I am a Floridian and use sunscreen on a daily basis, I received a sample of this product to try out, and I think it's a pretty good sunscreen, it got the real test one weekend when I took my 2 year old nephew to a water park, I applied it to him, and as long as he played in the water he did not get one lick of redness...and on a babies skin that's really saying something. I say try it, just remember to reapply after 80 minutes of water time.

Hawaiian Tropic Silk Hydration™ Lotion Sunscreen SPF 30

Also available in SPF 12, 30, 50!

With its ultra-luxurious hydrating silk ribbons, Hawaiian Tropic Silk Hydration™ lotion sunscreen nourishes and pampers skin while providing broad spectrum UVA and UVB protection, and 12-hour moisturization when out in the sun.

Where to Buy

You can find Hawaiian Tropic products at most major retailers.

Suggested retail price: $8.99 for a 6oz bottle

HAWAIIAN Tropic Silk Hydration SPF 30 Sunscreen Lotion, 6 Fluid Ounce

So after a huge lapse in making video's for my youtube channel, I Michelle, filmed a video, now it wasn't exactly how I wanted it to be.  The stores I went to wouldn't let me film my "come with me" video.  I apologize to all my subscribers for the long lapse, and will be making more videos.  Since the move I have lost a lot of space I had at the other house, so I don't have the designated filming area anymore, the video I did today was me sitting on a table in front of my Audry, and Marylin posters, cause they are two of the most iconic ladies of their times. I also lost both my lights in the move, well one light broke, and the other is now posted up in my kitchen, it's really dark over my sink..lol.

So on to what I purchased:

                                                            La Colors Trio Pallets

E.L.F Studio Eyeshadows

Wet N Wild Pallets

Go check out my video to show this haul Ashermunin

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart

What is a dupe

Ok so let me break it down for you, if you are new to the make-up world and are on a budget (like me) you do not want to go to a make-up counter and shell out an astronomical amount of money for one brush, one eyeshadow, one lipgloss, so a dupe is a lower cost alternative to it's high end counterpart (ie maybelline to MAC) it makes no sense unless of course you are a millionaire and I don't think there are too many of those left out there in this world.  I am talking to the everyday person.  There are great alternatives out there, you just have to do a little research on what your looking for.  I have made it a little easier for the ones who manages to find my blog, I have a list of some great drugstore brands that are almost 100% duplicates to it's high end counterparts. Most dupes out there are of the same quality it just doesn't break the bank.  One MAC eyeshadow will set you back $14.50 in it's pretty packaging and $11.00 if you just get the refill, you go for one look with MAC and it's 70 bucks, go to the drugstore, Wal-mart, or Target look for the same colors and it's 20 bucks, which is much more affordable.  I am not against high end make-up I just choose to find drugstore alternatives.  I am currently working on a dupe list for MAC brushes and should have it up in a few days.  Thanks for reading 


I've never seen a smiling face that was not beautiful.

Great Drugstore Highend Dupes

Here is a list of great highend dupes in the drugstore brands


Blush
NARS Orgasm blush = Milani Luminous, Cover Girl Rose silk Cheeker, Mark Afterglo, Loreal's LE Front Page Peach, Maybelline Peach Satin
NARS Sin blush = Milani Temptation
Nars Deep Throat = Rimmel Apricot Blush
NARS Antibes Multiple = Wet 'n Wild #721 Scandalous
NARS Copacabana Multiple = Wet 'n Wild #724 Flirt
NARS Maldives Multiple = Wet 'n Wild Just Peachy
NARS Portofino Multiple = Wet 'n Wild #722 Coy
NARS South Beach Multiple = Wet 'n Wild Brazen Babe

Eyeshadows
MAC All that Glitters= NYX Champagne
MAC Amber Lights= Milani Sun Goddess, NYX Golden
MAC Bamboo = Wild and Crazy Wild Guava
MAC Black Tied= Milani Storm, Prestige Onyx 
MAC Brill = Wild & Crazy Bahama Water
MAC Brulee= NYX Nude
MAC Carbon= NYX Black
MAC Coppering= Milani Flare
MAC Cork= NYX Dark Brown
MAC Dark Soul pigment = Jane Clubbing
MAC Dementhe= Milani Clover
MAC Electric Eel= Milani Atlantis
MAC Guacamole= Milani Limbo lime 
MAC Gorgeous Gold = Prestige Glitz C-157
MAC Humid= Milani Clover, Ulta Shamrock
MAC Jest= Milani Peachy Peach 
MAC Juxt = Jane Rain Forest
MAC Lucky Green = Wet n' Wild Marquis
MAC Naked Lunch = Wet n' Wild Fine Wink
MAC Paradisco = Flirt! Feeling Hot
MAC Trax = Flirt! Glamourazzi
MAC Vellium = Wild and Crazy Lily Song
MAC Amber Lights = Milani Sun Goddess
MAC Black Tied = Jane Clubbing = Milani Storm
MAC Coppering = Milani Flare
MAC Dementhe, Steamy, Humid = Milani Clover
MAC Electric Eel = Milani Atlantis
MAC Guacamole = Milani Limbo Lime
MAC Grand Entrance = Maybelline Champagne 
MAC Humid = Maybelline Antique Jade 
MAC Jest = Milani Peachy Peach
MAC Juxt = Milani Garden Mist (juxt is lighter and yellower)
MAC Little Madame = Milani Illusion
MAC Mulch, Sable = Milani Java Bean
MAC Naked Lunch= NYX Sahara
MAC Nocturnelle= Milani Shock
MAC Nylon= NYX Barely There
MAC Paradisco= NYX Tropical or CoverGirl Tropical Fusion Quad (orange shade)
MAC Parfait Amour = Milani Enchantment
MAC Passionate= NYX Cherry 
MAC Perverted Pearl = Milani Silver Bullet
MAC Pink Freeze = Milani Taffy
MAC Plum Dressing= L'oreal HIP duo in Cheeky
MAC Sable= Milani Java Bean
MAC Satin Taupe= NYX Root Beer, NYX Iced Mocha, L'oreal HIP Duo in Sassy (taupe shade)
MAC Shadowy Lady= L'oreal HIP duo in Wicked (purple side) 
MAC Shale = Milani Icy Plum
MAC Shroom= Milani Classic Beige, Jordana's Beige, Maybelline linen 
MAC Silver Pigment = Milani Mercury
MAC Sketch = Milani Marooned
MAC Stars 'n' Rockets= Milani Shock
Mac Star Violet = Maybelline Time for Wine
MAC Steamy= Milani Clover
MAC Sumptuous Olive= Milani Antiqued Gold
MAC Trax = Maybelline Sparkling Wine 
MAC Vanilla = Milani Snow Frost,  Cover Girl single in French Vanilla
MAC Vellum = Milani Moonlight
MAC Wedge= L'oreal HIP duo in Shady
MAC Woodwinked = Milani Golden Bronze, L'oreal HIP duo in Wicked (brown side)
MAC Mineralized Eyeshadow Duo in Two to Glow= L'oreal HIP Duo in Flare

Stila Barefoot Contessa = Prestige Spark
Stila GoLightly = Jane Magical Mushroom eye shadow (discontinued), Milani Golden Bronze
Stila Grace = Ulta Plum Smoke
StilaJade = Sally Girl China Doll (discontinued)
Stila Kitten = Wet n Wild Fine Wink, CoverGirl Champagne Eye Enhansers shadow, Sally Girl Silver Lining
Stila Sun = Prestige Champagne
Stila Twig = Milani Spice

Urban Decay Acid Rain = Prestige Wasabi
Urban Decay Asphyxia= Milani Enchantment
Urban Decay Midnight Cowboy = Milani Sheer Sand
Urban Decay Mildew = Prestige Iguana
Urban Decay X = Ulta Sunlight

Highend Vs Drugstore

People everyday flock to the local malls to raid the high end Makeup counters. I say stop. There is no need to fork out $14.50 for that eyeshadow or $19.50 for that pigment, when you can shop around at larger retail chains and find almost the exact product there. I have high end makeup, MAC, Urban Decay, to name a few, however, I don't turn to these for my everyday life, I go for the lower cost makeup I have, Revlon, L'Oreal, E.L.F, NYX, and Maybelline. These brands have come a long way over the past few years, I would say that these "Drugstore Brands" are on the same level as the "High End Brands", they have virtually the same color selection in all products, and are more affordable for the everyday mom, working woman, and even the college girls out there. Most larger retail chains have a vast amount of space designated for beauty. Woman want to look beautiful, and these stores are gearing their retail space to that.

Wal-mart just started carrying the brand Hard Candy, which is a sister brand of Urban Decay, since they are a sister company you can expect the same quality from the low end as you get from the high end at a much more affordable price. Stores like Walgreens and CVS also cater to the beauty world they have sales, Sales all the time, you buy one get one free, or you buy one get one 50% off. Eyeslipsface or E.L.F offers beauty products for $1.00, they are great products, they also offer beauty tools, brushes, eyelash curlers, false eyelashes. E.L.F also carries a mineral line, right up there with Revlon and Maybelline.

Online marketplaces are overflowing with people wanting to sell you the next best thing, while some do offer products that are good, I say be careful, if it sounds to good to be true then it probably is, buyer beware.

I say stop going to the Mall high end makeup counters, if there is an absolute color you just gotta have, look around at the drug store, and you will most likely find a color so close in match to the higher end that you wouldn't be able to tell them apart. So I say shop around you can find amazing deals if you just look for them.

NYX MAC Dupes

MAC Coppering = NYX Copper
MAC Cranberry = NYX Rust
MAC Amber Lights = NYX Golden
MAC Carbon = NYX Black
MAC Juxt or Golden Olive = NYX Springleaf
MAC Girl Meets Boy = NYX Antique Gold
MAC Swish = NYX Spring Flower
MAC Parrot = NYX Ocean

MAC All That Glitters = NYX Champagne (ES 10)
MAC Naked lunch = NYX Sahara (ES 18)
MAC Vellum = NYX Opal (ES 45)
MAC Rose Blanc = NYX High light (ES07)

MAC heatherette trio 1 (Moodring...green shade): NYX Seafoam green
MAC Beautiful Iris: NYX Frosted Lilac
MAC Electric Eel: NYX Irises
MAC Hepcat: NYX Violet
MAC Humid: NYX Mermaid Green
MAC Nocturnelle: NYX Beauty Queen
MAC Parfait Amour: NYX Purple
MAC Passionate: NYX Cherry or Red Head
MAC Star n' Rockets: NYX Luxor
MAC Viz A Violet (pigment): NYX Ultra Pearl Mania Purple
MAC Deep Truth or Blue Storm: NYX Atlantic
MAC Mythology: NYX Jazzy Bronze
MAC Expensive Pink: NYX Wildflower
MAC Swimming: NYX Kiwi
MAC Kelly Green pigment: NYX Kiwi
MAC Cocoa: NYX Beanie
MAC Rose: NYX Hot Pink
MAC Rose Pigment: NYX Flamingo
MAC Beauty Marked: NYX Lake Moss Trio -Purple shade
MAC Contrast: NYX Lake Moss Trio -Blue shade
MAC Lucky Green: NYX Lime Green
MAC Bright Fushia pigment: NYX Cherry
MAC Easter: NYX Yellow
MAC Beige-ing shadestick: Yogurt NYX Jumbo eye pencil
MAC Steamy: NYX Jungle Fever
MAC Twinks: NYX Walnut Bronze (a little lighter than Twinks)
MAC Mothbrown: NYX Root Beer
MAC Golden Olive pigment: NYX Ultra Pearl Mania in Lime
MAC Satin Taupe: NYX Iced Mocha
MAC electra: NYX silver
MAC Aquadisiac: NYX Jade (better than the MAC one)
MAC Satellite Dreams: NYX purple
MAC freshwater: NYX Atlantic
MAC Down Brown: NYX Dark Brown

Lipstick/Lipgloss Dupes

Lipsticks/Lipglosses

MAC lipstick Bubbles = Wet 'n' Wild #516A lipstick

MAC lipstick Carnal = L'Oreal Wine and Dine lipstick 

MAC lipstick Creme de la Femme = Rimmel Asia, Milani Pink Chiffon

MAC lipstick Cyber = Manic Panic lipstick in Black Witch 

MAC lipstick Dainty Cake = NYC Firefly #306b 

MAC lipstick DEl Rio= Cosmetic Factory Brazil lipstick, Necessities lipstick in LeeAnn 

MAC lipstick Delish= Wet 'n' Wild Ice Cream lipstick 

MAC lipstick Diva = Jane lipstick Really Raisin 

MAC lipstick Film Noir = L'Oreal Colour Endure lipstick in Hot Fudge 

MAC lipstick Flavour = Maybelline Nude Pink lipstick 

MAC lipstick Frenzy = Revlon Bamboo Bronze lipstick 

MAC lipstick Frou = Bonne Bell Vanilla Volts lipstick 

MAC lipstick Grid = Bonne Bell LipGear in Traffic Jam 

MAC lipstick Haku = Wet 'n' Wild #546-A lipstick 

MAC lipstick High Tea = Rimmel Airy Fairy, Milani Sheer Lipstick in Amaterro 

MAC lipstick Hyper  = Revlon Granite lipstick 

MAC lipstick Lame = Prestige Sorbet lipstick 

MAC lipstick Lust= Maybelline Great Wear lipstick in Silver Lilac, Revlon Virtual Violet lipstick 

MAC lipstick Midimauve = Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Smokey Rose 

MAC lipstick Modum = Almay Malt lipstick 

MAC lipstick O= Revlon Lustrous Lipstick Copperglow Berry, Jordana Bahama Bronze Wet 'n Wild #769

MAC lipstick Odyssey  = Bonne Bell LipGear in Berry Bash 

MAC lipstick Pink Chiffon= Neutrogena Moistureshine Tinted Lip Balm in Clean #20

MAC lipstick Pervette = Jane HipLips in Pink Slip 

MAC lipstick Retro = Jane Lipstick in Browned Down Red 

MAC  lipstick Rockocco = Milani Candy Apple lipstick 

MAC lipstick Russian Red  = Sonia Kashuk lipstick in Geisha or Prestige Lipstick in Fatal Red 

MAC lipstick Sequin = Almay Sequin one coat lipstick 

MAC lipstick Spirit = Cosmetic Factory Angel lipstick 

MAC lipstick Strength  = Avon Brilliant Moisture Lipstick in Tiger's Eye 

MAC lipstick Touch = Jane Browned Down Red lipstick, The Body Shop Vanilla lipstick 

MAC  lipstickTwig = Avon Twig lipstick, Prestige VIP lipstick, Jane LipHuggers in Kind Of Carob; 

MAC lipstick Underworld = Neutrogena in South Beach 

MAC lipstick Viva Glam II = Maybelline Great Wear Lipstick in Flesh 

MAC lipstick Viva Glam  V = Neutrogena Moisture Shine Gloss in Dreamy, Milani Sher 

MAC lipstick Wuss = Avon Spice lipstick, Wet 'n' Wild #547A lipstick 

MAC lipstick XS = Cosmetic Factory Extra lipstick, Wet 'n' Wild #506A lipstick 

MAC Lipglass  Chai = Bonne Bell Lip Lites in Cappuccino
MAC Lipglass  C-thru = Milani Secret #12 gloss, Prestige Vinylwear lipgloss in Liquid
MAC Lipglass  Dreamy = Wet 'n Wild Precious Metals Lip Gloss in Sugar Plum
MAC Lipglass  Explicit = Bonne Bell Lip Lites in Shoutin' Sugar
MAC Lipglass  Fancy That = Maybelline Wet Shine Diamonds Liquid in Marquise Peach 
MAC Lipglass  Freezefrost = Wet 'n Wild in Shimmy Shimmer 

MAC Lipglass Impish  = Rimmel Vinyl Lip in Eastend Snob 

MAC Lipglass Love Nectar = Milani Coral Shimmer 
MAC Lipglass Lovechild = Rimmel Snog 
MAC Lipglass  Lust = Bonne Bell Lip Lites in Cappuccino, or Mocha Mousse,Neutrogena Lip Gloss in Chic, Prestige Vinylwear in Cha Cha, Jane Mirage Lip Dips pot lipstick L'Oreal ColuorJuice in Passionfruit Squeeze
MAC Lipglass  Lychee Luxe = Neutrogena Lip Gloss in First Blush, NYC in Sungold Pink
MAC Lipglass  Nico = Maybelline Lip Polish in Purple Passion, L'Oreal Glass Shines in Luminous Lilac & Lilac Crystal
MAC Lipglass  Nymphette = Rimmel Lip Gloss in Airy Fairy
MAC Lipglass  Oh Baby = Neutrogena Lip Gloss in Glimmer, Rimmel Vinyl Lip in Cosmic, Milani Serendipity gloss, Revlon Lip Glace in Lounge Lizard, L'Oreal Glass Shine in Bronze Radiance
MAC Lipglass  Oyster Girl = Caboodles Lip Dee-lish in Deelux, Neutrogena Lip Gloss in Tickled, NYC Lipstick #548A
MAC Lipglass  Pink Clash = Bonne Bell Lip Lites in Berry 'Nilla Creme
MAC Lipglass  Pop Mode = Maybelline Wet Shine Diamonds Liquid in Jewels 'n Berries
MAC Lipglass  Prrr = L'Oreal Colour Juice in Mai Tai, Almay One Coat Lipstick in Petal; Rimmel Lip Vinyl in Essential Rimmel Lip Vinyl in East End Snob; Wet 'n Wild Liquid Lipstick in Rose Gold
MAC Lipglass  Revealing = Bonne Bell Lip Lites in Cappuccino
MAC Lipglass  Russian Red = NYC Kiss Gloss in Cherry, Prestige Vinylwear in Sleek 
MAC Lipglass  Song and Dance = Prestige Vinylwear in Mica 

MAC Lipglass Strawberry Blonde = Victoria's Secret Love Bite 

MAC Lipglass  Underage = Wet 'N' Wild Glassy Gloss in Sugar Glaze 
MAC Lipglass  V-Red = Prestige lip liner in Baby 
MAC Lipglass Viva Glam V = Neutrogena Dreamy Sally Hansen Royal Romance 

MAC Lipglass VGV = Neutragena Dreamy lipgloss or Salley Hansen Diamon Lip in Royal Romance

MAC  Liner Girlfriend = Prestige lip liner in Baby
MAC  Liner Mahogany = Prestige Auburn 

MAC  Liner Oak = Rimmel Femme Fatale 

MAC  Liner Stripdown = Rimmel Femme Fatale 

MAC  Liner Plum = Prestige Lip Pencil in Deep Plum, Revlon Colorstay Plum 

MAC  Liner Spice = CG Smoothers Lip Liner in Cinnamon Slick, Wet 'n Wild #712 or #666;  Prestige Sand, Estee Lauder Spice 

MAC  Liner Test Pattern = Sephora Lip Pencil 114 

MAC  Liner Whirl = Rimmel Darling Nude 

MAC Lip Lacquer Acrylicka = Maybelline Lip Polish in Mauvie Star
MAC Lustreglass  Star Nova = Sonia Kashuk Sexy lipgloss 

NARS Orgasm Lipgloss = NYC Sungold Lipgloss, Mary Kate and Ashley Truly Lipgloss
NARS Pillow Talk Lipgloss = Rimmel Vinyl Lip Star in Be A Star
NARS Turkish Delight Lipgloss = Neutrogena MoistureShine in Groove

Stila Apricot Lipglaze =Prestige Fuzzy Navel Jet Stream Gloss
Stila Jane Lipstick = Rimmel Birthday Suit Lipstick