April Ipsy Bag reveal!

Hello,

Today I got my Ipsy bag!  yea!!!

This month's theme was "Beauty Rocks" it's Coachella season and no one, I mean no one wants us to forget.  Some of of us are not big Coachella fans ok!  There I said it - now everyone can know how uncool I am :)

None the less, there was lots of fun stuff inside...

Some Big Sexy Hair "Root Pump" - it's more voluminizing hairspray - in a travel size and with my new hair ambitions - this is perfect :)  Value $6.00

Dr brandt microdermabrasion - also great for travel and I have few trips coming up and at $78 for 2 oz I would really want to try before I buy anyways!  Value $9.75

And for all the Urban Decay Junkie's - a 24/7 "Velvet" pencil in Black Velvet -  "Ideal for smoky-eye fanatics, this perfectly plush formula has extra powder, making it ideal for blending into a soft, smoky, matte finish. It glides on precisely, adding rich definition for rimmed eyes. It’s waterproof for long-lasting wear."  This is actually perfect for my easy smokey eye technique!  Watch the vid HERE.  Value $8.

I have been searching for a nude for pale girls - so I was excited  to see the Mary Kay @ Play lip gloss in "Teddy Bare":

It's rather opaque surprisingly.  It does make a nude lip - I don't know how I feel about it - I'm so pale so I would need to wear it with a lot of bronzer - but I want to make it work.  Value $10

And finally a Coachella worth nail polish...

It's the lighter blue swatch - I just wanted to see how it stacked up next to Orly "Macabre Masquerade"

It's a Rainbow Honey polish from their Midnight Garden Collection called "Midnight Fountain". 

It's a blue tinted base with Teal, Blue and silver glitter - I don't know that I would wear this alone - I am pale, pale, pale and blue nails of this sort make me look like I have hypothermia!  But it would make a fabulous accent nail, or glitter tip!  Value $5.00

So all in all another great bag of stuff!  Total Value -> $38.75, and as you know Ispy's only $10 a month.  Join me on ipsy and subscribe to the Glam Bag! You get 4-5 beauty products every month delivered to your door ->Check it out here: HERE!

Let me know your thoughts below!

Jasmine

Ipsy Bag December!

Hello!

Today I received my Ipsy subscription - and it's another wonderful bag full of goodies!

The theme was "Haute Holidays":

The bag this month is a gunmetal silver came with products from NYX, Bombshell, Mai Couture, Mirabella and Urban Decay.

The NYX product is their Loose Pearl Shadow in Charcoal Pearl which is perfect for a smokey eye!

The Urban Decay product is their 24/7 pencil in Zero.

As you can see it is black but not as black as UD's Perversion and I was surprised how easily it rubbed away after I let it sit for a couple minutes.

The Mai Couture St. Barts Highlighting Papers are way too orange for me even when I blended it as much as I could - if I want to look like an Oompa Loompa no problem!

The Mirabella product is their face and eye primer, I am excited to try it and I like the slim tube.

The gloss by Bombshell is in the shade "Hot Mess" It looks very red in the swatch, but as you can see it is a light glossy red when on.  It will look great over red lipstick. 

Again I was very pleased with my Ipsy subscription! 

Jasmine

Fall Makeup Goodies

Hello:

I went on a beauty shopping spree last weekend and got tons of great stuff that I will be reviewing over the next few weeks!

I got an Inglot Freedom Palette and 10 new shadows!  Yeah!!!  Plus they gave me three mini shadows in their new fall color line.  So excited about this!

OCC Lip Tars in NSFW and Strumpet - nuf said.

Nars Lipstick Pencil in Damned (it may just be the burgundy I was searching for!)

Lorac Pro Palette - nudes in both matte and shimmer, yes please!

Random Urban Decay Palette

Inglot AMC Foundation - because I just keep getting paler and I'm starting to run out of options.

NYX Caribbean Collection Palette - bright primary colors

Stila Palette - this thing has been out for like 2 years and was on sale for $9! 

So much fun stuff to show you soon!

Jasmine

Birthday wishes... Ocho Loco!!

Hello!

So today is my 34th Birthday! 
And I may have hinted a time or two that I wanted the new Ocho Loco eyeliner set from Urban Decay.  And guess what I woke up to:

Yea!  I just want to hug it!

All of the colors are fabulous!





So here are my swatches of the Ocho Loco set.  Three of the colors are what I'd call a Pearl finish - Mushroom, Hustle and Stash:

L to right - Mushroom, Stash and Hustle
Mushroom is a gorgeous taupe, perfect for a day, light smokey eye.
Stash- awesome olive tint
Hustle - a lighter brown, again a great day color, or to cut the crease for a brown smokey eye.
 

 Then we have the infamous rich matte black Perversion and 2 sparkle shades:

Left to Right - Perversion, LSD, Junkie
Perversion is BLACK, nuf said
LSD will be great for a bite of color
Junkie is my favorite shade of teal and would look great over a matte peach shadow I think...
 

And finally the other two "matte" shades Psychedelic Sister and Rockstar:

As a girl with green eyes purple is my friend!
Psychedelic Sister is a lovely lavender blue purple
Rockstar is a gorgeous deep plum a great alternative to black
 

Overall this whole set is a hit with me and I can't wait to creat some new looks with these!

Jasmine

Urban Decay's Naked Skin Foundation...is well done!

Hello:
Today I had a chance to try Urban Decay's Naked Skin Foundation which they describe as:

- Flawless ultra definition finish
- Natural radiance without shine
- Weightless buildable coverage
- Packed with nourishing ingredients

They have 18 different shades and the cool undertones end in .5, it also starts at .5 and goes up to 12 (after 7.5) they don't have anymore cool undertones.  I normally would say I have a neutral/warm undertone but .5 ACTUALLY suited me marvelously as you can see from the swatch below.

You can barely see the blended foundation under the dot, but it does give medium coverage and it left a slightly dewy finish on me that dried down to almost matte.  It's a natural looking finish - you but better :) It is definitely buildable which is nice, if you want more coverage.  It's $35 for 1oz. so it's less than a most high end foundations but significantly more than a drug store brand, but you can get matched up at Ulta or Sephora so it might be worth the extra $$.  Plus you get points at both Ulta and Sephora so it's totally worth it...right?  I would put this foundation in my top 5.  Which are in case you were dying to know:
1) Lancome Teint Idole 24h in 100 (perfect match, full coverage, 24hour wear...love)Lancome review
2) Chanel Perfection Lumiere (natural coverage)Chanel Review
3) Clarins Skin Illusion (moderate coverage)Clarins Review
4) Urbany Decay Naked Skin (Natural/Buildable coverage)
5) Elizabeth Arden's Flawless Finish (full coverage) Elizabeth Arden Review

What are your fav foundations?

Jasmine