HEY KIDDOS!
In last couple weeks I picked up a few things. One of the main reasons I got more stuff was because I left my job at JCPenney’s, and on my last day with my discount Sephora inside JCP was having a Too Faced event. Twist my arm! But for the two weeks prior I was picking up some clearance items just so I could get them a little bit cheaper before I gave up my associate discount. I am telling you that is about the only thing I am going to miss about that job- my discount in Sephora. Oh bleeding hearts!! But I think I will cope. I have a much better deal going on right now anyway! So here we go!
This is what I got! Starting at the left and proceeding clockwise:
-Salon Perfect Nail Art Pen in Silver (Walmart, $3.98. These are alright for the money. Wanted it to do some 4th of July nail art, but the silver didn’t show up at all. I think if I got a different color, like black or white, it would work nicely as the tip of the pen is fine and works well.)
-L’Oreal Voluminous Original Mascara in Carbon Black (Target, $5.89 but has $1.50 instant coupon. I just needed a new mascara and never tried this classic. Love it so far!)
-Too Faced Candy Bar Palette (Sephora, $25, on sale for $15, with discount $11.25)
-Too Faced Sweethearts Blush in Peach Beach (Sephora, $30, with discount $22.50)
- Clinique Superbalm Moisturizing Gloss in Mango (Found it at work so free, no one claimed it, brand new, got to take it home on my last day, and yes, I did sanitize it! But if you wanted to purchase them they are $15 at Clinique counters or online)
-Tarte Cheek Stain in Flush (Sephora, 100 point Beauty Insider gift)
-Rimmel 60 Seconds Nail Polish in Red, Steady, GO... (Yes, another one! Walmart, $1.50)
-NARS Lip Gloss in Orgasm (Sephora, 100 point Beauty Insider gift)
-NYX Mega Shine Lip Gloss in Flush Red (Target, $4.99)
The top swatch here is the NYX Mega Shine Lip Gloss, which I cannot even fully describe to you how lovely this gloss is! First, the gloss just smells soooo good. It’s a fruity almost citrusy smell, but it is not too overwhelming. Second, just look at that color pay off!! The pigment of this gloss is out of this world! This swatch was just one tiny swipe! Wow! I had my eye on this gloss for a long while and I’m glad I finally just bought it for the 4th of July weekend. Saturday night I wore it out on top of a Bite red lip crayon hoping to keep it in place longer. My only qualm with this gloss is because it is so creamy and smooth it does feather and bleeds into the lines around your lips. In the future I will either wear it with a read liner or my Milani Translucent Lip Primer/Liner to keep it in place.
NARS Lip Gloss in Orgasm is the next swatch. I totally understand why this is such a cult classic. It is a beautiful peachy, pinky shade with a gold sheen. It is quite a long-lasting lip gloss as well. I have to say this formula of their lip gloss is a lot better than one I had previously tried which was super sticky and stinky! This one is much creamier, but is still just a little sticky and doesn’t have much of a scent at all. It was a 100 point beauty insider gift so I thought why not try it for free to see what everyone was talking about. It is only the deluxe sample size, but since I don’t wear lip gloss a lot it is a perfect size! (and I am featuring 3 glosses in this post?) I do understand now! It is a lovely color, not too gold, not too pink. Just perfect for a summer glowing look.
The Clinique Superbalm Moisturizing Gloss is the last swatch, and as you can tell by the photo there isn’t much color pay-off. It is just a very sheer, very shiny gloss. Nice to put over any lip color you have to give it a glossy finish. I wear it alone when I need a little moisture. It is very moisturizing and lasts fooooorever! And the makeup gods just blessed me with it as a departing gift from JCP! ;)
So this little diddy is the Too Faced Candy Bar Palette! Too cute, more like it! I picked this up because *in the Price is Right announcer type voice* “for one day only it was on sale for $15 instead of $25!” (Even though I saw it on Haute Look the next day for $15 and is also that way on the Too Faced website.) I am totally that woman marketing people target! I am such a sucker sometimes!! But it was the last day with my discount, and it comes in an iPhone5 case! So more bang for your buck! These 11 eyeshadows, matte bronzer, and blush are all packed into a palette no bigger than your phone!! It will fit perfectly in your bag for some on-the-go touch-ups. I haven’t used it yet so I couldn’t bring myself to swatch all the colors, but from experience Too Faced eye shadows are very smooth, creamy, and very well pigmented. The bronzer is their Chocolate Soleil Matte Bronzer (it may be the Milk Chocolate one because it looks just a little lighter than the one I have), which is my favorite bronzer for contouring at the moment so I was super excited to see that in there! Bonus, it all smells like chocolate!! But a good fragrance of chocolate, not like a nasty scratch-n-sniff sticker of chocolate. Remember those!?! Oh! Or the scented markers and crayons! Haha! Gross! Yeah, not like that!
HAAALLLEELUJAH!!! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Am I ever so happy my friends in Sephora talked me into snagging up this beauty!! This is the Too Faced Sweethearts Blush in Peach Beach, which I had my eye on since they introduced these a while back. I could never bring myself to buying a $30 blush though. It was my last chance to get it with a discount though so I went for it. If you are wanting a lovely, subtle, beachy glow this summer. This blush is for you!! The folks in Sephora said this was the best selling shade, and there were only two left during the event. So I just had to put it on hold to get it! This is so versatile and worth the money because you do get a lot of product!
As you can see from the photo of the blush, there are three different shades in it. To me, the two outside shades are very similar, but as you can see in the swatches, the first is a bit lighter and more gold, and the third is a bit darker and more peachy, bronze. The middle color is a beautiful shimmery rose. The last, large swatch is just swiping through all the three colors making a more bronzy, rose color. I use them separately on my face to create an allover glow. The first shade I use on the tops of my cheekbones, brow bone, down the bridge of my nose, and on my cupid’s bow as a highlight. It does have bigger chunks of glitter in it so if you do not prefer glitter than it may not be for you, but if you use just a little it looks beautiful! The middle rose shade I apply as a blush on the apples to my temple with an angled blush brush. The third shade on a fluffy brush as a bronzer, so on my temples, the contour of my cheek, around my hairline, and along my jaw. This shade is also glittery so a little goes a long way! But would also be sooooo pretty has just a blush shade mixed together like the very last swatch shown.
This swatch is of the Tarte Cheek Stain in Flush; another 100 point Beauty Insider gift. I had wanted to try these since they came out, but never wanted to pay for the full size one if I didn’t end up liking it. It comes in a large stick similar to a lip balm. It smells really nice and gives you a natural flush. It does go on a little dewy but just blend it in a little and some of the sheen goes away. Haven’t used it on my cheeks yet, but it seems like something that would be really nice to wear poolside since it is a stain. A little BB cream or a tinted moisturizer, this cheek stain, and a waterproof mascara would be a nice little flash of color that will last on a hot day on the beach or poolside!
YES!! I found where I can get The Balm products! I see The Balm all over YouTube, and couldn’t find it anywhere near me, until now! I went to Kohl’s to check out their selection of Lorac as they pulled their product from Sephora and signed a new contract with Kohl’s. UGH! And my lazy ass did not want to go to Kohl’s just so I could get my loved Lorac Natural Performance Foundation, but now it will just have to be regular stop because, BEHOLD, there is The Balm! WHOOT WHOOT! Anyway, I wanted to give something of theirs a try and this palette was only $12! This is the Smoke Balm Smokey Eye Palette (hehe! so punnie!) It is a beautiful neutral palette!
These are the shades inside. I wanted something similar to the Lorac Pro To Go Trio. This was that plus it was cheaper! The photo makes Spark look more brown than it is, it is actually a matte gray. Flame is a lovely dupe of Lorac’s beige which I am touching pan on in my trio! I just freaking love this trio so far. Also, I just love The Balm’s packaging and their punnie names! This looks like a stinking matchbox! LOVE IT! They also had another trio with a really deep forest green color, matte brown, and a similar champagne shade. On my wish list from this brand is the Mary-Lou Manizer and one of their Instain long-wear staining powder blush. I am so impressed and just can’t wait to buy more of their products.
When I mentioned picking up bits and bobs on clearance before I lost my discount? Well, it was mostly buying all kinds of nail polish! And let me just tell you, I. AM. OBSESSED!! I first bought the one in the back row on the far right (the black and yellow) for about $2.40 with my discount. Then I went back a few days later during the clearance event I talked about in my last post and got price adjustments making each bottle of these about $1.60! HECK YES!!
Close up in the bottle, these Effects Top Coat from Formula X for Sephora look as though they would just come out like a glitter, but they don’t…..the effect is much cooler!!!! To me, they look more like paint splatters! AWESOME SAUCE!
But this one………*sigh*.....it SUCKED! I fell in love with the color! A neon pink with a blueish-purple undertone glitter. Sounds pretty. Looks pretty in the bottle. Looks like sh** on your nails. It dries matte so it shows every fault in your painting skills, also chipped the next morning after I painted them! Didn’t even last 12 hours! Not a fan!!!!
But daaammmnnn, guuurrrlll!!! Don’t the effects top coats redeem the brand?!? They just look amazing with any pastel color as a base!!
So yuppers!! This is what I have been wearing for the past couples weeks, and I am just loving it! Well, most of it anyway!
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-RuthieJeanJellieBean
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