September Ipsy 2013 - Classic Beauty

I received my Ipsy bag for September today. I was super eager to receive my bag because I knew what I was getting before I even  got my bag. Even knowing all that it didn't stop the thrill or the suspense when I was opening my bag.

Ipsy's infamous pink bubble mailer!

Contents of the bubble mailer...

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 Inside was a card sample of Em Cosmetics.

 

Contents of my September bag...**screams**

Item number one is the Starlooks eyepencil in Obsidian.

Retails: $12

Second is the It's So Big Volumizing Mascara mini. I'm guessing it's in the color black?

Retails: $19 for full size

Item number three is the Cailyn Tinted Lip Balm in Big Apple.

Retails: $19

My fourth item is the NYX single shadow in Morocco.

Retails: $4.50

And...Item number five is a mini butterLondon polish in La Moss.

Retails: $18 for a full size

 

 

 

 

Over all I think Ipsy did pretty decent this month. I know I didn't post last months bag because it came so late and I probably will not post it just because I feel like everyone has already seen last months bag. Like I was saying before I got off subject this months bag retails for a lot more $10 so I would highly suggest jumping on to the Ipsy band wagon if you haven't already.

 

The only odd thing that happend but I'm not complaining about is that I specifically said I don't like nail polish on my profile. But I guess that might have been why I received the polish. Ipsy tries to get you to try new things you haven't already tried in shades you probably wouldn't ever look at. That is why I think people would enjoy Ipsy. They are there to let you explore makeup without paying the expensive price tags. They're not there to give you makeup brands and colors that you already own. Ipsy for you to explore.

 

REVIEW: CoverGirl Lip Perfections

I am finally doing my post on the CoverGirl Lip Perfections. If you watch my videos then you know these were in my haul video that I promised to review. The three shades I have and will be reviewing today are number 200 sultry, 365 enchantress, and 305 hot.

My initial reaction to these lipsticks was that I really liked enchantress. Sultry I thought was too brown and I probably wouldn't be able to get much use out of it. As for hot I just wanted to try out a red lipsticks since I have never owned a red lipstick.

SWATCHES:

 

L to R: Sultry, Enchantress, Hot

 

Top to Bottom: Hot, Enchantress, Sultry

After swatching and using the lipsticks for well over a month my opinions changed and my preference is actually the opposite of my initial thoughts. I actually really like Sultry, not very fond of Enchantress, and I'm pretty satisfied with Hot being my first choice for venturing out into red lipsticks.

LIP SWATCHES:

This is a before photo with just some lip balm and zero lipstick. As you can see my lips are pretty pigmented by themselves.

In this photo I have on Sultry. It is a gorgeous your lips but better kind of color. In the tube the lipsticks rather brown and looks almost unwearable on my skin tone. However, when applied the lipstick is actually pinker in color and has a nice sheen.

Swatched here is the shade Enchantress. I thought I was going to like this shade just because it was pink. I ended up not being a fan as it has a blue opalescent sheen to it. I think that if this shade did not have that duo chrome affect to it I think I would of really enjoyed this shade.

The last shade is in Hot. As you can see its a blue toned matte red shade. In the photo it looks like it has a sheen to it but it really is matte. Oddly this lipstick was the only one out of three that I have that feels kind of dry and stains my lips.

Here is a before and after comparison of how the lipstick stained my lips.

The thing I like most about these lipsticks is that they have this unique smell to them. As a whole I really enjoyed these lipsticks and I actually wouldn't mind picking up more colors to test.

**FUN FACTS**

1. We are celebrating my mom's 61st birthday today.

2. If you look closely you will see my kids are in the background of most of todays photos.

September Julep

I'm back with a Julep September box haul for you guys today! I actually really liked this months box from Julep. I was actually thinking about upgrading my box and just get the whole collection for this month but I decided not to and just "add on" the polish that I wanted. However, I was really interested in the cleansing oil but passed. Hopefully this month they will have it as an "add on" product so I can just get it with my reward points.

If you don't already know what Julep is...its a monthly subscription service for nail polishes for $19.99 a month. If you would like to sign up I will post a link below to their website. Enough of my yapping on to the polishes.

I like how they packaged this months box. Gold tissue paper with the IT GIRL sticker. Gorgeous!

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This was the item underneath the little paper that you get every month.

This polish was my "add on" polish for $4.99. I think this polish is the one item I was most excited for.

This months packaging like is said was super cute and different. Or maybe it's just because I haven't picked my monthly box for a few months now. LOL. But like I said it's still cute.

The colors for this months IT GIRL box(left to right) Candice, Catrina, and Josephine. I can't wait to do my nails!

Julep Website: http://www.julep.com/

MIA???

Hey guys! I know I have been MIA for a few weeks now but it really was unavoidable as my daughter got sick. Then she got me sick and then both of us got my son sick and then he ended up getting me sick again. It's just been a crazy run around sickness throwing me out of my normal loop but I promise I'll be posting up reviews and maybe even a haul video soon. Thanks for being so patient!

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!

Haul: Tarte 30% Off Sale

I made an order off of Tartes website last week when they were having 30% off their entire website. It was an amazing deal so I ended up picking up three of their blushes. I picked up the colors in Tipsy, Flushed, and Fearless. I forgot to check but I remember adding their bronzer sample for free but for some reason it didn't go through. So today I received my package and I am just very upset and disappointed. There just aren't any words for me to express my disappointment.

When I heard the FEDEX truck I was super excited but it ended up going to my moms house and dropped it off over their. I literally ran there, picked it up and came back home. When I opened the box my heart dropped. Let down number one, apparently I didn't order a deluxe sample of the bronzer which I am pretty sure I had added to my cart. Let down number two was when I opened up the tissue one of my blushes wasn't even a box. I opened it up and obviously it was completely smashed to bits. I opened up the other two blushes to make sure they weren't cracked either. Thankfully they weren't or I would have been a very unhappy camper.

Like I said it's completely broken and theirs possibly no chance of me even saving this blush. I did swatch whatever was left of it. This blush has huge glitter chunks but after swatching it the bigger chucks seemed to fall off and all that was left was the color of the blush and little, itty bitty specks of sparkle that's barely even noticeable with just the slightest sheen. It's actually really pretty but sadly I will probably have to wait a few more days to get it replaced. I have emailed Tartes customer service and hopefully it will all get straightened out soon. Hopefully sooner than later though.

 

LEFT: Tipsy

RIGHT: Flushed

Tipsy is a gorgeous matte coral shade. I didn't swatch as I was just too upset to do anymore swatches. Flushed is a berry shade great for fall and winter so I picked that up.

I will have swatches and a full review up after I test out these colors. Thanks for reading and I will see you guys soon.

REVIEW: E.L.F. 24K 32 Piece Eyeshadow Palette

I finally had time today to put up my review and swatches of the ELF 24K 32 piece eyeshadow palette. Which, I know I've been promising to do more reviews so I hope you can forgive me and keep following me on my makeup journey. It's been hard trying to find time to do swatches, taking photos, and I'm not even going to mention filming videos because it's been really hectic. Anyways, I'm going to stop rambling so that we can get straight in to this amazing palette.

A LITTLE HISTORY...
This palette was a limited edition palette launched a year or so ago for Christmas from ELF's 24K line. As you can obviously guess there are 32 eyeshadows. All ELF palettes are hit or misses for people but personally I think this is a HIT. There are a few shadows here and there that aren't as amazing as you would want them to be but for the price it's no biggie.

I purchased this about a year or so ago but never got around to using it because I wasn't really into using colors in my everyday makeup routine. Naturally I steered clear of this palette. I've finally broken out of my shell and I find myself experimenting with colors everyday so I thought I would give my two cents on the palette. Even though this palette is no longer available I thought it something worth sharing.

COLOR SELECTION...

 TOP: With Flash

BOTTOM: Without Flash

As you can see there is a nice selection of colors. Blues, blacks, greens, purples, browns, and even a gorgeous coral.

SWATCHES...

First Row

 

The first row has a lot of lighter colors. I love to use the first color as a highlight shade but it is rather chalky so you have to be careful with it. The gold shade(3rd swatch from the right) is a beautiful all over the lid color for summer if you're going for that golden goddess kind of look. The pink shade(4th from the left) is a pretty pink color that reminds me of sin from Urban Decay. I'm not saying its exactly the same I'm just saying it reminds of Sin.

This is the look I created using the champagne color(2nd from left). I used this color on top of a Maybelline Color Tatto in order for the color to pop. By itself it wasn't really opaque enough to my liking but it really is just personal preference.

Row Number 2

My favorite color out of this row is definitely the coral color(2nd from left). My least favorite out of these is definitely the sparkly black. when swatched there is little to no pigment. Just mainly glitter with a lot of fall out. The two least favorite of mine are the two middle colors. The pink and lilac shade are very misleading in the pan. In the pan the pink shade looks like a lilac and the lilac shade in the pan looks darker and more pigmented. These two colors were very depressing for me as I really liked the way they looked in the pan. But like I said the shadows are hit or misses.

This is the look I did with the coral shade. As you can see it is rather pigmented and blends beautifully.

3rd Row

I love the turquoise and the icy blue shades in this row. Sadly the turquoise shade almost completely blends away to nothing which is very sad. Especially when it swatches so true to color. However, that might have been because I used the shadow under my eyes instead of packing the color on. I might try using this color a little bit more on the eyes instead of smudging out the color under my eyes to see how much better it does.

Row Number 4

This row I love the 4th,5th, 6th, and 7th swatches. The 4th swatch is a gorgeous deeper bronze/rose gold shade. Swatch number 5 is a perfect transition color to bring some warmth into your eyes. The 6th swatch is a really pretty mossy green and the 7th is just a nice pop of color.

As a whole I really like this palette and I very much did enjoy it. There were some hit or miss shadows but that's fine by me as it is ELF so I don't expect Urban Decay kind of quality. With only a couple of duds I think this palette is an awesome find and something worth trying if you can ever find it ever again.

If you like this kind of post then I will most definitely be doing more in the future. Thanks for reading my review and I will see you guys all later.