Makeup Haul

This past weekend I attended the IMATS in NYC, which made for a great makeup haul. Check out my purchases below!

Anyone who knows me knows one thing....I love eyelashes! I've been working on perfecting my application over the last few months, so I decided to pick up a few pairs to practice with!

This amazingly pigmented and vibrant "Chinadoll" palette by LimeCrime is ahhhh-mazzzz-ing! And these shadows are vegan and cruelty free....LimeCrime is definitely one of my new favorites! Check out a blurb from their site LimeCrimemakeup.com about the Chinadoll palette below:

"A fantasy collection of 5 pressed eyeshadows inspired by the beauty of China. Superior coverage, creamy texture ranging from matte to metallic finish, and superb blendability. Palette arrives encased in a deluxe purple tin."

I wasn't overly impressed with the three NYX lip liners I purchased, they were pretty standard dry liner pencils (colors left to right: 831 Mauve, 827 Never, 812 Plum). But I LOVE the jumbo lip pencils (colors left to right: 711 Iced Coffee, 712 Plush Red, 709 Deep Red)! They go on beautifully, aren't sticky and have reasonable staying power. I will definitely be purchasing more of these.

NYX eyeshadow palette in Ombre Sombra (Hot Pink, Cool Blue, Cherry). I'm liking the icy light blue and am really into the pinks (though I have to be sure to go heavy on the bronzer if I don't want the pinks to drown me out). I also picked up this deep orange/red in the color Africa. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm excited to try it out.

I am absolutely obsessed with thick natural brows!!! I have been using a brown pencil by MAC, but decided to give the waterproof brow color in medium by Stila a try. So far I love it, though I am still working on the perfect amount of color (I've been a little heavy handed with the application).

Last but not least: NYX Jumbo Eyepencils in 623A Purple Velvet and 628 Cucumber. I haven't used the purple, but I did use the green to highlight a peacock eye I did last night and it was perfect. The color glides on evenly and creates an easily blendable look that's nicely pigmented.

My Glam Bag: February Bag Review

Not overly impressed by my first glam bag. I signed up with myglam.com, which is a service that charges you $10 a month and in return you receive a monthly bag filled with samples of make up products. This was my first month receiving the bag and to be honest I am not overly impressed. The bag included a very small sample of the Primer Mask (3 stars, definitely left my skin feeling rejuvenated but is really expensive), a Freeman GOJI Mask (2 stars, didnt have a significant impact on my skin and I would not purchase this), a tube of X Out shine control (I never used it as I don't have oily skin, I would not buy this), a tube of NYX Roll on Shimmer (4 stars, love this! it's got a lot of glitter so I wouldn't wear it for day time but it's fun for a night out on the town) and a $100 gift certificate to NU.ME (I am still on the fence about this, initially I was excited about it, but it still will require me to spend a significant amount of money out of my own pocket...which i will likely do anyway :) ). Anyway, here is my quick take on my 1st glam bag. I will likely keep my subscription for another two months, then cancel if the bags don't improve (I really hope they do because I love the concept of this, but 1-2 really useful products out of 5 is not a good start to their track record).... I will keep you updated!