.:: Love & Beauty Smokey and Natural ::.

Hey Everyone!! Hope you all are having a great Memorial Weekend... I am finally catching up on my blogging, YAY!! So here I have some palettes my friend Hazel and I came across at Forever21. Honestly we were both unsure on deciding to buy it or not just because we have never bought any of the makeup line they have there at Forever21. The first impression we got from these were that they were going to be a dupe for Urban Decays NAKED Palette. So we both purchased both of them one being Smokey and the other being Natural.

Smokey

Natural

Natural

Smokey

So here you have swatches for both palettes. I found that the Smokey palette was much less chalky and less fall out as to the Natural had more of a chalky texture as well as it being less pigmented. These remind me a lot of the Elf Palettes, but  a little more pigmented. Each palette costing $6.80. If I had to choose one to purchase I would definately go for the Smokey Palette! Both great palettes worth trying!!! =D 

XoXo,

Zee

.:: MAC Surf Baby Collection and Swatches ::.

Here I have the MAC Surf Baby Collection that recently just launched this past Thursday. I honestly was really excited for the collection to launch because of the My Paradise cheek powder! Although I also decided to pick up a few more products I thought was worth getting. This collection is fairly large, a good amount of bronzers as well which is a favorite of mine in all collections. This collection of course has a special packaging and also has a  Hawaii inspired look to it. I honestly didn't care to much for the packaging... (It could have been better IMO) On to the products I purchased...

This cheek powder has  a orange/peachy tone to it with a bit of gold shimmer if swirled together. The gold hibiscus overlay is a pretty thick amount so If you do enjoy it you will probably get a good amount of uses before it hits the actual powder. Here I have swatches of the powder alone along with the gold hibiscus overlay and lastly the powder swirled altogether. I LOVE it so much I bought one extra as a back up. Retail price is $28.00

I chose one of the two Studio Careblend Pressed powders in Lush-Light Bronze. This one in particular has a Mid tone rosey pink brown color to it. You want to use a light hand when applying this because a little went a  long way with the color pay off. The texture was very soft , creamy and very easy to blend.The powder it self has MAC embossed on it. This was also $28.00

I only purchased two of the eye shadows. Saffron I already bought from the Mickey Contractor Collection and the rest of the colors I thought was easy to dupe. I got Sun Blonde which is a dirty yellow gold. Short Shorts is a frosty white champagne. I thought I would be able to get a lot of use out of these colors. Each being $15.50

Hibiscus Lipstick was a MUST for me and probably also a SELL OUT! Good thing I purchased one more as a back up as well. This color is a cremesheen and described as a orange coral. This color is great for summer! Price tag on this is $15.50

So I had to grab at least one lipgloss, which was Good Lovin'. I already had Strange Potion from the Venomous Villains Collection so there was no need to purchase another. Good Lovin' is described as a soft peachy pink. I'm pretty sure I have other lipglosses that are pretty close to the color of it but what the heck, lol. The lipglosses are also $15.50

I for sure had to grab one nail polish from this collection which was Ocean Dip. I honestly have a love and hate relationship with MAC polishes due to the texture and pigmentation. Ocean Dip is described as a midtone creamy aqua and that it is. Very opaque as well. I spiced it up a bit and tested out the new Sally Hansen Antiqued Gold Crackle over it. I wouldn't rush out to grab any of the polishes from this collection because they are very easy to dupe! Price for polishes are $15.00

Now these Crushed Metallic Pigments was what I was also excited about. These pigments give that foiled effect to it and take very little to achieve the color. I swiped these swatches with just the top of the lids. It takes very little again to achieve the color so these will last FOREVER! This set is called the Surf  The Ocean. Color's are described from left to right... The gold is described as a gold bronze, the dark blue is a dirty graphite with silver pearl, light blue is a frosty platinum, and the last one is the lightest one and is a light yellow green. 

I also had to get the other Crushed Metallic Pigments in Summer Stash. This set is described from left to right.... The violet color is a light violet with silver pearl, the brown is a brown bronze with gold pearl, the white is a light white pearl, and the baby pink is a light pink champagne. Again another set worth getting!! Each pigment stack is a bit pricey costing $32.50, but worth every penny and will last you for years... I would also like to add these are limited edition so If you have not purchased anything from this collection yet I would definately try hunting these down =)

Over  all I LOVE this collection... =) Hope you all enjoyed this and hope it helped you all who still have yet to decide what to get from this collection. 

XoXo,

Zee 

.:: Sally Hansen Antiqued Gold Crackle Overcoat ::.

So I went to my local Walgreens this morning and came across the new Sally Hansen Crackle Overcoat polish display. This collection has about 6-7 Crackle polishes in white, gold, silver, purple, blue, and red. Not sure If there is more, but that is all I saw left on the display. I was lucky enough to grab the last gold Crackle they had left. I didn't care to much for the rest of the color's only because I have most of them from the China Glaze Crackle and O.P.I. Shatter. Although I might go back for the red, this is one of the color's I do not have in Crackle. =)

Here is the gold Crackle on top of the new MAC Ocean Dip Polish from the Surf Baby Collection...

The Sally Hansen Crackle are about $8 for one including tax. A bit pricey for me If u might ask... =/ I don't know If it was just this bottle in particular, but the texture became very thick and clumpy after a few uses...?? I didn't have a gold in my collection so I figured it wouldn't hurt to try one out.You may purchase it at any drugstore I'm guessing, but FOR SURE Walgreens will have them. Let me know what you guys think If any of you purchased any other color's!!! =)

XoXo,

Zee