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Friday, September 7, 2012

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.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

MAC Limited Edition Lipstick Review

Here it is! My review for the 3 lipsticks I got a few weeks ago. For shade references, I'm currently in between NC25-NC30. Remember, these are my personal opinions and I don't claim to be a lipstick expert.

Swatches (left to right): Viva Glam Nicki, Innocence Beware!, and Fleshpot

With white light


With flash from cellphone haha