Superfreaky1ru's Tales of a Beauty Addict

Sample Box Wars- Starbox (June '12) Electric Eyes

2012-07-05T07:16:00.001-05:00

Hey Freaky People! My June Starbox finally came a few days ago and it does NOT disappoint! The products are meant to be worn together to create a cat eye look, but the colors are beautiful and can be worn in so many ways. This box included (these as usual are all full size) an eyeshadow in the color Caracature, a Diamondline eye liner in the color Myth, a Precision Eye Definer (felt tip eyeliner) in Black, and to help you put it all together a small precision eye brush (I would call this a pencil brush). I'm wearing the products in the video and I love the light smoky eye look you can get with the kit. I especially love the eye shadow because it has an almost color changing effect. Depending on how the light hits it, it could look gray, green, or pink. In the video I call it a smoky opal color and I think that description fits perfectly.

All of this for the $15 price tag of the Starbox is absolutely incredible! While future boxes may also include hair product or accessories because of the new lines that Starlooks is launching, each Starbox is going to have a minimum of 2 full size Starlook's makeup products per month. It's the perfect sample box for us makeup lovers out there!

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Dillard's Haul- plus size clothing and some jewelry!

2012-07-02T08:30:00.000-05:00

Hey Freaky People! Finally I had the time to shoot my first video for my second channel! Yay! Since this channel is going to be more personal than my Superfreaky1ru channel I thought this haul was the perfect place to start. After all, all these items speak to my own personal style and that says a lot about who a person is. I hope you all enjoy, and I would love it if you would stop by my 2nd channel and subscribe!

My new channel is named Superfreaky1RU2.
http://www.youtube.com/Superfreaky1ru2

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Bobbi Brown- Instant Pretty Kit and FOTD!

2012-06-30T10:02:00.000-05:00

Hey Freaky People! I'm so happy to be able to make videos again! This first one is about my very first Bobbi Brown purchase. I figured I had to put on makeup to film anyways, so I might as well try it out before I returned it. I was so upset when it came and it was so small for the price. But sometimes you do get what you pay for, and I can't believe how such a pretty look can be achieved with such little product! I'm keeping it for sure!

Bobbi Brown 7 piece Instant Pretty Collection-
http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/view.2/app.detail/params.item.A221874.desc.Bobbi-Brown-7pc-Instant-Pretty-Collection.cm_scid.zone

My kit is in Sand, which was the 2nd lightest color choice. I am light with pink undertones. In the presentation, Bobbi said that most people would need either the beige or natural (if they are tanned for summer).

Starlooks Precision Eye Definer Pen- (look for my upcoming review of my June Starbox which includes this product and more!
http://www.starlooks.com/products/precisioneyepen

FTC Disclaimer- I bought this kit with my own money. All opinions given in this video are mine and I have never been paid for a review.

Giveaway! The Soap Box by FortuneCookieSoap.com!

2012-05-31T03:41:00.001-05:00

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Sample Box Wars Spolight- Beauty Army Jan/Feb "12

2012-02-24T04:21:00.000-06:00

Hey Freaky People! Here's the next installment of my Sample Box Wars Spotlights, this on the first two months of the new sample box company Beauty Army. As a whole, I really enjoy these boxes. I was very worried that month 2 would drop off in quality as other new companies have done but I haven't seen that at all.

Beauty Army is not the first company to say that they focus on luxurious packaging (Gogogirlfriend was a big fail on that one) but they absolutely deliver 100% and I've got to give them the prize for having the nicest sample box packaging out there. I will find good uses for every single one of these boxes.

It's not all roses, though. Beauty Army's sample sizes that are shown on their website when you choose your samples differed in a few cases in my second box and while I absolutely think the box is worth every penny, the differences in some cases are big. One sample I got said the sample size was 1fl oz but it couldn't have been more than .25fl oz. If they were so confident about their boxes, then why fudge the sample sizes so people would think that they were getting more for their money? I guess because they thought no one would notice, and unfortunately I seem to be the only one that did! But Beauty Army, if you're reading this...your boxes are really great so far, let them stand on their own merit.

To sign up for Beauty Army-
http://www.beautyarmy.com
$12 monthly for a choice of 6 of 9 samples

Products Mentioned-
MyFace Blingtones eyeshadow
LaRocca Shield Multi Active Lip Balm
La Rocca 24k exfoliating facial cleanser
Strivectin Get Even Brightening serum
Chella anti fatigue eye mask kit
MAD Skincare Youth Transformation Age Corrective Serum
Lift Lab lift and firm eye cream
Joico K-Pak Revitaluxe hair mask
Indie Lee The Body Scrub
Mama Mio Boob Tube bust and neck firmer
Nia24 uva/uvb sunscreen

IT Cosmetics- Complexion Perfection Superstars Haul and Review

2012-02-23T22:23:00.000-06:00

Hey Freaky People! This is a review I filmed a few weeks ago for the IT Cosmetics 4 piece Complexion Perfection Superstars kit that is available for purchase at QVC. At the time I filmed it it wasn't still available, but it's since been restocked which is great because it's an amazing set! Obviously I love the brushes because as you can see I pretty much pet one throughout the whole video like it's a puppy! I don't talk about the Bye Bye Pores finishing powder a lot in the video but I just wanted to add that if you have super dry skin it can be drying so a good moisturizer is recommended just before you put on your face primer. It's worth the extra effort because it fills in your pores so nicely making your face look so smooth!

Link to set on QVC-
http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/view.2/app.detail/params.CM_SCID.coll.item.A220840.desc.It-Cosmetics-Complexion-Perfection-Superstars-4pc-Collection

Link to complete list of IT Cosmetics on QVC-
http://www.qvc.com/cgen/render.aspx?qp=class%7cO155&plpb=G|0|48|1|1

Link to IT Cosmetics Website-
http://itcosmetics.com/

Sample Box Wars-Julep Maven Spotlight & Mystery Box Reveal

2012-02-21T12:48:00.001-06:00

Hey Freaky People! So I've been testing out this new sample box program called Julep Maven for a few months now. I'd heard about it in the fall but at $19.99 per month I wasn't sure if it was worth it because I have a serious addiction to nail polish and I knew that even though I knew there would be more coming every month it would do nothing to slow down my considerable weekly polish binges. But I had the opportunity to get my first box for just 1 penny and there was no obligation to continue on after that. $40 worth of nail polish for a penny?! I couldn't say no! But when it came time to cancel before I got charged the full $19.99 I realized that I didn't want to. The products are really great! Not only do I love the colors, but they are a dream to work with. They are thick and spread evenly and on some of them you can get total opacity in just one coat! As much as I adore my OPI's, China Glaze's, and Essie's, most times I wouldn't think about putting on that topcoat until I have at least 2 coats, probably 3. So I kept the service, knowing that because of their lenient policies that I can always skip a month or two if my drugstore polish purchases get out of hand. It's a decision I haven't questioned in the month's since and one that I actually feel good about every time a stranger stops me on the street to ask about my nails. And they do. A lot.

If you have the nail polish bug like me, it definitely a service that you must check out. For an extra added bonus, from now until the end of February use the code SHAREONFEB and get your first box for only $1. And like with my first box, there's no obligation to continue. But be aware, after you try the products you will probably want to do so anyways!

Link to signup for the Julep Maven Program-

http://www.julep.com/?r=18138980

Sunday Night Vloggin' & Stuff

2012-02-21T04:05:00.000-06:00

This one doesn't need any explanations. It is exactly what it says...Sunday Night Vlogging. Which in my world means a few important bits of news and a whole lotta randomness.

Missha M Perfect Cover BB Cream SPF 42 PA+++ #13 & #21 Review

2012-01-31T11:49:00.000-06:00

Hey Freaky People! I've got a new video up about some BB Cream that I recently purchased and am really enjoying. My first foray into the world of Asian beauty treatments has been a good one and I'm really excited to try some more! I know bb creams are catching on here, but from what I've been told and have read, they pale in comparison to their Asian counterparts and are more like a tinted moisturizer than a true bb cream. Now that being said, there are at least 5 brands that have recently brought out their own versions of this magic cream so maybe one of them has finally gotten it right? We'll have to see. If you want to check out the Missha M Perfect BB Cream for yourselves, the US website is http://www.misshaus.com.

Have any of you tried this or any other bb cream? How do you think they compare to regular foundation or tinted moisturizer? And do you ever wonder why the Asian beauty market always gets the best products first? No fair!

Consciousbox- Sample Box Spotlight & GIVEAWAY!

2012-01-28T09:50:00.000-06:00

Hey Freaky People! Welcome to my blog! Use the Rafflecopter widget below to enter the Conscious Box giveaway. Some of the items are mandatory and some are not, although I hope everyone will take the few seconds it takes to complete them for the extra entries! Good luck and be Freaky!
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Influenster Vox Box- Holiday Box

2012-01-24T06:14:00.001-06:00

Hey Freaky People! A little late to be unveiling my holiday Vox Box, but trust me, you didn't want to see me a few weeks ago. I got an Olay Pro X system for Christmas and when I used it, I had a terrible reaction and burned my face! I've been waiting til my blistery splotchiness went away. No more Pro X for me. Anyways, here's what I got in my Influenster Vox Box. I'll be reviewing the items either in videos or on this blog to let you all know how I liked everything.

When I deemed myself "video worthy" I went on a bit of a video making spree, so you'll be seeing a lot more from me very shortly! Next up....Conscious Box sample box spotlight and giveaway! See ya Freaky People!

Rafflecopter is having an ipad giveaway

2012-01-13T05:09:00.001-06:00

Rafflecopter is an amazingly simple way to create, run, and enter contests and giveaways. For anyone that's ever hosted a giveaway you know that the planning and set up alone could take hours. Now with a few clicks someone else can do it for you and the best part is that entering the giveaways becomes so much easier for your subscribers! Look for my first rafflecopter powered giveaway to start soon!

To help spread the word of their amazing new widget Rafflecopter is hosting a giveaway for an ipad. I entered and it was so easy. If you have a social networking site and host giveaways the website is definitely worth a go look-see!

Also don't forget to enter to win the ipad!

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Sweet on Tarte! Holiday kits galore!

2011-12-02T08:40:00.000-06:00

There are but few things in this world that I love more than quality cosmetics and a great deal! Combine the two and I'm a goner. I bought 6 out of the 9 holiday sets that Tarte offered this year. I haven't tallied up the final cost and I have no intention of doing so! I will pay it off slowly over time thanks to my QVC card and some easy pay options! I swear, even if I didn't love the holidays for a million other reasons, the beauty deals alone would be enough for me to make my season bright!

Lovely goodies from Urban Decay!

2011-08-30T02:42:00.000-05:00

I've been picking up Urban Decay products for a few months, but haven't had time to haul them before now. Around the beginning of April my area got both an Ulta and a Sephora and I the fact that I no longer have to drive to Chicago to pick up makeup has made things very interesting for me! My poor husband is in hell.

For me it's been a dream! Last Christmas my local Dillard's department store got in a shipment of Too Faced products to sell for the holidays. When I saw them I had an absolute GIRLGASM! Seeing my excitement, several of the cosmetics department associates came over and asked me why I was so excited, had I heard of the brand, and have I used some of the products. How could it be that these professionals had no idea what Too Faced was?! It's not like Dillard's just hires anyone for those positions, they actually hire trained professionals, licensed estheticians and makeup artists! But none of them had ever heard of the brand, and company policy didn't allow them to put out testers as it wasn't a brand they were going to be carrying after the holiday. Flabbergasted, I finally bought a few things and then handed them over so that they could do some swatches and pray at the altar of Too Faced.

Anyhow, my point is that just a few short months ago I was a beauty addict without anyone to share my addiction with. The opening of both Sephora and Ulta has given me an opportunity to join with other like-minded friends who text me if they walk into Ulta and they're handing out free samples (and OMG did they EVER that first month!)or coupons. It's been wonderful!

Which brings me back again to Urban Decay and my collective haul. It all started with the Naked Palette...

I've never been a lover of neutrals, I prefer my colors bright and vibrant. But this palette with it's rich colors both in mattes and varying levels of shimmer has made me see things in a whole differeny way. There is beauty in beiges! Who knew?

From there we go to the Urban Decay sale on Hautelook. I love that website with every fiber of my being because while I have champagne wishes and caviar dreams, I'm actually quite frugal. Oh, I'll pay full price if I have to, but for me, the only thing better than high end cosmetics, is getting high end cosmetics at drug store prices! So when Hautelook had their sale and $18 eyeshadows were suddenly $5, I pounced like a cat on a mouse who's covered in catnip!

And those are just the eyeshadows! To see the rest of my Hautelook haul, you'll just have to watch the video!

Then finally we come to new queen of my collection. The thing that when I first pulled it out of the box made me want to start stroking it and calling it "my precious". The Urban Decay 15th Anniversary Eyeshadow Collection. 15 brand new, never before released colors encased in a shiny, jeweled box of wonder and purple velvet. How I love her!

This is the kind of palette that I'm going to reach for again and again. Neutrals, vibrant saturated colors, and dark smoky loveliness all together in one fantastic package. Grab this and the rest of your face products and you're set to go off on vacation, it's that versatile. Or at least that's what other people can do. I seem to need to bring everything in my collection with me. I'm like the armed forces of makeup, I never leave a man behind!

Until the next entry...see ya Freaky People!

My Nightly Experimental Swatches

2011-08-28T03:23:00.000-05:00

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So for the last 24 hours there's been a huge beauty event on QVC. I watched as much of it as I could, and tivo'd some for later because despite the fact that I want to buy everything I see, I can't, and just watching the experts put on makeup is enough for me to get inspiration and try to duplicate things with my own makeup.

The things I was intrigued by today were the Laura Geller Eye Rims, which won the award for best eyeliner. It's a baked marbleized product and it's mostly black with other colors mixed in. I didn't want to pay the high price so I went and found my marbleized shadows from Too Faced that I got from their vintage sale. Turns out, what I already have looks just as good as what I could see on the screen! Awesome for me because while I bought all eight of the Too Faced shadows because they were cheap, I'm ashamed to admit that I've never used them. Not even once! So I'm pretty stoked to be able to use them as eyeliners so I don't have to feel any more guilt.

Oddly enough, besides using shadow for liner, the other thing that caught my attention was the founder of Tarte, who actually uses liners in place of shadows! It was opposites day, I guess. So I started experimenting with my liners seeing which ones would make good shadows, and I found seven decent ones that are long lasting but give me enough time to blend them out. After I tried them on my arms I tried my face and I found I oculd do a sexy, smudged eye in less than 5 minutes, and that incldes the mascara!

So that's what this picture is....liners smudged as shadows and shadows wetted and smudged as liners. I like the way they look on my arm. I think I'll keep them there until morning to see how they last throughout the night.

Now that all that's out of the way, I must admit to something. I did break down and buy something today. I bought the New Beauty Test Tube which debuted last night. The products in it are INCREDIBLE! I can not wait to get it so I can make a Sample Box Wars video!

From my KIN

No Bieber Fever Here! Stick to singing and leave the nail polish alone!

2011-08-26T03:22:00.000-05:00

So I was at Walmart yesterday trying to find someone who could replace a watchband on my broken watch. The lady at Walmart was the 5th person to tell me no. Apparently I bought the world's only non-fixable watch! Afterwards I headed on over to the beauty section to see if any Fall 2011 products had made their way onto the shelves and besides some Hard Candy products, which I will talk about in an upcoming video, the answer was pretty much no for that as well. I did see a cute Nicole by OPI Mini Hit-Makers 4 piece nail polish collection and decided to check it out. For over 6 months, I've been picking up Justin Bieber "The One Less Lonely Girl" Collection polishes and then putting them back down because, to be totally honest, I find the kid more annoying than a herd of hungry goats. But this little mini collection was just too cute to put back so I spent the $10 and brought it home.

Big mistake! It took 4 coats of "Canadian Star" to get my nails to what I would call opaque. 3 was almost good enough, but it was pretty streaky. I painted "Eenie Meanie Marry Me" on my accent nails and that took 3 coats. I did test the other 2 colors and "Coral Denominator" shown on my nails below is the only color that can apply in two coats (I know it looks terrible, it was a rush job!). The last shade "I Pink I Love Him" is a pale pink jelly with sparse glitter and would never work on it's own, but also doesn't work well with the other 3 polishes in this set.

All in all, my first experience with Justin Bieber nail polish was just as annoying as I find the kid to begin with. I want my $10 back! For that amount, I could have gotten both an Essie and a Wet n Wild polish! Lesson learned. No Bieber fever here.

From my KIN

Giving myself a do-over!

2011-08-15T04:43:00.000-05:00

So now that I've had a blog for over and year and never really posted to it, I've decided to give myself a do-over. This seems like the perfect time because I'm just coming back from a youtube break while I dealt with my seemingly never ending back problems. But this time is different. Not just my commitment to my blog but also because for the first time in 17 years I have a shred of hope at living a halfway normal life! I've been keeping a secret all summer and I think I'm finally ready to let the cat out of the proverbial bag. I thought before if I said it out loud to the world, then Murphy's Law would take hold and my shred of hope would be...well...shredded. But I've never been a glass half empty sort of gal and it's time I started acting like it! So here goes....My new pain specialist told me that there's a chance that he can CURE ME! Well, he didn't actually say cure, he said that he wants to perform a series of procedures on me called PROLOTHERAPY and that the procedures are curative. Potayto/Potahto, however you say it, it sounds like a cure to me!

What is Prolotherapy? As it was explained to me, it's an ancient procedure where an irritant is injected into your ligaments and then your body reacts to the irritant by growing stronger and more fibrous thereby strengthening your body. If this works, will I still have 6 bulging/herniated disks in my spine? Yes, there's nothing I can do about that but wait for the day they can give me metal spine like a terminator. But save the shooting pains down my legs, most of my pain is from my body reacting to those bad disks. My muscles have been locked up for years, I have arthritis, my hips are painful all the time, and I have joint and facet pain. Supposedly prolotherapy will cure all that. The downside to this miraculous new (yet ancient) treatment? It's not covered by insurance. And it's expensive. And it can take from 4-6 treatments for it to give maximum benefits. And there's no guarantee that it will work. OUCH.

They try to see if you're a good candidate for prolotherapy before they try it by giving you a test that IS covered by insurance. The doctor takes anesthetic and injects it into your sore places, or near them, or something, and then if you have significant pain relief for a few hours, then you're a good candidate. Problem with me is that I'm so absolutely fucked up that at first they decided they could only do half of my back because I was needing just too much anesthetic, and then there came a point when my doctor told me that he couldn't even finish the one side, that if he did any more, I'd get really sick from the amount of anesthetic. So I walked out of the office with about one half of one half of my back done and then I was supposed to figure out if it was helping? The only way I could describe it was like it felt like my hip and leg were asleep. They were tingling and numbish yet still painful. So here I've spent weeks praying that it would still work, and wondering where the hell we were going to come up with the money to try it.

So that's my big secret. Potentially life changing, at least I hope it is! Until my next appointment with my doctor I'm just going to stay hopeful and hope I find a copy of The Declaration of Independence behind an ugly painting at a garage sale, or plant a quarter and see if I can get a money tree to grow, or find myself filming the next viral video. None of these things is likely, but a girl can dream, right?!

Which brings me full circle to my do-over. If I'm going to potentially get a fresh start, why not my blog as well? This time I'm much more computer savvy, I can even edit my videos now, so why not make a run at the blogosphere? Besides, maybe if I start putting my thoughts in my blog posts, I can keep my youtube videos down in length? I sure hope so!

Super Ginormous Makeup Haul 2010- part 1

2010-09-06T02:58:00.000-05:00

Hey Freaky People!

2010-09-06T02:39:00.000-05:00

Hey there Freaky People! I thought it was about time that I started that Blog I always wanted to do! No big deal, just a little supplement to my YouTube channel Superfreaky1ru! You can ask questions, discuss what I said, what you thought, and knowing me, what was on my haul! I want to thank you all for joining this Fashion and Beauty Freak on my wild and crazy adventures! Love you all!

Peace, Love, and Happiness!
-Sheryl
Superfreaky1ru