Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Review number 8: Urban Decay Oz the Great and Powerful Glinda palette.

Hi everyone! Hope you're doing well. So this is probably the review I was the most excited to do because it is on something brand new from Urban Decay!!!! It is their Glinda palette inspired by the new movie Oz the Great and Powerful. I hope you enjoy this review and maybe decide to buy this for yourself! There is another palette called Theodora and both palettes are limited edition. Enjoy! xoxo (:



The pretty packaging! :)

I think Urban Decay did this perfectly! All of these eyeshadows pop out and you can put any other urban decay eyeshadows in their place. I definitely plan to use that to my advantage!

Eyeshadows swatched. From left to right: Tornado, the next two are from the first duo called Aura, Magic, Illusion, the next two are from the second duo called Oz, and finally South. I think these are some of the most beautiful eyeshadows I own! They are truly unique colors, all very wearable, very pigmented, and have a smooth texture and virtually no fall out. Gorgeous eyeshadows right here! 

The eyeliner that the palette came with. I really like it! It glides on very nicely and is quite pigmented and lasts all day!

Eyeliner swatched.

The lip pencil it came with. I love love love this stuff! It is a gorgeous color and feels great on the lips.

Lip pencil swatched.


Face of the day using the palette!
Face:
Primer, concealer, foundation, and powder are all from the Benefit How to look the Best at Everything kit.
Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-hour blush in Splendor.
Eyes:
Wet n Wild eye primer in For My Primas.
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Eye Pencil in Rockstar.
South all over my lid, and both colors from the Aura duo in my crease and as my highlight.
Covergirl Clump Crusher in black on my upper lashes.
Maybeline Great Lash in black on my bottom lashes.
Maybeline Define-A-Brow in light blonde and an ELF powder for my brows.
Lips:
Urban Decay Super-Saturated High Gloss Lip Color in Glinda.









 Overall I love everything about this palette and I am 110% happy with it! I would definitely recommend picking this up (or the Theodora one if it's more your style) before they're gone!

Disclaimer: All products were purchased with my own money. I have never been paid to do a review for any of these products.



Monday, February 4, 2013

Review number 7: Benefit How to look the best at everything kit.

Hi everyone! So here is my 7th review and it will be on the Benefit how to look the best at everything make-up kit. Enjoy! xoxo. (:



 What it is: It is a kit that focuses totally on looking your best when it comes to your face. It includes a mini The Porefessional face primer, a mini Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow foundation, 2 mini Boiing concealers, a mini Hello Flawless powder, and a small face brush.


My shade is in the light kit, there are medium and dark kits as well. The Porefessional face primer is amazing! It smells soooooooooooo good (like cucumbers) and it feels really nice on the skin, I haven't noticed my pores getting any smaller though (and I have large pores) but I just need to keep using it and see if I notice a difference or not. The shade for the foundation that comes in this kit is "Cheers To Me", and it matches my skin perfectly. It gives amazing coverage but it does break down a little bit around the areas that I get oily and needed touched up. The concealers in this are AMAZING. They are smooth and creamy and give amazing coverage as well. I love them so much! The powder in this kit is really nice, not cakey and gives great coverage and makes my skin feel really smooth after applying it.

Face of the day using the kit!
Face:
All of the products in the kit for my primer, concealer, foundation, and powder.
Too Faced blush in Papa Don't Peach.
Eyes:
Too Faced Perfect Eyes waterproof eyeliner in Perfect Black.
Maybeline Color Tattoo Metal in Inked in Pink.
Too Faced Lashgasm on my upper lashes.
Maybeline Great Lash in black on my bottom lashes.
Maybeline Define-A-Brow in light blonde and an ELF brow powder for my brows.
Lips:
Maybeline Baby Lips in Coral Flush.






Overall I think this is a perfect way to try some great face products from Benefit without having to pay for full size products that you may end up hating. I love everything in this kit, except I am still iffy about the foundation because it does tend to break down a bit on my oily skin so I am not sure if I would buy it in the full size or not. However, I will be buying the primer, concealers, and powder in the full size.


Disclaimer: All products were purchased with my own money. I have never received any money for doing a review on these products.

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Review number 6: Urban Decay Sustainable Shadow Box palette.

Hi everyone! I hope you are doing well this Sunday. Today is my 6th review and it will be on the Urban Decay Sustainable Shadow Box palette. I hope you enjoy! xoxo (:

I think that the design on this is so pretty and fun! I love it.

Even the back is designed! So pretty.


Eyeshadows swatched. From left to right: YDK, Flipside, Grifter, VZI, Twice Baked, Midnight Cowboy Rides Again, Flash, Oil Slick, Kiddie Pool, Half Baked.

Face of the day using the palette!
Face:
bareMinerals Prime Time face primer.
bareMinerals concealer in Summer Bisque.
bareMinerals pressed powder foundation in light.
bareMinerals Mineral Veil.
ELF blush in Tickled Pink.
Too Faced Chocolate Soleil matte bronzer.
Eyes:
Wet N Wild eyeshadow primer in For My Primas.
Too Faced Perfect Eyes waterproof eyeliner in Perfect Black.
Grifter all over my lids, YDK in my crease/under my brow bone, and a little bit of  VZI  as my highlight.
Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes! mascara in black.
Maybeline Great Lash in black on my bottom lashes.
Maybeline Define-A-Brow in light blonde and an ELF brow powder for my eyebrows.
Lips: Covergirl lipstick in Embrace.






 Overall I think this is a really great palette. All the shades are highly pigmented and have a very nice texture. My only complaint is that the two eyeshadows with glitter in them (VZI, and Midnight Cowboy Rides Again) have a ton of glitter fall out but they are still beautiful colors. 

Disclaimer: All products were purchased with my own money. I have never received any money to do reviews on these products.

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Review number 5: Kat Von D True Romance eyeshadow palette in Beethoven.

Hi everyone hope you're having a lovely Saturday! Here is my fifth review and it will be on the Kat Von D True Romance eyeshadow palette in Beethoven. Enjoy! xoxo (:


I looooveeee the design on the front of this! So pretty.


Eyeshadows swatched. From left to right: Lucifer, Speed Blue, Razor Gray, Tequila, Sinner, Rad Purple, Leather, and Galeano.
  

Face of the day using this palette!
Face:
bareMinerals Prime Time primer.
Kat Von D tattoo concealer in 22.
MAC Pro Longwear foundation in NC15
Revlon Colorstay pressed powder in Fair.
Too Faced blush in Papa Don't Peach.
Too Faced bronzer in Sun Bunny Light.
bareMinerals all over face color in Pure Radiance as my highlight.
Eyes:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance.
Physicians Formula cream gel liner in black on my waterline.
Rad Purple all over my lids, Sinner in my crease, and Galeano as my highlight.
Covergirl Clump Crusher mascara in black on my upper lashes.
Maybeline Great Lash in black on my lower lashes.
Maybeline Define-A-Brow in light blonde and an ELF brow powder for my brows.
Lips:
Rimmel London lipstick in Airy Fairy. 







Overall I think this is a fairly decent palette. I wish some of the colors were a tad more pigmented and I wish some of them were softer in texture. I do enjoy this palette but it isn't one of my absolute favorites.

Disclaimer: All products were purchased with my own money. I have never received any money from any of these companies to do reviews.

Friday, February 1, 2013

Review number 4: Too Faced Sweet Indulgence palette.

Hi everyone! Here is my 4th review and it will be on the Too Faced Sweet Indulgence palette. Enjoy!!! xoxo. (:


The adorable packaging that it comes in! It's a tin box! So cute.




Eyeshadows swatched. From left to right: In the Buff, Peach Fuzz, Marshmallow, Lovey Dovey, Copper Peony, Teddy Bear, Gum Drop, Malted Milk Ball, Satin Sheets, Nice Stems!, Nice Ash, Cherry Cola.

Eyeshadows swatched continued. From left to right: Honeymoon, Pastille, Cop a Teal, and Black Sugar.

Bronzers swatched. From left to right: Exclusive Bronzer, and Sun Bunny Light.

Highlight: Candlelight Glow.

Blushes swatched. From left to right: La Vie en Rose, and Papa Don't Peach.

Face of the day and eye of the day using the palette!
Products used....
Face:
Too Faced Primed and Poreless primer.
bareMinerals concealer in Summer Bisque.
bareMinerals pressed powder foundation in light.
bareMinerals Mineral Veil.
Papa Don't Peach as my blush.
Candlelight Glow as my highlight.
Eyes:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance.
Copper Peony all over my lids, Lovey Dovey in my crease, and In the Buff under my brow bone.
Physicians Formula cream gel liner in black on my water line.
Too Faced Lashgasm mascara.
Maybeline Define-a-brow in light for my brows.
Lips:
MAC Lipglass in Pink Poodle.





Overall I am in love with this palette. You get 16 amazing eyeshadow colors, and they are so rich, pigmented, smooth, and have virtually no fall out. You get a full size eye primer, 2 great blush shades, 2 great bronzers, and an awesome highlighter. This is hands down one of the best palettes that I own!


Disclaimer: All products were purchased with my own money. I have never received any money for this company in return for doing reviews.














Thursday, January 31, 2013

Review number 3: Tarte's Carried Away palette.

Hi everyone! I hope you have been enjoying my review posts. Here is number 3 and it will be on the Tarte Carried Away palette. Enjoy! xoxo. (:

The beautiful gold and purple case that the set came in. I love this because you can put sooooo much stuff in it! Great for traveling.

This set includes 8 lipglosses, an eyeshadow palette with 24 eyeshadows (the palette is in the pocket behind the mirror), a brush, a powder, a blush, and a mascara (not shown here).

I love this powder! It is a translucent powder and it feels so silky smooth on the skin and doesn't clog my pores or leave a white cast like some translucent powders.

I love this mascara sooooo much! I believe I have seen a difference in my lashes since using it and it really separates and  gives my lashes volume without making them look like spider legs.



Swatch of the blush. I think this just might be my new favorite blush (and I have a million blushes). Not only do I love the texture and wearing power of this but I adore the way it looks on my skin tone! Amazing!!!!!

All the eyeshadows. I do enjoy these eyeshadows but I do wish some of the lighter shades were more pigmented. The texture of these is nice and there is virtually no fall out with the shades that have glitter in them.

Eyeshadows swatched. From left to right: Snowfall in Paris, Golden Gate Bridge, Volcanic Ash, Pyramid Gold, Pearl River, Seychelles sand, touchdown in London, Martha's Vineyard, Pebble Beach, Boston brick, Spanish Sangria, and Napa grapes.


Swatches continued. From left to right: Georgia peach, Tuscan sun, acai jungle, coral reef, Iceland air, Mystic Seaport, concrete jungle, Hampton waves, Sunshine state, Hawaiian palm, olive grove, and sin city. 

All the lipglosses. I LOVE these! They are greatly pigmented, not too sticky, and I love the minty smell they have.

Lipglosses swatched. From left to right: Nuria, Mel, Jena, Mer, Casey, Heath, Anna, and Ali.

FOTD using the set.
Face:
Tarte Smooth and Poreless face primer.
bareMinerals concealer in Summer Bisque.
bareMinerals powder foundation in light.
Tarte Smooth Operator Amazonian Clay finishing powder.
Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-hour blush in Adventurous.
bareMinerals all over face color in Pure Radiance as my highlight.
Eyes:
Tarte 360 creaseless eyeshadow primer.
Sin City on my lids.
Hawaiian palm and  olive grove in my crease/outer corner.
Sunshine state under my browbone.
Too Faced perfect eyes waterproof eyeliner in black.
Tarte lights, camera, lashes! mascara in black.
Maybeline Great Lash in black on my bottom lashes.
Maybeline Define-a-brow in light for my brows.
Lips:
Tarte lipgloss in Mel.


Better look at my eyes.

Close up of my eyeball! :p


Close up of my lip color.


Overall I do think this is a really great set and I would definitely recommend it!



Disclaimer: This set was bought with my own money. I have not received any money to give a review on it.