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Massive nyc haul! Part 1: Beauty

So I just came back from nyc and of course done way to much shopping. My name is Katie and I'm a shopaholic. No seriously though I need to go I a no buy for the next year now. Anyway on with the haul/ mini review since I had time to use these products quite a bit now. Ill show you them in brands. Up first is mac!

So as you can see I bought 3 empty palettes and mostly filled them up. One color eyeshadow and one neutral and a blush/bronzer palette. I also bought two lip pencils in magenta and nightmoth, 217 brush, face and body in c1, strobe cream, 4 airbrush colors, msf natural in light and 7 lippies. (From left to right) please me,rebel, heroine, chatterbox,Japanese mapel, goddess of the sea, and viva glam rihanna. In love with every single thing I have tried from mac yet. Haven't tried the airbrush makeup yet so I hope it's going to live up to my expectations 

For the rest of the brands I only bought one or two items. I didn't go as crazy as I did at mac. 

For ysl I bought le teint touché eclate in the shade   And I bought another rouge volupte in shade 13 peach passion because I am obsessed with these lippies. I'm going to pretend it's not just because of the packaging. 

I heard way to many good things about this powder foundation for me not to try it. And it is amazing. I love using this over a bb or cc cream to give a filler coverage. The brush is a must have for the foudation. 

Love all the chanel foundations I've tried so far and this is no exception it feels so light on yet still giving a decent amount I coverage. And this lippie is beautiful. Stays on for ages!

As you can probably see I'm absolutely crazy over my foundations! This one is beautiful. The finish is what won me over on this one. It's not dewy but not matte but makes you look luminous but not oily. I don't know how they do it but it's awesome and the lippie is also gorgeous!

From Inglot I built a freedom palette. You can't really see the true colors here. The one to the left is a pretty cranberry color with shimmer then it's a deep plum with shimmer and nice almost light taupe with shimmer and then there's a matte taupe and a light pink with shimmer. I also picked up the gel liner and I can tell you it's the blackest black I have ever seen. And soo creamy! Love it!

Nars sheer glow and exhibit a. What else can I say that haven't been said before. The foundation is beautiful and nars blushes are one of the best brands of blush I have ever tried!

These are the things that I only picked up one thing from some brands. I finally got the two faced chocolate bar palette. It smells just like chocolate! Glam glow clearing face mask! (Aka magic in a bottle) Kevyn accuin sensual skin enchancer, Anastasia dipbrow pomade in dark brow, illamasqua cream pigment in hollow I am so in love with this. It's probably my favorite purchase of the entire trip. It's the best cream contour I've ever used! And hourglass ambient lighting blush in radiant magenta. 

I also headed to alcone co to get some fx supplies but they were sold out of a lot of things that I wanted to I settled for the skin illustrator fx palette. Haven't used it yet but cannot wait to play with it!

How I Fill In My Brows

If there's only one thing I can do before I leave my house it has to be my brows! I have very sparse brows so filling them in is a must! So if you would like to know how to fill in your brows if you also have sparse brows keep on reading!

So these are my brows before, as you can see I'm lacking in the brow department. 

So what you'll need is an eyebrow powder. I actually use an eyeshadow I use macs mystery it the perfect color for me and it's not to warm! I hate brow powder that make your brows look reddish! Second you'll need an eyebrow pen I love stilas stay all day waterproof eyebrow pen and lastly you'll need an eyebrow gel to lock everything in lately I've been loving benefits gimme brow in medium dark. 

What I do to start filling in my brows is outline the brow shape I want. This can be tricky. Just take your time to get it right. 

After that is done I finish filling in the center. Now you can stop here if you like. I normally only use the powder if I'm rushed for time. But if you want your brows to stay all day and look as natural as possible them continue reading. 

After filling in your brows with the powder use your pen to create hair like strokes. Have a light hand for this you don't want to press to hard and have the liquid run everywhere! And do over do this part just use it in places where you don't have many hairs and where you need to break up the one color of the powder. 

Last step! Take your brow gel and run it through your brows to set everything!

Optional step! You can take a concealer and draw around your brows to make them look crisp and clean if you want. I personally don't like doing this. I rather a more natural look to my brows!

 

Fotd

Today I just done a simple look using these products. 

FOUNDATION

I'm trying out a new foundation and loving it so far. I can't believe I've never heard anything about it before! It's the hard candy just face it one step foundation. It's a very thick formula however it feels like you don't have anything on your face. Ill post a review when I'm finish testing it out. 

CONCEALER 

benefits erase paste and maybelline dream lumi under the eye and makeup forever full cover concealer on blemishes that the foundation didn't cover. These three are my go to everyday concealers. 

PODWER

revlons nearly naked to set everything in place. Love the natural skin like finish this gives. 

HIGHLIGHTER

nars albatross across my cheekbones just to give a glow and some life to my face since I didn't use blush or bronzer. 

BROWS

mac mystery to fill them in, drew individual brow hairs on with stila stay all day brow pen then set everything in place with benefits gimme brow. 

EYESHADOW 

I used macs paint pot in painterly as a base then used urban decay naked basics palette in Venus, w.o.s. And naked 2 for a soft natural eye. 

EYELINER

I used urban decay electric palette in the shade fringe along with some fix + from mac as eyeliner then smudged the outer v with the same color. 

MASCARA

maybelline the rocket. For a natural look. Normally I use 2 or 3 mascaras or some false lashes. 

LIPS

YSL rouge volupte #29

Here's the finished look

UD ELECTRIC

REVIEW: URBAN DECAY ELECTRIC PRESSED PIGMENT PALETTE 

I just recently got my hands on the palette and I've been playing with it for the past couple days. All I can say is wow! It is amazing!

First of all the packaging is gorg! I'm going to pretend that's not the reason I was drawn to it but I can't lie, but when I swatched those colors I was blown away with the pigmentation and the smoothness that the pigments had! They are a dream to blend and work with, very buildable! 

Here are the swatches I done of each color, there is no primer under these colors, just swatched over my skin. (Sorry about the messy swatches I'm not very good at that yet lol!)

Top (from left to right): Revolt, Gonzo, Slowburn, Savage, Fringe

Bottom (from left to right): Chaos, Jilted, Urban, Freak, Thrash

There is a warning on the back. 

(Warning: Slowburn, Savage, Jilted, and Urban are not intended for use around the immediate eye area.)

While most people think this is an eyeshadow palette and are confused as to why 4/10 shades aren't intended for use around the eye area, all I have to say is that this is a pressed pigment palette and can be used for whatever your imagination can think over. I use this for eyeshadow, blush, patted over lipstick for a matte look, eyeliner, in your hair, etc. I'm loving Slowburn and savage as blushes but beware you need a VERY light hand or you'll look more like a clown!

I have very little negative comments on this palette, other then the fact that if you do not use primer on your eyes (or at least my eyes) the colors wear off in the crease after about 4 hours. But an eye primer is a must for me anyway! Other then that I think that if you love bright bold colors you won't be dissapointed, I 100% recommend this palette!

Products I Regret Buying!

These are my top 10 products that I regret buying! In no perticular order. 

1.

Wet n wild color icon in reserve your cabana. This is suppose to be a bronzer but even on me this looks more like a highlighter. I'm not complaining about that because I love me some highlighters! But the pigmentation is horrible. Hardly any color payoff and I need to use so much to get even a glow then I look like a cake face. Sorry wet n wild I love your lipsticks and blushes but this just did not do it for me. 

2.

I know everyone loves this and I did try it and loved it BUT it's soo dark! Why is there's only a limited shade range (I think only one or two shades!) 

3.

Sorry garnier this also didn't do it for me. The color selection isn't good. This is to dark but is workable because of its sheerness but this is the only product I have ever tried that has broke me out. And not just once I have tried this multiple times hoping it was something else but nope every time I wear it I get the worst breakouts :(

4.

The only reason this made the list is because of its crazy high price along with the fact that I simply don't use it enough to justify the price. Yes it's good but would I rater have my $80 back instead of this? Yes!

5. 

Again with the crappy color range. I truly think this foundation would be lovely if it had a color that suited me. The only reason I haven't thrown this out is because I'm hoping I get extra tan this summer so then I can make use of this. This also has shimmer in it so if you don't like visible shimmer this ones not for you. 

6.

My first and last covergirl lipstick. Not thinking about the aweful color right now but the lipstick Itself smudged so easy and faded in no time! Now the color on the other hand is horrible! It's soo metallic it accents every line just don't do it!

7.

 The maybelline master due eye studio liquid liner. I was so excited to get this I thought the color would be vibrant and perfect for that pop of color liner but it was so disapointing it was watery streaky  and the color was nothing like the sticker, it certainly wasn't glossy and deffinatly was not a glossy teal!

8. 

I was really thinking I was going to love this because their other products I've tried are very lovely, however this just didn't do it for me. The coverage wasn't there and it felt kind of slippery on my skin. It creased almost immediately after application. 

9. 

I bought this because it looked similar to my beloved Bobbie brown shimmer bricks so I decided to give it a go. It is nothing like the shimmer bricks it's chalky and has chunky glitter particles not finely milled shimmer. It doesn't give a nice glow to your skin, it just looks very cheap. Not worth even worth $1 and I paid almost $12!

10.

This may come as a shock to some people because I know a lot of people who love this. It's not a bad palette it's just that I never reach for it. It's one of those palettes that just doesn't have that wow factor to it that would make me reach for it often. I do use it and I do like the looks but I also think the more colorful shades all look the same on the eye when blended. They kind of all blend into a darken blackish shade unless it's put over a base of that color.