Origins Wish List / Appreciation

I freakin' love lists. It's that obsessive side of me that gets to come out and party like it's 1999.
I make lists of the lists I need to make. Creating a list gives me the same calm feeling I would get as a child when I lined up my crayons in a specific color order. Oh what a feeling; the order; the control...

I've seen a lot of beauty wish lists around the web lately, and of course I wanna join the party. I think I'll do it brand by brand, starting with Origins.

Origins is probably my favorite skin care brand, and really I'd like to get my hands on every single Origins product ever made, but especially these ones.
According to Origins, a key ingredient in the A Perfect World™ range is the white tea and its high antioxidant content. Another is resveratrol, which happens to be what I wrote my senior thesis on. This is what I love about Origins: the use of plants in all their formulas. Not just a little cucumber water here and there, but many different and carefully chosen plant extracts. Now, this is slowly turning into an Origins appreciation post, so I'll just get on with it and list the products.

A Perfect World Age-defense Treatment Lotion with White Tea

Starting Over Age-erasing oil free moisturizer with Mimosa

High-potency Night-A-Mins Mineral-enriched oil-free renewal cream

Zero Oil Deep pore cleanser with Saw Palmetto & Mint

Zero Oil Pore purifying toner with Saw Palmetto & Mint


But as I said, I basically want to try all their products. This was just the top 5. The Brighter By Nature range, for example, and the makeup items too. It all looks so good.



- Nicci

10 little Secrets

We sat down and did the tasty 10 Little Secrets tag...

My favorites.

Well well is'n it about time Lolishia (yes, I give myself nicknames-what) made an appearance here on this mighty fine blog. Why yes it iiis. (Holds for applause)
I'm basically just going to continue were Nicci left of,with some of my fave gurus.

The first (and honestly the only one you need) is Wane Goss!! This man is amaaahzing (channeling her inner Penny Hartz) If you're not familier with male gurus you have been missing out BIG time! I don't even know what video to promote him with but just click Here and enjoy. One of the videos I keep coming back to is all his Kim Kardashian makeup tricks. Amaaahzing!



Next is yet another man whos channel's name is  is A boy weariing makeup. He is craaaazy I think he might even be more mental than me, now that says alot!

I adore him and want him as my BFF. And FYI he was the one that started "Hey girl heeey". Not Mr. Buckley, Not that I mind I mean I don't own the saying, just saying HA! Get it...


Last but not least Tasty Elixiiiiiiirrrr! No? Really? A lady can't promote?? Okay okay.

Then I will choose a girl this time. Matter fact I'll choose two, they are sisters (and we all know the best guru channels are the ones with sisters) It's the pixeeWoo's. They too are brilliant at what they do and relly needs no further introduction

Btw Sam, who is not in this video (That's Nic) Is soo pretty when she's all done she looks like SUCH a vamp. I Love it! Stunning. They both are, I just perfer a little harder slutty look if you will. Haha

Nicci's fave gurus!

When I first watched beauty gurus on youtube, I'll be honest, I did not get it. I thought it was strange e.g. that people just listed everything they bought on their shopping trip...
But I probably just watched the wrong people and the wrong videos. Now that I've actually found some gurus I enjoy watching, I want to share my favorites!

The first of my absolute faves is EssieButton!
Estée is the kind of woman you just want to have as your BFF. I love watching her videos. Honestly, she could talk about anything... I'd still enjoy watching it. Yep.

Another favorite is CamiLovesKiwi.

Like Estée, this woman is honest, down to earth, and basically just awesome. Also I love her sense of humor!  

My third favorite is the lovely MeganIsobel (who also happens to have my favorite name... Isobel!). Megan's personality is as beautiful as her eyes are. She just seems like the sweetest woman in the world, really.

So there they are, my top picks when it comes to YouTube beauty gurus. Obviously there are many other great ones. These are just three I really really enjoy.

A little extra info: all three of them have really soothing voices (I know... strange fact. But it's true!!) and they also have great blogs.

Estée

Cami

Megan

- Nicci

Lash Accelerator Mascara

I recently bought the Rimmel London Lash Accelerator Mascara in 002 Brown/Black, and thought I would share my thoughts on it. 




I usually prefer a large wand with many and really long bristles to better separate the lashes. The Lash Accelerator has a thin wand with short bristles but I wanted to try it because it only picks up a little product, which is something I like.

It claims to stimulate lash growth (to be honest I have no idea how that is supposed to work, and since it didn't come with a list of ingredients, I can't look into it) and to strengthen the lashes. However, I am perfectly satisfied with the strength and length of my lashes, so I don't really care...

Before and after one and two coats 

Simply put:
I like the formula because it's easy to control but I'm not crazy about the wand, just because I prefer a different kind.
As always, I wish I could get a brown instead of brown/black, but I have yet to find a mascara that actually looks brown when you put it on. (So if you know of one, please do let me know!)

-Nicci ¤