*I was provided with GE Reveal light bulbs in exchange for this post. All opinions are my own.

I tan really easily in the summer so I tend to be noticiably darker in the summer than the rest of hte year and buy different shades of foundation at different times of year as a result. Sometimes when we are between seasons I will put on makeup in the bathroom and it will look fine until I get outside in the car and look in the rearview mirror and realize how orange it is in the natural light. Yet, I step back inside and in the bathroom it looks fine again. Have you ever had that experience? The light bulbs that you use inside can really influence the shades of colors that you see which can alter the appearance of your makeup, art creations and photos. As a blogger, I take a lot of photos of products in use which usually means inside of my house. So again, the lighting in my home needs to be of a good, natural quality for my photos to turn out well.

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For these reasons, I was excited to try out GE’s Reveal light bulbs that are designed to enhance colors and give of a white light as opposed to the dim, yellow light that most bulbs give off. I had a bulb in my bathroom die so I decided to test these out in my bathroom – I thought it would be perfect for applying makeup. Here is my before photo with traditional light bulbs:

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Here is the same room, less than 5 minutes later, with the Reveal light bulb with the same camera settings and no editing on either photo:

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I was excited to find that not only does the light bulb really do what it claims – make a more natural light (no yellow!) but that its significant enough that my camera picks it up. I’m excited to fill my home with GE Reveal light bulbs so that all of my photos will turn out more natural. The video below shows a few different artists and their opinions on how and why GE Reveal bulbs help them out in their work.

 

If you are interested in purchasing Reveal light bulbs, you can use the Cartwheel app to save 25% off of your purchase of GE Reveal bulbs (just search Reveal and it will come up). The coupon is good through 2/28/2014.

Win it: A $25 Target gift card and 4 halogen GE Reveal light bulbs!

To enter: Fill out the Giveaway Tools form below by 11:59pm EST on 2/9/2014.

 

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GE and Target are providing product for this giveaway but it is being run by Emily Reviews.

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