Review: Morphe 18T Truth or Bare Artistry Palette

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Today I'm going to share my thoughts on the Morphe 18T Truth or Bare Artistry Palette. I picked it up during Ulta's 21 Days of Beauty and am ready to share my thoughts on it. Keep reading to learn about this palette and to see swatches.

Morphe 18T Truth of Bare Artistry Palette $20.00

Morphe 2 Ready in 5 Eyeshadow Palette in Malibu

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I know its been FOREVER since my last blog post. Since my son was born I have struggled to find time to create content for Instagram nevermind time to write a whole blog post. Ever since my boyfriend went back to work my time in between nap periods is limited. I always have a bunch other things I need to do like the never-ending pile of laundry, trying to fit in a quick workout, and eating so blogging has taken a back seat. I recently found time to snap some pictures for reviews so I have a few in the works. Today I'll be sharing my thoughts on the Morphe 2 Ready in 5 Eyeshadow Palette in Malibu. @sadiedaniels_ mentioned this palette on Instagram and it looked so pretty so I had to pick it up. Keep reading to see swatches and hear my thoughts!

Review: Dose of Colors Truffle Eyeshadow Palette

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Today I'm going to share my thoughts on the Dose of Colors Truffle Eyeshadow Palette. I am already a fan of the Truffle Matte Liquid Lipstick and the formula of DOC eyeshadows. I also felt that I would use a majority of the shades in this palette. Keep reading to hear more about this palette and to see swatches.

Review: Natasha Denona Mini Biba Eyeshadow Palette

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Today I'm going to share my thoughts on the Natasha Denona Mini Biba Eyeshadow Palette. I went to Sephora hoping to pick up the Natasha Denona Face Palette in Light but they did not carry it in the store. I ended up seeing this palette and decided to pick it up because I liked the color story and I already own a couple of these mini palettes. Keep reading to hear my thoughts on this palette and to see swatches.

Review: Kaja Beauty Bento Bouncy Eyeshadow Trios

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Today I'm going to share my thoughts on the Kaja Beauty Bento Bouncy Eyeshadow Trios. I have wanted to try these little compact shadows for a while and finally picked them up a few months ago. I shared one of them on Instagram and loved it so much that I purchased a couple more. I am traveling soon and originally planned to bring one larger eyeshadow palette with me. After I purchased a new toiletry bag I decided that I was going to only bring one bag for all of my makeup and skincare. The best way to succeed at that is to bring smaller items. That is when I decided to pick up more of these little trios. Keep reading to hear more about these Bouncy Eyeshadow Trios and to see swatches of each. 

Kaja Beauty Bento Bouncy Eyeshadow Trio $21.00

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

"These bouncy eyeshadows come packaged in bite-sized shimmer stacks or trios of matte and shimmer pigments that apply effortlessly with your fingertips. Kaja’s Glitter Arrangement Technology delivers uniform shimmer in every swipe—perfect for quick, easy eye looks on-the-go.

• Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, and phthalates. Kaja is cruelty-free.

• This product is an Allure Best of Beauty award winner."

These trios come in all shimmer, all matte, and matte and shimmer combo.

Review: Tarte Tartelette Juicy Palette

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Today I'm going to share my thoughts on the Tartelette Juicy Palette. Its been quite a while since I purchased a palette or a bunch of makeup in general. I have always been a fan of Tarte shadows and their Tartelette palettes especially.  I have owned all of them at one point or another. This palette isn't brand new but it is their newest one that they have launched. I decided to pick it up because the colors seem like a good range of neutrals that you could use on a daily basis. Keep reading to hear more about this palette, my thoughts on it, and swatches.

Favorite ColourPop Super Shock Shadows

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Today I'm going to share my favorite ColourPop Super Shock Shadows. For those of you unfamiliar with ColourPop, they are a USA based affordable and cruelty free beauty brand. Located in California, ColourPop manufacturers all of their own products locally. They are one of my favorite affordable beauty brands and have been around since 2013/2014. They have a full range of complexion and color products as well as sister brands that cover skincare and bodycare. The first product that they launched was their Super Shock Shadow. These shadows came in a large range of finishes and has a unique bouncy texture. They are super pigmented and last all day without creasing. The best part is that the shadows only cost $6.00 each! I have gathered quite a large collection of Super Shock Shadows over the years. They are my favorite shadows to use on my lid or as a lid topper over other shadows. They are also awesome for creating a quick look with one shadow swiped across the lids. The shadows apply the best and most pigmented using your finger to apply them to the lids.

For some reason, they don't offer as many finishes as they used to. I really hope that they release more finishes like before. I wanted to share my favorite super shock shadows that I own because I think they are a really great product and very affordable. I have hit pan on most of them and always replace my favorites if they are still being made. Ulta carries a small selection of Super Shock Shadows as well. I just saw some on sale the other day for $3.50 each! 

Review: Juvia's Place Shade Sticks

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Today I want to share my review of the new Juvia's Place Shade Sticks. I was lucky enough to get the whole shade range sent to me in PR. Their new Shade Sticks come in 30 shades but I gave away the tan/deeper shades to other beauty influencers not on the PR list so that they can try them out and review them as well. I will be reviewing the Fair through medium shades but will leave a link for the full range below. Keep reading to hear more about these new Shade Sticks and my thoughts on them!

 Here is what is said about this product on the Juvia's Place site:

"A full coverage natural and radiant finish multipurpose foundation sticks. comes in 30 creamy and long-lasting sticks. Formulated to feel like skin. A weightless multipurpose formula that glides on seamlessly to cover imperfections, while giving full definition to face.This full coverage formula is infused with shea butter and oil controlling ingredients to aid in a long wear time while providing radiance to skin. Paraben-free; phthalate-free; sulfate-free; gluten-free" 

Review: Urban Decay Naked Honey Palette

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Today I'm going to share my thoughts on the new Urban Decay Naked Honey palette! They sent me the new palette a couple of weeks ago which I am very grateful for. When I first say this palette I knew I was going to love it. All of the warm brown and gold tones are definitely what I tend to gravitate towards. Keep reading to hear about this palette!

Urban Decay Naked Honey Palette $49.00

Here is what is said about this palette on the Urban Decay website:

"Meet the Naked Honey Eyeshadow Palette, our newest addition to the Naked family—raw and sticky sweet, just the way nature intended. The irresistible combo of retro glam and golden glow makes this the one palette you'll be craving all year. Get hooked on this buzzed-about palette and its 12 exclusive shades; they’re perfect for creating a swarm of looks, from bright and sunny to dangerously seductive after dark. Reach for our go-to shade Amber (it practically glows), create the perfect hazy, smoked-out eye with Sting (warm brown matte), or get hooked on Honey (intense gold metallic) for the ultimate ’70s statement eye.From daytime matte to sultry metallic looks, blending your best look is easy, since the Naked Honey Eyeshadow Palette comes with a vegan and cruelty-free double-ended brush. One end is a smudger brush, which is short and densely packed to apply shadow along the lower lash line or smudge and blend. The other end is a tapered crease brush, perfect for defining the crease and blending shades. You won’t find another palette that’s this sweet."

Review: Lime Crime Venus XL II Palette

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Today I'm going to share my thoughts on the Lime Crime Venus XL II palette. This is the first product that I've purchased from Lime Crime. The brand has been on my radar for many years but I've chosen to purchase from other brands due to the controversy following the owner of the brand. That being said, the brand is now owned by a private company and they also have a new CEO. Lime Crime is know for their fun and colorful makeup products and is now available at Ulta. Keep reading to hear my thoughts about this palette!

This palette seemed unique enough from my collection to justify the price tag. I also waited to purchase it until I could use my 20% off Ulta coupon. I am not big on colorful shadows but this was neutral enough to interest me.

Review: Fumi x Juvia's Place The Queen Collection

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Today I want to share the new Juvia's Place collection with you! I was super excited last week to get an email informing me that I would be getting a package from Juvia's place. I filled out a PR form a while back so it was a nice surprise. For those of you unfamiliar with Juvia's Place it is a beauty brand that caters to people of color. The beauty industry hasn't always kept women of color in mind when creating beauty products. Juvia's Place was created by Chichi Eburu to fill that void and not only offer high quality yet affordable beauty products to people of color but for people of all colors. 

The new collection is a collaboration with Fumi Desalu-Vold who is an actress, model, blogger, and YouTuber. This collaboration has been in the works for about two years and finally launched last week. Fumi wanted to create a collection that not only stayed true to her style/essence but one that also represented the strength and beauty of women world wide; thus the Fumi x Juvia's Place Queen Collection was born. Keep reading to learn about each of the products in the collections as well as my thoughts on the palette that I received!

Review: Pixi Eye Reflections Palettes

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Today I'm going to share my thoughts on some products that Pixi sent over to me a few months ago. They set me some of their new makeup brushes along with two of their new shadow palettes. Keep reading to hear about each!

Pixi PR packages are always so cute and detailed. This one was no different!

Review: Younique Moodstruck Pressed Shadows

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As most of you know, I decided to take the leap and find other ways to make money off of my passion, beauty. I became a Younique Presenter about two months ago and have been really loving it! I talked about my personal story of why I joined Younique and reviewed their Epic Mascara/Moodstruck 3D Fiberlashes HERE. I also mentioned that I would review their products from time to time on my blog. I am back today to share my thoughts on their Moodstruck Pressed Shadows. Keep reading to hear about these shadows and to see the collection I have built up so far!

These shadows can be purchased as refills, single compacts or in customizable palettes that hold 4, 8, or 25 shadows. This is great for people that always hit pan on only a few colors in pre-built palettes or simply want to pick every color and build their own. The ability to pick what shadows you want in your palette is awesome. The one complaint that I have about these palettes is that they are a soft cardboard material. I wish they were a bit more heavy duty. One thing that I love about these shadows is that each shadow also comes with a color coordinating sticker that says the came of the color and also includes a circle in the middle with the actual color. That way you can stick the stickers on the back of the palette or on the inside so that you know what colors you are using etc.

Review: Tarte Tartelette Toasted Palette

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Today I'm going to share my thoughts and some looks that I created using the Tarte Tartelette Toasted palette. For those of you unfamiliar with this product, it's Tarte's 3rd palette in the Tartelette collection. The first palette is all matte shadows. The second is a mixture of matte and shimmers with a more cool toned theme. (You can read my review of the original Tartelette palette HERE) My friend El got me the Tartelette Toasted palette for Christmas and I have had quite a while to experiment and gather my opinion of the product. I've also created a tutorial using this palette along with some other Tarte products. Stay tuned for that. Until then, keep reading to hear my thoughts on this palette!

Tarte Tartelette Toasted Palette $46.00

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

"A party-in-a-palette (we’re talking 12, all-new warm & cozy shades) to celebrate our tartelettes & the wearable shades they asked for. Lets you mix & match 12 warm, rich eyeshadows (7 wearable mattes & 5 lustrous shimmers), arranged in separate rows to make 3 easy-to-DIY looks. The superblendable Amazonian clay-infused powder formula glides on like a cream, providing longwearing, intense payoff that’s never chalky or patchy."

Review: Sigma Beauty Warm Neutrals Palette

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Aside from brushes, Sigma Beauty also has a full line of beauty products. I have always been interested in trying their eye shadow palettes so I decided to pick one up. Their palettes retail for $39.00 but I picked up this palette at IMATS for $27.50. Keep reading to hear my thoughts!

Sigma Beauty Warm Neutrals Palette $39.00

This palette includes 12 shadows with a mixture of mattes, satins, and shimmers.

Here are swatches of the shadows:

 Row 1: Oyster Sand, Sugar Milk, Mild Mannered, Dove

 Row 2: Fawn, Cinnamon, Russet, Balanced

Row 3: Cozy, Innocent, Optimistic, Warm Stone

These shadows are SUPER creamy and pigmented. I was so impressed with the quality of this palette. They blend awesome and I didn't notice any fading or creasing throughout the day. My favorite colors are Optimistic, Cinnamon, Russet, and Mild Mannered.

Here is a look that I created using this palette:

Brow: Sugar Milk

Transition: Innocent

Crease: Optimistic

Lid: Mild Mannered

Lower Lash Line: Innocent and Optimistic

Overall, I highly recommend this palette. I would even pay full price for this. This is a well rounded palette with great color selections. I would really like to try more shadow palettes from Sigma.

Have you tried any palettes from Sigma Beauty? Post your comments below!

Review: Morphe Brushes Jaclyn Hill Favorites Palette

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As most of you know, Jaclyn Hill came out with a favorites palette with Morphe Brushes. Its been sold out FOREVER and I wanted it SO BAD! The lovely Lily from Beauty with Lily was nice enough to host a giveaway with the Jaclyn Hill Favorites palette as the prize! Lucky for me, I was the winner! Keep reading to hear my thoughts on this palette and to see some looks that I came up with!

Morphe Brushes Jaclyn Hill Favorites Palette $27.99

My Makeup Collection

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I've been thinking about doing a makeup collection post for a while but wasn't sure if I should do one or not. I didn't want people to think I am bragging or anything so I was hesitant at first. After talking to a few people, they said that they enjoyed reading/watching makeup collections. So, instead of doing a post with a bunch of pictures, I decided to film a makeup collection video. I started collecting makeup back in 2005 when I started working in the cosmetics department at Macy's. Over the years I have got rid of alot of makeup but I've also added a ton too. My collection has REALLY grown over the past few years when I started blogging. One thing that I do want people to know is that no one really needs THIS much makeup. It's a hobby of mine but is no where a realistic amount of makeup. That being said....

To see my makeup collection, click the video below!

*Not included in this video is my purse full of lippies! If you want me to do an updated, What's in my Purse? video let me know below!

Thanks for watching!

Which category of my makeup collection interests you the most? Post your comments below!

Review: ColourPop x Shaaanxo Collab

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When my husband bought me all the ColourPop stuff for Christmas, ColourPop was giving away giftcards for spending certain amounts of money. He got a $15.00 gift card however it expired on 1/31/15. I couldn't let that free money go to waste so I had to pick up more ColourPop stuff! Recently, ColourPop launched their collab that they did with YouTube Guru Shaaanxo. They also started shipping to New Zeland and Australia. I decided to pick up the foursome because it was all warm/neutrals. Two shadows are a matte finish and two are a pearlized finish. I was happy about this because I haven't been loving the super glittery (metallic) finishes. Keep reading to see what I think about this foursome!

Tutorial: Valentine's Day Makeup

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I was going to film my first makeup tutorial for in honor of Valentine's Day but things didn't go as planned. I still got to do the makeup look so I wanted to share the look that I created and the products that I used. Instead of doing a look with different shades of pink I chose to use taupes and plum. For the eyeshadows I used the Anastasia Amrezy palette, Motives Eyeshadow in Bedroom Eyes, and ColourPop shadow in I Heart This. Keep reading to see how I created this look!

Products used to create this look:

 Anastasia Beverly Hills Amrezy Palette: Legend (top row first color), Vanilla (bottom row first color), Caramel (bottom row second color), and Deep Plum (bottom row fourth color)

ColourPop Shadow in I Heart This

Review: Too Faced Everything Nice Holiday Set

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Now that I'm out of Christmas mode I'm going to have a ton of reviews for you on all the items that I recieved! The first of them being the Too Faced Everything Nice holiday kit. I wanted this kit so bad and when I saw that it was out of stock online a couple weeks before Christmas I was so bummed. Luckily, my good friend El (The Beauty Isle) knew how much I was drooling over this palette and got it for me for Christmas!  I know you all have seen tons of reviews on this so I'm just going to do a short review with some swatches then show you some looks that I have been creating with it.

I love the glitz and glam of this palette and bag. I'm not a fan of the mascara and the sample was super dry but it was just a freebie with the kit. The palette is the focus here.

The bag is a great size for storing brushes, lippies, even palettes. I have read that the glitter does tend to fall off. I have noticed any major mess with the glitter yet.

Swatches left to right:

Turtle Dove, Dream On, After Hours, Fawned of You, Knockout

Paper Roses, Kindness is Free, Mauvelous, Be You, Secret Lovers

Heaven, Shiny Happy, Honey Pot, Don't Settle, Girly

Totally Fetch, Live it Up, Too Glam, Head Over Heels, Chocolate Moon

Sweet Pink, Papa Don't Preach, Chocolate Soleil, Inner Light

The shadows are really good. Some are definitely better than others. The brow highlight shades are all very similar in color. I can barley see them but they may show up more on someone that has a darker skin tone than me. Some of the super glittery shades are as pigmented as I hope but I have used them on the lower lash line and they look great. My favorite shades in the bunch are After Hours, Fawned of You, Shiny Happy, Knockout, and Girly. Girly is very similar to MAC's Blue Brown in that it is super metallic and appears to look reddish brown in some lighting. Too Glam is a pretty peacock/teal green color. This is a great pop of color to add to your lower lash line. Secret Lovers is a good shade to use on your lid when creating a smokey eye. The blushes, bronzer, and highlighter don't disappoint either. They are all up to par with past holiday kits. Inner Light is a really pretty highlight shade. The brushes are a cute touch to this year's kit. The shadow brush works pretty well. I am not great at contouring but the contour brush is soft and does seem to work well (I just suck at blending). I haven't used the liner brush yet.

Here are some looks that I have created over the past month:

Brow: Heaven

Lid: Shiny Happy

Transition: Fawned of You

Crease: Knockout and After Hours

Lower Lash Line: Knockout and After Hours

Brow: Turtle Dove

Lid: Mauvelous

Crease: Be You

Outer V: Live It Up

Lower Lash Line: Live It Up and Be You

Inner Corners: Paper Roses

 

 

Brow: Dream on and Heaven
Transition: Fawned of You
Lid: After Hours and Shiny Happy
Inner Corners: Shiny Happy
Crease: Don't Settle
Lower Lash Line: Knockout

Overall, I love this palette. Even though there are a few misses in the kit, the majority of the shadows are great. I think Too Faced makes the best holiday kits hands down. Their packaging is always adorable, their shadows are great, and I love that they make sure to add face products in the kit as well.  Everything Nice is no longer available but was $56.00 which was a great price for what you get. I can't wait to see what they come up with for next year! Thanks to El for spoiling me with this awesome gift!

What are your favorite colors from above? Post your comments below!

-Tanya xoxo