Hey rose petals!,

Today's post isn't going to be on the beauty side of things. It's going to be on how to let go of bad friends who are bringing you down. Everyone has that 1 friend that just isn't beneficial to your life, but you keep them around for the sake of the friendship. Not all friendships need to be close and not all friendships are a healthy. Your friends should be there to support you and let you know when you're going down a wrong direction. No one should have a friend who only encourages them to do bad things and brings them down with their negativity.

How to know when your friend is a bad friend

1. They encourage your bad behavior. Friends should be keep you on the right path. Not bring you down. Any friend that pressures you to do bad things or lets you do them knowing it's wrong, is not a friend.
2. They are never there for you. If you're always the shoulder your friend cries on, but it's not the same the other way around, let them go. They only want you to be available to them and they don't care to be available to you. 
3. They always borrow money and NEVER pay it back. A true friend wouldn't disrespect you by not paying you back any money you lent them. You were nice enough to lend them the money, they should be nice enough to give it back. 
4. You make excuses for them. If you constantly have to justify why they reacted a certain way or did something and blame yourself, let them go. When your other friends are pointing out the bad that your other friend is doing, take the advice. 
5. You constantly fight. We all have that one friend that we generally get into fights with. But if after every fight she's calling you all sorts of names and telling your secrets, she's not a friend. 
6. They're not supportive. If you're always going to your friends games and he/she never shows up to yours, they may not be a good friend. Friends support you with all you're doing. 

Those are some of the main reasons why I'm not friends with certain women and men anymore. You just have to realize that even though you may like them as a person, they aren't necessarily a good friend. In order to have a positive life, you must have positive people in it. People who are negative and just bring you down, you shouldn't surround yourself with. What other ways do you identify a bad friend? Leave a comment down below!

Favorite Fall Lippies

Hey rose buds,

Today's blog is going to be on my favorite fall lipsticks to wear. They vary from brands like Cover Girl to Urban Decay. I have 7 in total. 2 of which are matte, while the rest are your classic shine lipsticks. Also 1 lip liner that can literally go with all the lipsticks.

  

As you can see on the right I have all the lipsticks lined up and the liner. The swatches on my arm go from the lipsticks from the left to the right. As you can tell, they're all like berry colored lipsticks. Absolutely perfect for the fall. I apologize for the quality of the pictures because I'm using my phone to take the pictures and not a professional camera. 

Revlon ColorBurst Matte Balm in Standout. 

The first color is this color called Standout from Revlon. It's one of their ColorBurst lip balm. I'm obsessed with this color. The picture doesn't capture the color right, but it's this deep burgundy sort of color. It's so smooth when you apply it on your lips too. Feels like a chapstick, but looks like a matte lipstick. Brownie points for it being matte because I just adore matte anything.

Covergirl Bistro Burgundy 

The next color is just an ordinary lipstick from Covergirl in the color Bistro Burgundy. It applies very smoothly and feels like it's conditioning my lips. The color is a brownish burgundy without being too dark or too light. Again, the picture just doesn't do it justice.

Wet n Wild Dark Wine

From Wet n Wild, this lipstick in the color Dark Wine and just so... I can't find the word to describe it. It reminds me of when I was younger and my mother would wear darker lipstick or liner. It has like a classic vintage tone to it and that's what I think of when I put it on. Not too dark, just the perfect shade of wine. I'll click my glass to that!

Mac Heaux

From RiRi's line with Mac, I have the color Heaux. I fell in love with this lipstick when I bought it months ago. It was my first matte lipstick and from Mac as well. It's creamy, but not as smooth as my other lipsticks. It feels like it drags on my lips when I first put it on and you dare not smudge it! Lets just say, its pretty hard to get of your skin without a makeup remover. If you get a little bit on your hand, you will get it all over your face.

Covergirl Vintage Wine

Another Covergirl lipstick, but this one is in the color Vintage Wine. There's not much to say about it other than it fits the name well. A nice classic wine color that conditions your lips and lasts a lifetime! I forgot to mention that before, but yes. You would be surprised to know these lipsticks can surely last me 4+ hours without a touch up. Even after drinking coffee. 

Maybelline Color Whisper in Berry Ready

Next from Maybelline is this Color Whisper in the color Berry Ready. The formula is very soft and super creamy. It practically rolls onto your lips. Leaving a sleek shine and comfort to your lips. I love the Color Whisper, I just need more colors!

Urban Decay Revolutionary in Venom

Here's a lipstick from Urban Decay from their revolutionary line in the color Venom. This color is lovely on its on. I do have the liner too, but honestly you don't even need that. It glides on perfectly and gives you an awesome deep color. 

Urban Decay 24/7 glide on in Venom

Here's the lip liner to go with the previous lipstick in Venom. The color alone gives you a matte finish, but it's not a liner I would leave on by itself. It doesn't feel so smooth where you can put it on by itself and just lay a gloss on top or something. It dries my lips out a bit, but if I apply a lipstick on top its perfect. 

Again sorry for the quality of the pictures, but these are my favorite lipsticks for fall. I love deep berry and burgundy colors. It adds that touch of flare to make you pop in the cold winter and fall. Quality and Prices vary, but I wouldn't prefer a high quality brand over a drugstore brand. They both meet my expectations and are lovely additions to my collections. What are some of your favorite colors? Leave a comment down below. From one beauty lover to another, see you soon!

Mix it up Plums: EM by Michelle Phan

Hey ladies,

Do I have a review for you. It's going to be on Em by Michelle Phan lip palette in the shade Mix it up Plums.

 This is Michelle's lip palette in the color Mix it up Plums. It features 6 lipsticks: 3 of which are glossy, 2 classic, and 1 that is matte. The top & bottom right and middle left are the glossy ones. The top left and center are classic. The bottom left is matte. Using this palette, I have really grown to love the bottom left matte mixed in with the middle classic. It gives me this awesome plum/fall color that isn't too bright or too dark. The matte also overpowers the classic to give me the perfect matte finish that I enjoy. Now the middle right side is empty so that you can mix up your own colors. It comes with a little lip brush too that's not shown in this picture only because it kept falling out while I was trying to capture to the colors well. The front cover is like this hard plastic cover with the logo and a few EM words in a clear text that's hard to see in a picture. As you can see, its a pretty small and convenient compact that you can take with you everywhere. 

Here's the first glossy color on my lips. Also known as number 1 if you were to look at the back of the compact. (Excuse my lips for looking very dry, I'm sick.) Out of all the glosses, this one is the most pigmented. It's dark like the 2 of the lipsticks and have specs of glitter in it. Very well to mix with dark lip colors. 

 This is known as number 2. It is a classic light purple color. The picture on the left shows it wit more light. This color goes very well with the other colors if you want to create and ombre lip. It's also a nice fall color if you don't want to be too bold and go too dark.

Number 3 is another glossy color. This one is more of a glitter gloss instead of a colored gloss with glitter. The more you pile on, the more it will show up. I'm showing the lip products by themselves so you can get a sense of what it would look like without anything else. As you can see from the picture on the left, it's a very glittery gloss. Something to put on top of a lipstick to get it to pop more. 

Number 4 is this classic dark plum color. It's showing a little bit brighter than it actually is in the left picture. The right picture is a more accurate color. At first I thought this was the same color as the matte lipstick, but after really looking at it, it is a few shades lighter. Perfect fall color. 

Number 5 is another gloss color. This one is the lightest of them all. I call this the fairytale glass because of how light and sweet looking it is. Perfect to put on bright purples and pinks. This palette is like the perfect halloween palette to create both fairytale and dark looks. 

This is the last number, number 6. It is a deep, dark, matte lipstick color. Out of all the lipsticks in the palette this is my favorite one of them all. It's super creamy and once it's on, it's on for good. 

For the quality and texture of this product, I just love it. I wore it out while I was at work. I put it on at about 9 in the morning, and I didn't have to worry about touching it up until around 4 in the afternoon. Which is surprising to me when it comes to lipsticks because a lot of companies claim their lip products last a long time, but most certainly do not. When I mean touch up, I didn't have to reapply my whole lip either. It was just fading a bit on my lower lip. As far as the texture, it's nice, smooth, and creamy. You definitely want to scrub your lips before hand because the colors (especially the matte) will show how dry your lips are. Chapstick after scrubbing is optional, however for me I didn't really need any. The lip products were very creamy and soft so it felt like I put lipstick mixed with chapstick right on. 

Swatch of the colors of my arm

Here I put a swatch of all the colors on my arm so you can see what it looks like with my skin tone. It goes from Number 4, 2, 6, 3, 1, and 5. Another thing with this palette though is that the glosses run out pretty fast. For me number 5 especially started running out a lot even when I was just swatching it on arm and putting it on my lips. I can almost see the bottom of it. The other glosses have a pretty good amount in them. I'm not sure if it was because I used a brush and not my fingers. I feel if you were to use your fingers, you'd have to keep going back to get more product. I'm not sure, either way you definitely getting more from the solid lipsticks opposed to the glosses. Nonetheless, they are all so great to use!

To apply the products, I just used this small lip brush from Costal Scents. It came with one of their brush sets that I just recently purchased. It looks like a very small shadow brush but actually works really well for the lips. It gets flat and is easy to apply, while also being able to get all the corners and line your lips perfectly. 

Some tips for using this particular palette is that you might want to use concealer to clean up your lips after. That will ensure that the color won't bleed, it does it just very little, and to give you a smoother, cleaner edge. For me, I tend to get a bit sloppy with my lipsticks and if I don't clean up with concealer, or even make up remover, it's going to look like I got it every where. Another tip would be to carry around some makeup remover wipes with you too. Since this is a darker colored palette, using the lip brush will get on the container itself. If you want to keep it clean and pretty, just use the makeup wipes to wipe away and product that got on the container. Also it's good to clean up the brush before you put it back in the container too. The brush it comes with is good for apply the color also, but I would recommend using your own lip brush if you're not comfortable using a smaller brush. 

Overall, I LOVED this product. It's perfect for me for fall because I like to experiment with plums. The classic colors give me some great colors and the matte is my go to color. The glosses aren't sticky at all. They are too creamy and feel like chapstick in a way. To remove, all you need is some makeup remover or whatever else you use to wipe you lipstick off. It lasts all day long and you only need a few touch ups now and then. It's even better that you can combine the different lip products to create your own shade. I would highly recommend this palette (in any color) if you want to have a choice when it comes to your lipstick. Play around and create new ones, or stick to the ones that are already present. It's small and handy with a mirror to that you can easily store in your purse or makeup bag. Take it one trips, dates, anywhere you please. Have you tried out this product before? Did you like it? Leave a comment down below! From one beauty lover to another, see you soon! Don't forget to check out EMcosmetics and look at their makeup. They're having a promotion going on for $39 and 3 products to create some halloween looks!