Too Faced Review!

Hello Lovelies! I could not let another day pass without telling you all about my Too Faced haul and love for their eye shadows. OMG!!

I mentioned before that I bought the Too Faced Sugar Pop Palette a few months back and was waiting on my PB & J palette. Well, TF's Memorial Day sale lured me right in! I ended up also purchasing the Natural Matte and Chocolate Bar palettes. Can you say LOVE!!!

First of all, these shadows are so pigmented, buttery smooth, and easy to apply. They blend like a dream and you can create many different looks from the palettes I own. At first glance, I had buyers remorse thinking, "I don't need all these", but then after closer examination, I NEED them all. The colors are so different. Even when you think there are dupes of colors in the palette, you find out quickly that they are quite different. I have used these palettes over the past couple of weeks and PB&J is my fave....HANDS DOWN! If you are a brown girl like me, you will more than appreciate this palette. But who am I?! So lets break it down:

Sugar Pop: Okay, so the colors are a bit random in this palette and the likelihood of you using them together is unlikely. However, the pops of color in this palette will compliment and allow you to pull looks from the other palettes. If you are not into bright colors, then this is not for you...and that's okay!

Peanut Butter Jelly Time!: Again, my fave! This palette is full of warm orangey and gold browns. I hear complaints about the Jelly color, but it reminds me of true Jelly! It looks very opaque and pigmented in the palette, but when you put it on, it's very sheer, but it's buildable. You can also layer it on other colors to make it intense, but personally, I love it as is. That's my preference though. I find myself reaching for this often.

 Natural Matte: Yeah, so I love this one too! A very good neutral palette for beginners. The palette is matte but it seems to go on very satiny and not flat which I like. The colors blend well, are pigmented, and you can create many looks with it. You can also use it to compliment other palettes if you need transition shades and crease colors. A must have in my opinion.

Chocolate Bar: And the heavens opened up and the makeup Gods blessed us! This palette is everything! You can do so much with it if you are a neutral kinda girl. There are so many reviews on this palette, I won't even go in depth. But I will say, if you are an eye shadow lover and you do not own this palette, you NEED it. 

Bottom line: these palettes are definitely worth taking a look at and if you decide to buy one, both, or all.....you will not be disappointed!!

Until next time! Peace!!

Too Faced: New Products Releasing 6/15! So Excited!

Hello Lovelies! So I'm not sure when this obsession with Too Faced occurred, but I'm a full blown addict now! The first item I ever bought from TF was the Chocolate Soleil Bronzer. I remember receiving it and being completed pissed off because it was too light! As a matter of fact, I first very much disliked Too Faced because I felt that they had not intent to market to women of color given their bronzer and foundation shades. I was so upset because I liked their products soo much! The packaging is extra cute and the quality is insane. Plus, you won't break the bank when getting your choice items!

Anyway, about 1 year later, I bought the Candlelight Glow highlighter and again, I was in love. Then all these cool eye shadow palette's started coming out and I knew, I had to have them!!! Well, the reality is, I am not rich! I'm a social worker for crying out loud......but I have managed to score a couple more items. I now own the Sugar Pop palette and am currently waiting on my Peanut Butter & Jelly palette to arrive!! Yay!! Needless to say, I have grown to love TF. The Chocolate Bar is still on my radar, however, I feel that if I simply add the Natural Eyes Matte Palette, I will not need the Chocolate Bar. Memorial Day sales are upon us and even though I just ordered the PB &J, I think I will order the Natural Eyes as well while it is 20% off. I just new my shadow collection would be complete from Too Faced until this:


Now how cute is this....and its called....Totally Cute! Do I need this palette....abso-freaking-lutely! I missed out on the Sweet Peach palette, so I must have this one! But then, I also spot this:


Like, come on! How cute are they! Eyeliner pens from TF! I am hoping that they are similar to the Kat Von D tattoo Liner because I absolutely live that liner! These colors look amazing and I feel like I need 4-5 of them. They look really smooth and pigmented on the website and TF has a history of quality products, so I believe these will deliver. Now if this isn't enough, look what else I spotted:


And now my life is complete!  Those three on the right side are calling my name and I will own these!!

I hope you all are as excited about these new products as I am! Those lip glosses have me super excited as I am completely over this matte trend.  Don't get me wrong, I still love a good matte lippie, but I own a ton and I'm ready to revisit my lip gloss obsession! In the words of my boyfriend, "How many lip glosses do you really need?". Well, we makeup junkies know the answer to that: You can never have too many!!

That's all I have for you beauties right now. Please believe I will be back when my PB&J palette arrives. Until then....be blessed and have an awesome week!

Colour Pop Review: Wow to Meh......

Hello again! So as promised....I am letting you know about my experience with Colour Pop Cosmetics! There has been so much hype about these products and for the most part, it's well deserved. If you have been on any type of social media, you have heard of Colour Pop. If you haven't....get out from under that rock!!!! So here it goes, my honest review. I purchased these products on my own and I am not being paid for this review.

So lets begin with the ordering. I ordered 6 products, 4 ultra matte lipsticks and 2 super shock shadows, along with a e-gift card for my niece. I placed my order on January 13th and I paid via Paypal. Now Colour Pop does state that the order takes 3-5 business days to process, however, it does not state that if you pay with Paypal, your processing will be considerably longer. The funds cleared my account in about 2 days.....it took Colour Pop about 2 weeks from the payment posting to my account before they began processing my order. The gift card I ordered for my niece was emailed to hard way after her birthday which really made me upset. Then it took about another 1.5 weeks before I received my order. I was not happy with this process at all. My suggestion....do not order by Paypal if you are not willing to wait a month for your products to arrive!

 

Once the products arrived, I was impressed with the packaging as well as the colors of the products I order. In the ultra matte liquid lipsticks I got: LAX, KAPOW, BEEPER, and BEDAZZLE. The super shock shadows I ordered were Weenie, and Tea Party. Let me just say....the pigmentation and color pay off of these products are amazing! You can't beat the price and in my opinion, which makes the quality you get a steal! Unfortunately, I only have a cell phone camera so I was not able to get you good swatch pics. I will update the blog later when I get some good pics. In a peace offering, I do have a decent picture of me in the Bedazzle ultra matte liquid lipstick....this color is by far my fave!!!!

 

 

 

Now, this isn't a review unless I give you the low down! As I stated before, the pigment is amazing on both the lippies and eye shadows. However, these matte lipsticks can be very uncomfortable to wear. They can be very drying and get a big crumbly in the middle. To combat this, I put my old trusty Vaseline or a lip balm on prior to applying the lipstick, this helps a ton!!! These lipsticks stay on for hours and you will get a bit of transfer, but nothing serious enough that your lipstick will come off. Please note...if this stuff gets on your skin and dries...it ain't coming off! So please be careful. The shadows are also great and are best applied with your finger. Weenie is the best rose gold I have seen and it looks beautiful on any skin tone! Tea Party is too light for me and it has chunky glitter, which I hate. It comes off ashy on me so I will either give it away, or find another use for it. All in all, these products are great. You can't beat the price so if something doesn't work for you, didn't lose a bank roll!

 

That's all I have on this one ladies....stay tuned for my review on my February Ipsy bag!

Peace!