Thursday, October 13, 2011

Impressions of BH Cosmetics Eyeshadow Pro 15 Colors Customized Palette

When buying this palette I had in mind the perfect neutral palette for me.  I know that I could have just bought a 28 or 26 color neutral palette but, usually with darker skin tones we only end up using less than half.  So I figure this was the perfect way to create a neutral that was easy on the pocket and looks good.  Overall this is a great palette and I'm very happy with it, as far as staying power these shadows last all day with a primer or base and these shadows also have great pigmentation.  Check out the video below to see the swatches.

WS = warm shimmer CM = cool matte WM = warm matte MM = metallic matte

Color names/number in the order they appear:
  • WS12
  • WS14
  • CM04
  • WM17
  • CM02
  • MM07
  • WM18
  • MM08
  • CM03
  • MM06
  • MM17
  • MM16
  • MM12
  • MM02
  • CM20


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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Eyebrow Tutorial

I was requested to do a eyebrow tutorial by MadaamLaugh.  Thank you so much for the request.  This is just the way I do them, by all means you can do them anyway you like.  I chose to use very inexpensive products because I do my brows everyday so, since I go through these pencils so often it needs to be affordable.  I know I'm using an eyeliner as a brow pencil but, this eyeliner is to stiff for lining your eyes but perfect for the brows, you want to use something that isn't to hard but not to soft so, this wet n wild liner falls right in the middle.If you have any question please feel free to leave a comment.

*´¨)
¸.•´¸.•*´¨) ¸.•*¨)
(¸.•´ (¸.•` P R O D U C T S
  • Wet N Wild Megalast Retractable eyeliner in black brown
  • Loreal True Match Super-Blendable Concealer in medium deep cool
  • elf Eyebrow Kit in dark



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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Wild Shine Nail colors "Startling Nails" by Wet N Wild

I found this nail polish set at Ross, it comes with 6 colors that you can't buy separately and not only that normally each polish is $1.99 so I got 6 for $3.99, good deal right.  I had to use 2 coats of polish with each color except for Sapphire Blue and of course the top coat.  These polish do have pretty good color pay off, the only one I had issues with was Flirty Rose, this color left bad brush strokes that was hard to smooth out.  I had to do 2 to 3 coats just to get the brush strokes out.  Other than that I like this set.


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Friday, September 23, 2011

MAC Crushed Metallic Pigment Meltdown

Okay, you'll never guess what happen to one of my MAC pigments........

From the surf baby collection this stack pigment is called surf the ocean and for some reason the gold color melted. I'm not sure if I'm the only person this happen to but I just thought this was really weird. I never in the history of MAC heard of a pigment melting, I know that we had a hot summer this year with temperatures at 108 and climbing but still my lipsticks didn't even melt so why did the pigment. I am so upset about this that I just might call MAC and see what they can do about it if anything. Anyways, let me know if this has happened to you and if so what did you do? I think that this had melted completely over the summer then turned into a creamy consistency so, I guess my biggest question is, will this pigment stay creamy like this or will it go back to its original powder form?





Check out the video to see for yourself...
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Monday, September 19, 2011

Beauty Bargains at Dollar Tree

This is going to be real quick.  At the Dollar Tree in the make up section they have the Loreal Bare Naturale Luminous Lengthening Mascara in 2 shades, black and blackest black.  I was good, I only got 2 so I can try it out to see I like it.  Ever since my lash architect was discontinued I have been on the hunt for a great mascara, so far the Maybelline one by one is a real good competitor but, I'm still looking.  I thought since this mascara was in the Dollar Tree it was being discontinued but, I still seen these in CVS for $8.99.  So, if you want to try this mascara now would be a good time to do it while their only $1.



 
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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Beauty Bargains at Raley's

If you're not familiar with Raley's it's a grocery store here in Northern Nevada, I'm not sure if they are located anywhere else.  About a week ago I ran in to get some milk and of course I went to the make up aisle.  Well, I'm glad I did because they had a lot of products marked down.  There was the Maybelline Colorsensational lipsticks in certain colors & some concealer as well as lip glosses also by Maybelline but, the main item that really stood out that was marked down was the Loreal H.I.P. Shine Struck Liquid Lipcolor.  If you're familiar with these lip colors then you know they're very pigmented and on the pricey side, $12.  These were marked down to $3 so, i was able to get 9 colors and that's not the best part, once I got to the check out counter I found out that all Loreal products were $2 off so instead of getting these lip colors for $3 I got them for $1.  You can't beat that deal so, my saving was $99 and as always if you want lip swatches just comment below.


From left to right the colors are...
662 Arresting
760 Tainted
660 Euphoric
260 Zealous
460 Precarious
780 Indestructible
870 Distinct
860 Pretentious
360 Turbulent
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Saturday, September 17, 2011

e.l.f. Studio Glossy Gloss Lip Swatches

I decided to do some lip swatches with the elf glossy glosses so that women of color or at least my skin tone can get an idea of how these glosses will look on them.  If you have a lighter skin tone than me I think these swatches may help you in deciding which colors may be to strong, dark, etc.  I also included a swatch of the elf glitter gloss in golden glitz because I only kept that color and gave the rest away so, I don't have them to swatch.  Obviously I wouldn't wear this shade by itself because it's just to glittery so, I recommend wearing these glitter glosses over lipstick.  F.Y.I these pictures was taken without a flash in natural light so that the true color will show.
Pink Candy
Wild Watermelon
Funky Fuchsia

Muted Mauve
 
Berry Blush

Merry Cherry

Dragon Fruit

Ballet Slippers

Sweet Salmon

Tangy Tangerine

(Glitter Gloss) Golden Glitz

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Impressions of BH Cosmetics Eyeshadow Pro 15 Colors Customized Palette

When buying this palette I had in mind the perfect neutral palette for me.  I know that I could have just bought a 28 or 26 color neutral palette but, usually with darker skin tones we only end up using less than half.  So I figure this was the perfect way to create a neutral that was easy on the pocket and looks good.  Overall this is a great palette and I'm very happy with it, as far as staying power these shadows last all day with a primer or base and these shadows also have great pigmentation.  Check out the video below to see the swatches.

WS = warm shimmer CM = cool matte WM = warm matte MM = metallic matte

Color names/number in the order they appear:
  • WS12
  • WS14
  • CM04
  • WM17
  • CM02
  • MM07
  • WM18
  • MM08
  • CM03
  • MM06
  • MM17
  • MM16
  • MM12
  • MM02
  • CM20


Sunday, September 25, 2011

Eyebrow Tutorial

I was requested to do a eyebrow tutorial by MadaamLaugh.  Thank you so much for the request.  This is just the way I do them, by all means you can do them anyway you like.  I chose to use very inexpensive products because I do my brows everyday so, since I go through these pencils so often it needs to be affordable.  I know I'm using an eyeliner as a brow pencil but, this eyeliner is to stiff for lining your eyes but perfect for the brows, you want to use something that isn't to hard but not to soft so, this wet n wild liner falls right in the middle.If you have any question please feel free to leave a comment.

*´¨)
¸.•´¸.•*´¨) ¸.•*¨)
(¸.•´ (¸.•` P R O D U C T S
  • Wet N Wild Megalast Retractable eyeliner in black brown
  • Loreal True Match Super-Blendable Concealer in medium deep cool
  • elf Eyebrow Kit in dark




Saturday, September 24, 2011

Wild Shine Nail colors "Startling Nails" by Wet N Wild

I found this nail polish set at Ross, it comes with 6 colors that you can't buy separately and not only that normally each polish is $1.99 so I got 6 for $3.99, good deal right.  I had to use 2 coats of polish with each color except for Sapphire Blue and of course the top coat.  These polish do have pretty good color pay off, the only one I had issues with was Flirty Rose, this color left bad brush strokes that was hard to smooth out.  I had to do 2 to 3 coats just to get the brush strokes out.  Other than that I like this set.


Friday, September 23, 2011

MAC Crushed Metallic Pigment Meltdown

Okay, you'll never guess what happen to one of my MAC pigments........

From the surf baby collection this stack pigment is called surf the ocean and for some reason the gold color melted. I'm not sure if I'm the only person this happen to but I just thought this was really weird. I never in the history of MAC heard of a pigment melting, I know that we had a hot summer this year with temperatures at 108 and climbing but still my lipsticks didn't even melt so why did the pigment. I am so upset about this that I just might call MAC and see what they can do about it if anything. Anyways, let me know if this has happened to you and if so what did you do? I think that this had melted completely over the summer then turned into a creamy consistency so, I guess my biggest question is, will this pigment stay creamy like this or will it go back to its original powder form?





Check out the video to see for yourself...

Monday, September 19, 2011

Beauty Bargains at Dollar Tree

This is going to be real quick.  At the Dollar Tree in the make up section they have the Loreal Bare Naturale Luminous Lengthening Mascara in 2 shades, black and blackest black.  I was good, I only got 2 so I can try it out to see I like it.  Ever since my lash architect was discontinued I have been on the hunt for a great mascara, so far the Maybelline one by one is a real good competitor but, I'm still looking.  I thought since this mascara was in the Dollar Tree it was being discontinued but, I still seen these in CVS for $8.99.  So, if you want to try this mascara now would be a good time to do it while their only $1.



 

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Beauty Bargains at Raley's

If you're not familiar with Raley's it's a grocery store here in Northern Nevada, I'm not sure if they are located anywhere else.  About a week ago I ran in to get some milk and of course I went to the make up aisle.  Well, I'm glad I did because they had a lot of products marked down.  There was the Maybelline Colorsensational lipsticks in certain colors & some concealer as well as lip glosses also by Maybelline but, the main item that really stood out that was marked down was the Loreal H.I.P. Shine Struck Liquid Lipcolor.  If you're familiar with these lip colors then you know they're very pigmented and on the pricey side, $12.  These were marked down to $3 so, i was able to get 9 colors and that's not the best part, once I got to the check out counter I found out that all Loreal products were $2 off so instead of getting these lip colors for $3 I got them for $1.  You can't beat that deal so, my saving was $99 and as always if you want lip swatches just comment below.


From left to right the colors are...
662 Arresting
760 Tainted
660 Euphoric
260 Zealous
460 Precarious
780 Indestructible
870 Distinct
860 Pretentious
360 Turbulent

Saturday, September 17, 2011

e.l.f. Studio Glossy Gloss Lip Swatches

I decided to do some lip swatches with the elf glossy glosses so that women of color or at least my skin tone can get an idea of how these glosses will look on them.  If you have a lighter skin tone than me I think these swatches may help you in deciding which colors may be to strong, dark, etc.  I also included a swatch of the elf glitter gloss in golden glitz because I only kept that color and gave the rest away so, I don't have them to swatch.  Obviously I wouldn't wear this shade by itself because it's just to glittery so, I recommend wearing these glitter glosses over lipstick.  F.Y.I these pictures was taken without a flash in natural light so that the true color will show.
Pink Candy
Wild Watermelon
Funky Fuchsia

Muted Mauve
 
Berry Blush

Merry Cherry

Dragon Fruit

Ballet Slippers

Sweet Salmon

Tangy Tangerine

(Glitter Gloss) Golden Glitz

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