ELF Aqua Beauty Molten Liquid Eyeshadow: A Review

In my recent quest to find quick makeup to use in the morning, I stumbled upon these at my local drugstore. The liquid eyeshadows have a doe foot applicator, kinda like a concealer. I have three shades in this range: Liquid Gold, Brushed Copper, and Rose Gold. In the swatches pictured below, I blended then out using my fingers.

Liquid Gold:

This one is probably my least favorite of the three. It is more of a yellow gold. It doesn’t blend out that well, but I used it in a wonder woman costume as a crown and it worked really well,

Rose Gold:

This one is probably my favorite. It blends the best out of the three and doesn’t crease.

Brushed Copper:

I don’t know if I’d call this a copper. It’s more of a copper-gold and not what you’d normally expect for a copper.

Overall, I don’t know if I would buy all of these since once they’re blended out they all kinda look the same. Also, if you don’t like the textured look of eyelids I don’t think you’d like this. I’d recommend picking up Rose Gold or Brushed Copper if you’d like to try these. These are great for someone who wants a wash of color on their lids without much effort.

Pick these up for $4 at your local drugstore.

ELF Beautifully Bare Natural Glow Face Palette: A Review

I have had my eye in this for a long long time, but I’ve never been able to give myself a legitimate reason for buying it… until now. Now that I have my own blog, I can buy things I want as an excuse to review them! I am hella glad that I got this, because it’s actually pretty bomb. The bronzer is really nice, it is more neutral of a bronzer so it is perfect for my pale self in the winter. The highlight is kinda like a light champagne but isn’t as dark in the pan as it looks. It’s one of those highlights that melts into the skin and would be great as a lowkey highlight that wouldn’t overpower a look. The blush that is to the right of the highlighter… yikes. It takes a lot of work for this one to show up, and the with the swatches pictured (second swatch) it barely shows up in natural light. I had to swirl my finger over and over and over and press super hard to get it to show up, and I had to layer it up this blush is more peach toned whereas the second blush is rosier. The rosy blush is okay, once again it takes more work for it to show up, but it isn’t as bad as the peach one.

Overall I really like this palette. The blushes kinda mehh but the bronzer and highlight are good. This palette would be good for someone who is a minimalist with their makeup or is going for a natural look. I don’t think this would show up on skin that is deeper than medium. This palette retails for $8 at ELF.com.

Ulta, World Market, and T.J. Maxx Haul

If I had to describe my style, I would say this: If Morticia Addams and Victoria Beckham had a love child, and its babysitter was Marzia Bisognin plus its grandmother was Hillary Clinton, that would be my style. Also, add bell sleeves to every shirt I own.

That being said, let’s take a look at the weird assortment of things I (aka my mom) bought over the past few days.

First up, Ulta

This is one I didn’t think I’d be purchasing again. I have acne-prone skin, which can get irritated kinda easily. This means I have a ton of redness and I use a ton of potentially skin irritating products to treat my acne. I bought this over the summer and I liked it because it was very cooling and also soothed my irritated skin. With the seasons changing, I decided to buy it again so I could use it when my skin is inflamed. One thing I do not like about it is that the sprayer is not a good one. I would not use this to set makeup because the spray is nowhere near Urban Decay’s. I do like the scent however.

This next one was an impulse buy. This is a primer/foundation with a green core. As I mentioned before, my skin is very red. Like, pretty much everywhere. The shade ranges on this are less than satisfactory. Coming in at a whopping eight shades, it might be hard to find a shade that matches well. I haven’t tried this yet besides swatching in store, but I’m probably going to look like a ghost if I use this by itself. I will do a dedicated review on this, so stay tuned!

This is one of my staples in my bathroom, and I almost ran out of it today. I mostly use it for days that I have greasy hair, but I also like how it gives me a little volume. It really does soak up the grease and leaves hair looking refreshed. This one is in brunette, and it smells so good. If you plan on buying this, shop the different types and find what will be best for you.

World Market:
If you don’t know what World Market is, I’m so sorry. Basically, World Market has everything from food to furniture, but it’s mostly stuff from or inspired by other countries.

One thing you should know about me is that I loooove dots. So, when I saw this in World Market I nearly screeched. For some reason, I’m actually in the Christmas Spirit this year (probably all the new makeup coming out tbh). However, I wouldn’t buy this again. The red and green is fine, but I don’t like the weird vanilla part. I finished the box though because I have no self-control.

If I could eat one of these every night, I would. I wish I could get a giant Costco sized box of these bad bois. Have you ever wanted cake but you didn’t want to make one / go out and buy one? If so, then this is for you! Its cake, that you make in a mug *mind blown*. It’s way better than those DIY recipes and tastes like real cake box cake.

If you’ve ever been on a Delta flight and eaten one of these, you’ll know how FREAKING DELICIOUS THESE ARE!!!!!! (No, Delta does not serve Santa cookies they serve the regular rectangular kind). Whenever my dad went on a business flight, he would always save these for me and ask the flight attendants for more because he knew I loved them so much and he didn’t know where to get them. We found them at World Market about a year ago and it was the best day of my life. They taste like if you made autumn into a cookie.

T.J. Maxx:

Guess what I’m going to wear this shirt with? If you guessed black pants and black shoes, you’re correct!! This shirt makes me feel like a *~fierce~* Morticia Addams.

Ah yes, more bell sleves! I don’t have many sweaters, and I don’t have this color in my closet so I am excied to wear this.