Too Faced Pumpkin Spice Palette

The new Too Faced Pumpkin Spice Palette has been in heavy rotation for me since it’s release, and I’ve yet to finish an eye look unhappy! The shimmers are glorious (especially wet!) the mattes blend easily and the colors work with each other so well! Highly recommend if you like color!

I’ve swatched a few shades to compare to shades I already owned. 

Maybelline lemonade craze

Wet n Wild Coffin Break 

Colourpop Blush Crush 

Physicians formula Rose all Play 

MAC semi sweet x 9

Too Faced Cinnamon Bear Palette

Too Faced Cinnamon bear palette is a red/pinky eyeshadow palette with a beautiful pink blush. I’ve done a few different eyeshadow looks with it and they have all come out somewhat pink, because all of the shades have atleast a pink undertone. It is good quality however despite the lack of versatility. I’ve swatched just the shimmer shades because the mattes are really as expected. The blush is my favorite part, a very vibrant and pigmented slightly warm pink with a subtle satin glow.

Take me away ; and this is what I'll bring. (travel makeup bag ; the inside)

When you have a more extensive makeup collection, it can be hard to stay focused on what's most important. I really enjoyed the challenge of putting together my best face. One product from each category. My true favorites. To know as long as I have these, I'm good. That's peace. Freedom. Or as it is commonly called in the beauty world, My HG face.

• Kiehl's BB Cream - Fair
• L'Oreal Magic Lumi Highlighter/Concealer Pen
• L'Oreal True Match Powder W1
• VS Makeup Bronzer (discontinued, my next favorite is too faced sun bunny)
• Milani - Delizioso Pink Blush
• Wet N Wild - Reserve Your Cabana Bronzer(highlighter)
• Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion - Anti Aging
• L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadow - Amber Rush
• CoverGirl Brow & Eye Makers - Black (brows)
• MAC False Lashes Mascara (my new favorite)
• Tarte Skinny SmolderEyes Black
• Buxom Lip Cream - Mudslide

Urban Decay Vice3 Palette - A Couple Eye Looks

Urban Decay Vice 3 Palette contains 20 eyeshadows for 60.00 ($3 per shadow). They are nice quality(a little dry) and pretty pigmented.There are a lot of very unique and beautiful shades in this palette I have never seen anywhere else in my life. I did a couple of eye looks with it so far but have plans to try out lots more. I think if you fall in love with the colors you will enjoy having them, but in the end this is a little more on the dry side than I would prefer.

The first look I did was with the color sonic on the inside half of my lid, alchemy on the outside half of my life, bondage in the crease, and truth on the browbone. A little brokedown under the lashline as well. I really liked this look, it was very colorful and sunset-y in real life.

The second look was with brokedown all over the lid, reign in the crease, last sin on the brow bone and inner corner, and lucky under the lash line.

Dior - Trafalgar 876 - 5 Couleurs Palette Swatches

The Dior 5 Couleurs Palette in Trafalgar. It's a special one.
I highly anticipated this one, and while it's not 100% what I thought it would be, there is a definite beauty to it.

(in direct sunlight)

The Pink Shade; 

Is a sheer light pink with some micro glitter particles, it comes off more of a shimmer except in direct sunlight, despite being sheer it is beautiful because of some subtle complexities of the color.

The White Shade;

Maybe my favorite? This is a white with gold AND pink micro shimmer particals, the end results when moving in the light is like an opal. Or a Goddess. It's stunning. It needs building to get an opaque coverage but it is more easily attainable than with the pink color.

The Gold Shade;

This was half of the reason I wanted this palette. I am deficient a good quality gold in my collection, and I'm not sure this fills that void. It's not as smooth and creamy as I had hoped, and it is most definitely not a straight up gold. It is very similar in color to the tarte smolderEyes pencil in Gold, which if you are familiar with is really an antiqued bronze type color. It seems to get lost blending in with my skintone a bit too easily for my taste, and the lack of creaminess(a bit dry) and smoothness makes this one I'm not sure I'll be wearing on it's own again. (there is a photo of this on my lid further down.) I do have big plans to layer this color dusted over top of some packed on red however and I think that will be a good look and combination. (as seen in the ad for this palette)

The Red Shade;

Surprised me. It is beautiful. It is pigmentated. It blends itself practically. The surprise was how much of a pink duochrome type effect this color has happening in it. The color does, in real life, look different in different lighting, it's not just the photos. I have yet to use this all over my lid but that is how I originally imagained this would look best. Can't wait to wear it around christmas! I do think the different tone to this red than other reds does make it more wearable.

The Brown Shade;

This is a nice versatile dark chocolate brown. it blends very easily, looks very polished, and I don't think I have anything bad to say about it. It is a true brown despite it looking plummy in some photos.

Overall;

When wearing the colors together it does have the potential to create a few different beautiful looks. Easy to blend, and some special colors that are hard to find copies of. The white, red, and brown are my personal favorites, in that order. They are not the creamiest or smoothest feeling eyeshadows I've ever used. I do wish they were s little less dry and more intense, however they know how to make them blend so smoothly so maybe that's the reason it needs to be that way. I think you will like this if you have the intention to create a look using the red. It may just be the most sophisticated, high end looking red palette out there. If you buy it for the other colors, you may be better off with a different palette. 

Now for a massive amount of photos!

Direct Sunlight

Indirect Sunlight (shade)

Indoor lighting

On My Face :

Gold on Lid

Brown in Crease

White on Browbone and in inner corner

Pink & Red Look:

Pink all over lid

Brown in Crease

Red overtop in crease and blended slightly onto lid

White on browbone and inner corner

Maybelline Color Tattoo - Inked in Pink

Maybelline color tattoo in Inked in Pink is one of my favorite color tattoos, it is a very wearable metallic pink that is soft enough to not look garish. It has a nice satiny finish, wears very well with no creasing on me for about 8 hours, and is a great base.

Above in direct sunlight.

Below on me with Milani Rich Java Baked Shadow in crease.