Boxy Charm December 2015!

Hey guys so I got my Boxy Charm in the mail last week, and I finally got around to doing a blog post for it since I have been so busy! I haven't used any of the products yet, but I can't wait to!

This month's theme is "Pop Fizz Clink!" and it is 1920s themed celebration box. This box is valued at $106.84 and is $21/month. This month we all got 6 products instead of 5. Since I have not used these products, I will not be doing a review yet. So here's what I got: 1. Nelson J Argan Oil 7 Moisture Healing Mask $23

2. Tatcha Petal Fresh Origial Aburatorigami $12

3. BellaPierre Waterproof Gel Lip Liner in Cinnamon $17.99

4. Jelly Pong Pong All Over Glow $15.95

5. NCLA So Rich Cuticle Oil $18

6. Ofra Long Lasting Liquid Lipstick in Americano $19.90

This box was amazing this month! I'm so glad I got an Ofra liquid lipstick because I really love them, they are my favorite formula! Boxy Charm is definitely an amazing subscription box!

New Palettes!

Hey guys! So now that the holiday season is almost done, i'm back to my regular posting schedule of just about every day! With all the sales and presents, I have gotten a bunch of new palettes. I already shared my Kat Von D Shade and Light Eye Palette, and my Lancome Absolu Voyage Palette, so I didn't include those because you don't need to see them reviewed twice by me. So anyway, let's get started. Oh and sorry for any weird lighting, i'm still playing with my new light and camera! 1. It Cosmetics Naturally Pretty Celebration Palette $42

I heard that these didn't have a good color payoff, but I like this. The shadows can come off a little patchy for swatching, but I will have to see how they look on the eyes. I love the shades. This is such a good matte palette, and the transformer can make any of them shimmery, which is a really unique thing. I can't wait to try it on my lids! I did get this when it was $20 on Ipsy. 2. Too Faced Matte Eye Palette $18

I was so excited when I saw this palette at TJ Maxx for $14.99. I love Too Faced Shadows because they are so soft and so pigmented. My favorite shade from this palette is definitely Vintage Violet. 3. Lunatick Cosmetic Labs Supernatural Palette $35

Unfortunately, this is currently out of stock, probably due to their recent 25% off sale they had (when I bought mine), but omg. This palette is gorgeous. This is the perfect cool toned palette that flatters so many. These shadows are so pigmented and so gorgeous. When it comes back in stock, buy it. 4. Make Up For Ever 15 Artist Shadow Palette $59

So I gave in and got this palette. It is so gorgeous. The shadows are amazing. I used the maroon shade on my friend Shelby, and it looked so good on her. The metallics are so buttery. I could touch these shadows all day. 5. Make Up For Ever Studio Case $39 (Originally $59.50)

This palette is gorgeous. It also comes with a black eyeliner, that is amazing, but I took it out of the case. The eyeshadows are super pigmented and gorgeous. I'm not sure if this is still available, but if it is, you can get an extra 20% off from Sephora's website. So that's it for now, I ordered Kathleen Lights' newest collar with ColourPop! yesterday so I can't wait to get that! I hope you enjoyed this post, let me know what you would like to see me write about in the comments!

Lancome Absolu Voyage Set

Hey guys! Sorry I haven't posted in a while, I've been super busy! Well, today my boyfriend's amazing parents got me this palette! 

I swatched the shadows and oh my god. Amazing. 

 

So anyway. This is the Lancome Absolu Voyage palette. It comes with 6 shadows, 3 lip glosses, a blush, 2 concealers, a lip pencil, an eye pencil, a mascara, and a few brushes. The quality is amazing, as all lancome products are. I am going to try it out on the eyes tomorrow and I'll let you know how it goes! Sorry for the crappy quality photos, I just used my phone camera so I could make a quick post :) I will be posting more soon! I will do a more in depth review in my next video! Let me know in the comments what you would like me to post about!

Kat Von D Shade and Light Eye Palette

Hey guys! So today I got the Kat Von D Shade and Light Eye Palette as a Christmas gift from my cousin! I'm so excited to try it out tomorrow. But for now, i'll just tell you my first impressions. 1. Packaging

I LOVE Kat Von D's packaging for all of her products. She designs all of them, so they are obviously tattoo-inspired, as she is an amazing tattoo artist. This is probably my favorite packaging so far. I love the font, and I love how the shadows are split into quads (as they are with her Monarch and Interstellar palettes as well). It definitely doesn't feel cheap either, it is nice and thick.

The palette also comes with this insert of different look ideas. 2. Shades

I love the shade selection. It is split into three quads: Neutral, Cool, and Warm. I'm not usually a fan of cool shades as much as warm, but the cool shades are the reason I wanted this palette. That greige shade is to die for. Yes, these are all neutrals, but they are different and the quality is impeccable. 3. Quality

From top to bottom: Neutral, Warm, Cool (in the palette, it goes Neutral, Cool, Warm) As always with KVD products, these shadows are amazing. Those swatches are just with a light touch. I can't wait to see how they perform on the lid tomorrow. I will post a picture when I finish my makeup! I hope you enjoyed this post! Let me know in the comments what you would like me to post about! See you next time :)

Favorite Holiday Makeup

Hey guys! It's that time of year: Christmas and New Years! So you know what that means: Holiday Parties! Here are my favorite holiday makeup items! 1. ColourPop Metallic Shadows, $5 each

I have mentioned before how much I love ColourPop shadows, and the metallic and ultra-metallic ones are perfect for the holidays. They are affordable and super pigmented. They add that perfect sparkle to your eyes! 2. Single Eyeshadows

I don't use single eyeshadows very often, but I have a few that are perfect for the holidays. That gorgeous emerald shade is from the Sephora Pantone Universe collection a few years back when emerald was the color of the year. This shadow is creamy, yet it's still kind of a powder. I love it and the color is perfect! The white shade is the ever so popular Kat Von D Metal Crush Eyeshadow in Thunderstruck. This is the perfect highlight shade. It is so hard to see how truly beautiful it is until you swatch it in person. The two bronze shades are the Maybelline Color Tattoo Eyeshadow in Bad to the Bronze, and the Be a Bombshell Eye base in Submissive. These are perfect for a base to a metallic eyeshadow. 3. Eyeliners

So first, the ColourPop eye liners are perfect. They are $5 each and come in so many shades. The metallics are perfect for the waterline. I also love the LA Girl Glide on Gel Liners. My favorite is in the shade Champagne. My current favorite liquid eyeliner is the NYX Matte Liquid Liner. It isn't too watery, so it is super easy to apply. Finally, the Tarte Eyeliners are super long lasting and absolutely gorgeous. 4. Lips

The lip color you choose definitely depends on your eye look. My favorite nude lipstick to go with a smokey look is Jeffree Star's I'm Nude. For Lip glosses, The Balm's Read My Lips in Wow! is the perfect red gloss, and Anastasia Beverly Hill's Lip gloss in Gilded is the perfect shimmer to go over a nude lip. The ColourPop Lippie Stix are affordable and come in so many shades. A few of my favorite shades for the holidays are Frenchie, Dazed, and Lumiere. Finally, the Ofra Liquid Lipsticks are my favorite formula of liquid lipstick. They are so comfortable and last a long time. Kathleen Lights' newest collab with them, Havana Nights, is such a gorgeous holiday shade. 5. Mascara

Too Faced Better than Sex mascara is 100% my holy grail mascara. It creates the perfect lashes. Tarte's Lights Camera Flashes Mascara is also great for the holidays because it does give that volume and length. It also doesn't have a fiber wand, so if you don't like those, it's a great alternative to Better than Sex. 6. Palettes

Palettes are my favorite. These few are perfect because they have the perfect metallic shades. The Lorac Mega Pro 2 has every shade you could need. The Too Faced Le Grand Palais and Chocolate Bar have the most beautiful metallics, the Lorac Pro Metal palette has gorgeous metallic shades as well, and the Tartelette 2 has the perfect combination of matte and shimmer. 7. Face

As I have mentioned before, I love highlights. I also love the two blushes in here and they are super long lasting. The first is the Tarte Amazonian Clay 12 Hour Blush in Peaceful. It has the slightest bit of shimmer to it. Then, there is the Too Faced Love Flush Blush in Baby Love. This is the perfect nude pink blush. For highlights, the Ofra x Dupe That You Glow Girl, Anastasia Beverly Hills So Hollywood, The Balm Mary Lou-Manizer, and Becca x Jaclyn Hill Champagne Pop highlights are so gorgeous. They all add the perfect glow to the face. Well I hope you enjoyed this quick post! I will be filming holiday tutorials and will be posting them periodically before New Years! Happy Holidays!!

December IPSY Bag!

Hey guys! I know I already posted a video of my December IPSY bag, but I decided that I would show you the items close up in a post!

1. Clark's Botanicals Deep Moisture Mask $72 for 1.7 oz

I was very surprised to see the price tag on the full sized version of this. Wow. Well this can be used as a moisture mask (leave on for 15 to 20 minutes) or a moisturizer. The one IPSY sent me is .5 oz, and is still worth $42.59 about. When you go to buy the full size, it says it is $1.44 per ml. So I can't wait to try that out. 2. Elizabeth Mott Thank Me Later Eye Shadow Primer $20 for .35 oz

The primer I got is .17 oz, so it is about half the size of the full size, so it is worth about $10. I like the Elizabeth Mott brushes, so hopefully I will like this as well. 3. Pacifica Power of Love 100% Vegan Natural Lipstick $9.99 for .07 oz.

I believe we got the full sized product this month! I got mine in the shade Nudie Red and I love it! This is a recyclable container and is 100% vegan and cruelty free. I'm not sure if IPSY did this, but when you buy this product, one is donated to a woman who is transitioning between jobs. 4. It Cosmetics Hello Lashes Mascara $24 for .33 oz

I got a .16 oz. size in my bag this month, which is about half the size, so worth about $12! I already own this mascara and I absolutely love it. The wand has a ball on the end that is perfect for those harder to reach places. 5. Marc Anthony Hydrating Coconut Oil and Shea Butter Deep Nourishing Conditioning Treatment $7.99 for 8.4 fl oz

I got a 1.69 fl oz. size of this product, which retails for $2.99. Ultra sells sample packets of this in the size I got. I have used the Marc Anthony Moroccan Oil Hair Spray, which I loved, so I am excited to try this. Well that's all I got in my bag this month! It was worth about $74.58 this month, and it only costs $10/month! If you would like to join, here is a referral link: https://www.ipsy.com/new?refer=b8ov Let me know in the comments what you got, and what you would like me to write about! Until next time :)