Favorite Spring Nail Polishes!

Hiya! These are all of my favorite spring nail polishes. These are not my own pictures, but I own ALL of these polishes in my collection.

1. Mint Green. I love mint green, especially on my toes, and mint green is a really popular color for spring time. This one is Revon's Minted. It is a little bit sheer, but I'm willing to work with it.

2. "Perriwinkle Shades." Perriwinkle mixes my two favorite colors effortlessly. The only perriwinkle type shade I have, is more of a dusty blue, but it still works for me. I might purchase a true perriwinkle shade, sometime, but not now. This is Ulta's Bam-Blue-Zled. It's gorgeous and again, it's a dusty blue with a hint of purple.



3. Pinky-Lavender. One of my favorite pink colors, is Lavender Marquis by Sally Hansen. It's a pink, with some purple, green, blue, and yellow duochrome. It's really cool, but it takes a few coats.

4. Nudes. I love shimmery-champagne colors during the spring, and one of my all-time favorite nail polishes is Revlon's Creme Brulee.

5. The last nail polish I've been loving is Sally Hansen's Coral Reef. It is a gorgeous bright coral color.

Review: Revlon Colorstay 16-hour Eyeshadows in Brazen

 

Hiya!

Today's review is on the Revlon Colorstay 16 Hour Palette in Brazen. The colors are very pretty, neutral colors. I thought they were pretty unique, but as I was swatching them, and rearranging my makeup collection, I realized they are less-pigmented versions than the neutral side of Wet and Wild's Comfort Zone. I'm not at home right now, but I may compare them in a post soon. Anyways, this palette comes with a powdery yellow highlight, a sheer peach, a medium-bronze, and a dark brown. The shades really compliment blue eyes. All of the shades are pretty dry and to get good pigmentation you may have to dig a little bit more.

A lot of drugstore shadows do not last all day on my extremely oily eyes, even with a good primmer, but these last as long as I want them too.

The two biggest pans (peach and yellow) apply rather patchily, and you have to layer multiple times. Because of this, there is also some fallout, even though there is not a huge amount of shimmer. The darker shades perform a lot better, and both apply smoothly with minimal to no fallout.

The packaging is a lot better than the old Colorstay packaging. It feels fairly sturdy for a drugstore palette, and I like the fact that there is a different amount of each shade. The only problem is, that based on the face chart in the back, the lid color is the second to smallest shade. I personally use the peach as the lid shade usually, but if the bronze is supposed to be the lid, there should be more of it.

This palette is around $8 and I think that these are worth checking out, but this particular palette may not be the best buy. The colors are gorgeous, but there is a cheaper alternative that has 4 more shades, for a smaller price.

 

Product: 3.5/5
Pigmentation: 3.5/5
Texture: 3/5
Lasting power: 5/5
Application: 3.5/5
Packaging: 4/5
Overall: B

The pigment isn't the best for the two largest shades, but the others apply beautifully.

Review: NYC Kohl Eyeliner in 926 White

Hiya!
Today's review is on a product that was incredibly cheap. Only $.99 at Wal-Mart. I looked for a picture of the white one, but couldn't find one, and I couldn't take my own as it is hard to capture the foil writing. Just imagine this pencil in white.

(image credit to polyvore.com)

This product is incredibly long, compared to other eyeliners. This might be good, as you get more product, but it is extremely unhandy to travel with.
Now this product is not very creamy and pigmented, but is buildable. Because of the lack of creamyness it lasts quite a long time on the water line, which is the only place I would use this eyeliner. If your looking for a white base, or eyeliner than can work as a highlighter, look elsewhere, because this is very dry.
I have to warm this eyeliner up on the back of my hand, then apply to my waterline, which allows me to do less tugging on my eye.

Product: 3.5/5
Pigmentation: 2/5
Texture: 2/5
Lasting power: 4.5/5
Application: 3/5
Packalging: 4/5
Overall: C
This eyeliner isn't creamy or pigmented, but lasts nicely.

Mini Haul: Ulta Rewards

Hey lovelies! Long time no blog! Sorry, I've been really busy!
Anyways, I got my Ulta Reqards Newsletter a while ago, and just now was able to go. I was a level 4, but my Ulta didn't have any of the level 4 (or 3) things I wanted. I know you used to be able to get things to add up to 4 (like 1 two and 2 1's) so I was going to do that, but I wasmy first cashier said we couldn't. Then we just went ahead and got this item, and then the lady stratched out the 4 on the coupon and wrote two. I didn't realize it until we got in the car, so now I'm not sure if I still have rewards or not...
Either way, here is the Revlon Colorstay 16 Hour Eyeshadow Quad in Brazen, whoo that's a mouthful. The colors are out-of-the-ordinary neutrals, that look like they will really bring out blue eyes.  It has a gorgeous shimmery yellow higlight, a peachy-orange, a dark bronze, and a dark brown. I really like the fact that these aren't overly shimmery, but still capture the bronzey shades. I only swatched them, and they were a bit dry, but all of them but the highlight have a decent amount of pigment. I will say, I like this packaging a lot better than the old Revlon Colorstay eyeshadow packaging. It also has a look-example on the back.

That's it!
I'll see you guys soon!

NOTD/Nail Tutorial: Revlon's Really Rosy and Zoya's Pippa

Hey lovelies!
 I haven't been in to painting my nails for very long at while, but I have just recently starting doing simple "nail designs" (if you can call them that.) My favorite of which, the simple polka dots. Now I don't know about you, but I don't have the time everyday to paint every single nail and then put polka dots without them turning out horrible. So an accent finger is a wonderful way to that. Plus, using an accent figure can help you incorparte hard to wear colors easily.



 

Start with two coats of a rosy nail polish on all your fingers but the ring finger. This one's Really Rosey from  Revlon and it is one of my favorite colors. It works well for all seasons and is darker than your traditional pink but still very neutral.

 

On your ring finger, use two coats of your favorite pale yellow nail polish. This one is Pippa from Zoya. It is super impressive in the pigmentation and quality. This color can be a little bit hard to wear so I love incorpating it into different nail designs.

Use a bobby pink to put polka dots on top of the yellow. Use your rosey nail polish, as it ties the whole look together and makes the accent finger super cute.

Then your done!



Review: Maybelline Define-A-Line eyeliner in Brownish Black

I was looking up this product to see the price on Ulta, and did not find it. It is still on Maybelline's website so I do not think it is discontinued or anything...but unto the review:

This eyeliner from Maybelline claims to have smooth.precise application with all day wear. I do have to say, this eyeliner is super creamy and pigmented. All day wear? No.

 The packaging is a slim green tube with a cap in whatever color you got. I love the packaging as it stand out from your other eyeliners, but the color is still clearly visible. It has a smudger on the end, but as opposed to smudging it completely takes of the liner for me. It retails for around $6, depending on the store,

 This shade is brownish black. I don't think I would consider this any where near black as it is a brown. I would have called this dark brown, but the color is gorgeous.

 This pencil is  retractable eyeliner. you do not get a whole lot of product, but you don't waste any sharpening.
 








The second swatch is one swipe, the first one is slightly built up. The texture is fantastic and there is no need for building up more than 2 times.










After letting the eyeliner set for a little bit, I lightly ran my finger over the edge to simulate wear. As you can see it smudged right off. This happens on your eye within the first 2 hours of wearing.
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Overall, this eyeliner is not worth any price you pay for it. The eyeliner doesn't last at all, although the texture and pigmentation are right on.

Product: 1/5
Pigmentation: 4.5/5
Texture: 5/5
Lasting power: 0/5
Application: 5/5
Packaging: 5/5
Overall: D
No point in an eyeliner that doesn't last.

Everyday "Pop of Color" Eye Tutorial

Hey gorgeous girls! I know that when I was first starting out with maeup (and sometimes even now) I had trouble finding the balance between natural and fun. I mean, when can you wear fun makeup if not when in your teens?
This look features some of my favorite eye produ I know the picture quality isn't the best (still working on getting my real camera up and running).So let's get this party started!.
Start off with using a primer. I love Urban Decay Primer Potion and the ELF eyelid primer, but you can use whaever you have.
Start with a shimmer-champagne color all over the lid.

 Add a medium-brown into the crease and a light eyeshadow in the inner corner and highlight.

 Apply a gel blue eyeliner to your upper lash line. Make the line as think or thin as you like.

Add a little bit of the medium brown on your lower lash line.

Add mascara and black eyeliner on the lower waterline.

As you can see, this look is pretty natural, but a little bit more fun than your everyday look.

Products used:

CoverGirl Shimmering Sands Trio

ELF Professional Eyeshadow Brush (lid)

Ecotools angled Crease Brush (crease)

Ecotools Smudge Brush (highlight)

Ecotools Define Bursh (lower lash line)

Physician's Formula Shimmer Strips Custom Gel/Creasm eyeliner for Blue Eyes(blue eyeliner)

L'Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes in Noir Black

Ulta Mineral Eyeliner in Black (waterline)

 

 

 

 


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CoverGirl Trio: Shimmering Sands 110

This trio from CoverGirl is one of their more famous eyeshadow palettes. It retials for around $4 and comes with three, gorgeous, shimmery shades. This palette is really good quality for the price, and is quite pigmented.
The packaging is quite flimsy. The plastic top comes off quite easily, and the place where the sponge tip applicator takes up almost as much room as the actual eyeshadows. This palette might not be best for traveling but I still really enjoy it. Plus if it breaks, it's only $4.

 The first color is a shimmery medium-brown. This is the least pigmented and it takes a few layers to show up.
The next shade is a beautiful shimmery champoagne color. It is pretty pigmented, but does need a little bit of layering.
The last shade is a shimmer-cream highlight color which is absolutely gorgeous for inner corner and brown bone highlighting.
The darkest color does have the least amount of shimmer, but still enough to wear it is visible. It can be a little bit of shimmer overload, especially if your older. I feel as since I am a teenager, I can pull it off.

Here are some swatches from lightest color to darkest color. They are creamy and really easy to apply and blend.
This eyeshadows wear really well over a primer but a primer is needed.






Overall I think this is a really great palette if you are starting with makeup, but may not be necessary if you already have a lot of neutral eyeshadows.

Product: 4.5/5
Pigmentation: 4/5
Texture: 5/5
Lasting power: 4/5
Application: 5/5
Packaging: 3/5
Overal: B+
Really great for beginners, but not the best eyeshadows around.

Review: Voluminous Million Lashes + Project Pan Update

Hey gorgeous girls!
First off, please send me some requests in my email (soblushable@yahoo.com) or leave them down below!
Secondly, I hit pan on one product for my project pan! Go check out my original post for my personal rules:
Original Project Pan Post

I hit pan on a powder included in this Ulta makeup kit in the shade light/medium.

Yes there it is! The coveted silver. This powder is actually really nice for a natural looking finish. It's not the best for keeping you matte all day long or in coverage but it is decent.

Now, for what this post should be about: the review.
I recently picked up the L'Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes in 645 Noir Black. This mascara is my favorite mascara I have yet to try though as I have not tried too many, I might not repurchase for a while.

The packaging, in my opinion, is very classy. The gold is slightly reflective and I really love the simple lettering. It is a little bit bulky though.

The wand has plastic bristles. I like the fact that the shape gets smaller at both ends so you don't have to do the weird hand-twisty motion, if you know what I mean.








Now for my super short lashes this does amazing things. My favorite part, is that with one coat I get really great lashes for everyday, but I can build it up more. I found the best way to apply this didn't include an wiggling. Just put it to the base of my lashes and then go straight up. The formula is not too wet, nor too dry and once this mascara is on your lashes it's not too hard, but it does dry completely.

(no mascara on the right, mascara on the left)

It lasts all day long without any smudging or migrating to my lower lash line.
It was around $7 which is a little bit pricey for a drugstore mascara, but all makeup is getting more expensive so it's all good.

Rating:

Product: 5/5
Texture: 5/5
Lasting power: 5/5
Application: 5/5
Packaging: 4/5
Overall: A, this product is amazing on all levels but the packaging is just a bit bulky.