Review! Wet N Wild Highlight in Hollywood Boulevard!

Hello beautifuls!

It's been such a long time since I've done a review of any kind so I thought today would be an excellent time to do just that! 

I recently discovered a new highlighter from the brand, Wet N Wild (which can be located at Walmart, Target, CVS, Walgreens, and many other places). I fell in love with this highlighter after swatching it once!

Part of their Fergie Center Stage Collection, Hollywood Boulevard is considered a "To reflect shimmer palette", but as most people know, you can use these as a highlight. On the back of the product you will find the Wet n Wild Fergie signature logo, ingredients, weight, name of the product, and distribution of the product. It is Talc and Paraben free!

The highlight itself has a golden sheen to it when you open the lid and the artistic swirl of pink, brown, and gold give it a stunning finish.

This is just one swatch of this product! ONE SWATCH! Amazing! The consistancy of this product is of something you would pay big bucks for at Sephora or Ulta, but I was very surprised to find this have such great quality for a drugstore highlight. When I used it on my face to highlight my cheek bones, I only needed the slightest bit of product as it also has high pigmentation in it.

Pros:

Inexpensive

Talc & Paraben Free

Clear lid for seeing product

Large pan meaning long use out of product

Buttery consistency

No offensive smells

Long lasting

Cons:

Odd shape to the product making it difficult to store (In Alex 9 Drawers from IKEA, they can't be stood up or they will block the drawers from shutting)

Quite a bit of fallout

Final Thoughts:

Considering I've used Wet N Wild's highlighters in the past, and I really love them a lot. They are inexpensive, easy to find, and you get a lot out of the product for such a small price. I would say to defenitely check this product out. Unfortunately, due to the package shape and size, if you have the Alex Drawers from IKEA (5 or 9), such as myself for makeup storage, these will not stand up or they will block the drawer from closing, so you need to rest them at slant.

This shows how the product standing up blocks the drawers from closing on the IKEA Alex Drawers

This shows how I store them in my IKEA Alex 9 Drawers, at a slant on top of each other, since I have several of these highlights from this brand!

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March 2015 Favorites!

 Hello beautifuls. It's that time again, out with an old month and in with the new month.... and also monthly favorites time!

Makeup

MAC Warm Neutral Palette:

YOU CAN DEFINITELY TELL THIS PALETTE HAS SEEN BETTER DAYS! Seriously, It's gotten beaten up so much from use. Even though this is an everyday, go-to neutral palette for me, I noticed I was using this palette so much during the month of March. I've been such a late sleeper, sleeping in, waking up late, and throwing on the quickest neutral eye I can do with this palette.

L'Oreal La Palette Nude 2:

I was very excited when I saw photos of these two palettes L'Oreal came out with on Instagram and a blog regularly read. I haven't played around much with the first palette, but the second one has won my heart. Every time I've wanted a soft purple look, I've been grabbing this palette. These colors are beautiful and pigmented.

Wet N Wild Shimmer Palette (Hollywood Boulevard):

I spotted this at a Walgreens one night and picked it up. I originally saw it swatched on an Instgram photo and wanted to find it and try it out for myself. I really love this as a highlight for my cheek bones, bridge of my nose, and above the tails of my brow bones. It's a perfect gold for summer time and shows up so beautifully in pictures.

Hard Candy Baked Bronzer (Tiki):

I think I'm the last person on this planet to get on the "Hard Candy Tiki Wagon" ... everyone and their mother raves about this being a wonderful drugstore highlight, and it is! It's another pretty golden highlight, but softer than Hollywood Boulevard by Wet n Wild.

Wet n Wild Contouring Palette (Dulce De Leche):

I love using this duo for everyday contouring. Mostly for the contour side more than the highlight side. It's not too muddy or orange looking on my skin. It's a perfect everyday contour shade to give my face a more define look.

Video Review & Demo!

Blog Review!

Clinique Stay Matte Oil Free Makeup (Alabaster):

I found out about this foundation over a year ago and I love using this during the hotter times of the year. I live in Florida, and our summer is hot, humid, sweaty, makeup melt off your face kinda weather. This foundation is light weight, holds up to humidity, sweat, oil, and being in the heat all day. The consistency and smell of the products reminds me so much of MAC's Studio Sculpt Foundation...

Hard Candy Eyes the Limit Eyeshadow Primer:

I really love this primer. Hard Candy hasn't released a primer in so long (that I know of...) and I was excited to see that they released a few different primers, three for different purposes. This is the universal primer and it holds eyeshadow all day, and when I mean it holds, it holds. It's so hard to remove my eye makeup off at night when I have this on my eyes. The only thing I don't like about it is that it has a scent...

Body Care

Shea Moisture Raw Shea Butter Hand Cream:

I discovered this at Target for around $9 and it's an awesome hand cream. I use this at night since it has the consistency of a body butter, but in the morning my hands feel soft and moisturized.

Nubian Heritage Lavender & Wildflowers Body Wash:

I have the body lotion that goes with this body wash and the body wash smells amazing! I love using it at night, especially when I have achy joints or muscles, which it helps to relax them a little. This body wash lathers up very well and doesn't irritate my skin. I can even shave with it if I wanted to. 

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I hope you all enjoyed my favorites for the month of March. I didn't have too much since I was trying to use up products before going out and buying more, but none the less, I love doing favorites posts and videos. Have a wonderful day!

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Review! Wet N Wild ColorIcon Contouring Palettes!

Wow, loooong time no see! I apologize for the lack of posts for pretty much an entire month. My focus was on my channel, school, work, and had some life responsibilities to attend to.

A few weeks ago, I popped into Walmart to pick a few things up and spotted these contouring palettes from Wet N Wild. I've never seen them before and I'm assuming they are new. Today, I have a review of them and also a demo in the video on my channel.

I was only able to spot and find two different shade options in the collection, Dulce De Leche and Caramel Toffee. The palettes each have a highlight and contour shade. The packaging is very slim for easy storage and the top is clear view for easy ability to see the shade colors.

The back of the products have the "cruelty free" bunny ears logo, distridution information, number and name of product, ingredients (for those of us who are sensitive to certain ingredients or rather them not be in our products), and general Wet N Wild information.

Wet N Wild says - "We're about to throw you some shade - in a good way! With this duo of perfect complementary blushes, shade yourself a flawlessly sculpted face! The deeper color defines your bone structure while the lighter color highlights your best features. Throw shade your way!"

Dulce De Leche's contour shade has more of a cool grey tone to it and the highlight shade has a neutral undertone to it.

Left to Right: Highlight, Contour (Dulce De Leche)

Caramel Toffee has more of an earthy tone to it's contour shade and it's highlight has a rose undertone to it.

The highlight shade doesn't show up very well against my skin tone!

Left to Right: Highlight, Contour (Caramel Toffee) 

Application: The application is amazing for a drugstore quality contour/highlight! These go so smoothly and give a flawless look to my face. I've been applying with the Real Techniques Sculpting Brush, a new brush they recently released early this year. It can be applied with a stipple brush, blush brush, bronzer brush, or contour brush.

Feel: The product feels very smooth on my skin! The only problem is that the product is very powdery!

Longevity: The product lasts a long time on my oily face, which is a plus

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Pros:

Inexpensive

Long lasting

Smooth application

No offensive scent

Cons:

Hard to find

Very powdery

Only two shades in the product

Final Thoughts:

I've really been loving these contour shades for an everyday contour to my face! I'm not saying they will replace my Anastasia Contour Kit, since I love that kit for multiple uses such as setting undereye concealer, highlighting, and little deeper contouring to my face. But for everyday, these are perfect! I definitely think if you are new to the contouring world, you should pick these up and try them out. They are perfect for starters, every day use, or when you just want a little contouring and not something dramatic!

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September 2014 Favorites!

It's that time already? September went by pretty fast. For this month I mostly have lip products and false eyelashes since for some reason I went on a lip balm stain binge and bought all kinds of brands and colors! They truly are a favorite lip product for me now. So, here we go, my second monthly favorites post! 

KISS Lashes (01), Salon Perfect Lashes (Natural & Glamorous):

I haven't worn lashes in years and I started wearing them again. I stepped out of my comfort zone and finally started to wear them. Now, I can't stop wearing them! I feel so naked without them. Salon Perfect and KISS lashes are perfect for me; lightweight, not too much and finish my eye look!

Duo Brush-Oh Adhesive:

This is honestly the best glue ever. I can't work with the squeeze tubes really well, I just can't for some reason. This is easy and fast for me to just brush the glue on, let them set and pop them on!

Lippies, lippies, lippies...

Lypsyl:

I discovered this through Hollie Forrest over at Eating Lipstick through her blog postings and get ready with me videos on YouTube and I must say, she is right, this stuff is amazing! It makes my lips feel so smooth after wearing it and it doesn't rub off fast. Plus, the minty feeling is soothing.

Wet n Wild Megaslicks Balm Stain (Nudist Colony): & NYC CityProof Twistable Intense Lip Color (Nolita Neutral):

These two balm stains have been my absolute favorites for the month. Everyday this month I've been putting them in my bag. For me, balm stains are convenient especially when I don't always have time to apply lipstick. They both give a beautiful nude look to my lips. 

Rimmel Lasting Finish  Colour Rush (Give Me A Cuddle):

I haven't done make neutral looks this month so I've been grabbing this color a lot to throw in my bag whenever I have a neutral eye look. It really stains my lips and leaves a nice peachy toned pink color!

Covergirl Colorlicious Lipgloss (Melted Toffee):

I've been topping off my nude lips with this lipgloss. It adds that extra shine to any of my nude lips that may look "too nude" with my fair skin tone. They smell amazing as well and give amazing color pay off!

Covergirl Lip Perfection Lipstick (Honeyed):

I think I've been grabbing for this color so much this month because of either the name or the delicious smell of these lipsticks from their line of makeup! Seriously, they smell like cookies or something! Other than that, I've been popping this on with extremely dark or smoky eyes!

ELF Moisturizing Lipstick (Party in the Buff):

I've been wearing this shade with every dark colored eye look this month. It's the perfect peachy nude for my skin tone. Not too nude, not too peachy, just right! It's creamy and lasts long.

Algenist Complete Eye Renewal Balm:

I'm going to be doing a full review on this product very soon, so be on the look out for that post! Basically, this is a miracle in a tiny jar! This is actually a sample size I got in a Sephora beauty bag with a $35 purchase and it has completely and I mean, completely made the fine lines around the outside of my eyes disappear! Definitely going to purchase the full size when my sample runs out.

Queen Helene Mint Julep Masque:

I love applying masks on the weekends! Sometimes I switch them up depending on how my skin feels and is reacting and I've been grabbing this one every Sunday night. This one really helps with my excess oil and acne issues I get every now and then. It smells great, feels great on my skin, doesn't break me out, good price and my skin seems to really love this.

To throw in some randoms...

Airhead Bites:

I don't know what it is about this candy but I'm obsessed with eating it and buying it wherever I see it! I'm serious, I have an addiction to it. They are just so yummy!

Wriglety's Juicy Fruit Gum:

I've been a fan of this gum for years. It's usually my go-to gum when I don't want to chew on mint flavored gum and I've been grabbing for it this entire month!

Pur Wintergreen Gum:

I spotted this at Walgreens a few weeks back and I really love this stuff. It's aspartame free, gluten free, vegan, and sugar free. The flavor is a very strong mint flavor but, lasts very long for me! Unfortunately, I haven't seen it around since the time I bought it!

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