Price: $17 * Buy At: Ulta * Size: 0.11 oz The Urban Decay UV Vice Lipstick is a luminescent pastel violet with blue shift. UV is part of the collection of lipsticks that Urban Decay re-released as a throwback to 1994. I know that it is a throwback, but I find the packaging of this line of Vice lipsticks to be very boring. I don’t like how the lid covers the whole tube, either, it makes it more difficult to remove in my opinion. I thought the box the lipstick came in was actually much more attractive! So yes, I do not like UV’s packaging, but I absolutely love the formula and color. "Unwearable" lip colors are pretty much the only colors I like to wear, so how could I not like UV? UV has a satin finish and is almost a bit metallic, but there are not particles of shimmer in the lipstick. The lipstick glides onto the lips and only needed a bit of building up to achieve full coverage, although wearing this color sheer is also gorgeous. UV feels pretty comfortable and moisturizing on the lips and has an average wear time of a couple hours or so. XOX ♥
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Price: $15 * Buy At: Ulta * Size: 0.45 oz The Makeup Revolution Ultra Cream Contour Palette consists of four highlighting and four contour shades. The Ultra Cream Contour Palette comes in the same black packaging as Makeup Revolution’s other palettes. The shades have nice pigmentation, but are not super intense, so I do not think this palette would be ideal for darker skin tones. The texture of the creams is pretty thin and slippery, which has its pros and cons. The slippery texture tends to be easier to blend out than a drier cream product. Because the creams have a thin formula, they aren’t as intensely pigmented, but that could be good or bad depending on your preferences. The creams also have a bit of a dewy finish, which may or may not be what you are looking for with a cream contour palette. While the formula of the palette is not perfect, you do not see many cream contour palettes at drugstore prices, and it still gets the job done, so I will continue to use it. XOX ♥
Price: $3 * Buy At: Target * Size: 0.30 oz The Elf Contouring Blush & Bronzing Powder in Turks & Caicos is a cheek duo with a satin blush and a matte contour shade. The Contouring Blush & Bronzing Powder has the standard plastic black packaging that all Elf compacts have. It’s not anything great, but it is functional. The contour shade in the duo is on the darker side, so it is better geared towards darker skin tones. The powders have great color payoff and do not need to be built up on the skin. Even when I have a decent tan, I still find it best to use a light hand with this shade. I love combining the contour shade with the blush shade, but I also find that the blush color on its own gives really pretty natural looking color to the skin. It is a nice cross between a bronzer and a natural blush and it works with pretty much any makeup look. XOX ♥
Price: $55 * Buy At: Ulta * Size: 21 x 0.04 oz The Urban Decay Full Spectrum Palette is a 21 shadow palette full of color. Each shade has a dark, bright and pastel version as you go down each column. The packaging of the Full Spectrum Palette is so pretty; I love the rainbow faceted UD on the front. Functionality wise, the palette is annoying to open because it doesn't open right in the center since the lid folds down over the entire palette. The shadows appear to be the same size as pans in the Naked palettes, but they each are 0.04oz, versus the 0.05oz of the Naked shadows. The price of the Full Spectrum Palette is a bit difficult to justify for me, since not all of the shadows are quite up to par. The top row, with the dark shadows all perform great and are nicely pigmented. The middle row is pretty nice, but the bottom row is a dud for me. The first three shades on the bottom row (Paranoia, Jones and Goldmine) all need a lot of layering to get decent color payoff, which is not something I want in a $55 palette. So while I like the top row and I think the colors are unique, they are not worth the other two iffy rows. I could maybe justify the pigmentation if this was a drugstore palette, but it's Urban Decay. I would definitely recommend the Nyx Ultimate Palette in Brights ($18) if you are looking for a fun, bright array of colors. I own many Urban Decay eye shadow palettes, so this one was really just a letdown in comparison. XOX ♥
Price: $6.99 * Buy At: Ulta * Size: 4 mL The Nyx Liquid Suede Cream Lipstick in Foul Mouth is a muted navy with a demi matte finish. The Liquid Suede Cream Lipsticks come in a colored plastic tube and have a long, slanted wand. Foul Mouth has intense pigmentation and applies opaquely onto the lips. Foul Mouth is similar to a typical matte liquid lipstick in the sense that the color won’t move on the lips, but it feels much more comfortable on the lips. Foul Mouth doesn’t dry down to a complete matte, but it gets pretty close to it. As you wear it, the product can get a bit uncomfortable, but it is easy to re-apply over the remaining color. I love the color and I think it is so unique--it is a pretty wearable version of a blue lip, so if you want to try the trend, this may be the way to go. XOX ♥
Price: $5 * Buy At: Ulta * Size: 0.6 fl oz The Makeup Revolution Salvation Lip Lacquer in More Than I Could Give is a soft peachy pink with a glossy shine. The Makeup Revolution Salvation Lip Lacquers come in a small clear tube and have a typical doe foot applicator. Although it is given the name “lip lacquer”, I find it to pretty much just be a lip gloss. I really like the texture and formula of this product, it is super thin and does not feel sticky at all, even less than my favorite Nyx Butter Glosses. The formula is very comfortable on the lips, and would work great as a lip color to just toss in your bag for everyday wear. On the lips, More Than I Could Give has a really nice glossy shine and gives the lips a wet appearance. So, while I did not initially think that I would be a fan of this product, I actually really like it and will probably look into other shades! XOX ♥
How To | Step by StepTo prep for this look, I first primed my lids with Too Faced Shadow Insurance. I then applied my transition shade in the crease: Believe from the IT Cosmetics Naturally Pretty Must-Haves Eye Set. All over the crease, I applied a teal shadow from a MAC duo. Unfortunately, the shadow doesn’t have a name. In the outer corner of my eyes, I applied a burgundy shadow from the Makeup Revolution Romantic Smoked Palette. I also highlighted my inner corners with Inglot #318. Keeping up with jewel tones, I used the L’Oreal Infallible Shadow in Amber Rush all over my lids. On the inner portion of my lids, I also applied a bit of the gold shade in the Essence All About Sunrise Palette. I used the same crease shade on the lower lashline and blended it into some more of the gold shadow. As per usual, I curled my lashes and applied mascara to complete the look.
XOX ♥ Price: $44 * Buy At: Sephora * Size: 9 x 0.04 oz The Make Up For Ever Artist Shadows 4 Palette comes with nine small matte eyeshadows (0.04 oz each versus 0.07 oz of the single shadows) The Make Up For Ever Artist Shadows 4 Palette comes in a cute sturdy square package. Like all of Make Up For Ever’s eyeshadows, the colors do not have names, they are all assigned numbers as you can see on the back of the palette. The palette is suggested to be used in columns, using the black, grey and white together, the pinky tones together, and the dark teal, beige and ivory together. The worst shade in the palette has got to be the black. You can hardly see a difference between it and the dark grey. The darker pink shade also appears pretty dry in the swatch, but it does apply to the eyes better than it swatches. I found that to be true for a majority of the shades. As you can probably see in the swatches, the shades appear a bit on the dry side, but they do apply evenly to the eyes and blend out easily. XOX ♥
Price: $32 * Buy At: Ulta * Size: 0.2 oz The Urban Decay Naked Illuminated Shimmering Powder in Luminous is a champagne with iridescent shimmer. The Naked Illuminated Shimmering Powder comes in a pretty cardboard box that has a lower compartment with a small brush. The packaging is a bit on the bulky side, so it is not a product I would travel with. The product on the inside has a dome shape and a drier texture, since it is a baked product. Despite the dry texture, Luminous still provides the right amount of pigmentation to look gorgeous on the skin. I know that this kind of highlight is not for everyone, as it does have straight up shimmer, but I find it to be absolutely gorgeous. Because of the shimmer, it can have a bit of fall out on the face, but the packaging catches any powder kick up when you swipe your brush. You really only need a tiny bit of the powder to get the glowy look, so this is a product that would surely last a long time. XOX ♥
Makeup Revolution New-Trals vs Neutrals Professional Eyeshadow Palette | Review & Swatches10/19/2016 Price: $10 * Buy At: Ulta * Size: 0.56 oz The Makeup Revolution New-trals vs Neutrals Professional Eyeshadow Palette consists of sixteen neutral shadows, in a variety of finishes. The New-trals vs Neutrals Palette comes in the same black packaging as Makeup Revolution’s other palettes. As you can see--especially in the top row--this palette has some pigmentation issues. The first three shades in my first swatch photo are hardly visible, and that is not because of the lighting or anything, the shadows are really that sheer. In Ulta, there are not testers of Makeup Revolution products so I just bought it after seeing some online swatches, but the quality of this palette looked nothing like the photos I looked at. This palette really just disappointed me, especially since I have other Makeup Revolution products that I quite enjoy. Because of this palette, I don’t think that I will be trying out other Makeup Revolution eyeshadow palettes, but will still try other products from the brand. I rarely have negative product reviews, so this is a real bummer. XOX ♥
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