Regulars

Some of my most used products over the past weeks:

MAC Paint Pots: L-R Constructivist / Indianwood

My go-to eye shadows from MAC: Woodwinked and Arena

I recently repurchased NARS Sheer Glow foundation, I forgot how great this is.

Favorite primer and concealer.

:)

Betty

I Guess I'm Not a Red Lipstick Kind of Girl

I can finally say I am not intimated by a bold lip color. As you can see, my go-to choices are raspberry, fuchsia and burgundy plum-ish shades.

L-R: YSL Rouge Volupté #12 / #11 / NARS Penny Arcade / Laura Mercier Crushed Berry / OCC Lip Tar "Strumpet" / MAC Rebel

:)

Betty

Rebel Spotlight

I've always been intrigued and intimidated to get MAC's Rebel, it's such a bold color that I never really thought I could pull it off,  but now that I own it I'm loving this lipstick.

Rebel looks crazy scary and intimidating in the tube but it wears to a raspberry plum-ish, I don't know how to describe it really, but it's beautiful.

Rebel has become an absolute favorite and a definite repurchase.

Betty

Pink Me Up!

I've been reaching a lot lately for pink blushes and lipsticks.
I have to admit I was a little intimidated to wear a bright lipstick, so I started just with a little hint of color and Revlon's Sweet Tart Lip Butter got me hooked ever since. 
Other lip products I have been reaching for:

Left to Right: Revlon Sweetheart Just Bitten Kissable Lip Balm/Revlon Colorburst Fuchsia/Carnation/Sweet Tart Lip Butter

Left to Right: Revlon Fuchsia/Carnation/Sweet Tart

The one that I've been using way more now is Fuchsia, I absolutely adore this shade.

Revlon Sweetheart Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain

Bottom Left Corner to Top Right Corner: 

Sweetheart/Fuchsia/Carnation/Sweet Tart

Moving on to blushes,  MAC's Fleur Power and Revlon Flushed Photoready cream blush.

 MAC Fleur Power/Revlon Flushed

Bottom Left to Top: Revlon Flushed/MAC Fleur Power

The Real Techniques blush brush is my go-to brush for blushes, not only it works perfectly but the color of the handle is an awesome metallic pink

And to finish off, another pink product I always carry in my makeup bag is this cute mirror I got at Sephora a while ago.

Maybe I should do a post on what I carry in my makeup bag...which is pink by the way ;)

Thanks for reading!

Betty

Barely any difference

Hi!
I finally got the new Maybelline Color Tattoo cream shadows, I found them at a CVS somewhat far from the usual CVS I go to (the one closest to me sucks by the way).
Anyway, I picked up Rich Mahogany, Gold Shimmer and Barely Beige which is the one featured on this post.
When I first opened it, the first thing that I thought was "This looks just like MAC's Bare Study Paint Pot!" and sure enough compared side by side they look very much alike.

Bottom Left: Bare Study / Upper Right: Barely Beige

Bottom: Bare Study / Top: Barely Beige

I noticed that Maybelline's Barely Beige is a bit pinkier, just very slightly, while Bare Study is more beige.

I'm very pleased with Barely beige so far, I might do a review once I use it enough.

Thanks for reading :)

Betty

I Found a Substitute

Hi there!
I found substitutes for a couple of my favorite MAC eyeshadows, Humid and Nocturnelle.

 Inglot Pearl 446 replaced Nocturnelle, even though they're not identical, they're pretty darn close.
Close enough for me to completely forget about repurchasing Nocturnelle.

Left to Right: Inglot 446 / MAC Nocturnelle

Now on to Humid's replacement, Inglot Pearl 418

Comparison:

Left to Right: Inglot Pearl 418 / MAC Humid

Again, they're not identical, but they're close enough for me to replace.

The reason why I replaced Humid and Nocturnelle is because after having them for a few years, I noticed my eyes got itchy when I used them, specially on my lower lash line.

By the way, I will soon do a post on all eyeshadows I have purchased from Inglot.

Thanks for reading!

 

Betty

More goodies!

Hi there!

I went to visit my local CCO on Sunday and brought me home some goodies!
When I walked in I immediately headed to the MAC section, but not without getting sidetracked by a Bobbi Brown product that I will mention at the end.
Anyway, I looked at paint pots and  the one that caught my attention was Let Me Pop, which was limited edition for the Cham-Pale collection last year.

Really don't know how to describe this shade, it's kinda light copper-ish with micro-shimmers (they seem like copper, silver a hint of gold)

Next up is my very first Clinique product, an eyeshadow duo "Posh Squash"

This duo has a peach and brown shade that complement each other so nicely.

Lastly, the product I was the most giddy about, and is my also very first Bobbi Brown product:
Behold! Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick Compact "Copper Diamond"

It's a combination of shades that give an absolute beautiful glow. Of all the strips in the compact only the 4th one down looks the most coppery, the rest have more of a champagne-beige-bronze.
I can't seem to stop using it since I got it.

Have a fabulous day!

Betty

Pretty Pretty Paint Pots and Pigments

MAC Paint Pots and Pigments are pretty new to me, before when I went to a MAC store I would usually just swatch a few and that's it, I would immediately turn to pressed powder eyeshadows.

At first I hesitated committing into buying a full jar of pigment just because I thought that they would be such a mess to use and my somewhat clumsy self was afraid of dropping one and spilling all over.

But every time I would swatch pigments, specially Naked and Melon, it always left with me wanting to purchase them on the spot. But it took some time and lots and lots of thinking until I finally got them both and I am so glad I did.
Naked is a gorgeous nude with a subtle shimmer, I've used it as a lid color and highlight on my cheekbones.
Melon is peachy golden goodness in a jar, I absolutely love this pigment.

Next up is Paint pots

The first one I purchased was Rubenesque, a beautiful golden peach.

Nubile is the newest one I got when it came out with MAC's Posh Paradise collection. Before Nubile was released I was thinking of getting Painterly, which is a beige-nude, but as soon as I read the description of Nubile (peachy nude) I immediately was looking forward to get it.
Sure enough, I went to MAC, swatched it and loved it.

So now that I've gotten a chance to use pigments and paint pots, I am looking forward to getting another one on my list: Indianwood Paint Pot and maybe Pink Bronze Pigment.

One that I really really really want to see again is Coral Crepe, I keep hoping one day either I find it at a CCO or see it re-promoted.

My collection of pigments and paint pots is growing more and more along with my love for them.

Betty

Favorites/Most used for August and September

Hi girlies!

I'm happy to share with you for the first time my favorites/most used products in August and September :)

First my favorite foundation not only for the month of September, but pretty much ever since I got it in January is NARS Sheer Glow Foundation. My shade is Barcelona and I love the coverage, it feels light and makes my skin look and feel good.

Also from  NARS is the Pro-Prime Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base, which has become my HG eyeshadow base, it's light, it has no tint and best of all it doesn't crease, which is fabulous for my forever creasing eyelids.

My face powder of choice these past couple of months is MAC's Mineralize SkinFinish Natural (Medium Plus) It's light and it looks very natural

Most used highlighter is MAC MSF Soft and Gentle

Most used blushes! All from MAC

Bottom left: Peaches/Top: Style/Bottom Right: Improvise Mineralize Blush

I wore each on their own and combined them as well, the combinations I used the most were Peaches w/ Improvise (very lightly on top) or Peaches w/Style on top.

Moving on to most used eyeshadows:

From the Urban Decay Vegan Palette I used the most Twice Baked, Smog and Half Baked, I absolutely love these 3 shades.

This next eyeshadow quad is the reason why I started loving bronze shades, it's L'oreal Bronzes quad.

I specially use the shades on the right marked with numbers 1 and 4, specially the top right one (#1) it's a gorgeous bronzed champagne.

Another eyeshadow set that I have used almost every other day is Physician's Formula Baked Eyeshadow Trio "Baked Sands"

I love it so much I got a backup right away after I dropped my first one and one of the domes broke off :( (right) you can also see I've used it so much they're not quite domes no more. 

Last eyeshadow set I've been using a lot August and September is Avon's  8-in-1 palette in Neutral Tones. I've used the 3rd and 4th shade from the left the most.

I've been enjoying using L'oreal Carbon Black Lineur Intense eyeliner, specially to do a winged look.

For lips, I really didn't use lipsticks or lip-glosses, felt kinda lazy really, so I've been using EOS lip-balm thingy, I got the yellow one first which I don't remember the name, but I didn't like the smell so much, the Summer Fruit one, on the other hand I love how it smells and makes my lips feel nice and soft.

Lastly, my favorite hand/body lotion is CVS brand Cocoa Butter Deep Conditioning Moisturizer, at first I got the travel size to try it out, and I like it so much I got the full size one.

I like this one a lot better than the Vaseline version, which the CVS brand is comparable to, they both leave my skin feeling soft, but the smell is a bit different, the CVS one smells more like coconut, and the Vaseline one seems to have an added fragrance, which I can't quite describe it, didn't like it that much. 

Whoa that was a lot of products! 

Hope you all have a wonderful week! I'm currently trying to fight a cold so I'm having some home made soup :)

Betty