August 30, 2019

You Don’t Have to Be a Student To Enjoy Back To School Beauty

I was compensated by a brand or company but all thoughts and opinions are my own and I receive a small commission if you shop using the links in this post.

Confession. I like long, quiet strolls through the school supply aisles on early Saturday mornings. Like today, at the crack of dawn aka stupid o’clock, I was at Walmart and leisurely strolled through school supply aisles randomly tossing pens and cute notepads into my cart that I didn’t need but totally wanted. I think in my next life I want to be a journaler slash elaborate planner keeper slash scrapbooker. I feel like being all these things would give me a perfect excuse to buy all the cute stickers, markers, and stationary. Not to mention I’d get one of those super shelves that folds open to keep it all in. Yeah, it’s a plan! My next life I’m going to be some sort of crafter.

This is the calm before the storm. Right now you can really enjoy the organization of all the school supplies. The different colored notepads together all organized by color and sitting in neat piles. The boxes of crayons hanging safely from hooks on the wall. The pens all organized by brand in alphabetical order! If you live in New York and love school supplies I urge you to get to a store to enjoy them this week because next week the storm hits and everything will be chaos as parents make a mad scramble to get their kids everything they need for school!

All that paper and all those pens are exciting but even more exciting are all the Back to School Beauty picks. I teamed up with Walmart a few times this past Summer to promote their Here for Every Beauty campaign that celebrates the over 327 different million faces that makeup America. There aim is to offer a assortment of makeup, skincare, and beauty available to all races, all sexes, shapes, sizes, and colors. There makeup and beauty section is the biggest its every been with many new options available from a variety of brands (even higher end ones that are available via walmart.com! Bobbi Brown, Smashbox, these brands are now available on Walmart’s website!). I’m glad Walmart is bringing attention to diversity in beauty which is what made me team up with them again for some Back to School Beauty picks (this is a paid sponsorship but all the items I selected to feature are my own choices and any opinions I have on them are also my own).

Let’s take a look because you really don’t have to be a student to enjoy these back to school beauty picks!

Ok, so, for years I was a high-end beauty girl. I betcha if you’ve been reading my blog which has been around 10 plus years you likely recall that I only ever reviewed Japanese makeup or higher-end beauty brands like Dior, Givenchy, etc…!

In my personal opinion, when I started this blog drugstore makeup and beauty wasn’t exactly what it is today. I think the drugstore makeup world has gone through some dramatic changes! All for the better of course! I think some drugstore brands can take on any mid-range brand and win. The formulas are better, the textures of certain products like eyeshadow has improved dramatically, drugstore makeup on a whole is so much better than it was over ten years ago.

Some items that have blown me away in the makeup world lately are from drugstore brands and cost under $10. I mean, perfect example, E.L.F. 16HR Camo Concealer is $5 bucks and holy cow is this stuff pigmented AF. The formula didn’t blow me away. My aging eyes simply can’t pull this off. It sets too quickly for me and it creases badly. But if I was 20 years younger and without a lot of cash I’d say this comes close to the coverage that Shape Tape does. If you have younger, more oily eyes than I do without finer lines this might be a nice pick up. The price is crazy cheap!

E.L.F. 16HR Camo Concealer Swatches (Medium Beige, Medium Peach, Medium Sand)

Speaking of concealers please do try the new Maybelline Super Stay Full Coverage Long Lasting Under-Eye Concealer! I reviewed this a few weeks ago and since purchasing it I’ve worn it daily. Has anyone tried it? It has great coverage and although matte it blends quite nicely and brightens up the entire eye area. Plus, it’s only ten bucks!

Maybelline Super Stay Full Coverage Under-Eye Concealer Swatches (Sand 20, Medium 25, Honey 30)

If you’re looking for some new lipglosses or lipsticks to try I got a few recs here for ya! First off Revlon’s new Ultra UD Vinyl Lip Polish is pretty awesome. Thank god it’s not matte. This gloss or as I call it liquid lip color is pigmented, glossy, and it wears quite long!

I know, I know I just said “Thankfully not matte” yet here I am recommending the new Maybelline Super Stay Ink Crayons! Guess what?! These aren’t drying at all! Pigmented, lightly creamy, plus super portable and cheap as heck! Grab a shade or three! You won’t regret it.

If lipgloss and lipstick isn’t your thing and you just desire a really full set of lashes on the cheap this Fall might I recommend picking up some L’Oreal Lash Paradise Mascara? I purchased this when it originally launched and to this day I still use it. That’s say something because freaking drugstore mascaras almost always disappoint me. I love how much fuller my lashes look using this. It’s doesn’t really give me dramatic lengthen but it does provide incredible volume which my lashes need! It’s so darn affordable to at $9.97!

L'Oreal Lash Paradise Mascara

With all this talk about makeup we probably should have a good option to remove it at the end of the day. Something quick maybe? If you’re tired at the end of the night and your mother’s warning about not wearing your makeup to sleep is ringing in your ears I quick swipe or two with a cotton pad saturated with Garnier SkinActive Micellar Cleansing Water will get all that makeup off in a hurry so you can pop into bed for the night!

Garnier Cleansing Micellar Water

I know you’re tried but that quick clean up with Garnier’s micellar water leaves you plenty of time to slap on a Simple Water Boost Sheet Mask Hydrating to hydrate skin and leave it feeling moist and happy again!

And if you’re a shower before bed type of person take some of Herbal Essences Color Me Happy Shampoo and Conditioner into the shower with you! It’s my favorite. Slightly sweet, all rosy, it makes my hair smell amazing!

I hope you enjoyed these Back to School Beauty Picks! There all under $10 bucks and available at Walmart. You can snag them while you’re shopping for that new planner you don’t need and that 100 pack of colored Ink Gel Pens, and oh yeah, that 500 shade pack of Crayolas (because you don’t color but they remind you of why you love eyeshadow so much! Seriously, crayons were the gateway drug into the eyeshadow palettes weren’t they!?

Happy Back to School Beauty my friends 🙂

Let me know your favorite Back to School Beauty (or school supply) picks this Fall!

Where to buy

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I was compensated by a brand or company but all thoughts and opinions are my own and I receive a small commission if you shop using the links in this post.

About the Muse

Isabella MuseIsabella is just an average everyday geeky girl who doesn’t blend her eyeshadow correctly, wears too much blush, and hopes she never finds her holy grail products because she likes the thrill of the chase so much. Her mission is to bring you super honest reviews on makeup, skincare, fragrance and all things beauty. She’s in no way an expert on the topic and she sure as hell isn’t a super model. But she’s passionate about makeup and is seeking like-minded individuals that like pina coladas, getting caught in the rain, and ones that enjoy spending hundreds of dollars at Sephora without feeling buyer’s remorse. If you’re that person feel free to reach out and leave a comment or follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Bloglovin‘.

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  • kjh

    Love BTS! And like the lower key Walmart approach to inclusivity in beauty products. I see the big S ad ALL THE TIME, often twice in a commercial break. Beautiful, yes, but very self-serving. The expletive deleted S managed to turn a major gaffe into a marketing campaign. Seems disingenuous to me! More reason to be cranky about S. Arrrgh.

    • Isabella Muse

      It’s not only the big “s” lol! It’s a lot of different brands lately that seem self serving. From Pride Month to WOC it seems like a lot of brands want a pat on the back! Walmart def went a little lower key with their advertisement of beauty inclusivity and I appreciate that it isn’t being shoved down my throat yet it’s still a really positive message!

      • kjh

        Exactly. Most Pride Month products were pretty greedy, obvious money grabs. Edges into cultural appropriation…doubtless some employees of the companies actually are gay…or at least using a community/ movement to boost the bottom line. If I wish to participate in Pride, i’m going to go with a company or face of brand that openly identifies as gay. Not a major cosmetics company that throws a bunch of rainbow shades together, without taking the time to use appropriate, meaningful shade names. It’s a pretty shameful industry at times. Aren’t we great to address underserved people of color or gender, and clap for ourselves?

  • Kish

    I hate matte lip colors but I picked up one of those Superstay crayons and I love it! Not drying in the least. So nice!

  • Mariele

    You sweet summer child… I live in a college town, the school supply section only looked nice at the end of July. 😉 All through August it’s been a mess…! It figures, as we’re already a week into college here (and I’ve /already/ got a cold, of course).
    I enjoy looking at the school supplies, but I ever buy any because “don’t need it :)”. Which drives my mother crazy as she loves to hoard school supplies. I’m still using the same folders from my Freshman year… and the same notebooks from last year (which were <$0.25 apiece). I did indulge in a huge blue marbled binder from WalMart for my ridiculously large Intermediate Accounting looseleaf text. It's very pretty!
    Oops, is this a makeup blog? Sorry, I got distracted with school supplies. 😉 Why not take up crafting in this life? Not enough time?