Review & Swatches: Too Faced Melted Liquified Long Wear Lipsticks

Hello daaaahlings!! As promised on today's post I will be reviewing and swatching Too Faced Melted Liquified Long Wear Lipsticks (phew what a mouthful) !!! 

Now, these liquid lipsticks are in no way new, but they are new to me. I was not initially intrigued by them since I heard that they did dry glossy, and if you know me you know that I don't do glossy. But after seeing the newest shades in the range I decided to give them a try. I initially purchase Melted Berry and about two weeks later I purchased two additional shades in Melted Nude and Melted Candy!!

Review and Swatches: Urban Decay Vice 2 Palette

Hello Dolls! 

Long time no see. I'm happy to report that I finally have a fully functioning laptop once again! Since this was the only thing preventing me from actually being able to write blog posts, edit videos/pictures, I'm glad to say that I will now be posting at lease once a week! 

Today, I will be bringing you a review on one of this years most talked about palette. 

Urban Decays Vice 2!

If you already own the original Vice palette and are debating whether or not buying the second one will be worth it is important to know that this palette contains 20 brand new, never before seen shades from Urban Decay. The overall color scheme is different as well. The shades in this palette are more dark based, jewel colors than the original, with some neutrals thrown in the mix. This palette contains very little matte shades, only 2 true mattes in the entire palette, which is one less matte than the original Vice palette.

The packaging of this palette is amazing. It is a bit bulkier but in the greatest of ways. The design and colors of the packaging absolutely sucked me in. It's a beautifully marbled design full of purple and magenta goodness. The inside packaging is no less beautiful. First of all the palette opens by itself once the button on the front is pushed, and remains open to reveal a full size mirror! Most palettes come with mirrors that end up being completely useless because they're either too small, or are on a lid that continuously falls, but not this one! This is a perfect palette to take on vacations, sleep over or anywhere where you think you may need a good size mirror. 

The Vice 2 palette comes with 20 brand new, never before seen eyeshadows. The palette contains four rows of five eyeshadows, none in a specific order. It also holds a double ended brush with a regular eyelid brush and a blending/crease brush.

Now onto my favorite part!! The shadows. 

Row 1:

Smokeout: Satin dark taupe-y charcoal black 

Great pigmentation, and incredibly smooth.

Lovesick: Matte black with silver micro-glitter.

Not Urban Decays greatest black, and the silver glitter doesn't transfer well onto the lid 

Shellshock: Metallic silver. 

Great pigmentation with amazing texture. 

Coax: Metallic pink with gold micro glitter. 

Great pigmentation and little to no fall out from the glitter. 

X-Rated: Sating baby pink. 

Incredibly buttery texture, with good pigmentation

Row 2:
Prank: Matte dark navy with turquoise micro glitter.
Amazing pigmentation!!

Madness: Metallic jewel blue with blue glitter.
Good pigmentation and finish.

Strike: Metallic antiqued gold with silver glitter.
Good pigmentation, and a nice different shade for this palette.

Stash: Shimmer deep olive green.
Good pigmentation a darker version of MAC's Sumptuous Olive.

Poison: Satin charcoal with blue micro glitter.
Good pigmentation and glitter transfer.

Row 3:
Radar: Metallic brown, copper with gold glitter.
It's such a nice neutral color in this palette of jewel toned brights.

Damaged: Metallic emerald green.
Perfect pigmentation and absolutely one of my favorites in the palette!

Voodoo: Metallic purple with purple and magenta glitter.
Such an amazing, original color.

Betrayal: Satin purple and pink duo chrome.
Great pigmentation, a darker more blue based version of Urban Decays Fishnet eyeshadow.

Derailed: Metallic medium taupe-y brown.
Good pigmentation, but overall nothing too special

Row 4:
 Dope: Satin Champagne.
Probably one of the best champagne shadows I've ever seen!

Toxic: Metallic pink based copper with slight golden shimmer.
Amazing pigmentation and finish!

Habit: Matte nude.
Perfect as a highlight color for more olive skinned ladies.

Ambush: Metallic brown with a slight turquoise shift.
Great pigmentation, it just feels like every company is coming out with
a shade in this same color.

Rewind: Matte medium brown.
Nice pigmentation and a great color to neutralize any look!

This palette overall is a big hit for me. There's a great mix of shadows that can be used to create any type of look, from neutral everyday to the most extravagant night look! This is a great gift for any makeup lover this season, and a definite mush have!
This palette is available only for a limited edition, and at $59 it's a pretty good deal for all the shadows you receive!!

You can purchase your own Vice 2 Palette from Urban Decay, Sephora, Ulta and Beauty.com! 

Review: Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick in Shame

Hello Dolls!

Today I bring you a review on one of the new Urban Decay Revolution lipsticks! I picked one up last week at my local Sephora after waiting for them to be stocked. 

Urban Decay release 22 brand new shades of lipstick to their already vast cosmetics line last month. 

Ranging from the simplest nude to the most beautiful dark plums. They're all marketed to be highly pigmented with a hint of "creamy shiny", long lasting and lip nourishing. 

Packaging: 

The lipsticks all come in a purple box with the Urban Decay logo and product name in silver, which tends to be UD signature packaging. On the box the lipstick shade name is written on a sticker that is the same color as the lipstick. 

 

The lipstick packaging itself is just beautiful!!

 The bullet is a amazing rose gold color with "Urban Decay" inscribed into the side and "UD" inscribed on the lid. The shade color is placed on a sticker at the bottom. The inside case that holds the lipsticks is a nice metallic maroon/purple shade that's a nice contrast to the elegant rose gold exterior. 

The packaging itself seems to be quite durable and heavy duty. UD did not skimp on the packaging for these lipsticks! 

Review and Swatches: Lime Crime Opaque Lipstick

Hello Dolls! Today I bring you a review requested by Tori of Biohazardous Beauty! Today's review will be of Lime Crimes Opaque Lipsticks! Lime Crime has become know in the blogger and YouTube community as one of the best places to go to when you're in need of odd colored lipsticks! In this review I will be reviewing three specific shades; Poisonberry, Airborne Unicorn and Mint To Be!

Lime Crime lipsticks are usually sold on the Lime Crime website, but I bought mine through Beauty Joint. I bought mine there simply because on that site there where other products that I was in "need" of. On both sites they are priced at $15.99. Each lipstick comes with 3.5 g / 0.12 oz of products and as far as I'm concerned they are all Vegan.

Review and Swatches: BH Cosmetics 28 Color Palette Smoky Edition

Hello Dolls! Today I bring you a review on the 28 Color Smoky Edition palette I recently received in the mail from BH Cosmetics. I did receive this palette for free but only because it came free with a purchase over $25. I had been curious about this palette since I first saw it, and was glad I managed to get it for free with my last purchase from BH Cosmetics. I  have played around with this palette a lot since I got it late last week.  My last FOTD featured a shade from this same palette.

*DISCLAIMER: This is a very picture heavy post*

 Packaging:

The 28 Colour Palette Smoky Edition one of the many palettes BH offers in their vast array of cosmetics. The palette comes packaged in BH's new packaging design for smaller palettes witch basically means that it is a plastic case, with a see through lid. The lid comes stamped with the BH Cosmetics logo as well as the name of the palette. The back casing of the palette is a black, glossy plastic material stamped with the ingredients, name of the palette as well as instructions as to how to apply the eye shadows.Overall it is nice, and sleek packaging but as handy as the see through lid is, it really doesn't make up for the fact that the palette, overall feels flimsy and as if it would break within the first drop.

 

Photo Credit  

Product:

 The smoky palette consist of 28 eyeshadows ranging from reds, pink, purples, blues, blacks and greys. It currently is priced at $10, but the pricing tends to change a lot for BH. At $10 for 28 shadows it does seem like a steal, and too good to be true. And sadly, it is. This palette is mostly presented by BH Cosmetics as an all in one go  to palette to create any desired smoky eye. But, honestly, this palette is not your friend if you where interested in brown,  green, reds,  or basically  any other color besides what is presented in the palette. 

Swatches:

(next to swatches will be the number of times of layers it took to get it that color/opacity)

Column #1: Pinks and Reds

Left to right:
-cool toned matte baby pink (5)

-warm toned light pink with a hint of shimmer (2)

-light satin plum (2)

-blue based matte red (2)

Column #2

Light "neutrals"

 -frosty white with heavy white glitter particles (3)

- satin beige with pink undertones (2)

-matte neutral based baby pink (3)

-dark matte red plum (2)

Column #3:

Purples and Berrys 

-sheer grey based lilac with golden glitter flecks (6) 

-red based plum with golden shimmer (3)

-pink based purple/magenta (5)

- black based dark purple with magenta shimmer (3)

Column #4:

Greens and Light Purples

-sating moss green with gold shimmer (4)

-light matte grey based light blue (5)

-matte grey based lavender (6)

-true royal purple (5...yes 5 layers and it still came out like that -_-)

Column #5

Blues:

-matte dark seafoam blue (5) 

-mettalic grey based blue (4)

-matte dark navy blue (3)

-matte dark royal blue (2) -one of my fave in the palette

Column #6:

Greys

-matte light grey (4)

-satin true gray (3)

-mettalic grey gunmetal

-black with golden glitter/shimmer (2)

 

Column #7:

Dark  "Neutrals"

-grey based mettalic brown (3)

-metallic true gunmetal (2)

-black with silver glitter fleck (2)

-matte black (3)

Overall:

Simply put, I'm glad I got this palette for free. So many of these eyeshadows looked so vibrant in the palette, but failed to live up to expectations when put into use.  For $10 it is a true "too good to be true" palette. Where few of the shadows where great, the majority really failed to deliver. Having to layer a shadows that many times to come to such an underwhelming conclusion is a pain. Yes, there are maybe five shades that I really enjoyed in this palette. So much so that I even considered depotting the few good ones and placing them into a Zpallete. This palette also fails to amaze when it comes to packaging. I see where BH Cosmetics was going with it's new packaging, but it just missed the mark. I know that in order to keep the palette so cheap you cant make it so heavy duty, but not this flimsy. I will say though, that this is a good beginner palette. If you're just starting out with makeup this is a good place to begin practicing, but I would honeslty recommend going for the 120 or 88 palettes. They seem to provide more consistantly good eyeshadows and you literally get 4 to 6 times the eyeshadows at just $17-$25.  I'm still going to try and work with this palette, but I wouldn't suggest spending $10 on this palette or whatever they're charging for this at the time you're reading this. I can sense already that this is going to be one of my least used palettes. I hate to give negative negative reviews to a product, but I'm just giving my honest opinion in hopes that it'll help someone in need of advice.

Review and Swatches: Rimmel Long Lasting Finish Matte Lipstick by Kate Moss

Hello Dolls!

Today I bring you a review for a new lipstick that was released recently from Rimmel. Rimmel and Kate Moss partnered up again and released ten new shades of matte lipsticks. I finally found them in stock at a local WalMart and decided to pick up three to review for you guys!

Packaging:   

Unlike the common black or purple packaging of Rimmel London lipsticks the new Matte lipsticks come in  cherry red colored tube with Kate Moss' signature inscribed on the side of the lid. Besides that there is not much variation in the packaging. On the top of the lid the Rimmel logo is stamped and on the bottom there is a sticker that contains the specific lipstick shade number as well as Rimmel London's manufacturing or distribution address, im not quite sure which. 

Review and Swatches: Inglot AMC Gel Liners

Hello Dolls!

Today I'm bringing you a review on a product I've been super excited to try out for a long time! Inglot AMC Gel Liner. If you've been around the makeup community for the past two years or so these have gotten a lot of buzz. I've had these six shades sitting in my wish list for the past three month and finally decided to go ahead and buy them!

 I picked up six shades at one go. Most of them in the blue/purple color family and the two must haves a black and white liner! The white liner being my favorite! I have a thing for doing a double liner with black and white so I've had my eyes on this white liner for a little over a year!

Packaging  

The gel liners come in a small jar that contain 5.5G/0.19 US OZ. The liners are filled to the top and have a good amount of product for the $12 you spend. The jar is clear and comes with a black lid, in white writing there is the Inglot logo on the side of the jar and on the other it contains the specific shade number. The shade number is also stamped on the sticker at the bottom of the jar along with the amount of product and address of the Inglot store

 

Review and Swatches: MAC Banafsaji Art of the Eye Eyeshadow

Hello Dolls! Today I have a short review for you highlighting one of the eyeshadows in MAC's new Art of the Eye collection. Where most of the collection is simple, bright colors Banafsaji was the most unique and special colors in the collection! So, it was the only one I purchased to review for you guys. Check out the MAC website to see the other shadows and the entire collection. 

Packaging:

Banafsaji comes in the common MAC packaging. It is wrapped in a small "cardboard" box that have the details of the products. The box contains the ingredients, name of the shadows, and type of the shadow. This shadow comes in an actual pot. I usually end up depotting my MAC shadows since they end up being overly bulky after collection a good amount. And that can just go to the Back To MAC program.

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REVIEW AND SWATCHES: Glamour Doll Eyes Born of Illusion Collection (COMING SOON!!)

Hello Dolls! Today I have a very special review and batch of swatches! An unreleased, coming soon collection from Glamour Doll Eyes!!

Glamour Doll Eyes partnered up with Terri Brown to create a brand new collection for Teri's new book "Born of Illusion".

The new collection will be released to the public on May 15th. It consists of 3 pigment shadows. Since it is past of a  collaboration collection it is only available as a full set and once available the collection will cost $15. Which is cheaper than buying them separately. Normally full sized shadows go for $6 each making 3 shadows $18, so you save $3 in total. 

 Packaging:

The shadows come in a cute little see through baggy embellished with silver stars. The packaging for the shadows themselves is quite normal. They're packaged like normal GDE shadows. They have two stickers. One on the lid with the GDE logo, and one on the bottom with the shadows name, ingredients, and whether or not its lip safe and vegan!

 Shadows!

This collection consist of three full sized eyeshadow pigments. 

All named after something to do with the book. The three shadows are Illusion, Deception and Levitation. 

Illusion- pearlescent white with a light pink duochrome.

Deception- dark, almost black grey with multi colored shimmers

Levitation- dark royal blue

Deception is actually extremely similar to the permanent GDE shadow in Incognito. 

Swatches:

Overall:

When first contacted about this collection I really did not know what to expect. But the colors completely match what "Born of Illusion" is about. All shadows are shimmery and non matte, so they do swatch and apply incredibly well! They're amazingly pigmented and super easy to blend! Levitation is unlike any other shadow that I own and is my favorite of the three!

I would definitely check out this collection the moment it is released because the shadows are amazing for such a cheap price!

Check out the Glamour Doll Eyes website for this collection and for other great shadows!

Check out Teri Brown for more information on the new book "Born of Illusion" and her past books as well!

teribrownbooks.com

twitter.com/teribrownwrites

*disclosure: I purchased these shadows with my own money and where not provided by Glamour Doll Eyes for reviewing purposes*

Review: Glamour Doll Eyes Easter 2013 Eyeshadows

Hello Dolls! Last Thursday Glamour Doll Eyes released Limited Edition Easter inspired eyeshadows. Four of which you knew what the colors where and two mystery shadows. The mystery shadows where part of an "Easter egg hunt" GDE had. Random shadows where winners and had a number in the bottom and those won a certain thing. I ordered one of the shadows that I knew what it looked like and I ordered both mystery shadows

-Since the the shadows are limited edition they are of limited quantities. The mystery shadows are sold out but Cake Walk is still on sale with a 15% off discount-

 (One of my mystery shadows actually came out a winner, so I decided to censor the number to prevent people from trying to use the picture as their own.) 

Packaging:

Each shadow is a full sized jar which are only $6. 

 Unlike other LE shadows these are packaged the same as regular GDE shadows. Underneath there are stickers labeling them as Easter 2013 shadows as well as the name, ingredients ,and whether or not they're lip safe or vegan.

SHADOWS:

*all shadows swatched dry *

From left to right:

Cake Walk, Hippity Hop, Sugar High 

Cake Walk:

This is the only shadow that I actually knew what it looked like before ordering.

Cake Walk is a pastel semi matte lilac. It contain light silver/lilac shimmer. 

Hippity Hop:

This is one of two mystery shadows. 

Hippity Hop is a beautiful matte seafoam/mint green. This color was hard to swatch as it 

did come out a bit chalky and patchy. 

Sugar High:

This is the second mystery shadow:

Sugar High is an extremely shimmery lilac bright pink. It contain a heavy dose of  silver shimmer making it quite a unique color. This color is incredibly pigmented.

Overall:
Both of the shimmery colors are incredibly pigmented! They where really easy to swatch and true to color. Hippity Hop on the other hand was a bit chalky and I had to build it up to get the true color of the pigment.
Like always I wasn't disappointed by these shadows. Glamour Doll Eyes always does a great job with their Limited Edition shadows and this is no exception!

To check out Cake Walk and the other four Easter Shadows that are still available check out the Glamour Doll Eyes website.
Remember the Easter shadows are currently 15% off!!

Review: Concrete Minerals Pro Matte Eye Shadows

Hello Dolls! Today I bring you a review on a makeup brand that I was introduced to a couple of months back. Concrete Minerals Cosmetics is a mineral makeup brand that was founded in 2009. They specialize in mineral makeup*, mostly eye shadows, that do not contain parabens, fragrances and other fillers. Recently they introduced a complete collection of pro matte shadows. Shadows that are intensely pigmented and incredibly matte. The pro matte shadows consist of 13 eye shadows that cover the entire rainbow. 

Packaging: 

All Concrete Minerals orders come with two complementary samples, of decent size I may add, and and a business card. 

Review: Embryolisse Lait-Creme Concentre

Hello Dolls! Today I bring you a review on a very hyped about item. Embryolisse's Lait-Creme Concetre (24 Hour Miracle Cream). Embryolisse Lait-Creme Concetre is a rich moisturizing lotion. This product has been raved by make-up artists and celebrities alike. It is claimed to be a versatile lotion that is basically  three products in one: a primer, moisturizer, and make-up remover. I generally have trouble finding a good moisturizer and was keen on trying this. But I wasn't to keen on paying the price, but I caved because I needed to know if this was the real deal!

Packaging:

I received this product in a generic box with the Embryolisse Logo and general instructions as to how to apply the product. The tube is somewhat like a toothpaste tube and feels somewhat like a light metal, maybe aluminum but I am not positive. When first opened you have to prick it with the opposite side of the lid to make a hole in the seal. I really loved that it came with a seal so you know that your product hasn't been contaminated in any way. All instructions on the tube itself are in French,considering it is a French product there can't be a complaint there. 

Review: Glamour Doll Eyes

Hello dolls! About three weeks I placed an very impromptu order to Glamour Doll Eyes. They released a very limited edition Valentines Day set and since I wanted to try out a couple of new shadows I decided to make my purchase a bit bigger. In total I purchased eleven shadows, seven of which I will be reviewing for you today. The four I will not be reviewing will be the shadows that where a part of the Valentines Day set, only twenty where made, so they where incredibly limited. 

As you may be able to tell I am a very big fan of Glamour Doll Eyes already, but I wanted to try my luck at some new shadows. 

I ordered seven full jar of pigment.  Each pigment is available in three forms. Sample Baggies ($1.25) Sample Jars ($2.50) and Full Size Jars $6.00. Great prices for the amount of product you get!

Each full sized pigment comes in a small jar, with a sticker on the cover that contains the Glamour Doll Eyes Logo, and another sticker on the bottom that contains all the details on the shadow.

Review: MAC Lip Mix in Blue

Hello Dolls! Like I promised in last night FOTD today I have a review for MAC's Lip Mix. I'm a sucker for crazy lip colors so I was super intrigued when I saw a follower on instagram rocking this shade.

Packaging:

 The packaging for this lipstick is just like every other MAC Lipstick/Product. It comes in black box that feels like a combination of cardboardand card stock embossed with white script. It is very sturdy, and that is especially necessary for a product like this. The product itself is in a plastic squeeze tube, and definitely needs some had exterior to protect it from damage during shipping. 

 

Review: Tarte Glamazon Pure Performance 12 Hour Lipstick in Playfull

Hey Dolls! A couple of days ago I was out with my best friend and we stopped at a local Ulta. I wasn't planning on purchasing anything but Tarte sucked me in. For a while I've been lusting for a Tarte lipstick since I've heard how amazing they are.

At $26 for .07 oz of product this is a huge investment. I decided to take the plunge and bought one that I knew I'd wear often since at almost thirty dollars I wasn't going to dare buy something I would never wear. 

Packaging:

The lipstick comes in a small pink box with a pattern that resembles the package of the actual lipstick. The packaging for the actual lipstick is beautiful. It is a strong bamboo with an almost tribal design in the same color of the actual lipstick. This is a plus since it allows you to see which lip color is which. The only downside to this packaging is that the tube is rather long and makes it seem like you get more product than you actually do. 

Glamour Doll Eyes: Review & Swatch Fest!!

Hey dolls!! 

A little over a month ago I made a somewhat large order from Glamour Doll Eyes Cosmetics. I had to wait a while for my order to arrive since I made two separate ones yet the shipment time was incredible, at only a five day wait. Glamour Doll Eyes is a company that I see myself repurchasing from often. They have amazing eyeshadow pigments, lip glosses, and glitters as well as great customer service. Today I will only be swatching the eyeshadow pigments.  I've been waiting a while to write this post so I could give you guys an accurate review of the shadows I've purchased. 

Glamour Doll offers many different shadows in many different finishes from matte to metallic. Each pigment is available in three forms. Sample Baggies ($1.25) Sample Jars ($2.50) and Full Size Jars $6.00. Great prices for the amount of product you get! 

All of the pigments I ordered came in jars, which are small little pots. These jars are sealed tightly once arriving and seal just as tightly once you use them. So they make great travelers!

I ordered a total of 15 eyeshadows. Each order comes with two sample baggies, two business cards, a small post card sized paper with information on the company and new collections, and an awesome sticker! 

Review: Stila Glaze Trio in Tiki Set

Excuse the delay on the next review. I got rather busy with work meeting and getting a lot of things ready for a big move. Today I'm going to review Stila's Tiki Set Lip Glaze Trio. 

I've said multiple times that I really dislike lip gloss. And this is somewhat an exception. 

The colors and the price are what originally attracted me to this set. For $12 you get three lip glazes. You get .005 oz or 1.5 ml of product.