Monday, February 11, 2013

Sweet in Pink: Valentines 2013 Collab Tutorial

I was very lucky to be a part of a Valentines Collab this year. My videos going up later than all the other girls because I've been super busy but I'm glad I finally got it up. Below is a list of all the products used in the video. Enjoy!

Products used:
Clean and Clear Morning Glow Moisturizer
Revlon Nearly Naked Foundation in Vanilla
Benefit Erase Paste
Maybelline Color Tatoo in Inked in Pink
Coastal Scents Mineral Eyeshadow sample in Rose Sparks
Coastal Scents 88 Warm Palette
Wet n Wild Trio in Sweet as Candy
Jordana Fabuliner
Maybelline The Rocket Mascara
Physician's Formula Happy Booster Blush in Natural
MAC's lipstick in Angel

Tools used:
Sonia Kashuk Flat Top Synthetic Brush
Soho Concealer Brush
Sigma E55 Shading Brush http://www.sigmabeauty.com/product_p/e55/?Click=224226
Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush http://www.sigmabeauty.com/product_p/e40/?Click=224226
Sigma E25 Blending Brush http://www.sigmabeauty.com/product_p/e35/?Click=224226
Sigma E70 Medium Angled Brush http://www.sigmabeauty.com/product_p/e70/?Click=224226
Ecotools Blush Brush

If your interested in purchasing some of the Sigma brushes used, use code BASE2013 at checkout! You also get a free gift with a purchase of $30 or more!

Hope you guys enjoyed this tutorial! Let me know what you thought if it and if you want to see more tutorials from me in the future!

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Review+Swatches: Stila’s All Is Bright Lip Glaze Set

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Oh my gosh!! Why has it been so long since I’ve done a blog post??? I’m such a bad beauty blogger. I’ve been very busy working and dealing with family stuff and the holidays that my blog was put on the back burner.  But I have lots of reviews planned with all the new drugstore goodies coming out so stay tuned!

If you read my Wishlist Wednesday post I did on the Stila All Is Bright lip glaze set, you know that I’ve been wanting this set for a couple months.  Well, I finally bought it and am so happy with it!  Almost every color in this set are great, very pigment and gorgeous. There are, however a couple duds, which you’ll see later in the swatches.

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First up is Jack Frost, which is a champagney-pink with lots of iridescent glitter.  It definitely lives up to the frosty name. This isn’t very opaque and has hardly any color to it when applied alone, but it looks really pretty of a lipstick.

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Next is Jingle, which is a coraly pink color.  It has tiny, barely noticable shimmer that you really have to look closely for. This too is also very sheer so use it on top a lipstick to get the most bang for your buck.

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Holly is the most brightest, most pigmented gloss in the set.  It’s a burnt, orangish-red with small, barely there shimmer. This one was fun wearing during the holiday Smile

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This is Joy, a very pretty blue toned pink. This is one of the few matte glosses in the set. I really don’t consider this one as something that should have been included in a holiday set, its much more suitable for the spring season. It is nicely pigmented though.

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This is Jolly and it’s a true pink with a subtle shimmer. This is a great gloss to put on top of nude lip and pair with a bit of a smokey eye!

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This is Splender and its another very sparkley gloss that appears to be a true pink in the tube but its actually quite sheer.

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This is the second really dark gloss in the whole set. Black Cheery is a dark berry color with a little bit of shimmer that’s super goregous. I was expecting a little more color payoff from this when applied to the lips but applies a little too sheer for my tastes. So I apply a berry colored lip liner(which I’ve recently starting experimenting with lip liners) from NYX and it was my favorite lip color for the holidays!

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And last, but certainly not least is Sugarplum. This is a matte, mauvey-pnk. This was a bit more opaque than Black Cherry and is one of my favorites from the whole set. I like to pair this on top of MAC’s Angel.

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Here’s a picture of swatches which are(From L to R) Jack Frost, Jingle, Holly, Joy, Jolly, Splender, Black Cherry, and Sugarplum.  I really do like some of the glosses in this set and it was a great value to get eight glosses for $25. But do I feel like this set was something special or had to have…not so much.  The pinks were very generic and some of the glosses were way to sheer for my liking. I really like Stila Lip Glazes, even though they are super sticky but I think if I were to redo it, I might pass up on this set.

The All Is Bright lip glaze set was a holiday set that was sold at Sephora, Ulta and Stila Cosmetics but I’m not sure if it’s in stock anymore. 

I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe holiday! One of my new years resolutions to post more so wish me luck on that! Thanks for reading!!

Sunday, December 9, 2012

November Favorites!

This is a little late but I wanted share with you my November Favorites! I have lots of new products to talk about!

Primers-I really enjoyed playing with some face primers in November. I used Tarte's Clean Slate Poreless and Benefit's Pore-fessional.  I prefer Benefit's better as its tinted and seems to hide my pores better.

Revlon Lip Butter in Berry Smoothie-Wore this so much this month, can't believe I haven't really used it before.

NYX Lipgloss in Tea Rose-Super pretty deep pink. Very pigmented.

L'oreal Infallilbe Pressed Eyeshadows in Iced Latte and  Bottomless Java-These are super pigmented and creamy and are wonderful eyeshadows. I can't wait to buy more!!

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Pencil Duo in Zero and Whiskey- I finally tried a pencil from Urban Decay and am obssessed! I must have more of them in my life!

Jordana Fabuliner- Another eyeliner to talk about. It was the month of eye products. I can't believe I haven't tried this eyeliner yet. I won it in a giveaway and was super excited. It's my new holy grail liquid eyeliner. :)

TheBalm Body Builder Mascara-This was a fail product in October but now its a favorite product for the month of November. Once it dried out a bit, it was perfect for adding some drama to my eyelashes, not something I liked by the way. My eyelashes are long enough without mascara, but I actually like the way this makes lengthens and defines them.

Maybelline Color Tattoo in Barely Beige-Finally got my hands on this baby and its now my favorite base!

Sigma's E60 Large Shader brush-Using to to apply my color tattoos. It applies the color sheerly and blends super nicely. I have a coupon code for Sigma, which is 10% off your order. Use DEC2012 at check out! http://www.sigmabeauty.com/?Click=224226

Bath and Body Works Charmed Life Lotion-Rediscoverd from my collection, sadly this is discontinued. Why BB&? Why must you discontinue all the good scents??

Got2B Guardian Angel Curling Heat Protectant-This is a great heat protectant that holds curls amazingly!


That's it for my November Favorites. Already looking forward to my December Favorites because I have a lot of new products I've been playing with and already have some new favorites! See you guys next time!