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Target Beauty Box

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I love Target, and recently they have been offering their own version of a beauty box.  These boxes are usually awesome! Today they have two different boxes available.  One is called the “Renewal box”  and the other is called the “Refresh box”  Both have a $30 value but only cost $7 each.  I love a good Target beauty box, as of right now these are still available, but they usually go very quickly!

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I just ordered mine.  If you want one too click HERE to order.  Shipping is free and if you use your RedCard you can also get the usual 5% discount.

While I really want to try out the Laneige BB Cushion, I have a feeling that the sample size will be too small to actually get a good idea of how it works. I couldn’t decide on which one I wanted more, so  I purchased both boxes.  Which box do you think looks better? Let me know in the comments below.

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What you receive in the Renewal Box

Caress Love Forever Body Wash
It’s the first body wash ever to use fragrance-release pearls with touch-activated technology. Release a burst of perfume every time you touch your skin—all day long.

ATTITUDE 2-in-1 Shampoo
This shampoo and body wash is vegetable based and biodegradable. Plus, it’s formulated to be carcinogen free and hypoallergenic. Vegan, not tested on animals.

Laneige BB Cushion
Get 5-in-1 cushion technology that works to brighten, protect, cool and cover your skin while fending off shine.

Scrunci No-Slip Grip Braided Headwrap
A comfortable, stretchy band with a braided design for stylish, no-slip grip.

Degree Women Fresh Energy Dry Spray
This dry spray uses a 48-hour MOTIONSENSE formula that goes on instantly dry for a cleaner feel and better protection.

Jergens Wet Skin Moisturizer
Get 24 hours of soft skin with this instant-absorbing formula that gives you twice the moisturizing power in half the time.

ATTITUDE Volume & Shine Shampoo
Get healthy, beautiful hair with this volumizing shampoo. It is vegetable based, biodegradable, carcinogen free and hypoallergenic. Vegan, not tested on animals.

Revlon Ultimate All-In-One Mascara
This high-impact formula delivers 5 benefits in 1 product: volume, length, definition, lift and rich, intense color.

Hada Labo Tokyo Anti-Aging Facial Mask
A lightweight, deeply hydrating mask that drenches skin with serum to boost hydration, smooth fine lines and restore firmness and bounce to your skin.

  • Number of Pieces: 9

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What you receive in the Refresh Box

ACURE Day Cream
This must-have day cream contains gotu kola stem cells and chlorella growth factor to help your skin retain hyaluronic acid and fight environmental damage and free radicals.

John Frieda Keraflex Hair Spray
This versatile formula can be used while styling hair or to lock in a finished look. Its micro-fine mist delivers a soft, brushable hold.

NIVEA In-Shower Body Lotion
This skin-pampering, in-shower lotion is enriched with almond oil to give your skin instant moisture that lasts up to 24 hours.

Nip+Fab Glycolic Fix Pads
These radiance-boosting pads are soaked in exfoliating glycolic acid to help retexture and resurface to unveil younger-looking skin.

Braided Elastic Bands
Say goodbye to snags with these hair ties made without metal.

Simple Micellar Wipes
Gently remove makeup and impurities, leaving your skin cleansed and instantly hydrated, with these makeup remover wipes. No artificial perfumes, dyes or harsh chemicals.

Marlowe Extra Moisturizing Lotion
An intense moisturizer with a combination of revitalizing antioxidants and extracts to help soften and smooth dry skin.

Clear Total Care Shampoo & Conditioner
Make your hair more resilient to breakage with Clear’s Active Damage Resist system. Infused with Omega 3-6-9, this specially designed complex of vitamins hydrates the scalp and hair, and helps restore shine, smoothness and strength from root to tip.

  • Number of Pieces: 9
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Make up · Review

New From Maybelline

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Maybe she’s born with it?… In my case, nope, it is most likely Maybelline!

So many of my favorite products are from Maybelline.  The brand as a whol is one of my favorites.  When it comes to foundations and mascaras, they know what they are doing!

They have recently come out with several new products!  I’ll list them in the order that I would apply them if I were to be putting my makeup on.

First up face…

Dream Matte Mousse Foundation.
Maybelline claims that this foundation is ideal for normal to oily skin and provides medium to high coverage.   It comes is 12 shades. They suggest that this foundation be applied with their new Dream Blender.  This Dream Blender looks like a beauty blender with a handle.  Not too sure about that, but maybe it is worth giving a try.
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Dream Velvet™ Foundation
This is their first “hydrating matte foundation.” It is supposed to be for normal to combination skin,with medium coverage giving a soft-matte finish.  They claim that the “unique gel-whipped formula”  will keep skin hydrated for 12 hours. Once again Maybelline suggests using the Dream Blender to apply this foundation.

Maybelline | lookingjoligood.wordpress.comFace Studio Master Contour
3-step face contouring kit.  This contour palette is available in 2 shade combinations, light to medium 10 and medium to deep 20.  Each palette includes three color shades a contour/bronzer, blush and highlight.   Maybelline claims that this palette will make contouring the face easy. In my opinion the “contour” shade in the light to medium palette looks like more of an orange like bronzer shade than a true gray toned contour shade. Ok, seriously, does anyone ever use the brush that is included with these things?!  Why do they even waste the supplies that it takes to make these little pointless brushes?

Moving along to the eyes…

The Rock Nudes Palette
This 12 shade palette is supposed to be easily broken down into quads, trios and duos.  It is supposed to “deliver the ultimate smoky rock nude look and bring out your inner rockstar.”  Hmmmm, I personally don’t think that I have an inner rock star…
Did any of you get any of the other “Nudes” Palettes that Maybelline released this past year?  Although many of the previous palette shades looked beautiful, due to all the poor reviews that I read and watched, I personally didn’t purchase any.  Not sure if I would venture to buy this one either.

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Eyestudio Lasting Drama Waterproof Gel Pencil
This is Maybelline’s first gel eyeliner in a pencil form.  This eyeliner comes in 10 different shades. They claim that it is and ultra smooth waterproof formula that is long-lasting with up to 16 hours of wear.

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Maybelline | lookingjoligood.wordpress.comLash Sensational Luscious Waterproof Mascara
Maybelline’s original Lash Sensational Mascara quickly became a cult favorite.  I have purchased it, but it is still in the package and I haven’t tried it out yet.  Now available in a “luscious waterproof” formula, I am excited to see if it lives up to the hype of the original. The brush is supposed to “envelop lashes with a precious oil-infused formula from root-to-tip” while causing the lashes to fan out.
I don’t know how a waterproof mascara can also have oils infused in it, but I guess I will find out if I use it.  Although, I may just wait until I hear some reliable reviews before I rush out and buy it for myself…

Maybelline Eye Studio Brow Drama Pomade Crayon
This is their first ever brow pomade crayon available in 4 shades.  According to Maybelline you can get the perfect brow in just one easy sweep that both sculpts and tames!  If only everything in life were that simple… Maybelline | lookingjoligood.wordpress.com

Last but not least…Lips…


Color Sensational Vivids Lipcolor
Available in 10 different matte, “bold, vivid shades, that glide easily onto the lips”.  The formula is supposed to give full color coverage and be comfortable and creamy with a smooth application that dries to a “velvety” matte finish.  Clearly Maybelline is loving the word “velvety” this season.  I have seen a few reviews that say that these vivid matte lipcolors are not actually a true matte liquid lipstick, but actually more of a liquid cream.  It seems as if they never actually fully dry down and become matte.
I personally don’t usually like matte liquid lipsticks.  I want my lips to always be shiny, slick, and glossy.  That being said the chances of me trying these out is pretty much next to none.  I have to say though, the color selection is really pretty.  

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Available in 10 vibrant, matte shades in a range of colors from Nude Flush to Electric Pink to Vivid Violet.

Do you love Maybelline like I do?  Are you planning to try out any of these new products? Let me know in the comments what you have tried and if it is worth picking up.

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Make up · Review

Lorac Love Lust Lace Eyeshadow Palettes

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LORAC Love, Lust & Lace Matte & Shimmer Eye Shadow Palettes for the 2015 holiday season are unfortunately a limited edition! They were an Ulta Black Friday exclusives, and I received them as a gift for Christmas.  These little beauties were a sweet deal!

Just like the rest of the Lorac Love, Lust & Lace collection, each of these palettes is decorated with a pretty blue and silver lace pattern.  Each one contains five eye shadows and a mirror. I liked both of these palettes but think the shimmer one is just a little bit nicer.  The shimmery ones are soft, pigmented and even.  Matte shades seem to be a bit tougher for companies to get completely right.  While I absolutely love all the matte shades in the Lorac Pro Palette, these mattes are a tiny bit more powdery than the those Lorac shadows and not quite as silky smooth to blend.   To be honest, though, I would be perfectly content with these had I not been previously spoiled by the awesomeness of the Pro Palette and the wonderfulness of the Naked2 Palette (reviews of both to come soon).

The matte palette includes five shades: light white cream, pale vanilla, medium taupe, medium gray, deep charcoal.

Both the taupe and the gray make perfect transition shades for the crease.  I have been using the white as a base all over my lid

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The shimmer palette also includes five shades: creamy white, pale pink, light taupe, medium/deep brown with golden shimmer, deep brown with a red/plum shimmer.

These shimmery shades are pretty impressive.  Great color payoff with not a lot of fall out.

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Overall, I love both of these palettes.  I think that they made the perfect little stocking stuffer gift for a makeup lover like me.  I can’t wait to continue to use these shadows.  Overall, I really love the products that I have tried from the Lorac Brand.

(Are these shadows as high quality as the Lorac Pro shadows, no, but they are definitely workable and blendable.)

 

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Delicious Recipes

Creamy Garlic Scallops

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I love scallops!  They are one of my favorite dishes to eat.  While scallops may seem like they might be hard to make, they are actually one of those dishes that tastes amazing but is quite simple.

Here is a great recipe by  Rasa Malaysia.  You can check out her other 900+ recipes at rasamalaysia.com

Creamy Garlic Scallops

by @rasamalaysia
Serves 3

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Ingredients:

1 lb jumbo natural scallops
Salt
Ground black pepper
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon melted butter
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons white wine or Japanese cooking sake, optional
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Salt, to taste
1 teaspoon chopped parsley leaves
1 slice lemon wedges, quartered, for garnishing, optional

Directions:

Rinse the scallops, pat dry with paper towels. Season with salt and black pepper.

Heat up a skillet with olive oil and butter. Pan-sear the scallops on both sides until nicely browned, but don’t overcook them. Remove and set aside.

On the same skillet, add the garlic and saute. Add a little bit olive oil if you want. Add the cream, water, wine, salt and cayenne pepper. Bring it to a gentle simmer until the sauce thickens a bit. Add the scallops back into the skillet, add the chopped parsley leaves and lemon wedges, turn off heat and serve immediately.

For a lighter version that is just as delicious check out her Garlic scallops recipe by clicking HERE.

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Walmart Beauty Box Winter 2016

LauraJoli LookingJoliGood3 Comments

Did you know that Walmart has it’s own a subscription beauty box?  Yup, they do!  It is a quarterly box and only costs $5 a season.  Generally the box will have around 5 samples, with 1 or 2 of them being full sized products.  Also in your Walmart Beauty Box, they send 2 or 3 smaller sample beauty products and coupons.

Walmart technically calls it a “sample box” and says that the box itself is free and the $5 is a flat rate for shipping and handling.  Either way the box costs $5 each season.

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If you follow me on Instagram, you may have already seen the picture that I posted the other day of my Winter beauty box.  If you don’t follow me on Instagram, you should 😉 https://instagram.com/lookingjoligood/

How does it work?

  • You sign up at https://beautybox.walmart.com/
  • Create and account
  • Add your payment and shipping info
  • Wait for you confirmation email
  • Enjoy your beauty box when it arrives

If you are first time subscribers: Your subscription will be processed when you sign up and your credit card will be charged $5 and you will receive the current season’s box.  Once you are subscribed, you won’t have to resign up, you will receive a shipping confirmation email and then your box will arrive.  You’ll only be charged when your Beauty Box is shipped.

The Walmart beauty box website says “Each seasonal Beauty Box is a “limited edition” and may sell out.  Note: Beauty products vary by box.  Only one beauty box per email address.”

Here in the picture below is what I got in this seasons box.  I wasn’t overly impressed with this seasons box.  I have already received both the Neutrogena face wash and the Pure Silk shave gel in previous Walmart beauty boxes. Usually there is at least one or two full sized makeup products, but this time there was only lotions and hair stuff.  Oh well, they can’t all be winners.

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Shipping Schedule

Winter Starting the last week of November I got mine at the end of December
Spring Starting the second week of March (I didn’t get my spring box until mid May)
Summer Starting the second week of June (I got my summer box in mid August)
Fall Starting the second week of September (I received mine mid October)

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Wait, What?! More Nail Polish…!

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You are probably going to laugh when you hear this!

A while back I completed a Sally Hansen Airbrushed Legs “campaign” for Influenster*.   After I completed it, they said they wanted to send me “something special” as a thank you.  The other day I had an unexpected package in my mail box from Influenster.  I had forgotten all about the”something special” fromSally Hansen,  when I opened up the box I found…

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Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Violet Voltage

If you have been around Looking Joli Good for any amount of time, you know how I feel about nail polish…  But actually to be completely honest, it isn’t nail polish itself that I don’t like, it is chipped up nail polish.  I actually do like to have my nails painted, I just hate it when they get chipped and I have to take it all off and repaint them.  I wash my hands what seems like a million times a day, so most polish doesn’t seem to last very long on my nails before becoming chipped.

Sally Hansen Hard as Nails | lookingjoligood.wordpress.comDespite the fact that I don’t really want any more nail polish, I have to admit, this color is beautiful and exactly a color I would choose for myself to wear.  I just had to laugh when I opened the box and saw that I was sent another bottle of nail polish, especially after the big stink I had just made about getting the polish from ipsy**.

I’m going to try out this Sally Hansen nail polish and I’ll have to let you know what I think about it.  If nothing else, I can always use it to paint my toenails.

*If you don’t know what Influenster is, you can check out my posts about it HERE and HERE.  You should totally sign up!  Even better, sign up using my referral link, it is such a great way to give your opinion and get free stuff. Here is my referral link  www.influenster.com/r/1049268)

**If you don’t know what ipsy is, you can check out my other posts all about it HERE.  It is a great way to try out new brands and different types makeup.

Make up · Review

What I Got For Christmas!!!

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Hello everyone!  I hope that you all had an absolutely wonderful Christmas day!  Praying you all spent your day with those you hold dearest, making memories that you will cherish for a lifetime! I greatly enjoyed the time I was able to spend with my family.  We had a wonderful day together.  My most favorite gifts of all were not found under the tree.

I was so very excited to receive… not one…not two… not even three… but FOUR new eye shadow palettes.  I  got the Lorac Pro Palette!!! The Naked 2 Palette  and both the matte and the shimmer Lorac Love Lust and Lace palettes.  I cannot wait to create all kinda of different types of eye looks with these new palettes!

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I used shadows from the Lorac Pro palette on Christmas day, and I am not going to lie, my eye look was fierce 😉  These shadows are amazing!  I am planning to use the Naked 2 palette today.  I feel like a little kid, I am so excited about these!

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How can anyone say no to playing ball with a sweet face like that?!

I got my sweet BT Tessie a set of new tiny tennis balls.  She is obsessed with playing ball, so she was in Heaven.  She kept bringing me the ball and placing it right in front of my camera while I was trying to take pictures of the kids opening their gifts.

What did you get for Christmas?  Are you so excited too?  Enjoy the rest of the holiday weekend!

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