Subway Sauna Survival.

Summer is in full swing and with that comes days of melting makeup. If you live anywhere with a subway system you may experience the city wide free subway sauna. There is nothing like walking down the subway ramp to be slapped with wall of trapped heat, and if you're a makeup wearing person like myself your makeup will start to melt off. However, I found my makeup savior, the Urban Decay All Nighter Makeup Setting Spray! Seriously I have no idea how my makeup lasted without this product...oh wait it didn't! I picked this up around my birthday because I have heard so many great things about this and after having my makeup melt off on the subway ride to work I had to try something. I picked up the travel size to test it out but will be purchasing the full size once I'm out because its a much better deal!

So if you haven't heard already the Urban Decay All Nighter Makeup Setting Spray locks your makeup in place for they claim 16 hours. Now, I personally have never worn my makeup that long so I can't really say much about that. I have however seen this product last well over 9 hours. This product has been amazing at preventing my makeup from settling in my fine lines. I experience creasing under my eyes and around my mouth [smile line] and once I spritz my face I pat in around those areas to really make sure the product does not move. Since doing this I have noticed less creasing throughout the day. I definitely still crease but I typically notice after 7-8 hours. This product does NOT control oil, and you will have to blot or powder if you have oily skin. I have dry to normal skin but more normal throughout the warmer months and I do have to blot throughout the day.

I have found three ways that I fancy to use this product. The first is a primer to really help your makeup grasp on to your face and then finishing off with it again, so a makeup sandwich with the UD Setting Spray as the bread. The second is as a replacement of powder, if you're not into powders this will help set everything without adding any heaviness. Lastly, the way I typically go out using this product is as the finishing touch. I do my normal routine and I found that this helps get rid of that powdery look you can get sometimes, so this helps make things looks a bit more natural.

This is the first and only setting spray I have used and I'm really impressed! I want to know from all you setting spray vet which is your favorite?

Have a lovely day!
xoxo Franchesca

Review: Lorac Pro 2

We have all heard how amazing and loved the Lorac Pro palette is in the beauty community, so when word got out that there would another Pro palette I had to get my hands on it. I may be a Lorac Pro groupie and I'm perfectly fine with that. Now you maybe wondering if you already have the original Pro palette do you really need the second. The answer is no, but if you think like me and I believe most of you beauty junkies do, the answer is yes.

This palette offers 16 shadows, 8 matte and 8 shimmer, same as the original but cool toned shadows. The number of shadows, ratio of mattes and shimmers and the shade black are about the only things these two palettes share...Oh and packaging! You receive the same quality in this palette, they are smooth and buttery. However there are two shades Plum and Navy, that don't have the same buttery texture. In fact they feel a bit chalky but nothing that you can't work with. I've found that these two shades have the most fall out in the entire palette, but they are great pops of color.

I picked this up earlier this week... the day I got back from vaca since I had been cringing to get my hands on it and just couldn't wait any longer. I called up my local Ulta to make sure they still had it in stock and the minute I was told they did I was off. So from playing around with it this week and from swatching, the standouts in this palette for me are Nectar a shade I never really pictured myself using however I gave it a go and its an amazing transition shade and gives such a lovely glow to the eyes. Mocha and Chrome absolutely stunning shades. If you read my original Lorac Pro review [here] you may recall that I ADORE the shade Pewter, and I found that Mocha and Chrome are like Pewter's siblings they're phenomenal. Lastly the shade Jade, I love my green shadows I think they look stunning on brown eyes so this shade is right up my ally and I see this shadow being a favorite in the fall!

So I'm clearly really enjoying this palette and I hope you all will too! Look out for posts that feature the this palette. Plus I may have picked up two... did someone say giveaway? Its available to Ulta [here] and Lorac [here].

Victoria's Secret Sport VoxBox!

A couple weeks ago I received yet another VoxBox from influenster, if you guys haven't heard of influenster before Influenster is an online community where one can write and read reviews on just about any product. Influenster's VoxBox is filled with goodies for members to review. The great thing about Influenster is that it is completely free and you can find a ton of reviews on one site. If you want to checkout Influenster just click this badge (on the right or at the bottom of my blog). 

So this time around I recived the Victoria Secret sports voxbox, which included a VS Sport Angle bra [$44.50], a six-pack of VS Sport mesh sports socks [$29.50], along with a cloth measuring tape. 

The Angle Bra offers:
- Medium support
- Memory Fit conforms to your shape
- Crisscross Straps at back
- Underwire for additional support
- Adjustable back closure
- Nylon Performance fabric with 4-way stretch
- Body-Wick keeps you cool and dry

The bra I received was a great fit, the only issue I have is that the straps are a bit long for myself. I would prefer adjustable straps. However, I put the bra to the test these past couple of week during my workouts and I have to say I never thought a sports bra could be comfortable. I love the support I get with this bra, the underwire really helps with allowing me to still have a shape, most of my sports bras typically flatten me out completely. The fabric is super soft and molds with my body, so I don't  get any side boob pouring over my bra. The number one reason I will be purchasing another one of these bras is because I can actually breath in it. I don't know about you guys but I'm not very endowed so many of the sports bras I have tried are just super tight and suffocate my boobs. However, with the VS Sport Angel bra I get the support I need to workout but I'm still allowed to breath. 

What have you all tried from the VS Sport line? What has been your experience?

Have a great day!
xoxo Franchesca  

"This is a sponsored blog post. Influenster provided me with complimentary Victoria's Secret products to test and review as part of a contest."

"I received these products complimentary from Influenster for testing purposes."

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POND'S Clarant B3 Dark Spot Correcting Cream

I have suffered with acne for awhile, I started experiencing some severe acne back in August it wasn't till April that my acne started to clear up. I'm not quite sure what caused the breakouts and I'm not what I was doing differently that cleared them up. Once I do figure it out I will share my story. However, my acne had cleared up I was left with the ever annoying post-acne marks. Now anything that said it reduce the appearance of my scares was great, but many times those products came with a hefty price tag. A couple years ago, maybe like two or three by sister had turned my on to the POND'S Clarant B3 cream for my scars back then and it did a great job of reducing the appearance of the scars. However, after a couple months of using the product I found that it wasn't as effective anymore. So once I ran out I never repurchased again. It wasn't till a late night Walmart run that I saw this in the travel size section and picked it up. 

This product claims to even skin tone in 2 weeks, and reduce the appearance of dark spots in 4 weeks. I believe this product has evened out my skin tone as well as reduced the appearance of my dark spots, however it was taken longer than 2 and 4 weeks. As you can see in the pictures above there has been a huge reduction in the appearance of my scares but this took two months to get these results. I also had experienced occasional breakouts since I started using the cream that left me with 'fresher' scars.

This products has worked amazingly for its price I believe under $5. So if you are looking for a product to help with your scars, I would 100% recommend you give this a go before you go for some pricer items. Like any product its not going to work over night, however if used as directed it can give some great results.

Have you all used this product before?

Have a lovely day!
xoxo Franchesca

MAC Pro Longwear Concealer

This is one of those products that YouTube made me get, not really but you know what I mean. I have been testing this out since March and well I'm converted. MAC was a brand I had stay cleared of since high school after purchasing a foundation and breaking out like crazy! However, after hearing so many raved reviews of this product I took the plunge and purchased it.

I went to a MAC counter and was matched to NC30. This has 15 hours wear so they claim, however I don't wear my makeup that long so I can't really say it last that long, but it does last a good 8 hours. This is a lightweight super pigmented concealer, that means a little goes a long way meaning it can last for ages. One pump is to much for myself, however after much practice you can control the pump a bit. Because this is super lightweight its perfect for under the eyes. Like most people I experience creasing a ton! However, this product though eventually it will crease on me it tends to last longer then my other concealers. This is also great for pin point concealing, with this concealer you get a nice natural look. All in all this concealer was a great buy and I completely recommend it, my only issue with this product would be the pump but like I said above after some practice one can really learn to control it. This is another great concealer for all over the face.