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Building Wardrobe Essentials: the JNTOP Choker Neck Tunic Top

May 30, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Those who advise building a wardrobe suggest one classic investment piece that looks great on you and several versatile, well-made pieces in different colors that can go with it. When you find a well-fitting pair of jeans or leggings they become a staple of your wardrobe, you wear them constantly. The next step is a comfortable, stylish, versatile top. The JNTOP Women’s Choker Neck Short Sleeve Tunic Top is perfect for both leggings and jeans to create a put-together look fast. In sixteen available colors, you’ll find many options to dress up or down with your favorite accessories to create a comfortable but stylish outfit of the day in just a few minutes.

JNTOP Women’s Choker Neckline Tunic Top

FEATURES

EASY CARE: Does not retain wrinkles or fold marks when packed in a suitcase or folded into a drawer.
POCKETS: Side Pockets are deep enough for sunglasses, lipstick, keys, ID, phone.

Deep side pockets for phone, ID, or keys

deep side pockets fit within the seam and do not add bulk

Back view, note side pockets.

DESIGN/STYLE: Choker Neck Detail adds a classic but unique design element

Choker neckline adds visual interest and features any neckline pieces such as necklaces pins or scarves

CONSTRUCTION & MATERIALS

This is a quality garment with no loose stitching or seams. It does not fray or experience color fade after multiple washing and use.

Clean and sturdy seams and the choker key detail highlights jewelry well

The blend is very soft, comfortable to wear and not at all scratchy. The material blend is a 55% Polyester, 40% Rayon, and 5% Spandex composition. The material is fully opaque, even when stretched or when outside or when in photographic flash lighting situations.

DRAPE AND FIT

It is a loose fit but flattering, largely due to the Flare Hem and Drape that make for a comfortable and stylish fit. The 5% spandex provides a soft drape that is curve-flattering without being too tight or revealing.

VERSATILE

I find myself getting lots of wear out of these tops because they are useful for many types of occasions and comfortable.

Going on vacation? These tops are comfortable for travel, dress up or down, work for sightseeing, eating out, museums or as a beach or poolside cover-up. Pair them with leggings or jeans. They pack well and do not require ironing. A few tops in different colors give a different look with jeans and leggings.

With leggings, sandals and my Tod’s bag for shopping, lunch, or errands

Looking for a slimming, sleek, monochromatic look? Try the Tunic Top in Black or Charcoal with the matching leggings. It’s easy and it looks incredibly put together! I really like wardrobe pieces that require little effort but still look stylish.

A slimline, easy look for travel with a black on black with a structured bag and small detail necklace with Tod’s driving shoes in red for a pop of color

Back view of the JNTOP black with black leggings

Easy to Accessorize. Wear a necklace that fits into the choker key-hole window, or a long necklace. The length of the top combined with the drape provides a long slimming look that is perfect for bigger or longer necklaces.

The pretty colors and the JNTOP Tunic Top choker neckline looks great with my Novica handmade gemstone necklace

A handmade artisan bead necklace with the JNTOP Choker Neck Top

COLORS

This top comes in sixteen different colors. The colors are:

Army Green
Ash Mustard
Ash Rose is a lovely shade of pink
Black the black is a true, rich black hue.
Charcoal
Coffee
Copper a rich shade that looks amazing for autumn
Kelly Green – this color is very flattering brunettes, blondes, and redheads.
Mauve – somewhat lilac in tone
Sage is a highly versatile shade for all seasons
Ash Gray a lovely soft shade that looks great with lilac or pastel pink
Deep Coral: this color is universally flattering for all skin tones and is ideal for summer going into warm fall weather days.
Wine is a bright raspberry claret hued wine.
Purple is a pure true rich purple, a regal hue.
Ash Mint
Titanium is a blue steel shade of grayish-blue.

The variety of colors are perfect for leggings and thin leg pants

CONCLUSION

The quality construction, easy but flattering style, comfortable fit, and variety of color choices make the JNTOP Choker Neck Tunic Tops a quality wardrobe investment piece for days you want to put together an outfit quickly and be comfortable but still look good. The neckline allows for wearing a choker, a pendant or long necklace, or pair it with a pin on the collar. The flowing drape with structured hem allows for lots of room for accessorizing this piece into an outfit you will feel good in all day.

WHERE TO BUY IT

Find the JNTOP Women’s Premium Short Sleeve Choker Neck Tunic Top in sixteen versatile and pretty colors at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BB725HM

Style Chicks received the JNTOP in exchange for our unbiased review and received compensation for our time and effort. However, our experience with the product and the opinions expressed in this review are 100% ours.

How to Best Clean Makeup Brushes Fast Lammcou Brush Cleaner

May 21, 2018 · 4 Comments

REVIEW: Lammcou Makeup Brush Cleaner.

The other day my dermatologist was showing the latest feature of her skin analysis machine: the bacteria analyzer. There is both good and bad bacteria on everyone’s face, and she was impressed at how low my bad bacteria score was. There are a lot of ways that bacteria gets on your face: touching your face with your hands, not changing out your pillowcase enough, but a big one is dirty makeup brushes. Keeping your makeup brushes clean is a huge step towards keeping bad bacteria off your face, and keeping your skin clear. That is why we love the Lammcou Makeup Brush Cleaner.

A good set of makeup brushes can be a big investment, and many cleaning methods can be rough on the fine hairs of a brush. Lammcou understands this and has developed a system to thoroughly wash and dry your brushes using only mild soap and water.

How to Clean Make up Brushes Fast

Here’s how it works best for us:

1) Find the collar that properly fits your makeup brush and insert the end of the brush handle into the collar. Attach it to the MiraCleaner.

2) Fill the bowl halfway with soap and water.

3) Insert the brush into the soapy water and turn on the brush cleaner. Choose the level of power you want depending on how much and what kind of product are on the bristles and how delicate the brush is.

4) Keep the brush in the water for ten seconds, and then turn the brush cleaner to check if the brush is clean. If it isn’t, put it back in the water and clean for another five seconds.

5) Once the brush is clean, take it out of the water and press the power button again to dry it. My fluffy blush brush was dry in less than 15 seconds.

What I really love about how fast this device works is that I can use a brush for one product, like foundation, and then I can clean it and use the same brush for a different product, like liquid blush, in the same sitting. This makes the Lammcou Makeup Brush Cleaner an ideal device for travel and destination weddings if packing space is at a premium and you can’t bring all of your brushes.

It is also fantastic for cleaning off an eyeshadow brush if you are blending several colors together. I love using the deeper shades in any of my Urban Decay Naked Palettes, but then there is dark eyeshadow on my brush when I want to use one of the lighter highlight colors. This brush cleaner gets the dark color off fast and cleans the brush so you don’t cross contaminate between pans.

Watch how easy it is to wash and clean your brushes:

Style Chicks received the Lammcou Makeup Brush Cleaner in exchange for our unbiased review and received compensation for our time and effort. However, our experience with the product and the opinions expressed in this review are 100% ours.

Preserving Handmade and Luxury Soaps with the DareYou Soap Holders with Drain Trio

May 15, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Fine soap is an affordable luxury. Whether a luxury soap for the guest bath, a handmade soap with nourishing creams and essential oils, or a high-end beauty or body bar of soap, it is important to keep the bar dry. The common plastic raft “savers” or wire mesh holder often looks bad in a guest bath and is too small for larger bars, and the prettier soap dishes tend to retain water, quickly turning your precious soap into a soap soup of a mushy soap bar sitting in water, slowly wasting into unusable, unattractive soap mush. DareYou Soap Holders with Drain is an ingenious idea of creating a soap dish that drains off the excess water, keeping your high-end soaps in their best condition.

DareYou Soap Dishes with Drain keep beauty, luxury and handmade soaps dry so they last longer.

WHAT MAKES DAREYOU SOAP HOLDERS SPECIAL

Since many fine milled soaps, handmade soaps and luxury facial soaps are so dense, they tend to stay wet longer if they are not properly cared for. DareYou soap holders are both raised and angled to allow air to circulate around the entire bar sides, top and bottom, so that the bar dries quickly and retains shape. Keeping the bar dry helps not only save the bar but keep it free of moisture based bacteria.

Slanted raised bars create an angle for even oversized bars, quickly draining away moisture

Angled with drain to keep soap away from moisture

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS SET

Each set of DareYou Soap Dishes contains three dishes: one in rose pink, one in pale blue and one in a pale celadon green.

These colors are suitable for many bath decors. This set allows for one in the guest bath, one in the shower, and one in your personal bath for a beauty soap.

Fine soaps look more attractive when displayed nicely instead of just sitting on a plastic saver or tray.

DareYou Soap Holder in celadon green

DareYou Soap Holder in rose pink

DareYou Soap Holder in blue

DESIGN

The soap holder itself is 4.3″ by 3.1″ by 0.9 inches and accommodates larger bars. The soap holder slats support even larger oversized bars such as is typical with fine milled or handmade soap bars, even unusual shaped bars. The holder also works with sponges and smaller loofahs. The slats are angled so that moisture drains down and out into the sink, shower, or basin, away from the bar.

Angled design to draw away moisture

Accommodates even larger or unusual shaped soaps

FEATURES

EASY TO CLEAN: The soap dish stays clean as very little soap is wasted to leave any residual or film, and all moisture drips away from the bar and out.
NON-TOXIC NATURAL MATERIALS. The holder is non-toxic, made from natural wheat straw that adds durability to the plastic, and gives it a nice marbleized look. It is biodegradable.
DURABLE: The soap holder is quite durable, far more than a typical plastic holder. Even if it is dropped it will not crack or break and it comes with a one year warranty.

PUTTING THE DAREYOU SOAP HOLDER TO THE TEST

I washed my hands with a handmade soap that contains a great deal of Shea Butter and essential oils. This particular handmade soap bar tends to get mushy with use and takes a long time to dry.

Using the DareYou Soap Holder after using my handmade Shea Butter and essential oil soap bar. The bar is wet and dripping after use.

The water quickly rolled off the bar and down to the drain. The bar dried out quickly on the top, sides, and bottom while retaining its’ original shape and not becoming soft or mushy.

I prefer the DareYou soap holder to the soap trays and savers I typically use. The soap savers with the plastic pegs also tend to leave marks on the soap, whereas the DareYou design did not leave an imprint on the soap. This is an especially nice feature for beauty bath soaps with nubs, decorative features, or guest bath soaps, as they all retain their original molded shape.

Drying quickly…

Water exits out the drain into the sink or basin and away from the soap to keep the soap bar dry.

With three in a boxed set, you can even keep one in your suitcase to keep your specialty beauty soaps dry in the shower when traveling.

Keep beauty bars, fine milled soaps, guest soaps and treatment soap bars in optimal condition, dry and bacteria free in a durable, attractive, non-toxic DareYou Soap Dish Holder.

DareYou Soap Holder with drain is pretty enough to display yet protect your most decadent luxury, handmade, and guest soaps

WHERE TO BUY IT

Find the DareYou Soap Holder Trio Set at https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B075W6MQHF/keywords=soap+dish+drain

DareYou Soap Holders combine a modern, classic look with a new idea to keep soap dry

Style Chicks received the DareYou Soap Holder Trio Set in exchange for our unbiased review and received compensation for our time and effort. However, our experience with the product and the opinions expressed in this review are 100% ours.

Personalized Gifts for Moms, bridesmaids & grads: Kisspat 14K Gold Tone Initial Necklace Hammered Pendant

May 13, 2018 · Leave a Comment

It’s the time of year for gift giving: graduations, wedding, and other celebrations are opportunities to give a unique gift to a special female in your life. Initial Pendants are really in style this season, and we absolutely love the KISSPAT 14K Gold Tone Initial Necklace Hammered Tiny Alphabet Pendant.

Single initial pendant shown at 16" length

The single initial pendant is shown here at 16″ length. Note how the artisan hammered design gives it some texture and visual interest

ABOUT THE KISSPAT 14K Gold Tone Initial Necklaces

This handmade, delicate 14K Gold Plated Brass Pendant comes in a lovely gifting box that keeps it safe.

Double Gift Boxed

It’s the perfect weight for Summer and will match any outfit, day or night.

The lobster claw clasp is sturdy and easy to use.

Easy to use, sturdy lobster clasp

Lobster clasp set on the middle ring of the extender for the 17-inch chain length option

DESIGN AESTHETIC

The initial charm pendant itself measures 12mm or about one half inch high. The individual letters have a bit of a whimsical font, which sets them apart from other necklaces like it.

Hammered initial sits in a box with velvet lining to keep it safe and secure while in storage

The hammered design gives the necklaces a subtle texture that makes them appear less “blingy” than some initial necklaces, while the bold lettering is still clear and easy to read.

Artisan-style hand hammered design

Something else I like about this design that is unique is that it has the letter on the front and a heart on the back. I like that if the necklace inadvertently flips over while wearing, that it still has style!

The back side of the pendant has a heart design

The initial appears on the front side, and a heart appears on the back side of the pendant.

Heart on back

HOW TO STYLE THE VERSATILE EXTENSION CHAIN FOR ADJUSTABLE LENGTH

The necklaces can be worn as one initial necklace alone, or multiples together.

The Kisspat chain is sixteen inches long and has a 2″ extension chain adjuster, so you can adjust the chain to three different lengths or wear the necklaces in two different ways.

Lobster clasp with three rings for 16, 17 and 18-inch length options

The first way the necklace can be worn is as a single initial at a 16 to 18-inch length.

This Kisspat necklace extender feature also allows for the length to be adjusted to accommodate wearing multiples necklace layers together at once, like a customized layer chain. Wear your own initials, like a monogram, or the initials of loved ones.

Three Kisspat initial pendants shown at staggered lengths using the extender chain

GREAT GIFT IDEA

This necklace makes a perfect gift for a Mom because she can layer the necklaces to wear the initials of her children. This makes a modern take on the traditional birthstone concept but makes it more personalized and unique to an individual Mom.

Multiple initial necklace pairings is also a great gift for to give to a grandmother, a Mom-to-be, or even your aunt! Single initial necklaces make a great gift for a friend, bridesmaids, upcoming graduate, niece or daughter.

WHERE TO BUY IT

Find the KISSPAT 14K Gold Tone Initial Necklace Hammered Tiny Alphabet Pendant in any or all letter combinations at https://www.amazon.com/KISSPAT-Initial-Necklace-Hammered-Alphabet/dp/B07BGWYG67

Find your initial – or initials – among the Kisspat Initial pendant collection

Style Chicks received the KISSPAT 14K Gold Tone Initial Necklace Hammered Tiny Alphabet Pendant in exchange for our unbiased review and received compensation for our time and effort. However, our experience with the product and the opinions expressed in this review are 100% ours.

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