Tuesday, April 24, 2012

New Wet n Wild fauna collection and mini haul

Items pictured from left-right: Milani haute flash in quick flash. Revlon diamond lust shadows in plum galaxy, neptune star, and night sky. Maybelline color sensational pearl lipstick in bronze beam, and the wet n wild fauna collection.


Wet n Wild Fauna collection


Swatches from left-right: Wet n wild blusher in pearlescent pink, trio in fauna and glossy gloss in glass confusion.


Swatches in sunlight.


Wet n wild fast dry nail polish in teal or no teal. 3 coats.


Look I created using this palette.


Eyes:I primed my eyes with Elf's eyeshadow primer in pearl. Used the purple color all over my lid and blended out the blue into the crease and outer corner. I highlighted with the brow bone color given in the trio. Then I lined my top lid and lower lash line with Avon's glimmer sticks in twilight and sugar plum. I used Milani's eyeliner in black to line the rim of my eyes and tight line, followed by Revlon's photo ready mascara in black. Lips: I used Maybelline's color sensational pearls lipstick in luminous lilac and topped it off with Wet n Wild's glossy gloss in glass confusion. Face: I primed my face with Loreal magic perfecting base followed by stippling on Revlon color stay foundation in combo/oily skin in #110 ivory. Dusted on Maybelline mineral power finishing veil powder. For blush I used pearlescent pink from Wet n Wild. I used Elf's HD powder and Maybelline's matte pressed powder. To lock in my makeup I finished up with Elf's makeup mist and set.


The rest of my little haul :)


Swatches from left-right: Maybelline color sensational pearl lipstick in bronze beam. Milani haute flash lip gloss in quick flash. Revlon diamond lust eyeshadow in plum galaxy, Neptune star and night sky.


Swatches in sunlight. 

  
My thoughts overall:
I really enjoy the Wet n Wild fauna collection. You get 4 items for only $5 dollars and the quality for that price is amazing. The trio and blush have great pigmentation, I didn't have any problems with fallout and the gloss went on smoothly but was fairly sticky. If you're not a fan of sticky glosses it might not be for you but for all of the other products you receive I would say that its worth it. The nail polish took 3 coats to get that pigmentation, however it did dry very fast. I have not yet tried the Maybelline lipstick or Revlon shadows. However, Milani's haute flash lip gloss is a fairly new line that came out a few weeks ago. The wear time for this gloss is about 2-3 hours before you might want to re-apply. I was very pleased with the quality of this product and will be purchasing more colors. Thank you for reading and I hope that this review and swatches helped you! :)

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Avon mini haul

L-R: Avon glazewear lip gloss shine in tickled pink, Avon glazewear sparkle lip gloss in mocha latte, Avon glazewear sparkle lip gloss in apple cinnamon.
 Swatches L-R: Tickled pink, Mocha latte and apple cinnamon.
 Top to bottom: Avon pro luscious pout lip color in dazzling peach and Avon glimmersticks diamonds eyeliner in twilight sparkle.

Swatches top to bottom: Lip gloss featured in the pro luscious pout lip color lip stick, Dazzling peach and glimmersticks eyeliner in twilight sparkle.


My thoughts:
The glazewear lipglosses are not sticky and comfortable on the lips. The pigmentation of the first two are much better than the apple cinnamon. I haven't had the chance to wear them for more than swatching purposes, so I will be testing out the lasting quality of these today. The lip stick in dazzling peach is a beautiful shade, it does have shimmer in it and the lasting quality is about 3 hours for me. The lip gloss it comes with is a wonderful shimmery rosy color. The glimmersticks eyeliner has great pigmentation. I have not tried this one out yet either but just from swatching I had difficulty removing the product which tells me that it shuold have good lasting power. Overall, I am always pleased with Avon's products and would definitely recommend these items.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

ELF and Wet N Wild mini haul

 Elf Glitter Gloss in Crystal Cranberry and Glam Guava from top to bottom.
 Swatches L-R: Glam Guava and Crystal Cranberry.
 Wet n Wild trio in Silent treatment.
 Swatches.
 Wet n Wild trio in Knock on Wood.
 Swatches.
 Wet n Wild trio in Spoiled brat.
 Swatches.
 Elf Warm palette.
 Row 1.
 Row 2.
 Row 3.
Row 4.

My thoughts:
The Elf glitter gloss does feel gritty on the lips and you can noticeably feel the glitter. The gloss is decently long lasting, for me personally about 2 hours. After it wears off the glitter still stays behind. The wet n wild trios have yet to disappoint me. The one in silent treatment is great for a taupe smokey eye. Knock on wood gives off great pigmentation, but I have yet to create a look with this. Spoiled brat has a beautiful pink and silver, the black isn't very pigmented but you can still definitely work with it. What I have really enjoyed the most is the warm palette from Elf. Some of the shadows are hit or miss, like the matte shades have fairly poor pigmentation. The swatches shown are done without primer, just on bare skin. With primer these shadows have great pigmentation. For people who like a more neutral and natural look this palette is definitely a great investment. For $5 I found it worth the money.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Wet n Wild 8 pan palette's:

 Comfort Zone palette. Neutral shades along with some beautiful greens.
 As you can see the pigmentation of this palette is amazing, the last swatch is a duo chrome shadow. Very unique, you don't see a lot of shades like this one in drugstores. I was not disappointed with any of these shades.
 Blue Had Me At Hello palette. The darkest of the 8 pan's, your blues and smokey shades.
 The 3rd shade from the left is actually a very dark blue, not black. The matte black next to that shade has good pigmentation, as opposed to the shimmery black on the end which did not swatch very well.
 Petal Pusher palette. Various shades of purple and a shimmery black.
The first swatch, the top left on the palette, is actually an iridescent icy pink color. The second shade to the last has actually been compared to Mac's beauty marked shade. I do not own this shadow though so I cannot say for sure. All these shadows are pigmented just like the comfort zone palette.

My Thoughts: Overall I would recommend the Comfort Zone and Petal Pusher palette. For the price, $5, the quality of these shadows are undeniable. The Blue Had Me At Hello palette is good, but not one that I find myself reaching for very often. I hope that you found my opinion helpful :)

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Wet n Wild Petal Pusher look:



To create this look:
I first used the second shade down on the left side all over the lid. I then used the color below that and blended it into the crease. For the outer corner I lightly used the third shade down on the right hand side. For my highlight I used the one on the top right under the brow bone and the inner corners.

Products used:
Wet n Wild petal pusher palette.
Elf eyelid primer in pearl.
Maybelline illegal lengths mascara.
Milani liquif'eye in black.
Loreal magic perfecting base.
Revlon colorstay combo/oily foundation in #110 ivory.
Maybelline mineral power translucent powder.
Elf blush in tickled pink.
Elf high definition powder.
Maybelline dream matte powder in cream (light4-5)
Revlon lip butter in berry smoothie.

My thoughts: 
This Wet n Wild palette is extremely pigmented, which makes the darker shades a little difficult to work with at first, but you will get the hang of it. For $5 this is a great addition to your makeup collection, a wonderful cheap way to try out some different colors.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

New Revlon Colorstay 16 hour quad, Revlon lip butter and Maybelline color tattoo:



Revlon colorstay quad in moonlit, revlon lip butter in berry smoothie, maybelline color tattoo in bold gold and maybelline color tattoo in bad to the bronze.


Swatches of moonlit in order of lightest to darkest shades.


Swatch of the revlon lip butter in berry smoothie.


Swatches: L-R bold gold and bad to the bronze.



Products I used to create this look:
Color tattoo in bold gold all over the lid, bad to the bronze in the crease and outer corner
Maybelline illegal length mascara.
Milani liquif'eye in black.
Elf eyelid primer in pearl.
L'oreal magic perfecting base.
Revlon colorstay combo/oily foundation in #110 ivory.
Maybelline mineral power finishing veil.
Elf blush in tickled pink.
Elf high definition powder.
Maybelline dream matte powder in cream (light 4-5)
Elf makeup mist and set.
Revlon lip butter in berry smoothie.



My thoughts:
I am in love with the new color tattoo's by Maybelline, I have worn them for 12 hours with VERY little creasing. They go on very smoothy, but you have to work with them fast as they set very quickly. The lip butter is very creamy and feels moisturizing on the lips, lasting power is about 1 hour maybe 2 for me, but its not a problem because reapplying can be done so easily without a mirror. The pigmentation of the Revlon quad is pretty good and I look forward to testing this out. Overall I am very pleased with these products and would definitely recommend the lip butter and color tattoo's. :)