SPARKLES - A GIRL'S NEVER TOO OLD TO SPARKLE & A MARIO BADESCU REVIEW

These are my new facial products by Mario Badescu.

There's a Healing and Soothing mask which I've got smeared all over my face at this very moment. This week has been so rough & my Dr. appointment was today which always has me a nervous wreck. So I decided since I'm finally out of the Dr. & most all the stressful situations I've finally accomplished today, I can now do something for me. Kinda. So I've got the mask on now while my purple, oh so sparkly nail polish dries. I just love sparkles, I'm telling ya. They really make me excited. I've always had an abnormal love for sparkles. My dad's been freaked out since I was a little girl over this sparkle fetish lol. Seriously he FREAKS! Even still. See he's kinda paranoid when it comes to things so years ago when he first noticed my sparkle fetish he begged me to not wear it.

  "It could fall off in your eye balls and scratch em'." He says. I always say this "a girl is never too old to sparkle." I really believe that too. I hate to say it, but when I'm 40 years old, you bet your sweet ass these eyelids will still be rocking the pink & purple sparkles!

Back to the topic. So, I'm wearing the mask now. I really like the thick consistency, makes it easier to cover. It feels kinda cool. Not sure if it'll make my skin great & wonderful after using the other products. We'll see when I go shower in a few then I'll update ya tomorrow. (If you even care.)

 I also have Glycolic Foaming cleanser & the Special Cucumber Lotion. I haven't used either yet so I can't really say. I guess I should've waited until I'd used them. Sorry. The Special Cucumber lotion is the one in above pic that has a yellow color to it. I've felt it on my fingers and it's like vegetable oil! That worries me.

I have used the Oil Free Moisturizer with SPF 30. It wasn't something I'd go out and pay the price for again. The prices are WHOA! So this moisturizer was like a little yellow piece of wax or gum looking thingy. In the container there was oily stuff around it. I poked it. More oil ran out. I was really weird about putting something like that on my face, but I assumed it was just something to do with the natural -organic -whatever- botanical-vegetables-herbal thing. lol So I put it on my face only a small amount. When I woke up the next morning my face didn't have any dry spots and didn't look oily like I expected since it looked like oil. It seemed ok, kinda normal, had some glow, but my face often does from other products I use.

The next night, I used a little more. The next morning I had some freak breakouts. I don't really get random breakouts. I usually get no more than 4 around that time of the month & they're little bitty. I usually don't even see them without using my magnifying mirror & light. Well it was not a time of the month where I should be expecting a breakout and there were a few. Some on my chin & I never have them there!

I used it again to be sure the next night. Woke up with twice as many break outs! I can't say for sure, but I think it was the moisturizer. Maybe it's just me though.

 On to the next one. Ceramide Herbal Eye Cream. Used it the first night & woke up with awful eye problems. I thought it was from my contacts. Then when I looked in the mirror the next day, I had a scary rash type thing. I've never in my life had an allergic reaction to any product except febreze because I'm allergic to it, but it only messes with my respiratory system, not skin. All around my eye was itchy & very red & inflamed. My eye balls were really itchy too. Once again, maybe it's just me.

And now I'll go shower & see how this mask works out. Hopefully better than the others. The prices are so high for a product that doesn't do anything but cause a freak reaction. Not saying this would happen to everyone. I mean it's like $20 just for a few ounces of these products!

To wrap it up, I would not buy any of the products again. I was really disappointed because I was so excited about these products. I hate being let down. lol :)

*Let me know if any of you have ever tried these products. I want to know what others thought & I don't know anybody who uses them except me this one time. And my sweeties, do be sure to check my side bar thingy because I usually post new freebies & giveaways that are awesome! The freebies are %100 real. I always check for myself before handing them over to you. Have any of you checked them out yet? Let me know if you would like me to keep posting freebies I find & I'll be sure to do it at least 2-3 times a week. If you don't care about it, you can tell me that too. :)

Now it's time for me to try & recover from the awful Dr. visit today, & not to mention the horrible arm pain from my shot. I know shots ain't bad, but this one has tiny little crystals in it so it really does hurt!

Well, I hope you sweetie pies have a very ~sparkly~ day! :)

So much love and then some,

Kendra

Before I go, I just have to add this little cutie! Sorry about all these crazy, un-organized posts. I'll get back to normal... maybe! lol

-This is Fuzz inside the storage box. She's been so crazy during the remodelling!-

VOTRE VU REVIEWS

 I have ordered several thing from the Votre Vu line of skincare products. I was really unsure about paying the prices because to me, they were pretty high (some of em') and the brand isn't a popular one, or at least I hadn't ever heard of it but, I had the 3rd person ask me to do a review on a few of their products so, I forked over the cash and ordered:
the Votre Vu attentive cream for sensitive skin which is a moisturizer. It was ok. That's about all I can say. It didn't do anything special. I have really dry skin so I have to use moisturizer but this stuff didn't seem to do anything that the $3 moiturizers don't do. I wouldn't ever purchase it again.

 I also ordered the Votre Vu Tarte D'amande, rich souffle lotion type thing. It's almond pie scented and smells great but, didn't work any better than wal mart's lotion. Actually the Jergen's overnight repair and pretty much their entire line is 10x better than this Votre Vu.

 Then, I tried the eye gelee. It's for eye bags and dark circles. I hated that it didn't do a damn thing for mine and the sad part is that my eye circles and bags aren't too bad at all and it still didn't work well. I noticed no difference.

 As for the Votre Vu attentive allergic reaction serum, I have yet  to need it but, my hopes are not up.

 Then there's the Votre Vu Fleur Blanc tonic for all skin. It's a tiny spray/mist thingy and I am not exactly sure what the results were supposed to be but, once again I saw no results. The little spritz thingy though, it's kinda nice to spray on but, thats it.

 I also tried the same spritz type tube that was for hands and feet, not sure what it done either!

 Then the face mask, it was so greasy! I couldn't seem to get it off. The next day, my entire face broke out which I was sure came from this mask. I havent ever had breakouts like this and never in the areas where they came about. Needless to say, I will not buy this crap ever again! Also, I have yet to get my skin to clear up from that dang mask!

 I do not recommend. Have you used it and got better results? Please let me know :)

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