Happy Sunday! If it’s Monday where you’re at then happy Monday!!! I went to Sephora on Friday and picked up some goodies at the VIB sale. Well, I guess if we are being honest, I didn’t pick them up myself, but my wonderful boyfriend took me shopping for our anniversary and this is what I picked up. I truly wanted the HUDA Beauty palette, but it was all sold out. I already have a large amount of palettes as it is, and I didn’t really need anything in the store, but what the heck – I was being treated! I’m happy with my selection and I used all the products today. Keep reading to see my final look with them and my opinions!
Apr̬s Ski Glow Collection: Eye Lights Palette Р$45.00
This is such a cute palette, and it’s a lot larger than it seems in the photos. I like the huge mirror on it, and I used it to apply my makeup today. I am such a huge fan of large mirrors on small palettes because I can hold it really close to my face and not have the pan cause to much issues. This is my second Becca purchase, with the first one being the Chrissy Tiegen face palette, so I haven’t had a chance to try the Becca eye shadows (until now).
I was really impressed with the pigmentation. Finger swatches are amazing, and applying them with the brush is good, as well. I used the maroon shade in this palette to blend out my cut crease into the outer eye. These are shimmery shades, and I’m not sure if I would use these colors for transitioning. I think these are better for a cut crease color or blending a matte into a shimmer.
ColourPop Golden State of Mind Palette – $26.00
I was so sad about the HUDA beauty not being available, that I was kind of walking with my head down, and I looked and saw this sitting on the shelf. It was the last one, so I picked up the sample palette to see why it was almost gone and O M G!!!!!!!!!! I was able to swatch a pan with my finger and drag down the color across my wrist with FULL pigmentation. I was shocked. This is the first time I have ever touched anything from ColourPop and I was impressed. Safe to say that the last palette came home with me.
Now, I’m going to tell you the truth here which is that you need to use Fix+ with this palette – or whatever you use yourself to wet your shadows. I put my brush in and got nothing. I was so sad. I tried one pat and then two pats with my brush and still nothing. I took my handy Fix+ and sprayed it into my colors and it sucked up that liquid like a sponge. When a shadow sucks up liquid like that, it is a good sign and you know it will fully pigmented. It was a whole different shadow and it became so creamy on my lids! Pick this one up if you have a chance. It is decently priced.
Today, I used the Purple shade and Orange shade for my cut crease.
Fenty Beauty Highlight Stix in shade Confettii – $25.00
If you lilies have been reading my blog for a while, you know how much I don’t trust highlighting sticks on my makeup. They are dangerous on a full face and I would advise not to just slick one of these bad boys on your glam look until you know it’s power.
I have been after this color since the Fenty release and I finally found it hidden deep in the Sephora inside JC Penny that everyone forgets about. I was so excited, I almost started crying! I have heard nothing but raving reviews about these highlighting sticks so I was ready for my chance to glow with Rihanna. But….
Fenty, Fenty, Fenty… what I truly wish you would have done with this color was make it into a powder. I slicked it on my face and luckily it didn’t take off too much of my makeup but my foundation did end up all over the stick (UGH!). Since the foundation was mixing with the stick, the highlight was not so much a highlight but almost like a matte purple. Ewwwwwww…. So I went to the other side of my face which was 100% makeup free and OH MY GOSH IT WAS SOOOO PIGMENTED!!!!! It was exactly what I saw on my arm when I swatched in the store numerous times before. My next attempt to try to recreate at least some of this pigmentation was to take my highlighting fan brush and brushing over the top of the stick. This worked really well and my face was finally starting to glow. I also tried dabbing it onto my skin with my finger, but the fan brush method worked so much better.
I don’t think I would buy another highlighting stick from this line or any other line to be honest. I just never am satisfied with the outcome. I want this highlight in powder form dang it!!!!!!!!! Please, Princess RiRi!!!!!!
Here are the swatches on my arm for you –
As usual, I wanted to give you a look at this color with/without Fix+ and flash/without flash.
And for my look with these products today –
If you want to know all the other products I used for this look, please follow my Instagram and give it a look!!! – @makeupbytigerlily
As always my opinions are 100% truthful and honest, and I would want nothing else from anyone else! Stay beautiful and keep the highlight shine on!
-Tigerlily
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