Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Too Faced Sweet Peach Palette Review

The big moment we've all been waiting for - I FINALLY managed to get my greedy sea-hands on this box of gorgeousness. We are about to embark on a journey featuring review and swatches galore. Strap yourselves in folksickles.
Availability: This palette retails at $49 for a total of 17.1g (.95g each) of eyeshadow and is available at sephora.com, macys.com, and ulta.com along with hsn.com and toofaced.com.
Would I buy this again? Yes because of the colors but Too Faced doesn't exactly have the best history so... I don't know.
Notes: The palette contains 18 shadows in varying shades of peach, warm peachy brown, purples, and a khaki green. They are absolutely beautiful in their textures (for the most part) and work well with one another. I haven't had an issue with pigmentation or anything of that kind. This palette is very heavy on rosy, warm-tones; I would say it feels very springtime and cheerful. It has a peach gummy kind of scent.
White Peach - is described as a matte vanilla cream; to me it's a satiny warm off-white tone.
Luscious - is described as a pearl peach champagne; to me it's a soft metallic peachy copper tone.
Just Peachy - is described as a shimmering peachy pink; to me it's a bright coral peachy pink with a gold pearl. 
Bless Her Heart -is described as a golden moss; to me it's a olive-y khaki green with a bronze micro-shimmer through it. 
Tempting -is described as a bronzed black; to me it's a black with bronze pearl.
Charmed, I'm Sure - is described as a matte medium cool brown; to me the description is on point yet again. 
Nectar - is described as a pearly peachy cream; to me it's warm white-gold champagne.
Cobbler - is described as a peachy pink bronze; to me it's a metallic bronze shade with a peachy pink pearl.
Candied Peach - is described as a matte coral with violet shimmer; to me it's a matte peach with pink and silver micro-glitter.
Bellini - is described as a gilded peach; to me it's a peachy gold with an intense gold pearl.
Peach Pit- is described as a satin perfect raisin; to me it's a purple-y plummy bronze brown shade.
Delectable - is described as a matte smoky amethyst; to me it's matte cool-toned purple.
Peaches 'N Cream -is described as a matte milky peach; to me it's a fair flesh-tone... this is essentially the color of my skin.
Georgia - is described as a matte peachy pink; to me it's a peachy off-white tone, it's similar to my skin-tone but a bit pinker.
Caramelized -is described as a dark gilded bronze; to me it's a beautiful deep bronze. 
Puree - is described as a metallic dark bronze... in what world is this metallic? Looks like someone made a boo boo. To me it's a matte milk chocolate tone. 
Summer Yum - is described as a matte gingerbread; to me that description is pretty on point. 
Talk Derby To Me - is described as a shimmering black violet; to me it's matte black base loaded with pinkish-violet and silver micro-shimmer. 

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Disclaimer: I paid for this myself.

Sunday, January 8, 2017

Incendio Beauty Fairy Lights Enchanted Pigment Review

Today I'll be reviewing the Incendio Beauty Enchanted Pigment in Fairy Lights
Availability: Unfortunately Incendio is no longer in business.
Would I buy this again? Probably. 
Notes: Given that this is a loose pigment you can use it as a face highlighter, eyeshadow/highlighter around the eyes, mixed in with foundations to give them glow, mixed in with moisturizer to create a cream highlight, mixed in or patted on top of lip products... the options are limitless. This has a soft, buttery texture and blends easily.
This is described as being packed with teal, gold, and green glitters. I'd say this is a white base with a greenish-teal and pewter (golden-silver) glitter through it. I'm a mermaid and I know Donna gave this to me to throw on my entire face... I mean cheekbones... I mean, she's a fairy, I'm a mermaid... we magical creatures gotta stick together. All that silliness aside, I am really becoming fond of green-ish duo-chrome highlighters in particular and am really happy to have a more teal, mermaid-esque option in my arsenal. 

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Disclaimer: This was a holiday gift. :D

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

ColourPop Ultra Matte Lip Review: Bad Habit

Another result of my Black Friday ColourPop haul.
Availability: This has been discontinued.
Would I buy this again? Possibly.
Bad Habit is described as a dusty mauve pink. Ok where do I start, this is WAY, WAY darker and brighter than the swatch on the website; I would say this color is a purplish raspberry tone.  I love the texture of these - they dry really velvety-feeling and look like velvet, texture-wise. They wear comfortably and don't feel dry, although they will emphasize lip texture so use a lip scrub and a lip balm under them. They don't bleed or move. They stay on through eating for the most part, you'll only have to re-apply in the center of the lips and you can layer this without worrying about it peeling off the under layers or creating more texture (at least that's been my experience, for the most part, if you do very thick layers it can peel though). That said these go on opaque and don't need much layering, if at all. I've heard that these were redone since the reviews of them peeling and wearing funny but I haven't had an issue with this at all. I love it!

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Disclaimer: I paid for this myself.