Anastasia Beverly Hills Shadow Couture World Traveler Palette

   This is my first experience with Anastasia Beverly Hills eyeshadows and I was a little worried when I ordered it because I'm apparently the only person that does NOT like the Anastasia contour palette. The colors were just so beautiful and everyone raves about their eyeshadows so I decided to purchase the Shadow Couture World Traveler Palette anyways and I was not disappointed. I wanted to wait until I tried all the colors and now I can savely say that this palette is amazing and worth every penny.
   Online at sephora (where I purchased mine) the palette is $30.00 for 12 eyeshadows and a duel ended brush. I think its a pretty great deal considering a naked palette from Urban Decay is $54.00 and the quality of the shadows are amazing to say the least. The matte shadows are super smooth and blendable while the satin and metallic shades are extremely pigmented and actually go on how they show in the pan which is rarely the case (praise Norvina and her mom). I usually never use the brushes that come in palettes, even in high end palettes the brushes are usually awful but this brush is actually soft and I find myself using it to buff into my crease and my lower lashline. The only shadow I don't like is Spoiled, all the glitter falls out and it just looks like another matte peach.

From left to right: Spoiled, Soft Peach, Morocco, Fudge, Heirloom, Azure, Belini, Intense Gaze, Pink Champaigne, Metallic, chic, and Noir

On the website the shadows are described as: Soft peach- soft peach(someone was lazy), Spoiled- Gold flecked peach with metallic finish, Morocco- deep burnt orange with ultra-matte finish, Fudge- rich chocolate brown with ultra-matte finish, Heirloom- pinkish eggplant with sparkle finish, Azure- vibrant blue with a metallic finish.

Belini- golden peach with satin finish, Intense Gaze- bronzed pink with satin finish, Pink  Champagne- Shimmery pink with a titanium finish, Metallic- Brassy gold with a metallic finish, Chic- Taupe gray with a shimmer finish, Noir- Deep carbon black with an ultra-matte finish.

   So in conclusion (so profesh) the new Anastasia Beverly Hills Shadow Couture World Traveler Palette is awesome and you should stop reading this blog and go buy it and then come back and leave me a comment thanking me for informing you of its greatness. It says that its limited edition and I have no idea how long they're going to have it for but if you can definitely get your hands on it. I will also definitley be purchasing more ABHs eyeshadows from now on.
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                                                               Xoxo, Haley

Too Faced Semi Sweet Cat Eye

       How to get this look using the Too Faced Semi- Sweet Chocolate Bar palette

1. I started by blending the color Peanut Butter into my crease using an E40 blending brush from Sigma(don't look at my pores that the camera decided to focus on!)

2. Taking a smaller blending brush like the sigma E45 blend the shade pudding into the crease a little under the first color so it still shows.

3. I know this looks like a hot mess but don't worry, using a pencil brush like the Mac 219 lay down the shade Licorice on the outer v or outer 1/3 of the eye.

4. Using the E40 again blend the black shade out and keep adding more black if you want it to be darker then blend again.

5. Once you've gotten it dark enough lighten the rest of the lower 2/3 of the eye with the shade Coconut Creme using a shader brush Sigma E57.

6. Draw a cat eye using whatever liner works best for you, I like to use the Loreal Liner Intense liquid liner.

7. Smoke out the lower lash line using Peanut Butter and Licorice and highlight the inner corner using either Coconut Creme for a matte look or I used Butter Pecan for some shimmer(I always get shadow on my contacts😁)

8. Add mascara and false lashes. I used the E.L.F natural lashes (I'm not too happy with how they look, oh well!) I would recomend different a different pair like the Ardell 120 Demi whispy.

9. If you need to go in and touch up your liner (like I should have before taking this picture😝) because sometimes it gets a little messed up from the lash glue or looks different with lashes.

And the your finished!

     Rest of the face

Smashbox Photo Ready Primer

Maybelline Matte + Poreless Foundation

NYX High Definition concealer

Maybelline Fit Me Setting Powder

Too Faced Chocolate Soleil Bronzer

Milani Luminoso blush

The Balm Mary LouManizer highlight

NYX Matte lip Creme in London

I hope this was easy to follow and if you try it share it with me on Instagram! Tag me or use the hashtag #heyhaleyg. Don't forget to comment and let me know what you would like to see next!

                                                                                                     XoXo, Haley💋

Colour Pop Cosmetics

    Everyone has been talking about Colour Pop cosmetics so I had to see for myself if they were really worth all the hype. Now the main reason for their media blitz this past year has been because they sent out free products to nearly every beauty blogger and youtuber and worked with a few of them to create their own products. I've been disappointed before after some of my favorite bloggers all said some new product was "amazing" and a "must have" so I was a little skeptical of Colour Pop when placing my order.

      I ended up only ordering eyeshadows and one of their new highlighters. I wanted to get super shimmery metallic colors because those looked the most impressive especially for five dollars each and it's hard to find a good glitter or metallic eyeshadow.

       Left side is: Spoon(highlight)             Right side: BAE

                          Get Lucky                                       Cricket

                          Tassel.                                             Liberty

      When they arrived three of them were broken but I blame my mailman for that (I honesty have the worst one you don't even want to get me started about that) but I just pressed them back together. They have such a creamy mouse like consistency that I didn't think it would really matter.

    Here is a picture with flash so you can see the glitter reflects in them better.

    Spoon is described on the website as "A light silver champagne with multi-dimensional silver flecks, that is sure to get you forked." Get it, spoon, fork(all their descriptions have clever little jokes).

    Get Lucky is described as "Intense ultra-metallic, liquid-like true gold, this shade is so on-point you are sure to “get lucky” *ahem*."

    Tassel is "Bright true white with multi- dimensional highly reflective glitter. Use this shade to highlight anything, we mean anything." (I think they want you to put it on your boobs)

    BAE- "Ay Bay Bay, this rich eggplant purple with an emerald, and turquoise, glittery duo chrome metallic finish is legit better than anything else."

    Cricket is "A smoky mid-tone plum with warm and cool highlights of soft glitter. There won’t be any awkward silences when you wear this…(who comes up with these?).

   Liberty is "Intense ultra-metallic true silver. This killer shadow will make even a walk of shame look classy. It’s the most legit silver we have ever seen – Makeup junkie tested and approved."

 

    Overall I think that Colour Pop eyeshadows are definitely worth the hype. They are only five dollars each but have high end quality and pigmentation. They go on very smooth and last a decent amount of time(as long as any normal person wears eyeshadow). The only downside is that I wish they came in a palette because I hate having so many single shadows everywhere and I'm definitely going to want more of them. The highlight isn't as pigmented as they show online, in the picture above that took 3 layers and you can still barely see it, and the sparkle is a bit chunky for my taste. I like my highlight to be more of a glow than straight glitter on my cheeks. I still intend on ordering more products from Colour pop and try more of their line of cosmetics. 

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                                             <3 Haley

                                 

I was not paid nor was I given these products for free. I purchased everything with my own money and all thoughts are my own.

Wet n wild Vinyl Collection Palette Tutorial and Review

I've never had anything from Wet n Wild before so when I saw everyone posting pictures of the new spring collection I decided to pick one up. I purchased the Vinyl Collection palette which is the more nuetral one.

The shades swatched really smooth and pigmented. I was really impressed since I paid less than $4 for it.

This is the eye look I created this it.

1. After applying primer I blended the top shade on the left and the 2nd shade right into the crease.

2. Deepen the outer V with the bottom right shade.

3. Apply the green shade to the center of the lid leaving the inner 3rd blank.

4. In the inner 3rd apply the 2nd left golden shade.

5. Clean up the edge of the outer V and apply the top right shade to the inner corner for a highlight.

6. Apply a liner and wing it out.

7. Smoke out the bottom lash line with the bottom right shade and line the water line.

8. Add mascara and false lashes.

9. Finished look!

Overall I think Wet n Wild eyeshadows are really great for the price. They remind me a lot of Lorac eyeshadows. Very soft, pigmented and blend really well. It creates a lot of fallout but so do Lorac eyeshadows which I don't really mind, I just do my eyes before foundation. 

Products on the rest of my face.

- Anastasia Beverley Hills brow pomade in ash brown

- Maybelline Fit me matte and poreless foundation in 128

- Tarte blush in Captivating

- Anastasia Beverley Hills Contour powder in fawn

- Too Faced Melted Lipstick in Melted Chihuahua