Makeup Haul | Sephora, LimeCrime, Inglot ♥

Between last week and this week I did a little damage at Sephora and a few other places. I bought lots of amazing goodies that I’ve been dying to try! Check out my video to see what products I bought and what my initial thoughts are about each one!

PRODUCTS MENTIONED:

♥ Formula X For Sephora Nail Polish (Astronomical & Top Coat)
♥ Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes Mascara (Black)
♥ Beauty Blender Micro Mini
♥ Bite Beauty Lip Gloss (Rambutan)
♥ Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector *Pressed (Opal)
♥ Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector *Liquid (Opal)
♥ Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-place Concealer (Deep)
♥ Lime Crime Lipstick (Babette)
♥ Lime Crime Velveteen (Salem)
♥ Inglot Lipstick (297)

What are your latest purchases? What new products do you guys recommend?

xo, Jess ♥

Fall Makeup | 2014 ♥

Fall has officially arrived! Hurry and grab all your favorite vampy products because that’s what you’ll be rockin’ for the next few months! Although, I am a little sad to see summer officially go I am super excited to start wearing darker lipsticks and smokey eyes. That’s probably my favorite type of makeup to wear!

I decided to do a Fall makeup look for you guys using one of my favorite palettes and one of my favorite fall lipsticks! I definitely think the Amrezy palette by Anastasia Beverly Hills is the perfect Fall Palette, so if you don’t own it yet, I totally recommend you go out and get it! It’s one of the great ones, Promise!

PRODUCTS USED:

♥  M.A.C Paint Pot ( Painterly)
♥ Amrezy Palette by Anastasia Beverly Hills (Caramel, Deep Plum, Morocco, Vanilla, Glisten, Legend)
♥ Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Concealer (Neutralizer)
♥ L’Oreal True Match Lumi Foundation (W6)
♥ M.A.C Prolongwear Concealer (NW35)
♥ NYX Matte Bronzer (Medium Deep)
♥ Sonia Kashuk Bare Illuminating Bronzer (Goddess)
♥ Korres Zea Mays Blush (21 Rose)
♥ Ben Nye Banana Powder
♥ Urban Decay Super Saturated Ultra Intense Waterproof Cream Eyeliner (Perversion)
♥ Sonia Kashuk Twist Up Longwear Eyeliner (Onyx)
♥ Tarte Gifted Amazonian Clay Mascara
♥ M.A.C Lip Pencil (Night Moth)
♥ M.A.C Satin Lipstick (Media)
♥ Too Faced Candlelight Glow Hightlighter

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xo, Jess ♥

Too Faced Melted Longwear Lipstick | Review ♥

Lipsticks…Again. Like I’ve mentioned a thousand times before, I am a lipstick hoarder. I’ve completely come to terms with it and I just can’t help it. To feed my fun little addiction I decided to try these new Too Faced Melted Lipsticks out! I’ve had some of them for a while but I wanted to really make sure I used them enough to give a good review.

So far I’ve collected six out of the ten lipsticks. I have the colors Melted Nude, Melted Coral, Melted Peony, Melted Fig, Melted Fuchsia, and Melted Berry. The Melted Peony is a little baby version because it was given to me as a gift for purchasing a certain amount of Too Faced cosmetics at Ulta.

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Price: $21.00

Where Can You Purchase? Ulta, Sephora, Too Faced.com

Too Faced Claims: “Get the staying power of a stain, the intense color of a liquid lipstick and the high shine of a gloss in one long-wear formula. Using exclusive technology to keep cauldrons of molten lipsticks liquid and creamy, Melted Liquified Long Wear Lipstick comfortably coats lips in bursts of intense, high-impact, super rich, saturated color that lasts for hours.” – TooFaced.com

Packaging: I’m not really a huge fan of lipsticks in little squeeze tubes. It reminds me of those oily lip glosses from lip smackers that I would use when I was like five. As an adult I think I have the capability of using a wand and applying it on my own. I get that it’s meant to save time but I feel like you don’t have control over how much product you’re applying or squeezing out for that matter. Besides the squeeze tube part,  I do like their precision tip applicator at the end of the squeeze tube. It sort of feels like the higher end lip gloss tips and I like that it’s soft and applies the lipstick perfect without having to use a lip liner.

Consistency: This product is meant to be creamy and it is. The whole concept is that it’s a melted lipstick, which is really what it looks like.

Application: It’s super easy to apply, no lip liner needed. The darker colors do feather so you may want to use lip liner just for that purpose but it’s not necessary for staying within the lip line.

Finish/Lasting Power: The overall finish is a shiny matte if that makes any sense. It does have a tiny bit of a sheen to it but Too Faced claims to have high shine gloss which I wouldn’t agree with. When I think of high shine gloss I think of extremely glossy lips and that’s not what I get out of these, which for me is perfectly fine. As for the lasting power, they definitely do last a long time. Too Faced doesn’t specify how long they can last but I’ve gotten a good 4-5 hours out of them. I do believe the lighter colors last more than the darker ones, but the darker ones end up turning into more of a stain.

Overall Thoughts: Overall, these are some of my go-to products for on the go. It’s so easy to apply and touch up. They can be drying especially on my lips since I already have over dried lips. If you apply Chapstick beforehand you should be perfectly fine! I recommend these, especially the fun colors!

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**( Melted Ruby in the picture is actually Melted Berry – Sorry!)

What Melted shade is your favorite?

xo, Jess ♥

Current Favorites | August 2014 ♥

For the month of August I didn’t really have much favorites and of course I waited too long to film my monthly favorites. Instead, I decided to make a current favorites video including some of my most used products in recent weeks.

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Watch the video to see why these are my current favorites! …What were your favorites for August?