Review & Swatches: Maybelline LE Gilded In Gold Collection

This year Maybelline came out with the best thing ever to hit drugstores and they are the limited edition color tattoos from the Gilded In Gold Collection. If you don't know already then this holiday collection has three limited edition color tattoos. All of which are matte shades!

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I know a lot of ladies compare these to MAC paint pots but honestly I don't know. I do not own any paint pots so I'm not even go to go there and start comparing. I couldn't find these in my local stores so I found a lady on a facebook group who had found them and was willing to ship them to me. All I paid was the price of the tattoos and shipping charges, so thank you Tiffany if you're reading this. Anyways, the three shades in the collection are in the colors 255 Just Beige, 250 Nude Pink, and 260 Matte Brown (from left to right shown in photos).

I think the shade I was most excited about and tried on the instant I received them was the shade in Just Beige. To me, Just Beige is a warm concealer shade but with an added bonus of being long wearing and water proof.

Nude pink is more of a muted, pale, lilac shade rather than a pink color. In the pot it looks more like a mauve-y, dusty, pink so the shade in the pot versus the actual shade you get when applied are different but it is none the less a very gorgeous shade. Great base for purple smokey eyes or any kind of pinky purple look.

The last of the three shades is Matte Brown. Obviously by the name I'm pretty sure you can tell that the color tattoo is matte brown. Off topic but this shade reminds me a lot of smeared chocolate or coco powder when swatched.

I love the Maybelline Color Tattoos as a whole but I think I am going to favor this collection a lot more than the rest of the shades that I already own. These shades are just as long wearing and water proof as any other shade. I did a swatch test just to see how long the shades would last and they stayed put for about a good 18-24 hours on my hand. They went through 2 showers, dish washing, cooking, cleaning, and farm work so these are definitely a must have for any makeup junkie.

Review: Wet N Wild LE Pop Art Craze To Muse and Carouse

I am here today with a review of the Wet N Wild Limited Edition Pop Art Craze 3 pan palette in To Muse and Carouse. This collection was just recently released I think in July of this year. I found mine at my local Walgreens for $2.99 per palette. I've heard some ladies getting them for more or less depending on where they live and if their local stores had sales.

Color Selection:

 

Browbone: matte peachy salmon

Crease: matte brown

Eyelid: matte bright electric baby blue

Swatches:

 TOP: Flash

BOTTOM: No Flash

The peachy salmon brow bone shade is a nice transition color for my skin tone. At the same time it has enough peachyness in it to bring a little bit of warmth to your eyes. This shade was hard to build up but worked well as a blending shade along with being a transition color. The crease shade I think is the easiest to work with. It blended well and at the same time you could build up the color intensity but it did have a bit of fall out. As for the eyelid color I found this color to be the most pigmented but also the most chalky. All three of these shades were chalky and had a bit of fall out but none the less an amazing purchase for only $2.99.

For this look I first placed the browbone shade as a transition color. I then took the crease color and placed it along my crease. I built up the intensity of the color on the outer corner of my eyes and took it under my bottom lashes. I built up the eyelid color on top of a Maybelline color tattoo to make it pop and that was how I achieved this look.

If you liked this review then stay tuned as I will be doing more Wet N Wild reviews in the future. Including more of the limited edition pop art craze palettes. Thank you and I will see you guys later!