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

Mac Lipstick Swatches

Pink Lipstick Swatches

From top to bottom

Mac Snob

Mac Fanfare

Mac Speak Louder

Mac Viva Glam Taraji P. Henson

Marc Jacobs Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

 

CoverGirl Katy Kat Matte Sphynx & MAC HoneyLove

Summertime Makeup, Sorted.

   

Badger Balm Lip Tint & Shimmer in Garnet

Estee Lauder Pure Color Blush Audacious Plum & Sensuous Rose

I've had these blushes for years but for some reason never got around to swatching them on this blog! They are great quality blushes and beautiful flattering colors, they are expensive but I think worth it.

Sensuous Rose is a terracotta with a very subtle pink/coral undertone. I got this to replace my old favorite blush for a good 15+ years, CoverGirl Iced Cappucino. They are very similar except the CoverGirl has a sheen to it, different smell, and parabens. I also prefer that the estee lauder version is in a bigger pan which makes it easier to get your whole blush brush into, and that it is more pigmented.

Audacious Plum is a purple/pink mid tone plum color, on me it leans more pink then it looks in the pan. But still has a cool toned mauve-y-ness to it. My olive skin tone tends to warm up all blushes however so it may not happen on you if you are more pink toned naturally.

Revlon 565 'Wild' Nail Polish Swatches

One of my newest acquisitions is Revlon Wild (565) nail polish. I'm loving it! It is a bit sheer however in my opinion worth it because of how beautiful and unique it is! All Photos are shown with 2 coats, since that is most peoples preferred coat number to use.  Enjoy!

Indoors with flash

(outdoors - indirect sunlight)

 (Direct Sunlight)

Ciate - Hidden Gem !

This has to be one of my top 10 nail polishes! I don't think it's going to be a color everyone will understand the beauty of, however if you are a chartreuse/olive/pale green lover like myself it might be worth a go! I had a hard time photographing this color with my phone so I had to bust out the big boy camera and it did a much better job! Cameras can easily pick up this color as being a lime green, when it's truly more of a pastel egg yolk/yellow/olive combo. Very unusual indeed!The formula is beautiful Ciate goodness, super shiny and smooth almost gel like look! This is with 2 coats. It has become a new staple polish in my collection. The only set back might be the price, so if you know any drugstore/cheaper dupes please leave me comment!

Kardashian Beauty Radiant Ombre Blush - Glimmer 515

I'll try not to write a post screaming like a little girl about this product (even though I want to.) The wonderful Kardashian Beauty Radiant Ombre Blush in Glimmer finally arrived in an ulta close enough to drive to! I've been on the hunt for this blush ever since I saw it in Sam Schuerman's youtube video. I was already on the hunt for a glowy version of (my old) favorite blush, Estee Lauder Audacious Plum. I adore the color, quality and everything about that blush but some days I wanted to glow. I had a hard time finding a shimmery/glowy dupe for it and when I saw swatches in her video I knew I needed it like last month! It did not disappoint one bit. It looks purple toned in the container (as does the estee lauder one) however it is a cooler berry pinky flush that is extremely wearable. It glows, but has not one iota of glitter or chunky shimmer bits. Every spec of the powder is the same superfine glowing goodness. Could I ask for more? No. Let's admire it's beauty.

Maybelline Dream Wonder Powder - 10 Porcelain

I recently picked up the Maybelline Dream Wonder Powder in 10 Porcelain, to have as a keep in my purse and give me some coverage on no makeup days, product. First I purchased it in 15 Ivory and looked like an Oompa Loompa, very orange fake tanned! However that is on rather pale skin, it may look normal on actually tanned people. I will agree with other reviews that this line does run dark. Porcelain is a light beige. It is not white for the truly colorless porcelain crowd. It is slightly darker than my skin tone (on my face, not hand) but I think it blends ok and works alright. It does feel sort of heavy, and suffocating, like other drugstore powders, but it is not the worst I've used in that regard. I don't think it looks as cheap as the milani or covergirl powders applied to the face. I am comparing the weight to the laura mercier mineral powder, so that is a high standard, but even though it looks more natural than any other drugstore powder I've used, it's not as silky and weightless as Laura Mercier. I gives light coverage, maybe medium if you really pack it on. It will not replace a concealer. I can still see my freckles. As a dryer skin person I also prefer to spray this with some Mario Badecsu Facial Spray.UPDATE: I love this powder for setting foundation so much more than on its own. It is sadly still too dark for me, and when trying it with more dewy foundations/bb creams I've noticed it does not control shine very well. But it does give a beautiful finish to the skin when used OVER something else.

Below are photos taken in direct and indrect sunlight, with the product on one half of my face only.

L'Oreal Miss Magenta 185 Colour Riche Lipstick

L'Oreal's Miss Magenta came out last year in a new but permanent pink collection. It has a typical L'Oreal Colour Riche Lipstick consistency and pigmentation. Creamy, not drying, very pigmented, the only down side for some if the floral perfume type scent. I have since purchasing this realized their lipsticks do contain phlalates so I personally do not intend to buy more from the line (at least until they remove this ingredient.) But if you are not an ingredient junkie and don't mind the scent it is a very nice lipstick. It is a very bright slightly warm leaning pink. I think it looks a bit brighter in person than in the photos, but I'm not sure if it's quite a neon. Take a look.

 On Left with flash / Right No flash, inderect sunlight

 Swatched next to Sonia Kashuk Sunkissed (Miss Magenta is the pinker shade)

Butter London - Lady Muck, SOPI - Sparktacular

Butter London Lady Muck has become one of my all time favorite polishes. It has a very thin consistency and I sometimes do three coats, but the consistency and drying time makes it not a problem. It is a blue toned gray, with very subtle white shimmer that fancies it up just a but but it's not obvious to other people. Shown here with Sephora by OPI (SOPI) Sparktacular top coat, but I love it on it's own the most. Would definitely recommend if you are in the market for a blue gray beauty.

Ciate - Hopscotch

Wearing Ciate hopscotch today, a bright slightly reddish orange cream. Beautiful shiny almost gel like formulation, however as you can see a bit sheer even with two coats. Applied evenly and easily however and is a gorgeous color.

 two coats

  

 

 

No top coat, they have a great gel like shine on their own.

Can't wait to wear this with a gold glitter.

Victoria's Secret Nail Laquer - I'm No Angel. Peep Show. Envied. Coral Crush.

Victoria's Secret has come out with a couple of different nail polish lines in the the past year or two. They have finally done it right! Their Latest Line which is now offered on their website (in most colors) is fantastic! The last Victoria's Secret line of nail polish was definetly hit and miss with some colors being good and others not worth your time at all. That line has disapeared and been replaced by a new line that is above and beyond, and even rivals some of my favorite opi and butter london polishes. I have tried 4 colors, 2 of which are glitters and every one has been a stunner. With Coral Crush being my favorite pink I own now. Take a look: (and click on the photos to see larger)

 'I'm No Angel' in bottle, one of my favorite reds, a slight pink lean with beautiful cool pink shimmer mixed in, very easy to apply and dries quickly.

 'I'm No Angel'
(You can also see this on my nails in my top 13 beauty products video in the post below.)

'Coral Crush' ia a beautiful bright slightly warm/coral toned pink. Like I said this has become my favorite pink I own, however I do have a thing for coral! The formula makes me more likely to reach for it over my other coral pinks however. Great Formula, Great Drying time.

Shown on nails, Coral Crush topped with Peep Show. Peep Show is Sheer so the base color you are seing is Coral Crush. Peep Show Below is my favorite pink glitter top coat, and I am a glitter hoarder of sorts. It is fine pink glitter with a lot of sparkle and both cool and warm tones of pink, it occasionaly seems to have a slight duohrome sheen of a soft chamagne gold but it is very subtle.

Envied is a complex glitter with a sheer black base, it can layered to create an opaque glitter look or worn ontop of a dark polish. It has a beautiful combination of Emerald Green glitter, a bit of almost turquoise blue glitter, and super fine gold micro glitter which give it a lot of complexity.

above right - artificial light

below - sunlight

It looks more green, and the green really pops more than wanted to show up in the photos.

From left to right : Envied, Coral Crush, Peep Show, I'm No Angel