I am excited to share with you this week the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Palette. A year or so ago Hourglass released their Ambient Lighting Powders, that are very subtle luminous powders that give a soft focus finish. They also created blushes that were marbled with color and an Ambient Lighting Powder mixed in to give the blush a subtle luminosity. Early this fall they released a palette of their blushes, and I could not wait to pick it up! I was planning on picking up a single of the blushes and I was having a hard time deciding which one I wanted (I wanted them all), so when the palette came out it was the perfect way to try out the blush line. The palette is also a good value. The blush singles are $35 each and you get .15 oz. of product, in the palette each blush is slightly smaller than in the singles at .11 oz. but you get a total of .33 oz. for $58.
A while back Beauty Balm (BB) creams came into the beauty scene and I wanted to give them a try. After some research I decided to pick up a set of four mini Dr. Jart+ BB creams, that included the Water Fuse Beauty Balm, Premium Beauty Balm, Black Label Detox Beauty Balm, and Renewalist Beauty Balm. After testing them all out I determined that the Premium BB is my favorite, and this summer when I ran out of my small tube from the set I picked up the full size for $39.00 for 1.5 oz. Please excuse the blurry pictures, the gold tube has a hard clear plastic jacket over it with print on it that casts a shadow onto the gold tube underneath that makes it really difficult to get crisp photos of the print. When looking at the tube with your bare eyes the lettering looks a bit out of focus, so the pictures are a pretty good representation of what the packaging looks like.
I made an order from Ulta a couple weeks ago and the item I was most excited about in the order was the much coveted Lorac Pro Palette! I opted for the original instead of the 2 because I thought I would get a lot more used out of the neutral color selection and thought the warmer shades would be more flattering on me. Today I am here to tell you that this product deserves every bit of the hype it receives.
Maybelline recently released a line of their color tattoo cream eyeshadows in a new leather finish. I have two of the original color tattoo eyeshadows in Bad to the Bronze, and inked in pink. I like both of them and I found the idea of a less shimmery cream shadow to be quite appealing. I picked up the two brown shades, Creamy Beige and Chocolate Suede from CVS for $6.99 each. The formula is described as being a cream gel, but I don't really find anything gel-like about it, it is a pretty standard cream shadow formula. I do find the leather formula to be creamier and smoother than the original color tattoo shadows which I found to be a bit dry. Compared to Mac Paint Pots the leather formula is still a bit drier.
<a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/12746295/?claim=tr9zdg79t2k">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a>
I have been curious about trying Make Up Forever's HD Microfinish Powder for a long time, so I was really excited to see it being offered as a 100 point perk at Sephora. The powder is translucent and made of 100 percent mineral silica, and it is REALLY finely milled. The full size product has a mesh screen to prevent too much powder from coming out, but my mini had a plastic divider with holes that got clogged and didn't let any product out, so I removed it. I just have to dip my powder brush directly into the product. I end up getting a lot of powder on my brush even after tapping the brush to get the excess powder off, and I was worried my face would look obviously over powdered. Fortunately I was left with a natural, not overly matte finish and was pleasantly surprised with how goof-proof application was.
