Attack On The Beauty Department

Going to the beauty department at Walmart is awesome.   People from all walks of life are there.  One second you're staring at a little girl who just wants to be on Toddlers and Tiaras, along with her own Momma June who's got a full cart of pinks and blues, then you see the plain, but pretty business woman grabbing a new tube of mascara and trying to stop her teen daughter from buying that "freaky, neon hair dye stuff".  In short, it's a gong show.

It's also magical.  You can pick up products to primp and plump and change your whole outer self.  If that isn't magic, I don't know what is.

This particular attack on the beauty department was inspired by the lovely woman who threaded my eyebrows.  I like her, because she was very straight forward  in saying "Your face, it's dry, fix it."

So off to find something to clean and moisturize.  The search for one facial product led to this:

One item is never enough. 

I have a shopping problem.  It's apparent, and I don't care.  So I'll blog about it (the only time you'll ever see me take selfies, ugh) ! YAY!  Let's go through the process and the products.

Step 1:

Washing my face with my normal Clean and Clear Daily Pore Cleanser (not pictured) to have a clean slate. 

I'm also terrible at taking selfies, who needs the rest of my forehead anyway?

Step 2:

Clay Mask

It goes on moist.

It's a really weird sensation, these mask thingys.  I'm not really much of a girly girl most of the time, so I'd never tried this before.  But first it's really sticky, then it hardens and you can't move your face.  It goes completely dry and you feel like Bride of Frankenstein. 

This must be what Botox feels like.

Step 3:

Rinse.  It takes a few minutes to get the guck off your face, but my skin was much softer afterwards.  SUCCESS!!!

THERE'S FEELING IN MY FACE!!!

Step 4:

BB Cream.  This is totally a new thing for me.  I don't normally wear foundation, or use any creams on my face.  I really kind of hate the heavy feeling of foundation and don't feel like I should have to hide my skin anyway.  So I gave this a try.

I've been wearing it for a few days now and it is growing on me.  It is much lighter than foundation, doesn't feel greasy and evens out my skin tone nicely (which is really to say, it lightens some of my redness).

That wraps up the skin portion!  (Okay, that sentence sounds terrible, whatever, I'm leaving it there)


Mascara!!

Lash Blast Fusion - Very Black

Before

After

I wanted to try a new mascara than I have previously used before.  I seem to get something different every time.  This one had a big poster around it saying it added volume and length, so I figured I'd give it a shot.

Not too shabby overall. 

AND FINALLY!!!  (drum roll)

My guilty pleasure - a new nail colour!!

 

It's super shiny and vibrant.  The Sally Hansen Salon Effects line goes on nice and thick and it's shiny so you don't always need a topcoat.   I quite like it, and it's usually only $3-$4 a bottle. 

There we have it.  The nails could even be called "Shiny Walmart Blue", though I doubt it would sell very fast...

My name is Alysha and I'm a shopaholic.  I'll have to try and avoid the super centres for a while. Temptation is everywhere!