Beauty Grab Update: L'oreal Vs. Revlon Hair Color and More!

You might have read my last Beauty Grab post where I purchased new hair color and tweezers. After the dye was applied and my brows plucked I am ready to share my progress and review my purchases! I was previously torn on whether to use the Revlon color first and cover it up with my trusted Feria color if I did not like the end product or to dye a lower underneath layer of my hair with Revlon 107 Violet Black and the rest with the L'oreal Bright Black. Well, I chose the latter and tested both products at the same time.

L'oreal Paris Feria Bright Black 21

Although L'oreal's products are more expensive than Revlons it is apparent to me that you get what you pay for. In my last post I mentioned that I had used this product before, what I forgot to mention was how shiny and thick feeling it leaves my hair. I will definitely continue to use this product and this specific color. I am in love with how shiny and thick feeling this hair color leaves my hair. It really is a vibrant and beautiful color. You can see my hair in these pictures treated with L'oreal Paris Feria Bright Black 21.

Revlon on the other hand gets a big FAT THUMBS DOWN from me! Revlon 107 Violet Black left my hair frizzy and dull.

Not only was the texture of my hair changed for the worse but the color was not accurate. It is a more red/brown then a violet black leaving me thoroughly disappointed! I should have known better because I have used their products before as well and they always wash out quickly and I am back to a rendition of my base color before I know it.

You can see here the portion of my hair dyed with Revlon color has a very matte grey appearance. Therefore I will not be purchasing Revlon hair color again and will probably keep this experience in mind when purchasing other Revlon products in the future.

On to my Busy Brows! Check these babies out! I mentioned in my last Beauty Grab post that I like to grow my brows in every now and then in order to reshape them. Here are the before and after pictures!

Before:

After:

I purchased some Trim Tweezers and went to town. I really like the purple grip and the slant edge gives me the mobility to get the hairs in the hard to reach places of my arches. I think I did a pretty awesome job with them! These tweezers also get a big thumbs up from me! As does the bow I got to match my work uniform. So I guess 3 out of 4 products working out will have to be good enough!

I hope you liked this Beauty Grab review as much as I enjoyed testing and reviewing these products! I will be doing more posts like this in the future!

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Beauty Grab!

Here is my latest Beauty Grab! I haven't dyed my hair in a few months so it was time to pick up some dye. My hair is naturally a very dark brown color, almost black, but not dark enough for me. I am allergic to brown so I usually dye it black, blue black, or a black purple.  I used to buy this amazing color by Garnier Fructis but they discontinued it years ago and I have been searching for something like it ever since. Here is a picture of my latest Beauty Grab products:

Beauty Grabs seen here:

• L'oreal Paris Feria Bright Black 21
• Revlon 107 Violet Black
• Trim Wide Grip Tweezers
• Lime Green Bow

I have tried the Bright Black 21 permanent hair color before and I love it and I usually only have to dye my hair 2-3 times a year unless I want to change it up. But what I had not seen or tried before is the Revlon 107 Violet Black permanent hair color. I am intrigue and cannot wait to try it. I am hoping that it comes out as gorgeous as the Garnier Fructis color that I can no longer get my hands on. If it doesn't I have my Bright Black to fall back on. I am debating if I should do a two tone color job with the Violet Black on the bottom and the Bright black on top. Or if I just should mix the two colors all over. Any advice?

I purchased a new set of tweezers because my eyebrows are getting bushy and out of control! I do like to grow them in every now and then so I can start over fresh and reshape them. I don't like when they get too thin and that can happen naturally with regular up keep! I will have to try these out and see how they are. Have you ever tried them? What do you think?

Lastly the lime green bow. The uniforms at my work are a bright green referee jersey. So I figured I would spruce it up a bit and make it a bit more femine with a bow in my messy bun up dos.

I was thinking about doing something like this for work since my hair has to be off my shoulders:

Well wish my luck with my hair. I will post an update on the colors after I dye it!

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Eye Make Up Pictures from the Last Year or so.

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I love doing my eye make up. No. I don't love it. I am obsessed. I love my eyes. I have been graced with big brown eyes. Huge eyes. They make the perfect canvas for eye shadow play. I have also been lucky enough to have an aunt that works for Lancome who purchases and gifts me with a lot of make up! Here are all the pictures that I have taken from about the last year of my eye make up. All the make up used in these pictures is Lancome.

 Pinke and purple.

 Pink Purple Blue.

 Blue Purple Pink.

 Black to Pink Smokey Eye Makeup.

 Black to Green Smokey Eye Makeup.

 Black Purple to Green Eye Makeup.

 Green Purple Blue With Green Liner.

 Cranberry Liner, Blue to Copper.

 Purple to Green.

 Purple to Blue with matching nails.

 Gold to Black and White. Excuse my brows!

 Gold to black to blue.

 Ice Black Liner, Gold to Cranberry.

That's me biting my lip! :)

My friend Peyton for her birthday!

 My friend Katie for Peyton's birthday!

 Copper to gold!

 Green for St. Patrick's Day!

Blue, Pink, Purple, Green iridescent!

That's all... Like I said, I love doing my eye makeup. As you can see I can get pretty creative and I am lucky to have a plethora of shadows and liners of a palette to work with.

I hope you enjoyed these pictures of my eye make up over the last year. I do all my eye make up with my fingers. No bushes are ever used! I hate brushes! Please share tips and tell me what you think!

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