Review! New Limited Edition Kat Von D Esperanza Palette!

 Hey everyone! I am soooo sorry I've been away for so long, school and life in general have just been really busy and I haven't really had time to sit down and write a review. Anyway, today's review is on the new LIMITED EDITION palette from Kat Von D: The Esperanza Palette!

The front of the palette has this super beautiful skull design, drawn in the "tattoo art" style.I think the front is wonderfully colored and drawn out. The packaging in general is the hard cardboard style, so it isn't indestructible or anything, but it is compact. There is also a good size mirror on the inside.

As for the colors of this palette, there are 8 shades, 6 shimmer and 2 matte. Most of the colors are pastel or "spring-like", which is PERFECT for the time of year that this palette has been released! I think these shades will be amazing for spring, however there are a limited amount of looks you can pull off JUST using this palette. Here's a look at the colors! 

As you can see, the colors are mostly pastel. There are a few darker shades, such as "dog roses" (the brown shade), and Santeria (the dark navy). The shades are pretty pigmented, yet they are pretty powdery after dipping a brush into them. 

Swatches! (Without Primer)

As you can see, without using a primer these shades are kind of faint in pigmentation. However, with a primer these shades are really smooth and nice. Like I said before, I don't know if you can really get a good variation of looks JUST using this palette alone, but I think it's a really nice palette to own.

This palette is Limited edition at Sephora for $36 which I think is a fair price for the palette. So if you are interested, i'd hurry out to Sephora and pick this bad boy up!

Do you have this palette? And if so, i'd love to hear your thoughts! Also, let me know what you'd like to see reviewed next!

Video Review!

Love ya! 

-Katie

First Makeup Tutorial EVER!! Valentine's Day Inspired Look!!

Hey everyone! Just dropping by to say I uploaded my first-ever makeup tutorial on my channel!! I got some new editing software, so this might be able to be a recurring thing now, which is amazing! I'll post it below, so if you haven't seen it, it would mean the world to me if you check it out, especially if you are a makeup lover like myself!! 

Happy Valentine's Day!! 

Benefit Cosmetics "Creaseless Cream Shadow" in RSVP

Hello everyone! I'm sorry this review is going up a little late; it's a new semester and still trying to figure out free time and etc xD

Either way, let's get started with this review, shall we? Today's review is about one of my current "bought-it, forgot-it" finds. It's the Benefit Cosmetics Cream Shadow in the shade RSVP. I bought this shadow a while ago when everyone was raving about these, and RSVP is the only shade I have from the line. I used to be really into cream eye shadows, but the craze for me has kind of gone on the back-burner for awhile. But recently, as I was looking for something to use when I got tired of using the same primer everyday for my eye shadow, I re-discovered this bad gal in the back of my eye shadow drawer. This shadow is a GREAT base for the Urban Decay Naked3 palette, and it's what I have been using underneath my powder shadows all week. Here's a close up of the eye shadow and a swatch!

 (RSVP Cream Eye Shadow) 

As you can see from the eye shadow pot alone, the product is a gorgeous rosey champagne color, making it really blendable underneath the Naked3 shadows. 

All in all, I really do think this product does what it says it does. It stays on all day, and as a base it really does seem to be "creaseless". Not to mention that the powder shadows stick to it very well as well! It's really creamy and spreads easily onto the lid. 

This product is sold at Sephora, Ulta, and on Benefit's website, and retails for $20. I think this price point is kind of steep for this product, seeing Maybelline has shadows fairly similar to this for less than half the price of this shadow. However, there are 10 shades in the line, so if you're really curious about this product, i'm sure there's a color you'll like. For me, I don't think I'm going to buy another of these shadows, only because some of them could be easily dupe-able, and for the fact I don't wear cream shadows as much as I used to. 

I hope this review helped you somehow. I've been wanting to do a "higher-end" review for a while and this is just something I have been loving at the moment. 

I hope you all are having a wonderful week...Tomorrow's Friday, so that's a plus! :D

-Katie

New Maybelline "Master Hi-Light" Hi-lighting Blushes

 Tonight's review is on these new blushes from Maybelline. These are the Master Hi-Light Hi-Lighting blushes. There are a total of 4 blush shades and 2 bronzer shades in this line. Each product also comes with a small brush and a mirror underneath the product tray. The shades I picked up are in Mauve (Left) and Nude (Right).

These blushes claim to highlight skin and softly contour the cheeks for an instantly defined glow. While I do not agree with the contouring qualities these blushes seem to claim, I do think they add a really nice shine/highlight to the cheeks. You also don't need to really swirl your brush in all of the product to pick up a lot of product. You really just need to lightly tap your brush into the blushes to pick up a good amount of product and to include all the shades throughout the mosaic pattern. 
Now let's look at the blushes individually! 

This is the "Mauve" blush. As you can see, it includes a variety of purple, maroon and tan shades within the mosaic. This is the main blush you have to be light-handed when applying, since a lot of product comes off in a light touch to the product. However, I do think this is a very pretty blush and I don't have any other blush like it in my collection.

This blush is the shade "Nude". Because of the shades in this mosaic, this is the most "Highlight-y" of the collection. I actually (at first look) thought this would be a great drugstore dupe for Benefit's Rockateur boxed blush, however swatched next to each other, that's not entirely the case. 

(Left=Maybelline, Right=Benefit)

As you can see, the Benefit blush is a bit more pink than the Maybelline blush, however they are pretty close if you were to want a drugstore alternative to Rockateur. 

Here are the Mauve and Nude blushes swatched side by side. 

(Left=Mauve, Right=Nude)

All in all, I think these are pretty good blushes for $8.99 a piece. I think they will last a relatively long time and with the highlighting qualities within these products, they add a really nice glow to the face. I definitely recommend checking out these blushes and maybe trying one out!

I hope this review was helpful in some way and I hope you all have a beautiful day! <3 <3 <3 

-Katie