Kiss the Girl

Here is a look that I could have sworn I made a post about. I made a tutorial for this look months ago, and I thought that I made a blog post at about the same time... But I was looking for it, and now I don't believe that I ever got around to it! So, here's my long lost Ariel look, even though at the time, I didn't know that that's what I was doing with it, or that it was my Youtube first birthday! 

Yes, I'm using the camera that distorts my face. Ugh. Ah well, it shows that 
colors well. Just remember that's not what my face really looks like!

 Ahh! Sparkles!

Eyes:

• Too Faced Shadow Insurance
• MAC Surf the Ocean pigment stack (the light green, and I believe a bit of the silver)
• Coastal Scents 88 Warm palette
• Aromaleigh Colette
• MAC Studio Fix powder C3
• Urban Decay Perversion liquid liner
• Elf black gel liner
• Covergirl Lashblast volume mascara

Cheeks:

• Revlon Rose Rapture

Lips:

• Revlon Petal lipstick
• Random NYX lipgloss 

This look ended up being so pretty and so sparkly.  You have to check out my tutorial for it, just so that you can see all of the sparkles better. This is why I love loose eyeshadows; the finish is always so beautiful.  Unfortunately, I find that they tend to transfer everywhere, but hey, who doesn't want sparkles everywhere?  

I'm going to do a product review/major swatch session for some of my Aromaleigh eyeshadows soon.  The company went away for a while, about a year or two, but now they're back! You guys really, really should order from them, because that purple color (Colette) is stunning. It has purple and blue shimmers everywhere, and you can actually see them after you apply it.  

I hope that you guys liked this look, and I really hope that I haven't posted it before and just wasn't able to find it.  If you have have any requests for looks, please ask! It really motivates me.  Anyway, love you all!

NYX Glam Shadow Stick in 24 Karat

Have you been liking all of the looks that I've been posting? I love it! But, I also have quite a few product pictures backed up in my folder, so I'm going to do a couple in between looks. Today, we're presenting the NYX Glam Shadow Stick in 24 Karat. It's an eyeshadow stick and as far as NYX goes, it's pretty expensive, retailing at $15, I believe.

I couldn't figure out which swatch was best, so I just chose all of them. 

The bottom one is blurry to show the sparkles!

This is a very interesting product. If you've ever watched my videos, you know that I never just use a primer; I always use a base too. So, I'm a big fan of shadow sticks and the like.  This one interested me, just because of the amazing color. Look at it!

First of all, this is pretty sheer. You could wear it on its own and get a cool color, but the color of your skin would definitely poke out from under it, especially if you're darker, and especially if you blend it out at all. When you blend it out, it disperses into more sparkles and less color.  I really don't think that it's a deal breaker for this product to be sheer, though. I don't mind it at all.

Secondly, this product is not the same as the famous Jumbo Eyeshadow pencils. I think that it stays longer, but I still wouldn't use it without a primer.  I particularly like that it's a wind up instead of having to be sharpened like the Jumbo pencils, because that wastes less product.  Also, this product does wind down when you wind it up, unlike other similar products. That's a big thumbs up.

Overall, I really do like this product. The color is gorgeous, and it's so hard to find a yellow color as vibrant as this, or a yellow at all. My only major grip is the price. It's as expensive as a Mac eyeliner! That's ridiculous!

Would you spend as much money on a drugstore brand item as on a mid-high end item?