KISS Instawave

I received a KISS Instawave through BrandBacker to review. It can be purchased at    for $59.99. It's been years since I've curled by hair so it was a little bit awkward at first. The more I played around with tool, the easier it became. I think the automatic curler would help eliminate burnt fingers that you would experience from other clipless wands. It produces beautiful curls quickly with hardly any effort. I've listed all the features with detailed pictures below. I have also included a demo video so you can see me using the KISS Instawave and see the results.

KISS InstaWave is a fully automatic tangle-free curler that instantly creates beautiful curls

Features a Curl Dial with left/right curl directions

Easy for anyone to use, from any angle, with any hand

2 heat settings with a low/high switch with maximum temperature of 420

Automatically shuts off after 90 minutes

I admit that I struggled a lot using this curling wand, but I believe that with practice anybody can efficiently use it. Here's a short demo video of me trying it out for the first time.

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Makeup by One Direction Kits

One Direction has come out with some fun new makeup kits. BrandBacker sent me sets to review. They can be purchased at Macy's, Dillards, Boscov's, Stage Stores, Beauty Brands, and Lord & Taylor.

The first kit is colored mascara for lashes and hair. These would be lots of fun for a party or Halloween. It was super easy to apply and shows up great on dark hair.

The second set contains three nail polishes and glitter. The glitter is very fine so could possibly be  used to create stunning eye looks or give your body an all over shimmer. The multicolored one would be great for New Year's Eve. I am in love with the silver glitter nail polish. It's so pretty and I will for sure be rockin' it this holiday season. I applied one coat of it to my nail so you could see how pretty it is. It would add that extra pop to any color and also work great for an accent nail. Both the nail polish and glitter are UV reactive.

Nail Varnish:
Happily– UV iced blue glitter 
Moments- UV neon pink 
Diana- UV 3D holographic 

Glitter Toppings: 
Kicks- UV snow cone blue
Not afraid- UV electrified pink glitter 
Star-- UV holo glitter 

The third set has three glittery lip glosses that at are UV reactive. They are nicely pigmented plus super fun to wear. They are very shimmery and look beautiful alone, but could jazz up any lipstick or lip balm to make your look more glamorous. All three shades are very wearable. I don't have a UV light to show you how they look when glowing.

Through the Dark- Electric glitter poppy lip gloss that glows to neon red-orange under UV light
Kiss You- Orange glitter rush lip gloss that glows to neon yellow under UV light
Taken - Powerhouse glitter pink lip gloss that glows to neon orange under UV light

Here are some lip swatches with and without flash.

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Makeup by One Direction Limited Edition Beauty Collection

One Direction has come out with some new makeup just in time for the holidays. BrandBacker sent me 3 sets for review. Each set has the same products, just a different band member on the front. You can purchase these sets at Sears USA, Kmart, Target, and Walmart Canada.

The set comes with 6 eye shadows, 4 pan lip glosses, 1 eyeliner, 1 glitter lip gloss, 2 mini nail polishes, and 2 application tools. I feel like they should have included a mascara and blush to complete the palette, but the pan lip glosses could possible double as blushes/highlighters.

The lip glosses go on smoothly, but the goldish color seems to be a different formula. I hit pan on it just by doing swatches. They are pretty nice and surprisingly more pigmented than I expected. They are all very pretty, wearable shades. The hand swatches are shown in natural daylight. The lip swatches are shown with flash.

Lip Gloss:

Loved You First- Bubble gum pink
One Thing- Frosted pink ice
Irresistible- Shimmered pearl
Heart Attack- Creamy rose shine

Lip Gloss Top Coat:
Over Again- Silver glitter sparkle

I wasn't impressed with the eyeliner. It isn't pigmented as you can see with my initial stroke. I had to really build it and even then it's not black enough for my preference. It did however glide on smoothly without tugging.

The eye shadows weren't too bad. The metallic colors were more pigmented and creamy feeling. The swatch is one swipe! I really like them and think they are gorgeous shades. The other three need to be built up to get some color payoff and would definitely need a base or primer. The swatches are shown in natural daylight. Be careful if you try to remove the eye shadows as I broke when attempting to do that. That revealed that the metallic was only on top so that was a little disappointing. 

Eye Shadows:

Nobody Compares- Metallic silver
Tell Me A Lie- Metallic nude pink 
Same Mistakes- Metallic mint
I Would- Smokey brown shimmer
Summer Love- Smokey purple haze
Everything About You- Smokey black shimmer

I found the nail polish hard to apply because it was a jelly glitter consistency. I think my nails still came out nice looking and it's a very pretty color. I feel as though the glitter top coat would look better over white and is perfect for holiday nail designs. It reminds of multi-colored Christmas lights.

Overall I think it is a great set for a One Direction fan or someone new to makeup. I'm giving the other two sets I received to my daughters for Christmas. They love makeup and will be so excited to get a set like this of their own.

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