Viseart Golden Hour Eyeshadow Palette Review + Swatches

Hello, everyone!  How was your holiday weekend?

I have my review of the Viseart Golden Hour palette for you today.  *It's been quite a while since I've done one of these!*  I purchased this from Sephora's website during the VIB sale, on sale for $39.00 (originally $49.00), and my 15% discount brought it down to only $33.15.  This palette has nine beautiful sunset inspired shadows.  There are only three real matte shades - the black is more of a satin I'd say, since there's a hint of shimmer in it.  The other five shades are shimmers.  The shimmers are smooth and pigmented while the mattes are a bit drier feeling but still just as pigmented.  The shadows are easy to blend and don't become muddy.  There is very minimal fallout compared to other palettes.  The packaging is simple but nice and feels high quality.  The mirror is generously sized with no obstructions besides "Viseart" written along the bottom.  The only aspect that I'm not happy about is the plastic insert with the shade names printed on it.  For a high end palette, the names should be printed on the palette itself and not on a cheap piece of plastic.  The shades aren't anything revolutionary or different - I'm sure we all have these shades in our collections already.  I decided to purchase this anyway because I've never tried Viseart shadows before, and I'm very glad I picked it up!  These shades are perfect for Autumn and transitioning into Winter.

I wore five of these shades for Thanksgiving with my in-laws and received lots of compliments on my eyeshadow.  My favorite shade is probably Seine.  It's such a stunning champagne-gold shade.

~Swatches~

Honoree

Rivoli

Montaigne

Seine

Palais

Louvre

Carrousel

 Royal

Tuileries

What do you think of this palette?

Thank you for stopping by!  I hope you have a great week!

Another Collective Beauty Haul + Huge Announcement!

Hello, everyone!  Happy Thanksgiving!

I mentioned in my last post that I had some exciting news to share.  Well, the surprise is that I'm pregnant!  This is our first child and we're incredibly happy and excited for this adventure!  I'm 17 weeks along as of yesterday.  So far, I've only had a few symptoms.  I had sore breasts for about a week around 2 months ago, I was pretty much always tired these last three months, and I've recently started to feel the baby moving around.  Thankfully I haven't had any morning sickness or nausea. *Fingers crossed that I don't get hit with it later!*  We'll hopefully find out the sex next month.  (I say hopefully because at our first ultra sound the baby was moving around so much that it was hard to get measurements and pictures.)  At this point, neither of us prefer one sex over the other.  This is something we've wanted for such a long time - we've been together for 12 years! - and we just want the baby to be healthy and happy.  On another note, you've probably also noticed a decrease in my posts and that's because I just haven't been buying makeup/beauty items much these days.  I'm currently spending all my money on baby items lol!

Anyway, as the title says, I do have another beauty haul to share with you.  I've mostly been repurchasing items that I've run out of but I also had a budget to spend on whatever makeup I wanted during the recent sales at Ulta and Sephora, and it was honestly SO HARD to choose!  Not necessarily because there was so much that it was difficult to narrow it down, but because there wasn't anything that I felt like I *needed* to have.

So here are my repurchases and the products that I decided to get during the sales:

Noxema Classic Clean Original Deep Cleansing Cream

Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Lotion

NARS Heartbreaker Cheek Palette

Tony Moly I'm Red Wine Sheet Mask

Neutrogena Makeup Remover Cleansing Towelettes

Neutrogena Alcohol-Free Toner

Clean & Clear Dual Action Moisturizer

NARS Spiked Audacious Lipstick in Siouxsie

Viseart Golden Hour Eyeshadow Palette

Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb in Fenty Glow

NARS Pencil Sharpener

First Aid Beauty Skin Summit Set

That's everything I picked up lately!  What are some holiday items you purchased recently?

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have a great holiday weekend!