Haul! Urban Decay FF Sale

So for those of you who are avid UD buyers, you'd know that they had their Friends&Family Spring 2012 Sale these past couple days. I, of course had to jump on this because I LOVE  all things Urban Decay lol. So if you're interested in seeing this haul, and a mini review on each item, please keep on reading. 

I decided to go with some items that were already on sale:) that way I can get them even cheaper lol. I went with the Little Sin Primer Set, Fun Palette, and the infamous Book of Shadows IV. I am pretty happy with my purchase. I've been wanting to try out the other primers that UD has, just didn't want to get full sized ones because of the fear that I would not like them. I've been back and forth about the BOS IV though, but since they had the sale, I figured I'd go for it. Now the Fun Palette was the one I've originally wanted because the colors:)

First up the Little Sins Primer Set. I absolutely love all of them. I am definitely going to purchase full sized ones, unless I can find a swap for them. These little bottles are definitely a good investment if you're looking to just try out UD's eye primers. 

On the packaging it says "Consider these the four sins you should commit. Our four Eyeshadow Primer Potions are unbelievable for smoother, longer-lasting, and absolutely crease-proof shadow. This set is a must-have for any serious or aspiring primer junkie. Inside, each travel-size potion does more than grip eye color"

I have been using the original sin primer potion for a year now, and I love it. Now all of these primers are definitely going on my favorites list. 

Original Primer potion blends out invisible and acts as just a normal primer.

Sin Primer Potion has a shimmery champagne finish, and can double as a highlight. Just like their shadow called Sin.

Eden has a nice matte finish to it. It can even out your skin tone, and brighten for a younger look.

Greed which is exclusive to this set is a shimmery gold finish. This can also double as a highlight and add a metallic sheen to your look.

Now as much as I love the primer potions, I will definitely not get this type of packaging again. I like their squeeze tubes a lot better! With the genie bottle packaging you can end up wasting product if you don't break open the packaging and scoop out the left over product. But other than that UD has an avid customer in me for their primer potions:)

 Ratings:

Packaging: 2 out of 5

Anti-Crease ability: 4 out of 5

Long-lasting ability: 4 out of 5

Price: $

Overall: 5 out of 5

Will definitely buy again in squeeze tube packaging!

On to the Fun Palette. I chose this palette because of the variety of color in it. It's also a plus to get another Sin shadow since it is one of my all time favorites from UD. They had a feminine palette and a dangerous palette but no longer have them available on their website. This comes with a travel size Original Primer Potion, which I have tons of now lol, and a travel size 24/7 Eyeliner in Oil Slick. 

It has a pretty standard packaging. Cardboard with a magnet to keep it shut. Nothing fancy there. The design on the front is filled with pinks, yellow, and orange. It's definitely a "fun" design. The inside is yellow and purple. It's cute and creative in my opinion.

Woodstock is a bright pink with shimmer in it.

Baked is a shimmery gold, a well known color that is in almost EVERY palette from UD lol.

Uzi is a silver color with silver glitter, my least favorite of the colors. I'm just not into glitters.

Sin, of course, is a shimmery champagne color, perfect for highlighting.

Flipside is a blue shimmer color, for some reason my camera flash decided to wash out the blue.

Psychedelic Sister is a purple shimmer color.

Overall I am loving this palette and plan on looking for the other 2 in swaps. 

Ratings:

Packaging: 4 out of 5

Pigmentation: 4 out of 5

Price: $

Overall: 5 out of 5

Will definitely buy again if available!

Now onto the infamous Book of Shadows IV. The packaging is horrendously unnecessary in my personal opinion. It takes up way too much space because it is bulky. There's too much packaging for the products. A simple packaging similar to their fun palette would've sufficed for me. This palette comes with 16 shadows, a 24/7 Liquid Liner in Perversion, UD Supercurl Curling Mascara, a squeeze tube of Original Primer Potion, and some gadgets that I believe are unnecessary. It has a little speaker you can plug your phone into with the wires they provided. And a card that has QR codes you can use to get How To videos for the palette. I think that is a cool idea but why makes this such a huge box?

As for the pigmentation of the colors I'd say they're pretty darn good. I mean of course this is Urban Decay we are talking about and I have yet to have any pigment issues with their shadows that I do have. They have a nice creamy feel to them, and blend easily. I love the variety because you can do a neutral look or a bold look. And of course they're all shimmery colors.

Ratings:

Packaging: 1 out of 5

Pigmentation: 5 out of 5

Price: $$

Overall: 4 out of 5

Won't be buying again because there's just no need and we all know they're will probably be another BOS with similar if not the exact same shadows.

Well that was my little Urban Decay Friends&Family Spring 2012 Sale Haul. Hope you enjoyed. Till next time^_^

Posts coming up in the next few weeks.

-Collective Haul from MAC, Coastal Scents, and Swaps.

-In Depth Reviews on certain Haul products.

-More Spring Looks.

-My Makeup Collection/Storage.

Spring Time Eyes: Feat. Sugarpill and MAC

Like I said in my Sugarpill Review, I did a spring look using both the Burning Heart Palette, and Sweet Heart Palette.

In Crease and Outer V: Dollipop and Love+

Lid: Flamepoint

Inner Lid and Tear duct: Buttercupcake

Lower Lash line: Midori

Lashes: Maybelline Illegal Length Mascara

Upper Lash Line: Wet n Wild Black Gel Liner

Now in the next set of pictures, I took MAC Aloha Crushed Metallic Pigments and placed them on top for a more shimmery look.

On top of Flamepoint: Campfire

On top of Buttercupcake: Shifting Sands

Hope you enjoyed this look. Till next time^_^

FOTD

Eyes

Naked and Naked 2 Palette

Wet n Wild Black Gel Liner

ELF Eye Black Eye Liner

Wet n Wild Brow Kit in Ash Brown

Face

Lancome Teint Idole Ultra in Bisque 8

MAC MSFN in Medium Deep

Maybelline Dream Bouncy Blush in Hot Tamale

Hoola Bronzer

mark. Glowdacious Illuminating Powder

Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray

Lips

NYX Round Lipstick in Chic Red

Review Time! Sigma Mr. Bunny Black Essential Kit

A couple weeks ago I received my Sigma Mr. Bunny Brush Kit, and wanted to wait a couple weeks of use to do this review. This kit costs, $109 online at www.sigmabeauty.com. This product is definitely worth the price in my opinion. If you'd like to know why I think that then keep on reading^_^

You get 2 Sigma Brush Cup Holder in Black that stack into a travel case for your brushes. You get a total of 12 brushes. They come protected by their little plastic guards and wrapped up for extra protection. These brushes are so soft to the touch. I was afraid to wash them because I didn't want them to lose that softens, but they were just fine after their first wash. They have the new Sigmax HD bristles, these were made so that you can apply flawless makeup and they don't absorb any extra product. Another wonderful thing about these brushes are that they are Vegan Friendly!!

You get 5 face brushes in this kit.

Information from www.sigmabeauty.com

F30 Large Powder Brush I love using this brush for my setting powder. It applies the product so well and doesn't mess up my foundation.

F40 Large Angled Contour Brush I love to use this to contour my face, it gives it a nice blended finish and doesn't make my contours look fake.

F50 Duo Fibre This is designed to give you that airbrushed finish when used. I use this to stipple on both my cream and powder blushes.

F60 Foundation Brush Everyone knows what this brush is for lol. I use this on occassion to apply my foundation. The wonderful thing about this brush is that it doesn't make it look streaky like most foundation brushes do.

F70 Concealer Brush And of course this brush is used to apply your concealer. Applying concealer with this brush in a patting motion gives you that flawless under eye look.

Face Brushes L-R: F70, F60, F50, F40, and F30

You also get 7 eye brushes in this kit.

E05 Eyeliner Brush The name says it all. This brush is stiff enough to give you that nice liner look. Whether it be an thick wing of a slim close to the lashes line. I definitely use this brush a lot for my gel liner.

E30 Pencil Brush Now I have the other original pencil brush from sigma and hands down the Mr Bunny one is the best! It is stiff to get that nice cut crease look and soft enough to lightly blend out shadows in the lower lash line.

E40 Tapered Blending Brush Ahh blending, a girl's BESTFRIEND! lol I have a random rant about blending but we will not get into that right now. This brush is definitely ideal for blending out crease, outer V, and brow bone shadows. It's nice and dense so you can lightly blend out products.

E55 Eye Shading Brush This brush is best used to apply shadow to the lids of course lol. It's stiff enough to pack on the shadows for a nice intense lid.

E60 Large Shader Brush This is best for those cream shadows applied to the lid. It won't pick up too much product. Or you can use this with Fix+ or some type of mixing medium for that nice foil look on the lids.

E65 Small Angle Brush Another great liner brush. I use this for a nice winged out liner because it gives that perfect flick at the end for me.

E70 Medium Angled Shading Brush I love this brush for blending out my crease colors. The angle gives you that wonderful blend from inner to outer.

Eye Brushes from L-R: E70, E65, E60, E55, E40, E30, and E05

Now for spending $30 or more you get a free gift. I was lucky enough to get the travel size of the E25 Blending Brush. Hands down an AMAZING blending brush. I am going to purchase the full sized one soon:) I hope you enjoyed this review, and found it helpful. It's always a great idea to splurge on your makeup brushes for a reasonable splurge price lol. Makeup brushes can last you a good couple of years as long as you properly take care of them. I'll do a post on how I care for my brushes soon. I just gotta bribe my husband into taking the pictures for me lol. Well until next time^_^

Ratings:

Packaging: 5 out of 5

Quality: 5 out of 5

Price: $$$

Overall: 5 out of 5

Will definitely buy again if needed!

Review Time! Sugarpill Quads

About a little while ago I got my Sugarpill order in the mail! Whooo lol. If you're interested in my review then keep on reading.

When I first opened the box, I fell in love with the packaging. The case is magnetic which I love because it makes it a lot easier to open. It's pretty durable too. It was put through the toddler test lol. My son got a hold of my burning heart palette and ran off with it. He threw it and like always attempted to rip the packaging, but failed to do so lol. None of the shadows cracked either. So far Sugarpill has a thumbs up on the packaging!

My friend taught me how to depot the shadows. The backing is a sticker not printed on. All you do is peel back the sticker, and there are little holes you can push the pans out throught with something small. Now that is genius in my book. Then people don't have to worry about destroying the pretty packaging lol. The pans are not glued in, they are held by the magnet that also keeps the package secure, and closed.

Now on to the quality of the shadows. Hands down these shadows are kinda hard to beat! They're nice and pigmented. Normally yellows are hard to show up on me but this yellow does, which makes me happy:) They are nice and smooth, and blend out great. I wish they'd come out with more pressed powders because I am definitely a fan.

These are swatches of the Burning Heart Palette. The colors are nicely pigmented and if you were to add a primer underneath, it makes it stand out even nicer. The feel and texture of the shadows are great on my lids.

These are swatches from the Sweet Heart Palette. Now I know these colors are pretty out there, but it's always nice to add a dash of color to your look. Especially since Spring is just around the corner. I'll definitely be using these for some fun Spring and Summer looks, so be on the lookout for those.

Now the price, for the palettes they are $34 each. For some that is a bit pricey but I think it's a great deal. Each shadow individually is $12, so for 4 it's $48. I definitely will buy individuals when I start to hit pan because for me I feel i'll use some more than others. And I'm definitely going to get some of their loose shadows. I got a sample of Goldilux and fell in love with that too. The only thing I'd like to see is them come out with more colors in the pressed shadows, but other than that keep up the amazing job Sugarpill!! You've got a loyal customer in me<3 Till next time^_^

Ratings:

Packaging: 5 out of 5

Pigmentation: 5 out of 5

Price: $$

Overall: 5 out of 5

Will definitely buy again!

NuMe Haul

Almost everyone has heard of MyGlam by now, and in the February Glam Bag subscribers got a $100 gift certificate for NuMe. They have a range of curling wands, straighteners, blow dryers, extenstions, etc. I thought this was the best thing in the bag. Since my curling iron is dead, I decided to get a new one. I went with the 25mm curling wand in hot pink. This is hands down my new favorite styling tool lol. I have been using my straightener to curl my hair if I decided to curl it that day and it wasn't giving me the curls I really wanted. But this wand does and I love it.

Now many people think "oh it's overpriced" but when you get that $100 gift certificate all your paying for is like $20-$30 out of pocket. I think that is extremely reasonable. You gotta splurge on styling tools because if you just get a plain old metal one from Walmart, you're screwing your hair over. I learned that the hard way and had to chop off my long hair *tear*

If you want any information about any of their products or just to see what they have you offer check out their website. www.numeonline.com No I am not affliated with this company whatsoever, and used my own money and the GC to get this product.

And some random news, for the FIRST TIME EVER!!! I won something lol. I won the picture contest that myglam has on their facebook page every month. I took a picture of my glam bag and it caught their eye. Granted I have no clue what I won yet, I am just happy about it lol. This is the picture I took and posted<3

Since February is the month of love, I decided to get creative with my husband's boots lol. Until next time, thanks for reading^_^

February Favorites

Here are my Makeup February Favorites<3 Let's start with the face products.

MAC Matchmaster in 5.0 This foundation matches my skintone so well. It doesn't oxidize, it is also one of the very few foundations that doesn't freak my skin out. It is a demi-matte finish, and has medium buildable coverage.

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural This is my go to powder to set my foundation, and some days I use it by itself. Some powders tend to make my face itch like there's no tomorrow but this doesn't have that affect on me which is awesome.

MAC Studio Finish Concealer I have been using this concealer for over a year now, and I love it. It helps cover up those under eye bags, and acne spots. It blends very well.

Benefit Highbeam I love this highlighter! It blends very well, and doesn't look streaky.

Maybelline Dream Bouncy Blushes I have a review on these blushes. They are my definite go to blush for any day that I wear makeup.

Now for the lips^_^

Maybelline Baby Lips This is my absolute favorite lip balm! It's so mosturizing and has helped me bring my lips out of the winter funk. It comes in many different scents, this one is the Peppermint. I also have Pink Punch and Cherry me.

MAC Viva Glam Gaga II This is one of my go to for nude lips. It does wash you out but as long as you apply a good lip liner to contour your lips, it looks great.

mark. Lipclick in Bare Hug I have been a mark. rep for almost a year, and absolutely love their makeup. mark. is a sister company of Avon. If you have inquires about mark. just message me. Now about the lipclick. I love this nude lipstick a little bit more than my MAC one. It doesn't make me look as washed out.

Revlon Lipbutters *sigh* The wonderful lipbutters, the best ever lol. They are so moisturizing and pigmented. Hands down my go to for lip color. In the picture I have L-R: Sugar Plum, Candy Apple, and Sweet Tart. I am on the hunt for all them to add to my collection.

Finally the eye makeup.

Maybelline 24hr Color Tattoo Eyeshadows These are my go to eyeshadows for every day looks. I use them as shadows or liners, depending on what I am feeling that day. I have almost all of them, and I am trying to collect them all but every where I go they are sold out of the 3 I need lol. These are great for fast application, and they blend very well. They don't crease while I am wearing them.

Wet n Wild Black Gel Liner This is my HG liner. It goes on smoothly and doesn't flake off like some of the other gel liners I have tried. It's also inexpensive so that is a major plus. Just goes to show that you don't have to pay up the a** for great products, you just gotta do some trial and error testing.

Too Faced Shadow Insurance At first I hated this primer because after a few months it started coming out all watery and stuff. But after a trick my friend taught me it works like it should, and keeps my shadows in place and no creasing.

Benefit They're Real Mascara This is one of my HG high end mascaras. It definitely a pricey product but to me it is worth it. I doesn't make my lashes crunchy, or flake off. My lashes feel like there is no mascara on but there is so much volume and length. The brush is awesome and I love the spiked end so I can get those pesky inner lashes lol.

Maybelline Illegal Length Mascara I have a whole review on this mascara. It is my new drugstor favorite. It definitely adds length for me and I don't have to apply false lashes to get that full look. This product has replaced my Maybelline Falsies Mascara.

Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette This my go to every day look palette. I still you the Naked Palette a lot but I love the matte colors in the Naked 2. The colors blend so well, and go on smoothly. There are tons of reviews and swatches out there lol. After a while of having both Naked Palettes I find it necessary lol.

Too Faced Smokey Eye Palette You can never go wrong with a smokey eye, day or night. This is the best palette to have for that. If you choose to go for the design cards they have on the little cards they give you or make your own, this is definitely a must have for me lol.