January 2014 Favorites

Hey guys! Welcome back! Today we are going to talk about my January favorites. Now I did not wear much makeup this month to be totally honest, but the few times I did I realized these are the products that I ran to the most because they were the easiest for me to work with.

 

 

The first are these two brushes from Satina. One is a powder brush and the other one is a duo fiber brush. I got these in a set that Tara got me for Christmas. I love them because they are super soft but they really get the job done. The powder brush is really dense. And that little do a fiber brush is perfect for highlighting.

 

My next favorite is a multi-use product and it is the Physician Formula shimmer strips custom bronzer blush and eyeshadow in Miami strip. I love this because I can pull this out and I have my highlighter and my bronzer all in one. I can also use it for eyeshadows if I wanted to. They are really shimmery which makes it the perfect highlighter.

My next favorite is the Neutrogena Moisture Smooth Color Stick in Bright Berry. This color is perfect and I really think it would be flattering on any skin tone. It is also just really comfortable to wear. You can tell that it's really moisturizing your lips while still having really great color payoff. 

My next favorite was a Christmas gift from my honey. Its a three pack set of InStain blushes from the Balm. My most favorite would have to be houndstooth it's a really good mauve color. The other two colors that came in the set were Toile and Argyle. These blushes are incredible. They are a staining powder blush and they last all day long. Which is really good for me right now because I don't want to have to do touch ups.

And my last favorite for the month was another sweet gift from my wonderful guy and it was the Nude 'tude pallet from the Balm. This is the cutest pallet. I mean I really love everything put out by the Balm because they have the best packaging. The inside has these pin up girls and the eye shadows block out there in appropriate areas. There are really great colors in here that can give you a perfect nude neutral eye look. I think my favorite colors in here have to be sexy, stubborn, and sultry.  Their eye shadows are extremely buttery. They have amazing color payoff and I just really love them.

 

 So there you have it guys, those are my favorites for the month of January. I really hope you enjoyed. Sorry about the horrible lighting in the pictures! What were your favorites this month?

Top 5 Thursday: Eye Shadow Palettes

 

 Hey Guys! Welcome back to Top 5 Thursday! Today I am going to tell you about my top 5 favorite eye shadow palettes. Now, I don't have a lot of large palettes, but I do have some bigger ones. And for the most part, my trios and quads take the lead.

The first one is Physician's Formula Shimmer Strips in Nude. You can make so many looks with this palette! I love the neutrals because you can make a lot of really good every day looks with this. But, you can also use the darker shades and make a really good smoky eye. I just swatched three random colors in the picture above. These are so pigmented and creamy.

The next one is the Profusion Colour Me Glow in #07. This palette was so cheap at Walgreen's but I love it! There is a good range of colors in it. I have found most of them to be really pigmented, but they can be a little bit powdery. I typically like to use these shades over a cream shadow base just to make sure I don't get much fall out.

 

This one has to be my most used palette of the last few weeks. I love pairing this with the Strawberry Blonde infallible eye shadow. This one is the Revlon colorstay in Enchanted. It has a pink, a taupe, a tan and a hunter green with glitter in it. It is such a beautiful quad!

 

 This palette makes such a great smoky eye! The shadows are a little powdery, but they have good color payoff. The top color is a baby pink, then an intense blue and a navy/charcoal color. This one is made by Rimmel and it is called Sapphire Moonstone.

 

And last but not least is Camera Obscura from Wet N Wild. I am pretty sure this one may be limited edition, but if you can find it, get it. As with most Wet N Wild palettes, this is extremely pigmented. I usually add a cream color to my brow bone from one of the other palettes, but you don't have to. This has a really nice dark blue, a pale orange color and a tan. They just look amazing together!

 

There you have it, my top 5 eye shadow palettes. Have you tried any of these? What did you think about them? Let me know what you think in the comment section below! And if you have any ideas for upcoming Top 5 Thursday posts, let me know!!