Recently I had the opportunity to try out the Abbey St. Clare Rice & Olives cleansing and facial serum. It is supposed to be one of their top sellers and best products out there. While I’m not a practicioner of the oil cleansing method, I liked the idea of a cleanser and serum in one.
A while black Femme Fatale Cosmetics had a sale, and I snapped up a few mini-jars. I hadn’t picked up anything from them since Christmas, so I was excited to try out a few new shades. I purchased mini-jars of Archangel, Genesis, Dreamstate, Spirit Bond, and Polymorph. I also picked up samples of Tranquil blush…
Recently I picked up the ecoTools Touch-Up Brush set from Ulta. I usually try to avoid kits that came with a lash and brow grooming brush, because they seem to be next-to-worthless for me, but I am in LOVE with the ecoTools finishing brushes. The set comes with: Long-Handled Finishing Brush Eye Shading Brush Lash…
Quite some time ago, I stumbled across this article on TKB Trading’s site, regarding glitter and cosmetics. The page states: The FDA has determined that glitter is a color additive which is not listed on their list of approved color additives. This means that a glitter product is not allowed for use in any cosmetic…
Recently I had the opportunity to try out the new Urban Decay Naked Skin Weightless Ultra Definition Liquid Makeup. (What a name!) I received the following shades: .5 (neutral/cool), 2.0 (warm/golden), 3.5 (neutral/cool), 5.5 (neutral/cool), 7.5 (neutral/cool), 9.0 (warm/golden) and 12.0(warm/golden). Pictured above is my shade, .5, along with the Optical Blurring Brush. You can…
Recently I had the opportunity to try out the Urban Decay Smoked Eyeshadow Palette. I was really interested in the palette because I liked the looks of the matte shades and I thought it would be great for travel. It contains 5 new shades, never seen before, which are: Asphalt, Backdoor, Barlust, Freestyle, and Kinky…