Price: $30 * Buy At: Ulta * Size: 0.42 oz (blush) & 0.12 oz (lipstick) The Lorac Unzipped Cheek Palette & Alter Ego Lipstick Set contains a four blush palette and an Alter Ego lipstick. Underrated is a matte muted rose, Unashamed is a bright cool toned pink, Unapologetic is a shimmery rosy bronze and Unimaginable is a shimmery light pink. Girl Next Door (the lipstick) is a yellow based pink with a matte finish. The blush palette comes in a thin, white cardboard package that is very travel friendly, but is sure to get dirty. All four blushes have a smooth and soft texture, but not quite as soft as the Lorac eye shadows. The matte blushes in this palette really blew me away. Not only are they not at all chalky, they are intensely pigmented, I didn't have to build them up at all to get the opacity in the swatch photos. I actually have to apply all of the colors with a light hand to keep them from being too intense on the cheeks. Luckily, all four blushes are super easy to blend out. I really like the color combination within the palette, the four shades are all quite different from each other, giving a nice variety to choose from. I think the palette is a pretty good deal on its own, but it is made even better with the Alter Ego Lipstick. Girl Next Door has really nice color payoff and feels comfortable on the lips, despite being matte. I probably wouldn't wear Girl Next Door with any of the blushes from the palette since the color doesn't really correspond with any of the blushes, but I really like that this was included and I had been wanting to try out this line of lipsticks anyway. Once again, Lorac did a great job and I would suggest this to anyone, no matter their skintone. XOX ♥
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Price: $5.99 * Buy At: Ulta * Size: 4 g / 0.14 oz The Nyx Powder Blush in Desert Rose is a medium-dark warm pink with a sheen. The Nyx Powder Blushes come in a small black plastic compact with a clear lid, which is convenient if you own a lot of these blushes. Desert Rose has a soft, smooth texture and is quite pigmented. The pigmentation and color makes Desert Rose a perfect blush color for medium skin tones, but it also works on light skin when sheered out. The color does look quite matte, but it has a slight sheen which adds a glow to the cheeks. The color on the cheeks doesn't last all day, but it can be improved when applied over primer and/or foundation, and set with a setting spray. XOX ♥
Price: $38 * Buy At: Sephora * Size: 2 x 0.14 oz (contour/highlight) , 1 x 0.21 oz (blush) & 6 x 0.035 oz (shadows) The Tarte Rainforest After Dark Colored Clay Eye & Cheek Palette is a large round palette containing three cheek products and six eye shadows. The palette looks like dark wood and has a shiny gold snake design on the lid with Tarte written at the bottom. This is a limited edition product. The Rainforest After Dark palette includes Champagne, a shimmery highlight, Park Ave Princess, a warm matte contour shade, Unleashed, a matte neutral rosey blush, Bare to Explore, a matte pinky beige, Make a Mauve, a neutral browny mauve with a sheen, Plum Away With Me, a warm plum with a sheen, Up To No Gold, a metallic gold, Tan-gled Up In You, a matte warm tan, and Don't Turn A-Brown, a dark matte brown. Everything in this palette is a huge hit for me, not one cheek or eye product let me down. The highlight is very pretty and provides a nice sheen to the cheeks without being frosty. The contour shade is a popular product from Tarte and it doesn't disappoint in this palette. It is quite warm, however, and can look slightly orangey if you aren't careful. The Amazonian Clay blushes are one of my favorite formulas, and the fact that this blush is full size is amazing. All of the shadows have an amazingly buttery texture and have fantastic color payoff. I love the color combo in this palette, and I also love how half of the shadows are matte. I find the first three shadows to be quite unique, and the last three are more typical staple shades. XOX ♥
Price: $5 * Buy At: Ulta * Size: 4 g / 0.14 oz The Nyx Powder Blush in Terra Cotta is a light bronzey peach with subtle shimmer. The Nyx Powder Blushes come in a black plastic compact with a clear lid. Terra Cotta has a very smooth and soft texture without being powdery. It's also pretty pigmented, so I don't have to build it up for it to be noticeable on the cheeks. The shimmer isn't very noticeable when swatched, but it does give the skin a nice glow. XOX ♥
Price: $6.99 * Buy At: Ulta * Size: 6.5 g / 0.23 oz The Nyx Baked Blush in Chiffon is a a neutral brownish mauve with a sheen. It's quite a unique color and is hard to decide exactly what color it is. The Baked Blushes have a slightly dry feel, but they apply very smooth and evenly to the cheeks. Chiffon has good pigmentation and can look subtle when applied lightly, but can also be built up to work with darker skin tones. It has a warm mauve color that works as a blush, but it also has a bronze look that really warms up the skin. Plus, the sheen adds a glow to the cheeks and you could just use for a highlight. The color works with all kinds of eye looks and lip colors and is an alternative to a typical neutral pink blush for everyday. XOX ♥
Price: $2.49 * Buy At: Kmart * Size: 2.2 g / 0.08 oz The Jordana Blush Powder in Pink Beauty is a cool toned medium pink with a matte finish. The Jordana Blush Powders come in a plastic, round compact with a clear screw on lid. While this does make it take longer to take off and put on the lid, it does make sure that the compact won't open if it's in a bag. The blush has a very smooth, soft texture and is intensely pigmented, like the rest of the Jordana blush line. Pink Beauty does not need to be built up at all, and would show up well on darker skin tones. The blush also blends like a dream, there isn't anything about this blush that I would change! XOX ♥
Price: $2.49 * Buy At: Kmart * Size: 2.2 g / 0.8 oz The Jordana Blush Powder in Rose Silk (32) is a neutral mauve pink with a matte finish. The Jordana Blush Powders come in a plastic, circular compact with a clear lid that screws on. These blushes have an impeccable formula, with a smooth and creamy texture mixed with intense pigmentation. I really like the color of Rose Silk and have been wearing it quite a bit as an easy, every day cheek color. Rose Silk would work best for light to medium skin, but since it is very pigmented, it could also work for darker skin as well. Rose Silk blends out effortlessly and can be sheered out for a natural look. XOX ♥
Price: $6.99 * Buy At: Ulta * Size: 0.23 oz / 6.5 g The Nyx Full On Femme Baked Blush is a pale, cool toned pink with subtle shimmer. The Baked Blushes come in a black square compact with a clear lid. The product inside is dome shaped since it's a baked product. Full On Femme's texture is a little bit dry (especially compared to other shades from the Baked Blush line), but it still has a nice formula. I know this color seems a bit out there since it's pale, cool toned and shimmery, but it's quite wearable on the cheeks. Although Full On Femme shows up well on my arm in the swatch photos, it's not nearly as noticeable on the cheeks. It actually takes a decent amount of building up to even notice the color. For this reason, I wouldn't suggest this as a blush color for anyone darker than me, but it could possibly work as a cheek highlight or on top of other blush colors. XOX ♥
Price: $2.49 * Buy At: Kmart * Size: 2.2 g / 0.08 oz The Jordana Blush Powder in Apple Cheeks (45) is a bright reddish pink with a matte finish. The Jordana Blush Powders come in a small compact with a clear lid that screws on. I now own five shades of these blushes and they all have the same impeccable formula. Despite being matte, Apple Cheeks does not feel chalky at all and has a smooth, buttery texture. Apple Cheeks has some intense pigmentation and would work great for darker skin tones or on lighter skin tones when sheered out. It applies nice and even, and is very easy to blend on the cheeks. XOX ♥
Price: $38 * Buy At: Ulta * Size: 0.44 oz / 12.8 g & 0.36 oz / 10.2 g The Lorac Pro To Go Palette is a multipurpose palette containing six eye shadows, two blushes and a bronzer. The palette also comes with two small synthetic brushes. The Pro To Go Palette has the same black rubberized packaging as the regular Pro Palette. It opens like a book on both sides and can also unfold to reveal all of the shadows and cheek products. Lorac stayed consistent with the formula of the shadows in this palette, they have the same buttery smooth texture and amazing pigmentation as the regular Pro Palette. I find that blushes in multipurpose palettes like this one, can tend to be misses, but in the Pro To Go palette they are definitely a hit. What impressed me even more than the two blushes was the bronzer. Bronze has a great formula and is super pigmented. It’s pigmented enough to even work for someone that is much darker than me. I really like the selection of shadows in this palette, it gives you enough variety to create many eye looks. Often in palettes like this you will find at least one shade that is a dud, but everything in this palette is great! I took only this palette for my shadows and cheek products on a week vacation and it worked perfectly for me. Pro To Go does come with two little brushes, but they aren't that great and I don't plan on using them, but they could work in a pinch. XOX ♥
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