ColourPop Blush Crush Palette

February 24, 2020 | Beauty, ColourPop | 19 Comments »

Swatches: Lovesick, Pop A Bottle, The One, Enamored

ColourPop Blush Crush Palette

Swatches: Made U Blush, Blossom Up, How Rouge, Cheek2Cheek, Blush Wine

The moment I laid my eyes on the ColourPop Blush Crush Palette I just knew I had to make it mine. It’s full of beautiful pinks and mauves. It’s definitely my kind of palette.

The ColourPop Blush Crush Palette contains 9 eyeshadows in 3 finishes including matte, metallic, and even a super shock! A few of the mattes have sparkles which I absolutely love! I feel like you get the best of both worlds. It’s not too shimmery and not too flat. They’re all nicely pigmented. Lovesick and The One are a little on the sheer side. I like to use those as a base or brow highlight. They all applied and blended beautifully! Even Blush Wine. Those deeper wine shades can be tricky to work with, but I didn’t experience any issues with this one.

You can see a look I created with the ColourPop Blush Crush Palette below. I also used Made U Blush as my blush. And let me tell you, it made for a beautiful blush shade! I can see Cheek2Cheek being used as a blush shade as well. I’ll have to try that one next.

ColourPop Blush Crush Palette

Overall, I’d have to say this is a great palette. Easily one of my top 5 ColourPop products. And I have a lot of ColourPop in my collection!

Did you purchase the ColourPop Blush Crush Palette? What palette are you loving right now?

Info

Product: ColourPop Blush Crush Palette
Price: $14.00
Purchase: colourpop.com

Look

Face: MAC Prep + Prime Skin, MAC Pro Longwear Foundation, BareMinerals Mineral Veil Finishing Powder, ColourPop Blush Crush Palette (Made U Blush), Bad Habit Beauty Rose Highlight Collection (Shine), MAC Prep + Prime Fix+ Eyes: ColourPop Blush Crush Palette, ColourPop BFF Creme Gel Liner in Swerve, Clinique Pretty Easy Liquid Eyelining Pen in Black, Charlotte Tilbury Full Fat Lashes, Kat Von D Brow Struck Dimension Powder in Graphite Lips: Sugarpill Liquid Lip Color in Doll Up

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Derma E Mood Rituals

February 10, 2020 | Beauty, Derma E | 22 Comments »

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Derma E Mood Rituals

I think if you guys knew what I’ve been up to for the past month you’d be surprised to see a new post up today. To say that I’ve been busy would be a bit of an understatement. For those of you who don’t know, I’m a baker. I run a small catering type bakeshop from home. I only get about a few orders a month, but at least I get to do something I enjoy. Well, last month I decided to take it to the next level and opened up my own online shop. For years I’ve had people telling me that I should open up an online shop, but it seemed like so much work. I was right. It’s a lot of work! I had to switch hosts, migrate one of my own sites (which wasn’t at all the nightmare that I expected it to be), install WooCommerce, try to figure out how to even use WooCommerce… you know what? I won’t bore you with all of the little details. It drove me crazy! But I’m happy to announce that I finally got my shop up and running and I did it all on my own! It’s far from perfect and I expect something to mess up during an update, but I’ll have to worry about that when and if the time comes. Until then I’ll enjoy my little victory.

In the midst of all of that I was pleasantly surprised to receive some of Derma E’s newest products. After stressing so much it was nice to have something shiny and new to play with. Let’s take a look at the new Mood Rituals line from Derma E!

CALM Skin Beneficial Mist Mood Enhancing
CREATE Mood Enhancing Skin Beneficial Mist
UPLIFT Mood Enhancing Skin Beneficial Mist

The Derma E Mood Rituals line blends purified spring water and herbs with essential oils to help enhance your mood. Obviously I reached for CALM Skin Beneficial Mist Mood Enhancing first. CALM Skin Beneficial Mist Mood Enhancing contains lemon, eucalyptus, sage, and rosemary essential oils. It definitely has an herbal scent which I wasn’t too crazy about. Thankfully it didn’t linger. I love how it spritzed perfectly. Some spray bottles aren’t the easiest to work with. This one was perfect. It did tingle a bit at first, then it felt pretty refreshing. I’m not sure if I’d say this gave me a sense of calm, but it did feel nice. I kind of wish this was lavender scented. But I guess that wouldn’t really fit into the herbal waters theme. It’s just that when I think calm I think lavender.

I really love the idea of these facial sprays. I couldn’t wait to try them. One can never have too many facial sprays. I’ll be adding the CALM Skin Beneficial Mist Mood Enhancing to my growing collection of facial sprays. I’ll probably gift one to my mother-in-law because she has become a fan of Derma E’s products. As soon as she sees my post she’s going to ask about it. Hah!

Have you tried anything from the new Derma E Mood Ritual line? What facial spray are you loving at the moment?

Info

Product: Derma E Mood Rituals
Price: $18.95
Purchase: dermae.com

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Clinique Pretty Easy Liquid Eyelining Pen

February 3, 2020 | Beauty, Clinique | 21 Comments »

Purchased By Me

Clinique Pretty Easy Liquid Eyelining Pen

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You probably saw in my looks section of my last post that I ended up giving the Clinique Pretty Easy Liquid Eyelining Pen another try. Back when I first purchased it I wasn’t that sold on the swatch. I was even less impressed with the way it applied. Although to be fair I did apply it on unprepped lids. I finally used it in a full look and as you can see this baby is anything but a dud.

The Clinique Pretty Easy Liquid Eyelining Pen comes in two shades. Black and Brown. I purchased the Black shade. I didn’t really get the whole Pretty Easy part of the name until I went to apply this eyeliner. It glided onto my lids so easily! There was no tugging or bleeding. It was perfect! It lasted all day with no issues.

It’s still too soon to tell, but I might just like it more than my trusty Kat Von D… er… KVD Vegan Beauty Tattoo Eyeliner. I’m really happy because this is the first liquid eyeliner I’ve liked in a long time! You can see the Clinique Pretty Easy Liquid Eyelining Pen in action below.

Clinique Pretty Easy Liquid Eyelining Pen

Overall, I’d have to say the Clinique Pretty Easy Liquid Eyelining Pen is a winner! I’m really happy that I gave it another chance and that it lived up to its name. I’m even happier to add another liquid eyeliner to my collection. It’s nice to have options.

Have you tried the Clinique Pretty Easy Liquid Eyelining Pen? What’s your go-to liquid eyeliner?

Info

Product: Clinique Pretty Easy Liquid Eyelining Pen
Price: $22.00
Purchase: ulta.com

Look

Face: MAC Prep + Prime Skin, MAC Pro Longwear Foundation, ColourPop No Filter Concealer in Light 14, BareMinerals Mineral Veil Finishing Powder, Kevyn Aucoin Beauty The Neo Bronzer in Capri, Bad Habit Beauty Rose Highlight Collection (Shine), MAC Prep + Prime Fix+ Eyes: ColourPop Lilac You A Lot Palette, Pixi Beauty Endless Silky Eye Pen in BlackNoir, Clinique Pretty Easy Liquid Eyelining Pen in Black, Clinique High Impact Mascara in Black, Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Powder Duo in Ash Brown Lips: Pixi Beauty MatteLast Liquid Lip in Berry Beauty

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