit lack luster. he used the inimitable mascara in nior black. it was the first time i experienced a noticeable difference. i love it & i've worked it into my daily routine.

"Now, in a single stroke, CHANEL sets a new standard in mascara with a formula that does it all. A sophisticated formula and unique brush design combine to lengthen, plump and curl, delivering lush, long-wearing colour so precisely that each lash, even the finest, is perfectly defined and separated. "

CHANEL: INIMITABLE mascara multi-dimensional
nior- black
$30.00 + sales tax

--champagne wishes
XOXO

GOOP-there it is!

so, after a night of intense deep conditioning, i woke up with hair that was less than satisfactory. after all the moisture, the oils, the protein i ( thought i ) put into it... i still felt as if something was missing. so the following day i made a trip to the local beauty supply & bought this conditioner which was super cheap.


CANTU SHEA BUTTER LEAVE IN CONDITIONER

the title is what caught my attention. i'm one of those people who thinks anything with shea butter in it has to be good LOL. so i bought it. the next cowash i did came out superb and i think i owe it all to this product. it was cheap, genrally had good ingrediants and i also liked the consistancey (not too thick or greasy,not too watery).

my only problem with this is that it contained "lanolin", but i don't think i'll stop usage. from now on i'll do all my ingrediant checking instore & not be so damn absent minded.

-champagne wishes
xoxo