Monthly Faves and Fails

~ Lovely Me:Ex Pastel Cushion Blusher in #04 Pink Cushion: I bought this blush from ebay after looking at it for about 2 months. Basically it's a light light pastel pink blush. It's VERY finely milled to the point where it is creamy-feeling in the cute little pot that it comes in. It gives my cheeks a cute glow but can't be worn on it's own because it is so incredibly light. But I love it and I love wearing it!!

~ Benefit Box-Blush in "Coralista": I have wanted this for (legit) 2 years!! I'd look for it on ebay and it would be mad expensive, so I'd pass it over. But my dad decided to be super kind and buy it for me when we went to Ulta the other week, and I just LOVE IT! I love the box, I love the way it smells, I love the shimmery corally-pink color...it's just fabulous and I can't get enough of it!!

~ ELF 3-in-1 Defining, Volumizing, and Lengthening Mascara: This mascara I got for $3 off the ELF website, and it's phenomenal! On the ELF website it has 4.5 star ratings, but honestly I'd give it 5 cuppy cakes. It does everything it claims, plus holds a curl, doesn't flake or smudge, and comes off easily. This is one of the best mascaras I own, and that's saying something because I own around 20.

~ Fergie CenterStage collection Shimmer Palette in "Rose Champagne Glow": This is part of the Fergie collection by Wet n Wild, it was $4.99 at my local Walgreens. This powder, for looking cheap-ish, is actually VERY hard pressed and wonderful! It reminds me of the Revlon Colorstay Mineral Finishing Powder in "Brighten" (which I also own), only this has more of a golden sheen to it where the Revlon has more of a white sheen. But, overall, this product ROCKS, I love it, and I use it every day!

~ Essence I <3 Extreme Volume Mascara: I'm well known (to myself) for loving mascaras with GINORMOUS brushes! I love the amount of volume big brushes give and this mascara did NOT disappoint me. Applying this carefully to avoid getting mascara everywhere, it gives a massive amount of volume, plus definition, and it is the blackest black mascara that I have ever used.

~ Essence Stay with me Long lasting Lipgloss in "Me and My Ice-cream": This product I have seen all over YouTube and I just had to try it for myself. It's a lovely pink color with a gorgeous scent that, in my opinion, smells like ice-cream and roses mixed together (an interesting combo, but a nice one nonetheless). It gives the lips a gorgeous sheen and a delightful hint of color, not opaque but not completely sheer either. This was the last one left on the shelf too! I grabbed it and am so happy I did!

~ JoJo loose Powder in "Transparent Glittery": This was an ebay buy that I wasn't sure would work out but, I saw the word 'glitter' and just went for it! I'm so glad I took a chance, this powder is wonderful! The glitter is very finely milled so it gives a very subtle effect to the face; the powder is completely transparent so you get the setting effect as well as the glitter effect without making your face look cakey and overdone.

~ NYC Smooth Skin Loose face powder in #741A "Translucent": This is my go-to loose powder. It's cheap ($2.99 for 20g), light, airy, finely-milled, doesn't sink into lines...I just love it and will always have it. Plus you can use it to catch fallout on your cheeks because it's so cheap you can "waste" product without worry.

~ Kat Von D "Sinner" palette in "True Romance": This palette my dad bought for me as a gift from Sephora. The colors range from a light pink highlight to a pure matte black. I love the matte black ("Lucifer"); this palette is perfect for my signature black smokey eye, or if I want to switch it up and do a dark purple smokey eye. The shadows have hardly any fallout and are pigmented as hell! You even get a little black eyeliner with the palette, which is pretty good, I haven't used it enough to give a fair review.

FAIL!!

This is a tale of disappointment...I love Too Faced, it's my favorite high-end brand. So when I saw a Too Faced Natural Eye palette for sale on ebay for only $21.00, I was like "SCORE!!" and bought it in 2 seconds flat. I did this about 3 years ago, and for the entire 3 years I've had it I've had nothing but issues with it. So I decided to get the full-priced Natural Eye palette from Ulta...WORLD OF DIFFERENCE!!! The one I bought 3 years prior was a major FAKE! The most obvious color is "Honey Pot", which in the real palette is a gorgeous yellow-y gold; in the fake its a PISS yellow!! Piss yellow!! Not a color I want on my eyelids!!! Negative 20000 cuppy-cakes for fake products; do not pass Go! Do not collect $200! Do NOT buy fake products!! If you are unsure if a product on ebay is fake or not, it probably is so just spend the extra, go to a legit seller and get the real thing.