Blush love! Maybelline's Face Studio Master hi-light in Pink Rose (Review & Swatch!)

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Maybelline has a new line called "Face Studio".  It contains powder blushes, cream blushes, and bronzers.
I have the New Face Studio Master Hi-Light in Pink Rose!  And I'm a fan!

Product Fail. Physicians Formula Nude Wear Glowing Blush in Rose

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Hello all!  Today I have a review of Physicians Formula Nude Wear Glowing Blush (in Rose).

Tarte's Be MATTEnificent Colored Clay Eye & Cheek Palette! Impressions and Swatches!

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Hello all! Today I'm excited to show you Tarte's MATTEnificent Eye and Cheek palette.  I've had these for a few weeks and I'm ready to give you my thoughts!

Swatches and First Impressions of Maybelline's New Master Glaze Cream Blush Stick in Just Pinched Pink & Face Studio Master Hi-Light in Pink Rose

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Whew!  Try to say those names 3x fast eh?  Jebus.  I'm digging these products so far, but I'd love it if their names were a tad shorter.  For right now, I'll call them Blush Stick, and Blush.  Boom.  Easy peasy..so lets get to it.

Review! NYX's New BB Cream in Nude! Swatches!

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Hello all!  Did you miss me?  I'm so sorry.  I fell behind.  But I'm back with a new review!  NYX's new BB Cream in Nude!  

NYX has a bunch of new goodies for 2014, and if the rest are as good as this..then I'm in looovvvee.

Ladies and Gents.  I've found my HG BB Cream, and I'm never going back.

Review! New Wet & Wild Megaslicks Balm Stain in 125 Red-dy or Not

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Howdy!  Today I have a review of Wet and Wild's New Megaslicks Balm Stain in Red-dy or Not.  I have lip swatches and more! So lets get to it!

Covergirl's New Bombshell Intensity Liner by Lashblast in Chocolate Kiss! Review & Swatches

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Hello my pretties! Whos ready for an eyeliner review?  Today I'm reviewing Covergirl's New Bombshell Intensity Liner (by Lashblast).  Its in Chocolate kiss.

Urban Decay Naked3 Pictures, Swatches & My thoughts!

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I know you've all been waiting for it, so here it is! Some pictures, swatches and my impressions of the Naked3 Palette! (I'm not doing an official "review" on this since the eyeshadows are amazing quality, which is par for the course for Urban Decay).

Review & Swatches! New Revlon Shadow Link in Taupe!

Hello all! Time for another review!

Today I'm reviewing one of Revlon's new eyeshadows.  It's a Shadowlink.  I unfortunately don't have a picture of the display (Nouveau Cheap does here though).  The idea behind this is that you pick 2,3,4...shadows and link them together to create your own palette.  I would have loved to pick up more then one, but the display I found in Ulta was already picked over.

So lets get to it!

Swatch of Fergies WnW To Reflect Shimmer Palette Set (LE with Kabuki brush)

A while back I posted a pick of the new Fergie WnW Holiday display items.  I finally got around to swatching the ginormous "To Reflect Palette" that it came with .  This is actually a shimmery bronzer.

Ready for pics and swatches?

Review and Swatches! Revlon Matte Balm & Lacquer Balm in Unapologetic and Coquette!

 Hello all!

I'm excited to show you all some swatches and give you my impressions of Revlon's New Colorburst Lacquer Balms, and Matte Balms.  I picked up Unapologetic (Matte) and Coquette (Balm)

These are new enough that they're not even up on the Revlon site yet! But I've seen them on various blogs, and if it popped up at my local Walgreens, then I know they must be out there (my store usually gets new products last).

Blame it on the Unconventional Makeup Junkie..

                                                           

My best friend Victoria over at The Unconventional Makeup Junkie is a nailophile.  She loves nail polishes, and I blame my recent spat of nail polish purchases all on her!  She posts on loads of different things ( I love her makeup meme mondays!), but she has this nail polish challenge going on where she wears a different polish every week.  I love seeing her posts..and dammit.  Its peer pressure!  (j/k.  I love her..but it has definitely influenced me..).

Swatches of Holiday Rebel, Silver Rainbows & Gold Tinsel from Sinful's Decorate Decadently Collection!

I swear this Sinful week will be over soon! But I hope you're enjoying all these swatches and bottle shots!

Here are swatches of the last 3 Sinful Polishes I bought from the Decorate Decadently Collection.  At the bottom of the page I'll have a recap of all the sinful posts.

On to the swatches!  On pictures.  Left nail has one coat/right nail has 3 coats.  No top coat.

(Gold Tinsel)

(Holiday Rebel)

(Silver Rainbows)

I'm not gonna hate too much on these polishes (espeically Silver Rainbows because thats right up my daughters alley), but who at Sinful names these things?  Gold Tinsel.  Yes.  But the red and green is called "Holiday Rebel?"  Not so much .  How about Pointsetta?  Thats green and red? and Silver Rainbows..um..no.  Not for something thats purple/magenta/gree.  All that being said, these polishes were nice.  I liked the consistancy, and they werent too hard to work with.  

I hope all these swatches have helped you decide which polish to pick up!  These are sold at Walgreens, and are only 1.99!  

Recap:(click on links)

*Bottle shots of Top Me Off, Full Spectrum, Gilded & Tinsel and Shine

*Swatches of Top Me Off, Full Spectrum, Gilded & Tinsel and Shine

*Bottle Shots of Silver Rainbows, Gold Tinsel & Holiday Rebel

Notd! Top it Off from Sinful! And..theres a surprise...

For today's Notd (I've actually been wearing this all week..), I'm wearing Top it Off from Sinful's Decorate Decadently Collection.  I've been posting bottle shots and swatches all week of the Seven (yes.  SEVEN) polishes I bought.  Of them all, I love this the most..and this one has a surprise..

Wait for it...

Its a liquid sand polish!  

I know right?!  I was totally shocked myself.  I'll be honest..I didnt even realize it until I actually wore it on my hands (I dont normally feel up the polishes I swatch).  I thought it might have been a fluke, but I found another bottle and tried it on a piece of paper (I work at Walgreens..I managed to do it..yes..on the clock..but it was for a good cause!), and it is legit liquid sand! 

(sorry for the blurry pic, its the glitters..they're blinding!)

The camera pictures just don't do this polish justice..it was so hard to capture the sparkle..

This gives off the most beautiful halo of colors.  Its a periwinkle blue with holo glitter.  

Also, it does feel like sand.  I've never tried a liquid sand polish before, and it literally feels like I put glue on my fingers and dipped them in sand. 

I love this color and this polish so freakin much...

If you dont get ANY other polish.  Do yourself a favor and pick this one up.  I promise.  You wont regret it.

1.99@ Walgreens.

More bottle shots from Sinful Polishes Decorate Decadently Collection! (3 more!)

In my first post (click here to see), I mentioned I bought 8 polishes from the Sinful Decorate Decadently Collection.  Here are other 3!

(left to right)

(Holiday Rebel, Silver Rainbows, & Gold Tinsel)

Holiday Rebel (inside)

Holiday Rebel (outside)

Silver Rainbows (inside)

Silver Rainbows (outside)

Gold Tinsel (inside)

Gold Tinsel (outside)

*Holiday Rebel straight up reminds me of Christmas.  Gaudy, and bright.  Red and Green whenever used together will always symbolize Christmas.  For that reason, I will not even try to use this 'till December.  (And for the nail record, its red hex glitter, with forest green glitter throughout a clear base.  Boom . Nail lingo for you). 

*Silver Rainbows is another bar glitter.  Its got magenta, green and some purple bar glitter in a clear base.  This one also sort of reminds me of Christmas.  Dam green and magenta! I know its wierd, but I'm just being real here. I'll have to swatch and see how the formula is before I decide how to use this.

*Gold Tinsel is gorgeous. Rose gold, and gold bar glitter? Awesome combo.  Super excited to use this!

What do you all think? 

Ready for swatches? Coming up!

1.99@Walgreens 

Swatches of Top Me Off, Full Spectrum, & Tinsel and Shine from the Sinful Decorate Decadently Collection!

I have swatches from the first half of the polishes from the Decorate Decadently Collection.  I already showed you Gilded (it was my Notd- Click Here to see my first post!).  So here's Top Me Off, Full Spectrum, & Tinsel and Shine!

(Momma got a nail wheel! Booyah!)

*On the nail wheel:  One coat of polish is on left/3 coats on the right*

Full Spectrum

Top Me Off (Sorry..the fuzz is photobombing! Its from a paper towel! haha)

(you can see uneven application on left side)

Tinsel and Shine

*I've actually painted my daughters nails with Top Me Off and I'm doing a mani with it in a moment, so expect a small review and NOTD soon!

* Full Spectrum is a gorgeous pink! I love the glitters sprinkled in with the hex glitters!  Full Spectrum had the nicest consistancy.  

*Tinsel and Shine was a pain.  The bar glitter was wonky, and the polish was thick-nice topper though.  

1.99 @ Walgreens

Too Faced Jingle All the Way Palette- Swatches and First Impressions! *Picture Heavy*

Sooo.  I'm not going to lie.  Part of the reason why I bought the Jingle All the Way Palette was for the Iphone case.  As any iphone owner knows, the case is extremely important, and with so many different cases to choose from, it can get kind of addicting.  However, I also wanted to try out Too Faced eyeshadows.  I hear great things about them all the time (and my cousin recently bought a palette from them), so I was intrigued.  

First lots of Pictures and Swatches!

(My Too Faced goodie box also came with a "deluxe" bb cream sample and Lashgasm mascara-impressions to come)

(this is the case you receive when you order directly from toofaced.com/the Sephora exclusive case is pink and gold).

(to show the sparkle!)

Swatches!

(Row 1-Indirect sunlight)

(Row 1-direct sunlight)

(Row 2-Indirect Sunlight)

(Row 2-Direct Sunlight)

(Row 3-Indirect Sunlight)

(Row 3 Direct Sunlight)

(Row 4 Matte Shadows-Indirect Sunlight)

(Row 4 Matte Shadows-Indirect Sunlight)

(Bronzer & Blush-Indirect Sunlight)

(Blush & Bronzer-Indirect Sunlight)

This palette contains 11 shadows, blush, bronzer and the iphone case.  The black case housing the shadows pop out of the iphone case, and has a clear plastic cover that lifts up.

  Nine shadows are shimmery/sparkly and two are matte (the white and brown). The eyeshadows themselves are nice and pigmented.  Some are a bit powdery, but they all apply smoothly and blend easily.  The white matte shadow is actually a nice highlight, while the brown is a nice blending/crease shadow (though a little light).  I will say though, that the squares are very small.  It was difficult to get a sponge applicator in there to swatch, and my eyeshadow brush just barely fits.  So just be forewarned, that these shadows are small.    I love the blush and bronzer though.  Very nice and not too shimmery or orange, though I'm surprised the blush is smaller then the bronzer, since most ladies would probably use more of the  blush as opposed to bronzer.

The iphone case itself is gorgeous, however I wont be using it.  I have an iphone 5 , and so this should fit nicely, however my phone was actually loose in this and I was worried it would fall out.  Also, its not very protective.  Drop the case once.  Boom.  It would probably crack. 

Overall: 

I'm very happy with the palette.  Though I was looking forward to using the case for my phone, the eyeshadows themselves make up for it.  They're creamy, pigmented, and a dream to blend.  I'm very impressed and hope to get more shadows soon.  Is it worth the $25?  I'd say yes.  11 shadows, blush and bronzer?  It makes for a nice travel palette for the holiday.  

$25 @toofaced.com & Sephora

Holy Grail Eyeshadow/Eyeliner Pencil? Hell Yes. Review/Swatches: Sephora Collection Jumbo Liner in Taupe & Dark Taupe Shimmer.

These two eyeliners have been popping up on and off on the blog here for a while.  I'm finnally getting around to putting up a proper review.  So here it is.  Right off the bat..I'm going to let you know.  I love these, and I want more!

First: What Sephora says: "These jumbo pencils create a range of effects, from bold lines and blended effects to thin, defined lines. Resistant to water, heat, and humidity, their creamy, high-pigment formulas apply smoothly. From deep blacks to rich and shimmery shades, each is formulated with exclusive waxes and pigments to assure maximum color intensity that stays put for 12-hours." (source)

(Taupe)

(Dark Taupe Shimmer)

(L-Taupe/R-Dark Taupe Shimmer)

These are amazing!  They can be used as eyeshadow (as I've been using the taupe) or as eyeliner.  They're touted as lasting all day, and without a primer I can honestly say that I've gotten at least 9 hours of wear with these.  They're a good base, good as eyeliner, and even last on the waterline.  They are jumbo, but they're not self sharpening.  So if you need a jumbo sharpener to use with these.  The colors are obviously very pigmented, and shimmery (but not over the top shimmery).  Their waterproof, but I found  that while it didnt last long on my waterline, it did survive the hot and sweaty summer we had.  You can also smudge these out if you work quickly.  Once it sets though, it sets.

At only $14 bucks a pop, they wont break the bank and will last you for a long time.  Do yourself a favor and grab one!  My collection of these has only just begun..

 $14@ Sephora

.10oz

Swatchest! Milani Shadow Eyez Natural Eyez Collec.

Hello all!

I know this collection has been out for months now, and its limited edition...but it literally showed up two weeks ago up here where I live (Greenwich CT).  Here are some quick swatches for you all!

(Swatched Top to Bottom-11 Sand Dunes, 10 Almond Cream, & 09 Cafe Au Lait)

The colors I have are Sand Dunes, Almond Cream, and Cafe Au Lait.  They're all gorgeous and all mutli-taskers.  Cafe Au Lait is a nice neutral liner to line the eyes, and Almond Cream is an amazing base for shadows.  Sand Dunes will probably become my go to shadow for a while.  

 * The Milani Shadow Eyez line is amazing.  They're long lasting, creamy, and super pigmented.  A must have!

I'm having a serious love affair with cream shadow pencils..though I admit I'm a little late to the party...

All Milani Shadow Eyez are 7.99 @ Drugstores (CVS/Walgreens/Ulta