elf haul!

my target put out a seasonal elf display much like they did at christmas time, with a bunch of limited edition stuff. then i went to super target in pensacola and they had an actual elf area with regular line and studio line products.

i've bought a few elf products before, the 1$ eyeshadow brush [my favorite brush ever], the all over color sticks, and the giant makeup box thing i got for christmas a year ago.

so this week, i bought their brush cleaner for 3$, 4 studio line eye brushes each for 3$, a 32 eye shadow palette for 4.99$, and not pictured i bought a 5 pack of glosses for 4.99$ as well. both the glosses and palette are limited edition. all available at most target locations currently. you can also find elf on it's website, occasionally at dollar tree, if you're in the south i've found it at kmart and dollar general as well.the limited edition stuff is target exclusive i do believe.

here are so pictures!

excuse the mess. and yes, that is my stove. the kitchen is the only place with decent lighting after dark.

the outside of the palette

inside look

full on view. it has a mirror and sponge applicator. this picture also captures the colors most accurately. there's a more neutral version of this palette as well.

the brushes. these were really soft taklon. i was surprised.

after one use of the cleaner. i washed the brushes above.

if you click any of the pictures, they get bigger:)

if you want a review on anything, just let me know. 

until next time,

Updates && News

hi loves!

i apologize for being gone for so long. i've moved into my own apartment with my other half, and we had a baby, so that has taken over my life. thankfully i am no longer working so hopefully i can get back into the swing of things.

a few new things:

i am changing the way i review things to model temptalia's grading scale. you can read about her grading system here. any questions? just ask. i feel like it's a lot more streamlined and easy to follow.

i will be redoing my glamour doll eyes review to update it and follow this new scale.

also, i will be doing a first impressions, then a full review on lucky 107's eyeshadows and virus insanity's eyeshadows, along with my love letters necklace. i also have an elf haul to add.

i'm going to also start categorizing things differently. i'm going to try to focus on four main things: swatches, hauls, first impressions, and full reviews.

i changed my blog name, obviously. but now i'm also trying to make it pretty and easy to navigate. let me know if you have any suggestions.

i think that is all for this update loves:)

Glamour Doll Eyes: haul, swatches, looks:)

This is so overdue, I am so lazy when it comes to videos/blogging. There's a good reason, I promise, you'll all know soon. Besides working full time for the first time ever, I'm about to move out into my own apartment:)

ANYWAY!
If you don't have any of these shadows, go friggen buy some. Seriously. Do it. Just trust me on this one, they are so worth it.Swatches:

Swatches are done over just regular concealer.

Here are some random looks I've done and photographed:
Boyfriend Sweater in the crease, Dolly on the lid

Just Dance! on the lid, Stellar in the crease

Bare Naked on the lid, Boyfriend Sweater in the crease

Boyfriend Sweater all over, mixed with Stiletto in the crease, Cloud Coverage as the highlight

Dolly on the lid, Aqua Foil in the crease

now that I have spammed your eyeballs with pictures of my face, here's the video that goes with this post, if you haven't seen it yet:

NOTD and huge update

I'm so sorry I've been MIA for over a month. With moving and unpacking and general just being busy, I forget about my blog. Yikes. 

Anyway! I have videos I need to edit, some I need to refilm because they are horrible, but be on the lookout for that soon. I'll have my Glamour Doll haul and review up soon, I hope!

Anyway.

here are random nails of the day posts.

The first is a Sephora by OPI polish in Absinthe Makes The Heart. It's a gorgeous blacked green. I think this one was 9$.

The second polish is Glitz by wet n wild. This polish was only 2 or 3 $! A pretty glitter color, it has pink, silver, and aqua glitter.

NOTD- Rimmel Night Before

love this polish. here's some pictures:

this one is blurry to show the holo top coat. I used Northern Lights Silver Holo Topcoat by Out The Door on top of Rimmel Night Before.

It's looks almost blue when you first open the bottle. The first coat goes on blue, but the second goes more blurple, depending on thickness. It has a micro fine shimmer to it that looks red, but I'm going to say it's more of a reddish purple. It really is a gorgeous, unique color. Plus, it's only like 3$ at Walmart, CVS, Walgreens, etc. It's a 60 second formula, but after the second coat it gets pretty thick and 60 seconds just isn't a correct number for drying time. The topcoat is also a fast drying topcoat, I'd say it was still dentable after an hour.


This makes the holo topcoat look like chunky glitter, but it's really not. It's smooth as can be.

Do you have this color? Do you need it? What about the topcoat? I will be posting more NOTD swatches with the topcoat, it's my new favorite love.

 

The Beauty Spark Giveaway

Laura at The Beauty Spark is giving away an Urban Decay palette and a brush set for her 50 followers giveaway!
It's open internationally and until the 10th of February:)

What are you waiting for? Go enter :)

Collective Haul!

swatches and pictures

so much holographic glitter! in love.

get yourself down to CVS for their sale. So worth it.