TOO FACED IS IN YOUR DREAMS FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

Too Faced has put out a couple of cute offerings for your attention this holiday season. Frankly, I am really happy with them both. As I mentioned before, I love palettes! This one is called In Your Dreams and is available at www.sephora.com or www.ulta.com for $39.00. The palette has nine eyeshadows, three blushes and three lipglosses.



The palette is divided into three looks. The eyeshadows for Natural Beauty are named: Silk Stockings (shimmery cream), La Cage (shimmery taupe), Rapture (shimmery brown). The blush is Wanna Play (bright shimmery pink-peach) and the lipgloss Give It Up (a very shimmery pink). The second look is called Feminine Flirty. It’s shadows are Pink Peacock (shimmery pink), Swing (shimmery olive brown) and Fishnet (shimmery charcoal). The blush is Girly Show (pink) and the lipgloss is Pink Ice (shimmery mauve pink). The last look is called Seductively Smokey and the shadows are Full Moon (very shimmery silver), Dream On (shimmery eggplant) and Seduce (shimmery navy), the blush is You Hold The Key (shimmery nude pink) and the lipgloss is Heart On (shimmery pinky-gold).

 



For this look I used La Cage in the crease, then Rapture deep in the crease and on the outer edge of the lid and under the eye. I used Pink Peacock on the lid and under the brow. Believe it or not I didn’t use any liquid liner this time (shocker I know!). And for mascara I used Maybelline’s Great Lash Lots of Lashes. I really like this mascara!!!! On my cheeks I used Girly Show and then on my lips I used Pink Ice.



This is a second look I did with the palette. For this look I used Swing in the crease, and Dream On in the deeper part of the crease and on the outer edge of the lid and under the eye. Then I took Full Moon and used it on the lid and used Pink Peacock under the brow. I used Mercury liquid liner from Chanel, and L’Oreal’s False Lashes mascara. On my cheeks I used Wanna Play? and on my lips I used Give it Up.

 

As you can see, both looks are definitely different. I found that the shadows have different levels of payoff, with some being better than others. I think that other Too Faced palettes have been better honestly. The blushes are very nice, having great pigmentation and payoff. Also, each lipgloss is creamy and pigmented with good lasting power. It is a cute palette and would make a cute gift if you have that much to spend on someone or you really wanted it for yourself.

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REVIEW: MAC FOR GARETH PUGH

 

At certain times of the year MAC always puts out a collection that is tied to a fashion designer. This year they went with Gareth Pugh. He is known for being avant garde and artistic in style, similar to Alexander McQueen. The collection MAC went for is definitely Pugh’s style. I am only going to review the items I purchased.

I bought the Elude beauty powder, Restrict Cremesheen lipstick, Vacant lipglass, Deceit pigment and Guise pigment. There are a number of other items that came out but some were not on the site when I purchased and some were not colors that I thought would look good on me.

The Elude Beauty Powder ($60) is disappointing. I thought it would have more color to it. Basically it is an expensive powder. Very little color, a light cream. I am actually going to send it back and I never send products back. That is how upset I am about the product. Next we have the two pigments. These I love. There is Deceit ($32), a rich dark purple that is highly pigmented. It goes on very smoothly. Guise ($32) is a very shimmery silver also goes on very smoothly. It is more like the crushed metal pigments that MAC puts out. The lipstick, Restrict ($22) is a medium nude tone cremesheen formula and I haven’t worn it yet but when swatched it produced a nice color on my wrist. Finally, the Vacant lipglass ($22), which is a beautiful shimmery lilac color, goes on very nice and has the normal amount of payoff the you expect from a lipglass.

 

 



My look starts with Elude Beauty Powder over my foundation. I used Deceit pigment in the crease of the eye, in the outer corner and underneath the eye. Guise was used on the lid and under the brow. I used MAC’s False Lashes mascara in Black and for lining I used Sephora’s #13 Glitter Violet on the upper lid. For blush I used Pleasure Flush Mineralize Powder. On the lips I used a medium lip liner, MAC’s Pro Longwear Lip Liner in Morning Coffee all over the lips and then put Vacant gloss all over the top of the liner.

I think the look comes out to be a very nice one, with the eyes very smoky and really making my eyes look green. However, the items are WAY too expensive and you are paying for the designer name. I did because I love MAC and I wanted the colors. I really wanted the pigments. I think these should be up on www.maccosmetics.com next week. As I mentioned before, there are some other items, like Metal-X eyeshadows, that were not available for purchase. I am not sure I would get those though because last time they came out with them they ended up creasing a lot. Overall I am happy with everything except the Beauty Powder.

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NEED A HOLIDAY GIFT? TRY THE LORAC BEJEWELED GIFT SET. GUARANTEED TO MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY!

My two favorite things rolled into one, a great value and a large palette. Can you imagine how happy I am right now just having this in my possession? Just for the eyeshadows alone I am jumping up and down (as much as I can) with joy. This palette retails for $56 at www.sephora.com.

The top opens to reveal a bronzer and two lipglosses: peach and rose. Then there are two drawers, each containing an eyeshadow palette with an eyeliner. The Day shadow palette has sixteen shadows and one blush and a brown eyeliner. The Night shadow palette also has sixteen shadows, a blush and a black eyeliner. I have gone through all of these years and have never used Lorac products. Big mistake. These shadows are amazing in quality. Very soft and buttery, with good payoff. The blush is highly pigmented too. The eyeliner is also creamy in texture. I used the peach gloss and thought it was very pigmented with a lot of staying power. I can say that this is a worthy gift OR something you might want to keep for yourself…hint, hint.

 

Day Look with the Day Palette of Shadows:



On this swatch photo I took swatches of the first two rows of shadows, the blush, the peach lipgloss and the brown liner. For the look I used a shimmery mauve shadow in the crease, a shimmery copper shadow on the outer edge of the lid and under the eye. On the lid I used a very shimmery champagne color and then a light shimmery beige under the brow. I lined with Urban Decay’s liquid liner in Demolition, which is almost undetectable. For mascara I used L’Oreal’s Voluminous False Lashes in Black. On my cheeks I used the peachy blush from the palette. The Peach gloss was used on my lips. I must say, if all LORAC’s glosses are like this I will be using them in the future! The same goes with the shadows, very nice payoff and pigmentation.

 

I highly recommend this as a gift to any woman in your life, she will love it! Thanks, The Makeup Junkie…

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URBAN DECAY’S MIDNIGHT EMERGENCY KIT

Okay, so I am a sucker for palettes. Especially Urban Decay palettes. I saw that they were coming out with this one and I said oh yeah, how cute is this! These shadows make the perfect neutral eye. It retails for $39.00 on www.urbandecay.com, and is exclusive to their website.
There are four shadows in the palette: Midnight Cowboy (glittery, shimmery light beige), Midnight Rodeo (NEW, shimmery medium taupe), Midnight 15 (shimmery light taupe) and AC/DC (shimmery mauve). It also comes with Midnight Cowboy Lip Junkie lipgloss and an eye shadow brush.



I wore the shadows like this: Midnight Rodeo in the crease (as you can see it is a light color but does provide a lot of payoff), AC/DC on the outer edge of the lid and underneath the eye (usually this color has more payoff but in this palette seems to be lacking that), Midnight 15 on the lid (I could barely see the shadow on my lid) and Midnight Cowboy under the brow (this shadow always seems to have good payoff). As you can see from the swatch photo Midnight 15 doesn’t even show up on my arm, while the others show up fine. For liquid liner I used Demolition 24/7 Liquid Liner (matte dark brown) and Maybelline Falsies Volume Express in Black Mascara. On my cheeks I used Giorgio Armani Blush #1, a very light cool pink tone. My lips are glossy with Midnight Cowboy Lip Junkie gloss (shimmery light beige).

My final verdict with this palette is that it is okay but not worth the $39.00 since the two of the shadows really don’t have much payoff. If I am paying a lot for something like this I expect the usual Urban Decay quality that they have earned throughout the years. This palette is sadly lacking in that quality.

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