NYX Baked Blush+Illuminator+Bronzer in Wanderlust and Foreplay

Is this like Schrodinger’s blush? Is it simultaneously blush, illuminator and bronzer? Now that I’ve horribly misused a respected scientific principle, let’s talk about makeup! NYX Baked Blush+Illuminator+Bronzer in Wanderlust NYX Baked Blush+Illuminator+Bronzer in Foreplay NYX Baked Blush+Illuminator+Bronzer is not actually listed on NYX’s website, but according to the Ulta website: Baked to sheer perfection […]

Wet n Wild Spring 2015

I found some Limited Edition Wet n Wild face trios yesterday along with one new possibly permanent eyeshadow palette and they’re so sparkly and pretty that I had to share some swatches! Those swatches are with a SINGLE pass over the product and a SINGLE swipe on my arm. These babies are mondo […]

Flower Beauty Eyeshadow Quad in Dusk ‘Til Dawn – Review

Recently Flower Beauty has added a few new things to their range, one of which is the Shadow Play Eyeshadow Quad in Dusk ‘Til Dawn. Now, you might already have noticed this, but I love me some orange makeup. So obviously, this quad just spoke to me. I mean come on! Light creamsicle orange eyeshadow? […]

Super Chatty and Picture Heavy Mega Haul – February 2015

Most of the time when I buy makeup it’s just because I see something pretty that I want and then it belongs to me, just like magic! On the other hand, there are situations where makeup is my therapy. This haul is a good healthy mix of both of these acquisition methods. I managed to […]

New at the Drugstore – December 2014

Sometimes when I’m Christmas shopping I forget that I’m not shopping for myself. I’ll be wandering through whatever store with the recipient of my potential gift in mind and then BLAM! pretty shiny things! So having spent considerably more time in various retail establishments over the last few weeks, I’ve collected a pile of said […]

Pixi Fairy Dust Favorites – Swatches + First Impressions

The holiday season always feels like a good time to don all things sparkly so when I saw a set of pigments called “Fairy Dust” I felt compelled to try it out. The Pixi website describes this product as: Illuminating powder pigments give concentrated glow & enhancing colour instantly! There are six colors in the […]

Baby Drugstore Haul

I’ve picked up a couple of new drugstore goodies over the last few weeks and didn’t want to deprive you of an opportunity to see my super awesome swatches of them. You’re welcome. Wet n Wild trio in Sun-Set to See I haven’t used this yet but the shadows are incredibly soft as I’ve come […]

Maybelline The Nudes Eyeshadow Palette

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 […]

Flower Beauty Color Play Créme Shadow in Good as Mari-Gold

I have several items from Drew Barrymore’s makeup line (Flower Beauty) that I really enjoy but today I wore this cream shadow in Mari-Gold so I thought I would share my thoughts on it. Flower Beauty has a nice feel to the brand as a whole. Their philosophy states that they don’t advertise which enables […]

Gym Bag Makeup

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