Another month, another roundup of beauty goodies. I have to say, I’ve been spending a lot less, but my makeup intake has been insane because the CBB keeps doing swap after swap after swap and I keep walking away with more and more products to try out!
Let’s start with the one item I did purchase this past month: Becca‘s collaboration with Jaclyn Hill resulted in Champagne Pop. Quite possibly the most beautiful highlighting shade I own. (Full review here.) This was expensive – there’s no doubt about that. But as a regular viewer of Jaclyn Hill’s videos I wanted to support her latest creation since I’d also been meaning to try out Becca‘s stuff too!
My first Estee Lauder product, I think. This was from a limited edition collection called Courreges a few months ago. The shade is Black Silver and there’s a LOT of it in the that pot!
A quad cast off from a friend. This is The Body Shop‘s Shimmer Cubes in Pink Poppy. They’re in truly bizarre packaging. There’s the outer layer that holds all four of them, and then each individual shade is in its’ OWN little plastic tin with a cap. Super weird.
The texture is a bit powdery, but the colours are lovely. I didn’t take any decent photos of my makeup with it on, but I did snag a shot for Instagram while wearing them:
Quite pretty!
A brand new tube of Avon‘s Anew Vitale Day Lotion. I’ve had no experience with it, but as someone without sensitive skin, I’m always up for free skincare!
I got this at the swap because it seems like nobody wanted it! I’ve been a fan D&G‘s Light Blue for a while… but as it turns out, I’m not so much of a fan of this version called Escape to Panarea. Ah well.
Okay yeah. I have no idea when or where I’ll wear these – maybe for a Halloween look? But they were awesome and no one else wanted them!
Shawna of Spill The Beauty accidentally ordered two of these halographic polishes and I was the lucky recipient of the extra one! I’ve not applied it yet, but damn can I ever not wait. Holographic anything? Yes PLEASE! (This is Glitter Gal’s Copper shade.)
I don’t know all the shade names (because I’m currently writing this while on vacation in Montreal – follow our blogging hash tag for the past weekend with #CBBroadtrip – we’ve been having a blast!) but I got some lovely lip products to try out. There’s a Maybelline lipstick in there, a Revlon lip butter in Peach Parfait (I’ve actually finished an entire one of these before – true story!), a Australis Velourlips (if Sharon Farrell loves them, then *I* must love them!), a mini from Tarte, a lipstick from the Sephora brand and a red lip paint from a brand I’m not familiar with.
The imprint on this compact is gorgeous. And I love me a humongous bronzer. But the sad news is that Lise Watier‘s Eden Tropical Bronzing Powder is oompa loompa orange and I just cannot wear it. 🙁
Another cast off from a friend. This is the kind of shade I hate to love. Make Up For Ever‘s 210 cream blush is a bubble gum pink that has the unfortunate habit of looking lovely on me. It’s not the kind of shade I like looking at as it’s far too girly for my tastes, but the reality is that it looks really good on me, and therefore I love it.
The Make Up For Ever Plexi Glosses are something I had passed on entirely because I don’t feel I’m a gloss person. I had several of them very nearly thrown at me during the swap, so I figured I’d try them out. End result? I can confirm they’re not for me. They fade off quickly (as to be expected of a gloss) and I just can’t be bothered with the constant reapplication.
More cast offs! I already owned Coral Cove, and I was happy to add Tea Rose and Love Potion to the collection.
A full tube of Miracle 10‘s Light Serum was left on the table after the swap. I’m not a huge fan of the scent of this thing, and it’s really only decent for hydrating in the summer time since it is VERY light. But I did run through a whole tube of it before, so I mean… I like it enough to use it all up again!
Ohhh yes. NARS Rated R and Revlon Metropolitan. Both items I’ve been wanting to try and thankfully totally free!
Another item I’ve been wanting to try because the Olay Fresh Effects packaging ALWAYS pulls me in. I need another foundation like I need a hole in the head, but hey… this one is a BB CREAM, so therefore it’s totally different…
A bunch of cast offs! A MAC paint pot, an Australis plush, a Laura Geller blush (it’s GORGEOUS!), an essence mineralize eyeshadow that is really, really good quality, a Kryolan blush (also stunning) and some gold eyeshadow cream/pigment type thing.
I don’t know why I insist on trying out different kinds of lashes when I *know* that House of Lashes make the ones that work for me the best. But I keep trying others… mostly because I hear about how everyone likes other brands. I’ve heard plenty of good things about Red Cherry so I’ll happily give these a shot!
I wasn’t sure what to think of Smashbox‘s Earth As We Know It palette at first. But then I created this:
and I was like… oh okay. I like you.
I absolutely love the texture of The Body Shop‘s sorbet moisturizers. It has this frothy, foamy like consistency and is soooo much fun to play with… uhhh I mean fun to put on. Mango‘s a new scent to me and I quite liked the few sniffs I had of it.
Man, everyone keeps ditching their Wet n Wild Megalast lipsticks, whereas I just LOVE them! Here’s Stoplight Red and, one I’ve been meaning to find, Carrot Gold. It’s way more orange than I thought it would be – we’ll have to see how it looks on my lips!
And finally (phew!) an eight pan shadow palette from Wet n Wild – Petal Pusher. I’d always glanced at it but never bought it. I know the quality will be on parr with The Comfort Zone palette so I’m looking forward to playing with the shadows.
PHEW! GOOD GRIEF THAT WAS A LOT OF STUFF! I hope the swap stuff is interesting for you – please let me know whether or not it is. It’s all gently used makeup and stuff I’m adding into my collection so I think it’s relevant. But I’m not sure if people like seeing the swap stuff, or if they’d rather just see the brand new stuff I purchased.
I am so glad some of my cast-offs have found a good home. I bet I started keeping track of all the things I get in a month I’d stop shopping… naaah probably not.
Genius! If I made a monthly round-up list I just might be horrified and hold up…especially ifI tallied July. In July I hit Rouge AND Charlotte Tilbury launched at Holts. It’s hard to talk about…
It’s started to get a little horrifying actually. Especially when I see just how much stuff I get from swaps now!
And oh my god… July sounds like a huge month for you! It was hard to resist Charlotte Tilbury though… she has soooo many lovely things!
ME TOO! Some of these babies have been so good to me!
So glad you got Rated R at the swap- you’ll totally rock it! The Milani rose blushes are gorgeous too 🙂
Me too! I’ve not played with it yet but likely will within the next week!
I feel like at most swaps, I usually end up with most of your stuff LOL (either you give great stuff away, or my tastes/interests just align with stuff you don’t like, heh) SO JEALOUS THAT YOU GOT MORE OF THOSE MILANI BLUSHES THOUGH. I have Coral Cove too, but I’ve been thinking about adding more of those rose blushes to my collection. (But yeah, I like seeing what people ended up with at CBB swaps!)
Hah really? I must have AMAZING taste. Or you like my trash. Or something. 😉
The Milani blushes weren’t in the swap – Julie gave them to me because she had no use for them. And I was like oh helll yessss come to mama! I think Coral Cove is still my favourite.
I will never get tired of looking at champagne pop. 🙂 I was happy to support Jaclyn too. I haven’t watched her from the beginning, but the videos I have watched, I’ve loved. She seems so genuine and it isn’t hard to see why she has such a following.
Wow those Milani blushes look insanely pretty! The design is unreal!
Yeah I’m relatively new to her channel I think (last year or two maybe?)
The design is not only unreal on them, but they also come with a TON of product. Like 11 grams or something. Whereas a blush is usually about 4 or 5g!
You got so much great stuff at your swap!! I love NARS Rated R. I’m regretting not buying that Smashbox SantiGolden palette.
I broke down and bought Champagne Pop. It was too pretty for me to resist.
The SantiGolden was a surprise to me. I wasn’t expecting it to be so pigmented.
Soooo many people broke down and bought Champagne Pop! And no wonder why… it’s so damn beautiful.