Physicians Formula Butter Collection Palette

Long time no blog. You know its gotta be something exciting to get me back to that blog life again. I know like every makeup lover has probably already purchased this or watched a million reviews on this. But I actually feel like I have different opinion from a lot of other reviews that I have seen!

I bought this at Walmart for $11.88 in the light to medium palette. It also comes in medium dark (that I now wish I would have purchased instead).
It comes with the bronzer in the shade "Bronzer"
Blush in "Natural Glow"
Two limited edition highlights to this palette the gold one is "Full moon" & the pink in "Galactic"
And the Eau de Toilette in the scent "Butter Paradise".

The Pink Highlight is soooo Glittery I would never wear this again unless I was going for an editorial look. The yellow highlight is a little bit deep for my skin, which surprised me. But its workable. The highlights are cream highlighters, they apply nice with a brush, sponge, or fingers on top of makeup. The blush I haven't tried before but it is sooo shimmery. It's like a blush and highlighter in one. (I think I would have preferred the blush in the deep set because its seem like more of an actual blush.) The bronzer is favorite bronzer ever. I do think the formula is the same but its not the same shade as the single bronzer in "bronzer". As pictured below 

Top swatch: the one from the palette. Its significantly more shimmery and lighter.

The net weight is 0.17 oz.

Bottom: the normal Butter Bronzer 

The net weight is 0.38 oz

(the bronzer in the deeper set seems a little deep and less shimmery)

Wearing the bronzer, blush, the yellow highlight from the palette. 

Me wearing the normal Butter Bronzer. The blush and the pink highlight from the palette.

Finally, my thoughts on the Butter Paradise scent, which is limited edition. Which I think is crazy of them to have it be limited edition.  It smells like the scent of the butter products form the line, which is one of my favorite smells in the whole world. It's not super long lasting but as far as an Toilette goes I think its pretty good and worth trying.

Walmart Link to Light/Medium

Walmart link to Medium/Deep

I think all in all its TOTALLY worth the price the pan sizes are about half as one full sized product but one full sized product is around $14. So its totally worth your money! 

So if you're interested pick it up at your local Walmart asap because its limited edition!! 

-C

P.s. honestly even if nobody reads this it feels nice to be doing a blog post again and put my thought on makeup out into the world. So they don't keep me crazy in my own brain, or worse my husband has to hear endless thoughts on makeup haha. 

Subtle Springtime Sunset

Eyeshadows: Makeup Geek; Tuscan Sun, Fashion Addict, Chickadee, & Lemon Drop. 

Eyeliner: Essence Eyeliner

Lashes: Salon Perfect Lashes '615'

Foundation: L.A. Girl Pro Coverage Liquid Foundation

Concealer: wet n wild Photo Focus Concealer

Powder: RCMA No Color Powder

Bronzer: Bobbi Brown Bronzer

Blush: wet n wild Blush 'Apri-Cot in the Middle'

Highlighter: e.l.f. Baked Highlighter 'Blush Gems'

Brows: ABH 'Taupe' Dipbrow Pomade

Lips: Jordana Sweet Cream Matte Liquid Lip 'Cinnamon Toast' + 'Creme Brulee'  

Metallic Warm Tones Makeup Look

Foundation: Golden Rose Foundation Stick  '5'

Concealer: Tarte Shape Tape 'light'

Contour: wet n wild Contouring Palette 'Caramel Toffee' 

Highlight: Laura Geller Gilded Honey + The Balm Mary-Lou Manizer

Brows: ABH Dipbrow Pomade 'Taupe' + Essence Make Me Brow Gel 'Blondy Brows 01' 

Eyeshadow: Morphe 35OM + L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadow 'Amber Rush'

Lips: Maybelline Baby Lips Lip Gloss 'Tickled Pink' + L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadow 'Amber Rush'

wet n wild Holiday Limited Edition

Wet n Wild has become one of, if not my favorite drugstore brand. The golden theme with this collection is stunning. I knew I had to pick up some of it!

 Highlighter $3.99

The Wet n wild megaglo Highlighting Gold Bar is honestly breathtaking. Your highlight will be poppin' with this highlight. It honestly performs like a high-end highlighter. I personally really enjoy gold or warm highlight. If you can still get your hands on this I would HIGHLY recommend. (I had a feeling this was going to be a good one, so I bought a back up haha.)

 Loose pigment $2.99

Shades left to right: 'Dom & Cherry On Top' 'Ride On My Copper' 'Kung Fu Lightning' 'Heart Of Rose Gold' 

I bought all 4 of the loose pigments. Besides the lightest shade Kung Fu Lightning all the shades are very similar. And that's coming from a girl who owns more nude lipsticks than the number of girls a player gets in a month. I can justify almost any makeup purchase and I will say if you buy 1 you don't need the other 2 similar shades. 

These are a loose eyeshadow, not a pigment. There is not enough pigmentation in them to be a pigment. These are nice but I wouldn't say run out and grab them. Since they only have the pigment of a normal pressed shadow I would prefer to use a pressed shadow. Just because I find them more practical and easier to apply. But the packaging is very nice and well thought out. If you are going to have a product in a loose form a shiftier is always appreciated. 

Lashes $2.99

I bought the eyelashes in the style 'Disco Baller Status.'  I haven't used the eyelashes yet, clearly but I thought they would be nice for an extra look. There are little gold crystals on the outer lashes. They look pretty but you can tell they aren't super well made and aren't a natural-looking lash by any means.

Overall I think wet n wild did a great job with this collection, there were also some nail polishes and some lipglosses that I passed out on. I personally don't want to own any more lipglosses with glitter in my collection just because I use them so rarely. But they had super cute packaging and the color selection looked really nice. The take away from this should be that the Gold Bar Highlight is 10/10.

-C

Wet n Wild Pop Art Collection; with Lip Swatches & Lashes

Click this link for the whole collection of wetnwild Pop Art Collection 

This limited edition collection has 6 lipgloss's ($2) , 2 pairs of eyelashes($3) and 4 nail polishes($2). 

 I bought all of the lipgloss's because I'm a makeup addict and the colors and packaging was so cute! Plus you can't beat the price. I also bought 1 pair of eyelashes, neither pairs were very wearable for me but I thought these could be fun look! I didn't bother picking up any nail polishes because luckily for my bank account I don't hoard nail polishes like I do makeup. 

   

(I got the fist at Ross for 6 bucks!)

 

Shades left to right: Lilac Theater, Very Well Red, Raised on Good Corals, Strawberries and Femme, Violent in Furs,& Jackie a la Mode.

Online it is described as ultra-slick, high-shine jelly finish, sheer-to-medium coverage, moisturizes and conditions.

ltra-slick, high-shine jelly finish

Ultra-slick, high-shine jelly finish

Sheer-to-medium coverage

Moisturizes and conditions

- See more at: http://www.wetnwildbeauty.com/limited-editions/pop-art-collection/color-icon-lip-gloss.html#sthash.UpxyKdx9.dpuf

Ultra-slick, high-shine jelly finish

Sheer-to-medium coverage

Moisturizes and conditions

- See more at: http://www.wetnwildbeauty.com/limited-editions/pop-art-collection/color-icon-lip-gloss.html#sthash.UpxyKdx9.dpuf

 I will say that these colors are not created equally! 2 of these are total duds, 1 is okay and the rest is an amazing formula! I will be talking about each shade individually. One thing that I think does apply to everyone is that since it is a lipgloss it is not long-wearing at all and like any lipgloss will need to be reapplied throughout the day.  

I will be going through the shades in lightest to darkest as per the website.

(In all of the lip swatches I am wearing them alone with no lipstick ect. underneath)

*BOOM!-ROASTED*

 This first shade is "Jackie a la Mode."  And unfortunately, I'm going to be starting off this review with my least favorite shade. The best way I can describe this color is milk. It just looks like milk sitting on the lips. The color is not even and looks patchy on the lips. And I swear it looks like I have a << milk mustache around my lip lines. Worn over a lipstick the shade is much more wearable but on its own, I would not be reaching for it again. 

*POP*

 Lilac Theater was the first shade I was drawn to in this collection, I thought it was a very unique shade that a drugstore brand normally wouldn't put out. But this shade ended up being the one that I said was okay. I found it to be a little bit streaky and didn't want to layer very easily. But if I took the time to go back and forth, I could end up with a nice look. When it comes down to it, this was not my favorite formula wise from the collection. But if you are interested in the color, I think for the price it is worth the money.

*THIS IS MY FAVORITE (or possibly the next) IS MY FAVORITE SHADE*

*WHAM*

This color is called "Raised on Good Corals." First of all, this is an adorable name. The "ultra-slick, high-shine jelly finish, moisturizes and conditions" is a perfect way to describe the next 3 shades. The formula is amazing on the next 3 and I feel really on par with what a lip gloss should be. 

"Strawberries and Femme" is another great shade. 

And in all honesty, it doesn't look very different on the lips from the previous shade, but I'm still really glad to have this shade also. They are both comfortable on the lips. Just such a great formula! I love the color pay off! 

              

                                                                                                 "Very Well Red" looks like a bright pink on the lips. Not a red, the shade is not accurate to the name. I still think it's a clever name maybe it just should have been used on a different shade. (It does swatch accurate to what you see in the tube.)

*KA-POW*

This color is the last one of the bunch that I found the formula to be great! I would recommend the 3 that I specified with the good formula! The fact that you can get this good of color pay off from a lipgloss really is impressive! 

*SIGH*

                                                                                                                                                                     "Violet in Furs" is the final shade in the collection. It looks really nice in the tube but the actual color looks nothing like the color you see in the tube. 

                                                                                                                                    This shade is PATCHY, doesn't apply nicely on its own or layered over a lipstick. I would NOT recommend this shade. I know I said the first shade was my least favorite but now I think this might be worse...










*CC is NOT a fan of this shade* 

 In all of these pictures, I am wearing these lashes in the style "Mad for Mood." It was my first time wearing them and I really liked them! I didn't think I would like them but they were more flattering than I was expecting. For me, I won't be getting a lot of use out for them. They are not very wearable for me (but I'm not a huge lash wearer, to begin with.) I found them very sturdy but still flexible, so they were very easy to apply and stayed in place for a long time. I did use my own lash glue, mainly because I couldn't figure out how to open the glue that came with the lashes... Also, I prefer a brush on glue rather than a squeeze tube. I did not find these to be an overall comfortable lash either. The whole time I was wearing them I could feel and almost see them. It's not a lash I could simply forget I was wearing falsies. Also, IDK if it's just me but I think these lashes could be a drugstore 'dupe' for KoKo Lashes in "Stella." Just even less separated than the KoKo ones.

If you like the look of easily being able to count your individual lashes, these are the ones for you. With the wet n wild ones, I count 7 "spikes" of lashes. I can count more with the KoKo ones. I personally am more of a fan of fluttery lashes for a more natural look. 




I hope you enjoyed my review if you have any questions leave them down below! 
-C

The Best Kind of Nudes; A Color Collection

Left to right: Jouer 'Mirage' lipgloss, 

Mac 'Spice' lipliner, 

Kat Von D 'Lolita' liquid lipstick,

 Mac 'Whirl' lipstick, 

LA Colors 'Classy' matte lipstick,

 Elf 'Praline' matte lip color, 

Colour Pop 'Cozy' ultra satin lip,

 Mac 'Faux' lipsitck,

 L'Oreal 'Always Almond' infallible lip 2 step , 

Too Faced 'Peony' Melted liquid lipstick , 

Maybelline 'Touch of Spice' lipsitck,

 Tarte Amazonian clay univeral lip liner,

 Bare Minerals 'Rebel' lipgloss ,

 LA Colors 'Tender' matte lipstick, 

& Too Faced 'Perfect Spice Lipliner'.

I might have a type, and this is definitely it. Heart eye @ these shades.
-C

Laura Geller Gilded Honey Highlighter Review

Laura Geller Baked Gelato Swirl Illuminator 'Gilded Honey' $26

I have heard so much about this highlighter and I've been anxious to try it! So when I had a gift card to Ulta, I was able to justify the price and picked this up! And I do not regret it one bit! It totally lived up to the hype. I love this highlighter! The golden hue that it gives the face is so flattering on my skin when I have at least a little bit of a tan going. I know that the range has other colors but this is the only one that I have personally tried. This shade wouldn't work for every skin tone. When I don't have a good tan going, it is a little too dark. I would assume it would be ashy on deep skin tones as well but I don't personally know. The formula is so creamy and pigmented. It wears on the skin beautifully. You can really pile on this product for that glow that can be seen from space or it can also be worn sheered out. Both ways look beautiful. This has been the only highlighter I have wanted to use ever since I picked it up! If you want to spend the money on a high-end highlighter, this would be my number one recommendation. Also, it doesn't hurt that the packaging is adorable! 

I did https://www.instagram.com/letutus/ makeup a couple weeks back and used this highlight on her. I loved the way that this looked on her! 

I am also wearing this highlight in my 70's makeup look! You can check out this post here:

>>>>>>>  70's Inspired Look <<<<<<<

That golden glow! I can't get enough of it! 

-C