1 Palette Date: A Valentine's Day Collaboration

Maybe not most girls have two or more eyeshadow (or face) palettes in their make-up collection so I collaborated with four other gorgeous beauty bloggers here to give you all a makeup look using only One Face or Eye Palette to get you ready for date night! 

Valentine's Day is coming up soon ladies, do you have an idea what to wear yet? Check out the Polyvore outfits as well that we matched with our looks too!

January2014 Favorites

I hope the first month of 2014 for all of you went well! I don't want to say how the month went fast but I am actually happy it did since I've had enough of this freezing temperatures! I love the snow but I also wish it melts the next day or two and not stay, and leave nasty slush on the curb! 

Let's just say I am tired of wearing snow boots and puffy jackets. 

Anywho! Enough whining and onto the subject of this post! My monthly favorite products!!!

Review: NYX Cosmetics Butter Lipsticks

NYX Cosmetics recently released a new line of lip products this year called Butter Lipsticks. 

NYX Cosmetics has described these lip products as having:

"The unique texture seems to melt onto the lips, giving full, yet lightweight coverage with a luxurious satin finish."

NyxCosmetics.com have 21 different shades of these Butter Lipsticks. I purchased mine from the Ulta's website for $5.99 each. During that week though they also had a NYX sale of buy one, get one 50% off on these so I bought two to try them out. 

• BLS17 - Pops (mauve)
• BLS05 - Hunk (blue violet)

tag: 10 Beauty Mistakes I Used To Make

Tagged by the pretty Kallie from But first, Coffee... to share with you all my

10 Beauty Mistakes I Used to Make

Back in June I wrote a post on beauty things i suck at and to refresh all our memories of that, click here!

http://fivetwocertified.blogspot.com/2013/06/tag-post-beauty-things-i-suck-at.html
to quickly sum it up, I wrote 5 things:
- Concealing
- Tweezing my brows
- Regular hair trims with a permanent hair dresser
- perfect at-home blowout
- sunscreen on my feet 

Popsugar Must Have Box January 2014

 It's crazy to think that we're already into 2014, but there's nothing quite as exciting as a fresh start. To help you check off those thoughtful resolutions, you'll find one-of-a-kind products like designer beauty accessories and tech gear that'll change up your routine for the better. Want to eat healthier or take a life-changing trip? Your supply box is right here. Cheers to all the great things the New Year has in store!

- Lisa Sugar, Popsugar Founder & Editor in Chief

review: Stila Best of Kitten Set from Sephora

"Shimmer, dazzle, and glow on the go with this best-of set that comes with its own festive cosmetic pouch for the holidays and beyond." 

I bought this set during the Sephora Holiday Sale + 20% off coupon that time. This set is unfortunately not available anymore on their website but if there's one product from here you are interested to try, they are all still sold individually.

tag: Bloggers Made Me Buy !!!

**I know it's been a while since my last blog but my blogging brain just went on vacation the past few days and I will not let you read a blah post from me just because I post on M-W-F's. I do have a lot of things to share with you all such as more beauty product reviews, my POPSUGAR box for January just came in, FOTD's and so many more! Now let's start with a fun tag post**

Chelsea from Tiger Love Beauty 

check her blog post right here:

http://tigerlovebeauty.blogspot.com/2014/01/tag-bloggers-made-me-buy.html

made this awesome tag called 

Bloggers Made Me Buy 

Review: Vibrance Vitamins for Hair Growth

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I have never really taken any supplements for my hair and when I saw Brandbacker was offering this I went ahead and jumped on the opportunity! Before I do tell you more about this product I just want to give you a little bit info on my hair situation.

• I have pretty long hair already, almost up to my waist!
• I have not colored or done any highlights or any treatment to it for the last 2-3 years.
• I only get my hair trimmed once a year because I am lazy to go to a salon.
• A few split ends which I trim myself.
• Frizzy when I don't put on some argan oil.
• I do have a dry scalp aka dandruff.
• I noticed as the weather was getting cold my hair was starting to feel brittle. Breaking easily.
• Even after using a hair mask once a week and argan oil, I still had brittle hair and dry scalp.

What made me go try out this sample? Well here are some information on their Amazon listing:

http://www.amazon.com/Vibrance-Vitamins-Vegetarian-Capsules-Formula/dp/B00G6U4ZI6

• Natural Herbal Extracts & Drug-Free Ingredients Researched to Promote Faster and Healthier Hair Growth
• Extra Strength Pure Formulation Includes OptiMSM & 37 Vitamins, Minerals, and Herbs for Hair Strengthening Nutritional Support
• 100% Vegetarian Capsules Free of Gluten, Wheat, and Dairy with Zero Fillers, Zero Binders, and Zero Artificial Ingredients
• Try Vibrance risk-free! Backed by our 100% Money Back Guarantee! For best results, use for a mimimum of 3 months.
• Made in the USA to Strict FDA Standards by cGMP Certified Laboratory

Make-Up Brush Basics

Before I posted this picture of my just washed make-up brushes on Instagram, my Sis had asked me weeks ago to write a post on what make-up brushes do one girl need, and I am just getting around to it now *Sorry Sis!* but I thought what a way to start the year by writing a post on the 

Make-up Brush Basics according to Miss FiveTwo

disclaimer: I am in no way a make-up professional to know what kind of makeup brushes do one need in their makeup collection. I am just sharing my opinion here. Every girl has it's own rights to own as many brushes as they wish. This is just what I think what one can start with. 

Beauty Crown Wk5: Face Product Faves & Tools

The last and final category for our. . .

The Beauty Crown Awards are a yearly favorites collaborative effort including beauty bloggers around the globe.  The Beauty Crown Awards were created by Lily from Beauty with Lily Liz from My Pretty Obsessions, Jackie from Five Two Certified, and Shalunya from Shalunya & Boyet. We felt that a collaborative effort from a large number of beauty bloggers would be much more interesting to our readers and would garner more attention. The Beauty Crown Awards are a 5 week event with each week covering types of products.

Review: Julep Bare Face Cleansing Oil

Happy 2014 Everyone ! ! !

I hope everyone had a great Holiday and got great goodies for the new year! 

To start of 2014, I would like to share with you this amazing product: