Coastal Scents Mini Haul

On Sunday night, I was watching makeup videos on YouTube and I came across a makeup artist named Leina that uses the cosmetics Coastal Scents. They sell tons of their products for a nice affordable price. Apparently they make their prices affordable, because its for aspiring makeup artist and those who are on a budget (that's me.) The main thing that I was looking for was eyeshadow and they have lots of it. I also went on to read many reviews and there is nothing but good things said about it, so of course I had to see for myself. I wanted to start small and sort of "sample," so I went on ahead and got an empty four piece eyeshadow palette. I customized and got four bright eyeshadows also called Hot Pots. Tuesday evening, my order was in my mailbox. That's the fastest anything has ever shipped for me!

So that's the palette above, pretty colors huh? My camera washed out the actual colors sadly. I got too excited to wait until there was sun in my room, so I used flash. 

The colors from top to bottom:

1. Indigo HP-CM09

2. Neon Bright Pink HP-CM06

3. Vibrant Blue Green HP-131

4. Deep Grape HP-CM07

As you can see all of the colors are matte, because I think the shimmer takes away from the brightness of the color, but that's just my own personal opinion. And also because on my skin tone bright shimmers are over the top and again that is just my own opinion. If you haven't noticed these are basically the same colors from my NYX I Dream of St Lucia Palette. I wasn't happy at all with that purchase at all. You literally have to pack on the color in order for it to be vibrant and there was only one matte color in that palette also.

My favorite is the blue green and the deep grape. I can't wait to see what looks I can come up with.

Since I was so happy with my purchase, I ordered a 12 piece palette and customized it with more neutral colors. I can't wait for that to get here. I have a big-ish haul coming up maybe next week so that should be fun!

Coastal Scents Website

Small Haul and Eyes of the Day

I recently purchased the NYX Palette of I'm Dreaming of St. Lucia. I got it off of HauteLook and it took about two weeks to arrive. It also came with a bright blue eyeliner and a roll on shimmer. The colors are lime green, light blue, yellow, pink, and orange. The colors are fairly pigmented aside from the yellow but that was expected.

 

I didn't swatch the colors, but I'll have some looks with these colors now that it is officially Spring. Or at least I thought it was Spring. Today was freezing, it was about 35 degrees all day. This place has the most random weather; glad I didn't pack up my winter clothes just yet. 

I did do a look today, combining this palette and my Too Faced Matte Eye palette. I also stole some of my mom brushes in order to blend correctly. 

Clearly I used the blue inside the palette on my lid and Coffee Bean (a dark brown) on my crease. Since I'm out of my favorite Buxom eyeliner, I settled for the Tarte liner which works pretty much the same. I'm not sure why my face has so many small bumps, but don't pay attention to that. I also applied some of the blue to my lower lash line. That is something I never do, because I always feel like I look like I got punched in the eye or a clown. With bright colors it actually works, thankfully. The mascara I used is Tarte Mascara and Lashgasm. I still haven't figured out which one I like the best, so why not use both? 

Later in the day, I headed over to Rite-Aid and I was looking for a gold eyeshadow because I realized that I don't have a (good) gold eyeshadow! So I ran across the Wet n Wild palette I'm Getting Sunburned. 

The colors are labeled Brow bone, crease, and eyelid. I'm sure I'll use them quite differently though, because I'm not sure how I feel about a pink brow bone. The palette was only $2.99, so very budget friendly. I then googled the product and apparently the colors are very pigmented....

And I must agree! These are shimmery too, but I think I like these shimmers. The gold is hard to see on my skin color, but with some primer it will definitely POP on my eyes and I can't tell you how happy that makes me. :) 

Also I've been working on the a Nail Polish challenge. Its taking me quite awhile because I also want to show different designs and not just my favorite nail polish. So that will be a blog post in a few days. Until next time :)