September Favorites

I was planning to do a Hits & Misses, but considering the fact that I haven't purchased any new items that I hate...there's no point in including the "misses", right? I decided to spare the details and mainly just provide pictures of the products along with some comments on a few of them.

Sooo for this month, my favorites are:

L'oreal Magic BB Cream

MAC's Soft Brown & Swiss Chocolate Single Eyeshadows
The FaceShop single eyeshadow in BR803

MAC's Skinfinish Natural in Medium Plus

NYC Sunny Bronzer

Milani's Baked Blush in Luminoso
L'oreal's Limited Edition Project Runway Blush in Watchful Owl

Left: the FaceShop eyeshadow
Top: MAC's Swiss Chocolate
Bottom right: MAC's Soft Brown

Unfortunately, this blush has been discontinued so if you have any interest in buying it, you'd probably have to purchase it online somewhere :/

L'oreal's Limited Edition Project Runway Blush in Watchful Owl

Milani's Baked Blush in Luminoso

If you're no stranger to the beauty community or YouTube, you would know all about this bronzer. So, in short, it's $3, matte, a very flattering color on several complexions, and can be found in drugstores such as Rite Aide, Target, and CVS.

MAC's Mineralized Skin Finish in Medium Plus

Now, my K-Pop favorite for this month is:

EXO

I realize that this is obviously not a beauty related thing, but I figured that it couldn't hurt to add in a little something about myself. Plus, I mean...look at them, they're adorable.

NYX Eyeliners

Under a white light
Top: Studio Liner in Extreme Blue
Bottom: Crystal Liner in Crystal Silk

Natural light

Flash

Overall, I'm quite pleased with these eyeliners. The only problems I have with the studio liner is that it takes a bit of time for it to dry and the wand is a bit difficult for me to handle, but other than that I'm extremely satisfied with the pigmentation and the product itself. The crystal liner, I love! It definitely adds a little more 'omph' to your eye makeup and it's not too 'outrageous' for everyday wear. Overall, I like them and would consider repurchasing.

Stila: Stylish in Seoul Palette

As stated in my last post, I purchased one of the Stila palettes in Stylish in Seoul. Originally, I was interested in the Rockin' in Rio; however, the minute I swatched the shadows I was highly underwhelmed so I ended up skipping out on it. I actually tried swatching all the palettes and I have to admit that I was the most impressed with this one. I do believe that the London one may have been good as well from what I remember, but I already have a ton of shadows that were similar to I opted to skip out on that one as well. Now, without further ado...the swatches.

Under a white light
Top: the lip and cheek color, azalea
Bottom (from left to right): palace, dynasty, zen, midnight, and empire

Natural light

Natural light

Admittedly, I do have better shadows than these, however, I do like the palette especially for what I paid. In fact, I actually used it for the majority of August. My favorite shade is probably Zen. Lately, I've been really into the natural 'no makeup' type of look so that color was a perfect all over lid color for me.

I hardly used the lip and cheek color, it was drying on the lips and barely showed up on my cheeks. I had to really layer it on for it to start to make an appearance on my cheeks only to have it disappear in a matter of minutes.

I think that if you're into collecting these palettes by all means purchase it. If you're new to makeup, this could start off as a good palette. However, if you're looking into it expecting to have amazing quality...I would pass on it.