Review: Jaclyn Cosmetics Bronze & Blushing Duo

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Today I'm going to share my thoughts on the Jaclyn Cosmetics Bronze & Blushing Duo that I picked up when it launched at Ulta. I planned to grab two duos but the other one that I wanted sold out instantly. If you are unfamiliar with Jaclyn Cosmetics, its is a brand owned and run by beauty YouTuber Jaclyn Hill. She has had three different product launches over the past few years. The first of lipsticks was a complete disaster and she faced alot of back lash because of it. (I personally really liked her lipsticks). Her second launch was different forms of highlighters. These were well received and customers begged for her to make these limited edition products permanents. You can check out my review of the Flash Palette HERE. She recently launched a quick Valentine's Day collection and then announced these duos. Her new collection consists of 7 blush and bronzer duos. She also launched single highlighters the most popular shades in limited edition highlighter collection. Keep reading to hear more about the bronze and blushing duos and what I thought of the shade that I picked up!

Review: treStique: 5 Minute Makeup

*PR Samples. However, the thoughts and opinions in this post are my own. I am always 100% honest in my reviews for all products discussed on my blog. This post contains affiliate links. That means if you click on my link and buy something, I will earn a small credit from the advertiser at no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting Leopard Lace and Cheesecake! 

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Today I'm going to share a brand I'm really excited about. The brand is called treStique and they are all about simple and quick beauty. I heard about the brand years ago when I got a mini shadow stick of theirs in my Ipsy Glam Bag. I remember really liking the product and even including it in one of my monthly favorites. Flash forward to 2020 I was re-introduced to treStique and I looked into it some more. I was very intrigued by the whole idea of "simple quick beauty". I have never been able to do my makeup quickly but with COVID and wearing less makeup in general, I really liked the idea of this. Their products are meant to be quick and easy for the mom or woman on the go or for someone that just doesn't want to spend a lot of time doing their makeup. treStique products are about convenience and are meant to enhance your natural beauty. The product lines cover everything from foundation, concealer, shadow/liner/mascara, brows, bronzer, concealer, and lip products. You can purchase these products individually or in sets. They even have mini sets if you don't want to commit to the full sizes just yet. The best part, all treStique products are super travel friendly! Keep reading to learn more about these products and to hear my thoughts on each. 

Review: Ofra Cosmetics x Samantha March Collection

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Today I'm going to share my thoughts on the Ofra Cosmetics x Samantha March Collection! For those of you unfamiliar with Ofra Cosmetics, they are a cruelty free beauty brand out of Florida that is most known for their highlighters and liquid lipsticks. Ofra Cosmetics was created by Ofra Gaito and is a family owed/run business. Samantha March is an author (Amazon page here) and beauty influencer/YouTuber. I don't know Samantha on a personal level but we have crossed paths in the beauty community through influencer groups and events. Samantha is such a sweet, humble, and genuine person. I decided to pick up the whole PR Collection Box when it first launched last month to support her. Keep reading to hear more about the collection, to see swatches, and to hear my thoughts on each product! 

Review: ColourPop Going Coconuts Collection

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Today I'm going to share my thoughts on the ColourPop Going Coconuts Collection. Manny MUA did a review of the collection and I decided to pick up a few of the products. The collection includes an eyeshadow palette, a super shock shadow trio, 4 lip tints, a lip balm, and  a lip scrub. Keep reading to learn about the products that I picked up and  my thoughts on each.

ColourPop Going Coconuts Shadow Palette $12.00

 

Here is what is said about this product on the ColourPop site:
"Go loco for this toasted neutral 9 pan palette, perfect for your every day look. This super wearable palette is cute, compact, and ready for any look. This toasted cool-toned 9 pan palette will make you go crazy! "

Review: Fenty Beauty Lil' Bronze Duo

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Today I'm going to share my thoughts on the Fenty Beauty Lil' Bronze Duo. I picked this up a while back during a sale and realized I never got around to reviewing it. I really love that Fenty Beauty offers a bunch of little mini deluxe size sets. It allows you to try out these products before committing to the full size ones. Also, if you are like me, you have so much makeup that you don't necessarily need the full sized product. I previously reviewed another mini Fenty set called the Bomb Baby Mini Lip and Face set which you can check out HERE. Keep reading to hear what I thought about the Lil' Bronze Duo!

Review: BECCA x Khloé Kardashian & Malika Haqq #BECCABFFS

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Today I'm going to share my thoughts on the Becca Cosmetics Collab with Khloe Kardashian and Malika Haqq #BECCABFFS. This collab contains 4 lip sticks and 2 face palettes. One created by Khloe and one by Malika. Keep reading to see the products that I picked up and to hear my thoughts on them!

As soon as I saw this packaging and the neutral colors I KNEW I needed this collection! I chose to pick up the Khloe palette and both of the nude lipstick shades.

Essence Makeup Favorite Face Products

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To continue on with my Essence Makeup favorites, today I am going to share face products. I will be discussing some of my favorite bronzers, highlighters, and blushes. You can check out my favorite lip products post HERE. Keep reading to hear about the face products!

Essence Sun Club Matt Bronzing Powder in Lighter Skin $4.99

 Here is what is said about this product on the Ulta site:

"For a sun-kissed, natural complexion! The Essence Sun Club Matt Bronzing Powder conjures up an irresistible natural-looking tan and has a great mattifying effect at the same time!"

On to my thoughts:

At first glance, this bronzer is giant! I also love that it is matte. I prefer matte bronzer over shimmers any day. I think it looks more natural. In the swatches above this looks a little on the orange side but on my face it doesn't look orange at all. I use this on  my cheeks and around my forhead and such. I think it will be best for my skin once I am lighter. The darker shade would definitely work better for medium skin tones. That being said, its a for an everyday natural bronze look to warm up your face.

Review: Too Faced Bronzer in Sweet Tea and Blush in Peach Bellini*

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Today I am going to share my thoughts on two Too Faced products; the Sweethearts Bronzer in Sweet Tea and the Sweetheart Perfect Flush Blush in Sparkling Bellini. I have wanted to try the Sweetheart blushes for a while and this new peach shade caught my eye. I also watched a video where Kathleen Lights talked about the Sweet Tea bronzer and used it in a tutorial. I fell in love and had to get it. I got both of these products on the Ulta Beauty site. I'm not sure if they are exclusive to Ulta or sold in other stores as well.

First off, how cute is the packaging of these products? Super cute! I love the heart shapes, the colors, and the pretty designs. The definitely feel high end even with cardboard type packaging.

Review: Physicians Formula Butter Bronzer

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Today I am going to share my thoughts on the Physicians Formula Butter Bronzer. Kathleen Lights raved about this in one of her drugstore hauls and I decided to pick it up and see how I liked it. Just in case you didn't know, Physicians Formula is cruelty free! Keep reading to hear my thoughts!

Physicians Formula Butter Bronzer $14.99

Here is what is said about this bronzer in the Ulta site:
"Physicians Formula Butter Bronzer Murumuru Butter Bronzer is an ultra-luxurious bronzer infused with Murumuru Butter, delivering a radiant Brazilian goddess glow! Moisturizing wonder features ultra-refined pearl and soft-focus pigments that smooth skin texture, brighten skin tone and deliver a gorgeous bronze finish.

Benefits:

• Ultra-rich bronzer formula instantly melts into skin, sealing-in moisture to deliver instant and lasting hydration
• Incredibly creamy and soft texture combines the best features of a powder and cream bronzer, to deliver a lit-from-within tropical glow unlike any other
• Infused with a powerful blend of Murumuru Butter, Cupuacu Butter and Tucuma Butter, from the lush and nutrient-rich Amazon
• Packed with essential fatty acids and pro-vitamins that soften, condition and moisturize skin, leaving it silky soft
• Featuring unique sponge applicator specially designed to be used with creamy bronzer formula
• Hypoallergenic, paraben free, gluten free, cruelty free, oil-free
• Non-comedogenic, dermatologist approved"

http://www.ulta.com/ulta/browse/productDetail.jsp productId=xlsImpprod13621011&_requestid=5206758#

Review: Cocoa Brown 1 Hour Tan Mousse*

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I'm here to share my thoughts on the Cocoa Brown 1 Hour Tan Mousse. For those of you unfamiliar with Cocoa Brown, it is a line of self tanning products created by Marissa Carter. The line carries everything from self tanners, to body moisturizers, and body scrubs. I got the opportunity to try out the self tanning mouse. Keep reading to hear my thoughts!

I was sent a bottle of the one hour tanning mousse and the self tan applicator mitt.

Cocoa Brown 1 Hour Tan Mousse $13.99

Here is what is said about this product on the Cocoa Brown site:

"– Accelerating ingredients mean that this revolutionary, speedy self-tan develops into a rich Cocoa Brown colour in just 1 HOUR.
– Once rinsed off, your tan will last for between 5 and 7 days.
– Signature Tahitian Gardenia scent-NO fake tan pong!
– Moisturising and kind enough to be used on both face and body.
– Easy to apply mousse, fast-drying, non-stick and fades evenly.
– Vegetable derived DHA and No Parabens = kind to sensitive skin.
– As always Cocoa Brown by Marissa Carter tan is brown, not orange.

Colour Varies between light and dark depending on how long you leave the tan on before showering.

1 HOUR = Light Glow

2 HOURS= Medium Glow

3 HOURS= Dark Glow"

http://www.cocoabrown.ie/

Here is what the tanning mousse looks like:

Cocoa Brown Pink Tanning Mitt $6.99

Cocoa Brown One Hour Tan Mousse won the following awards:

WINNER RSVP Magazine Beauty Awards 2013 – ‘Best Tan For Body’

WINNER IMAGE Magazine Beauty Awards 2014 – ‘Best Tanning Innovation’

WINNER BEAUT.IE Awards 2014- ‘Best Fake Tan’

WINNER RSVP Magazine Beauty Awards 2014 – ‘Best Tan For Body’

WINNER U Magazine 2015 – ‘Best Developing Tan’

WINNER RSVP Magazine Beauty Awards 2015 – ‘Best Tan For Body’

WINNER REVEAL Magazine Bronze Beautiful Awards 2015 – ‘Top 60 Minute Formula’

Onto my thoughts:

I was really excited to try out this tanning mouse since I was looking pretty pastey. The mouse applied very evenly and you could tell right away where you applied it. It gave you instant color. I kept the tanning mousse on for 3 hours to try to develop the darkest color. You could definitely see my skin darkening as time went on. I did find the tanning mousse a little bit sticky the longer I kept it on. I was pretty dark once the three hours were up. When I got in the shower after the three hours, alot of the color washed off. I still had an obvious tan to my skin but nothing nearly as dramatic as how I looked with the mousse still on my skin. My tan looked even and not orange at all. The product bottle said that the product was gentle enough to use on your face so I put the tanning mousse on my face as well. It added a nice hit of color to my face.

Cocoa Brown recently came out with a 1 Hour Tan Mousse in Dark. I think that if I had the choice, I probably would prefer that over the original in the hopes of getting an even darker tan. I think that the original is best for fair to light skin tones. I consider myself light skin toned. As you will see in the pictures below, there is definitely a color difference, I personally would just like an even darker tan which isn't for everyone.

Here are before pictures before I used Cocoa Brown 1 Hour Tan Mousse:

Here is a picture of me with the tanning mouse still on my face:

Here are pictures after I showered and washed off the Cocoa Brown 1 Hour Tan Mousse:

Overall, I liked the Cocoa Brown 1 Hour Tan Mousse. I would recommend it to fair skin tones or light skinned people that only want a light tan. I would suggest trying the 1 Hour Tan Mousse in Dark for medium skin tones or light skinned people that want a more dramatic tan.

Have you tried Cocoa Brown 1 Hour Tan Mousse? What is your favorite self tanner? Post your comments below!

*I was sent these products for review purposes. However, the thoughts and opinions in this post are my own. I am always 100% honest in my reviews for all products discussed on my blog.

Essence Cosmetics 2014 Spring/Summer Collection*

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Today I am going to share with you some products from the Essence Cosmetics 2014 Summer/Spring Collection. I know that many of you are familiar with Essence Cosmetics and their super affordable yet trendy makeup line. What many of you don't know is that Essence Cosmetics is a Germany cosmetics company, does NOT test on animals, and is Europe's #1 cosmetics brand!