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Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Swatch Out! Colourpop Super Cheek Shock in Iced (Tie Dye)

This cream to powder highlight is a beautiful peachy gold with lots of shimmer. I like it because its not glittery or super bold. Suitable for fair to deep skin tones. $8.00

Rating

Pigmentation: 5

Longevity: 5

Packaging: 4

Price: 5

Sunday, April 16, 2017

Swatch Out! Anastasia Beverly Hills Ultimate Glow Kit

This Anastasia Beverly Hills Glow Kit features six metallic powder highlighters for intense luminosity. Each highlighter pan 4.5grams of product. And the palette has a nice size mirror. Personally I feel like these highlighters are a bit chalky and have a lot of fall out. But the colors are beautiful. Use wet if your using a brush for better application as it is hard to get product on your brush from the pan, because the pigments are pressed so tightly together. Also these highlighters contain a lot of glitter. Paid $45.00USD
Pros
Lots of sparkle and glitter
Cons
A lot of fall out
Hard to blend
Patchy application

Rating

Pigmentation: 4

Longevity: 4

Packaging:5

Price: 3

From Top to Bottom

Hot Sand

Amber Gold

Sunray

Golden Dawn

White Sand

Snow

From Top to Bottom

Hot Sand

Amber Gold

Sunray

Golden Dawn

White Sand

Snow

Disclaimer: This palette was purchased by me and for me. I am not being paid to endorse this product. All opinions and views expressed in this post are my own.

Friday, December 23, 2016

Swatch Out! Jeffree Star Cosmetics Skin Frost So Fucking Gold Vs. King Tut

These skin frost look and appear the same, but King Tut is more bronze and So Fucking Gold is brighter and lighter. Both are pretty look great on Tan to Deep skin cheekbones. Makes a great eye shadow and can be used Wet or Dry. $29.00

I wear M.A.C Studio Fix Fluid Foundation in NW45

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Colourpop Ultra Mattes: Drive In, Avenue, Kae

Drive In- Violet

Avenue- Brick Red

Kae-Terracotta

All three of these colors are great. Kae is a slightly lighter version of Colourpop's Limbo, but the colors are very similar. Avenue is a brick red and reminds me of Lime Crimes Wicked velvetine but Wicked is deeper in tone. Still it is a close dupe. Drive In is a bright pink violet that is a dupe for Lime Crime's Utopia velvetine, which you will find helpful to know seeing as Colourpop has recently discontinued this color. These Colourpop's ultra matte liquid lip colors are long lasting, pigmented and affordable at just $6.00 each.

Pros: No smell or taste, affordable.

Cons: Online only.

Pigmentation: 5

Longevity: 5

Packaging: 5

Price: 5

Monday, April 18, 2016

Swatch Out! Colourpop Ultra Matte Lip Color: Limbo

Review

I love colourpop's ultra matte lip formula and the awesome affordability at $6.00 each. This color is sexy and bold. However the color is not so deep on my skin tone that it appears vampy. I am surprised that it is now a favorite of mine, considering that I have always shy'd away from brown lipsticks because they appear washed out against my skin tone. The liquid lipstick formula, goes on wet and dries down very quickly to a non transferable matte finish, that last for hours on end. I can wear it through my 8 hour work shift only retouching my inner lips after eating lunch. Perfect. (Rating) 5 out of 5.

Suitable for fair to deep tan skin tones.

FYI

*Close lip tube tightly after use.

*The Colourpop branding on tube will rub off after a couple uses.

*Use makeup remover or makeup remover wipes to remove.

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Sunday, April 17, 2016

Swatch Out! Lorac Unzipped Palette..

Review

So I am going to be honest, the pigmentation and color payoff of these eyeshadows are terrible. Save your $42.00USD and get something worth while. It features 3 matte shadows and 7 shimmer/frost shadows that are chalky and lackluster. I like the packaging because the palette is light, thin and has a great mirror. And I also like the colors, but I would like them alot more if they weren't so hard to work with. (Rating) 2 out of 5.

Monday, February 29, 2016

Loreal Nail Color: Brownie Points

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Sunday, February 28, 2016

Swatch Out! NYX Adorable Palette (Review & Swatches)

Rating

Pigmentation: 2

Longevity: 3

Packaging: 3

Price: 4

Review

This palette has beautiful colors but the quality is lackluster and disappointing.

It lacks pigmentation and the colors swatch sheer, even with a eye shadow primer. So if you decide to invest in this palette ($7.50USD) I recommend using NYX White Eye shadow Base or NYX Jumbo Eye shadow Pencil in Milk underneath to help the colors pop. Ciao!

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Swatch Out! NYX Blushes: Ethereal and Pinched (WOC)

Ladies and Gentlemen these blushes are absolutely exquisite. So pretty and with the right amount of sparkle. The photos do them no justice. Suitable for all and I mean all skin tones. NYX really brought it with these blushes. I was on the fence because I thought they would look chalky on my skin. But I was pleasantly surprised. $5.00USD

Coral Peachy Shimmer

Rosy Golden Shimmer

Blushes shown above rubbed out on the skin.

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Swatch Out! Blush Favorites: M.A.C, NYX, Jordana, Nabi, La Femme (WOC)

Rating

Jordana Blush- Cinnamon Spice (5)

Nabi Blush-Spice (3)

M.A.C Blush-Blunt (4)

M.A.C Blush-Raizin (4)

NYX Blush-Cocoa (5)

La Femme Blush-Russet (3)

La Femme Blush-Sienna (5)

I naturally gravitate to blushes that will give my cocoa skin a natural glow or add some life to my cheeks. The blushes above each are different but all deliver pleasant results when used with a light hand. All of these blushes deliver serious pigmentation.

recommendation

Use daylight bulb(s) instead of natural or soft white bulbs at your makeup vanity or in your bathroom so when applying any makeup or foundation, you will know what it will look like outside, this helps you know whether you are applying too much or too little color to the face.

All blushes shown above are on the high and low end, quality and longevity is everything.

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Swatch Out! Favorite Highlighters: Sephora, M.A.C, NARS, Too Faced, & E.L.F. (WOC)

Rating
These are some of my go to products I use for highlighting my cheeks and brows.

Too Faced Candlelight- is a finely milled powder that gives a nice glow to the cheeks. (4)

Sephora Light Beam-is the perfect under eye highlight after applying concealer. (4)

M.A.C Flicker-is great for highlighting the cheeks and under the brow. It has just the right amount of sparkle. (5)

NARS Miss Liberty (5) and E.L.F. Gotta Glow (5)-are both blushes but I use them to highlight my cheekbones.

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Too Faced Absolutely Invisible Illuminating Translucent Powder (Candlelight) $30.00

Sephora Baked Luminizer (Light Beam) $14.00

Nars Blush (Miss Liberty) $29.00

M.A.C Pressed Pigment (Flicker) $22.00

E.L.F. Blush (Gotta Glow) $3.00

Monday, February 15, 2016

Swatch Out! Gold Highlighters (WOC)

Highlighting the cheekbones and other points of the face are definitely the trend right now. So why be left out, because most products are chalky or look ashy against your deeper skin-tone. Gold may not be everyone's cup of tea on the face, but for those who aren't shy. I have included the illuminators in my collection. Below are one highlighter (colourpop), one blush (lorac), two bronzing powders (ruby kisses) and (sonia kashuk) and one all over pigment (cocoadynasty for baublelux) which are all perfect for highlighting and or adding warmth to the skin.