Smashbox Heatwave Eyeshadow Palette

         Let me start by saying how excited I was to get this. To me, this is the perfect summer palette. The colors are just so beautiful and remind me of something I would see in a desert sunset!! They are super pigmented, but soft, if that makes sense. The ten colors are as follows,

1.Matte Peach
2.Golden Coppery Brown
3.Matte Light Brown
4.Golden Peach
5.Gold
6.Super Shimmery Highlighter Color
7.Shimmery Gray
8.Shimmery Blue Gray
9.Muted Purple
10.Smokey Brown

     You will have to forgive how I described some of the colors, they're not named, just numbered on the back of the palette.

      I have been playing around with this for the last week and have just fallen in love. I mean it is perfect for when you want to wear color but not go dramatic, but you deff could with this if you really wanted to. I mean I have been doing everything from soft and smoky to lots of color to wearing this with super bright lipsticks to nude colors. So safe to say it is really versatile.

     It retails for $48. I can already see into the future that I'm going to put a dent in these shadows. I would deff repurchase this. Probably my fave buy of the year!!! pics below guys =)

 

 

What My Blog Name Means

         There are two main loves in my life besides my family. My makeup, and my dog. I felt it only fitting to make the name a combination of both!! Her name is Mini. I have had her since she was 8 weeks old and she turns one next month!! She goes everywhere with me,,, and can hike like a boss!!! Most of you probably know she is a Boston Terrier. This breed of dog has a weakness in my heart. I couldn't imagine life without a Boston. But enough of my little rant, just thought Id share this little fun fact!

FOTD- Mary Kay Eyeshadows and Mineral Bronzing Powder

          So let me just start by saying what a huge letdown Mary Kay was for me. The products are so tiny, and they're not that cheap either. I ordered four eye shadows; Precious Pink, Gold Coast, Honey Spice, and Sienna, and The Mineral Bronzing Powder in Desert Sun. I also got the Timewise Luminous Wear foundation, but I am going to review that separately. These eye shadows cost about $7 a piece for .05 oz or 1.4g. They don't even come in any type of packaging, just a little tin in a plastic case. I might not even have been to upset about that had I known, but I didn't. I know a lot of people use the Z Palettes, but since I don't have one, I'm kind of upset. But moving on, I think the shadows are pretty enough, but maybe not worth seven dollars a piece to me. I mean I spent $28 on four!!!! When I look at it that way, there are so many other palettes or whatnots I would have rather spent the money on. The Quality is so so. There isn't a lot of fallout, if any, but it goes on a bit sheer, so deff need to layer it. Which is another downside since they are so small!

         I also got one of the Bronzing Powders in Desert Sun. I may be even more disappointed in this then the eye shadows. It comes in the Same type of packaging and you get .16 oz or 4.5g. This I believe was $12. The colors of it are horrible. I was expecting something softer, Instead I got a very coppery bronzer and a very shiny foil like highlighter. I probably wont be using this one. Maybe as an eye shadow?? hmm. Anyways, enough of my rant, here are pics and swatches. Thanks guys =)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Essence #52 In The Nude

             This Lipstick was a total impulse buy. Ulta sends me coupons pretty regularly so I love an excuse to use them. I thought for only $3, I wont be to disappointed if this lipstick is a fail. Oh My God!!! I loved it!! So much in fact that I went and bought another just to keep in my car. The color is just perfect for me. It comes off kind of sheer, so deff have to do a little bit of layering. It is also pretty glossy, but not to much, just enough for my liking. And whereas some other lipsticks with similar creamy/glossy textures will settle into the fine lines on my lips and look horrific, this one glides pretty smoothly and has a nice even finish! The staying power is only about an hour and a half to two hours. So its probably not one I will be wearing if I cant touch it up often. That's the only downside. But this is a deff win in my book!! Sorry about the bad phone quality pics =/

Revlon Colorstay 16 hour Eye Shadow in Bombshell



             I'm Usually not the biggest Revlon fan. To me their products are just kind of blahh. Sorry guys. But I happened to come across this on clearance at Ulta for like two bucks and I couldn't resist. This pale yellow is so pretty, my mind starting going frantic with all the things I wanted to do with it! The White has just the slightest bit of shimmer to it, but it is probably one of the better cheap white eyeshadows I have come across. Wasn't to impressed with either gray shade. the lighter of the two has a tiny bit of glitter in it and the darker is pretty sheer. But since I have a million different shades of blacks and grays I wont complain. I think this particular quad is still available at most drugstores and Target, and sells for around $9? It is pretty true to color, but there was quite a bit of fallout. I am still overall pretty happy with this. This is the look I went for with this, pretty simple, but fun =)

For this look I used

-Revlon Colorstay Eyeshadow in Bombshell
-Rimmel Scandaleyes in Witness White
-Loreal Wear Infinate Eyeshadow in Lush Raven
-Urban Decay Primer Potion
-Maybelline Mega Plush Mascara
-Ulta Automatic Eyeliner in Black

 

 

 

 

          

 

Nailed it or Failed it,Guerlain Coup De Foudre look dupe.

          So a few days ago I came across this gorgeous palette from Guerlain. It is their 2013 spring edition Coup De Foudre Palette. OMG, it is so gorgeous. How I did not know about this I'm not sure. I dont believe it is still available,but please correct me if I'm wrong. Moving on tho, this palette retails for $59!!!!!! Like really??? plus tax and shipping in my case if I ordered it so easily over $70, for 4 colors.......... Now dont get me wrong, I can spend some money on makeup, but I just could not justify spending that on four colors. I dont care what the packaging looks like. especially when I was pretty sure I had similar colors already. Not exact dupes, but close enough to my liking. Since I havent seen this palette in person I googled some swatches of it and I posted the link below to the original photo. The girls blog who did the swatches did a really prettylook with it btw.

http://www.solonelyingorgeous.com/2013/05/oh-thou-doth-teach-torches-to-burn.html

Now these are the colors I decided to use from my own collection.

 

 

Like I said, Not exact dupes but close enough for me. The coral I used obvioulsy has a gold shimmer to it instead of matte. I did swatches on kind of the thin side too, So its not really layered on like the first picture. the colors I used are as follows from left to right.

 

1. The Olive Green Color in Loreal HIP studio secrets 306 Gunmetal-$7?

2.Light Green color in Wet n Wild Comfort Zone Palette-$5

3.Coral Color in NYX Love in Florence, Eat, Love, and Be Fab-$5?

4.Mushroom by Urban Decay.-$18

- So my total = $35 before tax and no shipping,, plus you get a ton of other colors. thats a win for me!

 

This is the look I was going for with this palette. I found this picture on Pintrest, Unfortunately there wasnt a link attached to it, so if anyone knows the original site of this picture, please tell me so I can update this. Im not a fan of using other peoples pictures without proper citations.

 

 



So this is totally Gorgeous Right???? And below is my dupe look. So tell me. did I Nail it or fail if =p