I recently hauled the NYX Avant Pop palette in Nouveau Chic so today we’re going to take a bit of a closer look at this little gem. First, there are three palettes in the Avant Pop line and while the other two have some fun colors, they didn’t swatch quite the same in store. In […]
Read more "NYX Avant Pop Palette – Nouveau Chic"Before we get in to the pretty pretty swatches, I think we should take just a quick moment to talk about how awful the name of this palette is. Nude Awakening? Really Wet n’ Wild? What does that even mean? Is it supposed to be sexy? Or maybe it’s the start to a really weird […]
Read more "Wet n’ Wild Au Naturel Palette – Nude Awakening"Maybelline is busy releasing eye shadow palettes like it’s going out of style and their most recent release is The Blushed Nudes palette. The format remains unchanged with six pans in a palette roughly the size of an iPhone 5. As with the first palette (and as the name might imply), this is a […]
Read more "Maybelline The Blushed Nudes"Today I was browsing the makeup aisles of Target, as you do, and found the new Maybelline The Brights palette! I’m not sure how long this has been out, I haven’t seen it anywhere else and Target only had two but they were misplaced and there was no display for them. The packaging is consistent […]
Read more "Maybelline The Brights Palette – First Impressions + Swatches"There have been some seriously mixed feelings about Pantone’s color of the year for 2015. Quite a few people have voiced the opinion that Marsala (18-1438) is a somewhat drab color but you know what? Give me all the things in Marsala! Earthy red toned eyeshadow? Hell yes! (In fact, as I’m writing this, I […]
Read more "Sephora + Pantone Universe Facets of Marsala Multi-Finish Eye Palette – Review + A Boatload of Swatches"So, there I was, walking through Sephora on a mission to restock my supply of brush cleaner, just minding my own business and thinking very hard about how I’m a grown woman who is perfectly capable of resisting the marketing ploys and strategically placed displays of cosmetics and I’m also thinking about just looking straight […]
Read more "Urban Decay Vice 3 Palette – Review + Swatches"Photo heavy post (so something new and different for me). Now that I’ve had a bit of time to play around with these palettes, I have thoughts! Just to recap from my original haul post, here are some stats: Hard Candy came out with five new ten pan palettes Each palette retails for $6.00 Sold […]
Read more "Review – Hard Candy Top Ten Trendsetters in Raining Men and Birthday Suit"Hard Candy recently released five new ten pan eyeshadow palettes (The Top Ten Trendsetters Eyeshadow Palettes) and the super cute packaging caught me in it’s web of cuteness, thus, I have four of the five palettes to swatch for you today! Yay! A note about my swatches: I felt that the majority of these shades […]
Read more "New Hard Candy Ten Pan Eyeshadow Palettes"Maybelline recently released something that is really exciting to see in the drugstore: a 12 pan eyeshadow palette! Obviously a full eyeshadow palette is rather common to find at Sephora or MAC, but not so much at your local Walgreens. The rundown: 12 eyeshadows A total of 9.6g/.34oz of product (.8g/.028oz per pan if I’m […]
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