Ipsy Glambag April 2019

 

April's glambag has some interesting products this month. The clutch has bright, shifted lemons on a white base.  As a girl who was tortured by the color yellow growing up, I now LURVE my bright yellow shades. Bring out the springtime weather please. Chicago has not been kind to us...

Ofra Cosmetics' Rodeo Drive Highlighter - Ofra's baked highlighter in Rodeo Drive is a warm, golden color that applies on creamy. It reminds me of the classic, luminous color for living in the west coast. Retails for $29

Laura Sanchez's Moods Eyeshadow in Alien Turquoise - Alien Turquoise is a shimmery aqua-blue shade that is easily blendable. This color is from Laura Sanchez's Moods palette. She says, "I named the palette using emojis, which is our form of global expression. So visual that it breaks the language barrier." Color me intrigued. Retails for $10

Tarte's Double Duty Beauty Base Tape Primer - Tarte's new primer hydrates your skin under your makeup for a full 12 hours. I was stoked to try it out, but I found it a tad too watery - as it slips right thru your fingers. Retails for $30

Marc Anthony's  Hydrating Curl Cream - This formula hydrates and defrizzes to leave your curls bouncy. My hair doesn't like many curl products, but this one...it took to. Too bad they discontinued their Argan Morocco Oil straightening cream, it was amazing. Retails for $8

Doucce's Punk Volumizer Mascara - Doucce is lightweight mascara that adds great amount of volume without clumping. Retails for $24

Ipsy Glam Bag January 2019

 

Happy New Year! I had a bunch of points accumulating and figured "why not get more products?" The bag is fantastic! It's a light blue, bordering on nautical.

FLUIDE's Lip Gloss in Elsewhere - faint, blue tint that reminisce of the 90's gloss. Retails for $7.50

COLOR CLUB Nail Polish in Williamsburg - dark navy with shimmers. Retails for $8

YENSA's PUMPKIN TURMERIC 2-in-1 Radiance Polishing Mask - was looking forward to this mask, but in the bottle it was 25% full. WHAT!?!? How cheap can you be? FAIL. Retails for $45

NOMAD COSMETICS' Illuminating Highlighter in Midnight Sun - this shade was inspired by the "midnight sun." Retails for $15

TARTE's Amazonian Clay Foundation in Medium Sand - this has full coverage of 12 hours and while I tested on my hand had such a unique texture. I'm looking forward to getting the full size. I love amazonian clay in all aspects! Retails for $40

 

 

 

Kleancolor Lipsticks - A Chicago Find

Last month, I took a belated birthday trip back home to Chicago with 2 of closest friends from Vegas. Trying to rack my brain for the best spots and shops to hit in Boystown, (which proved to be a challenge seeing how every time I come back more things have moved or left). One of my favorite kitschy places is Beatnix. I didn't even realize in the back they sell cosmetics...YAASSSSSS.

Stocking up on wig caps, lashes and Kryolan my friend pointed to Kleancolor.

In the past I've bought a few nail polished by that brand but had no idea that also sold makeup. Selling for $1.99 a pop - I wasn't going to pass this up.


19 Melon Crush - a matte coral, that's extremely drying.

4 Liberty - a royal blue that extremely sheer. Needs a blue lip liner first.

20 Mai Tai -outrageous orange-orange that I adore

5 Acai - this purple applies a different shade that when you look at the lipstick. but its quite pretty.

Ipsy Glambag May 2016

May is a big winner!

Hikari Bronzer in Radiate - GORGEOUS! Plus you can section off for one solid color.

Smashbox's X-Rated mascara - does Smashbox make a bad mascara?

SOO AE masks (set of 3) - These masks retail for $15-$20, which I've seen for sale at Target. Color me impressed! I've tried the Collagen and Brightening. A little more than what I pay for in a mask, but they are pretty fantastic. 

Epice Hydrating Mask- goes on thin, but leaves skin exceptionally soft

INSPR Beauty's eye fluff brush - never enough brushes!

NOTD: Morgan Taylor in If The Slipper Fits

If you haven't seen Cinderella that was released March of 2015 - your missing out. Always one for Disney classics, sexist as they may be, I wasn't gonna miss this one. Her infamous dress is EPIC-ALLY beautiful words cant describe. In fact its on my bucket list. This Morgan Taylor color almost does the dress justice.


If The Slipper Fits - is a clear base polish with white and blues confetti pieces
Brand: Morgan Taylor
Name: If The Slipper Fits
Collection: Cinderella
Color: baby blue
Texture: glitter
Coats: 2
Retail $: $9
Rating: A

RetroUrbanRainbow says.... a true representative of Cinderella this color is my ultimate favorite by Morgan Taylor.

Epic Fail Series: NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Havana & Moscow

I'm bringing this series back from the DEAD! 

I have a few pinks and deep reds in the matte creams and they are nothing short of fantastic. When I passed theses at Ulta I knew they were a MUST.

 Major fail!!!! Both give horrible coverage and require a lip liner, and even then I wasn't happy with outcome. (see photos below). Sorry NYX, I basically love everything you put out but not this time...

NOTD: Morgan Taylor in Best Ball Gown Ever

So, I've had this Cinderella line since last year and I ADORE it.  This color was very difficult to photograph in the light. Tricky, tricky...but I think you can gather just how beautiful the colors are.

Brand: Morgan Taylor 

Name: Best Ball Gown Ever 

Collection: Cinderella

Color: frosted blue with metalic tints

Texture: cream and shimmer

Coats: 3 

Retail $: $8 

Rating: A 

RetroUrbanRainbow says....love Cinderella? you'll need this to pair up!