I went from an easy, hurried, low-maintenance facial cleaning ritual to trying out the Asian 10 step skincare routine. Being raised in New York City has damaged and polluted my skin; I'm now repairing and focusing on anti-aging.
I want to buy and use products from a broad number of brands, I didn't just want to stick with one brand, I shopped around and compared all. I will try to write reviews each month, one which will be a list my skincare routine products, sharing my experiences on each product.

Showing posts with label eye-shadow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eye-shadow. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Celestial Divinity Luxe Quad × 1 Fleur Fantasia

This is my second palette from Pat Mcgrath and I'm quite indifferent about this one. 

It goes on awesome with great color and pigmented however I don't see it on my eyelids after a work shift. I haven't touch it since and I'm going to declutter this after this spring. Very disappointed. 




Tuesday, October 5, 2021

MakeUp by Mario Glam Quad - ROSY

 

Love this shadow quad especially for everyday work wear. 

It has a natural look and I use it with "no makeup" looks. The glitter topper on the upper left side gets this entire look a bit of a lift/ Love it!

Monday, April 5, 2021

Jeffree Star Single Shadows - Mausoleum and Goodbye

 

I never was interested in Jeffree Star Cremated palette but was happy to receive these 2 singlw eye shadows from a 2021 Spring Mystery Box. The colors I got were Mausoleum and Goodbye. Mausoleum is a bronze-grey with silver sparkles with a metallic finish. I love this color as a topper to a matte eyeshadow. And Goodbye is a light cool grey with a metallic finish. Goodbye is a very pigmented color and I get compliments on it everytime I wear it.

Thursday, October 15, 2020

Pat Mcgrath Labs Eye Ecstasy™: Eye Shadow Palette Sublime

I've used a lot of eye shadows and palettes to know what my sensitive eyes love and hate. I have owned a few crazy colors palettes and I know I love this one. This palette has a plastic packaging which I'm ok with because I can travel with it. This palette allows a person to have a "taste" of Pat McGrath eye shadows without breaking the budget.I love these and will use it to its pan. The color pigment is wonderful and it feels so comfortable on the lids. Plus they don't contain carmine!









Friday, June 5, 2020

tarte Double Duty eye architect liner & shadow black/slate

For those that have used the Tony Moly Crystal lovely eyes, shade color brown beam, about 5 years ago know about this type of product.  This product is definitely a dupe but the liner was entirely dried out for me. Luckily, the liner was dried out because it contains carmine which I'm very sensitive to,I tried to swatch the liner part and the first top portion just fell off and the rest of the liner is so rough to use on the eyelids. Overall, the liner is very pigmented and you need a waterproof makeup remover for it to come off.  I just used the eye shadow part of the product. It is very creamy but rubs off easily; perfect for people "on-the-go". 


Friday, December 20, 2019

Jeffree Star Cosmetics Mini Breaker Palette

    
This is my first Jeffree Star product-a mini jaw breaker palette. I like the glitter shimmer colors over the mattes. I'm not a fan of bubble gum but I love the colors slice and drill. These press pigment colors are very pigmented and they stain your eyelids so don't be surprised when oil cleansers don't remove the colors when you try to wash it off.









Friday, April 5, 2019

HUDA BEAUTY Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette-Gemstone


HUDA BEAUTY Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette-Gemstone

This is my first product from the Huda Beauty brand which I brought all the way back in November during the Black Friday Sale and I was excited to try out the colors. Grabbing this mini palette was a way to try Huda eyeshadows without breaking your budget getting her full sized palette. I prefer pigmented dark colors over neutral colors so I started using these over a span of 4-5 months before reviewing. You can use brush or finger to apply it on your eyelids. It's soft and metallic looking. The shades that I use the most are Amethyst, Ruby, Emerald and Sapphire. There is one duochromo pink by goes on light blue shade that caught me by surprise. Overall a nice palette that I use once in a while if I'm looking for a bold look.

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

June 2018 Boxycharm




@boxycharm #boxymail came today! I’m so happy with the selections for the month of June! #boxycandy





  1. #AlamaQueen @alamarcosmetics Reina Del Caribe Palette - love the bold colors!
  2. #BattingtonQueen @battingtonbeauty Monrow Silk Lashes - don't really care for eye lashes cause I have sensitive eyes.
  3. #SoldejaneiroQueen @soldejaneiro  Brazilian Bum Bum Cream - I was so excited for this. Now I have hand cream for my purse.
  4. #LuxieQueen @luxiebeauty 3 Piece Flawless Complexion - Time to change out my brushes!
  5. #JontebluQueen @jonteblu WaterProof EyeLiner great brown color to leave in my office drawer.
  6. #OfraQueen @ofracosmetics Long Lasting Liquid Lipstick in shade Venora another nude color but it’s ofra so nothing bad to say about them!

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Sephora Collection Colorful - Fairy Princess N.234

Sephora Collection Colorful
Long Lasting
Fairy Princess

cause every woman thinks they are a fairy princess
It rubs off like 60% of eye shadows out there.
It's a pretty color, but not dark enough for me.
A good light pink on "no-makeup" look/days.

Thursday, December 29, 2016

SEPHORA+PANTONE UNIVERSE Modern Watercolors Eyes Palette 2016

SEPHORA+PANTONE UNIVERSE Modern Watercolors Eyes Palette 2016


"An exclusive palette of 24 deliciously enticing shimmer and matte eye shadow shades, including the two Color of the Year shades: Rose Quartz and Serenity."


The Anastasia Beverly Hills Modern Renaissance palette was on my wish list for this year but the second I saw this on sale on the Sephora page, I quickly ordered it because I saw 24 colors including Bright White, Antique White, Oyster Mushroom, Fruit Dove, Rose Quartz, Mushroom, Coral Haze, Honeydew, Pelican, Pale Mauve, Cascade, Café Crème, Chinois Green, Café au Lait, Lantana, Mellow Yellow, Cedar Wood, Boa, Linden Green, Ash, Citadel, Serenity, Marina. There were some pink and reds colors along with almost all the colors of the rainbow so I can use this all year long. I don't use a primer and it doesn't flake or smear which I'm so happy about because usually I have bad luck with Sephora Collection eye shadows, but this palette made me happy. I have been using this one every day for work for the past two months and it doesn't disappoint.





"From pastels to brights, this palette has everything you need to create an impactful look. The set of 24 matte and shimmer shades come in a sleek, sophisticated palette. Inspired by the Pantone Colors of the Year, but open to your own interpretation, this mix of pastel shades invites you to transform this timeless pastel duo from sweetly conventional into 2016’s most modern color story."





"Sephora + Pantone Universe invoke the primal wonders of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water to forecast a season of elemental thrall. Introducing a spectrum of rare umbers, ethereal lilacs, rapturous vermillions, and deep sea ceruleans—all harmonized to create the perfect storm of supernatural beauty."


Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Clio Clio Art Lipstick MO28 Blossom Ruby and MO14 Rose Pink and Art Shadow 417 Forte Green Brown

I got these lipsticks at a the Club Clio Korean sample sale.
The packaging are soo cute and artistic!
The shades were MO28 Blossom Ruby and MO14 Rose Pink.
Hydrated and creamy but I got bored of this spring color after a week. 



Clio Art Shadow 417 Forte Green Brown
Rich color
Love the combination of color and it's very shimmery.
I was going to buy the jcat "green tea frap" eye shadow trio which is very similar to this but I didn't cause I ended getting this first.
I love the green, brown and gold.

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Macy's Estee Lauder MakeUp and Skincare Package

Macy's Estee Lauder MakeUp and Skincare Package

Recently Estee Lauder had a promotion with Macy for any $35 purchase, you get a makeup trio and skincare duo. My mom is a huge fan of Estee Lauder but I never really brought much stuff from the brand. The only thing I own from this brand is the Deluxe All-Over Face Compact, mascara and a couple of blush brushes and I loved the blush. The blush colors are so pigmented so I know that I wouldn't be worried about the color payoff on the eye shadow that I will be getting.



The primer is very creamy and your foundation looks nice on top of the primer.
I'm not a fan of the mascara because I have used that same mascara in full-sized before and it smudges. The anti-aging creams were given to my mom. Originally I wanted to pink the famous brown colored packaging night eye cream, but my mom wanted this set instead. She even took the perfume-I liked the scent also. The eye pencil was mediocre to me.

But the eye shadow palette!!!!! Gorgeous. When I opened the eye shadow compact - I gasped!!! I never have gasped when I opened makeup-there was a balance of shimmer and matte finished shadows.

And with the eye-chain? I wanted the panda instead but I wasn't given the option to choose :( 

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Maybelline New York Duo 106

The product arrived to me all broken up so I tried to apply it with my own eye-shadow brush instead of the mini brush provided because the product was in a thousand pieces. 

I got the 106 Pink&Mauve/Rose&Mauve. 

It is a very nice color, however it is not very pigmented when applied directly on the skin. I really wanted to like this product.
It is very similar to the Sephora Collection eye-shadow. 
Improvements would be better packaging. 
I have brought this brand in the past, but won't buy it because it is not as pigmented as other brands, I would suggest people to venture out to other brands to see which brand is right for you. 
I would give it a 6 out of 10.

But after applying my labelyoung ZZ cream and then apply the eyeshadow, it looks really nice. So I think this eyeshadow goes well with a primer or over a foundation.