Review: Mally Beauty Believable Bronzer!!

Happy Friday, beauties!!

I'm sorry this post is a bit late in the week, I'm currently stuck in bed nursing a stomach virus. However, I was determined to get this post up this week! As I mentioned in my previous post , today I'm going to be talking about a product that I  LOVE, from my fav makeup guru, Mally Roncal!

Today's post is all about the Mally Beauty Believable Bronzer! 

I just adore this product. I was lucky enough to be gifted this product in the Sexy Golden Tan/ Lighter shade from the lovely Mally when I filmed my Rachael Ray segment with her a few months back. When I received it, I was beyond excited to try it, and I certainly was not disappointed! 

This Mally Beauty Believable Bronzer is the perfect collection to give you a radiant, natural glow-from-within look with the three essentials needed to achieve a gorgeous, or should I say "gorgois", sun-kissed look! Perfect for the Spring and Summer seasons. Plus, with the magic of contouring, the bronzing and highlighting will give you the look of an instant face lift and the I-just-lost-five-pounds appearance. Eat that extra slice of cheesecake, girl!

The Believable Bronzer comes with a beautiful, completely matte bronzer for contouring and sculpting, a beautiful highlight with a slight shimmer that puts emphasis on your most beautiful features, and a beautiful matte blush that gives you a beautiful fresh-out-of-the-sun hint of color. 

It also comes with two brushes: One for contouring, and one double-ended brush for your blush and highlight, to ensure that you apply this look perfectly. 

Let's talk about which brushes go with which product, shall we?

The single brush shown above, with the thicker head is the brush you use to apply your bronzer. Whether you are just giving your skin a bit more warmth by simply bronzing, or if you're using this shade to contour and sculpt your cheekbones, jawline, temples, etc.- this brush has a perfect angle to it that fits every face shape perfectly. 

The double-ended brush is for your highlighting and blush. The thin, white-haired brush end is what you use to highlight. Whether it be the tops of your cheekbones, the bridge or your nose, your forehead, your cupids bow- you'll have a beautiful, lifted glow. The thicker, black-haired brush end is used for your blush. Just swirl that gorgeous rosy cheek onto the apples of your cheek! Easy enough, right?

There's just two shades to choose from, lighter and deeper. I love when the choices are so simplified, don't you? 

Here's a video from Mally's YouTube account where she goes more in depth about how to apply the Believable Bronzer: 

I really wanted to feature this product this week not only because Spring is here (and Summer is just around the corner) and we all want to add a little warmth and glow to our skin from the sun... or by faking it with this product, hehe, but I also wanted to feature this product now because this is the Mally Beauty product of the month on MallyBeauty.com, and you can save yourself 25% on this product if you purchase it by the last day of this month! 

This product is usually $49.50, but with the 25% off, you're getting it for just $37.13! Umm, yes please. MallyBeauty.com is also running a Spring Cleaning sale, so you can get an amazing 40% off certain products. GO SHOPPING! Treat yo self. 

Go get this product! It's a summer essential. Achieve a beautiful glow! Plus, can we talk about the packaging? How adorbs! I love the Mally pink! This packaging is so sleek, so girly, and so well made. 

Let me know if you're going to give this product a try! You won't be disappointed. I must go continue to waste away in bed! I'll be back on Monday (if I'm feeling better) with a new post. Until then, stay beautiful! 

Christina Bracco

xoxoxoxo

Disclaimer: This post was not sponsored. I simply stand by the quality of this product, and all Mally Beauty products. 

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Sephora Favorites Perfume Sampler

Hello, beauties!!

I'm sorry I didn't post anything yesterday, I took the day off! :) (Really, I was busy running errands. So NOT exciting.)

I wanted to share with my lovely readers, a gift set that I recieved this past Christmas:

The Sephora Favorites Perfume Sampler!! 

This is an annual gift set created by Sephora for the holiday season. The set contains 14 samples of fragrances sold at Sephora. 

The best thing about this gift set, is that it contains one voucher for a free FULL SIZED bottle of whatever fragrance in the set you choose. 

The gift set sells for $60.00 but has a value of $105.00. That sounds like a pretty jazzy deal if you ask me!

So, what scents does this set contain? In this gift set, there is:

• Burberry Brit Sheer: .06 fl oz 
• Chloé: .04 fl oz
• Elizabeth and James Nirvana Black: .06 fl oz
• Elizabeth and James Nirvana White .06 fl oz
• Giorgio Armani Acqua Di Gioia: .05 fl oz
• Gucci Flora by Gucci: .06 fl oz
• Juicy Couture Viva La Juicy: .05 fl oz
• Lancôme La Vie Est Belle: .05 fl oz
• Marc Jacobs Daisy: .04 fl oz
• Narcisco Rodriguez For Her: .03 fl oz
• Prada Candy: .05 fl oz
• Thierry Mugler Alien: .04 fl oz
• Tom Ford Black Orchid: .05 fl oz
• Versace Bright Crystal: .03 fl oz

This set also contains a Perfume Sampler Booklet For Her, which contains all the details about each scent: Their notes, impressions, full size bottle amounts, inspirations, etc. As well as the voucher for the free full size fragrance of your choice.

There is also a Sephora Cologne Sampler For Men, but I don not own it, so I feel it is not my place to talk about it, haha!

Now, I have to say, there were many surprises in this gift set for me. I won't go into a detailed review of each scent, but I will give my top 3 favorite scents, and 1 or 2 I'm disappointed in. I'm finding it so hard to choose a favorite! But I think that's a good thing. It means that the set is a worthy investment.

Top 3 Favorites:

1. Marc Jacobs Daisy: This scent is very light and very feminine. It's both sophisticated and playful. I feel it can be worn all throughout the year. The Notes: Wild Strawberry, violet leaves, and ruby red grapefruit. 
2. Lancôme La Vie Est Belle: I was very surprised with how much I liked this scent. It is a bit heavier than Daisy. It's a bit muskier, and very sophisticated. But I feel you could still get away with wearing this scent all year round. The Notes: Iris palladia, patchouli, orange blossom, and jasmine, with a sweet gourmand blend.
3. Elizabeth and James Nirvana White: (I also love Nirvana Black, but I vowed to only pick 3 favorites, haha.) This is another lighter scent, but it does contain hints of musk, and when it settles onto your skin, I think it smells lovely. It's a floral scent. I'm a sucker for a floral scent. I really enjoy it. The Notes: A captivating  blend of peony, muguet, and musk for a sophisticated, feminine scent.  

3 Least Favorite:

(I never want to completely bash a product, so I will just list them.

1. Tom Ford Black Orchid
2. Versace Bright Crystal 
3. Aqua Di Gioia 

Now, what I also find great about this gift set is its convenience. Yes, you receive a voucher for a free full size perfume of your choosing, but you're also getting 14 scent samplers to take with you on the go!

I had received this kit for Christmas years ago, and while I loved the concept, I wasn't pleased (and asked to never receive it again) due to the fact that the samplers were not spray, or even roll-on, samples. They were just regular bottles that you poor the product out of and have to awkwardly dab onto your skin. I hate that. It doesn't work to get the scent out, and it's a pain in the butt. When I found out that these were sprayable samples, it immediately went on my Christmas list. Yes, please.

It's so convenient to have the sprayable perfume samples because you can keep them in your purse, keep them in your car, keep them in your locker at work, etc. They're so easy! The Aqua Di Gioia scent does not have a spray top, but since the other 13 do, I'll let it go. But get with the program, Aqua!

I really suggest this gift set to my perfume loving beauties out there. It's still available at Sephora and Sephora.com, and it's really fun to play with!

If you've tried it, let me know your favorite and least favorite scents. And if you're going to give it a try, let me know!

I'll be back on Friday with a favorites post about trends/products I've been loving this week.

Until then, stay beautiful!
Christina Bracco
xoxoxoxo

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REVIEW: Mally Beauty Evercolor Shadow Sticks

Welcome back, beauties!

I'm very excited to write this review, because I was so excited to finally try this product.

I had been wanting to purchase the Mally Beauty Evercolor Shadow Sticks for a while, for I live for ALL of Mally Beauty's products. I finally got my hands on a few of them, so I thought it'd be a perfect time for a review!

Mally Beauty is a worldwide cosmetics line founded by celebrity makeup artist, author, and badass business woman, Mally Roncal.

Mally Beauty is famous for its Volumizing Mascara. It has won countless awards, and through personal experience, I can tell you it's amazing.
Mally Beauty is also famous for its bulletproof, long-wear products.

You can swim, workout, run a marathon, have a baby; and they will stay as perfect as when you first put them on!

Consensus?

The Evercolor Shadow Sticks are AMAZING! I was so pleased.

Isn't the packaging so cute?

They are 100% bulletproof eyeshadows in a stick!

Similarly to an eyeliner or an eyebrow pencil, you just twist the bottom of the tube, and the stick rises or lowers, depending on which way you turn, of course. 

You can use it as a shadow on its own, blended with other shadows, as an eyeliner, or for a smokey eye!

Here are some points about the performance of the shadow sticks:

-They glide on so smoothly, like butter.

-The blend quickly and easily

-They easily blend with other shadows

-VERY pigmented (Something that's very important to me, personally, when I buy shadows)

-Perfect for if you're in a rush. Just slide it on, blend in 1,2,3 and bam! Fierce eyes!

-Brighten the whites of your eyes, as well as making your eye color POP!

Another great feature is that the Evercolor Shadow Sticks are your primer, base, and eyeshadow all in one! Eliminate a few extra steps with the convenience of these shadows.

From left to right: Sunlight, Platinum, Bronze

Look at that beautiful shimmer and the pigmentation. Sorry Platinum looks a tad janky, it's my fav! (It's totally perfect for holidays- I wore on Christmas and New Years Eve with a red lip, for drinks with the girls, or if you just want to brighten your eyes and make them pop without working too hard.)

The only downfall is that there is an array of BEAUTIFUL colors, it's so hard to choose, haha!

Again, from top to bottom: Sunlight, Platinum, Bronze

You can find the Evercolor Shadow Sticks at Ulta Beauty, on QVC.com, or on MallyBeauty.com (Click any links below to start shopping!)

ULTA

QVC

MALLY BEAUTY

They are $25 a piece, but Mally Beauty also sells duos for $35. QVC also has deals all the time (also sells duos) so you can always keep an eye out!

They're well worth it. So unlike any other product in the cosmetics market! And I just LOVE them! 

So please give these Mally Beauty Evercolor Shadow Sticks a try, you won't regret it! And while you're at it, give more Mally Beauty products a try!

Thank you to everyone who has been reading this blog thus far, I look forward to continuing this growth! 

Until next time, stay beautiful! 

Christina Bracco 

xoxoxoxo

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