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! 

FOTD: Hay Foxxie

Hello Dolls!! What two looks in a row in less than a week?! Whhaaat?!

It's been a while since I got to play with makeup as much as I have been these past couple of days! About four days ago I received Glamour Doll Eyes new Instagram collection in the mail and fell in love with the colors!

 I decided to go with a different color combination than I normally would use. I used burnt orange, and burgundy colors in the crease and lower lash line and a bright cyan blue all over the eyelid!

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.

FOTD: Royal Gold Digger

Hello Dolls! Today I bring to you the final look for this months Glamour Doll Eye insider looks. I know it's March, but I had to redo this look twice because I could never get a decent enough picture of it. It's the first idea that I got when I received the colors this month and I really like how it came out, I hope you do as well. 

Face:

Urban Decay Complexion Primer

Urban Decay Naked Cosmetics 

Benefit Boing Concealer

Revlon Photo Ready Powder

Sleek Contour Kit (used both contour and highlight powder)

 

Eyebrows:

Anastasia Brow Duo in Ebony

Eyes: 

Urban Decay Primer Potion 

Maybelline 24 Hour Color Tattoo in Bold Gold and Painted Purple (used as bases)

Glamour Doll Eyes:

Masquerade (inner and outer lid, crease, lower lash line)

Gold Digger (middle lid )

Shaded Orchid (outer third crease and lower lash line)

Love Affair (inner corner)

Eyeko Curvy Brush Mascara 

Too Faced Perfect Eyeliner in Perfect Black 

Lips:

Loreal Infallible 6 Hour LipGloss in 515 undeniable mauve 

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: MAC Candy Yum Yum

Hello Dolls! By now a lot of you have probably heard a lot of people talking about MAC's Candy Yum Yum Lipstick. This lipstick came out with an old collection and gained a huge fan base, so much so that when put up agaisnt other limited edition lipstick the public voted it to become permanent. I had heard of this lipstickf from many bloggers and vloggers but never really gave it much though. Falling into the bandwagon I went to order it last month but it was sold out. Everywhere!!! Finally it was back in stock and I picked it up.

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 cardstock and cardstock embossed with white script. There is nothing special about this packaging. Unlike the pro eyeshadow packaging there is absolutely nothing I don't like about this packaging. It's sturdy and if anything does happen to the package nothing will happen to the actual product.

Product:
Candy Yum Yum is described on the MAC website as a neon pink. While this it is a bright pink I wouldn't necessarily call it "neon". This is a matte lipstick, but with almost a satin finish. It isn't drying at all. In the tube it looks more like a bright hot pink, but when swatched it comes out more of a brightt baby pink. It comes out opaque at the first swipe but is still buildable to brighter more opaque consistency.

Review: MAC's Powder Blush in Burnt Pepper

Hello Dolls!! Today I bring you my second review of the new year. I'll be reviewing MAC's Powder Blush in Burnt Pepper. Recently I've been on a big MAC kick and since none of their eye products ever seem to grab my attention I thought I'd try my hand at some of their face products. Burnt Pepper is only the second blush I ever buy from MAC. This is a Pro Palette Refill Pan so it is cheaper than the one that comes in the compact.

At $17 you receive 6g/.21 oz. Which to me is a great deal since I don't really go through blushes that fast. 

Packaging:

The MAC Pro Palette Refills come in a small envelope type package. Made out of what feels like a combination of card stock and cardboard. It has the specifics of the product written on the outside (name of product, weight, etc.) I personally do not like this packaging. Not because of the material it is made out of but because of the hole in the middle of the packaging. I would be ok with this if the hole was covered by clear plastic or something, but since there is nothing to protect the product it makes it overly easy for something to damage your product. 

FOTD: Dusk

Hello Dolls! Todays look is somewhat inspired by the weather here in Connecticut. It's been cloudy and dark all day but the snow has been lighting up the ground all day. So I decided to do a blue smokey eye with a hint of brightness in the center. I used Glamour Doll Eyes "Angel Wings" to create the bright effect in the centre. It's an awesome white pigment with a blueish duochrome so it looks awesome over a dark base! Hope you guys enjoy this look!

FOTD: Peachy Greens

Hello Dolls!! This has such been such a stressful week. Have you guys ever had a week that couldn't seem to get any worse but then does?! That's been my week. My dog bumped my MAC of my bed and now it wont turn on so I'm using my boyfriends old school computer. Unpacking is a pain and makeup just hasn't been working for me. So today I was so happy that my makeup came out well. I wanted to go for something a tad bit brighter, but almost pastel. I did an awesome double liner but it was such a bitch to get a decent picture of it, so excuse the bad picture of that.  I used all Glamour Doll Eyes for this look. Hopefully everything starts turning around for me and I can upload better post for you guys. Thanks for all the love. 

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! 

FOTD: Vegas Glitter

Hey dolls! Long time no see. I've been a bit MIA this past week, I know. I've been getting ready for a big move, and life is just catching up to me. I finally had time to do something with my face today, and decided to go all out. I received my first order of Lit Cosmetics Glitter in the mail yesterday and thought I'd take it out for a test run today. I did this look today, inspired by the dying leaves on the trees. Suprisingly that's happening in Texas, you know because it's the first day of December and it's still 72 degrees Fahrenheit. -_-

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. 

Review: NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil

Hey Dolls! This is the first review of the "review series" that I promised. Last night I went out to see the premiere of  Breaking Dawn Part 2. And I decided that it would be the perfect time to test out one of the lip products for you guys. I decided to go with NARS Train Bleu Velvet Matte Lip Pencil because it was more of a vampy lip color!

This is somewhat of a pricier item. At $25 this is the most expensive lip color I own. For $25 you get .008 Oz or 2.4 g of product. 

Packaging: 

The pencil comes in a small simple box with NARS logo and the products name as well as the amount of product contained.  The pencil itself is a like any other large pencil. With a sleek black outer interior and the color at the end of the pencil. This is a large stick, but feels more like a lipstick than a lip pencil. 

FOTN: Breaking Dawn Part 2 Premier

Tonight I went out with my mum and brother to watch the midnight premier of Breaking Dawn Part 2. I decided to go with some natural eyes and vampy red lips. I decided that this was the perfect timing to test a product out for an upcoming review and totally went for it! I loved how it came out!!

Face: 

UD Complexion Primer Potion

Benefit Boing Concealer

Coastal Scents Eclipse Palette

UD Naked Foundation

Revlon Photo Ready Setting Powder

Sleek Contour Set

Vintage Lip Tar (used lightly as blush)

Eyes: 

UD Primer Potion

UD Naked2 Palette (Bootycall and Foxy & Tease)

UD 24/7 Liquid Liner in Perversion

Lancome Hypnose Mascara

Rimmel London Eyebrow Pencil

Lips:

Nars Matte Lip Pencil in Train Bleu 

Sleek Haul and Tell

Hello Dolls! 

For almost a year now I have been trying to get my hands on some Sleek makeup. Sleek is a British cosmetics line that carries eyeshadow palettes, blushes, lip paints, etc. etc. I was actually introduced to this brand by the Pixiwoo sisters on YouTube.  I have found it difficult to get my hands on their products without resorting to Ebay, and a couple of weeks ago I found out that they finally launched international shipping to their site! There are palettes on their site that are not available for US and Canada shoppers due to FDA regulations. (Honestly, if they're good for their eyes why not ours? Anyways..) 

These are the Acid, Ultra Matte V1, Ultra Matte V2, Glory and Snapshot palettes. (Of course, the palettes I wanted.

You may think that shipping was an arm and a leg but I only paid around $5 for shipping and my purchase came out to less than $50 all together! 

I will be linking the Sleek site down below, and I hope you guys enjoy!!

Sunset Palette

The Sunset Palette is a very tropical colored palette. At $10 you get 12 amazingly pigmented eyeshadows at 1.1 of product each.  It comes in Sleeks popular black, sleek (hehe) packaging.  All twelve shadows, except the matte black that comes in every Sleek palette, are very shimmery and slightly frosted. They are all incredibly velvety soft, and incredibly pigmented even the lightest of colors. These colors are very blendable, and easy to work with. The only downfall in this palette is that there is not enough variation between matte and shimmery colors. 

Queen Of Blending Inspired

While I was cleaning my dresser and watching Queen Of Blending on youtube I got inspired by her amazing skills and decided to play. I decided to take inspiration from her Orange, Red, and Purple Cut Crease look. I am so below her level of expertise, especially on lashes and cut creases, but I really wanted to try. I even went for the huge lashes!!! I need extra practice on lashes before Halloween, so this was a great opportunity. 

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I know with some more practice this could come out better, and I hope to do this look again in the future, but for now I hope you guys enjoy my attempt to recreate QOB's look. 

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Small Halloween Haul

In my earlier FOTD post I said that I was heading to my local Halloween store. I was worried that I wouldnt be able to find what I was looking for, but o my jebus, I hit the jack pot with some of the stuff that I found. I'm really excited to start playing around with everything. I'm not going into full detail over everything but I will give some quick blurbs over everything.