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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit

I picked up the Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit from my local Ulta a few months back. I've heard nothing but great things about this palette. It costs $40 and comes with 6 different shades. I got the Light to Medium toned palette.

There are 3 highlighting shades and 3 contouring shades

These powders are smooth and creamy and they blend SO amazing. I usually use the color 'Fawn' to do my contouring meaning the other two contour shades are typically left unused. I do use the 'Banana' shade to set my under eye concealer. I like to mix 'Vanilla' and 'Sand' for my highlighting.

The palette was the standard pre-made one that you can order online and pick up in the store. However, Anastasia Beverly Hills website has it where you can create your own kit and pick the right shades just for you, so you wouldn't waste the two contour shades like I do. I'm hoping once I get a little sun kissed in the Summer those shades will be perfect for me.

Here is my post on how I highlight and Contour

Thank You for reading!

BE YOUR OWN KIND OF BEAUTIFUL

XOXO,

MARISSA

Sunday, February 15, 2015

FEBRUARY IPSY BAG

Hi dolls!

It's time for this month's IPSY bag! I'm happy to say that I was really happy with everything I received! Plus the bag itself is super cute!

First item is from Mitchell and Peach. A fine radiance face oil in a sample size with 0.34 fl oz. Oil goes a long way so that should last me awhile as I will most likely only use it at night time. I'm excited to try this out as I have dry skin and even dryer skin in the harsh Winter months. It smells very natural smelling.

Next up is Demeter Roll on perfume oil| First Love. It comes with .29 fl oz which is the perfect size to throw into your purse. When applied it's more like a dry oil and it drys pretty fast. It has a stronger scent, but it's a good one. Smells a lot like baby oil with a floral scent mixed in.

City Color Creamy Lip Stain in Flirtini is the next product in the bag. I love this color, it is right up my alley! It goes on very smooth and opaque.

Next is once again another champagne eye shadow. I feel like I've been getting a lot of these in my bags. I'm not too disappointed with this one though because it's probably the best one I've received. It's Rob Scheppy for 'tini beauty in the color Pearl Fizz. It's super creamy and buttery and such a great high light shade or an all over lid color. It blends nicely as well which is always a plus ;).

Last item in this month's bag is a blush from ModelCo Cosmetics in the color Peach Bellini 02. It is so soft and buttery to the touch as well. It also blends out nicely. It is a burnt peachy/ marsala color.Another color that I just adore!

Here are swatches of the lip stain, eye shadow and blush. Top picture is without flash, bottom is with flash.

Don't forget to subscribe to Ipsy for your very own make up bag with 4-5 beauty products a month! http://www.ipsy.com/r/28ji?sid=ipsypoints&cid=general

BE YOUR OWN KIND OF BEAUTIFUL

THANKS FOR READING

XOXO,

MARISSA

Saturday, January 24, 2015

JANUARY IPSY BAG

Hi ya'll!

It's time for January's IPSY Bag!

This month's bag wasn't all that bad. There were only two things I didn't really care for.

First product is Eco-beauty good day moisturizer. I'm excited to always try out new skin care and I just ran out of my everyday moisture so it was perfect timing!

Second product is Elizabeth Mott's all over eyeshadow brush! This brush is AMAZING! SO SO SO soft!

Next is Pacifica's Natural Mineral Coconut Eyeshadow in Ethereal. It's just an opal colored eyeshadow, goes on smooth and is a great highlight shade. I wasn't too exited for this since I do have a lot of shadows this shade already.

The next product I wasn't too excited about either. It's Hikari eye liner in the color Storm. It's a gun metal gray color, again already received an eyeliner this color.

Swatches of the eyeshadow and eye liner

The last product is this fingernail polish from Probelle in Into the blue. I've never heard of this brand so I'm excited to try out the formula & I absolutely love the color which will be perfect for Spring!

Thanks for reading!

XOXO,

Marissa

Sunday, December 28, 2014

TOO FACED CHOCOLATE BAR PALETTE

Hi there!!

Here is the second palette I got for Christmas! Oh my goodness, I love it! One of the best things about this is it smells, yes, smells like CHOCOLATE! :)

I love the metal packaging! Snaps closed nicely & also comes with a mirror!

This palette has a nice range of colors and all the names are a type of chocolate. How cute is that!

Here are the swatches of the shadows

I'm so excited to do some eye looks with this palette.

Thanks for reading!

BE YOUR OWN KIND OF BEAUTIFUL

XOXO,

Marissa

LORAC PRO PALETTE

Hi ya'll!

Hope everyone had a great Christmas! I know I did! This is one of the palettes I received!

I love the packaging. It's a long, thin, matte black palette. It has a magnetic closure and a nice sized mirror!

Here are swatches of the colors. They are super creamy and smooth. They blend nicely!

I can't wait to play around with these shadows some more!

Thank you all for reading!!

BE YOUR OWN KIND OF BEAUTIFUL

XOXO,

Marissa

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

DECEMBER IPSY BAG

Hi ya'll!

Can't believe it's the last IPSY bag of 2014!

I really liked all the items I got this month.

First up is Bumble & Bumble BB cream for your hair. I just received one from last month's bag that I've been using. Can never have too many products to try out.

Tarte's Lights, camera, lashes mascara. I've had a sample of this before and didn't really like it until the end when it got dryer. I don't really like super wet mascaras.

Next is the NYX butter lip balm in parfait. It's a sheer fuscia lip balm and is super creamy.

Next is Nourish Organics eye cream. I'm in need of an eye cream so this came at the perfect time. It's a little on the watery side so we'll see how hydrating it is. Might be best for a day time cream.