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Hello beautifuls! I've been falling in love with the Tamanna palette from Anastasia Beverly Hills and I thought I would share a review, swatches, and my thoughts with you all!
"The perfect fall and holiday palette designed in collaboration with makeup artist Tamanna Roashan, @dressyourface." - Anastasia Beverly Hills Website
Included:
- Tamanna Palette
-Double-ended Eyeshadow Brush
- Five "Get The Look" Guides
The palette comes in a beautiful tight fitting package that resembles the palette exactly. The packaging is good so the palette won't shove back and forth risking damage (I've had that happen with palettes in loose fitting packages, yikes!)
The back of the packaging features information about the palette, ingredients, expiration date, and the "cruelty-free" bunny ears logo. This is extremely helpful for anyone with sensitivity to certain ingredients in eyeshadow products or for those who prefer "cruelty-free" products!
Aaaaaand you open the package and you get this beauty!
The palette has a little ribbon tab under the lid which makes it easy to open the palette!
Tucked inside the packaging you get five "Get The Look" guides. I honestly love these little guides you get in makeup palettes, because you never know when you're going to have an artist block or want a whole brand new look! They are slim sized for easy storage.
Upon opening the palette, you will find a perfect sized mirror under the lid with the beautiful design around it! There are ten eyeshadows in this palette that are highly pigmented, easy to blend and can create several neutral to smokey eye looks.
(First two don't show up against the skin tone of my wrist)Left to Right: Fresh, Blush, Bengal, Sangria, Venezia, Chocolate
Left to Right: Gilded, China Rose, Custom, Noir
Pros:
High pigmentation
Easy to apply
Easy to blend
Long lasting
No unpleasant smells
Cons:
Sangria, Venezia, and Noir have alot of fallout
Slightly pricey - $29
Palette is made of a hard cardboard so it's easily damaged if thrown around
Constantly out of stock due to high popularity
Look Ideas:
Night Out
Autumn/Fall Inspired
Holidays
Just For Fun
School
Date Night
Final Thoughts:
I was glad when I was able to finally get my hands on this palette, I kept finding it out of stock everywhere! I've absolutely fallen in love with this palette and it's a great go-to palette for a Autumn or Fall look. I definitely think it's a lovely addition to a beauty collection.
I'll admit, I'm a huuuuge eyeshadow junkie! It's the main reason I got into makeup and ended up creating this blog, however, I'm not the only one out there! In the past month of so, there has been releases of so many gorgeous eyeshadow palettes, eye liner sets, and mascara sets...
If you have a friend or loved one who you know is always wearing color on their eyes or always has the latest eyeshadow palette, this is your post!
Sephora Collection Chroma Color Eye Palette ($65.00):
This palette comes with twelve eye liner pencils, fifty-four eyeshadows, and a huge sized mirror to create endless colorful or neutral eye looks! I've used Sephora eyeshadow singles and palette from their collection and they are great quality eyeshadows!
Limited Edition. I bought this palette as soon as it was released. Too Faced not only makes high quality face and lip products, but they make high quality, pigmented eyeshadows! This palette comes with twenty eyeshadows, two blushes, two bronzers, delux mini brush set, how to guides, deluxe mini sample of their "Better Than Sex" mascara, and a cute sparkly makeup bag! It's perfect for making neutral and colorful eye colors everyday!
Limited Edition. This palette comes with twenty gorgeous, jewel toned eyeshadows and a double-ended brush, and a matching makeup bag that is perfect for creating neutral, smokey, and jewel toned eye looks. This palette is perfect for anyone who has green or hazel colored eyes to really get their eye color to pop!
I'm pretty sure we all have that one best friend who wakes up early for school or work and needs to get ready in a hurry. Look no further, this palette is their new best friend! I've used this tons of times when I've woken up early, needed to get ready in a hurry, gone to an interview, or needed a simple look. The palette comes with six cool toned neutral eyeshadows.
Limited Edition. Kat Von D is known for her artistic abilities, tattoos, intense pigmented makeup, and her awesome eyeshadow palettes she puts together! This palette comes with twenty-four eyeshadows arranging from neutral to colorful shades in shimmers, pearls, and mattes to create neutral looks and colorful, bright looks!
This palette is perfect for every neutral looks or smokey looks. The palette comes with fourteen eyeshadows varying from mattes and shimmer, a double-ended eyeshadow brush, and deluxe mini sample of their "Full Exposure" mascara.
Sephora Collection All Occasion Eye Ensemble ($49.00):
Who doesn't love a ton of eye liners!? I love them! They're good for about anything; from lining your lids to adding dramatic effects to any eye look! This eye liner set comes with ten long wearing eye liners that are waterproof, heat-proof, humidity-proof and long lasting. Nine of the eye liners are Sephora's best sellers!
Caution! Chocolate Overload! This palettes come with sixteen eyeshadows that are scented with real chocolate and are perfect for everyday neutral eye looks!
The set comes with Sephora's favorite eye liners that are high pigmented and long lasting and for creating the perfect eyeliner whether it be a cat eye or a smudged out smokey eye!
Sephora Collection Mini Glitter Liner Set ($16.00):
Glitter! Always a fun accessory, especially during the holidays or New Years! This set comes with five mini bold colored glitter liners that can be used year round for any occasion or everyday!
This is the newest addition to the Naked family from Urban Decay this year! This palette comes with six taupe-hued eyeshadows that are completely matte and is perfect for everyday looks!
This is a great deal for anyone who is a total mascara addict! The set comes with eleven different mascaras, a waterproof eye makeup remover, and a voucher to receive the full size of any one of these mascaras in the set! The mascaras are Sephora's favorites that range from volumizing and lengthening to priming and lifting lashes. Be sure to use the voucher to get the full size of one of these mascaras!
I hope you all enjoyed my first post for my Holiday 2014 Gift Guide and hopefully I helped you find the right gift for your eyeshadow loving friend or loved one!
Is there a special eye product you want for the holidays?
It's that wonderful time of the year again; decorations, cooler weather, family traditions, deals left and right, staying in line for hours for a product, running on coffee, Black Friday madness, getting lost in piles of wrapping paper, and gift shopping madness! It's crazy when it gets closer and closer towards the holidays!
I have been through it all, from losing my mind to getting chased by someone for a giant toy gun during a Black Friday sale! I'm excited to start my own holiday gift guide series for you all! I'm going to help you through the next two months making it as smooth as easy as I can, from gift ideas for everyone on your list to keeping yourself happy during all of it!
No matter if it's a gift for the holidays, birthday, or just in spirit of the traditions you celebrate, I hope you all will enjoy my gift guides!
I have a few guides planned so far, but if you have any special gift guide requests, let me know!
Hello beautifuls! Happy Sunday! I popped into Ulta last night to use my rewards points, 20% off coupon, and $3.50 off coupon! I wasn't in need of really anything, so I picked up some new lip products I've been wanting to try, new lip liners, new lipsticks, and two new jumbo eyeshadow sticks!
I think everything came to around $45 after sales tax, but with all my discounts and such, I came to less than $20! Awesome!
NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Stick in Yogurt and Cashmere
NYX Lip Liners in Fuschia & Ever
NYX Round Lipsticks in Strawberry Milk, Stella, and Doll
NYX Butter Lip Glosses in Fortune Cookie, Creme Brulee, and Angel Food Cake
I've never tried the Butter Lip Glosses and I hear so many good reviews about them and that people love them so I'm pretty excited to try these out!
Hello again beautifuls! I feel like it's been forever since my last post. I'm so sorry! This past week got crazy. Thankfully, I'm back on my blogging and filming game again!
Today I'm sharing my Friday favorites!
First and foremost, recently I've become more aware of what ingredients and chemicals are in the products I use on a daily basis; makeup, hair care, body care, skin care, oral care, etc. and it's pretty shocking where they come from, how they're made... and down right gross! I'm trying to get away from harsh chemicals in products, if I can!
Makeup:
NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil (Rust):
I love the Jumbo Eye Pencils from NYX! They are so creamy and easy to apply, blend, and work with. I'm grabbing for the "Rust" pencil to apply to my entire eyelid when I want a burgundy or wine colored eye for the day, especially since's Fall time! This color has really help intensify the burgundy colors I've been using!
Anastasia Beverly Hills Tamanna Palette:
I swear almost every other day this week, I've been grabbing for this palette and busting into "Sangria"! It's such a gorgeous wine color, I can't resist it.
Urban Decay Naked 2 Basics Platte:
I'll admit, I've been waking up pretty late almost everyday this week and on those days, I need to get out of the house faster and I need my hair and makeup done as fast as I can without anything special done to it. I've been grabbing this palette for a quick neutral eye!
KISS Lashes (Style #11):
I've been a huge fan of KISS lashes in their #01 style. Those lashes are huge, voluminous, and insane! But, these are kinda like demi wispies and a lot easier to apply then the #01 styles.
Lips:
Alaffia Fair Trade Lip Balm (Coconut Mint):
This stuff is amazing! I've been trying to find lip balms without "petrolatum" or "petroleum", because I have found out that ingredient alone chaps my lips and dries them out! This feels amazing on my lips, it's last for hours, and when it dries, my lips don't have an uncomfortable feeling to them
Acure Argan Oil Lip Balm (Dark Chocolate + Mint):
I have been loving the mint flavor and scent in this lip balm! It takes almost like your eating a mint chocolate candy. It's super moisturizing and last for hours. I've been using this as part of my bedtime routine!
Ology Lip Balm (Tangerine):
I originally found this at Walgreens, tried it, and it ended up buried away in the lip drawer of my makeup storage. I recently found it while going through that drawer to pull out my fall and winter lip products and I'm loving the feel of this stuff!
Rimmel Color Rush Long Lasting Intense Colour Balm (Drive Me Nude, Make Me Blush, and Keep Mauving):
I have been obsessed with these balm stains all week long! They smell good, they're creamy, they give great color payoff, and they have been a great go-to fall lip product for this week as it's been a busy week!
Revlon Color Burst Balm Stain (Honey):
First off, the minty flavor and scent on these lip products are to die for if you are a mint fan! They are moisturizing, last for hours once they dry and leave their stain, and I've been wearing this with all my neutral eye looks for a pop of color for my lips!
I feel as if this lip product was found during my fall and winter lip shade searching a few weeks ago! It's been a fun color! It's more of a darker shade of nude, so it has gone perfectly with my dark eye looks or even my neutral eye looks!
This is such a great scrub! It smells so earthy! It's free of basically everything and organic! Most facial scrubs irritate my skin because of the fragrance alone, so this being fragrance free it awesome! It's an intense scrub so I've only used it once since using it, but so far I love how it makes my skin feel afterwards: SMOOTH!
Alba Botanica Very Emollient Cream Shave (Unscented):
The skin on my entire body is extremely sensitive, even on my care, with it being oily. I can barely use anything scented on my legs without them screaming at me, being red, itchy, dried out, and uncomfortable. No more of that! I found this awesome shaving cream and I'm sticking to this forever. No more Skintimate or Satin Care ... this stuff is magical! My skin is moisturized, not irritated or itchy, and I think it makes my skin smoother than other shaving creams I've used!
Hair:
Mineral Fusion Volumizing Shampoo & Conditioner:
After recently getting my hair done, I went to Whole Foods recently in search of a new shampoo and conditioner and discovered the Mineral Fusion Volumizing Shampoo and Conditioner. It's gluten free, paraben free, sulfate free, and pretty much organic! It smells great, lathers in my hair great, doesn't weigh my hair done and my hair feels wonderful! Salfates are really what weighs hair done, so having so salfate is great!
I hope you all enjoyed my little Friday favorites!
Happy November, beautifuls! I hope your October was an awesome month. Mine was busy and went by pretty fast. October was my "bursting into flames" month; I blogged a lot, made some great friends, found great blogs, and started on YouTube! Today, I'll be sharing my October 2014 favorites!
I honestly feel like this eyeshadow palette and lip month. I fell in love with so many lip products and eyeshadow palettes, it's crazy!
Makeup:
Too Faced Everything Nice Palette:
Not only was this palette grabbed a million times for golden Fall looks, it also gave me some neutral looks I could throw a pop of color in with! The bronzers and blushes were used heavily with every look as well. I absolutely fell in love with this palette.
Urban Decay Vice 3 Palette:
It's Fall time and during this time of the year, I always grab for my eyeshadows of plums, burgundies, golds, and mauves. This palette was a hit for this month for creating my deep plum and burgundy Fall looks.
MAC Warm Neutral Palette:
I have been grabbing for this palette everytime I've wanted a neutral look. The palette has fifteen warm toned neutral shades that give me endless options for neutral looks.
Milani Matte Lipstick (Enchanted Topaz):
This lipstick came out with Milani's limited edition constellation gel eyeliners about a month ago and I picked up every gel eye liner and the nudest color in their lipsticks. I have to say, this is a beautiful mate nude shade, it stayed matte throughout it's wear, lasted a long time, and did not dry my lips out at all.
NYX Black Label Lipsticks (Nude & Heiress):
I've never been able to get my hands on any of the NYX Black Label Lipsticks. I've only seen them on their website, but they were still a bit pricey and didn't know how they would look with my skin tone until I saw them at Nordstrom Rack! I swatched Nude and Heiress and I fell in love with them. Perfect. Peachy. Nudes.
Maybelline Creamy Matte Lipstick (Nude Embrace):
I finally broke down a few weeks and bought two of Maybelline's new creamy matte lipsticks and I actually fell in love with them. I've never been a huge fan of matte lipsticks, since my experience with them has been dried and cracked lips after wearing them. Totally opposite! They are creamy! I wouldn't say they last long or moisturize my lips, because they didn't, but the color pay off was fabulous!
ELF Lipstick (Party in the Buff):
For a $3 lipstick found at TJ Maxx, this is a good lipstick. Another perfect peachy nude!
All three of these lip liners have been heavily used during the month of October, especially when I wanted to pair a nude lip with bold eye looks! These give my nude lipsticks a warmer look to them so I don't get that "washed out" or "sick" look to my lips.
Lypsyl Lip Balm:
I originally found out about this from Hollie Forest @ EatingLipstick and I'm glad I gave it a try. It moisturizes my lips for hours and my lips feel soft even after the lip balm wears off.
Chapstick Total Hydration:
I discovered this at Target and thought,"why not, what's the worse that will happen?". I have to say, this stuff is amazing. I've been applying it to my lips before applying makeup and it hydrates my lips and prepares them for lip applications and keeps them hydrated for hours.
Too Faced Melted Lipsticks (Melted Marshmallowe & Peony):
These two products have been flying in and out of my everyday makeup bag through out the entire month of October. They have been a quick option for me when I needed a quick applying lip product that will last a long time. I absolutely love these!
BH Cosmetics Six Color & Contour Palette (Blush #2):
I've been loving the second blush in this palette. It's the perfect peachy pink for my skin tone.
Clinique Stay Matte Sheer Pressed Powder:
I have extremely oily skin, especially in my nose area and only a few products have worked on controlling that oil throughout the day and save my makeup. I've been a long time user and fan of Rimmel's Stay Matte Pressed Powder, but it started letting shine come through. I don't know where I'd be if I didn't start using this powder. It holds oil all day for me! It's become a holy grail powder for me now.
ELF High Defenition Undereye Setting Powder:
I used to set my undereye concealer (MAC Pro Longwear Concealer) with a transluent face powder and I always got this white cast, it settled in the creases under my eyes, or it didn't last all day. This stuff is amazing. It sets my concealer, prevents creasing, lasts all day, and gives me a more awake look, especially in the mornings!
Another holy grail skin care product. I have absolutely no idea where I would be if I didn't have this on my skin in the morning before I apply my makeup. It minimizes my pores and controls my oil all day. I was using another moisturizer that had salicydic acid in it (horrible, horrible idea!) and I'm so glad I tried a sample of this and fell in love with it!
Simple Eye Makeup Remover Pads:
I had an emergency two weeks ago! The Urban Decay Primer Potion was giving my eyes an allergic reaction and causing them to water like crazy (it took me forever to finally figure out that it was the primer doing) and I stopped into Walgreens and picked these up to remove all my eye makeup and their makeup remover wipes to remove all my face makeup and viola! Amazing! They remove all traces of eye makeup and don't bother me eyes all! Holy grail now!
Brush Care:
BlenderCleanser Solid:
This stuff is amazing for my beauty sponges. I was using baby shampoo for so long to clean my beauty sponges, which was doing absolutely nothing to remove product and stains out of it. My beauty sponges are saved now because of this little guy! Foundation, concealer, and stains be gone!
Dr. Bronners Magic Soaps (Peppermint):
I was using baby shampoo to clean my makeup brushes (which personally is safer for them than dish soap and oil, ugh, I can't put something harsh like dish soap on my makeup brushes, just no) and it wasn't getting the stains out of them very well. This stuff is truely magical! It gets all the product out of the brushes, all the stains and leaves them feeling and looking clean!
I hope you all enjoyed my October 2014 favorites and had an awesome October!
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What were your favorite products for the month of October?
Happy Halloween, my beautifuls! I hope you all had a fun, safe and exciting night last night. I didn't go to any parties or events, I stayed home, watched some scary movies (not scary for me, haha), passed out candy, enjoyed the nice weather and went out with my boyfriend for a bit after.
I originally was trying to go for a "dead sexy girl" look or something, but then my artistic side took over and I went completely nuts with the Halloween makeup and creating a zombie/burn victim/ beaten victim/bruising and dying flesh look (a lot of people had different definitions of what I looked like last night).
This is my very first attempt at special effects and I have to tell you, I did a very good job for my first attempt! I scared so many people last night! Some were too afraid to come to me for candy, some thought it was realistic and some wanted pictures with me.
Happy Halloween! (sorry my post is a day late, I was tired after last night)
I'm definitely going to get more into special effects, do tutorials next Halloween and sharpen my skills for next year!
