Review: The Wet Brush

I was a tad bit skeptical about this brush when I was given it.  I had tried two detangling brushes prior to receiving this brush and neither lived up to the claim. However, i am always willing to try new products. I was rather anxious to receive this product. 

This brush is said to have been specially formulated with IntelliFlex bristles and what they do is flex base on the need... I must say this brush is really intelligent!!! 😉It brushes through your hair effortlessly while untangling all the knots without a tug or pull...it's almost magical. It's my new obsession....

You can check out my review and experience on my youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/roannavm

I got a black but other colors available are: blue, pink, purple, dark purple, green, light purple, silver and price ranges from $40-$50ttd and $5.99-$9.99

I urge you to not just take my word for it... Try it for yourself

This product can be purchased in Trinidad at: 

My medicine bag ltd

O J Enterprises

One Stop Beauty Essentials

Online Superstore 

Pennywise cosmetics

Pharmacy World ltd

Princess Cosmetics 

Red Edge shopping centre

Roopnarines Pharmacy

Shoprite drugs

Yip's Superstore 

Zako trading

Check out their local Facebook page: The Wet Brush TT

Their local ad (I added a little touch to it due to my obsession) 

Online you can purchase it on: 

Beauty.com

Amazon.com

eBay.com

In the US it's sold at: Walmart, Target and most beauty supply stores

I saw this on their Facebook page and had to share it

Busy is an understatement

hey all I just wanted to stop by here and let you know I haven't forgotten you.. i've been so busy I think busy is an understatement.  I have been overwhelm too with all that I'm doing that crazy things have been happening.  I have been uploading to youtube so you can check my channel out https://www.youtube.com/user/roannavm you'll see more updates there.. I try to have daily uploads.  I hope everyone is doing well, I will be updating here once I start vacation or once I am able to get connection on my vacation I'll keep you all updated.  I will post some pics of my Tampa trip very soon.
Roanna

Diet- Day 1 lunch, dinner and snacking

For lunch I had some carbs. Cassava, sweet potato and plantain all boiled not fried. I topped it with stewed salt fish with lots of garlic, onions and tomatoes. It was delicious 

This was really satisfying and I did not need to snack. For dinner I did not eat much I had a bowl of steamed edamame. 

Lightly salted with seasalt and sprinkled with chili flakes. 

The snacks I had for today included half of a pink grapefruit 

And some homemade fruit and nuts mixture: sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, pecans, dried cranberries, dried apricots, dried figs, and dates. 

For me day 1 was rather successful. I had a warm cup of Chinese green tea before going to bed. Of course I had it without milk and sugar. Hubby had his with little milk and sugar. Today was encouraging. 

Diet Day 1 - Breakfast

So this morning was a challenge as I need to go to the grocery (tmi right) so I tried to make do with what I had available     I decided to go with a fruit parfait. 

Ingredient: fruit, yogurt and cereal

I used grapes as my fruit but if I have more fruits at home I love using about 2-3 fruits. I used peach yogurt my fav yogurt flavor and it has chunky pieces of fruit inside 😍😍😍. And I used honey Cheerios my fav... 

How you make the fruit parfait?

Put a layer of fruit then add a layer of yogurt and then sprinkle a layer of cereal. I then repeat this step until I run out of goodies. 

I love using just 1 prepackaged cup you buy at the grocery as my portion size. 

After I'm through I mixed some roasted nuts (salt free) sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and pecans (chopped) and sprinkled it on the top. 

So that's what my final product looks like. I have been making this on and off for breakfast since early January 2013 (new years resolution to eat healthy .... And yes it's November 😜😜😜) 

I love this and would recommend it for all who want to eat healthy and get more fruits in their diet. 

I may not update everyday but I will try my best when I can. Hope this was helpful. What's your favorite healthy breakfast combo? 

30-day Food Challenge

I've decided to put myself on a 30-day food challenge or diet as the case may be. I need to eat healthier. Avoid soda, carbs, sugars etc. in addition I need to exercise at Least three times a week. So today being Day 1 I'm hopeful. I will try to blog and if possible vlog. I promised myself that once a week I will give myself a treat as long as I can be faithful to this cause. 

If you would like to join me on this adventure please do.. My hubby is also anxious to attempt lol l am anxious to see how far he will go. 

At nights I usually drink tea before going to bed, tonight's choice is Chinese green tea without milk and sugar... Cheers!!!

City Color Cosmetics Baked Eyeshadows

City Color Cosmetics Baked Eyeshadows

I purchased three of these Eyeshadows and I'm so happy that I did. I paid $10ttd at Wonderful World. There were only 6 to choose from and i chose 3 out of the 6.  

What I didn't purchase included a duo chrome baby pink, duo chrome lilac and a white. The swatches of the three I purchased with speak for itself. 

I love these and have used them. The wear time is amazing. Very pigmented and blends well not too shimmery either. Would recommend these three. 

Would rate them 4.75/5 

City Color Cosmetics Highlight in Sparkle

City Color Cosmetics Highlight in Sparkle 

Purchased at Wonderful World Chaguanas for $25ttd

This product has 0.520 oz or 15.00g 

Its lifetime is 12m

I've used this highlighter for a bit and I absolutely enjoy this product.  Its amazing amount for the price. I love that it does not contain any glitter at all. It's really a nice natural highlight that lasts all day. Its so super cute and amazing detailing on the top. I will definitely recommend this product.

This is what the product looks like

Swatched Heavily with my finger

Swatched heavily on back of my hand. The consistency is so buttery and smooth. Applies very smooth and it's buildable. 

Close up look of the highlighter. The flower detailing is super cute. 

Love this product. 

Will rate this product 4.75/5

City Color Cosmetics at Wonderful World

I decided that after my horrible customer service at Wonderful World West Mall, that i would give WW a break.. I was spending way too much money for horrible service.  But as I was waiting on a dear friend in Long Circular Mall I decided to pop in to the WW store thats located on the main floor.  As i went to the makeup section, I was pleasantly surprise to see City Color Cosmetics.  I started looking for all the other items. After I located them, I started taking pics.. You know I had to get the word to all my subbies, followers, makeup lovers... just had to get the word out to everyone.  So I  hauled a bit and then the next day I happened to be in the Chaguanas area and decided to check the WW store at Center City mall.  I did not have my phone so I was unable to take pics, but they did have a wide selection than the Long Circular mall branch, so of course I hauled again.  Below are photos of the displays at the Long Circular branch and the last pic is of what I hauled from the Center City mall branch.  I have recorded a vid on the hauls so you can check out my channel: http://www.youtube.com/roannavm for that vid.. I am also using most of these products in this week's basket...
If you did haul please let me know what you bought or what you saw...

This is my haul from Long Circular Mall

These were $18ttd

Matte colors - $22

From my second haul at the Center City mall branch..
Dont forget to check out my youtube channel for my haul vid...

Thanks for watching

The Balm Stainiac - Berry Queen

The Balm Stainiac - Berry Queen lip and cheek tint

Received this in a birchbox last year and never really used it. Didn't seem like a great product at that time so I just added it to my collection and left it there. I did try it another time and thought it was really faint and did nothing much for my tanned skin.

I received a sample size 

I was really happy with this sample size as in using it I would get a fair knowledge of how it works. So I tried it as a lip tint. It was exactly that a tint... It bear.y appeared on my lips... But it dried out my lips and ugh I wasn't happy

So it was a failure for lips. 

Today is the 3rd day I'm wearing it on my cheeks ....

My first impression of it on my cheeks........

I applied it with my fingers ... Applied pretty sheer I added a bit more... I'm barely noticing it... I felt like I

 was wasting my time... My intention really was to use it as a base like what I use cream blushes for...

After I applied the Stainiac I barely saw anything on my cheek... But guess what??? My fingers were stained and it was really crazy pigmented.... Strange right??

Well I added my powdered blush and BAM❗❗❗❗

It looked hot....omg I was in love somehow it transformed my powdered blush... I wore it for a work day and even into the evening night and my b,USB combo lasted all day looking the same way it did when I had just applied it I'm like so wow-out

Love love... Now I noticed that my little tube seems to be half filled lol three plus uses with swatches and its half filled.. I'm a bit sad to date because its gonna finish soon

However, even though it seems to be an enjoyable experience on my cheeks I will purchase. I think there are a lot of cheaper and much more pigmented products available now that work wayyyyyy better than this product 

I will rate this 3/5 because it didn't work well as a lip tint ... My only wish is that it's much more pigmented that it can be worn alone...

Swatch not blended out....

Check out the Balm website for more info 

http://www.thebalm.com/stainiac.html 

YouTube Giveaway

In conjunction with my YouTube channel: Roannavm 

Enter to win some awesome makeup 

Back to school makeup kit essential 

Rules:

1 be a subscriber of my YouTube channel

2. Comment under my vid on YouTube 

3. comment under this picture and state your YouTube name

Open internationally

Ends August 31. 2013