Lancome Exfoliant Fraichelle, THE BEST

Ok, so I just have have haveeeee to write a post on this product. I actually am not a big purchaser of body scrubs and products of that nature because I have yet to find one that really does what it is supposed to. I ended up getting this as a free gift with purchase at Macy's and absolutely fell in love.   I literally look forward to using it everyday because it is divine. 

So let me start by saying the smell is simply HEAVENLY. I had originally read some reviews about it where people complain about the smell which I just do not understand. It is such a clean scent that reminds me of almost an evergreen smell. It is one of the first body wash type items that actually leaves the scent on my skin all day. 

What Lancome Exfoliant Fraichelle is meant to look like. 

My poor sample size that is no more :(

My next favorite thing about this product is the fact that it legitimately exfoliates skin and gets rid of rough, old cells. I use it after body wash and before shaving and it significantly makes a difference in the smoothness of my skin and closeness of my shave. When you scrub with it it has nice friction to it, not in a painful way, but a way that you can feel it working. 

The only negative thing I can say about this product is that when I ran out today, and immediately went to replace it because I am clearly obsessed, they were sold out at the Lancome counter. Boo Macy's for not having it on hand!! I guess I will just have to manage with some Philosophy Amazing Grace for a few days until my ordered one comes in. First world problems.

Too Faced Primed and Poreless Pure

not my picture

First of all, although I am a bit of a makeup junkie, I have never really been a fan of primer. I have tried all different kinds including the super raved about Smashbox primers (multiple times), yet I have never found one that does its job, or doesn't break my skin out, or send my eyeliner melting down my face by the end of the day, cough cough Primed and Poreless Pure, cough. I thought, you know, the only product I am really missing in my makeup regimen is a good primer so why not buy one. After researching endlessly I decided upon the Too Faced primer above because I have an issue with breaking out from primers and their lovely ingredients and this one specifically is targeted for acne prone skin.
I used this over my moisturizer and under my makeup and I do have to say that I loved the texture because  it went on very similarly to the siliconey Smashbox primers, yet it didn't ball off and pill up, YAY, I thought! I really did want to love this primer but the positives basically end there. It did live up to the fact that it didn't break me out, however, by the end of day 1, my winged out eyeliner was smudged, along with my mascara under my eyes, and there was also no significant difference in the overall look of my makeup. I used this for several more days changing up other items to try and give it every chance possible without any luck. After discontinuing use, my eye makeup magically went back to staying put for hours at a time, interesting. I actually couldn't even take a picture of the product myself because I returned it so quickly and didn't get the chance. I am not one to really return products, I mean you never know when that lime green sparkle eyeliner will come in handy (St. Patrick's Day anyone?), however at $30.00 a pop for this sub par product, I was not ready to allow it to take up space in my makeup bag.