My Paradise

Hey Lovelies!

As I mentioned on my previous post, I only got 1 item of MAC's Surf Baby collection.

My Paradise cheek powder is a gorgeous peachy coral with a gold hibiscus overspray. 

 With flash

 Natural light

I love the packaging, an off-white case with a hint of shimmer, I'm not crazy about the logo on the lid, I think it hides the beautiful gold hibiscus a bit, but once I open it...hello gorgeous! :)

Swatches:

 Left to right: blush / gold overspray / mixed together

The gold hibiscus overspray is indeed a thick layer that won't wear off on the first swipe, I rubbed off a bit of one of the petals and it did take me a bit to do so.

This is a gorgeous blush!
Just for fun, I compared swatches of other coral blushes I own:

Left to Right: My Paradise, Tarte Tipsy, Illamasqua Excite, Milani Mai Tai

:)

Betty

Flip Flops and Makeup

Hi Lovelies!
About a week or so ago I went to Old Navy when they were having their $1.00 flip flop sale, yup I'm a sucker for flip flops.

But first,I stopped by the CCO located on the same mall to check out what they had in stock and got a couple of things:

 

Got 2 eyeshadows Pollinator and Firecracker
Pollinator was a LE e/s from  MAC's Naked Honey collection in 2009

 It's a pretty peach with a little shimmer (Frost)

 Firecracker, also a LE e/s from the To the Beach collection last year

Firecracker is a red-orange coral (Veluxe Pearl)

Swatches:

From top to bottom: Firecracker, Pollinator (w/flash)

Same order as above (no flash)

Lastly, that same week I picked up the only item from the Surf Baby collection..

My Paradise Cheek Powder is a gorgeous peachy coral with a gold hibiscus overspray

What products did you like and/or got from Surf Baby! ?

Betty

So Demure

Hi!

I've been wearing Revlon's nail polish " Demure" for about a week now, and I am loving this color!
It's a lovely pinky-coral shade. I picked up Demure at the same time as Siren.

Playing with Photoshop on this next pic  :)

I like this shade so much I will definitely pick up the matching lipstick :)

Betty

Illamasqua Blush Collection

Hi There!

I'm sharing with you my Illamasqua blush collection and let me tell you I got hooked on them since I purchased the very first one. I'm showing them in the order i purchased them and also some comparisons to other blushes i have, just for fun.

First is  Rude Cream Blusher, this was my first Illamasqua purchase, and first cream blusher. Rude is a coral pink and it has a dewy finish.

Without flash (left) / with flash (right)

Next is Lover, a beautiful matte peach, it gives a very nice natural flush of color, but it can definitely be buildable.

 

 With flash (left) / without flash (right)

 Comparison:

 From left to right: Lover, MAC My Highland Honey, MAC Peaches, My Highland Honey/Peaches mixed.

Excite, now this is a very bright orange toned coral (matte), which I love! Have to be careful using this color, I like to use a stippling brush to apply; a little goes a long way.

 no flash (left) / with flash (right)

I compared Excite and Tarte Tipsy together, and they are very different shades of coral. Comparing these two, Excite is more peach/orange toned, while Tipsy looks more pink toned, specially next to Excite. I have nothing similar to Excite in my blush collection.

Excite (left) / Tipsy (right)

Hussy is a bright petal pink (matte), I have recently steered away from pink blushes (I've been going peach and coral crazy) so this was a nice change.

I compared Hussy to MAC Fleur Power and Sonia Kashuk Melon

Left to right: Hussy, MAC Fleur Power, Sonia Kashuk Melon

Swatches of all 4 Illamasqua blushes:

 Left to right: Rude, Lover, Excite, Hussy (with flash)

Same order as above with no flash

The last of my Illamasqua collection is the Glint & Burnish Bronzing Duo, which I first read of in Tiffany's blog, (actually I also first read about Tarte Tipsy on her blog :p) I wrote it on my wishlist and stopped by Sephora to pick it up, I am not dissapointed at all by this product, it has two gorgeous shades, Glint is a nice highlight shade and Burnish is a golden bronze, it's not shimmery, it has more of a sheen finish.

with flash (left) / no flash (right)

The texture of the blushes is so soft, they don't feel powdery or chalky at all. Overall, great pigmentation, very soft, like the smell too, is that weird? hehe

Have a great day!

Betty

Siren & Sunsets

Hello!

I purchased a couple of new nail polishes, one of them is Revlon Siren, which after buying Siren lipstick, I was so intrigued by the nail polish, so I finally got it!

 Siren is a gorgeous and bright coral, I have nothing like this color in my collection and it's perfect for spring and summer.

I was really in the mood for taking sunset pictures, so I headed to the bay. Here are some random images I took.

Happy Sunday!

Betty

Monday was good to me

Hi Lovelies!

So 2 weeks ago I started a very small makeup no-buy (2 weeks to be exact) doesn't seem like much, but it was torture going to walmart or target and not get anything :p
But right before i started my no-buy, I got me the new Urban Decay Rollergirl Palette.

I ordered it Friday 8th, and was supposed to receive it Friday 15th; so the day came and I was waiting for the delivery service to give me my package, but nope, no package for me, I had to wait until Monday 18.
And finally! Monday after having a crappy day at work, hubby picked me up and brought along with him my package that was delivered earlier on the day. Wohoo!

So here it is, 3 neutral shades and a pop of color

 Comes with 4 shades: Woodstock, Verve, Suspect and Darkhorse.

It also included the 24/7 Glide-on Eye pencil in Whiskey, and a Lip Junkie lipgloss  in Crush

So far I'm very happy with my purchase, I've been using Suspect and Darkhorse together a lot, great combo :)

Do any of you ladies have this palette or are thinking of getting it?

Happy Monday!

Betty :)

Bun!

 

Can't believe it's almost a year since I brought this cutie home :)

Happy Sunday! Bunday!