Video: Review! "The Smokes" by Maybelline!

Hey beautifuls! I did a small video on my review of "The Smokes" palette by Maybelline that goes with my blog posting "Maybelline "The Smokes Palette + Swatches!"

Personally, I think my actual blog posting came out a lot better than the video. I had to do a lot of editing and cutting out my rambling in the video, but here it is!

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Review! Too Faced Melted Lipsticks (Melted Marshmallow & Peony) + Swatches!

Hello beautifuls! I have a small review for you all! These products were in my small beauty haul (blog post and video), current favorites blog post, on a few MOTD postings and currently in my "on-the-go" makeup bag that holds lip and eye products for wherever I'm going for touch ups! Can you say obsessed? I can't get enough of these two products for some reason. 

I received Melted Peony as a deluxe mini sample from Ulta when I purchased the Too Faced Chocolate Solei Bronzer and I absolutely fell in love with it. The texture, the pigmentation, the quality, and that they smell delicious! I went out and bought Marshmallow. 

Packaging is very feminine with a gold colored tube cap and gold lettering and accents.

The full size product is 0.40 fl. oz. (12ml) where as the deluxe mini sample I received is 0.16 fl. oz. (5ml). The back of the packaging has a "melted heart", products name/color, expiration date, and general information.

Left to right: Melted Marshmallow, Melted Peony

These lip products are so pigmented, you only need a little bit on the center of your bottom lip and then smooth and blend it out to the rest of your lips. When I was wearing them I did notice they left my lips a bit dry so you definitely need to apply a lip balm before applying the product. They also leave a stain effect on your lips when the initial "glossy" look wears off.

Pros:

Long lasting

High pigmentation

Good smell

Long lasting

Give off somewhat of a stain 

Cons:

Pricey

Tend to leave lips dry after wearing them (use lip balm before applying)

Messy if too much product is applied

Final Thoughts:

I definitely have to say these are a must have in your lip product stash! They're like a lip gloss, lip stick and balm stain all in one! Only trouble is, you have to moisturize your lips before applying them or your lips will feel a little on the dry side. They come in a decent size range of colors through Ulta and Sephora from a nude to a dark berry color.

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Makeup & Eye of the Day! (featuring Too Faced Everything Nice Palette)

I remember saying in my beauty haul video I posted yesterday evening that I wanted to bust into the Too Faced Everything Nice Palette, and well I did. I made this day time wearable purple smoky eye look (I usually do light purple smoky eye looks during the day, it's my thing). 

I will have a "Get Ready With Me" video uploaded to YouTube either tonight or tomorrow so keep on the look out :)

No idea why my face looks so serious here but it really shows the eye look! 

Eyes:

Urban Decay Primer Potion (Original)

Too Faced Everything Nice Palette: Mauvelous + Turtle Dove (inner eye highlight) Fawned of You (transition) Be You (crease), Live it Up (lid), Secret Lovers (inner crease), Chocolate Moon (outer corner) Turtle Dove (brow bone highlight)

Kat Von D Liquid Liner (Trooper)

Urban Decay Lash Primer Potion

Clinique High Impact Mascara

Clinique High Impact Extreme Volume Mascara

Face:

BECCA Ever Matte Pore Perfecting Primer

Revlon ColorStay Whipped Foundation (Buff)

MAC Pro Longwear Concealer (NW20)

ELF HD Undereye Setting Powder

Clinique Stay Matte Pressed Powder (Stay Buff)

Too Faced Chocolate Solei Bronzer (Too Faced Everything Nice Palette)

Jordana Blush (Rose Silk)

Milani Illuminating Face Powder (Beauty's Touch)

Brows

Milani Easybrow (Natural Taupe)

NYX Single Shadow (Thyrst)

Milani Brow Shaping Clear Gel

Lips

NYX Lip Liner (Natural)

Fergie Wet 'n' Wild Lipstick (Fergie Daily)

Covergirl Colorlicious Lip Gloss (Melted Toffee)

Clothing & Accessories

Earrings - Betsey Johnson

Scarf - LuLu's

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Video! Small Beauty Haul! Sephora, MAC & Urban Outfitters!

Here it is! You can kinda tell I'm nervous since I keep moving around and I'm talking a bit fast but, I'm so happy I decided to get started on YouTube. Hope you all enjoy! Let me know if you have any requests you would like me to do!

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MAC Warm Neutral Palette + Swatches!

I posted this in my beauty haul photo on Instagram the other day and got asked about this palette. Today I'm sharing this palette with you all!

MAC currently has two pre-pressed (non-removable pans) fifteen eyeshadow palettes for around $100. If you were to buy each eyeshadow individually ($13 for potted, $10 for pan refill) and you completed a palette you'd spend around $160-$180 easily. 

I got their Warm Neutral Palette since I've wanted to make a neutral palette out of MAC eyeshadows, but never could figure out good neutral color combinations.

The front is the newer version of their palettes with the clear view, making it alot more easier to see what colors you have in the palette (which I ended up getting for my purple eyeshadows as I tend to grab for them all the time)

The back features the name of the palette "Warm Neutral" and the names of all shades and what texture they are, including other MAC related information.

Hey, Warm Breeze, Gingersnap, Dark Brew, Dance in the Dark, Brule, Vanilla Extract, Honey Lust, Amber Lights, Saddle, Lemon Tart, Creative Copper, Butterfudge, Divine Decadence, Unwind

Left to right: Dance in the Dark, Dark Brew, Gingersnap, Warm Breeze, Hey

 Left to right: Saddle, Amber Lights, Honey Lust, Vanilla Extract, Brule

Left to right: Lemon Tart, Creative Copper, Butterfudge, Divine Decadence, Unwind

Final Thoughts:

Thought pricey this palette is, it's worth the thought of buying and adding to your collection of palettes, especially if you are really into neutral looking palettes. I've only done one look with this palette so far but the possibilities are endless with this number of colors to chose from! You get high pigmentation, long lasting, easy to apply, easy to blend, able to use wet or dry, and high quality from these shadows.

Pros:

High pigmentation

Long lasting 

Easy to apply

Easy to blend

Nice selection for an everyday or bridal look

Clear view front makes it easier to see colors

Travel friendly

Cons:

Expensive

Once eyeshadows are completely used up, you can't remove them

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Beauty Haul! MAC, Sephora & BH Cosmetics!

So, I may have went a little ham lately at the mall. But I really wanted to check out the new Too Faced Every Nice Palette because I had their holiday palette from 2012 and couldn't get my hands on last years. This year was worth the wait! I'll also have a video for this as well!

BH Cosmetics 6 Collete Contour & Blush Palette:

It's funny where I found this, Urban Outfitters, of all places! I go in there once in a blue moon and I found these palettes. I've never tried BH Cosmetics and I really want to at some point, because their eyeshadow palette look like so much fun! The blushes in this are pretty, I'm not sure about that bronzer and highlight. I ended up buying two (thinking they were two different palettes and had different packaging) so I put the second in my makeup kit I use on others!

Too Faced Everything Nice Palette:

I'm glad I was able to get my hands on this palette. I saw so many photos of it online and swatches and drooled over it even more every time I kept seeing it in Sephora. I haven't even swatched it yet!

Too Faced Melted Lipstick (Melted Marshmallow):

I got a sample from Ulta of Melted Pheony and I loooove that shade so, I went out and bought another one, They so good, easy to apply and last long!

LUSH Lip Scrub (Bubblegum):

My lips have been dying without this! I ran out weeks ago and had such dried out lips I was going crazy. I seriously can't live without this!

Beauty Blender Solid Cleanser:

I feel as if I'm the last person on the planet to find out about this. I've been cleaning my beauty sponges with baby shampoo like I do with my makeup brushes and it never got the foundation stains out of them. Sephora said it would definitely get them out so we'll see how it goes!

MAC Warm Neutral Palette:

I always hear such great things about MAC's neutral eyeshadows but never took the step to buying the individual shadows (potted or in pan refills) to create my own neutral palette. Maybe because I'm not the best at neutral palettes? Don't know. I've been looking at this palette for weeks. I love this palette, I've been swatching it since I bought it and I've fallen in love!

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Get Ready With Me! (First Video)

I took the step forward! I finally got myself on YouTube. It's not the best first video. I'm still playing around with lighting and camera positions, my walls really need to get painted already (which color should I go with since they are in the video?) and my hair is on the messy side. Plus my facial expressions had me laughing while I was editing this video! Anywho, we all have to start somewhere!

Hope you all enjoy!

It corresponds with this look HERE

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