Eyeliner Review & Swatches || Pencils, Liquids, & Gels

Hello my blooming buds!

I've got my eyeliners of all types here to review and swatch for you guys! Eyeliner has to be my favorite make up to wear and the most difficult to put on.

From left to right: NYX Eye/Eyebrow Pencil in 932 Bronze Shimmer, Toki Doki Brillante Glitter Eyeliner in Skeletro, Toki Doki Brillante Glitter Eyeliner in Rondine, Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Oil Slick, Sephora Liner Electro in 02 Metal Electro, Hard Candy Take Me Out Liner Molten Metal Eyeliner Pencil in Bullet.

NYX Eye/Eyebrow Pencil in 932 Bronze Shimmer: Chestnut brown with silver glitters. It's a nice glittery neutral color, but I never wore this at all.

Toki Doki Brillante Glitter Eyeliner in Skeletro: Navy with silver glitters. Sadly this is discontinued! I absolutely adore the Brillante liners! It has great staying power and adds dimension to your eyes. Because of the glitters, it is a teeny bit scratchy on application, but the glitters do not irritate your eyes.

Toki Doki Brillante Glitter Eyeliner in Rondine: Aqua with silver glitters. Another color I managed to get in this discontinued line.

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Oil Slick: Black with silver glitters. UD pencil liners are always a good addition for eyeliners. Even with the glitters, this one applies without scratching. 

Sephora Liner Electro in 02 Metal Electro: Gunmetal silver. I was looking for another liner to replace the one below for the inner corner of your eyes. I really like how smooth this applies with no tugging.

Hard Candy Take Me Out Liner Molten Metal Eyeliner Pencil in Bullet: Silver. This one has no staying power whatsoever, but it's dear to my heart. This was my first eyeliner. I was too scared to wear black or brown eyeliner so I went with silver. These liners are in the shape of chopsticks, which I find amusing.

From left to right: NYC Liquid Eyeliner in 887 Black, Physicians Formula Eye Booster 2-in-1 Lash Boosting Eyeliner + Serum in Ultra Black, Physicians Formula Eye Booster 2-in-1 Lash Boosting Eyeliner + Serum in Deep Brown, Loreal H.I.P. Color Truth Cream Eyeliner in 945 Teal, Loreal Infallible Laquer Liner in 171 Blackest Black, Hello Kitty Pen Pal Eyeliner in Goodnight Dreams.

NYC Liquid Eyeliner in 887 Black: Black. I tried applying this a couple time, but could never get it decent. I hate the brush tip on this. It's not pointed, it's blunt. It does appear very black, but if water gets on it, game over.

Physicians Formula Eye Booster 2-in-1 Lash Boosting Eyeliner + Serum in Ultra Black: I got this one after loving the brown one. This is a brush tip liquid liner with the tip pointed veeeeery fine. I love this liquid liner and have to say that this is my favorite. I did notice my lashes fuller after using this for several months. This goes on really black and drys faster than most liquid liners I have tried.

Physicians Formula Eye Booster 2-in-1 Lash Boosting Eyeliner + Serum in Deep Brown: This brown looks black from far away, but is more subtle than actual black. I've had this one for several months and it's still going good. These liners are pretty pricy for drugstore products, but you can catch it for 30% a lot of times.

Hello Kitty Pen Pal Eyeliner in Goodnight Dreams: I bought this since it was on sale. I think this is discontinued. I don't really like felt tip liquid liners since they tend to have thick tips. This one was okay in size. I just don't like the tackiness of the formula. I have monolids so the tackiness sometimes transfers. This also takes a couple go throughs to make it really black.

Loreal H.I.P. Color Truth Cream Eyeliner in 945 Teal: This is sadly discontinued. I've had this for a while and it still hasn't dried out yet, granted I don't use this much. I wish I got the black one in this line too when I had the chance. To get a good color strength you need a couple of strokes.

Loreal Infallible Laquer Liner in 171 Blackest Black: I've heard so many great things about this liner so I decided to try it out after my Maybelline one was deemed very old. I did like it the first few weeks and then it dried out on me. My Maybelline one did not dry out this fast. I'll be going back to my Maybelline gel liner once I see it on sale.

From left to right: Warpaint Beauty Eye Pencil in Bad Rep, Mary-Kate and Ashley Line My Eyes Eyeliner in Brown Velvet, Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Rockstar, Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Zero, NYX Collection Noir Kohl Kajal Black Liner.

Warpaint Beauty Eye Pencil in Bad Rep: Red with red glitters. I have no idea why I got this since the color is not exactly wearable. It's a good pencil liner in formulation and staying power though.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Line My Eyes Eyeliner in Brown Velvet: This is an automatic liner that can be used for eyebrows as well. I don't use much of this, but it's always good to have a brown pencil liner around.
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Rockstar: Deep plum. 
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Zero: Black. When I bought this I thought this was the blackest liner they had, but then Perversion came out. When my little stub is unusable, I will be getting it in Perversion.
NYX Collection Noir Kohl Kajal Black Liner: This liner is very black and applies very smoothly with absolutely no tugging. The downside is that if you have oily lids, this will get everywhere around your eyes. I'm not going to use this again, but it will probably work better with people with drier lids. 

This is the result after swiping my finger down the swatches with a good amount of pressure. They had about 3 minutes to set before swiping. You can see that the liquid and gel/cream liners held up well. Hard Candy's Silver bullet totally came off during this smudge test and the Sephora liner was almost gone as well.

What's your favorite eyeliner?

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Lip Glosses Review and Swatches || Itching to get more

Hello my blooming buds!

I'm not a big fan of lip glosses, but sometimes I do like to wear it. I just hate when the wind blows my hair into my lips and then blows again so that it touches my glasses, leaving thin lines of lip gloss in my vision. Trying to wipe them off is such a pain too. Any who, here's the four lip glosses I own.

From left to right: Revlon Super Lustrous Lip Gloss in 010 Shine City, C. O. Bigelow Mentha Lip Tint in No. 1641 Magenta Mint, Urban Decay Lip Junkie in Naked, Stila Lip Glaze in Joy.

Revlon Super Lustrous Lip Gloss in 010 Shine City SPF 15: This is a clear gloss with shimmers in it. It smells like a combination of candy and coffee to me. It has a nice doe foot applicator that makes it easy to apply. I love how the packaging seems high end. I'm going look for this in the color Kiss Me Coral to match my lipstick!

C. O. Bigelow Mentha Lip Tint in No. 1641 Magenta Mint: This is my all time minty lip gloss! It gives a sheer magenta color while giving you a super tingly mint feeling. This says that it's mint infused to give you fresh breath, but it really doesn't unless you're constantly licking your lips. The applicator is in a slanted lipstick shape,but hard plastic, at the end of the tube. You just squeeze out the amount of product and apply. 

Urban Decay Lip Junkie in Naked: This is another minty lip gloss that came with my Naked2 palette. It looks like a really dark browny mauve, but comes out very sheer. This claims to cool and plump your lips. I don't see the plumping, but it does cool them. It has the same applicator as the Mentha Lip Tint above.

Stila Lip Glaze in Joy: I got this as part of a gift bag for Christmas. I found out that this is part of the Christmas set of lip glazes by Stila, and since my name is Joyce, I was given the color Joy! This is a lovely light hot pink that I like to wear during the winter and spring for a girly look. It's a click pen with a brush tip to make application precise.

Got any lip glosses you recommend for a mint lover?

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Palette Review & Swatches || Urban Decay Naked2 Palette

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This past Christmas, I received a Naked2 palette from one of my besties that works at Sephora. I was pretty excited since I did not own any Urban Decay eye shadows at the time and saw all the hype with the Naked line. 

It comes in a nice metal case with a mini sized Lip Junkie in the color Naked. The case feels very solid and durable, unlike the original Naked palette which is a cardboard material. There's a nice size mirror, like usual, and dual ended brush with soft bristles. The brush that comes with this palette is my go-to brush.

Here's some palette to swatch comparisons. These were swatched without primer.

Foxy: Matte light cream. Good brow bone highlight.

Half Baked: Shimmery golden bronze.

Bootycall: Shimmery beige. Another good brow bone highlight and for inner corner.

Chopper: Metallic copper with a bit of silver micro glitter. Darker than Shag from the Deluxe Shadow Box.

Tease: Matte mushroom brown. I really like this color for an everyday look. Probably my favorite color in the entire palette.

Snakebite: Metallic dark bronze. A lovely crease shade.

Suspect: Metallic muted gold.

Pistol: Metallic gray brown.

Verve: Shimmery muted grayish beige.

YDK: Metallic cool toned bronze.

Busted: Shimmery dark brown.

Blackout: Matte black. This is just as black as Make Up Forever's eye shadow in Black 4. As you can see it has broken due to someone bumping into the table my palette was on. The whole pan has come off, but I put it back in to take pictures. 

 The Naked2 palette retails for $50.00 USD. Looking at the original Naked palette and this one, I do like the Naked2 better, but having both palettes would make a complete set for natural/neutral colors. I personally would not pay the $50 it costs since I'm a broke university student and it kills me to spend that much money at one time. But if you have the money to spare, I would recommend it. Urban Decay eye shadows are always so pigmented and long lasting, even without a primer.

Which do you like better? The Naked or Naked2 palette?

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Face of the Day #2

Hello my blooming buds!

Just heading to Walmart to have a look around for snacks and decided to throw on a face! (:

I was dying to try out a color combination of Fishnet and Peace from the Urban Decay Deluxe Shadow Box from my last post. This is how I came to mute it a bit for a more wearable look.

I did a wash of Fishnet, concentrating the color at the outer half and then blended in Peace at the inner corners. Finally, to mute it, I added Zero at the lower half like a smudged liner.

Face

Sephora Instant Radiant Foundation in Medium

Eyes

Urban Decay Deluxe Shadow Box in Fishnet, Peace, and Zero

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Zero

Lips

Shiseido Advanced Performance Lipstick in 108 Mauve Breeze

With played up eye shadow, I used a lipstick that is my perfect natural lip color to balance it out. My acne scar is slowly fading away. I get a nasty cystic pimple every once in a while and I don't really like to use concealers so it shows through my foundation.

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Palette Review & Swatches || Urban Decay Deluxe Shadow Box

Hello my blooming buds!

I took my mom out shopping after her birthday lunch earlier this week and we popped by Nordstrom Rack to look at some goodies. I've never been there in a long time so I hit immediately hit up the cosmetics area to see if there was anything worth getting. There were so many high end palettes there for so cheap! I stuck with just getting one since I didn't know how much stuff my mom was picking out. 

The Urban Decay Deluxe Shadow Box is an older palette with nine shadows, two dual ended sponge applicators, and a travel size primer potion. I will probably never use the sponge applicators, but it's nice for emergencies. I already have a full size of the squeeze tube primer potion so this mini size will be saved for a trip. (;

The palette is make like the Naked palette, cardboard covered with velvet, but with the added mesh. The inside has a nice sized mirror and lovely floral detail.

Here's some swatches next to the palette for comparison.

Fishnet: Duo-chrome fuchsia with a hint of blue sheen. One of my favorites from this palette, although it'll be hard to figure out how to wear.

Honey: Metallic yellow gold. Really lovely shade of gold.

Ransom: Chrome blue tinted purple. This is almost duo-chrome looking. It can flash blue to purple at different angles.

Graffiti: Chrome jade green. It's a great wearable green that isn't too neon-y or too bright.

Zero: Matte black with very minimal sparkles. I thought this was just like it's 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil counter part, but there were some subtle shimmers.

Peace: Chrome robin's egg/turquoise. Another one of my favorites. This is the shade that made me choose this palette over the Ammo palette. 

Shag: Metallic copper. I have a feeling I have something similar to this on my Naked 2 palette. 

Scratch: Metallic rose gold. I don't have a metallic shade like this so I'm excited to use it!

Underground: Metallic burnt taupe. Another one where I think I have something similar on my Naked 2 palette.

This palette is super fun and great for spontaneous looks while still having natural colors for toning it down. At $9.97 at Nordstrom Rack, it was a steal compared to it's regular price of $38! You can also get it for $10 on the Urban Decay website, but you'd have to pay for shipping.

What kind of eye look would you create with this palette?

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