Pamper Skin with a Chocolate Facial Mask

While doing this and that to pamper for the Valentine’s Day weekend, why not treat yourself to a chocolate facial mask? All you need are items possibly already in your kitchen: cocoa powder, cream, cottage cheese, honey, and oatmeal.

Chocolate Facial Mask Recipe

1/3 cup cocoa powder
3 tbsp. heavy cream
2 tsp. cottage cheese
¼ cup honey
3 tsp. oatmeal

Mix all ingredients together (a bullet blender is ideal) and smooth onto face. Relax for ten 10 minutes, then wash off with warm water.

This moisturizing recipe is best for dry to normal skin types and will leave your skin soft, glowing, and ready for the weekend ahead!

Keep your eyes peeled for facial moisturizers that are going on sale over the holidays.

Purple Lab Huge Lips Skinny Hips Gloss (a Giveaway!)

What’s better than a luxuriously shiny, moisturizing lip gloss? How about one that also plumps your lips and suppresses your appetite during wear? Purple Lab Huge Lips Skinny Hips Lip Gloss does just that.

I’m so excited to have added this gloss to my collection just in time for the days leading up to Valentine’s Day. I ordered the gloss in No Panty Lines — it’s the clear shade from the collection that is perfect to wear alone or dab over any other lip color.

Can you believe that the ingredients that lend to the plumping and appetite suppressing benefits are all-natural? That’s right — Purple Lab formulated Huge Lips Skinny Hips gloss with B3 (a vitamin to simulate blood flow to the lips), hoodia (an appetite suppressant), and lemon peel oil (a metabolism booster). To boot, this gloss is paraben-free. There are just too many reasons to love.

Huge Lips Skinny Hips wears like silk on the lips, is not too sticky, and will never dry out your pout. This is perfect for a day or night out on the town. I know this gloss will keep me coming back for more when it runs out!

Because I’m part of Purple Lab’s Blogger Mafia this month, you have a chance to win a tube of Huge Lips Skinny Hips gloss in No Panty Lines (clear) as well! To enter, simply comment on this post detailing how you would wear this gloss. Feel free to be creative! The winner will be chosen at random and notified by email.

NARS 15th Anniversary Wild At Heart Palette

I can’t get over how perfect the shades are in the 15th Anniversary NARS Wild At Heart Palette. This palette is all about dramatic LIPS but contains a perfect matte black to smoke up a neutral eye. Lip shades included are Baby Doll Lip Lacquer (what I’m wearing in the photo below), Red Lezard lipstick, Manhunt lipstick, and Fire Down Below lipstick. Shadows include Abyssinia, Alhambra, Ashes to Ashes, and Pandora.

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