My Makeup Collection 2018: Eyeshadow Palettes

Hello, everyone!  How was your weekend?  It was sunny and warm here for a change!  David and I worked on our garden and got a lot of veggies planted.  This is our first time having a garden, and I'm so happy to finally have one.

Today I have my favorite MMC post for you!  Eyeshadow palettes have always been my weakness when it comes to purchasing new makeup.  Specifically limited edition palettes and palettes with beautiful packaging.  No matter how hard I try to purchase something different, I always end up buying a new eyeshadow palette when I have extra money to spend.

What is your favorite drugstore eyeshadow palette?  I need to purchase some soon because I have mostly high end palettes.  I've had a few drugstore eyeshadow palettes in the past, but they've all been underwhelming or terrible quality so I ended up giving them away.

Urban Decay
(T-B L-R) UD x Gwen Stefani, Naked on the Run, Vice 4, Electric, Naked, Naked 2, Vice LTD, Smoked, Naked 3, Naked Smoky, Ammo, Naked 2 Basics, and Naked Basics

Kat Von D Beauty
Mi Vida Loca Remix, Monarch, Chrysalis, and Shade + Light Eye

Too Faced
Star Dust by Vegas Nay, Country, Chocolate Bar, Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar, and Sweet Peach

Sephora Collection
Purple Smoky Eyes Kit, Minnie Mouse Palette, and Moschino Bear Palette

Lorac
Pro 1, 2, and 3

Lime Crime
(T-B L-R) Chinadoll, Alchemy, Aquataenia, and Palette D'Antoinette

Affordable Brands
BH Cosmetics Galaxy Chic, NYX Cosmetics The Crimson Amulet, Coastal Scents 252 Ultimate, and BH Cosmetics x Carli Bybel

Tarte
Make Believe In Yourself and Rainforest of the Sea Vol. 2

Studio Makeup
Warm Up and Cool Down

The Balm Cosmetics
Nude 'Tude

Anastasia Beverly Hills
Self Made, Modern Renaissance, and Artist Palette

Palettes I Received From Boxycharm
Winky Lux Kitten Palette, IBY Beauty Three's Company Trio, Blinc x Boxycharm Electric Eyes

Make Up For Ever
Artist Shadows 2 and 3

Fenty Beauty
Galaxy Palette

Sugarpill
Edward Scissorhands and Burning Heart

Pur Cosmetics
Soiree Diaries

Z Palettes
Ofra Cosmetics palette has a few random shadows as well as blush, bronzers, and highlighters, MAC palette has 2 MAC shadows (Vanilla and Idol Eyes) and 1 Luxie Beauty shadow, 9 Pan Z Palette x Boxycharm has 7 Ofra shadows and 2 Makeup Geek shadows

Those are all of my palettes (for now lol).  Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a good week!

My Makeup Collection 2018: Bronzers/Contour

Hello, everyone!  How was your weekend?

For this week's MMC I have all of my bronzers and contour products to show you.  I don't have too many contouring products because I don't think I'm very good at contouring.  I'm starting to really get into bronzer though, so I'm slowly adding more to my collection.

Bronzer/contour palettes
Too Faced Bonjour Soleil, Kat Von D Beauty Shade + Light, Coastal Scents Blush and Bronzer

Too Faced - for some reason I have quite a few from TF, so I made it it's own category, haha!
Soul Mates Blushing Bronzer in Carrie & Big and Rachel & Ross and Chocolate Soleil Matte Bronzer in Chocolate (2)

Drugstore
Wet N Wild Megaglo Contouring Palette in Dolce de Leche, Wet N Wild Coloricon Bronzer, and e.l.f. Baked Highlighter & Bronzer in Bronzed Glow

High End
Pur Cosmetics Mineral Glow Bronzer, Nars Laguna Bronzer, Benefit Cosmetics Hoola Bronzer, and Hourglass Ambient Lighting Bronzer in Luminous Bronze Light

Liquid
Temptu Shimmer Bronzer

That's all of my bronzers/contours!  See any of your favorites?  If not, what do you recommend?

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have a good week!

My Makeup Collection 2018: False Lashes

Hello, everyone!  How was your weekend?

For this week's MMC, I'm going to show you all of my false lashes and accessories.  I only wear lashes on special occasions, so I really don't have that many.

House of Lashes: both of the pink cases, LE Tinkerbell lash glue, LE Tinkerbell lashes in Forever Tink, (in case top-bottom) Hollywood Glam, Femme Fatale, and Le Mystere.

Pur Cosmetics: Pro Eyelashes in the style Bombshell

Huda Beauty: Samantha #7

Kiss: both of the pink tools inside the cases and lashes in styles 01 and 03.

Misc.: (top-bottom) I honestly do not remember where the lashes with the glitter band are from or the style name (sorry!), Katy Perry by Eyelure in the style Oh, My!, and I don't remember the name of the pink ones but I bought them from Sephora years ago.

That's if for me for lashes.  I need to practice applying them so I can wear them more often.  Any tips you have for applying false lashes perfectly would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you have a good week.

Pur Cosmetics Soiree Diaries Eyeshadow Palette Review + Swatches

Hello, everyone!  How has your week been so far?

I received the Pur Cosmetics Soiree Diaries palette in my Boxycharm this month and I wanted to write a separate blog post on it.  My palette did unfortunately get damaged during shipping - the mirror is shattered.  Thankfully, the actual shadows weren't damaged at all, so I can still use my palette.  Honestly, I could depot these shadows and put them in a new Z Palette, but then I wouldn't have the shade names and I find that rather annoying.  I've applied clear tape over the mirror so pieces of glass don't fall out into the shadows.  Sooo, probably not the best packaging for traveling with!  It's just flimsy cardboard after all, so it's not incredibly sturdy.  The marble design and gold writing is pretty chic though.

Anyway!  There are 12 shadows in this palette and they are smooth and highly pigmented.  *With the exception of the shimmer shade, Twinkle, which is quite chunky in texture but still very pigmented and beautiful.*  Eight of the shades are mattes and four shades are shimmers.  All of the shades are neutral and would look good on most (if not all) skin tones.

 I really do like this palette.  I think it's great for everyday, neutral looks, but you can also create something dramatic and glam with this too if you want.

What are your thoughts on this palette?  Is it something you would use?

I hope this was helpful.  Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you have a fantastic weekend!