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Best 14 Jelly Shoes and Jelly Sandals of 2019


When I was 10 I asked for my first pair of jelly shoes. They possessed three very key elements: they looked like candy, had speckled glitter inside and were impermeable to damage. Once I finally had a pair, I discovered another key detail: all jelly sandals actually smell like bubblegum. This was not a youthful fever dream, you can actually find ‘bubblegum scent’ in the product description of any pair online. In conclusion, jelly shoes made my feet feel like magic. My heelys could never.

As I grew older I realized that maybe I should invest in shoes that weren’t made of PVC. But the more shoes I added to my collection, the more I realized perhaps I was wrong. My white sneakers scuff up too easily, my kitten heels give me blisters and my Dr. Martens are starting to get old. Maybe I didn’t need less PVC glitter bubblegum scented shoes in my life, maybe I needed more.

It’s no secret that there is a childlike resurgence happening in fashion right now. Everyone looks like they just got back from hopscotching on the playground, padded headbands, beaded rainbow purses and baby doll dresses in tact. Jelly shoes and sandals have been very slowly making their way back into the (adult) zeitgeist for a couple years now but considering how much everyone is really leaning into nostalgic dressing, 2019 just might be the year they stick. And you don’t have to style them like a kid, either: They were recently spotted on the runway at Simone Rocha, Alexa Chung and Giorgio Armani worn with very grown up dresses and suits. Gucci even has their own $650 pair with sparkling crystals.

The good news is almost all non-bejeweled (and even a pair of sparkly Jeffrey Campbells!) jelly shoes fit into your old piggy bank budget for under $100. I guarantee they all still feel like magic—and smell like bubblegum.

Shop the 14 best jelly shoes and jelly sandals to buy in 2019, below.



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Farsali Jelly Beam Highlighter Review: How It Works and How to Use


Like the persistent, seasonal cough hovering around your office a la the black plague, viral beauty products have a way of following you around. They get into your brain and Instagram feed, and it’s only a matter of time before you find yourself stumbling feverishly into Sephora, desperate for the latest inescapable, must-have “it” makeup. Sometimes, the hype turns out to be totally true (see Rituel de Fille’s black highlighter and anything with the word Fenty on it) and you float through life knowing you’re glowing with the light of a thousand likes. Other times, the results are less than magical. Spend enough time slapping trending makeup onto your face and you learn to spot the duds before it’s too late, which is why I immediately volunteered as tribute to test the new Farsali Jelly Beam highlighter. I had a gut feeling it was going to be amazing. (Fine, that’s a lie. I just really wanted to play with this hyped up shiny jelly and you can’t even blame me.) Just look at the hype storm that’s been brewing:

Aside from repeating I don’t think I’m ready for this jelly in my head to the point of annoying myself almost to death, the application process was pretty dreamy and foolproof. There’s none of the guesswork that comes with using a highlighter brush—I don’t care how precise your makeup brushes are, you can’t control how a powder deposits the same way you can control a cream or, in this case, a jelly—which made me feel bold enough to experiment with the kind of highlighting I normally shy away from.

I like my cheekbones, but I’ve always been nervous about forcing passersby to shield their eyes from my uneven highlight. A good glow basically recreates a dying sun on your face. Imagine two dying suns in slightly different positions on your cheeks: it’s hopelessly unsymmetrical. But because this jelly goes on like a magnet and stays where you put it, I felt confident about amping up my glow game.

PHOTO: Jen Mulrow

Jelly Beam also means what it says when it says “buildable” as in please start small and then build your way up, otherwise you’ll blind your co-workers, friends, and family. As my own experience and these Instagram posts prove, this jelly is not here to play.

Like many salivating beauty bloggers have pointed out, the Farsali Jelly Beam really does dry down from jelly—it only looks gelatinous in the jar and goes onto your skin like a gel—to powder. It gave my skin a soft, powdery, but not cakey finish that I am entirely into. Plus, unlike liquid or cream highlighters that soften as you blend, the highlighter keeps up an amplified wattage no matter how much you rub. Don’t get me wrong, this is entirely a good thing because it gives you next level control, but just take the high beam shine seriously all right? Price-wise, it’s around the same as what you’d spend on a quad of nearly identical highlighter shades, is way more fun to play with, and, again, that glow is not playing around. With great jelly comes great responsibility. Apply it wisely.

Farsali Jelly Beam, $40, launches on November 1st at 1pm EST, exclusively on Farsali.com.

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We Tried Those Lush Jelly Masks, and They're Fun As Hell


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As a brand, it feels like Lush lives by the John Mayer mantra: “your body is a wonderland,” except it’s not just your body, it’s your bathroom at large. Because thanks to the brand, getting ready’s gotten more fun: Lush has given us bath bombs, basically explosions of joy and glitter; it’s given us flubber-y shower jellies to totally one-up the bathing process; and now, it’s taking that technology to face masks. The good news is, they’re incredible. The bad: you’ll need some serious willpower to stop fiddling with them and actually put them on. They’re like silly putty for adults.

If you haven’t been keeping up with everything landing at Sephora lately, everything’s coming up jelly. From Butter London’s bouncy Glazen Eye Glosses to Boscia’s Charcoal Jelly Ball Cleanser, we’re collectively obsessed with jiggly, jelly products that are as addictive to play with as they are to use. And why not? Anything that makes beauty more fun and playful is rarely a bad thing.

Coming back to Lush’s masks, it just comes down to picking your best fit, there are five in total from the new line. First up is Bunny Moon, a mild, soothing medley for sensitive skin. 1000 Millihelens contains anti-inflammatory green tea and witch hazel, which is great for anyone with acne-prone skin. FOMO features a redness-reducing blend of calamine and rose, while Birth of Venus has a smoothing combo of kaolin clay and sea water that’s great for moisturizing oily skin. And lastly, there’s Just to Clarify, a brightening mask with scrubby bamboo bits and exfoliating papaya juice. Obviously, the names are amazing.

As a mask enthusiast eager to experience every single one, as soon as I got my hands on the jellies I whisked them home and did an “all of you get on my face” situation. Using the jellies is at first a little bizarre: you shake the blob out of its recycled plastic carton, pinch off a bit and work it between your dry hands, then smear the resulting paste across your face. Pro tip: keep them in the fridge to help them slide out easily. I really had to dig the jelly out, and it hurt my heart to maul it like that (still super fun, though).

For the full experience, I slathered Bunny Moon on the left side of my face eyes-down, FOMO (fittingly) on my right, and Just to Clarify across my forehead, because who doesn’t love a bright forehead? Ten minutes later, I washed all three off, and, to be honest, I didn’t notice an immediately significant difference. But these guys are a waiting game, because this morning I woke up to crazy-soft, velvety smooth skin, especially on the FOMO side.

Each jelly mask goes for $13.95, which would be reasonable in mask-land by itself. Add in that literally a pinch off the blob is all it takes for a full face go, and these should last you about six masks. But, with the brand’s rep for fresh-made products, that means you’ll have to use it quickly—given the lack of preservatives, you’re typically supposed to toss Lush products on their expiration date or else they’ll go bad.

Luckily, Lush says that the very agar (i.e. jelly-like) ingredient that gives the masks their texture keeps them fresh in the fridge for 20 days, so you’re good to go for about a month of weekly masks. They’ll be available on Friday, September 1, on Lush’s website and in its North American stores, alongside the upcoming bath bomb that literally turns your bath into jelly. I never thought the day would come when I’d want to bathe in Jell-O, but Lush has sold the lifestyle.

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