Review: ELF Complexion Perfection Powder

So, I made this post a couple of hours ago, then I try to post it and it comes up with an error message. What a pain. So I decided to just do the whole review over again.. I'll be posting at least one more post tonight so look out for that. But this post is a review for the ELF complexion perfection powder!

So as you can see there is four different pastel colored squares, a yellow, blue, green, and pink.

What ELF claims:

"Create a balanced and radiant complexion that is beautiful and healthy. The lightweight formula evens out the skin tone and absorbs excess oil. The sheer formula brightens, mattes and neutralizes the skin. The colors are meant to be blended together as the Blue neutralizes orange, the Green neutralizes red, the Pink neutralizes grey and the Yellow brightens and neutralizes red."

(source)

Do I agree with their claim? Yes. I just can't say anything about it absorbing excess oil; my skin is very very dry, so I have no problem with oil, really! Sorry for all you oily skin people! I am not sure on that, but I'm sure it does, I've seen reviews from people with oily skin and some of them said it works, but I can't say for myself. What I do is I use my ELF studio line kabuki or occasionally I use the Sigma SS150 brush and I just put my brush into the pan, swirl it in there focusing it on the green block and just sweep it on my face; mainly on my cheeks (I have very rosy cheeks.)

(swatches from l-r: pink, green, blue, yellow)

As you can see they are very light, very pastel. These had to be swatched about four times to get that color. You will not have a bright pink/yellow/blue/green powder on your face!

(swatched all colors together)

 

Review: Sally Hansen Natural Beauty Color Comfort Lip Color Lipsticks!

I got both of these during CVS' 25%-75% off sale, these happened to be 75% off! So I scored them for only $2.50 each. They retail for $10.00, which is really expensive for a drugstore lipstick, I know. I am pretty sure they're on sale 24/7 though, because I really don't know how many people would pay $10.00 for a Sally Hansen lipstick! They are both kind of in between a luster and matte finish, odd, I know. The two colors I have here are Soft Orchid and Perfect Pink.

As for the consistency it is a bit drying, but it has a gloss to it so it's not matte. That's why I wouldn't consider it fully a luster; since I find luster's a tad bit moisturizing. I actually really enjoy these; I hope Soft Orchid is my new favorite fall lippie! I'm not quite sure yet, but we'll see (: Sorry I've been doing a lot of reviews but that's all I really have time for right now, sorry again!

Sephora Friends & Family Sale!

Yay! I took advantage of Sephora's last sale which was like 15% off ( I can't remember the name of the sale though!) back in I think April or March! Now finally a new sale! It's the Sephora Friends and Family sale which is 20% off your whole order/purchase plus free shipping with orders over $50! Discounts in high end makeup is so rare, so I love that sephora does them! The sale starts Octorber 22 and ends November 3, 2010! So on October 22nd rush to sephora.com and add everything to your cart! (;

The code is: FF2010

BTW guys all credit goes to: http://www.productrater.blogspot.com/

If it wasn't for her post, I probably wouldn't have found out until a week after the sale ended! Hope you guys get to take advantage of the deal! <3

Review: ELF Butternut quad

Hey everyone! Today I have another ELF quad review, I know I should probably just do them all in one post but it's much easier this way! When I do own all of them I'll do one whole post on them, I promise! Today I'll be reviewing the Butternut quad. It's just a neutral, everyday shimmery quad.
The best thing about these quads is that they are literally only $1, yes $1 for four highly pigmented eye shadows; with today's economy this is a life saver. The only bad thing about ELF is that it's very "limited"; when I say "limited", I mean the availability sucks. You can only find these on there website linked here and some targets (although I have seen ELF at a couple of local grocery stores.)  I used to order off ELF's website all the time, now I hate ordering online. Two reasons, one: I don't have a credit card and I hate asking my mom or dad for their credit card numbers and two: I hate shipping; I hate having to wait for shipping and I hate having to pay for shipping.
Alright, now on to the pictures and details!

As you can see it comes with four colors (hence the name quad.) It comes with a nice shimmery off white beige with a slight yellow undertone, a peachy-apricot beige color, a nice shimmery taupe-y brown color (my favorite), and a red tone brown color.

(swatches with no flash)

 (flash)

*Note: The swatches were swatched two times for the quality of the picture. In real life the colors are much more vibrant and really only need one swipe for the color to look like the picture! (:

What am I doing?

So, I am currently in my parents room eating chocolate ice cream and blasting Katy Perry with my cat at the edge of the bed purring on my legs. I haven't been doing much lately. Because one, my health hasn't been cooperating with me and two, I just have no social life haha. I really don't ever care about my school work; so studying and doing homework doesn't really happen much to be honest (I know; I should really care more)
I haven't been doing much of school lately, last week I missed four days because I had mono and this week I've already missed two days because of my cornea injury. This is really bad because I am already far far behind the other students, and I suck at make-up work and catching on to things. I just haven't been looking forward to school like I usually do (I usually look forward to seeing my friends and that's about it haha) but lately I just have been going because I have to. I've really been drifting from my friends like I usually do. I suck at keeping friendships and to be honest I never care about losing them. Maybe once in a blue moon I care about someone, but usually it's like okay we're not friends anymore? Great I don't care. Ooh, this is kind of a personal post? Yes.
I've really been in a reading and writing mood lately. I just really want to read something, or write something. I really want to read Lauren Conrad's L.A. Candy series! It looks like something I personally would love (: Has anybody read that series? I would love to hear your opinion on it! Well, I think I'm going to let you guys go. I think I'll do more of these "What am I doing?" posts? They're fun to write! (:
Have a lovely night everybody! <3 xo

Review: Sally Girl Eyeshadow Singles

Hey everybody! Again, sorry for the lack of posting! I'm trying to make posts everyday but with my health lately that is just impossible. First I had mono, now I have an infection in my right eye. It started Monday, my eye was in pain all day. Then, it was swollen and red. So, on Tuesday I went to my doctor and he said I had an injury on my cornea so today he's making me see some special eye doctor. Okay, enough about my health. On to the review!

So today I will be reviewing two Sally Girl Eyeshadow Single which are available here  or at your local Sally's Beauty Supply store. They have a ton of colors and the best part is that they are only $0.99. That is amazing, the pigmentation is great. They blend like a dream; great great great quality. I really do think everyone should give these a shot, whether you're used to cover girl eye shadows or Chanel eye shadows I think you would still enjoy these. BTW, the two colors I'm showing you here are called (from l-r: taupe, champagne)

                 *(Sorry for the really crappy picture! It looked a bit better on my phone! Haha, Sorry!)

There are the swatches, just one swipe. They are very soft and velvety (I know champagne is broken in the pan. It was in my makeup bag and it broke!)

Products I Regret Buying

Hey everybody! First and foremost I want to apologize for being MIA for five days, I was sick with mono since Monday. I didn't go to school Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday. I went to the doctor on Wednesday and he told me I had all the symptoms of mono and that there was no medicine for mono, that it just went away with time and good health.
Enough about my sickness and let's get on to the products I regret buying!

(clockwise: nivea kiss of moisture chapstick, revlon colorstay foundation, mac superglass sweet tart, mac lipstick(s) viva glam gaga, and dressmaker, dressmaker, elf blush and bronzer duo, nyc blushable cream stick in plaza pink, mac blush in instant chic)

To be honest the only reason I don't like it is because I got the wrong shade! This is way too light for me! I look like a ghost when I wear it. It is also drying, but other than that I'm sure if I bought the right shade I would've liked it. Always swatch foundation if you can (:

This blush is probably the worst powder blush I've ever tried.. The only reason I really got it was because everyone on youtube was raving about it saying it's the most amazing blush out there. It's not. It's called instant chic from the pret-a-papier collection. It's chalky, sheer, and the color itself isn't so great. I definitely regret buying this blush.

Another MAC product. Who would've guessed? I love MAC, but there are just some products I never use. This is definitely one of them. First it's $18.50 which is $4 more than a regular MAC lipglass and it contains less product (yes, I know the container is bigger but it contains 4.5 grams while the regular lipglass contains 4.8 grams.) The color is sheer, it's sticky, the glitter is gritty, it's hard to blend. I can't imagine what a MAC dazzleglass is like (I've never tried one and I hear these are less glittery)

I bought this back in late January when I first started wearing and buying makeup. I didn't mind it at first because I heared it was a dupe for orgasm by nars, but as soon as I bought the nars orgasm I realized they were nothing a like. The ELF one is powdery, a little chalky, doesn't have a gold undertone to it, and it's just not a dupe. I don't ever use it anymore. I'm probably going to give it to my mother.

I know. Everyone raves and raves about it. It's horrid. It moisturizes them for like two minutes and then they are drier than before you applied the chap stick. Definitely not worth it. Don't buy it! Softlips is a lot better if you're looking for a good chap stick (:

To be honest, theres nothing bad with it. It's just I never ever use it. Last time I touched it was probably two months ago. It's great, it's just I don't use it. Ever.

Viva glam gaga is too pink for me and Dressmaker, Dressmaker is too coral for me. Not much to it.