Swatches & Photos: Too Faced - A Few of my Favorite Things

This kit is exclusive to Sephora, and is Limited Edition, so get it while you can! I highly recommend it!

This kit retails for $56.00 USD.

Included is:

Pink & gold chevron clutch

Lip Injection Color Bomb in Bee Sting

Better Than Sex deluxe sample size mascara

20 eyeshadows

2 bronzers

2 blushes

small "look book"

All swatches are finger swatches on bare skin

Snowflakes / Whiskers on Kittens / Chocolate Milk / Moon on Their Wings / Dark Chocolate

Cream Colored Ponies / Honey Honey / Buche de Noel / Evergreen / Blue Satin Sashes

Coquet / Taffy / Crisp Apple Strudel / Woolen Mittens / Soiree

Tinsel / Bluff / Ooh La Orchid / Party Time / Pure Glam

All the shades are very pigmented, and are wonderfully pigmented. The only shades with a little trouble are the matte purple "Ooh La Orchid" and the shimmery "Party Time". "Ooh La Orchid" just needs a little help when applied, just build it up. "Party Time" is not the spectacular shade it appears in the pan, more like an overshadow actually. I'd use it over top of another shadow to give it a little "pop!".

Chocolate Soleil / Melt into Spring / Raindrops on Roses / Sun Bunny

No complaints in the face products department! All winners in my book, and I'm especially fond of the peachy coral shade - Melt into Spring.

The "Better Than Sex" mascara is just ok for me. It reminds me of Almay Get Up & Grow, as far as the brush. It's nothing special, but it's not bad either. 

First of all, I'm sorry I have to say this, but this lip stick looks like a penis. I'm sorry that's disgusting, but it does. It's quite off-putting. The color is beautiful, ou know I'm partial to natural nude shades. However, I'd wear this over a lip balm, so as to have a "buffer". The name of this shade is "Bee Sting" and I find that perfect, because that's what it feels like. It hurts SO bad on the lips!

All together, I am more than pleased with this purchase. You like? 

I give this an:

Swatches: Urban Decay Vice 2 Palette

    This morning I was given a $50 gift card to Sephora as an early birthday present. Needless to say, I was pretty fricking excited. So off I headed to the mall, because right now is Sephora VIB and I couldn't pass up that 20%! I really REALLY wanted this palette for my birthday, so I knew that's what I would spend my card on. I also got my birthday freebie, and after taxes I only paid 50 cents!

The packaging is gorg! It's a swirly vortex of purpley goodness. It also has the button on the front which opens it, just like the original Vice palette. Inside the lid is a huge mirror, which is a nice bonus. 

So pretty! I can't wait to play with it tomorrow!!!

Just to save myself from being redundant and saying each shade is "super pigmented, creamy, blah blah blah" I'll just say that now. There are only a few shades that need an extra footnote, which I will include in shade descriptions. Other than that, every shade is AMAZEBALLS.

Smokeout: Blackened brown, with a hint of a plum undertone.

Lovesick: Matte black with silver glitter. **This shade was pretty dry and patchy.

Shellshock: Extreme silver metallic.

Coax: Rosey pink with a satin finish.

X Rated: Baby pink with an almost matte finish.

Prank: Dark, dark navy with a teal shift and teal shimmer. **This shade was the softest and most pigmented. May stain lids.

Madness: Bright, electric blue with a silver reflect sheen.

Strike: Yellowy orange gold with metallic finish.

Stash: Metallic olive green with gold flecks.

Poison: Charcoal blue/black with small silver flecks.

Radar: Medium warm brown with a satin (almost frost) finish.

Damaged: Metallic emerald green.

Voodoo: Metallic blackened purple. Mostly purple, but definitely has some black in it. **Applied a bit patchy.

Betrayal: Lilac purple with a strong blue duo chrome. 

Derailed: Metallic taupe brown.

Dope: Metallic icy pink.

Toxic: Rose gold with a satin finish.

Habit: Matte creamy beige.

Ambush: Deep bronzy brown. Metallic finish.

Rewind: Matte medium cool brown.

Final thoughts:

I could have done without 3 dark black/charcoal colors. One of them, Lovesick, is not very good at all. I think one would have been enough. Of course I will say more matte shades would have been nice, especially a nice warm brown. The 2 pink shades, Coax and  X Rated are similar enough that one is enough. Other than that, I love everything about this palette. The new formula of Urban Decay shadows is beyond fabulous. They are so smooth, apply so nicely, it's wonderful. 

I give this palette:

Dollar Tree Finds!

    I wondered on over to the Dollar Tree the other day (I honestly can't remember what for) and I decided I needed a new hair brush, and found some other goodies there also. I thought I'd share what kind of things can be found at the Dollar Tree lately, and a few swatches too!

   The ELF Lip Exfoliator pictured above was actually purchased at Target for $3, not at the Dollar Tree, but I thought I'd include it. Basically it's an exfoliating lip scrub in the shape of a lipstick and it tastes like vanilla. Simple enough.

     I did pick up the hair brush, and also a couple larger clips for keeping my hair out of my face while putting my makeup on, or doing my hair. They came together 2-in-1. 

The LA Colors Rapid Dry Top Coat is a bit of a disappointment for me. It's super runny like water, and it drags through my polish leaving little track marks. It also doesn't dry rapidly AT ALL. Granted it's only a $1, but pass on it. 

     If you watch my YouTube videos you know I am LOVING the ELF Matte Lip Colors. I have 5 out of the 6 available shades now, and found all of them at the Dollar Tree, although they are still available at Target and online. The shade I passed on is Praline because it's just too dark brown for me. The color I did pick up this time is Coral, which I was super pumped up about. It's a beautiful peachy nude color, and reminds me a bit of Just Peachy by Wet n Wild (one of my all time faves!)

   I also found a bunch of the Rimmel Glam Eye quads. I didn't however realize they were quads and not trios, until I was swatching the last one. So the first 2 palettes only show 3 swatches, not 4. Oops! They did have a few more shades available, I just picked up the ones I was interested in. I have worn the gold one already, and it is pretty nice. The only complaint I have is that the little strips of eyeshadow are really hard to get into, even with the little sponge applicator. While it is pretty to look at, the packaging leaves much to be desired in terms of usage. Swatches of everything is below!

Green Park

Royal Tea

Heart of Gold

ELF Matte Lip Color - Coral

Swatched: Wet n Wild Tough Girl Collection Eyeshadows

       I finally found these little beauties at Walgreens today. There are 2 more trios in this collection, but I opted not to buy them knowing I'll never wear them.

      All of these trios have a great texture, none too powdery and none lacked in pigmentation. All swatches are one swipe, no primer.  Highly recommend them if you can find them!

Enlisting For Beauty

Soldiers in Charms

Spoiled Army Brat

Zero Dark Flirty

Wet n Wild Pop Art Craze Nail Polish Swatches

      I found these polishes at one of my local Rite Aid stores. This was on Thursday, and they were on sale for $0.69 instead of the regular $0.99. As this was last week, I'm sure the sale is over now. However, $1 is really nothing to pay for a polish anyway lol. There are 2 other colors I did not pick up; one being an orange shade and the other white. 

      Formula is the same on all of these polishes, except the green. The green is a bit more sheer/jelly like while the others are opaque creams. All swatches are 2 coats, except the green which is 3. I use NYC In a New York Minute topcoat. 

L-R:

Teal Slowly and See

Stand the Test of Lime

Who is Ultra Violet?

Listening to Blue Reed

I give all four of these polishes an:

Swatch & Quick Review: Revlon Colorstay quad "Delightful"

   Here is another "gem" I found on clearance at my local Meijer. I use the term "gem" lightly, and sarcastically in this situation. This particular quad is being discontinued from the line, so if you happen to be interested in it, I'd get it while you can. As you can see I only paid $3.49 for this quad. There were a few other ones on clearance also, but I didn't pay attention to exactly which ones. 

     In a nutshell: This quad looks beautiful in the pan and when swatched. It's a nice neutral quad, with a subtly pop of peach. That being said: the color does not transfer to the eyelid AT ALL. It boggles my mind how this swatch so beautifully on my hand, but when applied to the eye - nothing. I tried a brush and the sponge tip applicator also. Still - nothing. Such a shame considering how pretty it looks. If you are looking for a sheer, subtle eye look, this is your man (or girl, which ever you prefer). If you are looking for pigmentation, save your hard earned cash. All the other Colorstay quads get rave reviews, and I see now why this one is being discontinued. 

Left to right: white/ cream matte shade. Soft peach/pink satin shade. Yellowy tan satin shade. Chocolate brown demi matte shade.

What are your experiences with the Colorstay quads? Did I just pick a bad one or what??

I give this quad:

Top 10 Drugstore Lipsticks!!

Essence - Creamy Nude

ELF Matte Lip Color - Natural

Rimmel - Airy Fairy

L'Oreal Balm - Laze in the Maze

L'Oreal Balm - Caring Coral

same order as listed above

Wet n Wild MegaLast - Just Peachy

Wet n Wild MegaLast - Dollhouse Pink

Revlon Lip Butter - Sugar Plum

Maybelline Vivid - Hot Plum

Maybelline Vivid - Brazen Berry

same order as listed above

You can watch my video here:

Wet n Wild Pop Art Craze Eyeshadow Trios

     Oh-Em-Gee!!! I have been SUPER pumped about this limited edition collection ever since I first heard about it! Yes it's all crazy ass colors, which I don't typically wear on a day to day basis, BUT it's new Wet n Wild!! I absolutely love, love, love Wet n Wild Color Icon eyeshadows. The are pretty much the biz-naz if you know what I'm saying ;)

     This collection of trios actually includes 6 new trios, but I was only interested in 5 of them. The other one consists of white, red and black and I wasn't feeling it. This collection also includes 6 new Wild Shine polishes, of which I purchased 4. (That's a whole 'nother post). The most exciting thing to me about this collection is the fact the most of these shadows are MATTE. The regular Color Icon line is seriously lacking in the matte department, so it's nice to see Wet n Wild go that route.

I will have close up shots and swatches after the jump, so keep reading!