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!

Purple & Gold Eye Makeup Tutorial

Hello, everyone!  I hope you're having a good week.  I had an extra two days off from work unexpectedly and the weather has been nice, so I've had a pretty great week so far!

For today's post I have my second tutorial for you.  It's a look that I saw Kiki (@luciferismydad on Instagram) do a few years back, and it's one of my all time favorites.  I love the look of gold and purple together.  Well, gold and any other color pretty much.  For this look I'll supply you with a list of products that I used, but you can use whatever you have on hand.

For this look I used:

Urban Decay Primer Potion (original)

Urban Decay eyeshadow in W.O.S.

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On eyeliner pencil in Voodoo

Sugarpill eyeshadow in Poison Plum

Sugarpill loose pigment in Goldilux

Urban Decay 24/7 Velvet eyeliner pencil in Black Velvet

Stila Cosmetics Stay All Day black liquid eyeliner

Benefit Cosmetics Gimme Brow

Smashbox Cosmetics Brow Tech

Benefit Cosmetics High Brow

Urban Decay Perversion mascara

First, I prepped my eyes, meaning I applied primer and set it with a shadow close to my skin tone (UD W.O.S.).

Next, I applied a purple eyeliner as a base for the purple shadow.  I only applied the liner to the inner and outer edges of my lid and lower lash line leaving an empty space in the center.  The eyeliner I used has shimmer/glitter in it.  If you have a matte purple liner, that would probably work better.  (Don't worry about it looking rough, we'll blend it out.)

To blend out the edges of the liner and to deepen the color, I applied a matte purple shadow over the top of the liner and blended until there were no rough edges.  I also connected the inner and outer sections in the crease for a halo effect.

Now for the gold.  I packed on the gold pigment to the empty sections on my lid and lower lash line.  Then I blended out the areas where the purple and gold touch so there were no rough lines.

Next, I applied a black pencil liner to my lower waterline.  I also used that same black pencil liner to tight line.  I then applied a black liquid eyeliner to my upper lash line.

I filled in my eyebrows using Gimme Brow and Brow Tech pencil.

To highlight my brow bone, I used High Brow from Benefit Cosmetics and blended it out.

Finally, I applied black mascara.  If you like to wear false lashes now would be the time to apply them.  For me, false lashes are uncomfortable and lash glue irritates my eyes so I rarely wear them.  But here is our finished look!

I hope you liked this tutorial!  It might be a bit too bright or dramatic for some, but I personally enjoy wearing looks like this.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend!

 

My Favorite Beauty Products of 2015

Hello, everyone! How was your weekend?

I wanted to give a little shout out to some of my favorite beauty products from the past year.  I have quite a few so let's just jump into it!

First up are two products from First Aid Beauty.  Their Face Cleanser and their Ultra Repair Cream.  I've said a few times before that the Ultra Repair Cream saved my face.  My face was so dry and flaky, but this stuff cleared all of that up.  I also really like the Face Cleanser because it leaves my skin feeling so clean without leaving behind any soapy residue or drying my skin out.

Next up is the YSL Effet Faux Cils mascara.  This mascara gave my lashes the length and volume that I wanted.  As an added bonus, it also has a nice scent to it.

Urban Decay came out with their Naked Smoky palette last year and it's amazing.  It's everything I hoped the Naked 2 would've been.  I like the Naked 2, but I think I'll use this Smoky palette much more often then the 2 palette.

Kat Von D also came out with another eyeshadow palette.  Its 12 neutral, matte shades are so pigmented and smooth and are perfect for everyday looks or dramatic looks.

I only started using the Batiste dry shampoo last year, and I'm so glad I finally gave in to the hype.  My favorite one is the tinted dry shampoo for dark brown hair.

The Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz pencil is another favorite from last year.  The Medium Ash/Brown shade matches my brow hair perfectly and is so easy to use.

The Becca Cosmetics and Jaclyn Hill collaboration is definitely one of my favorites.  The Champagne Pop pressed highlighter is divine.  It is seriously so stunning and looks amazing on so many different skin tones.

I tried out the Stila Cosmetics Stay All Day black liquid eyeliner this past year.  It's not as matte as I'd like it to be, but it's easy to use and it actually does last all day long.

I have another highlight favorite: the Laura Mercier Matte Radiance Baked Powder in the shade 01.  This product is absolutely not matte.  Idk why it has "matte" in the name, but it is shimmery highlight perfection.

I've always been a fan of the movie Edward Scissorhands, and Sugarpill came out with a limited edition 25th anniversary palette for the movie.  As a fan of the movie, I HAVE to include this palette in my favorites!

Finally, I have the Starscape blush from the Nars and Christopher Kane collaboration.  It looks a little scary in the pan, but if you're light handed with it, it's absolutely beautiful.

That's all my favorite products from 2015!  What are some of yours?

Thanks for stopping by!

Blog Update & Sugarpill Edward Scissorhands Palette Review + Swatches

 Hello, everyone!  I hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend!

First, I want to start with an update.  I kept up very well with posting this year except for two weeks when I wasn't feeling well, so I'm thinking of stepping my blog up a notch for 2016 and post twice a week instead of once a week.  My schedule will now include a post every Monday and Thursday at the same time (10 am PST).  In addition to more posts, I want to add more variety to my content.  Instead of mainly doing product reviews and swatches, I want to include some makeup looks/tutorials, style ideas/clothing hauls, and maybe some lifestyle posts.  Let me know what you think, and if you have any suggestions or requests on what you'd like to see feel free to leave me a comment!

Now, onto the main event: Sugarpill released a limited edition Edward Scissorhands 25th anniversary eyeshadow palette this past Fall.  The packaging is perfection.  I love the artwork on the outside.  It has a magnetic closure and a decent size mirror on the inside.  There are 6 shadows in this palette.  There is one shade that I'm disappointed in though, and that's the shade Castle On The Hill.  I couldn't get any pigmentation out of this shade.  For my swatch photo at end of this post, I REALLY dug my finger into the pan and went over the swatch almost a dozen times and I still barely got anything out of it.  I thought for sure if I dug in any harder I was going to crush the shadow into pieces.  Fortunately, it's just a basic dark brown shade which I have a ton of, so it's not too devastating of a loss.  Now, if it had been Ice Angel, The Inventor, or Suburbia...I probably would've sent this back.  Anyway, I really like this palette, but I wish Castle On The Hill had more pigmentation.

Home Sweet Home

Ice Angel

The Inventor

Suburbia

Heart-Shaped Cookie

Castle On The Hill

Were you able to pick up this palette?  What are your thoughts?  Was Castle On The Hill a dud for anyone else?  I'm loving all of the other shades!

Thank you for stopping by!