Sunday, April 21, 2013

Urban Decay Primer Potions in "Greed" and "Eden"

Hello Lovelies! Sorry I haven't posted in almost a week! Oh my goodness life has been crazy lately! Today I wanted to review two more tinted eye shadow primers. As I said in my review of Too Faced Shadow Insurance in "Candlelight" I'm not a huge colored eye primer fan. I just don't get the need for it. If I want a tinted primer I'd rather use a paint pot or a creme eye shadow. Anyways, note number two, I do have the old packaging on these and I do have deluxe samples instead of the full size. The new packaging is much better, with these once you get to a certain point, you have to cut them open to use the rest of the product. The new packaging does fix that problem. Okay getting into the actual product.Greed has a goldish all that glitters type of feel to it. Its a beautifully pigmented primer, as you can see in the picture (it's the one on the left.) Eden is more of a matte taupe type of shade. I like this one because it does give your shadows an extra bump, and makes the colors of them stand out more, because they're on a lighter base. All together these products have nice pigmentation and they make your shadows last all day. I'd give them both an A. Thanks for reading!

xoxo
-Emily <3

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Benefit's Cream Eye Shadow in "RSVP"

  Hello Lovelies!


Today I realized I hadn't reviewed any eye shadows recently, and decided that needed to change! So this post is about Benefit's cream eye shadow in the shade "RSVP." First of all I must talk about the packaging. I'm a huge fan of birds on clothes and jewelry and makeup, so I love the lid of this product.  The clearness of the rest of the packaging makes it look high end, and also makes it easy to see which color your grabbing. The shade of this is a light campaign color. It's gorgeous to wear alone on your eyelids with some black eyeliner and a bold lip, and it's also great to wear with silver eye shadows in the crease. The consistency and pigmentation in the product is absolutely flawless. It goes on smooth, and as promised  does not crease. There is only one downside to the product. If you accidentally leave the cap off; it drys out within a day. This is why I wasn't able to swatch mine for you--I left the cap off for a day and it's gone. The good thing is that I had almost used the entire container. So I'd give this product an A. The formula is great, and the consistency and pigmentation are both spot on, I just wish, for forgetful people like myself, it didn't dry out as fast as it does. Thanks for reading!
xoxo
-Emily <3

Monday, April 15, 2013

Too Faced "Sun Bunny" Bronzer


Hey guys! With it finally warming up I thought I'd review a more summery product. So today's post is about Too Faced Cosmetics "Sun Bunny" bronzer. As you can see in the picture, Its a dual sided product with a darker shade and a lighter shade. Okay first of all. I love the packaging of Too Faced products because of the amazing mirror. It's a great size and quality. Getting into the actual product, I love the dual sided nature of the product. It makes it multi-functional. You can swirl the two together for a medium color, use the darker for a darker color, and the lighter for a lighter color. You can also make half of your brush the lighter color and half of it the darker too eliminate the need for blush and highlighter. The product itself is for sure welly pigmented. As I seem to say about every Too Faced product, it's super important too tap off the excess, because other wise, the product will be all over your face. That is the one thing I don't like about this brand. I wear this bronzer year round, the darker color in the summer and the lighter in the winter. I think it's the perfect bronzer to buy because of that feature. It can be used no matter what skin tone you are! I would for sure recommend this product too all of you first time bronzer wearers. I give Too Faced's "Sun Bunny" bronzer a B+ Because of the fall out. Thanks for reading!
xoxo
-Emily <3

Sunday, April 14, 2013

MAC's "Myth"



Today I'm reviewing my favorite lip product of the moment. MAC's Myth. I read online that this is the color Andrea Russett wears and I knew I had to get it! It's a nude color that makes your lips look like they would if you put concealer on them but the best part is that it doesn't dry your lips out like concealer. It's my go-to shade of the moment and I wear it almost every single day, and so I would recomment it to all of you as the perfect everyday color especially if you have thin lips like I do. The formula for MAC's lipsticks is indescribable. It's smooth and silky and feels so much better than any other lip stick I've ever owned. I love it so very much! This Lipstick is a satin finish. Which I really do like. It's not too glittery, but at the same time it isn't matte. As you can see I very obviously love this product. I can't think of any needed changes that would make the product any better. In my opinion it is the perfect everyday product, and a must have in everyone's makeup collection. I give MAC's "Myth" an A+. Thanks  you so much for reading!

xoxo
-Emily <3

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Stila Lip Glazes- Jolly, Black Cherry, Holly, Joy, Sugar Plum, Splendor and Jingle



Hey beauties! Today I'm reviewing a ton of products. 7 Stila Lip Glazes total!  I recently bought a set if these after the holidays and I have been using them non-stop. But since the price tag on these is 22 dollars a piece, I thought I'd post a review telling you what I think of each. So you won't waist your Jackson on a lip gloss that just isn't worth it. I'm going to preface this review by saying the formula of these lip glosses are extremely sticky. So if that's a make it or break it for you. This is not your product. Okay! Let's get into it! 

 My favorite of the batch is Joy. I'm almost out (as you can see in the picture). And I never finish lip glosses. It's a hot pink lip gloss that I sometimes wear by it's self and sometimes over MAC's St. Germain. All of these glosses have tons of glitter in them and this one is no exception. Black Cherry is my second favorite. It's a dark purple color and probably the least glitter filled of the six. I usually look horrible in red lips but Holly actually looks good on me. It is highly pigmented and looks like your wearing lipstick! I love the name Sugar Plum but the color not so much. For me it's basically the same as my natural lip color. Splendor is also the same way. So I don't see much of a point. Both Jingle and Jolly are more of clear glosses with colored glitter, I wear Jingle over nude lipsticks and Jolly over pink ones. I do love both, but I wouldn't repurchase them if I ran out. Overall I give Stila a B+ for their lip glazes. However, my opinion would for sure change if the formula was less sticky. Thanks for reading!

xoxo
-Emily <3